#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

Chair: Prof N R Bhanumurthy (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics University (BASE University), Bengaluru)

Discussants: Dr J Dennis Rajakumar (Economic and Political Weekly Research Foundation, Mumbai), Dr Radhika Pandey (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi), T K Arun (The Economic Times, New Delhi)

#CityConversations

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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

Discussants: Prof M. Vijayabaskar (Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai), Prof Debolina Kundu (National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi), Sameer Unhale (Department of Municipal Administration, Government of Maharashtra)

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

#GenderGaps

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Puja Marwaha (Chief Executive, Child Rights and You (CRY)) on Rescripting the Gender Narrative: Ensuring Girls' Secondary Education

When: January 24, 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: Dr Frances Vaidya (Gandhi Shikshan Bhavan's Smt Surajba College of Education, Mumbai), Dr Meena Prakash Kute (SSR College of Education, Silvassa)

#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 

DIscussants: Shweta Aprameya (ARTH; HAPPY), Swati Chowdhary (Women’s World Banking - India)

#CityConversations

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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

Discussants: Dr Sally Cawood (University of Sheffield), Prof Gopa Samanta (University of Burdwan)

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

Feminism and the Global Social Transformation - A 3-Day Immersive Online Certificate Training Programme

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A 3-Day Immersive Online Certificate Training Programme on Feminism and the Global Social Transformation

When: February 16-18, 2022 | 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. IST

Course Fee: ₹ 2000 / USD 30 (inclusive of GST)

Early Bird Discount: 10% off till January 26, 2022

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Penguin is about to publish Connect the Dots: The Art & Science of Creating Good Luck, a book by our speaker and supporter Dr. Christian Busch, a professor at NYU and LSE.

The "wise, exciting, and life-changing book" (Arianna Huffington) develops a science-based framework of how we can turn unpredictability into opportunity by "cultivating serendipity", and can help individuals provide the conditions for "smart luck" to emerge.

The book is available across India and around the world; more information can be found here: https://amzn.to/33qRSTD

(Watch Dr Busch in IMPRI's #WebPolicyTalk series, #CityConversations)

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Why banning commodity derivatives trade is like throwing baby out with bathwater by A. Amarender Reddy | #IMPRI insights

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Crop Insurance Schemes - Policy Updates 2021 by Divya Singh | #IMPRI insights

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Women’s Subversion In India@75 by Sameer Unhale | #IMPRI insights

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Urban Dilemma in Assembly poll-bound 5 states by Tikender Singh Panwar | #IMPRI insights

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Revisiting Cohesive Development: Global Migration Crisis by Amiya Kumar Bagchi | #IMPRI insights

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India’s Agricultural Trade: An International Perspective by Mukul Asher | #IMPRI insights

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A Curious Case of the Millions of “Disappeared” Poor in India by K.D. Maiti and Santosh Mehrotra | #IMPRI insights

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Population Data and Pandemic Preparedness by Devender Singh | #IMPRI insights

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

Liberal International Order and Global Disorders: Understanding the Past for Imagining Alternative Futures | IMPRI Event Report

Panel Discussion | #EmploymentDebate

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

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

Special Invitee: Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmmed (International Labour Organization (ILO))

Panelists: Ashim Roy (Indian trade union movement), Dr Sonia George (Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), Kerala), Prof A V Jose (Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala), Shaik Salauddin (Indian Federation Of App Based Transport Workers (IFAT); Telangana Gig And Platform Workers Union (TGPWU))

#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

Moderator: Prof Nilanjan Banik (Mahindra University, Hyderabad)

Discussants: Prof Amita Batra (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi), Dr Priyanka Pandit (Shiv Nadar University)

Panel Discussion | #PopulationAndDevelopment

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Panel Discussion on Population Data and Pandemic Preparedness

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

Panelists: Dr Venkatesh Srinivasan (Public Health and Development Professional), Urvashi Prasad (NITI Aayog), Prof Mala Ramanathan (SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram; Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME)), Dr Kunal Keshri (G B Pant Social Science Institute, Prayagraj)

#CityConversations

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

Discussants: Dr Ramakrishna Nallathiga (National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR), Pune), Dr Divya Gupta (Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad), Dr Meenakshi Sinha (Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi), Sameer Unhale (Directorate of Municipal Administration, Government of Maharashtra), Dr Jenia Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur)

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

#CityConversations

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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

Discussants: Dr Debapriya Chakrabarti (SEED, University of Manchester), Sameer Unhale (Department of Municipal Administration, Government of Maharashtra)

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

#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

Discussants: Dr Arup Kumar Sen (Serampore College, Kolkata), Prof Atanu Sengupta (The University of Burdwan, West Bengal), Dr Gopal Krishna (Humboldt University, Berlin; IRGAC-Berlin), Dr Mansee Bal Bhargava (Entrepreneur, researcher, and educator; Formerly, SaciWATERs)

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