The 1st Arun Chowdhury Memorial Lecture was organized on 18th June, 2016 at Kolkata’s Uttam mancha . The first lecture discussed the Economics and the Politics of development.
The topic of the oration was "In search of the marginal voice- Economics of Development, Politics of Development". The lecture was delivered by Mrs. Anita Agnihotri who is an indian bengali writer and a former civil servant. The discussion was moderated by Santosh Rana.