#EmploymentDebate

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Amarjeet Kaur (General Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)) on The State of Employment and Livelihoods in India: Trade Union Perspectives and the Way Forward amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

When: July 14, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Fr. Dr. Denzil Fernandes (Indian Social Institute (ISI), New Delhi)

Discussants: Dr Sonia George (SEWA, Kerala), Prof K R Shyam Sundar (XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur), Dr Sharad Kumari (ActionAid Association, Bihar and Jharkhand), Dr Swarna Sadasivam Vepa (Madras School of Economics, Chennai)

#GenderGaps

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Liane Schalatek (Associate Director, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Washington, DC) on Gender-Responsive Climate Finance: Where We Are and Where We Need to Be

When: July 15, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Discussants: Prof Mizan R. Khan (Independent University, Bangladesh), Dr Sanghamitra Dhar (UN Women, Delhi and Manipur), Marina Andrijevic (Humboldt University; Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany)

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI)

#GenderGaps

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Dr Anagha Tendulkar (Head & Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Sophia College, Mumbai) on Who Cares for the Elderly? Gendered Intersectionalities in Geriatric Care

When: July 16, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel (Former Professor, TISS, Mumbai)

Discussants: Prof Vina Vaswani (Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore), Dr. Anand P. Ambali (Shri B. M. Patil Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura), Prof Urmi Nanda Biswas (The M.S.University of Baroda, Vadodara), Sailesh Mishra (Silver Innings; A1 Snehanjali – Assisted Living Elder Care Home, Mumbai)

#LocalGovernance

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Dr Leon A. Morenas (Associate Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi) on BS* Urbanism

When: July 19, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Tikender Singh Panwar, Former Deputy Mayor, Shimla; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI

#EmploymentDebate

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Dr Anjana Thampi (Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School) on The State of Earnings in India: The Crisis of Inequality amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

When: July 20, 2021 | 4:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

#GenderGaps

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Sanchita Ain (Partner, ASV Legal; Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India) on What does equal treatment mean in an urban society?: Learning gender equality through the account of Rifat Bi

When: July 21, 2021 | 8:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel, Former Professor, TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

Special Lecture

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Maj. Gen. Anil Verma (Retd.) (Head, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)) on Politicising the Pandemic: Impact on Electoral Democracy

When: July 23, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

The State of Foreign Trade - #TalkingTrade

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#IMPRI Center for the Study of Finance and Economics (CSFE), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi presents a new conversation series - The State of Foreign Trade - #TalkingTrade. 

The series is moderated by Prof Nalin Bharti (Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna)

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The gaping holes in Modi Government’s New draft e­ commerce Rules by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

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The GST Conundrum Over COVID-19 Vaccines by Arun Kumar | #IMPRI insights

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The criminal justice system needs a revisit, post-Stan Swamy by Amita Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Expanding ministry to expand the political base by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

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10 Sutras on World Population Day by Devender Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Economic Survey has been reduced to a Ritual by Narasimha Reddy Donthi | #IMPRI insights

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Why are smart cities and towns becoming more prone to floods? by Tikender Singh Panwar | #IMPRI insights

#CityConversations

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Prof Chetan Vaidya (Independent Urban Advisor; Former Senior National Urban Adviser, Sustainable Urban Development Smart City (SUD-SC) Project Kochi supported by GIZ; Former Director, SPA, New Delhi and NIUA, New Delhi) on Demystifying Urban Ranking Indexes in India

Chair: Prof Hitesh Vaidya (Director, NIUA, New Delhi)

Prof Meera Mehta (CEPT University, Ahmedabad), Prof Dinesh Mehta (CEPT University, Ahmedabad), Ms Pritika Hingorani (Director and Research Fellow, IDFC Institute, Mumbai)

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Visva-Bharati University, Santi-Niketan; IMPRI, New Delhi)

#CityConversations

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Dr Emily Rains (Incoming Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University) on Negotiating Informality: A Range of Policy Needs and Problem-Solving Strategies in Urban Slums

Discussants: Prof Mahalaya Chatterjee (University of Calcutta), Dr Jenia Mukherjee (IIT, Kharagpur), Mr Aravind Unni (Indo-Global Social Service Society, Delhi), Dr Sarani Khatua (University of Calcutta)

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Visva-Bharati University, Santi-Niketan; IMPRI, New Delhi)

#CityConversations

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Panel Discussion on Engaging the Urban from the Periphery

Panelists: Dr Shubhra Gururani (York University, Toronto), Dr Loraine Kennedy (École des Hautes Études (EHESS), Paris), Dr Ashima Sood (Anant National University, Ahmedabad), Prof Carol Upadhya (National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore), Liubing Xie (University of California, Berkeley), Pratik Mishra (King’s College London), Ankita Rathi (Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat)

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Visva-Bharati University, Santi-Niketan; IMPRI, New Delhi)

#EmploymentDebate

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Prof Randhir Singh Rathore on The State of Skill Development in India: Impact, Policies, and the Way Forward amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

Discussants: Mr Sudheesh Venkatesh (Azim Premji Foundation, Bangalore), Dr G Sridevi (University of Hyderabad), Dr Pabitra Kumar Jena (Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra)

#CityConversations

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Dr Shahana Chattaraj (Director – Research Data & Innovation, WRI India; Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi) on Urban Political Economy and Governance

Discussants: Dr Arindam Biswas (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee), Dr Diganta Kumar Das (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Dr Neha Sami (Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), Bengaluru)

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Visva-Bharati University, Santi-Niketan; IMPRI, New Delhi)