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Op-ed April 13, 2021

Opinion | Lack of Relevant, Credible Data Is Compromising India’s COVID-19 Efforts

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Sharmadha Srinivasan & Anushka Bhansali

Ultimately, governments need to think long term here.

Op-ed April 13, 2021

Lack of relevant, credible data is compromising India’s COVID-19 efforts

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Sharmadha Srinivasan & Anushka Bhansali

Improvement in the collection, analysis and sharing of health data could pave the way for a faster recovery from the pandemic and become a part of the playbook for navigating all future public health crises.

Op-ed April 6, 2021

Opinion | Strengthen state capacity: This is a must if budgeted funds are to be used effectively for fostering growth

By Kadambari Shah & Vibhav Mariwala

While the Centre has promised economic stimulus, government spending without attention to building adequate state capacity to effectively use those funds will arguably not achieve the desired impact.

Paper April 3, 2021

SARS CoV-2 seroprevalence in Tamil Nadu in October-November 2020

By Dr. Anup Malani, Vaidehi Tandel, Rajeswari Parasa & Sofia Imad

The first state-wide serosurvey conducted in Tamil Nadu provides valuable insights into transmission dynamics of SARS CoV-2 across districts and populations

Report March 31, 2021

Financing the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in India

By Sofia Imad & Sharmadha Srinivasan

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.

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