Pallavi Choudhuri, Senior Fellow at the NCAER-NDIC, was invited to participate in a panel discussion at the Niti-State Workshop series on “Leveraging State Data Ecosystems for State and District-Level Policy and Planning” hosted by the Niti Aayog and the World Bank at The Centrum in Lucknow on November 17, 2023.
Dr Choudhuri spoke on the need for data harmonization & integration of survey & non-survey data. Successful policy interventions require harmonization across data sources & within various rounds of each source.
Professor Sonalde Desai and Professor Amaresh Dubey were invited to participate in a Panel Discussion organised by Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi, and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, South Asia, on 8 November 2023.
The Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi, and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, South Asia, invited Professor Sonalde Desai and Professor Amaresh Dubey as panellists in a discussion on the book, “Scheduled Castes in the Indian Labour Market: Employment Discrimination and its Impact on Poverty”, by S. Thorat, S. Madheswaran, and B P Vani. The book has been published by Oxford University Press in 2023. The panel discussion was held on 8 November 2023 at India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi.
Mr. Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, joined us for a special event the NDIC Fellows meeting on October 17, 2023. Mr. Bery shared insights on selecting impactful research topics, presenting results for policy influence, and NITI Aayog’s research priorities. His conversation and query session with the fellows left the young scholars with ample of enthusiasm and encouragement towards their area of research interest.
With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Bery is known for his support to young scholars. The unique opportunity was a great learning engagement for the NDIC fellows with a seasoned policy expert.”
Sonalde Desai and Pallavi Choudhuri presented a paper titled “India’s Occupational Transformation: A Tale of Two Escalators” at a conference on India’s Economy in a Changing Global Landscape at Cornell University, Ithaca on October 14, 2023. India has undergone tremendous changes over the past three decades including educational expansion and rising incomes in certain occupations. However, opportunities in these high-paying occupations are limited, generating tremendous competition for scarce jobs. This presentation examined the extent to which opportunities for getting good jobs are evenly distributed.
NDIC team members were conspicuous by their presence at the 2022 Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Conference. NDIC Deputy Director Santanu Pramanik organised and chaired a session on COVID-19 vaccination. Pallavi Choudhuri, Senior Fellow, NCAER, presented her work on “Impact of COVID-19 on Household Economic Status in India” in an oral presentation session. Debasis Barik, Fellow, NCAER, organised and chaired a session on Social Institutions and Population Health. This session also included Pallavi Choudhuri as the discussant. Other NDIC team members, Ruchi Jain, Reem Ashraf, Sumiran Chandra, and Abhinav Motheram presented their excellent work through posters. The poster by Ruchi Jain and Charu Jain on “Empirical Investigations on Causes and Implications of Chronic Absenteeism Behaviour on Well-being of Primary School Students in India”, has won a PAA 2022 Poster Award! Last but not the least, PAA President Professor Sonalde Desai participated as a distinguished expert in a panel discussion on “The Role the Demographic Community Must Play in Supporting Democracy, Equity, and Human Rights in the United States and around the World”.
