The great Indian Growth Story is one of the most exciting of our times. Socioeconomic change is altering the lives of 1.2 billion people. For communities who farm, fish, hunt or forage for a living, development brings poverty-alleviation, but also displacement, vulnerability, violence and loss. How do communities adapt and navigate the complex terrain of ‘development-induced change’? To address these issues, the Essex Sustainability Institute is collaborating with researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on a series of research workshops. We invite you to take part in this exciting new collaboration, and bring your expertise to bear on the new research questions which will present themselves! Papers will be followed by round-table discussion and the event will be followed by dinner, courtesy of the Essex Sustainability Institute.
The event is free, but places are limited. Registration is required for both the event and dinner thereafter. To register, click here. For further information, please email: zpbhar@essex.ac.uk
Facilitators: Prof. Steffen Boehm and Dr. Zareen P. Bharucha
Speakers:

Prof. Sachidanand Sinha, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Development and Displacement of Land-based communities: The tribal population of Central India.
Projects such as mining, the constrution of new townships, urbanization and the development of major infrastructure projects has led to massive land acquisition during the last two decades in India. This paper will examine the magnitude of displacements of the agrarian populations in general and tribes in particular. It will examine the processes of land acquisition of the forest-based communities in Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh and the consequences it may have with respect to their livelihoods and survival.
