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This Week at #IMPRI
(2021 | W41 | October 11 - October 17)

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Anshula Mehta IMPRI

Dear IMPRI Well-wisher,

We hope you are healthy and safe.

The IMPRI Team extends its warm wishes to you all for Dussehra and the festive season.

This week's #WebPolicyTalks focus on the future of children's education amid COVID-19, disaster implications and risk reduction, and the gender gap in vaccination.

The newsletter, as always, will apprise you of these upcoming events, IMPRI's recent publications, and videos of #WebPolicyTalks in case you missed them.

We hope to see you soon at one of our #WebPolicyTalks!

Wishing you the best for the week ahead,
Anshula Mehta, Senior Assistant Director, IMPRI

Past Issues of the Newsletter
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Upcoming #WebPolicyTalks
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Panel Discussion | #EducationDialogue

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A Panel Discussion on Reopening of Schools amid COVID-19: Challenges and the Way Forward for Children's Education

When: October 11, 2021 | 5:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Prof Sachidanand Sinha (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi)

Panelists: Piyush Prakash (NITI Aayog, Government of India), Manushi Yadav (Pratham Education Foundation), Suchetha Bhat (Dream a Dream, Bengaluru), Meeta Sengupta (Centre for Education Strategy, New Delhi; Salzburg Global Seminar)

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Book Discussion

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Book Discussion on 'Disaster and Human Trafficking' with author Prof Mondira Dutta (Founder Chairperson and Professor (Retd.), Centre for Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi)

When: October 12, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Prof V. K. Malhotra (Member Secretary, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi)

Discussant: Anju Dubey Pandey (UN Women India), Dr Bijayalaxmi Nanda (Miranda House, University of Delhi)

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Panel Discussion | #LocalGovernance

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Panel Discussion on Disaster Resilient Spatial Planning: Perspectives on Local and Regional Governance and Impact

When: October 13, 2021 | 11:00 a.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Panelists: Dr Divya Sharma (Climate Group, Delhi)

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#GenderGaps

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Prof Vina Vaswani (Director, Centre for Ethics, and Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University, Mangalore) on The Gender Gap in Vaccination

When: October 13, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Discussants: Dr Mala Ramanathan (Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME)), Dr Medha Rajappa (JIPMER, Pondicherry)

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#TalkingTrade

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Prof Takahiro Sato (Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University, Japan) on Global Value Chain Participation of the Indian Economy

When: October 27, 2021 | 11:00 a.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

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Latest Publications

Insights Blog

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Elections in Qatar by Anil Trigunayat | #IMPRI insights

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Tribute to Kamla Bhasin (24 April 1946 to 25 September 2021) by Vibhuti Patel | #IMPRI insights

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Protect your sensitive database from hacking by Rohit Mehta | #IMPRI insights

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India and Russia – New Horizons in the Far East by Anil Trigunayat | #IMPRI insights

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Mamata Banerjee Wins Over Voters in Bhabanipur and Congressmen Elsewhere, Economy Revives, Only to Face an Impending Energy Crisis | W38 2021 by T. K. Arun | #IMPRI insights

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Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0: Need for Zero-Waste Cities by Aravind Unni and Tikender Singh Panwar | #IMPRI insights

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The Gospel of South Asia by Amita Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Why RBI has Done the Right Thing by Holding Policy Rates by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

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Zooming Through Life by Rajesh Tandon | #IMPRI insights

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DU’s Cutoffs Reflect a Systemic Failure: Design Better Admission Methods by Chandrachur Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Dalit Sikh? The Sociology of Caste in Punjab by Santosh K Singh | #IMPRI insights

Books

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Cities in Transition by Tikender Singh Panwar | IMPRI Books

Available on Amazon Kindle.

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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

Available on Amazon Kindle and as a Paperback on Amazon 

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Life in the Era of COVID-19 Impact on Women-VillageMakers of Bihar & 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, Nitin Tagade

JDPR (Journal)

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Journal of Development Policy Review (JDPR) Volume 1, Issue 3 (July-September 2020) | Life in the Era of COVID-19: Perceiving the Impact

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Journal of Development Policy Review (JDPR) Volume 1, Issue 4 (October – December 2020) | Towards Equality and Empowerment: Reflections amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Event Reports

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The heinousness of many a Hathras amid the pandemic – Voluntarism, the way ahead for combating caste and gender-based violence | IMPRI Event Report

Environmental Politics and Energy Policy: A Just and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 | IMPRI Event Report

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In case you missed it...

#InMemoriam

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Remembering Kamla Bhasin (1946-2021):
A Champion for Equity, Equality and Human Rights


Moderator: Prof Vibhuti Patel (Visiting Professor, IMPRI; Gender Economist and Feminist; Formerly, TISS, Mumbai)

Panelists: Prof Deepali Ghelani (Sahiyar, Vadodara), Mumtaz Shaikh (CORO India, Mumbai), Prof Jyoti Seth (Formerly, Department of Sociology, PGGCG-42, Chandigarh), Dr Lata Pratibha Madhukar (Bahujan Sanvad Social Network and Bahujan Mahila Samvad, Pune), Yagna Parmar (Vacha, Mumbai), Sreemoyee Piu Kundu (Author and Columnist), Farida Akhter (UBINIG, and Narigrantha Prabartana, Bangladesh), Shireen P Huq (Naripokkho, Bangladesh)

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Book Release and Panel Discussion | #RuralRealities

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A Book Release of 'Remembering India's Villages' edited by Santosh K. Singh, and,
A Panel Discussion on Why India's Villages Matter: Challenges and Possibilities

Chair: Prof Surinder S. Jodhka (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

Panelists: Prof Santosh K Singh (Chandigarh-based Academic and Commentator; Formerly, Ambedkar University Delhi), Dr Mekhala Krishnamurthy (Ashoka University, Sonepat), Prof Manish Thakur (Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, Kolkata)

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Book Discussion

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Book Discussion on 'The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined The Buddha' with author Jairam Ramesh (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Karnataka);
Author and Former Union Minister)

Moderator: Prof Amita Singh (NAPSIPAG Disaster Research Group; Professor (Retd.), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi)

Discussants: Prof Tansen Sen (NYU Shanghai), Prof Wasantha Seneviratne (University of Colombo)

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Special Lecture | #CityConversations

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Prashant Thakur (Senior Director and Head Of Research, ANAROCK, Mumbai) on The Housing Market amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

Discussants: Dr Akshaya K Sen (HSMI, HUDCO, New Delhi), Pavan Dixit (property360degree)

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Panel Discussion | #EmploymentDebate

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Panel Discussion on Employment and Unemployment Scenario: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?

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

Panelists: Dr Gayathri Vasudevan (LabourNet, Bengaluru), Dr Radhicka Kapoor (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi), Dr Ishan Anand (Jindal Global Law School)

Discussant: Dr Rahul Suresh Sapkal (IIT Bombay)

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