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@TweetIHD and Institute of Economic Growth organised a 6-day training programme. Team members Professor Balwant Singh Mehta, Mr Arjun Dubey and Mr. Aakash Sinha attended as experts.

How do we understand women’s work in India beyond the numbers?Women and Work in India examines low FLFPR, unpaid care work, discrimination, urban barriers, the realities of gig work. A timely read for building inclusive labour markets. @SpringerNature @isle_india

Plenary Session ISLE 2026Organized by World Bank, the session AI for Development.Featuring: Gaurav Nayyar (Dir, WDR 2026: AI for Dev, World Bank), Ashok Panda (VP AI & Automation, Infosys), Franziska Ohnsorge (Chief Economist South Asia, World Bank). @symbiosistweets #66ISLE #AI

Care & Climate Change session at 66th ISLE Conf 2026Jointly by WITS SCIS & IWWAGE. Examined climate vulnerability, care work & gendered labour markets—shocks reshaping unpaid/paid care, hitting women & marginalized hardest.@symbiosistweets #66isle #climatechangeandcarework

Measuring Women’s Work Innovations & Obstacles in the Global South, 66TH ISLE Jointly organized by WITS SCIS, IHD India, & IWWAGE. Session tackled gaps in labour stats, invisibility of unpaid informal work, & need for gender-sensitive data #66isle #indiansocietyoflaboureconomics

Dialogue on Growth that Works: Employment, Inclusion and Sustainability in the Global South | ISLE 2026. Pivotal dialogue on redefining economic progress. #isle @symbiosistweets

V.B. Singh Memorial Lecture at ISLE 2026, hosted by SIU & chaired by Martha Chen (WIEGO Co-Founder; Harvard). Prof. Ravi S. Kanbur (Cornell) on limits of econ analysis amid tech change: Beyond Mirrlees models—need social acceptability, labor dignity, trust & norms as jobs vanish.

On this Republic Day, let's celebrate the spirit of India – a nation built on unity, justice, and dreams for all! 🇮🇳 Here's to 77 years of progress and many more ahead!

Plenary Session: S.D. Punekar Memorial Lecture |66 Annual ISLE Conference . In a highly anticipated delivery of the S.D. Punekar Memorial Lecture, Prof. Jayati Ghosh (University of Massachusetts Amherst) dismantled traditional development narratives regarding wealth and progress.

Panel highlight | Gender-Intentional Pathways in AI and Digital Work | 66th Annual ISLE Conference An official pre-event of the India AI Impact Summit 2026(pt.2) @symbiosistweets #isle

Panel highlight | Gender-Intentional Pathways in AI and Digital Work | 66th Annual ISLE Conference An official pre-event of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 @symbiosistweets #isle

Presentation of Keynote Papers | 66thAnnual ISLE 2026. Keynote Papers at the 66th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics brought together leading economists to reflect on the interlinkages between technology, education, and structural transformation in India.

Inaugural Session | 66th ISLE Conference 2026. The 66th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics opened with an inspiring Inaugural Session, anchored in the spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', the world as one family.@symbiosistweets #66ISLE #Isle

Presidential Address 66th Annual ISLE Conference 2026.The Presidential Address at the 66 Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics set the tone for the conference’s critical engagement with contemporary development and labour challenges.@symbiosistweets #ISLE

New Technologies and Employment: Comparative Perspectives | 66th Annual ISLE Conference 2026. The pre-conference panel on New Technologies and Employment.(Pt.3) @symbiosistweets #66thisle #isle #newtechnologies

New Technologies and Employment: Comparative Perspectives | 66th Annual ISLE Conference 2026. The pre-conference panel on New Technologies and Employment.(Pt.2) @symbiosistweets #66thisle #isle #newtechnologies

New Technologies and Employment: Comparative Perspectives | 66th Annual ISLE Conference 2026. The pre-conference panel on New Technologies and Employment(pt.1) @symbiosistweets #66thisle #isle #newtechnologies

Prof. Praveen Jha highlights the structural dangers of neoliberalism and AI on the workforce at the ISLE Conference in Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune. He emphasized that facing these realities requires both intellectual and political courage. @symbiosistweets

V. V. Giri Memorial Lecture | 66th Annual ISLE Conference 2026.The V. V. Giri Memorial Lecture at the 66th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, organised by @symbiosistweets was delivered by Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Vice-Chancellor, Nalanda University.

Community-Based Mobilisations: Contemporary Challenges in Organising Labour | ISLE 2026. At the 66th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics organised by Symbiosis School of Economics, a panel organised by ActionAid India