Op-ed

Op-ed April 21, 2020

Opinion | COVID-19: COVID-19 a grim reminder for govts to improve sanitation, housing in cities to prevent pandemics; science won’t be enough

The ability to quickly overpower disease outbreaks through the use of science, innovation and technology had led governments to neglect their role in effective prevention of such epidemics

Op-ed April 16, 2020

Why does India have so few COVID-19 cases and deaths?

By Arpit Gupta, Dr. Anup Malani & Dr. Reuben Abraham

India is four times more populous than the US, but has just 2% the number of cases and only 1.5% of the number of Covid-19 deaths. How has the country, whose per capita income is just tenth of the US, avoided being flattened by the pandemic?

Op-ed April 6, 2020

Opinion | Covid-19: To get an accurate estimate of the spread, India must ensure random community testing

By Arpit Gupta, Dr. Anup Malani & Dr. Reuben Abraham

While we have estimates on the number of deaths, we are flying blind in estimating the denominator of the fatality rate.

Op-ed February 7, 2020

How India’s data bill falls short of offering solutions for regulating digital competition

By Vikram Sinha

The bill’s brute force approach to giving users control over their digital selves through data portability provision runs roughshod over market dynamics.

Op-ed February 5, 2020

Opinion| The costs of congestion: A case study of Mumbai

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Kadambari Shah

From economic efficiency to environmental damage, citizens pay a heavy price.

Op-ed January 29, 2020

UPI’s rapid growth proves India can build world-class payments infrastructure from scratch

By Venkatesh Hariharan

Three years ago, even banks did not give Modi govt’s Unified Payments Interface much odds of success. Now, UPI is one of the fastest-growing payment platforms in the world.

Op-ed January 24, 2020

Opinion | Ayushman Bharat can be a success if Modi govt incentivises digital data for private players

By Alex Fager & Prakhar Misra

Modi govt’s proposed Personal Data Protection Bill has to be in conjunction with its blueprint governing India’s health data. But can it make private players participate?

Op-ed January 23, 2020

To keep up with tech and regulate WhatsApp & Amazon, India must adopt ‘futures thinking’

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Prakhar Misra

With the Indian govt’s Personal Data Protection Bill only outlining broad principles governing data, the role of the Data Protection Authority becomes even more important.

Op-ed December 21, 2019

Opinion | Don’t Just Blame India’s Courts, it’s the Police that Can’t Solve Criminal Cases in Time

By Priya Vedavalli & Tvesha Sippy

The imbalance between police strength and case pendency must be understood through three lenses.

Op-ed June 12, 2019

Opinion | The problems of regulating digital markets

By Vikram Sinha

Modern competition policies are poorly equipped to deal with the unique nature of digital markets.