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The world鈥檚 biggest democracy took to the polls earlier this year with Narendra Modi鈥檚 ruling BJP party winning the most seats but falling short of a majority鈥攁nd well short of expectations. Join us for this Policy & Practice event to discuss what the elections mean for the dynamics of India's domestic politics, democracy, economy and foreign policy, and for Modi himself.听

Meet the speakers

Dr Pavithra Suryanarayan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. Her work focuses on state capacity, redistributive politics, and vote choice in ranked ethnic systems like India and the United States. She also focuses on party organisation and party system institutionalisation in the Indian states. 听

Avantika Chilkoti is global business correspondent at The Economist and host of 鈥淭he Modi Raj鈥�, a podcast series about Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi. Prior to this, she covered finance for the Wall Street Journal and was the Financial Times鈥� foreign correspondent in Mumbai and Jakarta. 听

Dr Chietigj Bajpaee is Senior Research Fellow for South Asia, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House. Prior to his current role, Bajpaee was the political risk adviser for Asia for various companies and institutions, notably working for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.听

Chair: Dr Aparna Ravi is Lecturer (Teaching) in International Political Economy鈥痠n the UCL Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy.听

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