Special Lecture

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Dr Amar Jesani (Independent Researcher and Teacher (Bioethics and Public Health);
Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics) on Ethical Challenges in Clinical Trials: With a Focus on Drug and Vaccine Trials

When: March 4, 2022 | 5:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

Chair: Prof Ravi Vaswani (Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore)

Discussants: Dr Dhvani Mehta (Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi), Prof Mala Ramanathan (SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram), Urvashi Prasad (DMEO, NITI Aayog), Veena Johari (Courtyard Attorneys, Mumbai)

#CohesiveDevelopment

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Prof Ranjit Singh Ghuman (Professor of Eminence, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar) on Global Unemployment and Inequality during 1991-2019: Reflections from Secondary Data

When: March 9, 2022 | 4:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Panel Discussion - #LocalGovernance

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A Panel Discussion on IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Implications for Urbanisation

When: March 9, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

Panel Discussion - #DiplomacyDialogue

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

When: March 14, 2022 | 6:30 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

#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

When: March 23, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. IST | REGISTER HERE

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

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

#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)

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ULAB CES organizes panel discussion on MOOC Markets | The Business Standard

#CityConversations

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Prof Ayona Datta (Professor of Human Geography, University College London, England) on Regional Futures and the Dynamics of Digitalisation-as-Urbanisation

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

Discussants: Anwesha Aditi (University College London, UK), Sameer Unhale (Department of Municipal Administration, Government of Maharashtra), Dr Surajit Chakravarty (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi), Prof Tathagata Chatterji (Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar)

Panel Discussion - #PlanetTalks

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A Panel Discussion on COP 26 and Locally Led Adaptations in India and Bangladesh Sunderbans

Chair: Dr Jayanta Basu (EnGIO, Kolkata; Calcutta University; The Telegraph)

Panelists: Prof Souvanic Roy (IIEST, Shibpur), Prof Andy Large (Newcastle University, UK), Prof Saleemul Huq (ICCCAD; Independent University Bangladesh (IUB)), Prof Manoj Roy (Lancaster University, UK)

Presentation by: Dr Upasona Ghosh (Indian Institute of Public Health, Bhubaneswar), Dr Debojyoti Das (SSRC Environmental Refugees Project)

Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI)