Events 2020 – 2021
| Programme | Date |
| 1. Webinar by Prof. Sunil Mani on “India’s role in frugal innovations in health-related technologies to deal with COVID-19”. | 5 May, 2020 |
| 2. Webinar on “Human Development Report- 2019” by Ms. Shraddha Jain, Dr. Thiagu Ranganathan and Mr. Amartya Paul. | 20 May, 2020 |
| 3. Panel Discussion on Economic growth with self- reliance in India: Does the stimulus package in five tranches enhance it? Panellists – Professor Alok Sheel, Professor R Nagaraj , Professor Sukhpal Singh, Mr. P. S Vijayshankar, Professor Irudaya Rajan, Dr. M. Parameswaran and Dr. Chidambaran G. Iyer | 27 May, 2020 |
| 4. Webinar on “Performance of the Plantations during the Covid-19 pandemic” by Prof. Vinoj Abraham and Dr. Mithesh Madhavan. | 12 June, 2020 |
| 5. Webinar on” Caste and Regular Jobs in India” by Dr. Thiagu Ranganathan and Dr. Tirtha Chatterjee | 19 June, 2020 |
| 6. Webinar on ” Discussion on National Strategy for Financial Inclusion ” by Papaiah Koppula, Amit Nandan & Indrajeet Kumar, PhD Scholar-CDS | 24 June, 2020 |
| 7. Webinar on ” Political Economy of Government Response to COVID-19: A Cross Country Analysis” by Dr. Vinoj Abraham and Mr. Manikantha Nataraj | 26 June, 2020 |
| 8. Webinar on “Making Essential Medicines Affordable: Can Bangladesh do for COVID-19 what India did for AIDS?” by Prof. Sudip Chaudhuri. | 10 July, 2020 |
| 9. Webinar on “Impact of Covid-19 on availability and access to health and nutrition services – insights from a rapid study in five states” by S. Ramanathan and Vasudha Chakravarthy, Development Solutions, Delhi | 17 July, 2020 |
| 10. NRPPD Steering Committee Meeeting from 11 a.m onwards. | 24 July, 2020 |
| 11. Webinar on “India’s quest for technological self-reliance, An analysis of her patenting performance in the Post-TRIPS phase” by Professor Sunil Mani | 31 July, 2020 |
| 12. Webinar on “The Morality of Abandonment and the Production of Plantation Order in India.” by Dr. Jayaseelan Raj | 7 Aug, 2020 |
| 13. Webinar on “India and China: The Evolution and Status of Economic Inter-Dependence” by Professor Biswajit Dhar | 14 Aug, 2020 |
| 14. Webinar on “Trade in Kerala Economy” by Professor Sushil Khanna | 21 Aug, 2020 |
| 15. Webinar on “The Social Context of Technological Experiences in India” by Dr. Anant Kamath, Azim Premji University | 26 Aug, 2020 |
| 16. Webinar on “Managing stress in pandemic days” by Professor Sunita Simon Kurpad, St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore | 9 Sept, 2020 |
| 17. 50th Foundation Year Lecture on “The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor and Power in the Age of Automation” by Dr. Carl Benedikt Frey, University of Oxford | 10 Sept, 2020 |
| 18. Webinar on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation systems: Two Indian case studies” by Dr. Chidambaran Gurunathan Iyer, CDS | 18 Sept, 2020 |
| 19. Centre’s Finance Committee meeting (10 am), Committee of Direction meeting (11.30 am) and 74th Governing Body meeting (2 pm) | 24 Sept, 2020 |
| 20. Webinar on “Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on the profitability of firms: Evidence from an emerging economy.” By Dr. Ritika Jain, Asst. Professor-CDS | 25 Sept, 2020 |
| 21. Webinar on Is an Economic Being a “Social Moron”? Using Game Theory to Explore Moral Behaviour by Dr. Thiagu Ranganathan and Mr. Rounak Sil | 9 Oct, 2020 |
| 22. 50th Foundation Year Lecture series- Webinar on “From Make in India to Assemble in India to Atmanirbhar Bharat: Contradictions of Trade Policy” by Prof. C. Veeramani,IGIDR-Mumbai | 16 Oct, 2020 |
| 23. 50th Foundation day lecture on “Economics and Politics of the Unemployment Problem in Indian Democracy” by Prof. Amit Bhaduri-Honorary Fellow, CDS | 19 Oct, 2020 |
| 24. Webinar –Panel Discussion on the draft EIA Notification 2020 by panelist -Dr Karen Coelho-MIDS Chennai, Dr T V Sajeev-KFRI, Peechi and Dr Lavanya Suresh-BITS, Hyderabad moderator- Prof. J. Devika, CDS | 23 Oct, 2020 |
| 25. Book release on “ Kerala and the World Economy” by Hon’ble Dr. Manmohan Singh, Former Prime Minister of India and first copy to be presented to Dr. Thomas Issac, Hon’ble Minister for Finance-GOK | 2 Nov, 2020 |
| 26. 11th B.G. Kumar Lecture on “Economic Transformation, Growth of the Middle Class and Family Change in India” to be delivered by Professor Sonalde Desai, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland and Professor and Centre Director, NCAER-National Data Innovation Center, New Delhi | 5 Nov, 2020 |
| 27. Webinar on “IPR regime and Antitrust Implications of Mergers & Acquisitions: Evidence from the Indian Corporate sector” by Dr. P.L. Beena, CDS | 9 Nov, 2020 |
| 28. Webinar on ‘Auction theory: Reflections on the contributions of Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B.Wilson’ by Prof. Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar, CESP, JNU and Visiting Professor, CDS | 10 Nov, 2020 |
| 29. Webinar on “Agricultural Farm Laws-2020” by Dr. Tirtha Chatterjee, Ms. Aritri Chakravarty and Mr. Binod Kumar Behera. | 13 Nov, 2020 |
| 30. Webinar on “Fiscal Decentralisation in Kerala “by Dr. B. Alwin Prakash, Former Professor and Head of the Dept. of Economics, Kerala University. | 17 Nov, 2020 |
| 31. 50th Foundation year lecture series- Webinar on “Locating Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in a Discourse on Development” by Prof. Amit Shovon Ray, JNU | 20 Nov, 2020 |
| 32. Webinar on “Industrialization for Jobs and Growth: A case study of cellular mobile phone manufacturers in India” by Dr. Chidambaran Gurunathan Iyer, CDS | 24 Nov, 2020 |
| 33. 50th Foundation year lecture series- Webinar on “Climate and the Economy in India from 1880 to the Present” by Professor Tirthankar Roy, London School of Economics | 27 Nov, 2020 |
| 34. 50th Foundation year lecture series- Webinar on “The Question of Ethics in RCTs” by Professor Reetika Khera, Associate Professor (Economics), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. | 4 Dec, 2020 |
| 35. 50th Foundation year lecture series- Webinar on “ Talking to Ghosts: Exploring forged employment records in NREGS” by Professor D.Rajasekhar, HAG Professor and Head, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru | 11 Dec, 2020 |
| 36. 10th P. K. Gopalakrishnan Memorial Lecture on “Why Does the Indian State Both Fail and Succeed? By Professor Devesh Kapur, Director of Asian Programs, Johns Hopkins University, USA | 14 Dec, 2020 |
| 37. Webinar on “Covid-19 and Scheduled Tribes in Kerala: Strategies and Responses” by Dr. T. Abhilash, Assistant Professor, CDS | 18 Dec, 2020 |
| 38. webinar on “Revisiting the Kerala Model of Development and its Virtuous Cycle: Spectacular Successes, Spectacular Failures and Outlook for the Future” by Prof. K. P. Kannan, Honorary Fellow, CDS | 8 January 2021 |
| 39. Panel discussion on ‘Ownership guidelines and corporate structure for Indian private sector banks’ Panelists: 1) Prof. T T Ram Mohan, IIM A, 2) Prof. R Nagaraj, CDS, 3) Mr. Narayan Ramachandran, Inklude lab, 4)Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, RIS |
12 January, 2021 |
| 40. 50th Foundation Year Lecture Series Webinar on ‘Mainstreaming Financial Inclusion’ by Prof. Thankom Arun, The University of Essex, UK |
18 January 2021 |
| 41. 50th Foundation Year Lecture series Webinar on ‘Industrial Clusters’ by Dr. Keshabananda Das, GIDR, Ahmedabad |
22 January 2021 |
| 42. 50th Foundation Year Lecture series Webinar on ‘Institutions and the Evolution of Indian Agriculture’ by Prof. Rajeswari Raina, Shiv Nadar University |
29 January 2021 |
| 43. 50th Foundation Year Lecture series Webinar on “Contemporary challenges to Migrant Integration in the EU-UK Context: What do we know so far?” by Dr. Shoba Arun, Reader in Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
12 February 2021 |
| 44. Teaching Innovations Programme in Economics (TIPE) | 15-26 February 2021 |
| 45. 50th Foundation Year Lecture series Webinar on “The states and market in the Economic Development of South Korea?” by Professor Jong-II You, Dean KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Republic of Korea |
17 February 2021 |
| 46. Discussion on Economic Survey 2020-21 and Union Budget 2021-22 | 26 February 2021 |
| 47. 50th Foundation Year Lecture series Webinar on Public Spending for Gender Equality by Rohini Somanathan, Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics |
5 March 2021 |
| 46. K N Raj Memorial Lecture by Dr. Mihir Shah | 10 March 2021 |
| 47. Discussion on the report of the 15th Finance Commission: Shri R.Mohan | 12 March 2021 |
| 48. Webinar on ‘Determinants of export in boom and bust: Evidence from the Indian electronics industry’ by Mr. Smruti Ranjan Sahoo, Ph.D Scholar, CDS | 19 March 2021 |
| 49. Webinar on “Should government be in the business of banking?” by Professor Errol D’Souza, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad | 22 March 2021 |