NCAER - NATIONAL DATA INNOVATION CENTRE
NCAER's National Data Innovation Center hosted the 7th edition of DataTalk. The conversation delved into the complexities of measuring children's learning outcomes in India. With school enrollment rates having increased, the focus had shifted from merely getting children into schools to understanding what they were learning. However, this brought forth a challenging question: How do we... Read More
NCAER’s National Data Innovation Center hosted the book release ceremony of "India’s Social and Economic Transformation in the 21st Century," a collected volume of papers using data from the Indian Human Development Survey, edited by Pallavi Choudhuri, Sonalde Desai, and Amaresh Dubey, and published by Routledge. The event commenced with an insightful panel discussion themed... Read More
Long lines of migrant families walking across State borders to their hometowns during the pandemic-induced lockdown has brought to the forefront the importance of migration for the Indian economy, development, and society. However, it has also highlighted a lack of awareness of the magnitude of migration in India and the tenuous ties of many migrants... Read More
The NCAER Gender Hub and FESDIG (Feminist Economics Saturday Discussion Group) jointly organised a hybrid discussion on “What is Women's Work? Challenges of Measurement for Policy Design” on 12 June 2023, at NCAER. Despite the strong policy interest in women’s low and declining work participation in India, data and research on this subject continues to... Read More
Register to participate* NCAER’s National Data Innovation Centre (NCAER-NDIC) is hosting a webinar entitled, “DataTalk: An Online Conversation between Data Journalists and Data Producers”, on Thursday, 15 June 2023. In recent years, the field of data and statistical journalism in India has grown in sophistication and depth. However, this also puts substantial demands on data... Read More