The Friends of the South Asian Committee at Yale will sponsor a reception, dinner and panel discussion celebrating the 50th anniversary of India's and Pakistan's independence from British rule on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The events will be held at the Regal Inn, 1605 Whalley Ave. in New Haven.
The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a reception and dinner. There will be a panel discussion on the theme "South Asia After 50 Years of Independence" from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. T.N. Srinivasan, director of the Economic Growth Center and the Samuel C. Park Jr. Professor of Economics, will moderate the panel. Participants will include Montek Singh Ahluwalia, formerly with the World Bank and now India's secretary of finance; Javed Burki, formerly Pakistan's finance minister and now vice president of the World Bank; and Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bangladesh's secretary of energy and mineral resources, and coauthor of "Bangladesh: Government That Works -- Reforming the Public Sector"
The dinner is open to the public; there is a charge of $20 per person ($15 for students). To make a reservation, call Pravin Bhatt at (203) 281-6208.