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Research Seminar on India’s Stalled Path of Structural Transformation: What Went Wrong?

 

ISID organised a webinar on Working of Patents in India: Opportunities and Challenges on June 7, 2024. Prof Ruchi Sharma, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore and Visiting Professor, ISID, made the presentation. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion that included Prof Sunil Mani, Visiting Professor, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum, and Ahmedabad University; Dr Sujit Bhattacharya, Chief Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR); and, Dr Reji K Joseph, Associate Professor, ISID. The seminar was moderated by Prof Nagesh Kumar, Director, ISID.

 

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Meeting ID: 897 2326 4628 |  Passcode: 20210712

Abstract: Structural transformation—the transfer of workers from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors or activities—is a crucial pre-condition of modern economic growth. The speed at which structural transformation takes place differentiates successful countries from unsuccessful ones in economic development. The seminar addresses India’s experience with structural transformation. In spite of rapid economic growth, India is a structurally underdeveloped country. India is an outlier among developing countries in that, construction is the major source of jobs outside of agriculture, not manufacturing and services. Further, the implications of structural underdevelopment for India and what may explain India’s peculiar path of structural transformation will be discussed in detail.