#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

#DataDiscourses

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Abhirup Bhunia (Independent Development Practitioner) on Practitioner Reflections on the Data & Evidence Ecosystem

When: July 22, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: P C Mohanan (Former Acting Chairperson, National Statistical Commission, Government of India)

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

Discussants: Dr Niranjan Sahoo (Observer Research Foundation)

#GenderGaps

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Dr. Smita M. Patil (Assistant Professor, School of Gender and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi) on Relations of Caste and Gender in the time of the Pandemic: Challenges for Feminist and Social Movements

When: July 26, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Discussants: Prof Uma Chakravarti (Feminist Historian; Formerly, Miranda House, University of Delhi) and Dr Ajay Gudavarthy (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi)

#GenderGaps

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Panel Discussion on Pathways towards Combating Third Wave: Impact and Policy Learnings from the Second Wave through a Gender Lens

When: July 27, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Panelists: Prof Alpana Borgohain (Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam), Dr Swarna Rajagopalan (The Prajnya Trust, Chennai), Prof Kiran Desai (Centre for Social Studies, Surat), Dr. Ravi Vaswani (Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore), Dr Tauseef Fatima (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) and Brinelle D’Souza (Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai)

#GenderGaps

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Prof Pushpesh Kumar (Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad) on Sexual Violence: Perspectivizing the Role of the State

When: July 28, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Discussants: Prof Maitrayee Chaudhuri (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi)

#CityConversations

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Prof Ashwani Kumar (Professor and Dean, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai) on Disenfranchised Migrants and the City: Theory and Evidence

When: July 29, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Discussants: Dr Srishtee Sethi (Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie)

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; IMPRI)

#CohesiveDevelopment

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Dr Shyami Puvimanasinghe (Author and Advocate on International Solidarity, Human Rights and Sustainable Development)

When: July 30, 2021 | 4:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Discussants: Dr Jos Chathukulam (Centre for Rural Management, Kottayam), Dr Gopal Krishna (IRGAC-RLS, Berlin; Humboldt University, Berlin), Prof H S Shylendra (Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat)

Moderator: Prof Sunil Ray (Former Director, A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna; Advisor, CDECS and IMPRI)

NPTEL MOOC free certification course: Urbanization and Environment - IIT Kharagpur

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An NPTEL SWAYAM MOOC course on Urbanization and Environment is being offered by Prof Jenia Mukherjee (IIT Kharagpur).

About the Course:

COVID 19 has exposed us to the limits of urban trajectories during the Anthropocene, provoking us to reontologize the “urban”, the “environment” and their relationship. In spite of manifold urban environmental challenges at the global level and their local ramifications, one is hopeful to imagine possibilities within the three emerging trends shaping the contemporaneous:

• a comprehensive and radical critique of technocratic approaches, strategizing “resilience” as a top-down solution to address urban sustainability
• openness and greater propensity to experiment with inter and transdisciplinary frameworks to capture the urban environmental pluriverse and complexities at scales
• transdisciplinary discourses forging trans-sectoral participation, beyond conventional academics and through multi-modal dissemination formats

Within this transformative context, this course will potentially help urban researchers and practitioners to gain a better grip on emerging urban environmental (social sciences) frameworks along cutting-edge theories and case studies around the globe.

By completing this two-credit (eight weeks) course online, researchers, students and practitioners will be able to formalize their academic output through certification gained along flexible learning schedules and options.

Finally, constant interactions among the instructor, teaching assistants and course participants through the interactive online forum and live sessions, will be enablers to foster long-term relationships on urban environmental agendas and actions.    

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दहेज-मुक्त समाज समय की मांग है by Ranjana Kumari | #IMPRI insights

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Cooperation Ministry or Cocooning Cooperatives? by Amita Singh | #IMPRI insights

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The Complete Step-by-Step Shopify Tutorial for Beginners by Rohit Mehta | #IMPRI insights

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Scrap Sedition, but Courts must Act on Misuse of Draconian Laws by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

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Sachin Pilot not yet Rajasthan PCC president: Rahul Gandhi’s amazing grace by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

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Interview: Prof Arun Kumar | Not only Economy but all the Government's policies are in danger | The Public India

#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

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

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

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

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

Discussant: Dr Priyanka Chatterjee (Sharda University)