Behaviour change communication strategy for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

Paper September 27, 2021

Behaviour change communication strategy for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

By , Shilpa Rao, Sofia Imad & Anushka Bhansali

This vaccine acceptance campaign strategic document outlines our initial research findings, how our findings translated into a communication strategy with a strong identity, messaging matrix, segmentation and a final design look and feel

Paper July 22, 2021

IDFC Institute’s response to proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020

By Sharmadha Srinivasan & Vikram Sinha

A regulatory framework, therefore, must carefully balance the gains from e-commerce’s efficiency and the need to protect consumers and prevent market distortions.

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

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.

Paper May 7, 2021

RCTs for policy in India – Ethical Considerations, Methodological Concerns and Alternative Approaches

By Sneha P

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have become a popular methodological choice for policy analysis in the developing world.

Paper April 27, 2021

Case Study: Water Provisioning in Punjab

By Vaidehi Tandel, Sharmadha Srinivasan, Harshita Agrawal & Prakhar Misra

In Punjab, rural water supply has traditionally been provided by the state government with villages having a few handpumps, piped schemes and so on.

Paper April 26, 2021

The Challenge of Measuring Governance at the Subnational Level

By Dr. Reuben Abraham, Vaidehi Tandel, Kadambari Shah & Vibhav Mariwala

Indices offer a straightforward means to gauge and evaluate a nation’s advancement in key governance objectives, relying solely on a single number for assessing performance may have drawbacks, particularly for large and diverse countries.

Paper April 22, 2021

Facial Recognition Technology in Law Enforcement in India: Concerns and Solutions

By Priya Vedavalli, Prakhar Misra, Tvesha Sippy, Avanti Durani, Neha Sinha & Vikram Sinha

The paper outlines the use cases of FRTs in the Indian context, unpacks the technological and institutional aspects governing FRTs and offers short- and long-term solutions that must be implemented before the wide-scale deployment.

Paper April 13, 2021

Bureaucratic Indecision and Risk Aversion in India

By Sneha P, Neha Sinha, Avanti Durani & Ayush Patel

The authors argue that bureaucratic indecision, in a large part, is a form of rational self-preservation exercised by bureaucrats from the various legal and extra-legal risks to their person, careers and reputation.

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

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