Ammu Joseph spoke at the CBPS Annual Endowment Lecture on Gender and Development in memory of Dr. Poornima Vyasulu

On May 13 2016, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore organised the Annual Endowment Lecture on Gender and Development in memory of Dr. Poornima Vyasulu on the occasion of her birthdayThis year, Ammu Joseph, a Freelance Journalist, Media Analyst and Editorial Consultant spoke on: ‘Gender and Media’. She is an independent journalist and author based in Bangalore (India), writing primarily on issues relating to gender, human development and the media. She writes for a number of mainstream publications and web-based media. The chair for the session was Dr. Shobha Raghuram who is trained in philosophy and development studies. She received her PhD from the University of Poona and did her post doctoral work at the University of Sorbonne, Paris in the History of Ideas and Ethics on a Government of France Fellowship.

It was held at 6.00 p.m. at the Indian Institute of World Culture in Basavangudi, Bangalore