National Conference - 'Digging Deeper: Rethinking India’s Mining Economy'
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Summary
The Centre for Public Policy & Governance, Goa Institute of Management (GIM), invites scholars
to submit and present research papers at the conference. Interested scholars /researchers
/academics, faculty members and others may kindly participate. Email an extended 1000-words
abstract and brief CV to the Centre, by June 15, 2025.
In the subject line kindly write “CPPG-GIM / Mining Conference 2025 / Your Name / Title of
Paper”. Kindly email your extended abstracts and brief CV to chaircppg@gim.ac.in or
bernice@gim.ac.in.
The Conference will be held in hybrid mode, via Zoom and at our campus in Sanquelim, Goa.
The title of the Conference: Digging Deeper: Rethinking India’s Mining Economy.
Sub-themes/issues covered are:
i. Political economy of Mining
ii. Regulation, contractual, auction and privatization formats
iii. The environment, people, law and mining
iv Mining in Goa
See for ‘Call for Papers’: Final_Call for Papers_Mining in India Conference_July 2025_CPPG-GIM
Keynote speaker/Discussant

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Schedule
5.30 pm to 6.00 pm: Registration and Refreshments
6.00 pm to 6.05 pm: Welcome (Dr. Pushkar and Ms. Bernice de Souza)
6.05 pm to 6.10 pm: Inaugural Remarks by Prof. Ajit Parulekar, Director, GIM
6.10 pm to 6.15 pm: Inaugural Remarks by Prof. Imran Rahman, Vice Chancellor, ULAB
6.15 pm to 6.20 pm: Setting the Context (Prof. Sebastian Morris, Chair, CPPG-GIM)
6.20 pm to 7.00 pm: Keynote address by Prof. Sudeep Chakravarti, Director, C-SAS, ULAB
7.00 pm to 7.25 pm: Open session, discussion and Q&A (Moderated by Prof. Kingshuk Sarkar, Member, CPPG)
7.25 pm to 7.30 pm: Vote of Thanks (Ms. Christal Ferrao)
Contact Persons
Prof. Kingshuk Sarkar, Associate Professor, and Member, CPPG, GIM
Email: kingshuk@gim.ac.in
Contact no: +91 9007704524; +91 8322366942
Ms. Bernice de Souza, Senior Research Associate, CPPG, GIM
Email: bernice@gim.ac.in
Mb: +91 9923693329
Ms. Nandini Tank, Research Associate, CPPG, GIM
Email: nandini.tank@gim.ac.in
Mb: +91 8780235541