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Lets Talk Policy

5 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -

Lets Talk Policy is a podcast where we have discussions related to social issues. In each episode, we try to unpack a social issue from regional and global perspectives. We interview researchers on a subject matter to understand the current discourse around the policy issue. Lets Talk Policy launched May of 2020, and new episodes come out once a week, always on Fridays.

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Episodes

Malnutrition in India Part II

August 12, 2020 20:30 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

Smart City Mission in India: The Past, Present and Future

July 03, 2020 08:30 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

In this episode of Lets Talk Policy, Uttara joins us to reflect upon the Indian smart city mission. We discuss the primary objective of the smart cities' mission in India, the effects of including private stakeholders, the shift to a data-centered city planning, and critically analyze the dichotomies of local governance models in corporate style governance. Uttara provides insights into the growing relationship between the government and the corporate sector and its implication on the citi...

Malnutrition in India: The Wicked Problem

June 26, 2020 08:30 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

In this week’s episode of Lets Talk Policy, we focus on Malnutrition in India. Our guest is Dr. Sujeet Ranjan who has been associated with the public health sector for more than two decades. His experience includes leading and managing large scale programs, policy advocacy, and partnership management. In the episode, Dr. Ranjan will reflect upon the challenges children, and their families face due to malnutrition. We also discuss possible solutions to deal with the wicked problem of malnut...

Manual Scavenging

May 28, 2020 22:30 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB

In this episode of Lets Talk Policy, Kanthi Swaroop joins us to reflect upon the structural challenges that a manual scavenger faces in India.   We discuss the factors responsible for the continuing practice of manual scavenging in our country, popular issues or characterisation of a manual scavenger, and critically analyze the key interventions that the government introduced to address the problems of manual scavengers. Kanthi provides insights into the historical backdrop of how caste is...

AI Policy Landscape In India

May 20, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

In this episode of Lets Talk Policy, we will look into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy landscape of India.  We will understand what exactly is AI. We will look into the key AI policy initiatives (Niti Ayoga's AI for All, AI task force). Critically analyze the Indian Data Protection Bill in comparison to GDPR. Shed some light on global AI policy initiatives. Doing a case comparison of the USA, China, and the EU. We will discuss one of the possible approaches that India could take...