Sun Dec 08 12:43:42 UTC 2024: ## Eminent Social Scientist to Deliver Lecture at Mahatma Gandhi University

**KOTTAYAM, December 8, 2024** – Professor Olle Törnquist, a distinguished Swedish social scientist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Oslo, will deliver a lecture on the challenges of Kerala’s social democratic development at Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) on Monday.

The lecture, titled “Challenges of Kerala’s Social Democratic-Oriented Development in Comparative Perspective,” is part of the Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Lecture 2024, organized by MGU’s Inter-University Centre for Social Science Research and Extension (IUCSSRE). The event, scheduled for 10:30 a.m., will be held at the IUCSSRE Conference Hall on the MGU campus.

MGU Vice-Chancellor C.T. Aravindakumar will deliver the inaugural address, and former Kannur University Vice-Chancellor Michael Tharakan will chair the session.

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