Socio-Economic Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic in India

IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk- Special Lecture on Socio-Economic Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic in India by Prof Arun Kumar

Greetings from the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi!
On behalf of the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), we invite you to an IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk – IMPRI Distinguished Lecture by Prof Arun Kumar on

Socio-Economic Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic in India

Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: October 7, 2020; Wednesday
Time: 16:00 IST (GMT+5:30)
Platform: Zoom and Facebook live

Speaker:

Prof Arun Kumar,Malcolm S. Adiseshiah Chair Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi

Chair:

Prof Gopal Guru, Editor, Economic and Political Weekly (EPW); Professor (Retd.), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Discussants:

Smt. Dipika Pandey Singh, Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Mahagama Constituency, Jharkhand; Secretary, All India Mahila Congress, INC

Prof Irudaya Rajan, Professor, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala

Prof Vibhuti Patel, Former Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

Shri Sameer Unhale, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Administration, Maharashtra

Registration Link and Facebook Live Link:

YouTube Video:

Media Coverage:

• Deflationary situation, issue COVID-19 bonds to immediately raise money: Prof Arun Kumar, Counterview
• India’s GDP down by 50%, not 23%, job loss 200 million not 122 million: Top economist, Counterview
• COVID-19 Bonds Needed for Socio-Economic Revival in India, Prof Arun Kumar, Delhi Post News
• COVID-19 Pandemic: Socio-Economic Impact in India, Prof Arun Kumar, Delhi Post News
• Language of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact and policies should be rooted in our rich economic thoughts- Prof Gopal Guru at IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk, IMPRI India

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