Public Seminar
Wednesday 23rd May 2012, 3pm to 4.30pm, Room V103, Tower 2, LSE
Speaker: Gaurang Sahay
Chair: Stuart Corbridge
Discussant: Alpa Shah
In the absence of a working public health system in many parts of rural India, the Naxalite/Maoist groups have developed some strategies of health services particularly for their own people who invariably constitute a downtrodden section of society. Though these groups are violent non-state actors, there have been cases of voluntary or involuntary help received by them from civil society organisations in their effort to realise their strategies of health services. This presentation, based on data derived from various sources: published Maoist literature, studies by human rights activists and scholars, discussion with Naxalite/Maoist functionaries and sympathisers and health studies experts, and government reports, presents the provision of health services developed by the Naxalite/Maoist organisations in rural India.
Dr Gaurang Sahay is from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India and is currently visiting the Asia Research Centre, LSE.
Professor Stuart Corbrige is Pro-director (Research and External Relations), LSE.
Dr Alpa Shah is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, Goldmiths.
Additional Information
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email arc@lse.ac.uk| or call 020 7955 7615.