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Prof. Rahul Mukherji held a special lecture on “India’s Tryst with Competitive Authoritarianism” on September 26 (Monday), 2022, at Yalamaya Kendra, Patan Dhoka, Nepal. The event was organized by the South Asia Institute’s Kathmandu Branch Office and the Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE). The lecture was chaired by Dr. Suresh Chalise, a former ambassador of Nepal to the United States and to the United Kingdom and former guest at SAI’s department of Political Science as a research fellow of the Alexander von Humbolt Foundation. In his lecture, Prof. Mukherji highlighted the present situation of India especially during Modi’s government. His focus was on democracy, religion, minorities and economy. After the lecture, the floor was opened to the audience and Dr. Suresh Chalise concluded the session with his final remarks.

The Panel Discussion on “Status of Democracy in Nepal” was chaired by Prof. Rahul Mukherji and the panelists were Amb. Vijay Kant Karna (Centre for Social Inclusion and Federalism), Prof. Dr. Deepak Prakash Bhatt (Member of Parliament of Nepal and Security Expert), Prof. Kapil Shrestha (Kathmandu School of Law), Dr. Lila Nyaichyai (Tribhuvan University) Amb. Dr. Shambhu Ram Simkhada (Tribhuvan University), Ms. Sajana Maharjan Amatya (Asia Foundation), Dr. Uddhab Pyakurel (Kathmandu University) and Mr. Jay Nishant (Nepal Democracy Foundation).