On 30th January 2025, the National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) at NCAER collaborated with The Quantum Hub (TQH) to organize a roundtable discussion titled “Translating Research on Women’s Economic Empowerment into Policy: Progress and Prospects”, held at the NCAER campus in Delhi The event explored how policymaking can be driven by evidence and how research... Read More
Last year NDIC initiated a non-resident early career fellows programme to help enhance the data ecosystem. These fellows received training in diverse aspects of research, including engagement with policymakers and the development of grant proposals. However, their main activity focused on research on methodological challenges using secondary data. The fellows presented their final research on... Read More
On 25th and 26th September 2024, the National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) at NCAER organised a Gender Conclave with its partners, the Centre for Catalyzing Change, Nous Consultants, Population Foundation of India, Sewa Bharat and The World Bank. Over seventy public intellectuals hailing from sectors transcending policy, academia and development attended the in-person event. Gender... Read More
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