Meeting organized by Indian School of Social Sciences, Media Foundation and The Asian School of Journalism, Chennai at Rani Seethai Hall, Dr. Prabhat Patnaik on The Global Economic Crisis. Dr. Patnaik is a professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and Vice-Chairman of the Planning Board of Kerala. He is one of the four members of the UN Task Force to recommend reforms of the global financial system, headed by Joseph Stiglitz.