Events

After decades of feminist advocacy, it is now accepted as a part of conventional wisdom that all data collection systems should provide gender-disaggregated data. However, this ‘add gender and stir’ approach often fails to capture data that is critical for developing gender-friendly policies, especially data on care responsibilities, access to public spaces, and, discrimination in...   Read More

How have the lives of residents of Delhi and other areas in the National Capital Region (NCR) changed over the past two years since the advent of COVID?  NCAER National Data Innovation Centre (NCAER-NDIC) team discussed results from the Delhi Metropolitan Area Study (DMAS), which interviewed residents from Delhi-NCR in 2019, before the onset of...   Read More

NCAER and Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) released a report titled Present and Potential Contribution of Microfinance to India’s Economy. The report was released by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog in a virtual event. In this livecast session, Dr Poonam Gupta, Director General, NCAER gave a background to this study while Dr Shashanka Bhide,...   Read More

A webinar on Role of NGOs in Educating India Financially with special reference to changing dynamics in women’s empowerment was organised by NCAER as part of the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Chair Unit’s webinar series. NCAER established the IEPF Chair Unit in 2020, with funding from the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority, Ministry of...   Read More

NCAER organised a webinar to discuss the report on Global Economic Prospects, January 2022 with Dr Indermit Gill, Vice President, World Bank and Mr Ayhan Kose, Chief Economist and Director of the Prospects Group in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Practice Group of the World Bank. Professor Manoj Pant, Director and Vice Chancellor, Indian Institute of...   Read More

Unpacking the Union Budget 2022-23 The heads of the five Institutes, the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), the India Development Foundation (IDF), the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), and the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP),  came together again, as they have been doing since March 2007, to discuss and present...   Read More

A webinar on Issues facing small investors and what can they hope for from Budget 2022-23 was be held virtually on Friday, January 21, 2022 with Mr Nilesh Shah, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co. Ltd and Mr N S Venkatesh, Chief Executive, Association of Mutual Funds in India. The discussion was moderated by...   Read More

NCAER organised a launch of the book, The German Chambers of Commerce and Industry, held virtually, with the author, Prof Andrè Habisch of Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt. The discussion was moderated by Dr Poonam Munjal, Senior Fellow, NCAER. The discussants were Prof Santosh Mehrotra, Visiting Professor, Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath, U.K. and Dr Bornali Bhandari, Senior Fellow, NCAER.This book...   Read More

NCAER hosted a  lecture by Dr Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund. Dr Poonam Gupta, NCAER Director General,  chaired  and moderated the session. The talk by Dr Gopinath focused on the outlook for global growth in the year to come. As the global economy recovers from the pandemic, a great deal of...   Read More

This webinar on Recalibrating the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was the third of our monthly webinar series titled ‘Conversations with NCAER’, held virtually on December 14, 2021. NCAER hosted Shri Jayant Sinha, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Mr M.S. Sahoo, Former Chairperson, IBBI, and Mr Pallav Mohapatra, CEO, ARCIL for this conversation. The discussion was moderated by Ms Mythili Bhusnurmath, Senior...   Read More