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Policy Brief June 30, 2021

Lessons from India’s Second Wave of COVID-19

By Dr. Reuben Abraham & Sofia Imad

India witnessed a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths during the second wave that took place between March and June 2021. This brief calls for the adoption of an evidence-based strategy to effectively tackle the pandemic.

Blog June 24, 2021

COVID-19 mortality and morbidity in Mumbai

By Sofia Imad & Manvi Mehta

This post breaks down COVID-19 morbidity and mortality data in Mumbai to understand gender-wise and age-wise trends.

Blog June 21, 2021

COVID-19 containment strategies in Mumbai

By Anushka Bhansali, Nikita Kwatra & Manavi Datta

This blog analyses ward-level containment strategies during the first and second wave of COVID-19 in Mumbai

Blog June 17, 2021

Smartphone usage and privacy challenges

By Meenaz Munshi, Anushka Bhansali & Dr. Hemant Adarkar

Data privacy conversations are incomplete without acknowledging how leading mobile operating systems have been gaining access to granular data on smartphone users, write Meenaz Munshi, Anushka Bhansali and Hemant Adrakar. Excerpts from the blog: “Even a basic minimal configuration of both iOS and Android handsets can share data with Apple/Google, on average, every 4.5 minutes even when the phone is […]

Blog June 16, 2021

Technology can aid state capacity, not replace it

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Sharmadha Srinivasan

Harsh Vardhan Pachisia and Sharmadha Srinivasan argue that technology is not a silver bullet for governance. Technical solutions must be supplemented with structural improvements to ensure effective delivery of public services. Excerpts from the blog: “The current vaccination programme for a significant proportion of its population – age 18-45 years – requires compulsory registration on its online platform, CoWIN. […]

Paper June 14, 2021

Leveraging behavioural science to promote safe practices: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in Punjab

By Priya Vedavalli, Kadambari Shah, Tinaz Mistry, Archana Nirmal Kumar, Shilpa Rao, Vikram Sinha, Seema Murthy, Shirley Yan & Adithi Chandrashekhar

How can behavioural science be used to support the adoption of safer practices? Our project in Punjab to encourage early testing during the COVID-19 pandemic holds important lessons for public health communication campaigns

Op-ed June 10, 2021

Opinion| Decentralisation and social mobilisation during the second wave of COVID-19

By Vibhav Mariwala & Kadambari Shah

In this piece, the authors outline how states have harnessed institutional reform, decentralised governance, and social mobilisation to fight the pandemic.

Paper June 10, 2021

IDFC Institute response to draft National Geospatial Policy, 2021

By Rajeswari Parasa, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Vikram Sinha & Sridhar Ganapathy

A national geospatial policy should encompass vital principles of governance that set up the ecosystem for success.

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