#TalkingTrade

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V. Ramakrishnan (Managing Director, Organisation Development, Singapore) on A Strategic Framework for Outcome-Driven Policy to Transform Manufacturing in India

When: March 29, 2022 | 4:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Discussants: Srikant Rao (Affordable Business Solutions), Annush Ramasamy (SKG Mill Limited)

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

#GenderGaps

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Prof Rachana Johri (Director, Centre for Psychotherapy and Clinical Research, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi) on Women and Mental Health

When: March 29, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Discussants: Dr Amrita Nandy (Researcher and Writer; Ambedkar University Delhi), Dr Aparna Joshi (TISS, Mumbai), Dr Cicila Chettiar (Maniben Nanavati Women's College, Mumbai)

Special Lecture - #GenderGaps

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Prof Mary E. John (Former Professor, Center for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi) on Paradoxes and Challenges in Approaching Gender Equality in India Today

When: April 4, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Discussants: Prof Pushpesh Kumar (University of Hyderabad), Prof R. Indira (Centre for Women’s Studies, Bangalore University, Bengaluru) Dr Leena Pujari (KC College, Mumbai)

Book Discussion

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A Book Discussion on 'Home, Belonging and Memory in Migration: Leaving and Living' edited by Sadan Jha and Pushpendra

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

Editors and Speakers: Dr Sadan Jha (Centre for Social Studies, Surat), Prof Pushpendra (Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS))

Chair: Prof Prabhu Mohapatra (Department of History, University of Delhi)

Panelists: Prof Anjali Gera Roy (IIT, Kharagpur), Dr Deepra Dandekar (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin), Prof Dilip Menon (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

Discussants: Dr Asha Singh (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta), Dr Swati Mantri (Social Researcher, Sociologist, Social Anthropologist)

#CityConversations

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Dr Adam Auerbach (Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC, USA) on The Political Economy of Development in Slum Settlements

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

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

Discussants: Dr Lalitha Kamath (TISS, Mumbai), Dr Pushpa Pathak (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi)

Fall out of Russia Ukraine War- An Alternative Financial Architecture waiting in the Pipeline by Anil Trigunayat | #IMPRI insights

The Greece-India Connect by Anil Trigunayat | #IMPRI insights

Can the West sanction China for supporting Russia? by T K Arun | #IMPRI insights

Biden’s shaky foreign policy and India’s diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine war by Chintamani Mahapatra | #IMPRI insights

How Regional Cooperation Could be Achieved with the Help of BIMSTEC by Harsh V. Pant | #IMPRI insights

Increasing Tensions between China and Taiwan Post the Russia Invasion of Ukraine by Srikanth Kondapalli | #IMPRI insights

India’s Stance on Global Issues by Anil Trigunayat | #IMPRI insights

Implications and Solutions: Air Pollution in Delhi and Surrounding Cities by Gurinder Kaur | #IMPRI insights

Realities of Unemployment in India by K.R. Shyam Sundar | #IMPRI insights

Difference between BPO and Call Center by Rohit Mehta | #IMPRI insights

Cities in Transition

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Cities in Transition by Tikender Singh Panwar is a compilation of constructive and critical reflections on the issues of urban planning, housing, gender, governance, climate change, and the economy in the 21st century, focusing on India.This work places an emphasis on the state of affairs particularly policies, schemes, and implementation on the ground, highlighting the impact and mapping the way forward towards a responsible, inclusive, and sustainable built environment and effective decentralised urban governance.

#CityConversations

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Vinay Baindur (Researcher and Activist, Urban Reforms, Governance, Water Reforms, and Policy) on Municipal Legislative 'Reform' through the Lens of Politics and Techno-Bureaucratic Processes

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

Discussants: Prof Manjula Bharathy (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai), Dr Anant Maringanti (Hyderabad Urban Lab)

Panel Discussion - #DiplomacyDialogue

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A Panel Discussion on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for India and Emerging Geopolitics

Chair: Ambassador Anil Trigunayat (IFS Retd.) (Former Ambassador to Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Libya and Malta)

Panelists: Prof Waheguru Pal Sidhu (New York University), Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dr P. K. Chakravorty (Strategic Thinker on Security Issues), H.E. Freddy Svane (Royal Danish Embassy, New Delhi) T K Arun (Senior Journalist and Columnist)

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI)