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This Week at #IMPRI
(2022 | W1 | January 1 - January 9)

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Anshula Mehta IMPRI

Dear IMPRI Well-wisher,

Greetings!

The IMPRI Team wishes you a joyous and healthy 2022!

With the ongoing surge in COVID cases across the country, we hope that you continue to stay safe and follow the evolving protocols and COVID appropriate behaviour.

As our newsletter completes a year, we thank you for your continued support for and engagement with our #WebPolicyTalks and writings.

We kick off 2022 with a host of important deliberations on themes ranging from cohesive development, labour movements, and economic narratives, to governance in India's small towns, population data, the peri-urban, women's access to finance, and many more.

The newsletter, as always, will apprise you of these upcoming events, IMPRI's recent publications, and videos of #WebPolicyTalks in case you missed them - as well as some of our most popular ones from 2021.

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

Wishing you an Inspiring and Expansive New Year 2022!


Anshula Mehta, Senior Assistant Director, IMPRI

Past Issues of the Newsletter
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Upcoming #WebPolicyTalks
Register to attend!

#CohesiveDevelopment

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Prof K. Seeta Prabhu (Visiting Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; Visiting Faculty, Indian School of Development Management, New Delhi) on Social Sector Policy for Cohesive Development

When: January 7, 2022 | 4:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Discussants: Prof Kiran Desai (Centre for Social Studies, Surat), Dr Vinita Chandra (IIT BHU, Varanasi), Prof Manisha Priyam (NIEPA, New Delhi)

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

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Panel Discussion | #GenderGaps

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Panel Discussion on Urban Sanitation and Gender Concerns

When: January 7, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel (Visiting Professor, IMPRI, New Delhi; Former Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai)

Panelists: Anand Jagtap (Formerly, Municipal Corporation Of Greater Mumbai (MCGM)), Meena Kamble (Swachhata Sanvardhan (Sanstha) Mahasangh, Mumbai), Dr Sujata Khandekar (CORO India, Mumbai), Supriya Jan (Right to Pee Campaign, CORO India, Mumbai), Vijayshree Pednekar (The Urban Project, Mumbai)

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#TalkingTrade

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Prof Aradhna Aggarwal (Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) on Growth, Diversification and Upgrading of India's Exports in Post-Reforms Period: Some Policy Implications

When: January 11, 2022 | 11:30 a.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Prof Mukul Asher (Former Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. National University of Singapore)

Moderator: Dr Nalin Bharti (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna)

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Panel Discussion | #EmploymentDebate

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Panel Discussion on Labour Movements in India @ 75: Challenges and the Way Forward

When: January 12, 2022 | 6:30 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

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#EconDialogue

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Prof S Ramakrishna Velamuri (Professor and Dean, School of Management, Mahindra University, Hyderabad) on Three Narratives on China’s Economic Miracle

When: January 13, 2022 | 11:30 a.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Prof Nilanjan Banik (Mahindra University, Hyderabad)

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Panel Discussion | #PopulationAndDevelopment

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Panel Discussion on Population Data and Pandemic Preparedness

When: January 13, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Devender Singh (Global Studies Programme Fellow, University of Freiburg, Germany; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI)

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#CityConversations

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Prof Vishal Narain (Professor, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon) on Gendering Vulnerability Research in the Peri-urban

When: January 14, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI, New Delhi)

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Dr Tariq Thachil (Director, Center for Advanced Study of India (CASI); Associate Professor of Political Science, and Madan Lal Sobti Associate Professor for the Study of Contemporary India, University of Pennsylvania) on Governance Challenges in India’s Small Towns

When: January 18, 2022 | 6:30 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI, New Delhi)

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#CohesiveDevelopment

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Prof Amiya Kumar Bagchi (Emeritus Professor, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata; Adjunct Professor, Monash University) on The Role of Equality for Cohesive Development

When: January 19, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

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#EconDialogue

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Dr Renu Kohli (Independent Economist, New Delhi; Former Staff Member, International Monetary Fund and Reserve Bank of India) on India: Growth Prospects after COVID

When: January 20, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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Dr Glyn Williams (Reader, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield) on Managing COVID-19 in India's Cities: Reshaping people's everyday lives in poorer urban neighbourhoods

When: January 20, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI, New Delhi)

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#GenderGaps

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S S Bhat (Chief Executive Officer, Friends of Women’s World Banking India, Ahmedabad) on Access to Finance for Women

When: January 25, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel 

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Prof René Véron (Professor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland) on Small Cities and Environmental Governance in Gujarat and West Bengal: Need for external intervention or capacity building?

When: January 28, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Moderator: Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI, New Delhi)

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Latest Publications

Insights Blog

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Managing Female Adolescent Aspirations Amid Rising Unemployment Rates by
Santosh Mehrotra | #IMPRI insights

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The Return of the Great Power Politics Amidst Changing World Order by Harsh V Pant | #IMPRI insights

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What is an ISBN Number? by Rohit Mehta | #IMPRI insights

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Changing Dynamics of Indian Foreign Policy in 2021 by Chintamani Mahapatra | #IMPRI insights

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Women Empowerment: Claims and Reality in UP by Santosh Mehrotra | #IMPRI insights

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2021 कूटनीति के लिए गतिशील वर्ष by Anil Trigunayat | #IMPRI insights

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Judicial Oversight of Executive Actions and Governance by Amita Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)-Policy Update 2021 by Anondeeta Chakraborty | #IMPRI insights

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A Hope To Make Development Accountable To Planet In 2022 by Manoj Misra | #IMPRI insights

Books

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The State of Employment and Livelihoods: A Compendium of Deliberations – Employment Debate 2020-21 by Arjun Kumar, K. R. Shyam Sundar, Ritika Gupta, Swati Solanki, Gby Atee and Chhavi Jain | IMPRI Books

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The State of Cities: A Compendium of Deliberations – City Conversations 2020-21 by Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Sameer Unhale, Simi Mehta and Anshula Mehta | IMPRI Books

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The State of the Environment: A Compendium of Deliberations – Planet Talks 2020-21 by Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri, Arjun Kumar, Anshula Mehta, Ritika Gupta, Nishi Verma and Ritheka Sundar | IMPRI Books

JDPR (Journal)

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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 and More

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India and the emerging competition in the Indo-Pacific in the age of globalization and diversification by Simi Mehta | Counterview

Delta Vision 2050: Promoting tourism, environment and mangrove regeneration by Simi Mehta | Counterview

'Populist' promises: Why cities need more self-government by Tikender Singh Panwar | Deccan Herald

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In case you missed it...

Special Lecture | #PublicPolicy

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Bhartendra Singh Baswan, IAS (Retd.) (Former Secretary, Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India) on Public Policy Drivers

Chair: Dr Nivedita P. Haran, IAS (Retd.) (Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala)

Discussants: Prof Jyoti Chandiramani (Symbiosis International, Pune), Prof Sanjeev Chaddha (Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Government of Punjab)

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Some of our most popular #WebPolicyTalks from 2021,
from our talk series on diverse themes

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#InMemoriam | Remembering Dr Gail Omvedt | Taking a Perspective of 'Land, Caste, Class & Gender'

Special Lecture | Vikram Patel | The Mental Health of Indian Youth

Panel Discussion on Uttarakhand Flood Disaster 2 0 From Analysis to Action

#GenderGaps | E47 | Flavia Agnes | Feminist Jurisprudence and Gender Bias within Family Laws

Special Lecture on Gendered Dimensions and Impacts of Suicide Bereavement by Nandini Murali


#InclusiveDevelopment | E4 | Prof Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | The Shudras: Vision for a New Path

Rural Realities | Kerala Practitioners' Experiences in Tackling the Second Wave 

#LocalGovernance | E8 | Prof Manvita Baradi | Safe Sanitation for All

Book Discussion | Jairam Ramesh | The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined The Buddha

Distinguished Lecture | Prof Susan Ariel Aaronson | Comprehensive Data Governance

#TalkingTrade | E2 | Prof Takahiro Sato | Global Value Chain Participation of the Indian Economy

#WaterAndClimate | E4 | V R Raman | Amulya Miriyala | Climate Change Mitigation: Agenda WASH Sector

#DataDiscourses | E5 | Prof Usha Ram | The State of Demographic and Health Data in India

#EducationDialogue | Panel Discussion | Reopening of Schools amid COVID-19 | Children's Education


#EconDevDiscussion | E12 | Saurabh Lall | Munish Gangwar | Heera Lal | Model Gaon

#CohesiveDevelopment | E8 | Prof A. Venkat Raman | PPP in Health Service Delivery in India

#TowardsAccountability | E1 | Munawer Khwaja | Is Tax Administration Following Good Practices?


Special Lecture | Dr Madhavi Menon | The Law in my Kitchen: Questions about Gender, Agency and State

#EmploymentDebate | E11 | Amarjeet Kaur | Trade Union Perspectives amidst Coronavirus Pandemic


#DiplomacyDialogue | E2 | Prof Harsh V. Pant | India and the Evolving Global Order

#EmploymentDebate | Panel Discussion | MGNREGS amidst the Pandemic: Impact and the Way Forward

#PlanetTalks | E28 | Debjani Bhattacharyya & Megnaa Mehtta | Delta Vision 2050: PolicyPracticePeople

#WebPolicyLearning | IMPRI NIDM | Online Training | Gender Equality, Climate Change & Sustainable Development Goals

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