For our third episode of FAS Young Scholars Corner, we spoke to Soham Bhattacharya, a PhD student at the Indian Statistical Institute (Bangalore) about the differentiated nature of the Indian countryside, something he was first exposed to as part of his field-work at FAS.

Reading list for today's episode:

1) Agricultural Tenancy in Contemporary Punjab: A Study Based on National Sample Survey Data - Soham Bhattacharya

2) De-Regulation of Tenancy in Rural India - Madhura Swaminathan

3) “Agrarian Transformation and Human Development: Instrumental and Constitutive Links” - Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Agrarian Studies Essays On Agrarian Relations in Less Developed Countries

4) Tenancy Reforms: A Critique of NITI Aayog’s Model Law - Sukhpal Singh

5) Socioeconomic Surveys of Three Villages in Andhra Pradesh: A Study of Agrarian Relations - V. K. Ramachandran, V. Rawal, and Madhura Swaminathan (eds.)

Host: Nihira

Music Credits: Difference - Ketsa

Image Credits: FAS PARI Photo Archives

Disclaimer: The views presented in these episodes are based on research of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the Foundation’s research findings.