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This Week at IMPRI!
(2021 - Week #2 | January 11 - 17)
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Dear IMPRI Well-wisher,
Greetings!
We are pleased to present the second issue of our weekly newsletter to you. Starting this week, our newsletter will also give you an update on selected policy events and activities being organised by individuals and organisations in our diverse network of collaborators. The newsletter will also link you to recordings of IMPRI's #WebPolicyTalks held in the previous week. We hope the content ahead is enriching, and, as always, we welcome your valuable feedback.
Wishing you a fruitful year ahead!
Anshula Mehta, Assistant Director, IMPRI
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Upcoming #WebPolicyTalks / Events
Register to attend!
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#EmploymentDebate
Prof A. Amarender Reddy (Principal Scientist (Agricultural Economics), ICAR-Centre Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad) on Assuring Farmers’ Income in the Context of New Farm Laws: Issues and the Way Forward
When: January 15, 2021; 16:00 IST (Friday) | REGISTER HERE
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#CityConversations
Mr Kirtee Shah (Founder President, Habitat Forum (INHAF)) on Towards New India’s Urban Transformation: What needs to change?
When: January 16, 2021; 17:00 IST (Saturday) | REGISTER HERE
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Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion on Budget 2021 for #AtmaNirbharKrishi towards New India, moderated by Prof Surabhi Mittal (Member Secretary, International Committee of Women in Agricultural Economics, (ICWAE); Joint Secretary, Agricultural Economics Research Association (AERA)) and Dr Arjun Kumar (Director, IMPRI; China-India Visiting Scholars Fellow, Ashoka University)
When: January 18, 2021; 17:00 IST (Monday) | REGISTER HERE
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#GenderGaps
Prof Kyoko Kusakabe (Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand) on Migrant Workers and Childcare in Thailand and Myanmar
When: January 20, 2021; 18:00 IST / 19:30 ICT (Wednesday) | REGISTER HERE
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#CityConversations
Prof Harini Nagendra (Director, Research Center, and Professor of Sustainability, Azim Premji University) on Thinking Ecologically about Development in India’s Cities
When: January 21, 2021; 17:00 IST (Thursday) | REGISTER HERE
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Online Conference
The international conference titled ‘Hydrorationality in South Asia’ will be held online and aims to engage in a discussion on how South Asia’s urban water systems are socially and technically rationalized. It is supported by the British Council, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, and University of Birmingham, UK.
When: January 11 and 12, 2021; From 08:00 UK Time / 14:00 IST (Monday and Tuesday) | ATTEND: DAY 1 / DAY 2
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Sigur Center Lecture Series
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, USA proudly hosts Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Former Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University; former President of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; and a leading scholar and commentator on Indian politics, for the first virtual edition of their Sigur Center Lecture Series. Mehta will share his commentary and then turn to a conversation with the moderator, Deepa Ollapally, Associate Director of the Sigur Center, before turning to audience Q&A.
When: January 14, 2021; 10:00 EST / 20:30 IST (Thursday) | REGISTER HERE
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Special Lecture: Prof Doris Gray on Leaving the Shadow of Pain: Responses to Trauma - Healing amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
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#EconDevDiscussion: Ms Maheshika Dissanayake on Changing Tourism Prospects under COVID-19 and Policy Options for Sustainable Tourism in Sri Lanka
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#GenderGaps: Prof Surabhi Mittal on Gender Gaps in the Agriculture Sector: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward
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#CityConversations: Dr Xuefei Ren on Urban Governance in China and India: Deconstructing Issues of Land Grabs, Slum Clearance and the War on Air Pollution
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Special Lecture: Prof Santosh Mehrotra on Labour, Employment and the Pandemic: Policy Suggestions and the Way Forward for Budget 2021
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Looking forward to seeing you at a #WebPolicyTalk! |
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