#  India Votes 2024: The World’s Largest Democracy? 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 6, 2024** 

 05:30PM - 07:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

 This spring, the **The Lakshmi Mittal and Family Institute** will host a series of events focused on the Indian elections, from how they are covered to what it means regionally and globally. This is the launch of the series, focusing on

 “[How should we assess India’s standing as the “world’s largest democracy,” in theory and practice?](https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/event/indian-elections-series-launch-the-worlds-largest-democracy/)”

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 *Speakers*:  
**Sandipto Dasgupta**, Assistant Professor of Politics, The New School for Social Research  
**Sushant Singh**, Senior Fellow at Centre for Policy Research  
**Raheel Dhattiwala**, Baden-Wurttemberg Fellow at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, and author of Keeping the Peace

 *Moderator*: **Sugata Bose**, Gardiner Professor of History, Harvard University

 **Co-sponsors:** Harvard Asia Center, Harvard University Department of History, Grad Students for South Asian Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Department of South Asian Studies  
**Contact:** [mittalsai@fas.harvard.edu](/mittalsai@fas.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

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- [ Government ](/research-field/government)
- [ 2023-24 ](/academic-year/2023-24)
 
 

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