WORKSHOP AGENDA Day Theme 13th April 2015 Understanding the New Middle Class of India and Brazil Time Session Introductory Session 9:30 - 10:30 AM 10:30 - 10:45 AM Speakers Zeenat Niazi Vice President, Development Alternatives Dawid Bartelt Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation - Brazil Axel Harneit-Sievers Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation – India Tea/ Coffee Break Theme Welcome Note Introduction to Participants Introduction to Participants Session I - Socio-Economic Profiles: Who are the NMCs in India and Brazil today? 10:45 - 12:45 PM 12:45 - 1:45 PM Speakers Ashok Kumar Lahiri Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance of India Neelanjan Sircar Postdoctoral Research Fellow,University of Pennsylvania Marliene De Paula Programme Coordinator,Heinrich Boell Stiftung- Brazil Discussion Theme Middle Class and Economic Reforms in India Being Middle Class in India "Debates in Brazil: new middle class or new working class?" Lunch Session II - Market Behavior of New Middle Class 1:45 - 3:45 PM 3:45 - 4:00 PM Speakers Nita Mathur Professor, IGNOU Sonia Fleury Professor, Brazilian School of Public Administration and Business Niranjan Khatri Ex General Manager Environment Initiatives-ITC Hotels Discussion Themes Middle Class and Consumption Inclusion and building social protection in an emerging society A brief note on NMC Tea/ Coffee Break Session III - Socio-Cultural Identities of Middle Class 4:00 - 6:00 PM 6:30 - 9.00 PM Speakers Govind Kelkar Senior Advisor, Landesa N.N. Surinder S. Jodhka Professor, JawaharLal Nehru University Discussion Formal Dinner Themes Gender and Green Politics: Limits of Change in Gender Relations Culture of New Brazilian Middle Class Caste, Privilege, Power and Citizenship: A Biography of the Indian Middle Class WORKSHOP AGENDA Day Theme 14th April 2015 Green Perspectives on the New Middle Class Time Session Session I - New Middle Class Engagement with Governance 9:30 - 11:15 AM Speakers Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Independent journalist Richa Singh, Executive Director, Centre for Democracy and Social Action (CDSA) Candido Grzybowski Director, Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses (IBASE) Discussion 11:15 - 11:30 AM Themes Middle Class Political Preferences and Party Politics in India New Middle Class Politics in India Are We Seeing New Collective Subjects? Tea/ Coffee Break Session II - New Middle Class Engagement with Society Speakers C. K. Meena Novelist and Newspaper Columnist 11:30 -1:15 PM Themes New Middle Class and Mass Media Carla Barros Professor, Federal Fluminense University (UFF) Ashraf Patel Director, Pravah Representations of the NMC in the telenovelas and other media, the cultural-symbolicals Engaging Young People..nurturing leadership Discussion 1:15 - 2:00 PM Lunch Session III -Green Perspectives of India and Brazil (Part 1: Presentations) 2:00 - 2:40 PM 2:40 - 3:00 PM 3:00 - 6:00 PM 6:00 - 6:10 PM Speakers Dev Nathan Professor, Institute for Human Development Dawid Bartelt Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation - Brazil Tea/ Coffee Break Themes Perspectives of Green Economics for India Green Economy in Brazil: A Commentary Session III - Green Perspectives of India and Brazil (Part 2: Panel Discussion) Commentaries By: Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives, Anumita Roychowdhuri, Executive Director - Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment Ashish Kothari, Founder, Kalpavriksh Axel Harneit-Sievers, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation - India Aarti Mohan, Chief Editor, The Alternative Candido Grzybowski, Director of the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses (IBASE) Jairam Ramesh, Ex Minister of Environment and Forests, GoI Discussion Vote of Thanks