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The Promise and Peril of AI in the Courtroom
Mohit Bhatnagar, OP Jindal Global University; Shivraj Huchhanavar, OP Jindal Global University
08 Oct 2025
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India’s Agricultural Productivity Trap Lies in Land Immobility
Marijn A. Bolhuis, International Monetary Fund (IMF); Swapnika R. Rachapalli, University of British Columbia; Diego Restuccia, University of Toronto
23 Mar 2026
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India’s Climate Future Hinges on How Its States Adapt
Naveen Kumar, Delhi School of Economics; Dibyendu Maiti, Delhi School of Economics
29 Dec 2025
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What Telangana's 24-Hour Farm Power Experiment Reveals About Groundwater Monitoring
Praveen Kumar, IIM Bodh Gaya; Eshita Gupta, KPMG, India; E. Somanathan, CECFEE, Indian Statistical Institute
18 Jul 2026
Women’s Night Shift Work Depends on More Than Workplace Safety
Anomita Ghosh, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal; Rishi Kumar , BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus
17 Jul 2026
Beyond Pollution Control: Why India Needs a National Contaminated Site Management Framework
Jagannath Biswakarma, University of Bristol; Kavitha M. Sambasivam, Vellore Institute of Technology; Ajay Kumar, Swami Gopaldas Government Girls College, Rajasthan ...
16 Jul 2026
Why Household Healthcare Spending Remains High Despite Rising Public Expenditure
Jalandhar Pradhan, National Institute of Technology Rourkela; Kaibalyapati Mishra, National Institute of Technology Rourkela
14 Jul 2026
How Standards Shaped India’s Automotive Competitiveness
Pavel Chakraborty, University of Bath; Amanda de Pirro, Università della Svizzera Italiana
12 Jul 2026
Turning Goa's Mining Wealth Into Public Wealth
Aanchal Singh, Goa Institute of Management
10 Jul 2026
Open Science at Scale: Building an Interoperable API Layer for Public R&D
Harilal Bhaskar, I-STEM
08 Jul 2026
When Renewable Success Outpaces Grid Readiness
Sajal Ghosh, Management Development Institute (MDI)
07 Jul 2026
Rethinking Agricultural Subsidies Through Ecosystem Incentives
Kiran Kumara T M, ICAR-NIAP; Pratap Singh Birthal, ICAR-NIAP; Prakashan Chellattan Veettil, International Rice Research Institute ...
06 Jul 2026
How Forest Conservation Is Shaped by the Scale and Form of Political Power under Reservation
Bina Agarwal, University of Manchester; Shamindra Nath Roy, OP Jindal Global University; Shiva Chakravarti Sharma , The George Washington University
04 Jul 2026
Platform Work Is Testing the Future of India’s Social Security System
Jatin Pawar, University of Reading
03 Jul 2026
How Electricity Market Design Shaped Industrial Competitiveness
Apra Sinha, University of Delhi; Tarun Mehta, Council on Energy, Environment and Water; Surender Kumar, Delhi School of Economics ...
02 Jul 2026
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