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Climate, human health, Climate Change, Monkeypox, COVID-19, polio, mental illness, heatwaves, floods, drought, air pollution, HIV, influenza, WHO, undernutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, COP27, Health, economic

Climate and human health: Need to turn promises into actions

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

भारत, शर्म अल-शेख, मिस्र, पर्यावरण, संयुक्त राष्ट्र, GHGs, जलवायु परिवर्तन, वैश्विक उत्सर्जन,

COP27: India’s three-point agenda

Aparna Roy

Climate Change

Malnutrition, child marriage, teenage pregnancies, health, education, employment, Investment, NFHS-5, public health, Assam, underweight, North-Eastern states, Meghalaya,iron and folic acid, IFA, breastfeeding

Malnutrition challenges in India’s Northeast

Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Triangular, Development, China and India, global trade, investment, development cooperation, India, Economic, Indo-Pacific, climate change, environment, climate-resilient, infrastructure,

Triangular Development Partnerships are the need of the hour

Malancha Chakrabarty
Swati Prabhu

Climate Change | Development | International Affairs

India, cotton, production, agro-ecological, crops, grains, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, sugarcane, soybeans, agriculture, textiles, cotton trade, supply chain, climate change, Voluntary Sustainability Standards, VSS, Organic Cotton, Fairtrade Cotton, SDG,

India’s cotton production: Seeking white gold

Sumit Roy
Murli Dhar

Agriculture | Climate Change | Sustainable Development

Nasal Drug, vaccines, HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C, Stem Cells, Proteins, Peptides, Drugs, Insulins, Biologicals Delivery, SARS CoV-2, Nasal Vaccine, Nasal Polio Vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine, nanotechnology

Nasal Drug Delivery: A Life Altering Innovation

Gifty Immanuel

Healthcare

Delhi’s Mohalla clinics: The first line of defence

Nehal Sharma

Healthcare

India’s G20 presidency, Bridging the gaps, science, policy, politics, Health, WHO, PHEIC, WHO DG, monkeypox, COVID-19, EC, DG, EB, World Health Assembly, WHA, SCPPR, Finance, JFHTF,

India’s G20 presidency: Bridging the gaps between science, policy, and politics

Sanjay Pattanshetty

Viola Savy Dsouza

Helmut Brand

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

India, cyberwarfare, technology, cyberspace, cyber-attacks, armed war, Artificial Intelligence, Ukraine-Russia War, digital economies, US, G7, Defence Cyber Agency, military data, tactical friction, warfare,

India: Crucial cyberwarfare capabilities need to be upgraded

Shravishtha Ajaykumar

Cyber and Technology | Cyber Security | Privacy & Data Protection

Aspirations, Access & Agency: Women Transforming Lives With Technology

Jayashree B

Anirban Sarma

Vanita Sharma

Shoba Suri

Cyber and Technology | Sustainable Development

agricultural, Food security, GDP, macroeconomic, geopolitical, agri-tech, farmers, India, floods, droughts, cyclones, power, water, rural, semi-urban, PMKSY, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, financing investments

Minimising losses to achieve agricultural resilience

Charmi Mehta

Agriculture | Climate, Food and Environment

Monkeypox, WHO, India, Virus, vaccines, Transmission, treatment, smallpox vaccine, Health,

The Monkeypox outbreak: How prepared are we?

Chitra Pattabiraman

Healthcare

PMJAY: Tamil Nadu’s hybrid model

Prerna Ojha

Urbanisation in India

Frying Pan, Used Cooking Oil, UCO, India, food, nutrition, security, Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, food safety, FSSAI, ORF-Koan study

Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire: The Menace of Used Cooking Oil (UCO) in India

Nilanjan Ghosh
Nikhil Goveas
Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

social mobility, sustainable development, Asia-Pacific, COVID-19 pandemic, SDGs, socio-economic, ADB, World Economic Forum, economy

Importance of social mobility for sustainable development

Soumya Bhowmick

Development | Sustainable Development

ट्रिप्स, वैश्विक नीति, COVID-19 महामारी, दक्षिण अफ्रीका, भारत, व्यापार, विश्व व्यापार संगठन, यूरोपीय संघ, नीति हिचकिचाहट, वैक्सीन प्रौद्योगिकी, मंकीपॉक्स, एलडीसी, वीएडीईआर, स्वास्थ्य,

Too little too late: TRIPS waiver saga illustrates global policy hesitancy

Viola Savy Dsouza
Cauvery K
Helmut Brand
Jestina Rachel Kurian
Sanjay Pattanshetty

International Affairs | International Trade and Investment

Climate change, women, crisis, socioeconomic, climate crisis, food, health, sanitation, India, SDGs, gender-specific

Climate change and women: A crisis within a crisis

Sarthak Singhal

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

Rashtriya Poshan Maah, malnutrition, children, economic, growth, health, development, POSHAN Abhiyaan, Nutrition Month, Health Survey, low birth weight, breastfeeding duration, Jan Andolan, Jan Bhagidari, ASHA, Women and Child, pregnant, lactating women

Rashtriya Poshan Maah: Addressing malnutrition in children

Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Climate change, food, security, India, SDGs, nutrition, sustainable, agriculture, food security, economic, growth, crop growth, carbon fertilisation, food crisis

Climate change poses the biggest risk to food security in India

Shoba Suri
Nehal Sharma

Agriculture | Climate Change | Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development

China, Nutrition, health, Economic, social development, malnutrition, SDG 2, Sustainable Development Goals, disease, food security

China to miss the Global Nutrition Target

Shoba Suri

Healthcare | International Affairs

Climate Change,demographic,Economic,Globalisation,SDGs,technological,Urbanisation,Youth

Youth capital for resilient societies

Soumya Bhowmick

Development | Sustainable Development

ज्यामिति, ज्योमेट्री, एसडीजी, COVID-19 महामारी, व्यापक आर्थिक, विकासात्मक, बेरोजगारी, अमेरिका, अर्थव्यवस्था, शिक्षा, अर्थव्यवस्था, दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया, अफ्रीका, प्रौद्योगिकी, सतत विकास, पर्यावरण,

Asymmetric development geometries and SDGs

Soumya Bhowmick

Development | Sustainable Development

Pavna, menstrual, hygiene, WHO, health safely, sanitary napkins, menstrual cycle, WASH, women, stigma, harassment, social exclusion,

Pavna: A unique community-based menstrual hygiene programme

Bhim Singh

Roma Srivastava

Ravi Mittal

Healthcare

Africa,Angola,China,corruption,Debt Trap,economy,oil,Poverty,resource rich

Angola’s honeymoon with China ends but will that end its woes?

Malancha Chakrabarty

International Affairs

World Youth Skills Day 2022, Upskilling, youth, India, UNGA, SDGs, employment, education, training, EU, technical, vocational education, SANKALP, Jan Shikshan Sansthan, digital, demographic, economy, industry, civil society,

World Youth Skills Day 2022: Upskilling the youth of India

Preeti Kapuria

Development | Education | Skilling | Sustainable Development

World Youth Skills Day 2022, digitisation, technological change, digital, skilling, ecosystem, NSDM, certifications, internships, apprenticeships, employment, GDP, technology design, digital privacy, cybersecurity, cloud architecture design, MSDE

World Youth Skills Day 2022: Putting young India first

Anirban Sarma
Basu Chandola

Development | Education | Indian Economy | Skilling

tourism, Sri Lanka, FOREX, GDP, Ukraine–Russia, COVID-19 pandemic, tourism, economy, infrastructure, SLTDA, Gotabaya Rajapaksa,

How tourism in Sri Lanka went downhill: Causes and consequences

Soumya Bhowmick

Neighbourhood

economic, crisis, Sri Lanka, debt, multilateral, IMF, ADB, GDP, FDI, China, BRI, COVID-19 pandemic

Fallacies in Sri Lanka’s external debt patterns

Soumya Bhowmick

International Affairs | Neighbourhood

China,Debt diplomacy,depreciation,Economic Crisis,fertiliser,IMF,India,Loans,Neighbourhood,Sri Lanka,Srilankan crisis

Sri Lankan crisis: The perils of inherited fallacies and economic mismanagement

Pravakar Sahoo
Aqib Mujtaba
Samahita Phul

International Affairs | Neighbourhood

Sri Lanka, food security, Inflation, Food crisis, economic crisis, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Srilankan crisis

Sri Lanka: Food security impacted by flawed economic policies

Dilanthi Koralagama
Menuka Udugama

International Affairs | Neighbourhood

Economic,Food Insecurity,Foreign Exchange,GDP,Inflation,NRB,Sri Lanka,UNDP

Unravelling the current economic situation in Nepal

Dadhi Adhikari

Neighbourhood

Nepal’s political and economic transition

Chandra D. Bhatta

Neighbourhood

Afghanistan under Taliban 2.0: Revisiting its humanitarian crisis

Rakhahari Chatterji

Neighbourhood

Taliban’s takeover: Challenges in establishing control

Rhea Sinha

Neighbourhood

Myanmar: Coup, COVID-19, and the ongoing economic crisis

Sreeparna Banerjee
Soumya Bhowmick

Neighbourhood

Economic,food,Health,Hunger,SDG,UNIDO,WHO

World Food Safety Day: Aiming for safer food and better health

Shoba Suri

Healthcare

mental health, Online gaming, socialization, entertainment, growth rate, lockdowns, 4G internet, smartphones, digital-gaming, video-gaming, COVID-19,Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft, Forza Horizon, avatars, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, GRIS, COVID-19,

Reimagining communities: Making a case for mental health through online gaming

Mona
Basu Chandola
Siddharth Verma

Healthcare

Gender, Gender-inclusive, Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme, Urban Employment, Economic, Job, SDG, Gender Equality, FLFPR, female labour force, MGNREGA, DUET, Mukhya Mantri Shahri Ajeevika Guarantee Yojana, Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme, Safety issues, Reservation of jobs, Time flexibility, GDP

The need of the hour: Gender-inclusive Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme

Avni Arora

Gender | Gender Issues | Indian Economy | Urbanisation

Zero-hunger, India, Malnutrition, SDG, health, MIYCN, child malnutrition, anemia, low birth weight, breastfeeding, childhood obesity, NFHS-5, rural areas, nutrition, POSHAN Abhiyaan, ICDS

Zero-hunger target for India: A far-off goal

Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Mental Health, Technology, Africa, global lockdown, COVID-19, virus, WHO, Health, Penetration, African Union, ICT, child mortality, infectious disease, SDGs,

Mental Health and Technology: The Case of Africa

Rethabile Tsephe

Healthcare

Biogas,Climate,Energy,energy renewable,Green Funds,solar,solar power,Union Budget,wind

Renewable Energy in Union Budgets—A narrative from 2000 to 2022

Manjushree Banerjee

Climate, Food and Environment | Energy | Sustainable Development

childhood,Development,diabetes,Growth,Health,hypertension,Malnutrition,Maternal,Nutrition,Poor Diet,Women

The Role of Maternal Nutrition in Reducing Childhood Stunting

Sheila C. Vir
Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Booster shots, COVID-19, vaccination, influenza, SARS CoV2, antigenic shift, Omicron, pandemic, human antibody, mRNA vaccines, bulletproof, Virus

Booster shots for COVID-19: A moving target

Rajeev Jayadevan

Healthcare

Farming, wokeness, Sri Lanka, downfall, economic crisis, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, IMF, economic disasters, infrastructure, Climate Action, SDG, UN, GDP

Farming ‘wokeness’ and Sri Lanka’s downfall

Soumya Bhowmick

Climate, Food and Environment | Neighbourhood

WHO, death, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Civil Registration System, CRS, temperature, population density, sociodemographic index, SDI, tier II country, India,

The WHO report on death toll of COVID-19: Unpack the concepts, reset the discourse

Rajib Dasgupta

Healthcare

health, Legal identification, SDG, Ayushman Bharat Health Account, ABHA, unique health identifier, family health ID, family ID, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, PM-JAY, Parivar Pehchan Patra, social, financial, physical environment, social environment, COVID-19, kala azar, TB, hepatitis, Kutumba scheme, HIPAA, digital health, digital missions, India

Family identifier in India: A health perspective

Surbhi Arul
Tanya Sinha

Healthcare

Women, Food Insecurity, Maternal, nutrition, BMI, poor education, low socio-economic, UNICEF, Malnutrition, Saksham Anganwadi, POSHAN 2.0, Sustainable Development

Why Women Face More Food Insecurity Than Men

Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Boosters,Covid-19,Global Health,omicron variant,Pandemic,Unequal World,vaccination,Vaccine Diplomacy,Vaccine equity,Vaccine Nationalism,WHO

Covid-19 Global Vaccination Drive: The Goal of Equity in an Unequal World

Oommen C. Kurian
Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Green Agenda, green recovery, Multilateralism, BRICS, Growth-fetishism, net-zero, post-pandemic, development, economic, growth, OECD, GDP

The Fate of the ‘Green Agenda’: Does Multilateralism Have a Future?

Nilanjan Ghosh

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

Climate, Climate Chnage, Climate Finance, climate doom, economic, social, carbon emissions, greenhouse gas, OECD, GCP, GHG, sustainability, UNFCCC,

Climate narratives: Reading between the lines

Lydia Powell
Akhilesh Sati
Vinod Kumar Tomar

Climate Change | Energy | Sustainable Development

Sri Lankan crisis, Sri Lanka, crisis, economic, electricity shortages, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Anti-incumbency, COVID-19, tax, IMF, fuel, essential commodities, Samagi Jana Balavegaya, SJB, terrorist attack, Domestic, regional, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, JVP, development strategy, foreign policy, geopolitics, diplomacy

The Sri Lankan crisis: Domestic and regional implications

Roshni Kapur

Neighbourhood

Climate Finance, climate change, energy transitions, Climate Justice, reenhouse gas, GHG, Paris Agreement, US, EU, OECD, Green Bank, policymaking, G20,

Exploring the Inequities of Climate Finance

Mannat Jaspal
Terri Chapman

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

Green Transition, COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns, global economy, health, economic systems, climate change, socio-economic, transport deserts, CoP 26, climate mitigation, ILO, clean energy, Supply Chains, Geopolitical, green hydrogen, battery storage, solar panels, tsunami, financial crisis, SARS, Climate Action,

Enabling the Green Transition to be a Just Transition

Nuvodita Singh
Akshima Ghate

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

Covid-19,Development,empowerment,Leadership,Pandemic,policymakers,Sustainable Development.,Women

The First Responders: Women Who Led India through the Pandemic

Pratnashree Basu

Noyontara Gupta

Shruti Jain

Anahita Khanna

Sunaina Kumar

Swati Prabhu

Anirban Sarma

Sitara Srinivas

Shoba Suri

Gender

Women-led Economic Recovery: An Agenda for the G20

Victoria Panova

Gender | International Affairs

Women, War, Gender, Multilateralism, World War, Russia, Ukraine, gender equality, UNSC, Security, LOAC, NATO, NAP, Women, Peace and Security, WPS, EBAO

Women and War: Gender Mainstreaming Security Multilateralism

Karuna Kumar

Gender | Gender Issues | Multilateralism

G20, Mobilising, Climate Finance, COVID-19 pandemic, Net-Zero, Climate change, COP26, Investment, Finance, tax, multilateral development banks, MDB, macroeconomic framework,

The G20’s Crucial Role in Mobilising Climate Finance

Amar Bhattacharya
Danae Kyriakopoulou
Nicholas Stern

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

Empowering Communities, Sustainable Future, child soldiers, Women, Climate Action, agricultural labour, force, climate action, digital,

Empowering Communities: Inclusive Solutions for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future

Aleksandra Dier

Agriculture | Climate Change | Gender | Sustainable Development

Climate vulnerabilities, food, security, resilient development, IPCC, ecosystem degradation, water scarcity, climate change, WGII AR6 , climate justice,production, nature, agricultural, poor water quality, low availability,

Climate vulnerabilities, food security, and resilient development

Preeti Kapuria
Debosmita Sarkar

Climate Change | Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development | Water

Sri Lanka, love–hate, IMF, COVID-19, economic, diplomacy, fertiliser imports, health, growth rate, China, China Merchants Port Holding, CMPort, economic crisis, SAARC, FTA,

Sri Lanka’s ‘love–hate’ relationship with the IMF

Soumya Bhowmick

International Affairs | Neighbourhood

Women workforce, e-Shram porta, MGNREGS, Rural Employment, workforce, migrant workers,

Women workforce and the e-Shram portal: An unexpected trend emerges

Sunaina Kumar

Education | Gender

climate-smart, water-wise, global warming, climate change, temperature, floods, droughts, glaciers, IPCC, Greenhouse gas, GHG, low-carbon, Ukraine, water, soil erosion, crop failures, urban planning, Trade-offs, Day Zero, SDG, economic

IPCC’s reminder: Not just climate-smart but also water-wise

Sayanangshu Modak

Climate Change | Sustainable Development | Water

Clean Cooking Fuels,Economic,Environment,LPG,National Incomes,Pacific,Policy,SDG,Social Behaviour,socio-economic,technologies,UN,UNGA,Urban-Rural

Towards Universal Access to Clean Cooking Fuels and Technologies: The Role of Policy, National Incomes, and Social Behaviour

Manjushree Banerjee

Climate, Food and Environment | International Affairs | Sustainable Development

Infodemic, pandemic, social media, fake news, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19, vaccine, WHO, COVID-19 virus, infection, disease, clinical symptoms, therapies, testing, SARS CoV2 variant, Omicron,

The Infodemic: An underlying challenge in the pandemic response

Chandrakant Lahariya

Healthcare

A first for the IPCC: The social aspects of mitigation of climate change

Anamitra Anurag Danda

Climate Change | Climate, Food and Environment

2022 IPCC Climate Mitigation Report. Climate Mitigation, Climate Change, IPCC, GHG emissions, CO2 emissions, SDG, GDP, energy sector, Fossil fuel

The 2022 IPCC Climate Mitigation Report: Our final chance to reach 1.5 degrees

Renita D’souza

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

India’s Family Planning Mission Puts Burden of Sterilisation on Women at the Cost of Their Health

Mona
Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Millets, food, water security, UN, SDG, Zero Hunger, Climate Action, rain-fed crop, ICRISAT, antioxidants, GHG , environmental, PDS, MSP, fiber, nutritional, health

Millet: The super food for combating food and water security

Shoba Suri

Climate, Food and Environment | Healthcare | Water

Agricultural,BCM,Climate Change,Cobb-Douglas,Crop,European Union,India,IWRM,Nutritional Security,PDS,renewable,Water Pollution,Water Scarcity,Waters

Estimating the Productivity of India’s Agricultural Waters: Towards Water and Nutritional Security Through Crop Choices

Renita D’souza
Nilanjan Ghosh
Shoba Suri

Agriculture | Climate Change | Sustainable Development | Water

Better Societies,Climate Change,Communities,Covid-19,Development,Economic,environmental,Mental Health,neo-Keynesian,North-South,OECD,Robust Processes,SDG,social security,Sustainable Development.,Synergising Enterprise

Sustainable Development in Action: Examining Global North-South Divergences

Soumya Bhowmick
Nilanjan Ghosh

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

green mobility, transition, geopolitics, Nickel-Metal Hydride, Lithium-NMC, EVs, IEA, electric vehicle, battery, China, Lithium Ferro-Phosphate, LFP, sea of sodium, technology

The geopolitics of the green mobility transition

Kushan Mitra

Sustainable Development

Covid-19,CRS,Health,IHME,Model,Pandemic,SRS

Quantifying COVID: All pandemic models are wrong; some are useful and some aren’t

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

Brinkmanship, South Pacific, China, Strategic, Indo-Pacific, military, law enforcement, Solomon Islands,

Brinkmanship in the South Pacific

Pratnashree Basu

International Affairs

Renewable Energy, Diplomacy, India-Sri Lanka, 75th milestone, financial crisis, fuel, technology, COP22, Solar, UNDP, Solar power

Renewable Energy Diplomacy: Enhancing India-Sri Lanka relations at its 75th milestone

George I. H. Cooke

International Affairs | Oil, Gas and Renewables

two-wheelers, electric, short circuit, industry, Okinawa, Ola, Lithium, BIS, lithium-ion batteries, OEMs, DHI,

Preventing a short circuit: Stopping the electric two-wheeler industry from self-combusting

Kushan Mitra
Promit Mookherjee

Domestic Politics and Governance | Transportation

BIMSTEC, Agriculture, Tourism, Transport and Communication, Counter-terrorism and Transnational Crime, Environment and Disaster Management, Trade and Investment, Cultural Cooperation, Energy, Poverty Alleviation, Technology, Public Health, Fisheries, People-to-People Contact, Climate Change, SAARC, ASEAN, Rohingya crisis, BRI, Quad

BIMSTEC in 2022: A search for relevance

Muskaan Goenka
Pratnashree Basu

International Affairs | Neighbourhood

advertisements, digital avatars, AI-generated, AI, Synthetic, media, SRK, banked, social media platforms, AI technology, WhatsApp, YouTube, AI Act

Moving into an era of advertisements by digital avatars

Antara Vats

Cyber and Technology | Media and Internet

Cybersecurity, Quantum Age, NM-QTA, quantum technology, domestic talent, infrastructure, Knowledge, quantum key distribution, QKD, encryption algorithms, communication insecure, security, cryptography, cyberspace,

Cybersecurity in the Quantum Age

Prachi Mishra

Cyber and Technology | Cyber Security

ASEAN, Myanmar, Special Envoy, Aung San Suu Kyi, SAC, Peace Process Steering Team, PPST, EAOs

A tough road ahead for ASEAN Special Envoy to Myanmar

Sreeparna Banerjee

International Affairs

BIMSTEC, Bay of Bengal, SAARC, maritime,Counter Terrorism, Transnational Crime, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand,

Let’s BIMSTEC Together

Harsh V. Pant
Sohini Bose

International Affairs

economies,Macroeconomic,NATO,oil prices,OPEC,self-sanctions against Russian,trade,Ukraine

Certainty of Uncertainty in Oil Prices: India’s Challenges

Lydia Powell
Akhilesh Sati
Vinod Kumar Tomar

Indian Economy | Oil, Gas and Renewables

Sexual violence, weapon of war, women and girls, rape, sexual slavery, gang rape, sexual mutilation, pregnant women, ENDF, SDGs,

A war within a war: Sexual violence as a weapon of war

Malancha Chakrabarty

Gender | Gender Issues

Net-Zero, Emissions Gap, UNEP, LDC, SID, Paris Agreement, GST, sustainable, renewable energy, electric mobility, sustainable built-environment, smart- agriculture, International Solar Alliance, Centre for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, Centre for Space Science, Technology Education, diplomacy, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, NASSCOM, Green capital, economic policies,

Net-Zero: India’s opportunity to play its ace

Prasad Ashok Thakur
Labanya Prakash Jena

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

automation,Digitisation,economic growth,NCAER,PLFS,PMKVY,rural regions,SANKALP,SDG,SEWA,Skilling,Urbanisation,Women and Work,women’s literacy,workforce

The Skilling Imperative in India: The Bridge Between Women and Work

Sunaina Kumar

Development | Education | Gender Issues | Skilling

CEPA, economic, security, India, UAE, Narendra Modi, Indian-Emirati, FTA, GCC

The India-UAE CEPA: India’s renewed love for FTAs

Nilanjan Ghosh

International Affairs | International Trade and Investment

Access to Education,clean energy transition,Employment opportunity,Female workforce,Gender Inclusiveness,Gender Inequality,Renewable energy,Science,STEM,Technology,Women

Empower women to achieve just energy transition

Aparna Roy

Climate Change | Climate, Food and Environment | Gender | Gender Issues | Sustainable Development

ASEAN,Asia Pacific,BRI,China,Connectivity,Ecology,Economic,economy,environmental,EU,GDP,Indian Ocean,Indo-Pacific,Narendra Modi,Pacific Ocean,security,Technical,trade

Security, Economy, and Ecology: Setting Priorities for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Ambar Kumar Ghosh

Debosmita Sarkar

Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

International Affairs

debt-to-GDP,DSSI,GDP,IMF,Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic,MDRI,Monetary Systems,Multilateral,Sub-Saharan Africa

The Search for Sustainable Solutions to Debt Accumulation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

Economic Reforms | Economics and Finance | International Affairs

Just Transition Declaration: Can it be the way towards achieving universal access to clean cooking fuels and technologies?

Manjushree Banerjee

Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development

A Stocktaking of BRICS Performance in Climate Action

Renita D’souza

Agricultural Research,Australia,Climate,Farming,Food Production,Food Security,Indian Agriculture

Australian agriculture amidst droughts: Productivity gains and integration into global value chains key to global competitiveness

Preeti Kapuria

Climate, Food and Environment

SDGs , Structural Vulnerabilities, BIMSTEC, healthcare, universal education, economy, sustainability, growth, UNDESA, Environmental Vulnerability , Climate Change ,

SDGs and Structural Vulnerabilities: The Case of BIMSTEC Countries

Debosmita Sarkar

Climate Change | Developing and Emerging Economies | Sustainable Development

Union Budget 2022, Budget 2022, Budget, Amrit Kaal, Sustainable Development, International Monetary Fund, Economic Survey, economic, GDP, productivity enhancement, energy transition, climate action, India@100, PM GatiShakti, Digital Rupee, CBDC, Udyam, e-Shram, mental health, economy, PFCE, COVID-19, CGTMSE, MNREGA,

India’s ‘Amrit Kaal’: Budget 2022’s vision for Sustainable Development

Debosmita Sarkar
Soumya Bhowmick

Indian Economy

ABDM,Budget 2022,capital investment,expenditure,Health Infrastructure,health sector,HWC,NHM,NTMHP,PM-ABHIM,PM-ASBY,PMSSY

#Budget2022’s big capital investment bonanza leaves the health sector largely untouched

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare | Indian Economy

Union Budget 2022, Union Budget, Budget, economy, income growth, fiscal parameters, consumption, investment, savings, SDG, Green Transition, Modi, digital economy, Fintech,promoting development, energy transition, climate action, technology, virtuous cycle , education, health, human development, MSMEs, backward classes, vulnerable communities, paradox of thrift, GST, TAX, MSP,

Revisiting the “paradox of thrift”: India’s Union Budget 2022 through a holistic development lens

Nilanjan Ghosh

Indian Economy | Sustainable Development

Union Budget 2022-23, Budget 2022, Budget, Health and Family Welfare, HFW, Tele-Mental Health, NIMHANS, Nirmala Sitharaman, COVID-19, NMHP, NFHS-5, human capital

Budget 2022: Is the ‘rare mention’ of mental health truly an actionable effort?

Mona

Indian Economy

Budget 2022, climate change, Union Budget, GDP, COVID-19 pandemic, economic, COP26, power, energy, transport, industry, buildings,

Budget 22: India should make this year’s budget climate responsive

Aparna Roy

Climate Change | Indian Economy | Sustainable Development

Budget 2022, finance, green growth, COP26 summit, Modi, climate, green transition, corporate tax, foreign banks, tax laws, OECD, BRICS, carbon tax, carbon emissions, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, tax-GDP, GST

Budget 2022: Enabling finance for green growth and innovation

Mannat Jaspal
Promit Mookherjee

Indian Economy | Sustainable Development

ASEAN,BRI,conflicting security,Connectivity,Economic,Indo-Pacific,Political,RCEP,Strategic,Supply Chains

Connectivity and Commerce Imperatives in the Indo-Pacific

Soumya Bhowmick
Sohini Nayak

International Affairs

Indian Economy, Economy, economic growth, SDG, infrastructure, agriculture, industry, urban, environment, economic, growth-fetishism, COVID-19 pandemic, equity, efficiency, sustainability

Towards a 10-trillion-Dollar Indian Economy based on the SDG agenda

Nilanjan Ghosh

Indian Economy

Health, GDP, Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, COVID-19, COWIN, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, AB-PMJAY, Water Mission, Ujjwala Yojna, air pollution, sanitation, Swachh Bharat, Gram Sadak Yojana, gender, Bet Bachao Beti Padhao, ABDM, PMBJP

Rethinking Health: India and the World

Sulieman Hedayat

Neighbourhood

COVID-19, Third wave, vaccination, SARS CoV2, variant of concern, VOC, test positivity rate, TPR, Omicron, Delta, hospitalisation, vaccine doses, digital health, telemedicine,

Third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India: What lies ahead?

Chandrakant Lahariya

Healthcare

India State of Forest Report, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, MoEFCC, UNCCD, Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, INDC, bamboo, coffee, tree orchards, urban parks, National Board for Wildlife, NBWL, ISFR, NABARD,

A Four Point Action Plan for India’s Forest Management

Aparna Roy

Climate Change | Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development

Gender Bias, Technology, AI, Inclusive Solutions, gender, ethnicity, religion, geographic location, LGBTQ+, gender segregated data, digital

Gender Bias In Futuristic Technologies: A Probe Into AI & Inclusive Solutions

Mona

Cyber and Technology | Gender

Gender Bias In Futuristic Technology — AI In Pop Culture

Mona

Gender

Domestic Violence and Women’s Health in India: Insights from NFHS-4

Shoba Suri

Mona

Debosmita Sarkar

Healthcare

Omicron, pandemic, UK, public health, COVID 19, WHO, infections, Delta variant, vaccine, Johnson, pre-vaccination levels, hospitalisations, NHS

Omicron in the UK

Sridhar Venkatapuram

Healthcare

climate change, sustainable food system, nutritious foods, Food, sustainable, fertilizers, food system, agriculture, UN, global greenhouse gas, red meat,

Combating climate change with a sustainable food system

Subhasree Ray
Shoba Suri

Agriculture | Climate Change | Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development

Big Tech, climate change, COP26, climate action, digital economy players, net-zero, electric vehicles, climate justice, mining of fuels, production, processing, transportation, ecological imbalance, emission-reduction,

Big Tech and climate change: There’s more to it than meets the eye

Sarthak Shukla

Climate Change | Cyber and Technology | Sustainable Development

Omicron, SARS-CoV2 virus, COVID-19, variant, infections, South African researchers, Delta, cyclical infection, parainfluenza 1, 2, and 3, parvovirus, rotavirus, natural infection, vaccination, hepatitis B vaccine, hospitalisation, Public Health, ascertainment bias, Gauteng, mRNA vaccines,

Omicron: Separating the facts from the hype

Rajeev Jayadevan

Healthcare

Omicron, World Health Organisation, WHO, COVID-19, variant, infections, RNA viruses, hospitalisations, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Israel, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, public health, positivity rate, Delhi, Mumbai, Astra-Zeneca, third-wave, Virus, SARS-Cov-2 virus, ICU,

The Omicron Update: Assessing early indicators in India

Mona

Healthcare

Omicron, Africa, Vaccination Drives, Vaccination Boosters, Vaccination Mandates, WHO, World Health Organisation, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, booster shot, curfew, Health, lockdown, public health

African Countries respond to Omicron: Vaccination Drives, Vaccination Boosters and Vaccination Mandates

Samira Sawlani

Healthcare

Amphan cyclone,CEEW,Covid-19 pandemic,Electricity Access,Feed-in-Tariff,FiT,IFC,SDG,UN

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on electricity access

Manjushree Banerjee

Sustainable Development

How sustainable are India’s development partnerships?

Swati Prabhu

International Affairs | Sustainable Development

economies,Global water scarcity,Scarcity Value,Water Futures Market,Water-Scarce

Water-Scarce Economies and Scarcity Values: Can Water Futures Trading Combat Water Scarcity?

Nilanjan Ghosh

Sustainable Development | Water

digital health mission, 2017 National Health Policy, MoHFW, Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission, ABDM, NHA, Health, health ID, Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture, DEPA, NITI Aayog, COVID-19 pandemic

India’s digital health mission: The growing need to introduce electronic health records

Ekta Jain

Healthcare

Solar, Narendra Modi, solar electricity, solar parks programme, International Solar Alliance, ISA, Green Grid Initiative–One Sun, One World, One Grid, Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme, IDEAS, EXIM, sustainable economic, Training and Knowledge Exchange, Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation, ITEC,

India’s international solar leadership: Walking the talk?

Jonathan Balls

Energy | Sustainable Development

e-mobility, UNFCCC, COP26, Transport, EV, climate-friendly, socio-environmentally sustainable, resilient transport ecosystem, Environmental sustainability, Economic sustainability,

Transport sector needs a sustainability transformation going beyond just an e-mobility transition

Sarthak Shukla

Climate Change | Sustainable Development | Transportation

Afghan refugee crisis, Afghan, Sustainable Development, Taliban, Afghanistan, SDG, UNHCR, food shortages, UNGA, GCR,

Afghan refugee crisis and its impact on Sustainable Development Goals

Dhananjay Tripathi

International Affairs | Sustainable Development

Madagascar, food, Rainfall, Rift Valley Fever, RVF, Agriculture, climate change

Plight of Madagascar: Severe Drought, Raging Famine and Lack of Adaptation Funds

Malancha Chakrabarty

International Affairs

urban planning, post-colonial cities, heritage sites, colonial, heritage

Decolonising heritage sites in post-colonial–cum–apartheid cities: Experiences and suggestions from the Global South

Marco Antonio Teixeira
Eryka Galindo
Renata Motta

Climate, Food and Environment

net zero, net zero India, net zero targets, business, business going green, COP26, glasgow, green transitions, climate change, India targets net zero, net zero by 2050

What India’s net zero announcement means for businesses

Rupali Handa

Climate Change | Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development

COVID Testing,COVID19,Rural India,Second Wave

Winning the COVID-19 Battle in Rural India: A Blueprint for Action

Malancha Chakrabarty
Shoba Suri

Healthcare | Sustainable Development

Menstrual Health, COVID, COVID19, Pandemic, VNHD, ICMR, Hygiene Day, Supply Chains, Narendra Modi

Menstrual health in India needs more than just distribution of low cost sanitary pads

Sunaina Kumar

Domestic Politics and Governance | Gender | Healthcare

COVID, COVID19, COVID Vaccine, Pfizer, Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden, COVID Vaccine

Pfizer COVID19 vaccine 90% effective: 5 highlights

Nikhila Natarajan

Healthcare

Building African capacity, South-South cooperation, India-Africa Forum Summits, education hub, Study in India, human resources, budget allocation, Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation, OECD, concessional lines of credit, African capacity, China-Africa links, Africa, IMF, COVID-19, capacity building, China, skilled labour, international politics, India’s GDP, India-Africa, cost-effective, development cooperation programme

Building African Capacity: What’s the story beyond the numbers?

Malancha Chakrabarty

Development Partnerships

भारत-भूटान संबंध, कोविड-19, महामारी, कोविड वैक्सीन, पनबिजली परियोजना, हिमालय देश

Bhutan: COVID-19 cooperation push to India relations

Mihir Bhonsale

Healthcare | Indian Foreign Policy | Neighbourhood

research and development, sustainable ingredients, sustainable future, growing population, biostimulants, raw materials, research and development, gas-manufacturing, supply chains, early-stage innovation support, innovation, biotech sector, localised manufacturing, consumption, String Bio, platform solution, Bangalore Bioinnovation Center, BIRAC, global technology development, technology development, biotech, India, Bengaluru, startup ecosystems, operating culture, attitude, aptitude, diversity of thought

String Bio: Integrated methane platform for next-gen sustainable ingredients

Ezhil Subbian

Energy

healthcare, India, agriculture, nanofibre, microbes, research and development, Anant Raheja, electrospinning, regulatory issues, agricultural inputs, human life, scientific institutes, startups, agricultural research, BIRAC, nanoparticles

FIB-SOL Life Technologies: Redefining agri input efficiency via nanotechnology

Kavitha Sairam

Agriculture | Cyber and Technology

भारत, ऑटोमेशन, महिला रोज़गार, कृषि सेक्टर, स्टेम सेक्टर, गिग इकोनॉमी, भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था, कोविड-19 महामारी, इंटरनेट, डिजिटल समावेशन

Automation and Female Employment in India: What do the numbers reveal?

Ananya Isha Das

Cyber and Technology | Gender | Media and Internet

Child Labour,Competitive Advantage,Minimum Wages,Textiles

Retired at Eighteen: Political Economy of Child Labour in the Textiles and Allied Industries in India

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

Shoba Suri

Rakesh Kumar Sinha

Gautam Chikermane

Mihir Swarup Sharma

Aastha Kaul

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare | Indian Economy

स्ट्रीक एआई, डिजिटल कनेक्टिविटी, वैश्वीकरण, मेक इन इंडिया, सामरिक व्यापार, प्रौद्योगिकी स्टार्टअप

Streak AI Technologies: Democratising stock markets with retail intelligence software

Jayalakshmi Manohar

Cyber and Technology | Gender | Media and Internet

BIMSTEC,India-Thailand,Regionalism,SAARC

Education as a Pivot in India’s Cooperation with BIMSTEC Countries

Vivek Mishra
Suranjan Das

Education | Inclusion | Neighbourhood

agriculture,BIMSTEC,COVID19,Food Security,Malnutrition,Nutrition,SDG,Zero Hunger

Fulfilling the SDG on Zero Hunger: A Progress Report on BIMSTEC Nations

Shoba Suri
Aditi Tyagi

Healthcare | Neighbourhood | Sustainable Development

innovating in India, India, Biocon, Infosys, MakeMyTrip, GDP, encouraging innovation, Made in India, Global Innovation Index, medical innovation, venture fund, biotech industry, innovation, social good, technopreneurs, Indian economy, entrepreneurial energy, Make in India, Innovate in India, global value chain, breakthrough innovation

The challenges and opportunities of innovating in India

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

remote working, work from home, rapidly growing segment, serviced workspaces, social distancing, WFH, problem-solver, working women, office space, MoveInSyn, online gig economy, affordable cities, smart city, freelance workers, time is money, flex spaces, future of work, government assistance, pandemic, young demographic, startups, WeWork Labs, Atal Innovation Mission, Indian work culture, back to work transition, work from anywhere, city spaces, growth of flexible workspaces, Indian megacities, India, gig worker, gig work, WeWork, business process outsourcing, flexible workspace industry, workplace solution

Work from home to work from anywhere: The future of co-working spaces

Arnav Singh Gusain

Cyber and Technology

growth trajectory, work and the welfare, moral reconfiguration, employment crisis, work and contracts, urban migration, frontline health work, migrant labour, economy for all, social mobility, welfare architecture, Covid-19, just society, GDP, value of work, transformation imperative, domestic work, emerging technology, technology revolution, Amazon, social spending, technology gains, digital economy, regulation, labour market, informal economy, Occupational Safety Bill, Industrial Relations Code, contract labour, social security, Code on Social Security, India, pandemic, solidarity networks, deliberative democracy, real concerns, social capital, resilience, worker unionisation

Reimagining work and welfare for the Indian economy

Sangeet Jain

Urbanisation | Urbanisation in India

In the Shadow of COVID19: Reimagining BIMSTEC’s Health Futures

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare | Neighbourhood

When COVID19 and Natural Hazards Collide: Building Resilient Infrastructure in South Asia

Madhurima Sarkar-Swaisgood
Sanjay Srivastava

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

electricity connections, electricity, Centre for Energy, Environment and Water, CEEW, energy access, payment patterns, pay for electricity, electricity supply, prepaid meter, tariff pattern, reliability, affordability, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI, India, power supply

100% electrification of rural households — What next?

Manjushree Banerjee

Energy | Energy Access

bulk mineral resources, mineral resources, sustainability of economies, mining reforms, prospective geology, clean energy, environment, Obvious Geological Potential, Mines and Mineral Development Regulations, private investment, exploration, discovery, extraction, product development, mining, policy environment, scientific exploration, Australia, Canada, India, sustainable tax regime, mining policy, commodities value chain

Reforms in mining are a first step in ushering a green, tech-driven future

Manash Kalita Neog
Rupali Handa

Energy | Energy Efficiency

Air pollution, Supreme Court, Hazardous, parliament, Ghaziabad, nobody, Air Visual, polluted, Juncture, air pollution, cancelled flights, critical juncture, conflation, emissions, roadmap, PM, pollutant, inventories, cocktail, World Bank, lungs, cyclone Fani, climate change, stakeholders, Sreedharan, Nilekani, CEO, moderate, weather conditions, life spans

To battle pollution, involve the private sector

Aparna Roy
Tanushree Chandra

Climate Change | Sustainable Development | Urbanisation

Bengaluru, groundwater, water availability per capita, water availability, National Compilation on Dynamic Ground Water Resources in India 2017, water, transparency, low maintenance, low energy, water histories of cities, frameworks for groundwater, accountability, localisation, groundwater initiatives, Model Ground Water Bill 2016, Million Recharge Wells, Central Ground Water Board, Participatory Groundwater Management, National Green Tribunal

Restoring groundwater in urban India: Learning from Bengaluru

Berjis Driver

Urbanisation | Urbanisation in India | Water

India’s protein deficiency and the need to address the problem

Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Global South, G20 consciousness, global economy, global response, India, greenhouses gas, Nationally Determined Contributions, climate talks, G20, climate action, Covid-19, climate priorities, low carbon transition, post-Covid, climate change, sustainability solutions, GHG emission, technology, innovation, Fourth Industrial Revolution

G20 and climate action post-Covid

Shraddha Vasudevan

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

Need to avoid Covid19 denialism while protecting lives and livelihoods: Great Barrington Declaration Vs John Snow Memorandum

Oommen C. Kurian

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare | Law and Justice

Covid-19, pandemic, Bhutan, solar power, solar energy, solar power plant, renewable energy, solar e-mobility, Covid response, recovery strategy, International Solar Alliance, ISA, One Sun One World One Grid

Bhutan: Diversifying renewable energy sources

Mihir Bhonsale

Bay of Bengal,Blue Economy,COVID19,Indian Ocean

Towards an Integrated ‘Blue Economy’ Framework in the Bay of Bengal

Abhijit Singh

Maritime Governance Architecture | Maritime Infrastructure | Maritime Security

infrastructure, power, underexploited markets, positive assessment, optimistic portrayal, International Monetary Fund, Africa’s marginal position, global markets, global capitalist structures, power and domination, manufacturing, global manufacturing, real GDP, growth, long-term physical investment, post-industrial societies, capital investments, Kampala, Luanda, services-dominated economy, productive, limited investment, services sector, Africa is rising, Africa rising, rising Africa, Africa, least-industrialised continent, Africa is not rising

The problem with the ‘Africa is rising’ narrative

Moses Khisa

tech for all, means for socialisation, coronavirus, digital manifestations, digital inequities, connected devices, laptop for every child, laptop, COVID-19, physical access to digital technologies, physical access, digital technologies, pandemic, comfort zones, digital inequalities, interpersonally connected, social distancing

Tech for All: Access, rights, and innovation moving forward

Amanda Roark

Cyber and Technology | Internet Governance | Media and Internet

Congestion Pricing,Green Mobility,Urban Development,Urban Transformation

Policymaking Towards Green Mobility in India

Amruta Ponkshe

Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development | Transportation

Connectedness,consensus,Fourth Industrial Revolution,Globalisation,HOPE

Digital Debates — CyFy Journal 2020

Trisha Ray

Laetitia Bruce Warjri

Arjun Jayakumar

Samir Saran

Aatmanirbhar Bharat,COVID19,Debt Monetisation,Fiscal Deficit,Fiscal Inclusion,GDP,Quantitive Easing

Demand-Inducing Stimulus as Covid19 Response: A Case for Debt Monetisation

Ria Kasliwal

Healthcare | Indian Economy | Sustainable Development

Coal, Investment, Transparency, Climate Change, Power Development Plan, Stimulus Package

Future of Coal: The stranded asset problem

Nandini Sarma

Climate Change | Coal | Sustainable Development

Bay of Bengal,BIMSTEC,Coastal Economic Zones,Coastal Resilience,Cyclones,SCS,SST

Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise in the BIMSTEC Region: Towards a Suitable Response

Anamitra Anurag Danda

Climate Change | Neighbourhood | Sustainable Development

Towards a net-zero India

Sanjeev Ahluwalia

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

digital age, bodies and data, Tablighi Jamaat, Covid-19, disciplinary power, bodies, woman’s bodily integrity, data, Ghar Ghar Nigrani app, lockdown, Aarogya Setu, drones, livelihood, ASHA, embodied, ASHA Worker and Facilitators Union, control bodies, mobile phones, embodied surveillance

Embodied surveillance during Covid-19 in India: A feminist perspective

Radhika Radhakrishnan

Cyber and Technology | Gender | Gender Issues | Privacy and Surveillance

Education Policy, CWD, intellectual disabilities, RPWD, Primary Education, RTE, ASER, UNICEF

Assessing the level of inclusive education at the school level in India

DIVYA GOYAL

Development | Education

GHG,Indian Agriculture,Nutrition,Poverty,SDG,Zero Hunger

Harnessing Agriculture for Achieving the SDGs on Poverty and Zero Hunger

R. V. Bhavani
Priya Rampal

Agriculture | Sustainable Development

COVID19,Economic Diplomacy,India-Africa,Indian Diplomacy,Line of Credit,Lockdown,Pharmaceuticals,SDG

India’s Lines of Credit to Africa in Health: Opportunity to Build a Key Pillar to the Economy

Oommen C. Kurian

Economic Diplomacy | Healthcare | Indian Foreign Policy | International Affairs

COVID19,Infodemic,Pandemic,Social Isolation,Social Stigma

The Social Impact of the COVID19 Pandemic

Sanjay Bhattacharya

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

Data Rights,Digitisation,privacy,Public Goods

Data stewardship: Collective bargaining for privacy

Astha Kapoor

Media and Internet | Privacy and Surveillance

Treading the unusual alliance between Big Tech and the government post-Covid-19

Abhinav Verma

Cyber and Technology | Media and Internet

health masterplan, urban geographies, state governments, union territories, pandemic, medical healthcare, health provisions, human resource management, health financing, accessible information, health sector, health infrastructure, healthcare, VMOSA toolkit, National Health Information System, healthcare professionals, picking the right leaves, global examples

Stepping towards a health masterplan

Sayli Udas⎯Mankikar
Piyush Girgaonkar

Healthcare

Capacity Building,Confucius Institutes,e-ArogyaBharti,e-VidyaBharati,Pan African e-Network Programme

Education and capacity building in Africa: The story of two competing Asian giants

Ishaan Mittal

Education

Revitalising BIMSTEC through Cultural Connectivity from Northeast India

C Joshua Thomas

Indian Foreign Policy | Neighbourhood

water futures, Brahmaputra, demand forces, stabilise price risks, price discovery, Ganges, risk mitigation strategies, water risks, risk mitigation, NASDAQ Veles California Water Index, South Asia, knowledge gaps, Indian subcontinent, municipalities, peninsular river systems, demand-management, mitigation strategies, water index futures, water, financial market participants, farm community, hydrological future, ecology, time and space, supply chains, crop failures, credit risk, municipal corporations, bottled water plants, soft drinks, agriculture, beverage manufacturers, water availability index, South Asian water futures, futures market, trading platform, hydrological future, investment decisions, institutional innovations, South Asian nations, market conditions, political differences, social cost, rain-dependent agriculture

Water futures market for the hydrological future of South Asia

Nilanjan Ghosh

Water

Pandemic, Covid, Coronavirus, France, teleconsultation, mobilization, hospitalized, French government, overcrowding, protective equipment

In Midstream: France and the quest to adjust to a new normal

Nicolas Bauquet

Healthcare | International Affairs

Geopolitics and investment in emerging markets after COVID19

Alexis A. Crow
Samir Saran

Developing and Emerging Economies | Economics and Finance | Healthcare | International Financial Institutions

public policymaking, adaptive, daily wages, social security, daily wages, constant coordination, tiers of government, developing countries, initial lockdown, integrated framework, top-down, bottom-up, COVID-19 in Pakistan, COVID-19 Pakistan, human capital development, best practices, behavioural changes, health security, fundamental prerequisite, political parties, public debates, informational campaigns, health and education, effective government messaging, public health management, chronic distrust, low confidence, public authorities, disaster preparedness, environmental protection, socioeconomic, existing inequalities, internet penetration, environmental, humanitarian impact, COVID-19, pandemic, humanitarian crisis, National Coordination Committee of COVID-19, Pakistan, public health, local administrative bodies, National Disaster Management Authority

Public policy lessons from Pakistan’s experience with COVID-19

Saba Shahid

Healthcare

Artificial intelligence,COVID19,CPTPP,Data Governance,NEST,RCEP

Priorities for a Technology Foreign Policy for India

Trisha Ray
Akhil Deo

Cyber and Technology | Indian Foreign Policy | International Affairs | Media and Internet

COVID19,Electric Vehicles,FAME,Greenhouse Emissions,postcovid,Renewable energy

Post COVID19 Green Mobility: Time for a long-term vision for Electric Vehicles in India

Purva Jain

Climate Change | Oil, Gas and Renewables | Sustainable Development

Video conversations, Automations, COVD19, Technology, Digital Tools

“You’re on Mute” – Covid19, Technology-dependence, and Stress in Workers

Aditi Ratho

Healthcare | Media and Internet

Boris Johnson, COVID19, Coronavirus, UK residents, Rishi Sunak,

A very British Disaster (and Collective Denial)

Sridhar Venkatapuram

Healthcare | International Affairs

political will, corresponding action, Covid-19, Rakhine state, Arakan army, preventive measures, Tatmadaw, Myanmar, camp dwellers, immunity system, Yangon, local populace, legal actions, medical equipment, medicines, Rakhine, Rohingya, hygiene practices, health infrastructure, vigilance, contact tracing, blame tactics

Myanmar: Covid-19 second wave deadlier than the first?

Sreeparna Banerjee

Healthcare

COVID Testing,Covid vaccine,COVID19,Pandemic,Sero Survey,Unlock

Will there be a single peak in India’s ‘Patchwork Pandemic’?

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

COVID, COVID19, Latin America, informal jobs, vulnerable population, skill sharing, knowledge, data analysis

COVID19: Understanding the Latin American Scenario

Silvana Lopez

Healthcare | International Affairs

COVID19, BRICS, ODA, WHO, Post crisis, Pandemic, ODA, Great Depression, Recession

Impact of COVID19 on International Development Assistance System

Aleksandra Morozkina

Economic Diplomacy | Healthcare | Sustainable Development

rainwater harvesting, RWH, cleaning tanks, water management efficiencies, raw water for production, raw water, water bills, financial assistance for RWH, record of data, monitoring, overexploitation, downpipe diverter, impurities, waste, sediments, falling water table, groundwater, disinfection, deficiencies in practices, RWH systems, water agency, water consumers, Delhi government, harvesting rainwater, network of pipes, Resident Welfare Association, public places, open spaces, parks

Addressing challenges of rainwater harvesting in Delhi

Rumi Aijaz

Urbanisation | Urbanisation in India | Water

AI,AI Development,Emerging Technologies,GDPR

‘Reasonable Explainability’ for Regulating AI in Health

Yukti Sharma
Abhinav Verma
Krisstina Rao
Vivek Eluri

Cyber and Technology | Healthcare | Media and Internet

Peru, COVID, COVID19, Lockdown, Lessons learnt, government announcements

Peru remains in lockdown, But promise of vaccine brings hope

Clarissa Rios Rojas

Healthcare | International Affairs

Care Economy, Indian Economy, Female Labour Force

The need to care about the care economy

Ria Kasliwal

Development | Indian Economy

Carribean, COVID, COVID19, Flaltten the curve

Mitigating COVID19 Impacts: Exploring Solutions for Caribbean Nations

Paulette Bynoe

Healthcare | International Affairs

Covid,Covid vaccine,COVID19,Quarantine,Sputnik-V

No more quarantine: Is it time for Russia to celebrate?

Viktoriia Ivanchenko

Healthcare | International Affairs

Geographic Information System, GIS technology, buffer zones, smart city, Internet of Things, mapping of vulnerable areas, dashboards, containment, home-quarantine, quarantine management, continuity of essentials, GIS, damage prevention and control, management and administration, lockdown, supply of essentials, war room, GIS property survey

Smart cities and GIS: Taking it beyond the pandemic

PIYUSH GIRGAONKAR

Urbanisation | Urbanisation in India

BCG,Covid,Covid vaccine,COVID19,GDP,Population Density

COVID19: The New ‘South Asian Enigma’?

Kriti Kapur
Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare | Neighbourhood

Decoding the issues impacting COVID19 vaccine compliance

Derek Yach

Healthcare | International Affairs

COVID, COVID19, Global Response, Pandemic,

The more things change, the more they stay the same

Shahid Jameel

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare | International Affairs

COVID, COVID19, Pandemic, services, healthcare services, panic, surveillance

During the Pandemic, are we using Government data selectively to fit narratives?

Oommen C. Kurian
Kriti Kapur

Development Partnerships | Healthcare

Indian Economy, Digital Transformation, COVID19, Technology, Transformation, Make in India

Towards a more ‘sophisticated’ Indian economy

Soumya Bhowmick
Vani Kaushik

Cyber and Technology | Indian Economy | Media and Internet

Brahmaputra,Glacial Mass,Groundwater,Hindu Kush Himalayan,Indus Basin

Retreating Glaciers and Water Flows in the Himalayas: Implications for Governance

Anjal Prakash

Climate Change | Sustainable Development | Water

Covid, Buddhism, Bhutan, Wangchuk, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Unlock, GNH

Bhutan: Governance amid Covid19 pandemic

Mihir Bhonsale

Healthcare | Neighbourhood

Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam, Line of Credit, Developmental Aid, CMHI

Falling Apart – A story of the Tanzanian Bagamoyo Port Project

Prachi Mittal

China Foreign Policy | Economics and Finance | Great Power Dynamics | International Affairs

Malnutrition, POSHAN Abhiyaan, COVID, COVID19, Supplementation, programme

Malnutrition: India needs to urgently break inter-generational cycle

Shoba Suri

Healthcare | Sustainable Development

COVID, Brazil, Vaccine, Coronavirus, COVID Vaccine, antiglobalist, WHO, South America,

Brazil and COVID19: A Cautionary Tale

Dawisson Belém Lopes

Healthcare | International Affairs

Clean Energy,Low Carbon,Renewable energy,Sustainable Development.

Financing India’s Clean Energy Transition

Rupali Handa

Energy | Indian Economy | Oil, Gas and Renewables

COVID19,Economic Lockdown,Lockdown,New Normal,Post-Lockdown,Social Protection

Rebooting the World: Six Months of COVID-19

Shoba Suri

Healthcare | Indian Economy

Armenia, COVID, COVID19, IMF, Public Debt, Churn, Vladimir Putin, Velvet Revolution

COVID19 Pandemic: A problems catalyst for Armenia?

Hayk G. Khalatyan

Healthcare | International Affairs

new normal, pandemic, slowdowns, revival of investments, economic activity, Economic Man, Swachh Bharat Mission, Jan Dhan Yojana, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, savings behaviour, individual savings, saving technologies, savings, asymmetric information market, higher savings, intensity of a nudge, education and health, nudge theory, target group, Jan-Dhan-Aadhar-mobile phone, comparative knowledge advantage

Nudge to save: The new normal post the pandemic

Eka Siradze

Healthcare | International Affairs

Public Health, COVID, COVID19, Health Systems, SARS, Medical Infrastructure, biomedical innovation, Xi Jinping

Can China overcome paradoxes in National Health Planning?

Aravind Yelery

Healthcare | International Affairs | Sustainable Development

Aatmanirbhar Bharat,COVID19,FDI,Foreign Direct Investment,Make in India,SDG,Sustainable Development Goals

Foreign Direct Investments in Indian States: The SDG Cornerstones

Roshan Saha
Soumya Bhowmick

Indian Economy | International Trade and Investment | Sustainable Development

Disaster Management,Disaster Resilience,Odisha

Following the Odisha example for developing community based disaster management in India

Sohini Bose

Climate Change | Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development

COVID, COVID19, recognition, global economy, economic shock, turkey, Armenia, skirmishes

COVID 2020: When humanity’s mettle is tested

Akop Gabrielyan

Healthcare | Indian Foreign Policy | International Affairs

displacement, abnormally, dry, climate change, weather, multilateral, emissions, GDP, Global Economy, survey, income, farmer

A Panacea for India’s Flood Woes – Lost and Forgotten

Sayanangshu Modak

Climate Change | Sustainable Development | Water

COVID, history, inventories, markets, economic activity, standstill, deglobalisation, consumption, objective, visionary, future, allocation

What the history and COVID19 pandemic teaches us about – Global Public Health Governance

Yeseul Kim

Healthcare | International Affairs

GDP, Economy, Stimulus, Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Economy, COVID, COVID19, Fiscal deficit

GDP contraction: time to give India’s wealth creators a chance

Gautam Chikermane

Indian Economy

COVID, COVID19, Risk Mitigation, Time Consuming, Trade-Offs, Rethink, Politics, Economy, Disease Control, Prevention, Future Events,

After COVID19: What to keep in mind for the return to normal life

Nicolo’ Andreula
Nunzia Carbonara

Healthcare | International Affairs

COVID-19, COVID-19 battle, unlock, civic representatives, smaller neighbourhoods, one-size-fits-all, dense urban environments, complex issue of overcrowding, Area Locality Management, common public spaces, governments, social distancing, support businesses

Controlling crowds in public areas as India unlocks

Sayli Udas⎯Mankikar

Urbanisation | Urbanisation in India

Spain, UK, COVID, COVID19, pandemic, closing, food insecurity, OECD, Central Bank, lockdown, cancelled, Portugal, Spanish, communication, quarrels, wage, food insecurity

The fear factor: How Portugal tackled COVID19

Eleanor Legge-Bourke

Healthcare | International Affairs

low carbon economy, electric vehicles, EVs, India Energy Storage Alliance, National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage, NITI Aayog, lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, low carbon, Khanij Bidhesh India Pvt Ltd, import dependence, commercial manufacturing, oil, battery waste disposal, capital expenditure, li-ion manufacturing, battery recycling, solar, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Indian government, circular economy, sodium-ion, battery technology, PV equipment, renewable energy, battery sector, rare earth elements, power, new and renewable energy, road transport, department of science and technology, heavy industries, external affairs, mining, environment, forest, climate change

Charging India’s battery manufacturing capacity

Ameya Pimpalkhare

Energy | Energy Efficiency | Indian Economy

India, Australia, India-Australia, sustainable development goals, domestic manufacturing, research capability, National Critical Minerals Index, Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre, National Coal Index, geological potential, National Minerals Index, FTA, foreign investment, Khanij Bidesh India Ltd, strategic acquisitions, resource exploration, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, economic relationship with India, CSIRO, economic diplomacy, lithium production, Indo-Pacific, partnership

Can India consider an FTA with Australia in critical minerals?

Natasha Jha Bhaskar

Scenario Planning, COVID19, uncertain, possibility, probability, protection, redundancies, reduction, outcomes, pandemic, Martin Wolf

After the virus: A six-pronged approach for policymaking

Nicolo’ Andreula

Healthcare | International Affairs

COVID, COVID19, Asymptomatic Characters, Ambedkar Nagar, Delhi Hospitals, Deaths, Oximeter, Kejriwal

Delhi model not a fixed monolith; swift implementation of bold new ideas helped battle Covid19

Pallavi Rebbapragada

Domestic Politics and Governance | International Affairs

Digitally Articulate, Environmentally Aware, Rural Journey, spectrum, women, technologies, norms, customs, digital skilling, Kenya, cash, money, TERI, Panchayati Raj

Assessing the empowerment of women in rural India today

Vani Agnihotri

Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy | Skilling

Stunting, Food Security, COVID19, Pandemic, Nutrition, Dietary Diversity, Food Groups, NFHS

Want food security? Try dietary diversity

Shoba Suri

Domestic Politics and Governance | Gender Issues | Healthcare

Education Policy, NEP, 2020, Affirmative Action, allocation, resources, SEZ, roadmap, learning, disabilities, transgender, affirmative action, NEP, population

Equitable and inclusive vision in the National Educational Policy 2020: A Critique

Jibran Khan
Niranjan Sahoo

Domestic Politics and Governance | Education | Skilling

Health tech, Mikhail Gorbachev, Microsoft, governments, Nobel Peace Prize, Soviet Union, Brad Smith, cyberattacks, public health, kinetic world, cyberpeace, supply chains, multilateral, entertained, appetite, digital ceasefire, vaccine

Exploring the tech industry’s role in empowering and protecting healthcare amid crises

Kaja Ciglic
John Hering

Cyber and Technology | Healthcare | Media and Internet

COVID, COVID19, Western Countries, China, epidemic, pandemic, WHO, isolation, Spring Festival

The COVID19 pandemic in China: From a Chinese perspective

Zhen Bo

Healthcare | International Affairs

COVID, COVID19, Pandemic, manifest, ICT, Melinda Gates, Continent, Poor, Digitization, African agriculture, AfCTA, NDC, GHG, GDP, Environmental dislocations

The economics of COVID19 and its implications for Africa’s Development: A Glimpse

Samson Samuel Ogallah

Healthcare | International Affairs

COVID, MGNREGA, Blue Collar Economy, Covid crisis, Atmanirbhar Bharat, inclusivity, women workers

Rethinking MGNREGA in the post COVID19 era

Renita D’souza
Aditi Ratho

Healthcare | Indian Economy

wear a mask, avoid crowds, White House coronavirus task force, cavalier, golden mean, spirit of freedom, American culture, immuno-compromised, social responsibility, outdoor better than indoor, aerosolisation, coronavirus, airborne, COVID-19, reopen schools, public health guidance, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Eight months of COVID-19 in the US, through the lens of Anthony Fauci

Nikhila Natarajan

Healthcare

Social Media Platforms, Communities, safety, societies, debates, politics, US Election, monitoring, safety, sovereign, boards, superfluous

Social media platforms can’t be a law unto themselves

Samir Saran

Cyber and Technology | Media and Internet

COVID, Covid19, Pandemic, Case Fatality Rate, Disease, Unlock, death rate, geographical spread, disease

How do Indians die: Putting COVID19 deaths into perspective

Kriti Kapur

Healthcare

COVID, COVID19, Herd Immunity, Populated, Burden, Overworked, antibodies, WHO, COVID, ineffective

Will herd immunity cure COVID19?

ANANYA KOPPIKAR MOORTHY

Healthcare

Delhi-NCR,Jal Shakti,Rainwater Harvesting,ULBs,Yamuna

Bridging Water Demand and Supply in Delhi: The Potential of Rainwater Harvesting

Rumi Aijaz

Water

COVID, COVID19, Joblessness, consumption, circular economy, transport, technology, textile

A ‘Triple T Transition’ to a sustainable recovery

Kira Vinke
Bart W. Edes

Climate Change | Healthcare

Blue Economy,Climate Change Mitigation,COVID19,Seychelles

The Blue Economy: Charting a New Development Path in the Seychelles

Malshini Senaratne

Climate Change | Indian Foreign Policy | International Affairs | Sustainable Development

Floodwater, urban resilience, MOHUA, effort, CBP3, PPP, floods, drains,

Inadequate storm water infrastructure biggest hurdle in urban flood resilience

Sayli Udas⎯Mankikar

Climate Change | Sustainable Development | Urbanisation | Urbanisation in India | Water

COVID, COVID19, Census, commissioner, Health Surveillance, Vibrant Democracy, Fake News, experts, multiplication factors, iCART, assumptions

From COVID19 pandemic to epidemic of spurious analysis

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

COVID, COVID19, Vaccine, Covid Cure, Remdesivir, Treatment

Dexamethasone: A cure for COVID19 or not?

ANANYA KOPPIKAR MOORTHY

Healthcare

COVID19, Lockdown, Serosurvey, Swab Test, COVID India, Facemasks, Case Fatality Rate

Covid: After six months of relative relief, is India about to enter a difficult phase?

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

Energy Efficiency, Power, conservation, smart meters, energy access, lifestyle, power supply, BEE, GDP

Expanding India’s energy efficiency sector

Ameya Pimpalkhare

Energy | Energy Efficiency

National Education Policy 2020, Narendra Modi, disruptive, automation, geographies, dematerialisation, digitalisation, workforce, Edtech, technological element, Indian languages, digital texts, digital content, cultures, digital transformation, multilingualism, STEM, policy design, structural transfiguration, Digital India, foreign languages, English, Skill India, New Industrial Policy, vocational education, disruption, inequalities, education system

The National Education Policy 2020: A policy for the times

Sangeet Jain

Education | Education in India

Covid,COVID19,India-Africa,Post-Covid,Post-Pandemic,SDG

India–Africa Partnership for Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic World

Ayan Sharma

Climate Change | Healthcare | Sustainable Development

Clean Energy, EV, COVID, Coronavirus, BIMSTEC, ICE, FAMEII, Economic Difficulties

Post covid stimulus for clean energy: Govt must focus on developing an EV ecosystem

Purva Jain

Climate Change | Healthcare | Sustainable Development

Covid19, Climate Shock, Economic Stabilization, Dun and Bradstreet, IREDA, Maximised, GERD, Investment, Stakes, OECD, NPA, IREDA

A case for a COVID19 economic response task force

Shreyans Jain

Climate Change | Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

Coronavirus,Covid,Covid-19,NCDs,Pandemic,SDG 2030

Food for thought in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Shoba Suri

Healthcare | International Affairs

Green Bonds, NBFC, Financial Architecture, REIT, EBS, Green Securities, Green Bonds, Mortgage, LEED, BEE

Financing architecture for green buildings in India

Shreyans Jain

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

women in technology, women, technology, entrepreneur, equality, female, world female

The female face of technology

Moqierish Tak

Gender | Gender Issues

Clean Energy,Electrification,NEP,Rural Commodities,SDG7

Can India secure its women the most empowering tool — energy access?

Aparna Roy

Climate Change | Gender Issues | Sustainable Development

Universal Health Coverage, Kigali Global Dialogue, India-Africa, India, Africa, Universal Health Care, Kenya Health Policies, primary health care, National Health Insurance Scheme, health system, universal health coverage

India-Africa health partnership: Perspectives

Faith Mugoha Orinda

Reimagining the role of rural Indian women in the renewable energy space

Manjushree Banerjee

Energy | Gender

The Covid-19 situation: How is Kerala dealing with the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)?

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare | Sustainable Development

BIMSTEC, South-East nations, Act East Policy, GVC, Integration, interconnectedness, deeper market, development, GVC, Chaos, Labour, Wages

Global value chains in the BIMSTEC: An opportunity untapped

Prachi Mittal
Jahnvi Aggarwal

Economic Diplomacy | Indian Foreign Policy | International Affairs

local distribution companies, DISCOMs, solar plant, National Infrastructure Pipeline, NIP, National Electricity Plan 2018, NEP, funding pattern, renewable energy, energy, electricity generation, infrastructure pipeline, electricity for all

GoI’s conflicting goals — electricity for all, renewable energy targets and a ₹100 trillion infrastructure pipeline

Annapurna Mitra

Energy

COP25, Climate Action, CO2, Amazonian, Rain Forest, Coal, Producer, Fossil Fuel, NDCs, Climate Change Impact, Looming, low emissions, UNEP, Climate Resilient, EU, Climate resolution

With COP 25, year 2019 ended in a climate of inaction. Will India save the future of Paris Agreement?

Aparna Roy

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

OECD, healthcare, GDP, Employ, hospitals, primary, health, urban areas, shortage, expenditure, absteeism, depression, WHO, Ayushmann, Bharat,

Addressing barriers to achieving Universal Health Coverage through implementation research: Uncovering and understanding context

Agnes Binagwaho
Lisa R Hirschhorn
Miriam Frisch

Healthcare | Sustainable Development

Liberalization, economy, impact, economic diplomacy, concessional credit, EXIM, Bank, OCED, DAC, CLMV, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Economic Interests, Project Implementation, Credit Projects

Information democratisation – streamlining content guidelines for OTT and DTH

Shikha Pathak

Cyber and Technology | Media and Internet

Digitalisation,Global Economy,Kigali Global Dialogue,SDGs

Kigali Global Dialogue 2019 | Conference Report

Climate Change | Cyber and Technology | Sustainable Development

India’s development cooperation – are we getting it right?

Malancha Chakrabarty

Economic Diplomacy | Indian Foreign Policy | International Affairs

SDG, Sustainable Development Goals, Electricity, TERI, access, cooking, CAGR, stores, technology

Can electricity be an option for clean cooking in developing countries?

Manjushree Banerjee

Indian Economy | Sustainable Development

IPCC, Ocean Cryospher, SROCC, Physical Science, Ecosystems, HCH, SROCC, Flood Events, Rising Temperature, Climate resilience

IPCC’s special report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a changing climate : Key takeaways for Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region

Anjal Prakash

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

energy efficiency, green buildings, Energy Conservation Act, ECBC, Energy Conservation Building Code, energy savings, energy, energy supply

The state of energy efficiency in Indian cities

Paloma Sengupta

Energy | Energy Efficiency | Urbanisation | Urbanisation in India

side effects, M-Pesa, Africa, data collection, vulnerable, cyber crime, fraud, credit facilities, business, rural, digital literacy, financial literacy, digital economy, mobile payments, CNED

The M‒Pesa phenomenon: Disruptions and innovations

Davis Makori

Cyber and Technology | Cyber Security

Global Innovation Index, Industry, R&D Expenditure, FDI, GDP, Science and Technology

Global Innovation Index 2019: Key takeaways for India

Reji K. Joseph

Development | Economics and Finance | Financial Markets | Indian Economy

SDG, Good Health, Well Being, poverty, justice, institutions, epidemics, advancement, relationship, PPPs, framework, UTA, OTTET, Odisha, MRC, scholars

SDGs and the importance of investments and partnerships

Stacey Ann Pillay

Healthcare | Sustainable Development

Kigali Global Dialogue only the beginning of Africa-India engagement

Samir Saran

Developing and Emerging Economies | Development | Economic Diplomacy

e-vehicles, e-vehicle drive, Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, energy sufficient, EV, Gupta, Bharat Standard-VI

India’s e-vehicle drive: Context and challenges

Alok Raj Gupta

Energy | Energy Access | Energy Efficiency

digital inequaltiy, internet, LMIC, population, connected, contention, Friedman, democratisation, globalisation, entreprenurship, HIC, GitHub, inequality

The Global Digital Economy: Worsening Inequality vs. Pockets of Innovation

Nicolas Friederici

Cyber and Technology | Developing and Emerging Economies

Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari, Pradhan, Javedkar, BS, Emission, OBD, malfunction, injection, system, motorcycle, slowdown, FADA, ACMA, NITI Aayog

EVs to run on pink slips?

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

Indian Economy

Developing Countries, Diet, Non-communicable Disease, Nutrition, WHO

The Kigali Global Dialogue: A Discussion About Health and Non-Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries

Katherine D. McManus

Healthcare

Making quality healthcare accessible in South Africa

Stacey Ann Pillay

Healthcare

The success of the Afro-Asian Century will be largely predicated on the real-time sharing of experiences: Tanoubi Ngangom

Tanoubi Ngangom

Sustainable Development

Rwanda, Richard, Sezibera, Nasheed, Kigali, KGD, SDGs, Road, 2030, evidence, based, analysis, Rwanda, progress, social

SDGs recognise that achieving our shared goals demands coordinated action: Terri Chapman

Terri Chapman

Sustainable Development

Ministry of Mines, NMP, legislation, mining, mine sites, investment, trade deficit, growth, GDP, seven, geological, exploration, extraction, mitigation, water security

National Mineral Policy 2019: A lost opportunity?

Biplob Chatterjee
Aparna Roy

Coal

लिंगभाव, स्त्री-पुरुष समानता, आरोग्य, प्रजनन, लैंगिक आरोग्य, गॅम्बिया

The role of sexual and reproductive health in gender equality

Satang Nabaneh

Gender | Gender Issues | Healthcare

Development Partnership, Development Cooperation, Social Development, Small Development Projects, Sustainable Development, India-Nepal Relations

India’s development partnership with Nepal: The paradigm shift and future prospects

Tanu M. Goyal

Development | Development Partnerships

ORF, UNSG, Digital Cooperation, Cyber Sovereignity, Digital Stability, Multistakeholderism, Declaration of Digital Interdependence, PATRIOT Act USA Cambridge Analytica, Declaration of Digital Interdependence,

The UNSG High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation outlines the challenge: Here’s what we need to work on for the solution

Trisha Ray

Cyber and Technology

Economic Empowerment,Kenya,Social Inclusion

Cultural sustainability through economic empowerment: The case of Kenya’s Okapu Bags

Sheila Atieno Onyango

Developing and Emerging Economies | Gender

India, UK and the dawn of the Afro-Asian Century

Samir Saran
Aastha Kaul

Development Partnerships | Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development

Digital Literacy, ICT, Digital inclusion, Women Empowerment, Gender equality

Towards an inclusive digital economy in Africa

Gloria Muhoro

Digital Inclusion | Gender | Gender Issues

Bipartisan Consensus,Data Localisation,Donald Trump,G20 2019,G20 Osaka,India-US,Major Defence Partner,Narendra Modi,Trade Talks

Trump’s most important G20 meeting is not with China

Richard Verma

Indian Foreign Policy | Multilateralism | US Foreign Policy

Africa, G20, marginalised, summit, Presidency, CwA, G20 fiannce, macro, economic, NEPAD, South Africa, IMF, World Bank, trade, practice, PPPs

G20’s compact with Africa: How beneficial for Africa is it really?

Malancha Chakrabarty

Development | Economic Diplomacy

G20, Tech, digital economy, taxes, digitalisation, OECD, BEPS, Stephen Mnuchin, multilateralism

G20 countries’ agreement promises to trip the tech giants

Chetan Khanna

Cyber and Technology | Economics and Finance | Multilateralism

G 20, Osaka, Japan, World Economy, Climate Change, Paris Agreement, Climate Transparency, Climate Action, Collective Action, Sustainable Development, CDRI, Resilient, Infrastructure, Warming, Limit, G20, Energy Action

Can the Osaka G20 summit guide the future of global climate governance?

Aparna Roy
Aparna Roy

Climate Change | Multilateralism | Sustainable Development

Indian pharma, Indian pharmaceuticals, structural issues, healthcare, Big Pharma, life saving medicines

The Indian pharma industry can do better than conspiracy theories and ad-hominem attacks

Dinesh Thakur

Healthcare

digitalisation, Urban Sustainability, Data Science, aggregation model, big data, AI, IKEA

Our digital future holds the key to urban sustainability and resilience

Swaminathan Ramanathan

Urbanisation | Urbanisation in India

kitchen garden, sustainable model, Africa, India, SDG, malnutrition, hunger, FAO, income generation

Nutrition Garden: A sustainable model to improve food diversity and security in Africa

Ramanath Jha

Urbanisation

UAV, drones, African continent, infrastructure, development, technology, Sudan, Zeptine, desertification, Sudan, Morocco, Ethiopia, NEPAD, Agenda 2063

Ushering drones for development technology in Africa

Abhishek Mishra

Economic Diplomacy | International Affairs

Sub-Saharan Africa, SSA, gender, Sustainable Development Goals, electricity consumption, gender mainstreaming, electricity access, electricity, Africa, CNED, energy, gender disparity

Gender neutral ways of ensuring universal electricity access in Sub-Saharan Africa

Manjushree Banerjee

pharma, pharmaceutical industry, generic medicines, generic medicines, Indian pharmaceutical companies

Pharma conundrums & “bottle of lies”

Ashok Kumar Madan

Healthcare

non-governmental organisations, NGO, NGOs, energy provision, energy, renewable, power supply, Power Purchase Agreement, CNED

Diesel displacement in humanitarian settings

Christopher Hoffman

Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables

BioMethics: Bioethics issues and aspects in modern biomedical engineering

Manuela Appendino

Cyber and Technology | Healthcare

social media, Africa, competitive politics, politics, Arab Spring, Twitter, multiparty politics, political engagement, critical conversations, political landscape, CyFy Africa, CyFy Africa 2019

Social media and politics in Africa: The good, the bad, and the ugly

André-Michel Essoungou

Internet Governance | Media and Internet | Privacy and Surveillance

digital society, rights, social transformations, mobility, power, expression, people, human right, public good, digital platforms, normative rationality, personal data, empowerment, CyFy Africa, Africa, ethical implications, digital political economy

New knowledge paradigms for Tech and I: Toward a more ethical digital society

Ingrid Brudvig

Development

emerging technologies, health systems, Artificial Intelligence, Advantage Africa, telemedicine, AI, CyFy Africa, organ transportation, CNED, Chitra Subramaniam, science and technology, AI capabilities

Emerging technologies are transforming health systems in Africa

Chitra Subramaniam
Mark Chataway

Cyber and Technology | Healthcare

cyclone fani, odisha, cyclones, decades, evacuation, shelters, sodma, sfdrr, sendai framework, coastal states, nrsa, disaster, resilient, cyclone, fani, level

After a month of cyclone Fani Odisha remains shattered, are we a resilient enough state to face a natural disaster?

Aparna Roy
Biplob Chatterjee
Aparna Roy

Climate Change | Sustainable Development

Air Pollution, World Environment Day, Pollution, National Clean Air Programme, PM2.5, National Clean Air Mission, CAM-INDIA, Urban Pollution, Environmental Degradation, WHO, World Health Organisation, Air Quality Life Index

Indian cities and air pollution

Ramanath Jha

Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development | Urbanisation

clock, ticking, fast, credible, pollution, delhi, iit, cumulative, cost, poor air, quality, productivity, sustainability, emergency, communication, channels, enforcing

Air pollution in Delhi – Policy, people and perception

Alok Raj Gupta

Climate Change

Malawi, Africa, South Africa, RTE, FPE, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Free Primary Education, FPE, Sub-Saharan, Uganda, Education for All, Girl Child, Bright Msaka, Education Minister, Right to Education

Strengthening education and skills in Africa: Lessons from India

Antara Sengupta

Development | Education | Skilling

India, South Africa, India-Africa, India with Africa, South Africa, GDP, AMRUT, Smart Cities, Municipal Property Rates Act, World Bank, GDP, Municipal Finance, Urban Finance, JNNURM, GST, Goods and Services Tax, ORFonline, 74th Amendment Act

Municipal finance reforms in South Africa and its applicability for India

Sayli Udas⎯Mankikar

Development | Economic Reforms | Urbanisation

अफ्रीका, भुख़मरी, सूख़ा, अकाल, जनसंख्या, अफ्रीका महाद्वीप

Africa is rising but so is hunger

Malancha Chakrabarty

Climate Change | Climate, Food and Environment | Development

Startups, Africa, Cairo, Egupt, fintech, outlines, drivers, mobile phones, financial inclusion, innovation hubs, venture capital

The rise of African startup cities: Drivers and trends

Sabrina Korreck

International Affairs

Data protection, Digital Data, CNED, Africa, General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, DPA, Right to Privacy, Cyber Security Law, Law on Sovereign Internet, Digitalisation

Protecting personal data: Who is the governor?

Maria Smekalova

Cyber and Technology | Cyber Security | Privacy and Surveillance

5G, South Korea, Huawei, US-China, 4IR, 5G Network, National Digital Communications Policy, IoT, Internet of Things, eMBB, Governance, LTE, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Airtel, Reliance Jio

The consequences of accelerating the 5G race

Trisha Ray

Cyber and Technology | Internet Governance

WHO, World Health Organisation, Digital Health, Global Digital Health Partnership, GDHP, OPD, IPD, Big-data, US FDA, Universal Health Care through PMJAY, EHR, eHealth, IOT, mHealth

India should steward digital health – globally

Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Healthcare

TERI, SDG, CEEW, Sustainable Development Goals, LPG, Biogas, RE, Renewable Energy, Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitrak Yojna, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna, MNRE, SDG India, Cooking coal

Increasing the share of cleaner cooking among rural households of India

Manjushree Banerjee

Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables | Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development, SDG, Sustainable Urbanisation, Urban futures, Urban Development, Sustainability, India, China, UN SDG, carbon SDG, energy index

Approaching sustainable development through an urban lens

Swaminathan Ramanathan

Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development | Urbanisation

Water, Climate change, Weather, patterns, drought, Ground water, depletion, pollution, Chikkaballapuri, Karnataka, Banglore, aquifers, Climate Resilience

India’s water crisis needs committed water stewardship

Biplob Chatterjee

Water

India, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality Rate, Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme, MPLADS, JSY, NHM, ANC, Indian National Congress, INC, LBW, Niti Ayog, Health Express, NFHS, Anemia, Global Health Index, BJP

An analysis of maternal health condition across parliamentary constituencies in India

Shoba Suri

Domestic Politics and Governance | Gender | Healthcare | National Politics

election, promises future, nation, ICDS, mid-day scheme, NFHS, malnutrition, nutrition, stunting, National Nutritional Strategy, Integrated Child Development Services

For a malnutrition-free India

Shoba Suri

Healthcare

Population Control, WHO, India, Gender Gap, Health Index, Maternal Mortality Rate, Infant Mortality Rate, NFHS, TFR, BJP, Congress

Why India must move policy away from population control

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

South-South Partnership, SDG, Sustainable Goals, Global South, Global North, SSP, India, Nigeria, UN SDG, ODA, Official Development Assistance, UN Sustainable Development Summit, Paris Agreement, UN SDG, SARS, New York, Poverty, COP21

Revitalising South-South partnerships in the SDG era

Mohua Mukherjee

Development Partnerships | Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development

Solar PV, off-grid solar power, Rural Infrastructure, Rural India, Healthcare, Primary Healthcare Centres, PHC, CHC, ILR, Photo-Voltaic, CREDA

Increased use of off-grid solar PV power to improve overall functionality of rural health centres

Manjushree Banerjee

Energy Access | Healthcare | Sustainable Development

Health for All, Manifesto, healthcare, implementation, Ayushmann Bharat, GDP, Right to healthcare, PMBJP, sensationalist, coverage, AES, JE, Niti Aayog, health, AES, JE

Health as a poll issue: We need better reporting and evidence-informed narratives

Oommen C. Kurian

Healthcare

Saubhagya, SDG7, Emerging Economies, Electricity planning, Electricity policies, WHO, biomass, NEP, Energy Policy, DSICOM, LPG, Niti Aayog

Success of ‘Saubhagya’ scheme would depend on how it addresses gender

Aparna Roy
Aparna Roy

Energy | Gender

Solar PV, solar photovoltaics, SECI, Solar Energy, WTO, World Trade Organisation, CCEA, SEZ, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, India, Indian Government

Encouragement, not protectionism, needed to strengthen India’s solar PV manufacturing capacity

Ameya Pimpalkhare

Economics and Finance | Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development

Africa, Pharmaceutical, OECD, Pharma Industry, Tanzania, WHO, MNCs, Ethiopia, CIPLA, Ranbaxy, Saharan Africa, China, UNAIDS, HIV, WHO, World Health Organisation, Ebola

Expanding pharmaceutical local production in Africa: An idea whose time has come?

Oommen C. Kurian

Developing and Emerging Economies | Healthcare

New Delhi, Kigali, India, Rwanda, Agriculture, ICT, Medical Tourism, RwandaAir, Indian Mission, PM Modi, Prime Minister Modi, Rwandan Genocide, FDLR

Destination Kigali: Opportunities for India

Clarence Fernandes

Developing and Emerging Economies | Development Partnerships | Indian Foreign Policy

Ebola outbreak, Ebola, Africa, globalised, WHO, global concern, universal healthcare system, health security, CNED, non-communicable diseases, healthcare, healthcare systems, Western Africa

Ebola and evolving health security

Vasundhara Singh

Development | Healthcare

LAWS, Lethal Autonomous Weapons, UN GGE, CCW, Africa, AN/ML, Zimbabwe, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, UN Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Robotics, Geneva, US, China

The need for African centrality in the Lethal Autonomous Weapons debate

Trisha Ray

Cyber and Technology | Cyber Security

Bio-Waste, SDG, Sustainable Development Goal, GHG, EV, India, Green Practices, Green Businesses, IEA, Bio-CNG, IC Engines, Thermo-chemical technology, Farm Waste, NDC

Can India tap into its bio-waste supply chain?

Kolluru Krishnan

Oil, Gas and Renewables | Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development

Climate Smart Agriculture, CSA, SDG, Sustainable Development Goal, IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, DFID, Kenya, CIAT, FAO, GA-CSA, USAID, Food and Agriculture Organisation

Climate Smart Agriculture: How can we be smart about it?

Ranveer Nagaich

Agriculture | Climate, Food and Environment

Smart Grids, Urban Resilience, Urbanisation, Resilient Cities, United Nations, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, GDP, Population, Climactic Events, Earthquakes, Floods, Enviromental Hazards

Urban resilience: Why should we pay more attention?

Devashish Dhar

Climate Change | Development | Sustainable Development | Urbanisation

Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, China, Southeast Asia, CNED, Trade Protectionism, Solar, Manufacturing, Job Creation, Trading Ports, Trade Liberalisation, LPG

Trade liberalisation and the SDGs

Juita Mohamad

Development | Energy | International Trade and Investment | Sustainable Development

Public Health, Healthcare, Universal Healthcare, SDG, Sustainable Development Goal, UHC, Universal Healthcare Coverage, East Africa, LMICs, BIMSTEC

East Africa and BIMSTEC: Aligning private sector to public health goals

Rajeev Ahuja

Healthcare | Sustainable Development

The India-Africa Partnership for Sustainability

Aastha Kaul

sub-Saharan Africa, Sub-Saharan African countries, Southern African Power Pool, SSA, SAPP, GreenCo, African power markets, transmission, Africa, Regional Electricity Board, Sustainable Development Goals, capacity utilisation, Zambia, structural market change, growth, electricity markets, PPP, fossil fuels, South-South collaboration, regional electricity, power, renewable energy

Lessons from India for the power sector in sub-Saharan Africa

Ana Hajduka

Energy | Energy Security

Can Africa and India meet the SDG 2030 target of Zero Hunger?

Shoba Suri

Agriculture | Climate, Food and Environment | Development | Healthcare

Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, Teesta Water Treaty, Rohingya crisis, India, India-Bangladesh, Narendra Modi, PM Modi

India and Bangladesh need to create a 20 year joint vision of growth and development

Samir Saran

Indian Foreign Policy | Neighbourhood

Connectivity beyond neighbours: India’s brimming interest in South Africa through the Asia-Africa growth corridor

Sohini Nayak

Great Power Dynamics | Indian Foreign Policy | International Affairs

SAAF, Bangladesh, India, Teesta Water Treaty, Teesta, Dhaka, BIMSTEC,BJP, Narendra Modi, Awami League, Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean Rim Association, Indo-Bangla Cooperation, Rohingya, Sheikh Hasina

Nations make choices based on self-interest, this is true for India and Bangladesh as well

Samir Saran

Indian Foreign Policy | Neighbourhood

We cannot have a vibrant democracy without strong media

Samir Saran

Media | Neighbourhood

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5 ways tech can transform the future of work in India

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Creating world class fintech hubs in India

Lina Sonne

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African millennial, millennial, complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, people management, emotional intelligence, judgement, decision making, service orientation, negotiation, cognitive flexibility, empathise, sense of community, connectedness, numbers, democracy index, investment, 4IR, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Robotic Process Automation, RPA

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Cyber and Technology | Skilling

India-Africa Forum Summit, IIAF, NITI Aayog, India-Africa partnership, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, climate change, food security, East Africa, agricultural development, droughts, Learning with Africa, development cooperation, India, effectiveness, Africa, poverty alleviation, eradication, hunger

Need for a coherent development cooperation strategy to address food insecurity in India and Africa

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Trade War, Tariff War, Africa, China, America, US, President Trump, Donald Trump, Nigeria, AfCFTA, Kigali, Rwanda, SSA, TPP, Zambia

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Ronak Gopaldas

Economics and Finance | International Trade and Investment

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Dhaka Global Dialogue

12 Nov to 14 Nov, 2019 The Indo-Pacific region is already at the forefront of the global response to two important processes. The first process necessitates a dramatic shift in our collective approach towards human development, environmental protection, and prosperity. The Indo-Pacific may indeed be where the new alignment between nature and humans will be discovered, and pathways for mainstreaming billions into the economic processes will be fashioned. read more

Kigali Global Dialogue

03 July to 05 July, 2019 The Kigali Global Dialogue serves as an annual Rwanda–based platform where established and emerging actors convene for a global conversation on contemporary issues of development and growth. read more

UK-India Week 2019: Africa-UK-India Forum

27 June, 2019 The Center for New Economic Diplomacy (CNED), co-founded by the Observer Research Foundation and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), India, is delighted to partner with UK-India Week 2019. read more

Cambridge Workshop: Indian development cooperation in the decade ahead

26 June, 2019 The Center for New Economic Diplomacy (CNED), co-founded by Observer Research Foundation and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), India, is delighted to partner with The Margaret Anstee Centre for Global Studies (MAC), Newnham College, University of Cambridge. read more

CyFy Africa 2019

07 June to 09 June, 2019 CyFy Africa 2019 will bring together ministers, journalists, ethicists, civil society, as well as technology leaders and entrepreneurs to curate Africa-centred conversations around data, innovation, gender, norms and new media. CyFy will be informed by African experiences and contexts — capturing the continent’s success with emerging technologies and charting a course for the region’s digital future. read more

The Global Programme for Women's Leadership

The Vedica Scholars Programme for Women in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation hosted the first ever Global Programme for Women’s Leadership (GPWL). GPWL is supported by the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy of the Observer Research Foundation and UK’s Department for International Development. The Global Programme for Women’s Leadership brought together over 100 young women leaders from India, Africa and the Bay of Bengal Community to host conversations, working sessions, field trips, and cultural immersion activities to provide authentic exposure to young women and prepare them for impactful leadership positions. read more...

India and Africa Partnership for Sustainability

Incorporating sustainability with economic development is crucial to combating the existential threat of climate change. The India and Africa Partnership for Sustainability (IAPS) as a platform aims to contribute towards the green transition of the world by aiding in sustainable policy deliberation and fostering innovative technology. The event will take place on 15th March, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Building on CNED’s core value of strengthening “South-South” partnerships and fostering development and growth relationships, the India and Africa Partnership for Sustainability (IAPS), will bring together a wide spectrum of stakeholders representing government, industry, academia, media, and civil society from India and Africa; to discuss avenues for coordinated action on the SDGs and climate change. read less

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