With the actions of the Chinese state, one can understand how misplacement is so deeply internalised as a matter of routine and daily life but can be sought to be navigated through the counternorm of Laying Flat. The article seeks to understand involution in China as an international norm and its unique trends and external influences impacting her historically and presently misplaced identity.
Counterstrategies need not merely emotionalise protest but to also revolutionise emotions. They need to dig deep into everyday ethics, their presence in common sense, and modes of normative evaluation. This is what happened during the Indian farmers' protests. Three years after they erupted, Ajay Gudavarthy takes a look at the successful mobilisation that managed to make a dent in India's authoritarian regime
Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) is a vocational program designed to increase employability and foster entrepreneurship which is managed by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in India. The initiative began in the year 1950 ,which is being implemented by the Directorate General of Training, provides training in a variety of trades for various periods of time, ranging from six months to two years. It is available to people who have finished grades 8, 10, or 12, and it is largely delivered at government-run and authorized private Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). Following examinations and testing, trainees receive credentials that are nationally recognized.
Urban Policy & City Planning is an online one-month online immersive certificate training course organised by Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies at Impact and Policy Research Institute, IMPRI, New Delhi in the month of July 2023. An informative panel discussion on the topic “Governing Cities: The Missing Links” was held by Professor Amita Bhide, Professor and Dean, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
Urban Policy & City Planning is an online one-month online immersive certificate training course organised by Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies at Impact and Policy Research Institute, IMPRI, New Delhi in the month of July 2023. An informative panel discussion on the topic “India’s Urban Development Schemes: Impact & Way Forward ” was held on July 05, 2023 by Dr. Deepak Sanan, Former IAS Officer and Ex-Additional Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh; Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR); Senior Advisor, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS).
An informative and panel discussion on the topic “A Way Forward for Urban Planning & Governance in Indian Cities” was held on July 26, 2023, by Dr Rumi Aijaz Senior Fellow and Head, Urban Policy Research Initiative, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi.