Organizing Committee: Tanika Chakraborty (IIM Calcutta), Sabyasachi Das (Ashoka University) and Parikshit Ghosh (Delhi School of Economics)
Date: September 18-19, 2020
Place: Zoom registration link. Please register for the event to get the Zoom link.
Programme
Day 1: Friday, September 18, 2020
Session 1: Sectoral Impact
Session Chair: Manaswini Bhalla, IIM Bangalore
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: COVID-19 and Supply Chain Disruptions
Kanika Mahajan, Ashoka University
5:30 PM to 6:00 PM
COVID-19 Threat Perceptions and Migrants’ Willingness to Return to Work in India
Anirudh Tagat, Monk Prayogshala
6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Livelihoods and Mental Well-being during COVID-19: A Study using Matched Husband-Wife data in Urban India
Sanchari Roy, King’s College London
6:30 PM to 6:45 PM
Break
Session 2: Pandemic and the Society
Session Chair: Aaditya Dar, ISB Hyderabad
6:45 PM to 7:15 PM
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown: First Effects on Gender Gaps in Employment and Domestic Work in India
Ashwini Deshpande, Ashoka University
7:15 PM to 7:45 PM
The Inter-state Variation of Resistance to COVID-19
Pulapre Balakrishnan, Ashoka University
7:45 PM to 8:15 PM
Containing a Pandemic with Public Actions and Public Trust: The Kerala Story
Arijit Sen, IIM Calcutta
8:15 PM to 8:30 PM
Discussion with the speakers
Day 2: Saturday, September 19, 2020
Session 3: Pandemic and Inequality
Session Chair: Monishankar Bishnu, ISI Delhi
5:00 PM to 5:30 PM
COVID-19 and Corporate India
Rajeswari Sengupta, IGIDR Mumbai
5:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Pandemic Containment and Inequality in a Developing Economy
Srinivasan Murali, IIM Bangalore
6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
When Does Work-From-Home Work?
Shekhar Tomar, Indian School of Business
6:30 PM to 6:45 PM
Break
Session 4: Macroeconomic Implications
Session Chair: Amrita Dhillon, King’s College London
6:45 PM to 7:15 PM
Lights Out? COVID-19 Containment Policies and Economic Output
Sonalika Sinha, Reserve Bank of India
7:15 PM to 7:45 PM
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Risk and Lockdown in the Indian Economy
Siddhartha Nath, Reserve Bank of India
7:45 PM to 8:15 PM
Pandemics Through the Lens of Occupations
Amartya Lahiri, University of British Columbia
8:15 PM to 8:30 PM
Discussion with the speakers
