India
-
Bhopal disaster (India)
Nikhil Deb, CASAS’ member, has published this book chapter in the Encyclopedia of Technological Hazards and Disasters in the Social Sciences, edited by Duane A. Gill , Liesel A. Ritchie & Nnenia M. Campbell. Abstract: A noxious white cloud from a Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, floated over nearby shanty towns…
-
Re-Examining the Narrative of Structural Transformation: Insights from India’s Development Experience
CASAS’ member, C.R. Yadu, has published this article in Forum for Social Economics with Sahil Mehra. Abstract: The narrative of structural transformation, based on the experience of global North, posits that the process of development involves gradual ‘modernisation’ of the overall structure of the economy, where the traditional/low-productivity sectors give way to and support the…
-
Interrogating “light but tight” model of education: Saffron neoliberalism and India’s new education policy
New publication alert! Raouf Ahmad Peerzada and Amrita Sharma, CASAS’ members, have recently published an article in the Journal Human Geography with their colleagues Achintya Anita Gurumurthy, and Amulya Anita Gurumurthy. Abstract: Analyzing the trope of “light but tight” education frequently used in India’s New Education Policy 2020, this paper examines the mutually reinforcing ideological…
-
Reducing Post-Harvest Losses in India: Farmer-Level Interventions and Grain Management Strategies
New publication alert! Raya Das, CASAS’ member, has published with Ashok Gulati & Alex Winter-Nelson in the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Report. Abstract: The report provides a focused analysis aimed at identifying effective policy interventions to reduce these losses, both at the farmer level and throughout the agricultural value chain.…