05 Sep 2014

The founder-members of ADRI were aware of the fact that its agenda of social science research cannot be convincingly pursued if it was restricted to a rather small academic community. For the agenda to be socially and culturally rooted, it required the participation of a wider section of society, with whom the academia should interact constantly. The dream of a knowledge society could be achieved only through such interactions. It was this understanding of the social science research that had led the ADRI to institute the ADRI Foundation Lecture series in 1993. Till date, these lectures have been delivered by some of the most distinguished scholars in their own fields. They have covered issues that span nearly every dimension of social challenges, both national and international, and have been a rare source of the frontier areas of social thought for the intelligentsia of Patna. Needless to say, as the city happens to be located in a peripheral region of the country, the participation of its intelligentsia in ADRI Foundation Lectures has been enormous. During this important annual event, ADRI also utilises the opportunity to inform the audience of the organisation's progress and challenges.

Speaker	Year	Topic
	September 15, 2015	Role of Jamshedji Tata: Contribution of Parsis in Indian Freedom Struggle by Lord Karan Bilimoria
	September 05, 2014	Can Poverty Ever Be Abolished? by Lord Meghnad Desai
	January 14, 2013	Redefining Capitalism by Professor Joseph E Stiglitz
	July 20, 2012	Civilisation Dialogue Between India and ASEAN by Professor Amartya K Sen
	July 15, 2006	Caste in Contemporary India by Professor Andre Beteille
	September 28, 2002	India's Religious Pluralism and its Implications for the Economy by Professor Barbara Harris- White
	March 06, 2001	India on the Brink by Professor Francine R. Frankel
	November 04, 1999	Economic Development & Political Democracy: India Since Independence by Professor Deepak Nayyar
	October 04, 1997	Local Culture & Global Market by Shree Ashok Vajpeyi
	December 10, 1995	Smriti aur Itihas: Chauri Chaura 1922-1992 by Professor Shahid Amin
	August 31, 1994	Globalisation of India Fantasy and Reality by Professor Amiya Kumar Bagchi
	March 27, 1993	Role of The State and The Market In Economic Development by Professor Prabhat Patnaik
	March 10, 1992	Crisis of Socialism and Its Future by Professor Randhir Singh