Report: Seminar on Poverty and Social Exclusion
The Department of Sociology, Christ University in
collaboration with Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore
organized a two day national seminar on 12 and 13 March 2014, on the theme ‘Poverty
and social exclusion in India: Need for paradigm shift towards an inclusive
society’. It was funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR),
New Delhi. The seminar aimed at enabling
dialogues on the conceptualization of poverty and social exclusion in India. It
was attended by several academicians, faculty and research scholars,
policy planners, officials, representatives of civil society, NGOs, media,
social and development practitioners from Bangalore and all across India.
Various aspects of
poverty and social exclusion, especially the multidimensionality with respect to its intersection with
social, economic and political exclusion were presented and
discussed in this seminar. We hope that
the deliberations and discussions have given the participants an opportunity to
reflect on the theory
and practice of poverty and social exclusion to build an inclusive society.
In his key note
address, Dr. Binay Kumar Pattnaik, Director, Institute for Social and Economic
Change (ISEC) set the tone for the seminar by introducing the concepts of
poverty and social exclusion. He started with various theories of poverty and
how it has been understood and debated by various scholars in different parts
of the world. He elaborated on the four theories of poverty starting from the
theory of Oscar Lewis to Anthony Giddens. He strongly disagreed with the idea
of social exclusion given by Giddens. He also explained the changing definitions of poverty from just economic dimension to that of a standard social living. Thus, he could contextualize the theme of the seminar and its relevance in the Indian context.
The proceedings of
the seminar as well as a research series were released by the dignitaries
during the inaugural session. The seminar had four sessions per day. Each
session was defined with a specific conceptual framework.
Dr. Anil J Pinto,
Registrar, Christ University, in his valedictory address stressed the role of
higher education institutions like Christ University in bridging theory and
practice.
The two day intellectual exercise ended by leaving lot of inputs for the academic fraternity to reflect on and to work upon.
The two day intellectual exercise ended by leaving lot of inputs for the academic fraternity to reflect on and to work upon.
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