Education, S&T, R&D and Union Budget 2025-26
On February 3, 2025, the Center for ICT for Development (CICTD), IMPRI hosted a session on “Education, Science & Technology (S&T), Research & Development (R&D) and Union Budget 2025-26.
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Union Budget 2025-26: Shaping Inclusive and Future-Ready Education
The IMPRI Center for ICT for Development, IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on the topic “Education, S&T, R&D Union Budget 2025-26”
The Rise and Fall of India’s Smart Cities: A Case Study of Shimla
Almost a decade has passed since the Indian government announced the concept of “smart cities” as the new lighthouses of urbanisation. The June 2015 announcement of 100 smart cities aimed to create models of urban development. However, these lighthouses of urbanity have now been relegated to the annals of India’s urbanisation history.
India Semiconductor Mission (2021): Fostering a Self-Reliant Semiconductor Industry
In order to solidify its position in the semiconductor industry and with a desire for greater self-sufficiency, India launched the National Semiconductor Mission (NSM).
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act: A Double-Edged Sword for Privacy
Indians are better off with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and the rules that have been framed and circulated for public comment to implement the Act, than in their absence. However, the law fails signally to protect the citizenry from arbitrary breach of privacy by the state.
India’s Health-Tech Revolution: Pioneering Innovation for Global Good
Not only a favourite for health tourism with its traditional ayurvedic and modern medicine excellence but India has also become a vaccine hub and pharmacy of the world and now the health-tech could provide that avenue for further enhancing its heft in this truly vital sector for the broader global good.
Enhancing Citizen-Centric Governance through UMANG: A Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance 2017
By bringing a multitude of government services under one digital roof, UMANG aspires to simplify the interaction between citizens and the government.