Prof. D.T. Lakdawala Annual Lecture Series: The Planning Commission, Government of India has set up this lecture series in memory of the first chairman of the Institute. The prestigious memorial lectures have been delivered so far by the following eminent personalities:

	Beyond Liberalisation: Social Opportunity and Human Capability. (The First D.T. Lakdawala Memorial Lecture, 29 June 1994)
	Human Development Paradigm For South Asia. (The Second D.T.Lakdawala Memorial Lecture, 7 February 1996)
	Towards Creating A Poverty-Free World. (The Third D.T.Lakdawala Memorial Lecture, 8 August 1997)
	Post-Apartheid South Africa: Truth, Reconciliation and Justice. (The Fourth D.T.Lakdawala Memorial Lecture, 18 December 1998)
	Peering into the Abyss of the Future. (The Fifth D.T. Lakdawala Memorial Lecture, 3 November 2001)
	Re-imagining India. The Sixth D.T.Lakdawala Memorial Lecture, 28 March 2003
	The Future of the Indian Past. The Seventh D.T. Lakdawala Memorial Lecture, 21 February 2004
	The Idea of India as an Ideal: Can Our Dreams Come True
	The Nation-State in the Global Age