Emerging Geographies of Youth in a Post-Liberalised India: Education, Work, and Everyday Life
Three decades after India's economic liberalisation, and at a moment when the country is home to the world's largest youth population, this two-day international seminar examines how Indian youth navigate post-liberalisation challenges in education, employment, and everyday life. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, the papers address urgent questions about the growth of shadow education markets, rural to urban migration in search of employment, political identity and engagement, and aspirations for social mobility within structural constraints.
Adopting a culturally sensitive political economy approach, the deliberations explore the evolving geographies of youth agency as young people navigate mounting precarity and engage in everyday practices — illuminating how youth experience, resist, and reproduce social inequalities while constructing new meanings around education, work, and the self in post liberalisation India.
Date: Thursday-Friday, March 12-13, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM Onwards
Venue: Room 113, School of Arts and Sciences, Central Campus
