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Report March 31, 2021

Financing the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in India

The report outlines the allocations of funds set aside by the Central Government to detail what percentage of the adult population in India can be successfully vaccinated within the budget.

Paper March 31, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine confidence: Learnings from Punjab and Karnataka

By , Shilpa Rao, Archana Nirmal Kumar, Vibhav Mariwala, Anushka Bhansali, Surya Av & Charu Sheela

Conducted in February 2021, this study aimed at understanding people’s attitude towards and perception of the COVID-19 vaccine in the rural and urban areas of Punjab and Karnataka

Paper March 26, 2021

The first wave of COVID-19 in Kerala: A state capacity perspective

By Sneha P, Kadambari Shah, Vibhav Mariwala, Ashwin Varghese & Mehul Das

This paper discusses how the Kerala Government responded to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and built the globally acclaimed “Kerala Model”

Report March 25, 2021

TICA Distribution Report

By Sofia Imad, Shilpa Rao, Vibhav Mariwala, Mrunalini Chaudhari, Mahesh Kalsekar, Rohit Bajoria & Supriya Shinde

With a vaccine sector valued at ~INR 95 billion, India is a global leader in vaccine manufacturing and production. However, will this infrastructure and capacity be able to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine in a timely manner?

Blog March 22, 2021

Allocation strategies for COVID-19 vaccination

By Dr. Anup Malani, Sofia Imad & Sabareesh Ramachandran

The model presented in this note intends to support state governments allocate limited COVID-19 vaccine doses to maximise the impact of the vaccination campaign

Blog March 12, 2021

PARIMAL—an institutional platform for evidence-based research in policing

By Avanti Durani, Neha Sinha, Priya Vedavalli & Tvesha Sippy

The Madhya Pradesh Police launched the Pracademic Action Research Initiative (with) Multidisciplinary Approach Lab (PARIMAL), a collaborative initiative under the DG Research and Policy Cell, with IDFC Institute as a principal partner.

Paper March 9, 2021

Interpreting Kerala’s COVID-19 numbers

By Sneha P & Ashwin Varghese

Using demographic, economic, social data, the authors attempt to describe Kerala’s COVID-19 trajectory, the state’s policy response and how to assess its pandemic performance.

Report February 12, 2021

A Study of Internal Communications, Motivation, and Agency in the Police Force

By Priya Vedavalli, Tvesha Sippy, Avanti Durani, Neha Sinha & Dr. Vineet Kapoor

A study of police constables on COVID-19 duty in Madhya Pradesh to understand communication flows within parts of the police hierarchy.

Blog February 11, 2021

Financing Institutions is Crucial for the Digital Economy

By Prakhar Misra & Sharmadha Srinivasan

The government needs a clear plan for navigating this new digital world. An analysis of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) allocations in Budget 2021-22 shows that there are significant gaps here.

Op-ed February 8, 2021

Opinion| How India can improve urban public health with lessons from COVID-19

By Suchi Kedia & Harshita Agrawal

Major efforts where made during the COVID-19 pandemic to generate regular and reliable data. The authors argue this should be replicated for other diseases and become a policy focus for urban public health in India.

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