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{{short description|Research centre of the London School of Economics based in India}}
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The '''India Observatory''' (IO) is a research unit at the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] (LSE).

The IO and the IG Patel Chair were established in 2006 in partnership with the [[Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI) and the [[State Bank of India]] (SBI) in honour of former Director of LSE and former Governor of RBI, Dr [[IG Patel]].<ref name="auto3">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/LSE-plans-to-set-up-research-centre-in-India/articleshow/748240.cms | title=LSE plans to set up research centre in India - Times of India| website=[[The Times of India]]| date=8 December 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/ig-patel-chair-at-london-school-of-economics-106120801007_1.html | title=IG patel chair at london school of economics| journal=Business Standard India| date=2006-12-07| last1=Reporter| first1=B. S.}}</ref>

The Director of the IO, and current holder of the IG Patel Chair, is Lord [[Nicholas Stern]] of Brentford.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/mar/25/academicexperts.highereducationprofile | title=Interview: Nicholas Stern| journal=The Guardian| date=2008-03-25| last1=Crace| first1=John}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/ig-patel-chair-at-london-school-of-economics-106120801007_1.html | title=IG Patel chair at London school of economics| journal=Business Standard India| date=2006-12-07| last1=Reporter| first1=B. S.}}</ref>

Dr [[Ruth Kattumuri]], Co-Director of the IO,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/leading-social-scientists-honoured | title=Leading social scientists honoured| date=2016-03-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-pollution-crisis-cities-reverse-urbanisation-workers-move-countryside-delhi-demographic-public-a8065051.html | title=India's pollution crisis is triggering something unexpected| website=[[Independent.co.uk]]| date=2017-11-20}}</ref> is founder of the IG Patel Chair and the India Observatory.

==IG Patel Lecture Series==

As well as the IG Patel Chair, the IO hosts the IG Patel Lecture Series. This is a regular lecture in honour of IG Patel. The inaugural lecture was given by [[Montek Singh Ahluwalia]] (former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India) in 2006 and the most recent lecture, the sixth, was given by [[Tharman Shanmugaratnam]] (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies in Singapore) in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://theindependent.sg/taking-tharmans-inclusive-prosperity-seriously/ | title=Taking Tharman's 'Inclusive Prosperity' seriously| date=8 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/dpm-tharman-celebrates-chinese-new-year-with-singaporeans-in-london | title=DPM Tharman celebrates Chinese New Year with Singaporeans in London| newspaper=The Straits Times| date=2017-01-30}}</ref> Other speaker include [[Nicholas Stern]], [[Amartya Sen]] and two former Governors of the Reserve Bank of India, [[Y.V. Reddy]] and [[Duvvuri Subbarao]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/1991-reloaded/article4567419.ece | title=1991 reloaded| journal=The Hindu| date=2013-03-31| last1=Raghavan| first1=T. C. a Srinivasa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/NHPzTIM1ZfWlNlNMCfKSLM/D-Subbarao--The-inflation-warrior.html | title=Politics| date=2013-05-09}}</ref>

==Research==

The purpose of the IO is to engage in [[public policy]] in and with [[India]] and also increase the generation and exchange of knowledge on India.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/oct/17spec2.htm | title=India in a changing world: The next 20 years}}</ref>

The IO undertakes multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. Its main research activities are:

* [[Sustainable growth]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8949|doi = 10.1142/8949|title = The Global Development of Policy Regimes to Combat Climate Change|series = The Tricontinental Series on Global Economic Issues|year = 2014|volume = 4| publisher=World Scientific |isbn = 978-981-4551-84-7}}</ref> inclusion<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=http://www.conceptpub.com/servlet/Detail?bookno=00001795 | title=India's Leading Social Science Publisher :: Concept Publishing Company}}</ref> and development<ref name="auto2">{{Cite book | url=https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9789811059629 | title=Governance and Governed: Multi-Country Perspectives on State, Society and Development| isbn=9789811059629| year=2018| publisher=Springer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-lives-change-9780198806509?q=how%20lives%20change&lang=en&cc=gb | title=How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics| isbn=9780198806509| date=2018-08-22| publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>
* [[Climate change]] and [[environmental sustainability]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite book | url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1081235/a-blueprint-for-a-safer-planet/9781409076216.html | title=A Blueprint for a Safer Planet| date=2 April 2009}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite book | doi=10.1142/8949|title = The Global Development of Policy Regimes to Combat Climate Change| volume=4|series = The Tricontinental Series on Global Economic Issues|year = 2014|last1 = Stern|first1 = Nicholas| last2=Bowen| first2=Alex| last3=Whalley| first3=John| isbn=978-981-4551-84-7}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{cite web | url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/why-are-we-waiting | title=Why Are We Waiting?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/446492/climate-change-hit-karnataka-harder.html | title=Climate change to hit Karnataka harder than other states: Experts| date=2014-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/karnataka-has-signifcant-role-in-realising-indcs_1835264.html | title=Karnataka has {{sic|signif|cant|nolink=y}} role in realising INDCs| date=2015-12-16}}</ref> in collaboration with the [[Grantham Research Institute]] at LSE
* [[Cities]] and [[sustainable development]] in collaboration with [[LSE Cities]]
* [[Public finance]] and [[taxation]]
* [[Financing]] and promotion of [[sustainable infrastructure]]
* Palanpur: economic developments in India through the longitudinal experience of one village in [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.economist.com/special-report/2012/10/13/lessons-from-palanpur | title=Lessons from Palanpur| newspaper=The Economist| date=2012-10-13}}</ref><ref name="auto6">{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.uk/dfid-research-outputs/india-s-economic-revolution-a-perspective-from-six-decades-of-economic-development-in-palanpur-a-north-indian-village | title=India's economic "revolution": A perspective from six decades of economic development in Palanpur, a north Indian village}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2009/04/27/nicholas-stern-le-lord-vert_1186016_3244.html | title=Nicholas Stern, le lord Vert| journal=Le Monde.fr| date=2009-04-27| last1=Malingre| first1=Virginie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/a-conversation-with-british-climate-economist-lord-nicholas-stern/ | title=A Conversation With: British Climate Economist Lord Nicholas Stern| date=2013-11-20}}</ref>

The IO disseminates its research findings through events (including seminars, lectures and conferences)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/bcrisis-india-is-land-of-billion-opportunities/20100127.htm | title='India is land of billion opportunities' - Rediff.com Business}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/amartya-sen-indian-caste-system-anti-national-london-school-of-economics-2857296/ | title=Amartya Sen describes Indian caste divisions as 'anti-national' at London School of Economics| date=2016-06-16}}</ref> and publications (including working papers, journal articles and books).<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/indias-economy-performance-and-challenges-9780198074953?cc=gb&lang=en& | title=India's Economy: Performance and Challenges: Essays in Honour of Montek Singh Ahluwalia| isbn=9780198074953| date=2011-07-28| last1=Acharya| first1=Shankar| last2=Mohan| first2=Rakesh| publisher=OUP India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ubs.com/content/dam/ubs/global/wealth_management/philanthropy_valuesbased_investments/indian-philanthrophy.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705153545/https://www.ubs.com/content/dam/ubs/global/wealth_management/philanthropy_valuesbased_investments/indian-philanthrophy.pdf|title=Revealing Indian Philanthropy |archivedate=5 July 2023|website=www.ubs.com}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-lives-change-9780198806509?q=how%20lives%20change&lang=en&cc=gb# | title=How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics| isbn=9780198806509| date=2018-08-22| publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>

==Fellowships==

The IO hosts two funded fellowships each year: the Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship and the Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality and Economics.<ref>{{Cite journal | url=https://www.epw.in/content/lse-india-observatory | title=Making a Show: The Black Money Bill, Making a Show: The Black Money Bill, Making a Show: The Black Money Bill, Making a Show: The Black Money Bill, Making a Show: The Black Money Bill, the LSE India Observatory | journal=Economic and Political Weekly | volume=50 | issue=23 | pages=7, 8 | date=2015-06-05 | archive-date=28 April 2017 | access-date=7 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428205608/http://www.epw.in/content/lse-india-observatory | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship was established in 1997 in partnership with the [[Sir Ratan Tata Trust]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/press-releases/ratan-tata-is-london-school-of-economics-fellow-107071201032_1.html | title=Ratan Tata is London School of Economics fellow| journal=Business Standard India| date=2007-07-11}}</ref> The Fellowship is for a period of eight months during each academic year, based at the IO. The Fellow is expected to engage in [[social science]] research broadly on the [[Economy]] and [[Society]] in [[India]] and [[South Asia]].

The Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality and Economics was established in 2010 and is supported by the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/subir-chowdhury-fellowship-quality-economics | title=Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality & Economics}}</ref> The Fellowship is for a period of three months during each academic year, based at the IO. The Fellow is expected to engage in research examining the impact of people quality and behaviour on the economies of Asian nations, prioritising but not restricted to, [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]].

==Students==

The IO works with and supports [[students]] through a number of activities.

Jointly with LSE Careers, the IO administers the Tata Social Internship which offers LSE students the opportunity to undertake an 8-week project with the [[Tata Group]] in India. These projects have either a development, [[social enterprise]], [[environmental sustainability|environment]]al, [[sustainable]] or [[corporate social responsibility]] focus and involve a significant research element.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/lse-students-to-intern-with-tata-companies/20100610.htm | title=LSE students to intern with Tata companies}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/general-csr/tata-social-internship-2016-hosts-19-international-students-in-india-116090700663_1.html | title=Tata Social Internship 2016 hosts 19 international students in India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.uniindia.com/tata-social-internship-2017-hosts-15-international-students-in-india/business-economy/news/972985.html?fromNewsdog=1 | title=Tata Social Internship 2017 hosts 15 international students in India}}</ref>

The IO has supported the activities of student societies including the India Society and the Entrepreneurs Society. The IO has supported various activities of the India Society since its inception. These include India Week, The Economic Forum for India at LSE and currently the annual LSE SU India Forum.

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/india/default.asp}}

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