Bérénice Girard
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Bérénice Girard defended her doctoral thesis 3 July 2019
The Engineers, the River and the State. Role and Place of Engineers in the Management of the Ganges
Dissertation directors: Roland Lardinois and Odile Henry
PhD Department: Sociology
Initial registration: 2011
On June 13, 2008, in Uttarkashi northern India, G. D. Agrawal, a former professor of environmental engineering at one of the country's leading engineering schools (IIT Kanpur) and former member-secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board of the Central Environmental Agency, began a hunger strike to protest what he considered the uncontrolled development of hydroelectric power plants on the Bhagirathi River, one of the two sources of the Ganges. This mobilization shared many similarities with the one carried out since the 1980's by Veer Bhadra Mishra, a professor of hydraulic engineering at the Banaras Hindu University of Benares and Mahant of the Sankat Mochan temple, who denounced the pollution of the river and the failures of government policies aimed at reducing it. Based on the detailed study of these two movements, this thesis aims to analyze the hegemony of public civil engineering on river management in India and the ability of mobilizations from within the profession to challenge it. In this respect, this work helps to shed light on the role of the State in the structuring of the profession in India, on the evolution of public management and on the place of engineers in development policies within the context of economic liberalization. This thesis thus describes the transformation of engineers' social positions, work practices and relationship to the State, by highlighting different strategies of criticism, continued influence or resistance.
Last update: 10 September 2019
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