Parallel Streams: Political Federalism and Economic Integration in India

Paper March 15, 2023

Parallel Streams: Political Federalism and Economic Integration in India

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha & Prakhar Misra

As a conceptual and theoretical framework, economic integration has a long history of discord and disagreement—much of it still unsettled….

Paper January 6, 2023

Institutional responses to digital harms

By Tvesha Sippy, Upasana Hembram, Avanti Durani & Shivaun Chandiramani

The paper presents a case study of India’s public and private institutional response mechanisms to tech-facilitated gender-based violence.

Paper December 5, 2022

The State of Open Data in Urban India

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Anushka Bhansali & Rajeswari Parasa

A key reason for poor governance in Indian cities is the lack of organised open data systems. This paper investigates the state of urban open data in India, analysing the different stakeholders and how to improve quality and accessibility of data.

Paper November 18, 2022

Prioritising Rule of Law and Police Reform in India

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

In first of a two-part series, we take a look at what is needed to strengthen the rule of law system in India, with a particular focus on better policing.

Paper July 25, 2022

Contribution of infection and vaccination to seroprevalence through two COVID waves in Tamil Nadu, India

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

Repeated serosurveys conducted in Tamil Nadu shed light on how infection and vaccination influence SARS CoV-2 seroprevalence levels in the population

Paper July 14, 2022

Balancing Privacy with Technology Use: Lessons from Covid-19

By Harshita Agrawal & Prakhar Misra

There has been an uptick in the use of technology in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments have had to be swift and agile with response strategies.

Paper July 11, 2022

Understanding societal responses to policies undertaken during emergencies

By Sridhar Ganapathy, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Nikita Kwatra

Lessons from COVID-19’s Second Wave in Maharashtra

Paper December 23, 2021

An investigation of National Open Government Data Platforms: How can India improve?

By Sridhar Ganapathy, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Rajeswari Parasa & Isalyne Gennaro

We study OGD platforms as infrastructure and evaluate them based on their capability, focusing on community engagement and supporting policies and frameworks that govern their creation and use.