
Upasak Das
@upasak_das
Development Economist. Works @GlobalDevInst, Affiliate @Penn_CSNBD, ex-faculty @CdsTrivandrum, Ph.D. @Igidr_Mumbai
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Very excited to be involved in this project which will be funded by the International Science Partnerships Fund 2024/25 and led up by Mehebub Official. A non-India based work on an unfamiliar domain, therefore a lot to learn in the coming days.



It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, "What are you doing?" That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.



@jamiamillia_ New Delhi in collaboration with Global Development Institute and Manchester Geography is organizing a One-day project dissemination Workshop on āDistrict Level Heat Threshold and Heat Wave Vulnerability Assessment in Indiaā on 10th May, 2024. Upasak Das #HeatWave #globalsouth


Happy to share this work that we have been working on since the last five years. Comments welcome. We extend this work in India with support from International Economic Association - Women in Econ project mentored by - Ashwini_Deshpande, Akshi, Fiona Tregenna, raquel fernandez InƩs Berniell & Dani Rodrik

Please consider applying if you enjoy working on spatial and socio-economic data and applying statistical techniques and modelling. We are an interdisciplinary team and there might be a lot to learn... Global Development Institute

This Friday 7 June, we are excited to welcome Prof Pranab Bardhan (UC Berkeley) to GDI to talk about his recently published book, 'Charaiveti: An Academic's Global Journey'! Register for the event and find out more here: loom.ly/2N05DTY




Despite the promise of cash transfers in Andhra, many marginalized, especially tribals, are being excluded due to complex systems and glitches. Itās time to fix these barriers and ensure everyone gets the support they deserve. Upasak Das, Diego Maiorano, and I write for The Hindu


Our first output of a small work on Rythu Bharosa and Ammavodi that I started some time back with Chakri and Diego Maiorano . Comments are welcome. Global Development Institute

A recent The Telegraph article borrows from an I4I synthesis by Nikita to discuss the flip side of reducing gender gaps The article cites studies by Diva Dhar, Karan Singhal & Upasak Das, and Soham Sahoo, among others Read the original here: bit.ly/4hEleiY


