#DiplomacyDialogue

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Prof Harsh V. Pant (Director, Studies; Head, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi) on India and the Evolving Global Order

When: August 17, 2021 | 5:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Dr Rafiq Dossani (RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy; RAND Corporation; Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, USA)

Discussant: Dr Parama Sinhapalit (Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore)

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI, New Delhi)

#TalkingTrade

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Prof Mukul Asher (Former Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. National University of Singapore) on The Blue Economy, Port-Based Development and Expanding India's Foreign Trade

When: August 20, 2021 | 4:30 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Nalin Bharti (Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna)

Panel Discussion

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A Panel Discussion on The Future of Labour Codes: Impact and Way Forward from Employers' Perspectives

When: August 20, 2021 | 6:30 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Prof K R Shyam Sundar (Professor, HRM Area, XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur)

#CohesiveDevelopment

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Dr Antje Linkenbach (Fellow, Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany) on Cohesive Development in the Anthropocene

When: August 23, 2021 | 12:30 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Distinguished Lecture

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Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad (Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis International University, Pune; Former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE) on Recent Developments in West Asia: Challenges for Indian Diplomacy

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

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI)

Distinguished Lecture

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Dr Rafiq Dossani (Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy; Senior Economist, RAND Corporation; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, USA) on China's Grand Strategy

When: August 24, 2021 | 11:30 a.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI)

Distinguished Lecture

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Donna Goodman (Author, Donna Goodman Productions; Founding Director, Earth Child Institute) on Climate Change and Empowerment of Children and Youth Through Education

When: August 24, 2021 | 6:30 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI)

#CityConversations

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Dr Reazul Ahsan (Assistant Professor, Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake, USA; Academic Lead - Urban Ecology Program, University of Utah Asia Campus, Incheon, South Korea) on Climate Migration and Urban Planning in Bangladesh

When: August 25, 2021 | 3:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

#LocalGovernance

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Prof Pithamber R. Polsani (Faculty and Dean, School of Advanced Studies and Research, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru) on Rethinking the City

When: August 26, 2021 | 7:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Tikender Singh Panwar (Former Deputy Mayor, Shimla; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI, New Delhi)

Special Lecture

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Ambassador Anil Trigunayat, (IFS Retd) (Former Ambassador to Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Libya and Malta) on India's Act West Policy: Opportunities and Challenges

When: August 27, 2021 | 5:00 P.M. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI)

Women-led Sustainable and Decentralised Water Resource Management:
A Multi-Stakeholders' Perspective

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National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, and #IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invite you to a #WebPolicyLearning -

A 3-day Online Certificate Training Program on

Women-led Sustainable and Decentralised Water Resource Management:
A Multi-Stakeholders' Perspective

When: August 25-27, 2021; 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Platform: Zoom

Patron: Maj Gen Manoj K Bindal, Executive Director, NIDM, New Delhi

Conveners:
Prof Anil K Gupta, Head ECDRM, NIDM, New Delhi
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI

Registration Fee: Free

Certificates will be provided on successful 80% attendance.

Process of Registration:

1. Click on the Register link on the page www.training.nidm.gov.in
2. Register on the NIDM Training Portal
3. After creating a profile, select the "Online Training on Disaster Resilient Waste Management for Sustainable Spaces" on the Training Portal and click on Enroll Now.
4. You will receive an e-mail with further details to join the meeting with a Zoom link.

Register: training.nidm.gov.in

Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/women-led-sustainable-and-decentralised-water-resource-management-a-multi-stakeholders-perspective/

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Historical Determinants of Gender Inequality by Chandan Kumar Jha, Sudipta Sarangi | #IMPRI insights

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Economic Development at Whose Cost? Who Pays for Climate Change’s Impact on Public Health and COVID-19? by Krishna Raj | #IMPRI insights

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Investors must Caution: Share Market Boom or Bubble? by Arun Kumar | #IMPRI insights

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Analysing the moral dilemma of existence by Amita Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Not Enough to Slash Carbon Emissions, Vital to Deplete Stock of Emitted CO2 by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

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The Biggest Crisis of the Century by Gurinder Kaur | #IMPRI insights

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Haryana’s Big Stride in Sports by Devender Singh | #IMPRI insights

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The Shaky Foundation of Labour Reforms by K R Shyam Sundar | #IMPRI insights

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Final Report of the Endline Impact Evaluation of Seva and Global Sight Initiative’s Strengthening Capacity and Learning To Deliver Quality Eye Care (SCALE) Project (January – March 2020) by Kuldeep Singh, Heidi Chase, Arjun Kumar and Anshula Mehta | IMPRI Books

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Tracing the Contours of Official Economic Statistics in India by Arjun Kumar, Anshula Mehta, Ritika Gupta and Simi Mehta | IMPRI Books

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Life in the Era of COVID-19: Impact on Women-VillageMakers of Bihar and Future Prospects by Simi Mehta, Madhu Joshi, Ritika Gupta, Anshula Mehta, Devaki Singh, Sunidhi Agarwal, Eby Atee, Tanya Agrawal, Gby Atee, Reena Kumari, Nalin Bharti and Nitin Tagade | IMPRI Books

Special Lecture

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Ingrid Srinath (Director, Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy, Ashoka University, Sonepat) on The Impact of COVID-19 on India’s Nonprofit Sector

Chair: Amitabh Behar (OXFAM India)

Discussants: Medha Uniyal (Pratham Education Foundation, Mumbai, Maharashtra), Binoy Acharya (UNNATI – Organisation for Development Education, Ahmedabad), Shri Jagadananda (Centre for Youth and Social Development, Bhubaneswar)

Distinguished Lecture

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Dr Keith Alverson (Independent Professional in Oceans, Climate and Environment; Former Director, UNEP International Environmental Technology Center, Osaka, Japan) on Achieving Sustainable Development

Discussants: Dr Ram Boojh (Mobius Foundation, New Delhi), Dr Rema Saraswathy (Institute of Sustainable Development, Chennai)

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI, New Delhi)

#CityConversations

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Prof Souvanic Roy (Professor, Department of Architecture, Town and Regional Planning; Founder-Director, School of Ecology, Infrastructure and Human Settlement Management, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, West Bengal) on Social Dimensions of Resilience: Challenges of Inner-city Redevelopment, Impact, and the Way Forward

Chair: Dr Rumi Aijaz (Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi)

Discussants: Prof Shipra Maitra (Institute for Human Development, New Delhi), Dr Ashima Sood (Anant National University, Ahmedabad), Prof Tathagata Chatterjee (XIM University, Bhubaneswar), Tikender Singh Panwar (Former Deputy Mayor, Shimla; IMPRI, New Delhi)

Panel Discussion

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Panel Discussion on The Need for a National Employment Policy

Moderator: Prof K R Shyam Sundar (XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur)

Panelists: Prof S K Sasikumar (V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, Uttar Pradesh), Prof Swarna Sadasivam Vepa (Madras School of Economics, Chennai), Prof Jayan Jose Thomas (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi), Urvashi Prasad (NITI Aayog), Sandeep Chachra (ActionAid India)

Discussants: Prof Vinoj Abraham (Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala), Dr Sandhya S. Iyer (Tata Institute for Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai)

Book Discussion

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Book Discussion on In Defence of the Ordinary

Author and Speaker: Dr Dev Nath Pathak (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi)

Discussants: Prof Nivedita Menon (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi), Prof Ashok Acharya (University of Delhi), Prof Santosh K Singh (Chandigarh-based Academic and Commentator; Formerly, Ambedkar University Delhi)