Dr. Deepak Nayyar, Distinguished University Professor of Economics, whose career extends from academia to government ministries, visits The New School for Social Research to give a series of free lectures on Tuesday, March 10, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., and Thursday, March 12, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.

The first lecture "Learning to Unlearn from Development: Ideology and Experience," will take place at Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. The second lecture
“Developing Countries in the World Economy: The Future in the Past?” will take place at 6 East 16th Street, room 906/913.

Professor Nayyar has taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; University of Oxford; the University of Sussex; the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; and served as vice-chancellor of the University of Delhi from 2000 to 2005. His recent books include Governing Globalization: Issues and Institutions, and as co-author with Joseph Stiglitz and Jose Antonio Ocampo et. al. Stability with Growth: Macroeconomics, Liberalization and Development.