symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Rahul Verma, Lokniti-CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi and PhD candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley

• ENGAGING WITH INDIAN POLITICS
  K.C. Suri, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, and K.K. Kailash, University of Hyderabad

• OPINION SURVEYS AT AND BETWEEN ELECTIONS
  James Manor, Professor, School of Advanced Study, University of London

• FORECASTING MODELS
  Rajeeva Karandikar, Director, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai

• ELECTIONS, EXIT POLLS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
  Rajdeep Sardesai, Consulting Editor, India Today Group, Delhi

• THE BUSINESS OF POLLING
  Dhananjai Joshi, Senior Managing Director, Cicero Associates, Delhi and Sam Solomon, Fulbright-Nehru Scholar, Delhi 

• MYTHS AND REALITIES
  S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Delhi

• THE UK EXPERIENCE
  Oliver Heath, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London

• POLLING IN THE UNITED STATES
  D. Sunshine Hillygus, Professor, Department of Political Science, Duke University, and Brian Guay, PhD student in political science, Duke University, Durham

• LESSONS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
  Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Professor of Political Science, and Director, Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University, Nashville

• DO SURVEYS INFLUENCE RESULTS? 
  Sanjay Kumar, Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Praveen Rai, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi and Pranav Gupta, London School of Economics

• EXPLOITING SURVEY DATA 
  Neelanjan Sircar, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi and Milan Vaishnav, Senior Associate, South Asia Programme, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.

• BUILDING BETTER SURVEYS 
  Irfan Nooruddin, Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

• FURTHER READING
  A short and relevant bibliography compiled by Pranav Gupta, London School of Economics

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Gautam Bhatia

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