Archive for 'Tiffin Talks'
Do you know what the law is?
In this Tiffin Talk Mr Harsh Shrivastava will present his understanding of how the Victorian Government and its departments are organised to communicate laws, rules, regulations and policies to its citizens. He will explain the process [...]
QUO VADIS MIZORAM UNIVERSITY?
In this Tiffin Talk Ms Lalthanchami Sailo will relate her experiences as a visiting Endeavour Executive Award fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Ms Sailo’s Australian experience will simultaneously be interwoven with her [...]
Decolonising International Law: Development, Economic Growth and the Politics of Universality Professor Sundhya Pahuja
In this Tiffin Talk Professor Sundhya Pahuja will consider the history of contemporary international law as an important field of contestation over global inequality. Taking three central examples, Professor Pahuja will argue that the ‘universal promise’ [...]
Fostering Accountability from Below: Observations from the Field
Accountability, governance and participation are concepts that are commonly encountered in development theory and practice. This Tiffin Talk will examine attempts to promote social audit and accountability in rural India through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural [...]
Will Rahul Gandhi ever be Prime Minister? The Impact of the recent elections on the future of the Congress Party
After the US presidential elections in November, the second biggest elections of the world in 2012 have just taken place in five states in India. 84,746,203 of the eligible 153,804,811 voters pushed a button on an [...]
Community Mental Health in India: Challenges and Innovations for the Future
The high mental health burden and large treatment gap of mental disorders in India means that there is an urgent need for developing appropriate mental health models that can be replicated and scaled up to increase [...]
Student Entrepreneurs: Partnering for Health in Rural India
Medical and commerce students at The University of Melbourne have partnered with a village hero in Buldana, a district in rural India. Medical doctor, Moses Kharat, has assembled a team of health workers and other village [...]
Universal access to health care in India: the case for community action by Dr Nevin Wilson
India is a study in diversity and contrasts. The country is an emerging economic power that rivals China, has created staggering wealth for some of its citizens, contributes significantly to the global intellectual resource pool in [...]
Education, Practice and Place: Building Powerful Partnerships in India
In November 2011, six teacher candidates from the University of Melbourne’s, Master of Teaching course, undertook a two-week placement, working with primary and secondary school-aged children in the Kalkaji slum area of New Delhi. This collaboration [...]
Connecting the .dots
The internet and communication technologies, ICTs, as they are known today, have been identified as an efficient tool for creating a more equitable society. It wasn’t always so. Widespread adoption of the internet only really began [...]
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