Commentaries

Commentaries and Popular writings-

1. Altruistic preference and crime perception, IHDS Newsletter, February 2023 (Rounak Sil, Tirtha Chatterjee and Ritika Jain) 

2. Adoption of information and communication technology and the decision to work for women in India, EPW Commentary (RItika Jain and Tirtha Chatterjee)

3. Crime in the village: Does road infrastructure make a difference? Ideas for India, 2021, December 22 (Shreya Biswas and Ritika Jain) 

[Hindi version- available here]

4. Privatisation and the Indian State, EPW Engage 2021, April 28

5. Privatisation and the Voluntary Retirement Scheme: The case of BSNL, EPW Commentary 2020, October 3 (Vinoj Abraham and Ritika Jain)

       [This article was selected as one of the nine most compelling articles in EPW based on readership in 2020]

6. Is Covid-19 equally deadly across all states, Ideas for India, 2020, April 28 (Ritika Jain and Tirtha Chatterjee)

7.  Impact of disinvestment policy on public sector enterprises in India, Ideas for India, 2017, June 12 

8.  Demonetisation and Economic Activity: Understanding the Reaction of India’s Stock Markets, The Wire, 2016, November, 29

Selected videos

1. Video link to a presentation on Testing times: Fighting Covid-19 deaths in India at University of Kent (May, 2020)

2.  79th Rajagiri Round Table Conference on Impediments to Girls joining productive work force (February, 2022)