The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to
The Thirteenth Professor Dhirendra Narain Endowment Lecture
by
Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research & Visiting Professor, Princeton University
on
“Does Free Speech have a Future?”
on Wednesday, 30th July 2025 at 5.30 p.m.
in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Adv. Navroz Seervai
Senior Counsel, Bombay High Court & Trustee of the Society, will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Chairperson Endowment Lectures Committee
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to
the lecture under the aegis of
The Centre for Labour Studies Lecture
by
Dr. Ritu Dewan
Former Director & Professor, Department of Economics, University of Mumbai
on
“Demystifying Labour Structures and Labour Rights”
on
Thursday, 3rd April 2025, at 5.30 p.m.
in the Durbar Hall of the Society
R. Ramakumar
Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson, Endowment Lectures Committee
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the
19th Dr Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture by
Professor Vinay Lal
Professor of History and Asian American Studies, UCLA;
Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, South Africa, 2024; &
Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship Holder, India, 2025
on
“A Diaspora Purana: The Figure of the Migrant and
the Epic of Indian Indenture”
on Tuesday, 18th February 2025, at 5.30 p.m.
Professor Ashwani Kumar
Poet & Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences &
Formerly Visiting Fellow at London School of Economics, will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - Endowment Lectures Committee