When:
Thursday, March 25, 2021 12:30 PM
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2:00 PM
Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
South Asia Center presents
The Rise of Entrepreneurial Humanitarianism in India
In this talk, Ipshita discusses the emergent ideas of Entrepreneurial
Humanitarianism, a term she uses to discuss the practices of technological
startups in India. Drawing on both overlaps and differences with international,
state, and corporate humanitarianism, this talk will showcase ethnographic
findings from New Delhi’s bustling startup landscapes. Beyond narratives of
single-minded pursuit of profit and individualistic innovation, the framework
of humanitarianism reveals the range of meanings that entrepreneurs see in
their work and their ideas of development and future-making in contemporary India.
Ipshita Ghosh
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
Syracuse University
Ms. Ipshita Ghosh is a PhD candidate in Cultural
Anthropology at Maxwell School, Syracuse University, with interests in global
finance, social movements, development and humanitarianism. Her research,
centered in India, examines entrepreneurship as a cultural formation with multiple
actors, ideologies and values at play. Ipshita’s dissertation looks at the ways
in which state policy and global investment capital reframe the heterogenous
strands of entrepreneurial activity in India into a single narrative that
reproduces a neoliberal startup culture and reinstates socio-economic
hierarchies. Ipshita also enjoys teaching anthropology and building productive
dialogues across disciplines, in and outside the classroom. Ipshita holds a Master’s in Contemporary India Studies
from University of Oxford, a Master’s in Public Administration from Maxwell School,
Syracuse University and a Bachelor with Honors in English from Delhi
University.
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For more information, please contact Emera Bridger Wilson, elbridge@syr.edu or to request additional accommodation arrangements, please contact Morgan Bicknell, mebickne@syr,edu.