Events

NCAER organised an in-person lecture on ‘Employment and Unemployment Statistics: Issues and Challenges’ by Dr Gurucharan Manna, Senior Adviser, at NCAER, on 6 September 2023, as part of its Dialogue Room Seminar Series. Details of the paper Abstract and the panellists at the seminar are given below. Abstract In a rapidly growing economy like India,...   Read More

On its seventh Foundation Day, the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), in collaboration with the Institute of Company Secretaries in India (ICSI) and National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), held a conference on “Understanding the Psychology of Scams: How to Avoid Fraudulent Schemes”, at New Delhi, on 5 September 2023. In his...   Read More

The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) organised an in-person event to launch its pioneering report, Socio-economic impact assessment of food delivery platform workers, on August 28. The objective of the report was to conduct a socio-economic impact assessment of food delivery platform workers. The issue of platform workers, especially those engaged in food...   Read More

August 17, 2023 NCAER’s National Data Innovation Centre hosted a web-based panel discussion with eminent researchers and experts, on 17 August 2023, to discuss the dynamics of internal migration in India, and the challenges involved in measurement and data collection, especially streams of migration that are poorly captured by existing data systems. The panel discussion...   Read More

August 17, 2023 NCAER, in collaboration with the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), organised a webinar on “Investor Protection Framework in India: Challenges and Road Ahead’’, on 17 August 2023, to promote financial literacy and investor awareness and protection among investors. The webinar, which was attended by the investor community, and NCAER and...   Read More

NCAER hosts its 20th India Policy Forum NCAER, India’s premier economic think tank, hosted its marquee event, the India Policy Forum (IPF) during July 6-7, 2023. The event was held in person at the NCAER India Centre, New Delhi. Every summer, the NCAER India Policy Forum brings to New Delhi a unique combination of intense...   Read More

NCAER’s National Data Innovation Centre (NCAER-NDIC) hosted a webinar entitled, “DataTalk: An Online Conversation between Data Journalists and Data Producers”, on Thursday, 15 June 2023. In recent years, the field of data and statistical journalism in India has grown in sophistication and depth. However, this also puts substantial demands on data systems. At the same...   Read More

The NCAER Gender Hub and FESDIG (Feminist Economics Saturday Discussion Group) jointly organised a hybrid discussion on “What is Women's Work? Challenges of Measurement for Policy Design” on 12 June 2023, at NCAER. Despite the strong policy interest in women’s low and declining work participation in India, data and research on this subject continues to...   Read More

NCAER organised an internal seminar titled, ‘User Beware: The promises and pitfalls of using tax data to study U.S. internal migration’ by Jack DeWaard, Scientific Director of Social and Behavioral Science Research, at The Population Council, New York, on Tuesday, 16 May 2023. Jack DeWaard is Scientific Director of Social and Behavioral Science Research at the...   Read More

NCAER hosted a seminar on “Thematic Bonds: A Tool to Finance India’s Energy Transition” by Dr. Gautam Jain, Senior Research Scholar at the Centre on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, on Monday, 15 May 2023. Dr. Jain’s presentation covered the findings and conclusions of his recent research concerning Thematic Bonds:...   Read More