Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Abhinav Alakshendra and Arjun KumarIndia is urbanizing and currently a large share of its population resides in small and medium towns. Therefore, in 2011, 312 million people were living in urban settlements with the population between 5000...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun KumarCities are expected to house almost half of India’s population and contribute 3/4th of India’s GDP in the coming years. There is no denying that the insufficient water supply, public sanitation, education, health care and lack...
The farmer struggle begun in Punjab is unique in many respects. It has succeeded in uniting farmers from most parts of the country and gained the support and participation of many different sections of society, and from political leaders in developed and developing economies.
Prof Sachidanand Sinha and Dr Simi Mehta“Making STEM cities mean to use all the resources of a city and bring them together to create great STEM learning experiences for students.” Said Dr Cliff Zingtraff in a webinar organized jointly...
Arjun Kumar and Ritika GuptaThe labour market has severely felt the brunt of the pandemic. While every nation has shared in the impact, responses to overcome the struggle have been varied. Elucidating on the state of employment in Brazil,...
Arjun Kumar and Ritika GuptaThere are over 150 million labour migrants around the world a significant number is from south Asia. Nearly one in every three people in India is a migrant and one in every sixth is a...
Arjun Kumar, Nitin TagadeDelivering his lecture in a webinar organized by Center for work and Welfare at Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, Prof R S Deshpande, Honorary Visiting Professor at ISEC, Bangalore highlighted the macro picture- blearing the rural. He stated...
Simi Mehta, Ritika GuptaAs India has crossed 3.4 million coronavirus cases, these extraordinary times have created conspicuous situations both at personal and professional places for women. For example, there have been rise in the cases of domestic violence and...
On August 4, 2020, Center for ICT Development (CICITD) at Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi organized a special lecture on Evolving Contours of National Education Policies in India - 19th, 20th and 21st Century: Transition, Constructs, Impact and Way Forward by Prof Sachidanand Sinha.Prof Sachidanand Sinha, Professor, Centre for the...
Simi MehtaAmid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in India, June 2020 brought a rude shock to India, when the Chinese and Indian soldiers confronted each other in the disputed area on the Galwan River Valley. There were casualties...
