Went for a simple bar chart for this week's #TidyTuesday to plot ISC Funded Projects over the years in each cycle

The cool Quant Bootcamp is back! This time it’s designed in easy to “consume” bites and will be online 9 & 10 March 2024 | Online pages.razorpay.com/pl_NeiDcm3tk5J… Amit Paranjape Indraneel Chitale Siddharth Desai Dr. Sudhir Mehta Let’s have some fun!

UPI & PIX Om Marathe, jayati, & I explore for Moneycontrol how the declining average transaction size for both India's UPI & Brazil's PIX is a testament to the rapid expansion of financial inclusion, particularly among vulnerable populations moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/h…

Wrote an explainer about the recently released Household Consumption Expenditure Survey factsheet Do give it a read and always happy to speak, engage and improve :) open.substack.com/pub/jayatishar…

Next weekend! Do join for this - promises to be fun 🤩 Amit Paranjape

Fun farewell lunch for Om Marathe (of course sprinkled with the Boss's constant bullying)! Sahil Deo jayati Shivraj

Wrote after a long time: On Declining Fertility Rates open.substack.com/pub/jayatishar…

Had a great time exploring transit data in Pune and brainstorming to make it efficient. Along with learning so much, this has made more interested in spatial data. Many thanks to GeoPune Parisar Busकरा OpenCity - Urban Data Platform Chinmay Shaligram and others for organising this Sahil Deo

Recently wrote for ORF about our upcoming research: how Indian citizens perceive financing from MDBs. Our study highlights the significant factors that might be influencing public perceptions of development finance - implementing institution, its location and existing

Striking differences in what kind of bachelors degree people are getting from the Chinese and Indian education systems. India: Humanities, Law and Business dominate, Science and Engineering are only recent. China: Engineering, Engineering, and Engineering

Folks, 75 early bird tickets are live at: pppf.in/#/tickets?lang… Hurry up & grab them! Pune Public Policy Festival Sahil Deo Vijay Gokhale Nitin A. Gokhale Amit Paranjape Indraneel Chitale Omkar Sathe Rugwed Deshpande Ovee Karwa Naushad Forbes jayati Chaitanya Adgaonkar Shivraj

Super excited to have Gurman Bhatia at Pune Public Policy Festival 2025!😊

Super excited to moderate this panel on policymaking with data alongside Gurman Bhatia and Chinmay Shaligram Do attend if you happen to be around! :)

Yay! Nitin Welde has agreed to sponsor two tickets for pppf.in Please DM me or Shivraj and we will organise them for you! Ideally those who wish to attend but find the ticket too expensive. Look forward. Amit Paranjape Indraneel Chitale Rugwed Deshpande Siddharth Desai

The two workshops at Pune Public Policy Festival 2025 are live! One is on effective data presentation by Gurman Bhatia, and the other is on TechNITI by Nitij & Mayank in association with Hertie School - using AI tools to enhance public policy work. INR 399 for a 2-hour workshop seems fun! More

Stigma is often a barrier to seeking care for mental health problems like anxiety & depression. A study conducted in Nepal finds that low-cost, targeted interventions like information campaigns or celebrity endorsements can encourage people to seek support ideasforindia.in/topics/social-…

Ahead of #IWD2025, Nishith Prakash, sahil & Vagisha Pandey write about the long-term impacts of bicycle schemes in Bihar & Zambia, and the need for external validity & context relevance when designing policies to promote gender equality. Read here: bit.ly/IWD25-5