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NEUTRAL PLATFORM TO DISCUSS ISSUES 

Neutral Platform to Discuss Issues
JGU brings together people who hold different views to discuss difficult questions in law, policy, the economy and climate. In 2025 its platforms hosted speakers from across the political spectrum, including:

  • Union Ministers and a serving Chief Minister;
  • an opposition Member of Parliament;
  • he Speaker of the Lok Sabha;
  • the Chief Justice of India.


Events in 2025

  • 11th Dr. L.M. Singhvi Memorial Lecture, “Human Dignity as the Soul of the Constitution: Judicial Reflections in the 21st Century” ([date] 2025). Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai gave the keynote, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was Chief Guest.
  • Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture by Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, on “India@2047: Towards fulfilling the vision of Viksit Bharat” ([date]).
  • Inaugural Dr. Manmohan Singh Memorial Lecture by Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, on “The Policy Agenda we need for Viksit Bharat” ([date]).
  • Oxford Lectures organised by JGU, with Shashi Tharoor, MP, on India’s values, democracy and civilisation ([date], July 2025).
  • Women’s Leadership Series lecture by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ([date], 2025).
  • Jindal Policy Conclave 2025 ([date]).
  • Mumbai Sustainability Conclave (1 May 2025): a cross-sector panel on implementing the SDGs together, with an inaugural address by Justice M.S. Sonak of the Bombay High Court.
  •  IMAANDAAR inauguration (18 November 2025): judges, ministers and legal practitioners on judicial independence, with a re-enactment of the Kesavananda Bharati case."


How the Space Is Kept Neutral
Events are open to a range of views, and speakers are invited for their expertise. The university does not take a position on contested political questions. This openness is protected by the