The Pragati Podcast

Rebroadcast Ep. 90: Not Just A Civil Servant

55 min 8 sec

We hear about the allpowerful District Collector or Deputy Commissioner in every district in India, but what do they really do How was the Government of Indias first successful health insurance scheme launched What is the relationship between civil servants and politicians Anil Swarup talks about his stellar career as an IAS Officer on Episode 90 of The Pragati Podcast.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly show on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.Mr. Anil Swarup is a former Secretary, Government of India, a retired IAS officer and the author of Not Just a Civil Servant, where he chronicles his 38 years working for Governments of India and Uttar Pradesh.In his career, Mr. Swarup has handled Indias Coal auctions in the aftermath of the Coal Scam. He has served as Secretary, School Education, and while working in the Labour Ministry, helped conceive and launch the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, a governmentfunded health insurance scheme for poor workers and their families.Not Just a Civil Servant is available in hardcover and on Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/JUSTCIVILSERVANTAnilSwarup/dp/8178064790New Podcast Alert Hamsini Hariharan, longtime cohost of The Pragati Podcast has now started a new foreign policy podcast called States of Anarchy on the IVM Podcast Network. Available on all your favourite podcast apps. Listen to the podcast here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/statesofanarchyFollow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn, Spotify, Castbox, Google Podcasts, AudioBoom, YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/androidor iOS: https://ivm.today/iosYou can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep. 99: (Rebroadcast) Questioning Nationalism

1 hr 28 min 58 sec

The world today is broadly organised into sovereign nation states, and we all believe that the Indian Nation exists and is thriving. But what is nationalism, at its core How did nationalism really evolve in Europe, and are ideas like Indian nationalism and Tamil nationalism quite the same Dr AP Ashwin Kumar joins us on Episode 99 of The Pragati Podcast to unpack nationalism, language and identity.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath. Starting this week, The Pragati Podcast will be airing every Wednesday instead of every Thursday.AP Ashwin Kumar is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Learning Futures at Ahmedabad University. Ashwin has a PhD in Cultural Studies from Manipal University, and has 10 years’ experience in teaching and research in Cultural Studies.If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn , Spotify , Castbox , Google Podcasts , YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

(Rebroadcast) Ep. 37: Why is Talk Radio Missing in India?

28 min 5 sec

This is a rebroadcast of Episode 37 of The Pragati Podcast, first released on March 29, 2018. Brand new episodes of The Pragati Podcast will return from next week.Is it illegal to do the Pragati podcast on radio Why do large Indian cities have so few FM stations, and why do they all sound the sameIn Episode 37 of the Pragati Podcast, Amit Doshi joins host Pavan Srinath to talk about talkradio and podcasts. Amit is the Founder of the IVM Podcast Network, and a cohost of Shunya One, a podcast on tech and entrepreneurship.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragati

Ep. 31: The Shades of Social Credit

30 min 21 sec

Is Black Mirror unfolding in real life What is this social credit system Is an Orwellian dystopia unfolding in China In episode 31 of the Pragati Podcast, Manoj Kewalramani joins Hamsini Hariharan and Pavan Srinath to discuss how the social credit system is unfolding in China, and how it affects the way the rest of the world approaches social credit. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep.120: Pakistan in 2019

1 hr 1 min 9 sec

What has been happening in Pakistan after Imran Khan became the Prime Minister Why do some people want General Qamar Javed Bajwas tenure as the army chief to come to an end Dr Christine Fair gives us a tour of Pakistani politics, geopolitics and skulduggery like no one else can, on Episode 120 of The Pragati Podcast The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath. Dr C. Christine Fair is a Provosts Distinguished Associate Professor in the Peace and Security Studies Program, within Georgetown Universitys Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She previously served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer with the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and has researched and written extensively on political and military affairs in South Asia. Her most recent book is In Their Own Words: Understanding LashkareTayyaba. You can also listen to her talk about the LashkareTayyaba in Hindi/Urdu on the Puliyabaazi Podcast. If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com. Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipod Follow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragati Follow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragati Subscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn , Spotify , Castbox , Google Podcasts , YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep. 125: Learning From The Assam NRC

1 hr 6 min 17 sec

A nationwide NRC is an unknown beast of unknown dimensions. Real world examples of the NRC come from Assam, where close to 19 lakh residents of the state were left out of the NRC list brought out in August 2019. How do you prove your citizenship in India, where most people do not have basic personal documents Journalist Rohini Mohan joins Pavan Srinath to discuss Assams unique history, how the NRC was rolled out in Assam, and what a nationwide NRC might look like. The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath. Rohini Mohan is a journalist and author, who has been reporting extensively from Assam over the last few years, covering the NRC, foreigners tribunals, and the struggles of stateless residents of India. Recommending reading and listening: Rohini Mohan: Inside Indias Sham Trials For Citizenship. https://news.vice.com/enus/article/3k33qy/worsethanadeathsentenceinsideindiasshamtrialsthatcouldstripmillionsofcitizenship Rohini Mohan: Inside the Foreigners Tribunals in Assam. https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/08/05/whatsgoingonisreallyunfairinsidetheforeignerstribunalsinassama23496313/ Pragati Podcast 119: Refugees in the 21st Century. https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/thepragatipodcast/8293/refugeesinthe21stcentury/ If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com. Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipod Follow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragati Follow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragati Subscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn , Spotify , Castbox , Google Podcasts , YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep. 126: US-China Trade Wars: What Next?

1 hr 5 min 51 sec

On January 15, 2020, the United States of America and the Peoples Republic of China and Xi Jinping signed the Phase One Trade Deal after more than a year of protracted negotiations.On the Pragati Podcast in January 2019, Manoj Kewalramani and Anupam Manur had established that what we are seeing currently is a USChina trade battle, happening under the shadow of a much longer war for technological dominance.In Episode 126, Manoj Kewalramani returns to The Pragati Podcast to tell us the terms of the trade deal, how impactful they may be, and which conflicts remain unsolved. Manoj also gives a quick rundown of the highlights of what happened in China in 2019.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.Manoj Kewalramani is a Fellow for China Studies at the Takshashila Institution. In the past, Manoj spent several years working in China in journalism, manufacturing and more. He writes a weekly newsletter called Eye on China, which is a mustread for anyone interested in tracking China. Subscribe to it at bit.ly/EyeonChinaAnd dont miss previous episodes on China with Manoj:Ep. 77: The USChina Trade Battle: https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/6749/theuschinatariffbattle/Ep. 78: The USChina War for Technology: https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/thepragatipodcast/6754/theuschinawarfortechnology/Ep. 112: The 2019 Hong Kong Protests: https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/thepragatipodcast/8238/2019hongkongprotests/Ep. 66: Myths About China: https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/thepragatipodcast/5907/mythsaboutchina/Ep. 67: No, China Isnt Taking Over the World: https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/thepragatipodcast/5989/nochinaisnttakingovertheworld/If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn , Spotify , Castbox , Google Podcasts , YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep. 127: The Rich History of Banking in India

1 hr 6 min 54 sec

Is Indias banking crisis the first of its kind in the country How did banks flourish and fail a hundred years ago, and what can we learn from themAmol Agarwal gives us a magesterial tour of the rise of modern banking in India, all the way up to when Indias top banks were nationalised in 1969 and 1980.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.Amol Agarwal is an Assistant Professor at the Amrut Mody School of Management at Ahmedabad University. He did his FPM at IIM Bangalore, and he writes extensively on banking, history, macroeconomics and finance, and much of it for public consumption as well.Amol blogs actively at Mostly Economics, and has written often for Mint.If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn , Spotify , Castbox , Google Podcasts , YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep. 128: Getting Back to Economic Growth

1 hr 3 min 40 sec

Indias economic growth dips below 5 per annum again, less than a decade after the previous economic crisis. Is 5 growth for a country like India all but a recessionAnupam Manur returns to The Pragati Podcast in Episode 128 to talk to Pavan Srinath about how Indias economy can be brought back on track.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talk show on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.Anupam Manur is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Takshashila Institution, and a frequent guest on the show.Also listen to: Pragati Podcast 20: The GDP: From World War I to Today. https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/thepragatipodcast/2728/gdpworldwaritoday/If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn , Spotify , Castbox , Google Podcasts , YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep. 129: The Science of Economics

46 min 38 sec

The science of economics can often be misunderstood. Economics as a discipline is riddled with paradoxes. We often want economics to be able to predict the next crisis, while dismissing sound economic insights that may be a century old.Where is the science in economics How much of the discipline is experimentation, and how much is careful observation of the worldEconomist Ajay Shah is on Episode 129 of The Pragati Podcast to talk to Pavan Srinath about the dismal science of economics.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.Ajay Shah is a Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy in New Delhi. He is a popular columnist, a frequent blogger, and has recently authored In Service of The Republic: The Art and Science of Economic Policy along with Vijay Kelkar.Also check out:The Seen and the Unseen 154: The Art and Science of Economy Policy with Ajay Shah and Vijay Kelkar. https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/theseenandtheunseen/8374/theartandscienceofeconomicpolicy/What is Wrong With Economics https://blog.theleapjournal.org/2011/02/whatiswrongwitheconomics.htmlThe Problem With the Economics Profession. https://blog.theleapjournal.org/2012/12/theproblemsofeconomicsprofession.htmlIf you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn, Spotify, Castbox, Google Podcasts, YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.

Ep. 130: AI, Learning and Intelligence

45 min 22 sec

What is intelligence How do we learn what we learn How are we aware of the world around us and ourselves It is impossible to think about building an artificial intelligence or getting machines to learn without exploring these questions.Avinash Ambale joins host Pavan Srinath on Episode 130 of The Pragati Podcast to share fresh perspectives on intelligence and learning.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.Dr Avinash Ambale did his doctoral work in computational neuroscience, and has since built three successful companies across continents. He returned to research on artificial intelligence 4 years ago and started Pervazive, a research lab on the math and science of AI. He splits his time between New York and Bangalore.Also check out:ThaleHarate Kannada Podcast 56. ಯಂತ್ರಗಳ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕಲಿಕೆ. Machine Learning and Intelligence. https://www.thinkpragati.com/podcast/thaleharate/8374/theartandscienceofeconomicpolicy/If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn , Spotify , Castbox , Google Podcasts , YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep. 131. The Supreme Court in 2020

1 hr 4 min 4 sec

Two years ago, four senior judges of the Supreme Court of India held an unprecedented press conference to tell the public that there was an ongoing crisis in the Supreme Court of India. Since then, one of the four judges even went on to become the Chief Justice of India. How does the Supreme Court of India, both the highest appellate court and the highest constitutional court in the country, fare todayAlok Prasanna Kumar returns to Episode 131 of The Pragati Podcast helps us understand what has broken down in one of Indias most vital institutions.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath https://twitter.com/zeusisdeadAlok Prasanna Kumar https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/alokprasanna/ is a Senior Resident Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, a former Supreme Court lawyer and cohost of Ganatantra Podcast.Also check out:Pragati Podcast 105: The AntiDefection Law. https://ivmpodcasts.com/thepragatipodcastepisodelist/2019/7/25/ep105theantidefectionlawPragati Podcast 27: The Supreme Court in Crisis. https://ivmpodcasts.com/thepragatipodcastepisodelist/2018/1/18/ep27thesupremecourtincrisisIf you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com, we would love to hear from you.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/in/podcast/thepragatipodcast/id1228156028mt2, Saavn https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/thepragatipodcast/1/FnNydIp,yaI, Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6JgBw5GZFOmUWGeaN4RZsl, Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/ThePragatiPodcastid533119countryin, Google Podcasts https://www.google.com/podcastsfeedaHR0cDovL3RoZXByYWdhdGlwb2RjYXN0Lml2bS5saWJzeW5wcm8uY29tL3Jzcw, AudioBoom https://audioboom.com/channel/thepragatipodcast, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watchvtSKyotZqJHklistPLcBVsra3A46rdbOES7GtpX10VYeJjBQZ4 or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.

Ep. 132: Managing the COVID-19 Epidemic in India

58 min 27 sec

Close to 200,000 people across 160 countries have been affected by COVID19 or Coronavirus Disease 2019, and this has happened in just about three months. As of March 18, 2020, India has confirmed 148 cases of COVID19 and three people have died so far.Vidya Krishnan joins Episode 132 of The Pragati Podcast to talk about the pandemic and how India has been responding to COVID19 so far. This episode was recorded on March 17, 2020.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.Vidya Krishnan is a health journalist based in Goa. Her first book, on the rise of antibiotic resistance and the threat to global health security, is slated to be published in 2020. Vidya has been reporting on COVID19 for The Caravan, and you can find all her published articles here.Do read:Mar 13: Publichealth experts raise concerns about India’s restricted testing for COVID19 https://caravanmagazine.in/health/publichealthexpertsraiseconcernsaboutindiarestrictedtestingcovid19Mar 14: WHO categorises India as having local transmission of Coronavirus, but government downplays ithttps://caravanmagazine.in/health/whodeclareslocaltransmissionofcoronavirusinindiaMar 16: Lack of testing kits, understaffed hospitals: COVID exposes India’s crumbling healthcare system https://caravanmagazine.in/health/lacktestingkitsunderstaffedhospitalscovidexposesindiacrumblinghealthcaresystemIf you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com, we would love to hear from you.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn, Spotify, Castbox, Google Podcasts, AudioBoom, YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.

Ep. 133: Modeling the Spread of Epidemics

1 hr 8 min 39 sec

How are infectious diseases and pandemics modeled How can we model and estimate the spread of Influenza or Coronavirus Disease 2019 And most importantly, how can disease modeling help us design effective interventions that contain the spread of a pandemic like COVID19Srini Venkatraman of the Biocomplexity Institute at the University of Virginia joins us on Episode 133 of The Pragati Podcast.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.Srini Venkatramanan is a research scientist at the Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia. Hailing from Chennai, Srini did his PhD at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. At the Biocomplexity Institute, he uses mathematical and computational models of human societies to study the spread of infectious diseases and ways to control them. You can reach on Twitter at srinivvenkat, and find his research on Google Scholar.Suggested Links:1. Using datadriven agentbased models for forecasting emerging infectious diseases 2018. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436517300221The Future of Influenza forecasts. 2019 https://www.pnas.org/content/116/8/2802Modelling Disease Outbreaks in realistic urban social networks. 2004 http://www.uvm.edu/pdodds/teaching/courses/200908UVM300/docs/others/2004/eubank2004a.pdfBiocomplexity Institutes COVID19 Dashboard. https://covid19.biocomplexity.virginia.edu/If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com, we would love to hear from you.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn, Spotify, Castbox, Google Podcasts, AudioBoom, YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.

Ep. 134: Tackling COVID-19 during India's Lockdown

34 min 14 sec

How can India make the most of the nationwide lockdown to contain the threat of the COVID19 pandemic How can India rapidly ramp up testing and diagnostics How can Indias governments, private sector and civil society come together to halt the further spread of this highly contagious diseaseKiran MazumdarShaw talks to V Ravichandar of the Bangalore International Centre and host Pavan Srinath about COVID19 on Episode 134 of The Pragati Podcast.This episode is a rebroadcast of Episode 1 of the BIC Talks Podcast by the Bangalore International Centre.Bangalore International Centre is a an inclusive platform for informed conversations, arts and culture, and is a muchneeded public space in the city of Bangalore. The BIC Talks Podcast is a biweekly show that will foster discussions, dialogue, ideas, cultural enterprise and more.Kiran MazumdarShaw is the Founder and Chairperson of Biocon and is a pioneering Biotech and Healthcare specialist in India. V Ravichandar is the honorary director of the Bangalore International Centre.Learn more about the BIC Talks Podcast and listen to all episodes at https://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/watchlistenread/audio/Suggested Listening:Pragati Podcast 133: Modeling the Spread of Epidemics, with Srini Venkatramanan. https://ivmpodcasts.com/thepragatipodcastThaleHarate Kannada Podcast 61: ಕೊರೋನ ವೈದ್ಯ. A Private Practitioner COVID19, with Dr Srinand Srinivas. https://ivmpodcasts.com/haratekannadapodcastepisodelist/2020/3/19/ep61aprivatepractitionerampcovid19BIC Talks Podcast 2: Ramping up Indias COVID19 Testing, with Vijay Chandru. https://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/audio/rampingupindiascovid19testing/If you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com, we would love to hear from you.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn, Spotify, Castbox, Google Podcasts, AudioBoom, YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.

Ep. 135: A Mission Mode Health Response to COVID-19?

43 min 24 sec

Can Indias health and healthcare systems ramp up on mission mode to respond effectively to the COVID19 pandemic What should we know about Indias messy public and private healthcare systems before we think about a pandemic responseYamini Aiyar discusses what India can do and how, on Episode 135 of The Pragati Podcast.The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations. hosted by Pavan Srinath.Yamini Aiyar is the President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research CPR, Delhi. Her research interests are in the field of social policy and development. In 2008, Yamini founded the Accountability Initiative at CPR, which has done pioneering work on governance, state capacity and social policy in India, and pioneered a new approach to tracking public expenditures. She is on Twitter at AiyarYamini.Further reading listening:1. Podcast Yamini Aiyar and Jishnu Das on health systems challenges and COVID19. https://cprindia.org/news/8561Article COVID19: Centre and states must work together. https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/covid19centreandstatesmustworktogether/storyUFuvvR18MU54lzsIF3FkYJ.htmlArticle COVID19 will test, reshape the state. https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/covid19willtestreshapethestate/storyIG0R8swKTZ1vO9FBEd1tIJ.htmlResearch Jishnu Das and Jeffrey Hammer on the Quality of Public Private healthcare in Delhi. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfmabstractid610346Research Hammer, Aiyar and Samji on Panchayati Raj institutions and health services. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/108011468042305807/BottomsuptotheroleofPanchayatiRajInstitutionsinhealthandhealthservicesResearch Das et al on healthcare provider training and huge quality gaps in urban and rural India. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/108011468042305807/BottomsuptotheroleofPanchayatiRajInstitutionsinhealthandhealthservicesIf you have any questions or comments, write in to podcastthinkpragati.com, we would love to hear from you.Follow The Pragati Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pragatipodFollow Pragati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkpragatiFollow Pragati on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thinkpragatiSubscribe listen to The Pragati Podcast on iTunes, Saavn, Spotify, Castbox, Google Podcasts, AudioBoom, YouTube or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere.

The Pragati Podcast

Rebroadcast Ep. 90: Not Just A Civil Servant

Ep. 99: (Rebroadcast) Questioning Nationalism

(Rebroadcast) Ep. 37: Why is Talk Radio Missing in India?

Ep. 31: The Shades of Social Credit

Ep.120: Pakistan in 2019

Ep. 125: Learning From The Assam NRC

Ep. 126: US-China Trade Wars: What Next?

Ep. 127: The Rich History of Banking in India

Ep. 128: Getting Back to Economic Growth

Ep. 129: The Science of Economics

Ep. 130: AI, Learning and Intelligence

Ep. 131. The Supreme Court in 2020

Ep. 132: Managing the COVID-19 Epidemic in India

Ep. 133: Modeling the Spread of Epidemics

Ep. 134: Tackling COVID-19 during India's Lockdown

Ep. 135: A Mission Mode Health Response to COVID-19?

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