Pratham and UPenn jointly host conference on Read India The South Asia Center of the University of Pennsylvania and Pratham jointly hosted a conference on Read India at UPenn on Oct 3 and 4. The two day conference discussed the challenges of building the foundations of basic learning for children in a large and diverse country like India.  While the Read India experience provided the anchor for the discussions, participants used different disciplinary perspectives and experiences from diverse contexts to enrich the debate on how to generate and sustain quality learning for children on a massive scale in developing countries. The conference had two objectives: 1. Sharing knowledge from the world of research and know-how from the domain of practice and 2. Building partnerships for analysis and research. Introductory session: Dr. Madhav Chavan, Co-founder and CEO of Pratham Session 1: Children's Learning in a Democratic Society Moderator: Kathy Hall, University of Pennsylvania Panelists: Anuj Sharma & Deepak Dogra, Pratham  View Presentation Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland  View Presentation Ravi Madhavan, University of Pittsburgh  View Presentation Concluding Remarks:  Bob Prouty, Fast Track Initiative Session 2: Children's learning in a semi-literate society Panelists: Usha Rane, Pratham  View Presentation Madhuri Pai, Pratham   View Presentation Penelope Bender, Hewlett Foundation  View Presentation Concluding Remarks:  Dan Wagner, University of Pennsylvania Session 3: Assessment and Impact Evaluation of Large Scale Campaigns Moderator:   Shanta Devarajan, World Bank Panelists: Rukmini Banerji, Pratham Marc Shotland, J-PAL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   View Presentation Luis Crouch, RTI   View Presentation Leigh Linden, Columbia University Dana Schmidt, Hewlett Foundation  View Presentation For more information about this event, please contact us at info@prathamusa.org.