Mithlesh Verma

The Act replacing NREGA is an economic disaster. I argue @TheHinduComment how it undermines federalism. It's an assault on Ambedkar's spirit of empowering citizens with rights. Poorer states would be badly hit. Women & landless most affected. Bring back NREGA

If you had to read one thing about India's development policies this week, consider this excellent piece on 20 years of the NREGA by Jean Dreze and Rahul R. I learnt so much! ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty…

In today’s Mint, @vidhyasrajan and I write about the steady rise in women-owned enterprises over the past 25 years. Informed by multiple data sources, we argue for a holistic approach to better support women entrepreneurs. Thread with key insights and charts 👇 (1/8)

The Master of Science in Urban Economic and Infrastructure Development is a two-year, interdisciplinary, full-time degree programme. Each academic year consists of three terms of around 11–13 weeks each. This Master’s Programme takes a heterodox approach towards India’s economic and infrastructure transitions, with a focus on sustainability and equity, across different sizes of human settlements across the rural–urban continuum. It equips learners with a core understanding of policies and programmatic interventions within economic and infrastructure development, and trains them to design and implement interventions and programmes in the complex reality of Indian cities and settlements. Express your interest: bit.ly/43kjEMT #IIHS_University #UniqueDistinctInterdisciplinary #InterdisciplinaryUniversity

IIHS (Institution Deemed to be) University announces 4 Master’s programmes and 1 PhD programme for the academic year 2025-26. Visit iihs.ac.in to express your interest.

Applications for MA economics program (Bengaluru) will be closing soon. This is a well thought out program, taught by some of the best/passionate teachers in the country. Please circulate/spread the word. azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/programmes/ma-…

Some thoughts on rupee devaluation and exchange rate policy in today's Hindu.

.@dsg_sau is excited to host Prof. Tamoghna Halder's public lecture on "Caste and Social Stratification: Case of Bengal". Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📢Research Associate Opportunity @InclusionIndia 👉Contribute to cutting-edge research to inform policy 👉 Coordinate data collection and conduct data analysis 👉 Communicate with stakeholders Deadline: Rolling! Details: egc.yale.edu/ie/opportuniti…

In @epw_in @MoharirAdvait & I debunk flawed claims made in the 2021 ES & show a way to see which states are similar using same data. Gujarat & Bengal are in the same cluster so either Bengal is as good as Gujarat model or Gujarat is as bad as Bengal. tinyurl.com/27j7sxwh

▪️ Stuti and Amir from IIHS, along with Jesse Hoffman, Mithlesh Verma, and Ananya Peddibhotla have authored a paper on ‘Reimagining energy infrastructure for justice: Power, politics, and institutional work in India’s 2.05 GW Pavagada Solar Park.’ : bit.ly/3WBKC0o

Our new #ReSET paper examines how justice outcomes of world’s third-largest solar energy infrastructure are being reimagined and mediated through institutional work of multiple actors in Pavagada, India. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #TripleRe #Resetframework

I am excited to share the new website of our project.

📢 #jobopportunity @iihsin Are you an ECR/fresh graduate interested in #climatechange, migration, livelihoods? I'm hiring for 2 positions, Odiya speaking necessary. One with @GramVikasIN iihs.co.in/wp-content/upl… One with @CMIDTrust in Kochi iihs.co.in/wp-content/upl…

Interested people do visit our website and explore our work on Municipal Finance, Climate Finance and more !!!!!

Read IIHS' short take on urban development in the Karnataka Budget 2024-25. @BazazAmir @MithleshEco @Paddyvraman #IIHS #KarnatakaBudget #IIHS_Practice

Deadline alert! Register and apply now for the 9th batch of the Urban Fellows Programme @iihsin. Come learn with us on any aspect of the urban no matter your disciplinary training. All details in the website below + significant financial support.

Wrote down my thoughts and learnings from the two and a half days on my blog: shorturl.at/kAFLY @MithleshEco @BazazAmir

IIHS hosted its first Summer School on Sustainable Energy Transitions in the Global South from 27-29 March 2024. More about the @ReSET_Energy project: bit.ly/3TWGhDG @maartenhajer @hofjg @FuturesStudioUU @Philipp_Spaeth @BazazAmir @_chandnisingh @StutiHaldar

⏳⏳⏳ Only one day to go until applications to IIHS' 3-day Summer School on Energy Transitions in the Global South close! For more details and to apply, visit: bit.ly/3P7x0G1 #IIHS #IIHS_SummerSchool #RenewableEnergy #SDG7 #GlobalSouth #CallforApplications