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I’ll be back! Interim Budget 2024 and its message
Indian Economy Feb 01, 2024

I’ll be back! Interim Budget 2024 and its message

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget 2024 presents good macroeconomic numbers—and a strong political message of winning Elections 2024 ...

A brief history of India’s Interim Budgets
Indian Economy Jan 29, 2024

A brief history of India’s Interim Budgets

On 1 February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will make her most important political economy speech ...

India’s industrial policy is maturing
Indian Economy Jan 25, 2024

India’s industrial policy is maturing

India has undertaken steps towards exports-centric manufacturing and has kickstarted its own industrial policymaking, suggesting that India’s industrial policy is beginning to mature ...

Netaji’s mayoral tenure: People-centric administration through nationalistic ethos
Domestic Politics and Governance | National Politics Jan 24, 2024

Netaji’s mayoral tenure: People-centric administration through nationalistic ethos

Analysing Netaji’s efforts during his mayoral tenure offers motivation across the socio-political spectrum to give due importance to municipal affairs in India ...

Are Anganwadis ready to provide quality early childhood education?
Education in India | Education Jan 24, 2024

Are Anganwadis ready to provide quality early childhood education?

Increasing public spending on early childhood care and education and empowering India’s Anganwadis is important to ensure that quality early education is accessible to all children ...

India's human capital: Quality education vis-à-vis sustainable development
Education in India | Education Jan 24, 2024

India's human capital: Quality education vis-à-vis sustainable development

For a developing nation like India, education emerges as a fundamental tool for creating the human capital necessary to sustain development in the 21st century. ...

Empowering nations: Educating girls for economic growth and equality
Education in India | Education Jan 24, 2024

Empowering nations: Educating girls for economic growth and equality

Educating girls helps foster a more prosperous, equitable, and empowered India ...

Women and STEM: The inexplicable gap between education and workforce participation
Education in India | Education Jan 24, 2024

Women and STEM: The inexplicable gap between education and workforce participation

India could be a STEM powerhouse if only it can ensure its female STEM graduates are retained in the workforce ...

Edtech in India: Boom, bust, or bubble?
Education in India | Education Jan 24, 2024

Edtech in India: Boom, bust, or bubble?

The experience of Indian edtech between 2020 and 2023 appears to be a textbook case of a bubble burst. But there is hope yet, and there are new opportunities to be tapped. ...

ICT and education in India: Gains and gaps
Education in India | Education Jan 24, 2024

ICT and education in India: Gains and gaps

The NEP 2020 can help ensure that a holistic approach towards the integration of technology with different functional requirements of the sector is undertaken ...

Medical education in India: Democratisation through public infrastructure creation
Education in India | Education Jan 24, 2024

Medical education in India: Democratisation through public infrastructure creation

By increasing the number of medical colleges and subsequently the healthcare workforce, India is working towards ensuring enhanced healthcare access for its population ...

Beyond the Preamble: Measuring up the right to education in practice
Education in India | Education Jan 24, 2024

Beyond the Preamble: Measuring up the right to education in practice

While the right to education is widely recognised by national constitutions, its actual implementation remains inadequate ...

Indo-Pacific and financing SDG 4: Another brick in the wall?
International Affairs | Education in India | Sustainable Development | Education Jan 24, 2024

Indo-Pacific and financing SDG 4: Another brick in the wall?

Although financing infrastructure in the developing economies of the Indo-Pacific region has become an increasing international priority, quality education remains elusive ...

Aspirations must be backed by investments for the energy transition
Indian Economy | Economics and Finance | Energy Jan 16, 2024

Aspirations must be backed by investments for the energy transition

To achieve both its development goals and energy transition goals, India needs consistently higher levels of growth in national income to enhance the pool of investible capital ...

India is bringing reputational security back into focus
Indian Foreign Policy Jan 12, 2024

India is bringing reputational security back into focus

India, through its foreign policy choices and its multi-alignment strategy, has built its reputational security in significant ways in the last decade ...

A case for inclusive wealth assessment of Indian states
Indian Economy Jan 04, 2024

A case for inclusive wealth assessment of Indian states

The Inclusive Wealth (IW) approach provides a more comprehensive analysis of wealth and development, essential for India's diverse and complex socio-economic landscape ...

Indian economy: 2023 wrapped
Indian Economy Jan 02, 2024

Indian economy: 2023 wrapped

To ensure organic, responsible growth in 2024, India will have to implement a policy structure which is unique to a developing nation in the current geopolitical setting ...

Indian rice export ban: Implications for global markets and food security
Indian Economy | Energy | Energy Security | Economic Reforms | Sustainable Development | Agriculture Dec 22, 2023

Indian rice export ban: Implications for global markets and food security

India’s rice export ban is unlikely to lead to a global food crisis, given the extent of the reduction in supply to global markets and the concomitant increase in prices ...

Analysing India’s shifting economic landscape
Indian Economy Dec 06, 2023

Analysing India’s shifting economic landscape

Leveraging India’s demographic dividend through education, skill development, and job creation can boost economic growth. ...

India’s super 10: Opportunity sectors for employment growth
Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy | Economics and Finance | Economic Reforms Nov 30, 2023

India’s super 10: Opportunity sectors for employment growth

With government initiatives and a dynamic workforce, India is well-positioned for diverse and robust employment growth ...

Aadhaar: Underutilised in promoting preventive and public health
Healthcare Nov 17, 2023

Aadhaar: Underutilised in promoting preventive and public health

India can craft a holistic public and preventive health policy paradigm by using Aadhaar to cultivate health-positive behaviours. ...

Sports in Indian cities: Rethinking the use of astroturfs
Urbanisation Nov 07, 2023

Sports in Indian cities: Rethinking the use of astroturfs

The adoption of astroturf in sporting facilities poses a health hazard to humans and aggravates climate issues, thus, urban planning must focus on green open spaces for the community. ...

Green transition: Financing challenges and financial stability risks
Indian Economy | Economics and Finance Nov 04, 2023

Green transition: Financing challenges and financial stability risks

Governments and regulators in emerging markets and developing economies need to constantly learn from the best global practices and adapt them to their respective jurisdictions. ...

Building a deep-tech ecosystem for climate-positive venture capital
Economics and Finance | Energy | Climate Change | Cyber and Technology Oct 31, 2023

Building a deep-tech ecosystem for climate-positive venture capital

‘India should be among the first nations to industrialise without carbonising the world’—Amitabh Kant, India’s G-20 Sherpa, former CEO of NITI Aayog and former IAS officer. ...

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Rear Admiral K. Raja Menon

Rear Admiral K. Raja Menon

Rear Admiral K. Raja Menon (Retd) is a career naval officer and submarine specialist who commanded seven ships and submarines during his service. He retired in 1994 as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations). ...

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S. Paul Kapur

S. Paul Kapur is currently on leave from ORF and is serving as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Between 2020-2021, Mr Kapur served on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, ...

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