All Things Policy

Geospatial technology is expected to be a cornerstone of governance in India, given its civilian applications in satellite technology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), geofencing, and remote sensing. In this episode, Dr Y Nithiyanandanam speaks with Sachin Kalbag on how this emerging tech will help us monitor natural resources, plan development and respond to disasters.

In this second episode of All Things Policy in the new year, Manoj Kewalramani and Anushka Saxena discuss the trends and developments in the Chinese economy from 2023, and what deliberations from China's Central Economic Work Conference tell us about its outlook in 2024. They also discuss some predictions surrounding the announcement of a GDP target for China in the coming months.

This new year, it is time to make predictions once again. The members of Takshashila Institution get together to make their predictions for 2024 on public policy issues and important global and national events that have a bearing on public policy. They also take the opportunity to examine the outcomes of the predictions they made last year for 2023. This episode features Anupam Manur, Anushka Saxena, Manoj Kewalramani, Suman Joshi, Pranay Kotasthane, Sauarbh Todi, Bharath Reddy, Shambhavi Naik, Bharat Sharma, Satya S Sahu and Sowmya Nandan as guests and Shrikrishna Upadhyaya as the host. Listen to last year’s episode here: Forecasting 2023

In the final episode of the All Things Policy podcast for 2023, Shrikrishna Upadhyaya and Anushka Saxena discuss the challenge of Cyber-enabled IP Theft and provisions to counter it in international law. They also talk about India's preparedness in this regard, and some of the work regional IP protection groupings have done to mitigate the challenge.

In this episode of All Things Policy, Amit Kumar and Harshit Sharma discuss the Levant crisis unleashed by the Houthis attacks in the Red Sea. Do check out Takshashila’s public policy courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/courses We are @‌IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts/ You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Gaana, Amazon Music Do share the word with your folks!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, R Srinivasan gives a fair idea about the stories that the rocks unfold. This is connected with the Industrial Revolution & the comfortable life we lead. It could be the infrastructure to the appliances we use - all things lead to what earth has in store (minerals, deposits, rare earth elements, etc.).

The UNDP Sustainable Finance Hub is working on the challenge that “finance is not working for people or the planet”. They believe that the the answer is “an architecture for sustainable finance based on the SDGs” and their “target is a $1 trillion “Moonshot”. Shrikrishna Upadhyaya hosts Laure-Anne Parpaleix and Saiyed Kamil, programme analysts at the Sustainable Finance Hub, for a chat on the significance of the Hub’s mission, their work leading up to the G20 endorsing the G20 Technical Assistance Action Plan (TAAP) for sustainable finance this year, and innovations in green financial instruments.

Kingshuk Saha and Dr Nithiyanandam Yogeswaran discuss the recent floods in Chennai, triggered by Cyclone Michaung, highlighting the vulnerability of Indian cities to climate-induced disasters and the way forward to mitigate them using technological and policy interventions

This episode delves into the escalating issue of GPS spoofing, especially spotlighting recent incidents in the Middle East. Prof Nithiyanandam dissects the fundamentals of GPS technology, demystifies the mechanics and motives behind GPS spoofing, and explores effective strategies for managing these threats.

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