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This Week at #IMPRI
(2021 | W42 | October 18 - October 24)

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Anshula Mehta IMPRI

Dear IMPRI Well-wisher,

We hope you are healthy and safe.

With 100 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccination having been administered in India, we look forward to further and complete coverage in the country.

This week's #WebPolicyTalks include discussions on India's tech arena, the Indian economy's participation in the global value chain, and a lecture on 'The City as Environment', in the lead-up to World Cities Day 2021 (October 31).

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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#PublicPolicy

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Dr Charru Malhotra (Coordinator, Centre for e-Governance, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi) on Impact of Tech Rules on India's Atmanirbhar Tech Arena

When: October 26, 2021 | 3:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

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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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Special Lecture | #CityConversations

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Prof Awadhendra Sharan (Director and Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi) on The City as Environment

When: October 29, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

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Special Lecture | #DiplomacyDialogue

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Dhruva Jaishankar (Executive Director, Observer Research Foundation America (ORF America), Washington DC, USA; Non-Resident Fellow, Lowy Institute, Sydney, Australia) on India and the Emerging Competition in the Indo-Pacific

When: November 10, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI, New Delhi)

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Special Lecture | #DiplomacyDialogue

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Prof Meenal Shrivastava (Professor and Coordinator, Political Economy and Global Studies, Athabasca University, Canada) on Liberal International Order and Global Disorders: Understanding the Past for Imagining Alternative Futures

When: November 11, 2021 | 8:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Discussants: Prof Ashok Acharya (Department of Political Science, University of Delhi), Dr Priya Mirza (Zakir Husain College, University of Delhi)

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI, New Delhi)

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Latest Publications

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Conceived as infrastructure, western approach 'not fit' for building Indian cities by Arjun Kumar | Counterview

Climate Migration & Urban planning in Bangladesh: Impact and way forward by Simi Mehta | Counterview

Abysmal deficit of water, food waste recycle treatment 'impacting' Chennai life by Simi Mehta | Counterview

Climate change and empowerment of children and youth through education by Simi Mehta | Counterview

Insights Blog

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The Serendipity Mindset meets the Urban by Binti Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Enhanced Energy Security: Select Initiatives for Indian Policymakers and Stakeholders by Mukul Asher | #IMPRI insights

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Air India Ghar Wapsi, RBI Repo Rate, Lekhimpur Kheri, Aryan Khan | Last Week in India: W39 2021 by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

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The Economics of Environment and Industrialization by Ritheka Sundar | #IMPRI insights

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What is MOSIP: Open Source Platform? by Rohit Mehta | #IMPRI insights

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The Libyan Elections – Amidst Hope and Despair by Anil Trigunayat | #IMPRI insights

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Air Pollution in Delhi: Politics and Possible Solution by Gurinder Kaur | #IMPRI insights

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Glasgow Climate Change Conference by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

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It’s Turn for Google’s Climate Ethics by Amita Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific by Harsh V. Pant | #IMPRI insights

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Neighbourhoods in Urban India by Binti Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Uttarakhand Floods: Easy to Point Finger at Climate Change, But Humanity is Equally to Blame by Amita Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Has Chai-Pakoda Employment Helped in Quenching India’s Poverty and Hunger? by Santosh Mehrotra, Jajati Keshari Panda | #IMPRI insights

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Murder as Sacrament, Tax Raids on Economic Offender Rather than Political Opponents | Last Week in India: W40 2021 by T K Arun | #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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Education for Sustainable Development | IMPRI Event Report

Comprehensive Data Governance: Evolution, Challenges, and the Way Forward for Policy | IMPRI Event Report

Recent Developments in West Asia: Challenges for Indian Diplomacy | IMPRI Event Report

India’s Act West Policy: Opportunities & Challenges | IMPRI Event Report

e SHRAM portal – Shramev Jayate | National Database for Unorganised Workers: Impact and Way Forward | IMPRI Event Report

Remembering Dr. Gail Omvedt: Taking a Perspective of ‘Land, Caste, Class & Gender’ to the Global Audience | IMPRI Event Report

Gender and Media | IMPRI Event Report

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In case you missed it...

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

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)

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

Discussants: Anju Dubey Pandey (UN Women India), Dr Bijayalaxmi Nanda (Miranda House, University of Delhi), Nupoor Singh (Springer India)

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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

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

Panelists: Dr Divya Sharma (Climate Group, Delhi), Dr Nivedita Haran (Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala), Prof Tathagata Chatterji (Xavier University Bhubaneswar), Bedoshruti Sadhukhan (ICLEI-South Asia)

Discussant: Aravind Unni (Indo-Global Social Service Society)

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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

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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