The themes for the seminar were as follows-

1. Public Policy and Politics : Does Policy matter in electoral choices?
2. Clientelism: Is India a Clientelist Democracy?
3. Social Engagement and Political Action
4. Parties and Politics: Are Parties Vehicles of Politics?

The participants for the seminar included scholars from different institutions such as Delhi University, University of Hyderabad, G.B. Pant Institute of Social Sciences, Ashoka University, Azim Premji University,Bengaluru, Gauhati University, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru as well as from Oxford University, University of Cambridge, Leiden University, Netherlands, University of California, Berkeley etc.