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This Week at #IMPRI
(2021 | W11 | March 15 - 21)
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Dear IMPRI Well-wisher,
Greetings from the team!
We hope for your continued safety and wellbeing amid the pandemic.
Coming up this week - a discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls in Asia and the Pacific, and, in the run-up to World Water Day 2021, a pertinent talk by Shri Rajendra Singh - environmentalist, and 'Waterman of India'.
The newsletter provides an overview of these upcoming events , the week's publications, and videos of past week's #WebPolicyTalks in case you missed them. We hope to see you tune in to one of our events!
Hope you have a wonderful week ahead,
Anshula Mehta, Assistant Director, IMPRI
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Upcoming #WebPolicyTalks
Register to attend!
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Special Lecture
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Mohammad Naciri (Regional Director, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok) on Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls in Asia and the Pacific
When: March 16, 2021 (Tuesday); 16:30 IST/18:00 ICT | REGISTER HERE
Chaired by Prof Govind Kelkar (GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation; IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center), with discussants Prof M. Niaz Asadullah (University of Malaya) and Nandita Baruah (The Asia Foundation)
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Distinguished Lecture
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Shri Rajendra Singh (Waterman of India; Chairman, Tarun Bharat Singh, Alwar) on How does India value Water?
When: March 20, 2021 (Saturday); 17:00 IST | REGISTER HERE
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More events:
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Ahmedabad International Literature Festival
Dr Simi Mehta (CEO and Editorial Director, IMPRI) is a speaker at the Ahmedabad International Literature Festival, as part of a session on 'Resilient Resources: The Enigmatic Women'
When: Saturday, March 13, 2021; 19:00 IST
Watch Live on Facebook
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- 'Gendered Experiences of COVID-19: Women, Labour, and Informal Sector' by Vibhuti Patel | EPW Engage
Gendered experiences of COVID-19 are shaped by the intersection of inequalities in the labour markets, intrahousehold power relations during stay-at-home and lockdown orders in the matters concerning care, stress and domestic violence; working from home along with housework, gendered experiences of household responsibilities, domestic violence, sexual violence and child sexual abuse in camps/shelter homes, mental health issues, personal care and frontline healthcare service to the family members.
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- '15th Finance Commission recommendations are overtly pro-urban, to 'hit' federal spirit' by Tikender Singh Panwar | Counterview
The paranoia over the collection of property tax and linking it to availing the grant must be given up. No doubt that the property tax is one of the important sources of resource mobilization in the municipalities but to over centralize it would be erroneous. The provision for asking the state governments to decide the property tax floor area rate is entirely flawed.
- 'Need for Feminism in Climate Decision-Making – Dr Anjal Prakash' by Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Nishi Verma | IMPRI
“Masculine development projects have only extracted as much as they can from nature and its elements; there is a need for more feminism in decision making.”- Dr Anjal Prakash at a #WebPolicyTalk - 'Time for an eco-friendly development model' by Gurinder Kaur and Arjun Kumar | OpinionExpress.in
An increase in natural disasters in India is a result of climate change, but an increase in their impact is due to overexploitation of natural resources. The Centre and State Governments have been pursuing pro-corporate development by ignoring environmental norms. Uttarakhand is inviting climatic tragedies and destroying its beauty by regularly flouting the Environmental Impact Assessment Laws to build a 900-km-long stretch of the Char Dham route.
- 'Intersectoral Convergence in Disaster Resilience is Fundamental -Ranjan Borah' by Simi Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Nishi Verma | IMPRI
At a #WebPolicyTalk, Ranjan Borah highlighted that about 465 households had been impacted due to Chamoli floods in the 12 upper regions of Joshimath. The statistics are based on the report on February 18, 2021, by the Government of Uttarakhand’s State control room. He further acknowledged the response activities being carried out by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Personnel in this challenging scenario. He said, in technical terms, the incident of February 7, 2021, is the Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). Similar GLOF incidents have occurred in the past, as evident from the Kedarnath floods.
- 'Challenges of #AatmaNirbhar cities and Union budget 2021-22' by Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun Kumar | Counterview
Institutional reforms are also crucial both for involving the private sector in the provision and expansion of improved urban infrastructure. Such reform should start with an explicit focus on empowering the city governments by enhancing their capabilities to develop and implement their strategies that are feasible and effective in their local contexts. Equal importance should be accorded to three Fs – functions, funds and functionaries to exploit the potential of urbanisation to produce sustainable and inclusive growth and development in the New Normal.
- 'Gendered Dimensions and Impacts of Suicide Bereavement: Exploring Lived Experiences' by Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal | IMPRI
Gender roles, gender identity, normative ideas of masculinity have a great influence on suicide bereavement. There is considerable victim-blaming and shaming, especially of wives who lose husbands to suicide. Due to the modern family’s hetero-patriarchal structure, a woman (wife or daughter) is perceived as the custodian of culture and tradition and, upholder of the family honor. The suicide of a husband or a father causes people to question this role. In cases of suicide by children, the mother is often blamed for not being a responsible parent. Another interesting observation is that a mother who dies of suicide is perceived as being irresponsible, whereas a father’s suicide is attributed to other reasonable causes. - Nandini Murali at a #WebPolicyTalk
- 'Union Budget 2021-22: Reimagining Cities amidst COVID-19 Pandemic' by Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun Kumar | Delhi Post
The budget has responded to the challenges of COVID-19, but whether this response is comprehensive and enough can only be seen through an understanding of micro-governance of the allocations.
- 'Education, Employability & Employment: Understanding the Intersection' by Arjun Kumar and Ritika Gupta | Counterview
Much of professional education has emphasized theory but not practice. Additionally they should recognize their responsibility towards society. At a #WebPolicyTalk, Sudheesh Venkatesh argues for education of practice and social responsibility to resolve the question of employability. A focus on vocational education, wherein tools like apprenticeships and internships are utilized, can also increase employability. He argues that the industry has to do its part in resolving the thorny issue; it cannot be a mute bystander.
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Distinguished Lecture: Prof Govind Kelkar (Executive Director, GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation; Chairperson, IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center) on The Role of Policy and Society in Accelerating Inclusive Equality: #ChoosingToChallenge for Action and Impact
Chaired by Dr Nivedita P. Haran (IAS, retd.), with discussants Prof Virginius Xaxa (Tezpur University), Prof Indu Agnihotri (Formerly, Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), Delhi), Dr Francis Raj (Center for Human Security Studies, Hyderabad), Dr Manorama Bakshi (Formerly, Tata Trusts) and Dr G Sridevi (University of Hyderabad)
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Special Lecture: Prof Vikram Patel (Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA; Co-Founder and Member of Managing Committee, Sangath, India) on The Mental Health of India’s Youth
Chaired by Prof Prabha Chandra (NIMHANS) with discussants Dr Soumitra Pathare (Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Pune), Sadam Hanjabam (Ya_All, The Youth Network), Dr Aparna Joshi (iCALL, TISS, Mumbai), Dr Paulomi Sudhir (NIMHANS), Dr M. Manjula (NIMHANS) and Urvashi Prasad (NITI Aayog),
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Special Lecture: Dr R Balasubramanium (Founder and Chairman, Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement; Founder, Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement) on Building a Planet-friendly Economy
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#EmploymentDebate: Prof M H Bala Subrahmanya (Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India) on How to enable Indian SMEs to penetrate the Global Value Chains of TNCs? The Need to strengthen Regional Innovation Systems
Chaired by Prof Dev Nathan (Eminent Professor and Economist), with discussants Dr Radhika Pandey (NIPFP) and Ketan Reddy (IIT, Madras)
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#CityConversations: Prof P. S. N. Rao (Director, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi) on The State of Real Estate and Housing in India amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact and Way Forward
Discussants: Prof Amita Bhide (TISS, Mumbai), Dr Akshaya K. Sen (HUDCO), Sameer Unhale (Department of Municipal Administration, Government of Maharashtra), Pavan Dixit (Property360Degree), Dhaval Monani (Future of Living Institute)
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Panel Discussion: Novel Techniques of Work Life Balance for Working Women in the Evolving COVID-19 Scenario was organized by State Resource Centre for Women, Department of Women and Child Development, Delhi on March 1, 2021 during the run up to International Women's Day 2021.
The participants were Mr. Anvar Sadath K H (Training and Research Officer, SRCW), Prof. Vibhuti Patel (Former Professor TISS, Mumbai), Ms. Madhu K. Garg IAS (Secretary, WCD Delhi), Dr. Saumya Uma (Associate Professor, Jindal Global School of Law), Dr. Aparna Joshi (Assistant Professor TISS, Mumbai and Director ICALL Helpline), Dr. Neena Pandey (Associate Professor, Delhi School of Social Work), Ms. Preeti D'mello (Chair, FICCI Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Working Group on Gender Parity and Global Head - Diversity & Lead Academy- Tata Consultancy Services) and Dr. Rashmi Singh IAS (Director, WCD Delhi).
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