Course organiser:Neil Fleming
3 Oct:
David Sutherland on 'NZ Involvement in Indian Village developments' AND Dr Arindam Basu on 'Telehealth': There will be two speakers:
David Sutherland will present a perspective on how the International Rotary organisation, and its New Zealand arm, has combined with the New Zealand Overseas Aid Programme, to work with residents in Himanchal Pradesh, North West India.
Then Dr Arindam Basu, from the New Zealand South Asia Centre at University of Canterbury, will present a brief look at Telehealth - delivering health to remote areas-- a project for which he is seeking funding.
10 Oct:
Topic and speaker TBA
17 Oct:
Two speakers from University of Canterbury invite questions about India's 'Marriages, Music and Customs': A joint presentation with opportunities to ask those interesting but 'hard' questions about this great country.
24 Oct:
Dr Arindam Basu on 'Us and Them': Dr Arindam Basu, who is also Physician and epidemiologist and senior lecturer at the Health Sciences Centre of the University of Canterbury, will speak about Healthcare in India, medical tourism, disease and prevention.
31 Oct:
Dr Kuntal Das on 'Stories of the poor and the very rich in India': Dr Das is from the Department of Economics and Finance at University of Canterbury. He has been a consultant for the World Bank, and an intern at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India, and at the IMF and the Asian Development Bank.