Speaker: Mr. Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Doctoral level SYLFF Fellow.

Topic: “Marginalized Groups in Kolkata: A Historical Perspective of Street Vendors”

Session Co-ordinator: Prof. Ranjan Chakravorty, Professor, Dept. of History, Jadavpur University.

Mr. Bandyopadhyay explained how the informal sector has been situated side by side the formal sector in the context of labor history. He considered the informal manufacturing unit and the heterogeneous units that emerged from migration and other social distortions. He sought the opinion of the panelists about the sustainability and existence of the marginalized informal sector.

Prof. Joyashree Roy, a panelist, Session coordinator Prof. Ranjan Chakravorty, Mr. Duke Ghosh, Mrs. Anindita Pujari, SYLFF fellow from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India expressed their informed opinion regarding the problems presented by Mr. Bandyopadhyay.