Events The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and the Ford Foundation jointly hosted an intimate dialogue session titled The Voices and Work of Women Economists in India at the NCAER campus on October 1, 2024. The event brought together women economists and development experts from diverse institutions for meaningful discussions about their work, ideas, and the challenges they face.
The session featured a conversation with NCAER’s Director General, Dr. Poonam Gupta, and the Ford Foundation’s President, Darren Walker, alongside Soumya Kapoor Mehta from the World Bank, Dr. Rajeswari Raina from Shiv Nadar University, and Dr. Bornali Bhandari from NCAER. The discussions emphasized the pathways women economists are creating to achieve greater representation and recognition within India’s research and policy ecosystem. They also underscored the importance of integrating gender issues into economic policy design.
Additionally, the session explored key questions and potential areas of research aimed at centering gender in India’s economic policy framework.