Public Educational Events

On-campus public lectures

Guest lectures, panel discussions and seminars are an essential part of teaching and learning at JGU. Most of these events are open to the general audience, regardless of their educational background. This encourages interdisciplinary participation and lifelong learning. These public lectures are accessible through the official YouTube channel which can be viewed here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=UULfNHxy0D9SO_0iESgkHwhg&feature=shared

Public lecture highlights from the past year:

JSGP Open Lecture on “Are the Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture Underestimated? – A Disaggregated Analysis for India” by Prof. Shreekant Gupta, Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (Brookings India) and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Social Science and Humanities (SSH), Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi.

JCGS Guest Lecture on “Themes, Trends and Patterns in US Foreign Policy: The Shape of Things to Come and the Repercussions for the Global South”. Our Guest Speaker was Dr. Monish Tourangbam, the Director of the Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies (KIIPS). 

JII Distinguished Public Lecture & Inauguration of Research Initiative on Vishwabandhu: India as a Provider of Global Public Goods by Dr. Arvind Virmani

Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP) Distinguished Public Lecture on the theme “Labour Market Inequality in India Over Three Decades” by Prof. Kunal Sen, Director, UNU-WIDER and Professor, University of Manchester, UK.

JII Distinguished Public Lecture | India-Mexico Partnership: Advancing Strategic Cooperation by H.E. Mr. Federico Salas Lotfe (Ambassador of Mexico to India).

CJLS  distinguished public lecture by Akhil Kang titled, “Re-inventing Anthropology of Caste”; a part of a year long series of lectures and conversation series from Fall 2024 through Spring 2025, titled Epistemic Echoes: Unveiling ‘Minor Knowledges.’

Public Lecture on Deconstructing Environmental Justice by The Centre for Environmental Law and Climate Change: a webinar featuring Prof. (Dr.) MK Ramesh on “Deconstructing Environmental Justice – Struggles of those who are Unrecognized and Unspoken About.”