The Indian Liberals Annual Lecture is the flagship lecture series of the Centre for Civil Society, dedicated to celebrating and advancing the intellectual legacy of India’s classical liberal thinkers. Anchored in the principles of individual liberty, limited government, and market-based solutions, the lecture provides a platform for distinguished voices to share insights on India’s social, political, and economic landscape. This year, the lecture also marks CCS’s 28th Foundation Day, reaffirming nearly three decades of the Centre’s commitment to shaping public policy through the ideas of freedom and individual dignity.
Speaker Bio:
Praveen Chakravarty is a senior politician with the Congress party. He is also a Visiting Professor of Political Economy at Ashoka University. Before his foray into politics, he was a very successful angel investor including in India’s first unicorn and a senior Wall Street executive. He holds an undergraduate degree from BITS, Pilani and an MBA from The Wharton School.
A desire for public service led Chakravarty to join the Dr. Manmohan Singh government in 2009, first with the Unique Identity program and then with the Prime Minister’s Skills Mission.
After the 2014 elections, he became a scholar in political economy in a think-tank, where he published papers in peer-reviewed journals, articles in leading Indian and international publications.
