NCAER National Data Innovation Centre organised a Gender Conclave on September 25-26, 2024, with its partners, the Centre for Catalyzing Change, Nous Consultants, Population Foundation of India, Sewa Bharat, and The World Bank. The off-the-record, in-person, informal event included about 70 public intellectuals from a wide spectrum from academia to policy to the grass-roots.
Discussions at the Conclave encompassed a conversation with Professor Bina Agarwal about her research on women’s land rights and its use in mobilisation for reforms to the Hindu Succession Act; keynote speech by Smt. Uma Mahadevan, Additional Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Government of Karnataka as well as several panel discussions.