Remaking the Indian Citizen | Fifteenth Annual DAKSH Constitution Day Lecture

​DAKSH is excited to announce its Fifteenth Annual Constitution Day Lecture on 06 December 2026, at the Bangalore International Centre at 6:30 PM.

​The guest speaker for the event is Yamini Aiyar, a public policy scholar.

​About the Topic:

​The democratic boundaries of citizenship are undergoing a profound shift in ways that fundamentally upend the constitutional promise of equal citizenship. From voting to welfare delivery, this lecture will examine the underlying dynamics through which citizenship in India and the underlying dynamics that shape how citizens' engage the state are shifting. It will make the case that routine bureaucratic process are being weaponised to create a new hierarchy of citizenship and reshaping what it means to be an Indian citizen.

​About the Speaker:

​Yamini is currently Visiting Professor of Practice & Senior Visiting Fellow, Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia and Watson Institute, Brown University. She is also Senior Visiting Fellow at Centre for Social and Economic Progress, New Delhi. She was the President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, a multidisciplinary think tank in New Delhi from 2017-2024.

​Yamini sits on a number of boards and advisory committees of research centers and non-profits. She has also has published widely both in academic and current affairs journals and newspapers including the Economist, Foreign Affairs, Journal of Democracy, Indian Express, The Hindu and the Hindustan Times. Her book, "Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi Schools" was published in December 2024 by Oxford University Press.