Events

NCAER organised a seminar featuring a presentation by Dr Sonalde Desai, Professor and Centre Director, NCAER-National Data Innovation Centre, New Delhi, and Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, titled, ‘A Tale of Two Middle Classes’, on 31 August 2026. Dr Desai’s presentation examined the size, composition, and orientation of India’s middle...   Read More

[caption id="attachment_5262" align="aligncenter" width="640"] oplus_137363456[/caption] NCAER collaborated with The Quantum Hub (TQH) to organise a convening titled India’s Transformation: The Evolving Landscape of Digital Inclusion on 12th June 2026. The convening brough together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, industry representatives, and civil society organisations to discuss, “India’s Transformation: The Evolving Landscape of Digital Inclusion”, a research report...   Read More

The National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) at NCAER collaborated with the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to organise the 6th India Public Policy Network (IPPN) Conference from 8th to 11th 2026 at the NLSIU Campus in Bengaluru. Participating researchers and policy practitioners utilised the theme of “Public Policy Praxis in the Global South:...   Read More

To mark the occasion of Women’s History Month, NCAER hosted a webinar titled, “Gender Transformation: Insights from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS)”. During the webinar, researchers from the IHDS team discussed insights on gender transformations across the country, based on IHDS data emerging from surveying the lives of men and women in over 40,000...   Read More

NCAER hosted a seminar on 23 February 2026, featuring members of the People Practice Group at the World Bank, who presented findings from the Bank’s latest flagship report, “Building Human Capital Where It Matters: Homes, Neighborhoods, and Workplaces”. The report was presented by Dr Mamta Murthi, Vice President, and Dr Joana Silva, Deputy Chief Economist,...   Read More