21st Century National Priorities and Practicing Geography in India: The Need to Think Outside the Box

The present paper is the revised and updated version of an invited lecture originally delivered at a National Symposium organized by Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University in association with Indian Institute of Geographers (IIG.) on ‘Re-Orienting Teaching & Research in Geography’, 26–28 December 2014 in the Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University.