Kale Memorial Lecture Series
1978 J.P. Naik
Year: 1978 Speaker: J.P. Naik Subject: Educational Reform in India : A Historical Review
1977 M.N. Srinivas
Year: 1977 Speaker: M.N. Srinivas Subject: Science, Technology and Rural Development in India
1976 S.V. Kogekar
Year: 1976 Speaker: S.V. Kogekar Subject: Revision of the Constitution
1975 Ashok Mitra
Year: 1975 Speaker: Ashok Mitra Subject: Growth and Diseconomies
1974 H.K. Paranjape
Year: 1974 Speaker: H.K. Paranjape Subject: India’s Strategy for Industrial Growth: An Appraisal
1973 K.N. Raj
Year: 1973 Speaker: K.N. Raj Subject: The Politics and Economics of “Intermediate Regimes
1972 V.V. John
Year: 1972 Speaker: V.V. John Subject: Education as Investment
1971 Rajani Kothari
Year: 1971 Speaker: Rajani Kothari Subject: Political Economy of Development
1969 J.J. Anjaria
Year: Speaker: Year: 1969 Speaker: J.J. Anjaria Subject: Strategy of Economic Development
1968 E.M.S. Namboodripad
Year: 1968 Speaker: E.M.S. Namboodripad Subject: The Republican Constitution in the Struggle for Socialism
1967 S.L. Kirloskar
Year: 1967 Speaker: S.L. Kirloskar Subject: Universities and the Training of Industrial and Business Management
1966 D.R. Gadgil
Year: 1966 Speaker: D.R.Gadgil Subject: District Development Planning
1965 Pitambar Pant
Year: 1965 Speaker: Pitambar Pant Subject: Decades of Transition – Opportunities and Tasks
1964 M.L. Dantwala
Year: 1964 Speaker: M.L. Dantwala Subject: Agriculture in a Developing Economy: The Indian Experienc
1963 H.M. Patel
Year: 1963 Speaker: H.M. Patel Subject: The Defence of India
1962 A. Appadorai
Year: 1962 Speaker: A. Appadorai Subject: Dilemma in Modern Foreign Policy
1961 B.N. Ganguli
Year: 1961 Speaker: B.N. Ganguli Subject: conomic Integration : Regional, National and International
1960 B. Venkatappiah
Year: 1960 Speaker: B. Venkatappiah Subject: The Role of Reserve Bank of India in the Development of Credit Institutions
1959 K.P. Chattopadhayay
Year: 1959 Speaker: K.P. Chattopadhayay Subject: Some Approaches to Study of Social Change
1958 V.K.R.V. Rao
Year: 1958 Speaker: V.K.R.V. Rao Subject: Some Reflections on the Rate of Saving in Developing Economy
1957 B.K. Maman
Year: 1957 Speaker: B.K. Maman Subject: Financing the Second Five-Year Plan
1956 S.K. Muranjan
Year: 1956 Speaker: S.K. Muranjan Subject: Reflections on Economic Growth and Progress
1955 P.C. Mahalanobis
Year: 1955 Speaker: P.C. Mahalanobis Subject: Some Thoughts on Planning in India
1954 W.R. Natu
Year: 1954 Speaker: W.R. Natu Subject: Public Administration and Economic Development
1953 Laxmanshastri Joshi
Year: 1953 Speaker: Laxmanshastri Joshi Subject: Indian Nationalism
1952 A.D. Gorwala
Year: 1952 Speaker: A.D. Gorwala Subject: The Role of the Administrator: Past, Present and Future
1951 M. Venkatrangaiya
Year: 1951 Speaker: M. Venkatrangaiya Subject: Competitive and Cooperative Trends in Federalism
1950 R.L. Dey
Year: 1950 Speaker: R.L. Dey Subject: Policy of Protection in India
1949 D.G. Karve
Year: 1949 Speaker: D.G. Karve Subject: Public Administration in Democracy
1948 C.D. Deshmukh
Year: 1948 Speaker: C.D. Deshmukh Subject: Central Banking in India : A Retrospect
1946 J.V. Joshi
Year: 1946 Speaker: J.V. Joshi Subject: India’s Sterling Balances
1945 S.R. Deshpande
Year: 1945 Speaker: S.R. Deshpande Subject: A Statistical Approach to Vital Economic Problems
1944 John Mathai
Year: 1944 Speaker: John Mathai Subject: Economic Policy
1943 S.G. Vaze
Year: 1943 Speaker: S.G. Vaze Subject: The Formation of Federations
1942 V.L. Mehta
Year: 1942 Speaker: V.L. Mehta Subject: A Plea for Planning in Cooperation
1941 A.V. Thakkar
Year: 1941 Speaker: A.V. Thakkar Subject: The Problem of the Aborigines in India
1940 K.T. Shah
Year:1940 Speaker: K.T. Shah Subject: The Constituent Assembly
1939 B.R. Ambedkar
Year: 1939 Speaker: B.R.Ambedkar Subject: Federation Versus Freedom
1938 G.S. Ghurye
Year: 1938 Speaker: G.S. Ghurye Subject: The Social Process
1937 VG Kale
Year: 1937 Speaker: VG Kale Subject: Modern Tendencies in Economic Thought and Policy
| Year | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Shri N. R. Narayana Murthy | “Role of Culture in Economic Growth and in Elimination of Poverty in India” |
| 2016 | Prof. Heinz D. Kurz | “SECULAR STAGNATION”-Observations on a Recurrent Spectre |
| 2015 | Dr. Raghuram Rajan | “Global Economic Changes and their implications on Emerging Market Economies (EMEs),especially India” |
| 2014 | Erik Dietzenbacher | “World Input-Output Database: An Application to India” |
| 2012 | R.A.Mashelkar | “Innovation Economy: The Challenge and Opportunities” |
| 2010 | Subir Gokarn | Food Inflation: This time it’s Different |
| 2009 | C. B. Bhave | Evolution of the Capital Markets And Regulations in INDIA |
| 2008 | Prabhat Patnaik | Speculation and Growth in Contemporary Capitalism |
| 2007 | Partha Chatterrje | Democracy and Economic Transformation in India |
| 2006 | Kirit S. Parikh | Bridging Divides and Reducing Disparities |
| 2005 | Utsa Patnaik | Poverty and Neo –Liberalism |
| 2004 | Hon. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | The evolution of enlightened citizen centric Society (Politics without nobility is similar to a balloon without air ) |
| 2003 | C. Ranarajan | Challenges for Monetary Policy |
| 2002 | Jagdish Bhagwati | The Globalisation Debate and India’s Economic Reforms |
| 2001 | Amaresh Bagchi | Fifty Years of Fiscal Federalism in India : An Appraisal |
| 2000 | A. Vaidyanathan | Poverty and Development Policy |
| 1999 | Mihir Rakshit | Post-Uruguay Round Trade Negotiations: A Developing Country Perspective |
| 1998 | S.Venkitaramanan | Dilemmas of Development: The Indian Experience |
| 1997 | Vasant Gowarikar | Something Happening in India that this Nation Should be proud of |
| 1996 | Justice A.M.Ahmadi | Constitutional Values and the Indian Ethos |
| 1995 | Madhav Gadgil | Patenting Life |
| 1994 | G.Ram Reddy | The Financing of Higher Education in India |
| 1993 | Raja J.Chelliah | An Essay on Fiscal Deficit |
| 1992 | V.Kurien | Agricultural and Rural Development in the 1990s and Beyond: What should India Do and Why? |
| 1991 | B.S.Minhas | Public Versus Private Sector: Neglect of Lessons of Economics in Indian Policy Formulation |
| 1990 | D.T.Lakdawala | Indian Public Debt |
| 1989 | Malcolm S.Adiseshiah | Eighth Plan Perspectives |
| 1988 | Sukhamoy Chakravarti | Development of Development Thinking |
| 1987 | K.R.Ranadive | Town and Country in Economy in Transition |
| 1986 | Manmohan Singh | The Quest for Equity in Development |
| 1985 | Andre Beteille | Equality of Opportunity and the Equal Distribution of Benefits |
| 1984 | M.P.Rege | Concepts of Justice and Equality in the Indian Tradition |
| 1983 | I.G.Patel | Inflation – Should it be Cured or Endured? |
| 1982 | I.S.Gulati | IMF Conditionality and Low Income Countries |
| 1981 | V.M.Dandekar | Measurement of Poverty |
| 1980 | Aloo J. Dastur | Problems of Indian Minorities |
| 1979 | Tarlok Singh | The Planning Process and Public Policy : A Reassessment |
| 1978 | J.P.Naik | Educational Reform in India : A Historical Review |
| 1977 | M.N.Srinivas | Science, Technology and Rural Development in India |
| 1976 | S.V.Kogekar | Revision of the Constitution |
| 1975 | Ashok Mitra | Growth and Diseconomies |
| 1974 | H.K.Paranjape | India’s Strategy for Industrial Growth: An Appraisal |
| 1973 | K.N.Raj | The Politics and Economics of “Intermediate Regimes” |
| 1972 | V.V.John | Education as Investment |
| 1971 | Rajani Kothari | Political Economy of Development |
| 1969 | J.J.Anjaria | Strategy of Economic Development |
| 1968 | E.M.S.Namboodripad | The Republican Constitution in the Struggle for Socialism |
| 1967 | S.L.Kirloskar | Universities and the Training of Industrial and Business Management |
| 1966 | D.R.Gadgil | District Development Planning |
| 1965 | Pitambar Pant | Decades of Transition – Opportunities and Tasks |
| 1964 | M.L.Dantwala | Agriculture in a Developing Economy: The Indian Experience (The Impact of Economic Development on the Agricultural Sector) |
| 1963 | H.M.Patel | The Defence of India |
| 1962 | A.Appadorai | Dilemma in Modern Foreign Policy |
| 1961 | B.N.Ganguli | Economic Integration : Regional, National and International |
| 1960 | B.Venkatappiah | The Role of Reserve Bank of India in the Development of Credit Institutions |
| 1959 | K.P.Chattopadhayay | Some Approaches to Study of Social Change |
| 1958 | V.K.R.V.Rao | Some Reflections on the Rate of Saving in Developing Economy |
| 1957 | B.K.Maman | Financing the Second Five-Year Plan |
| 1956 | S.K.Muranjan | Reflections on Economic Growth and Progress |
| 1955 | P.C.Mahalanobis | Some Thoughts on Planning in India |
| 1954 | W.R.Natu | Public Administration and Economic Development |
| 1953 | Laxmanshastri Joshi | Indian Nationalism |
| 1952 | A.D.Gorwala | The Role of the Administrator: Past, Present and Future |
| 1951 | M.Venkatrangaiya | Competitive and Cooperative Trends in Federalism |
| 1950 | R.L.Dey | Policy of Protection in India |
| 1949 | D.G.Karve | Public Administration in Democracy |
| 1948 | C.D.Deshmukh | Central Banking in India : A Retrospect |
| 1946 | J.V.Joshi | India’s Sterling Balances |
| 1945 | S.R.Deshpande | A Statistical Approach to Vital Economic Problems |
| 1944 | John Mathai | Economic Policy |
| 1943 | S.G.Vaze | The Formation of Federations |
| 1942 | V.L.Mehta | A Plea for Planning in Cooperation |
| 1941 | A.V.Thakkar | The Problem of the Aborigines in India |
| 1940 | K.T.Shah | The Constituent Assembly |
| 1939 | B.R.Ambedkar | Federation Versus Freedom |
| 1938 | G.S.Ghurye | The Social Process |
| 1937 | V.G.Kale | Modern Tendencies in Economic Thought and Policy |