Monday, February 26, 2018

27 February 2018: Can China Innovate?

Krishna G Palepu
Harvard University, USA

Chair:
Mr. Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India

Abstract:
In 2006, the Chinese government declared its intention to transform China into “an innovative society” by 2020 and a world leader in science and technology by 2050. With its Made in China 2025 strategy, China is preparing to graduate from becoming the factory of the world to becoming to a “manufacturing superpower” by 2049. 

The ambitious industrial plan has the potential to move Chinese industry up the value and technology ladder and modernize its older production facilities to become a centre of smart manufacturing. The strategy is backed by immense funding and there is huge enthusiasm among local governments for promoting industries such as robotics, big data, and electric vehicles. China's advances in technology have been supplemented by the emergence of large tech firms such as Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu. A combination of the world’s largest consumer base and strong government support are helping push this new wave of innovation and entrepreneurship. 
 
Ambitious Chinese startups have been expanding, even across borders, with increasing success. The session will focus on the transition that China is trying to make from a heavy industry-dependent, export led economy to an innovation and domestic consumption-oriented economy. Is China ready to blaze a new path of innovation for the rest of the world to follow?

Date: February 27, 2018
Time: 05:00 P.M. (Registration: 4:30 PM)

Venue:
WWF Auditorium,
172-B, Lodhi Estate,
New Delhi- 110003 (India)

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Friday, February 23, 2018

27 February 2018: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Imperatives for India

Anurag Agrawal
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)

Chair:
Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM, President, India Habitat Centre and Chairman, Vigyan Prasar

Date: February 27, 2018
Time: 07:00 P.M.

Venue:
Causrina Hall
India Habitat Centre
Lodhi Road
New Delhi-110003 (INDIA)

Note:
RSVP: Mr. Tish Malhotra/Mr. N N. Krishnan
Ph: 011-24682176, 24682184, E-mail: dgoffice@ris.org.in

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

23 February 2018: Panel Discussion on 'Crop Burning as a source of Air Pollution in National Capital Region'

Panellists:
HS Sidhu, Borlaug Institute of South Asia
Pritam Singh Hanjra, Panipat, Haryana
Rajbir Yadav, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)

Moderator:
Harish Damodaran, Rural Affairs and Agriculture Editor, The Indian Express

Abstract:
We look at crop burning as a source of air pollution in the National Capital Region. By some estimates biomass burning, including seasonal burning of crop residue in Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh, contributes 20% of the annual average particulate matter in the urban air shed of the region. While banning crop burning appears to be the straightforward solution, and one that has appealed to the courts, it is far from being easily implementable. Without cost effective alternatives to harvest and dispose the crop residue in time to sow for the next season, burning the residue is still the most viable option for many farmers, even if it significantly worsens the local and regional air quality.

The panel will explore the genesis of the problem, why it has become a particularly thorny issue in the last few years, and what are the possible technological interventions available? It will also discuss the key political, scientific, economic and social drivers that have to considered while designing a long-term solutions to the problem of crop burning.

Date: February 23, 2018
Time: 04:00 P.M.

Venue:
Conference Hall
Centre for Policy Research,
Dharma Marg, Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi–110021(INDIA)

Note:
Please do RSVP at climate.initiative.cpr@gmail.com

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Friday, February 9, 2018

15 February 2018: Aspiring for the future: Drivers and consequences of women’s aspirations in rural India

Kalyani Raghunathan
International Food Policy Research Institute

Organised by:
Brookings India

Abstract:
Kalyani Raghunathan examines the drivers of the aspirations of rural women around income, asset ownership, social status and the education of their children. Using data from five states in Northern India, she studies what role the average levels of outcomes in geographical and caste-based reference groups have to play in the formation of aspirations. She then investigates how the gaps between current and aspired-to status influence individual investments in financial, social status-related, and educational dimensions.

Date: February 15, 2018
Time: 11:00 A.M.

Venue:
Kamalnayan Bajaj Auditorium
Brookings India
No. 6, Second Floor,
Dr. Jose P. Rizal Marg,
Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi-110021

Note:
Please RSVP psharma@brookingsindia.org

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Thursday, February 8, 2018

9 February 2018: Workshop on "New opportunities in controlling vector-borne diseases: Big data, new insecticides and governance in urban India"

Organised by:
Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and The Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities (CSH)

Abstract:
Mosquito-borne diseases rising in Asia is a critical issue: severe dengue is for an example a leading cause of serious illness and death among children in some Asian and Latin American countries. In India, CNRS and CPR collaborate with National Institute of Malaria Research (ICMR), South Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Institut Pasteur on a Public Health project which looks for short and long-term solutions to slow epidemics of vector-borne diseases. This project aims to test on-site innovative tools to control the Aedes Aegipty mosquito - the main vector for dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses and to rely on big data mining to better locate where intervention should be realized in cities. At long term we aimed to understand the structural factors involved in vector-borne diseases emergence, such as urbanisation, increased international/regional/urban mobility and unequal governance of diseases. This collaborative project, involving geographers, mathematicians, entomologists and viologists, is a strong example of collaborative and trans-disciplinary research between academics and public health planners.

Through this project, the second objective of this workshop is to present the Geospatial tools developed between CPR and CNRS, that gather innovative data at large scale on the Indian environment (mobility, climatic, socio-economical data). This Geographic Information System has the ambition to serve an extended community of researchers and health planners in India and abroad.

Date: February 9, 2018
Time: 05:30 P.M.

Venue:
Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities,
2 Adbul Kalam Road,
New Delhi–110016 (INDIA)

Note:
Due to embassy requirements, reservation mentioning your full name has to be sent at: telle.olivier@gmail.com.

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