Guest Lecturers - 2007–08

A. R. Venkatachalapathy, Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies

A. Vaidyanathan, Emeritius Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies

Balaji Sampath, Physicist, Tamil Nadu Science Forum and AID India

C. P. Chandrasekar, Professor of Economics, JawaharlalNehruUniversity, and
newspaper columnist

Chris Harrington, Television Journalist, New Zealand

Chris Harrington

Dan Chugg, Director of Press & Communication, British High Commission New Delhi

G. P Deshpande, Playwright and Professor of Chinese Studies at The School of
International Studies, JawarhalalNehruUniversity

K. Kalpana, Doctoral candidate, MadrasInstitute of Development Studies; Tamil Nadu
Science Forum

Kancha Illaiah, Professor of Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad and author
of several publications including ‘Why I am not a Hindu.’

Kavita Chandran, Professional Trainer, Reuters

Kirupa Shankar, CEO, Business Blogging Pvt Ltd, Chennai & the Co-founder of Knowledge Foundation

Kunda Dixit, Publisher and Editor of Nepali Times & Co-publisher of Himal

Lawrence Liang, Alternative Law Forum, Visiting Faculty, NationalLaw School of IndiaDan Chugg

M. S. S. Pandian, Economist and Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin

N. Murali, Managing Director, The Hindu

N. Ravi, Editor, The Hindu

Padma Venkataraman (‘Mangai’), Theatre Director and Professor of English,
StellaMarisCollege

R. Radhakrishnan, Chair of the Department of Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine

Raju Narisetti, Managing Editor, Mint

Padma Venkatraman

Ramachandra Sundralingam, Interpol expert on Drug Trafficking, based in France

Ranjan Roy, Times of India News Services

Ravi Chellam, Formerly of Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun & UNDP, New Delhi

Rob Quicke, Professor, William Paterson University, New York, USA

S. Anandhi, Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies

Sam Rajappa, Editor (South) The Statesman

Shekar Dattatri, Award Winning, Wildlife film maker

Sunil Saxena, Print & Internet Journalist and Journalist Educator

Susan King, Vice President, External Affairs Director, Special Initiatives and Strategy of the Carnegie Corporation, New York

T. Jayaraman, Scientist

Thomas Abraham, Director of Public Health Media Project & Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong

Dr .M .S.S.Pandian