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Re: [CSSP-Forum] Dr. Papia Sengupta, SSS-JNU, Elected as Fellow at the Royal Historical Society since February 2026
Dear Dr. Sengupta,
Congratulations on your election as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. This accomplishment is a significant recognition of your contributions.
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Subject: Re: [CSSP-Forum] Dr. Papia Sengupta, SSS-JNU, Elected as Fellow at the Royal Historical Society since February 2026
Congratulations, Dr Papia. Good news. Please keep it up.
Prabir G Dastidar
On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM anup kumar das <anupdas2072@gmail.com> wrote:
--Very glad to inform you that Dr. Papia Sengupta has been elected as Fellow at the Royal Historical Society since February 2026.
- Also sharing here her latest publication:
- Migrant Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Delhi, by Papia Sengupta, pp. 159–186, DOI: 10.33134/HUP-36-7. In: Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19, and South Asia, edited by Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden, Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 2026. Abstract: The chapter critically analyses the pandemic measures adopted towards migrant workers in Delhi to investigate their consequences. This is important given the high density of migrant workers from neighbouring states. Utilising oral testimonies of workers and document analysis of the Delhi government's special programmes, the chapter analyses the case of the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi through three lenses: state support, pandemic inequities, and vulnerability. This is undertaken by using narratives of migrant workers in Delhi and their experiences of the pandemic and how it affected them. I used qualitative methods based on long oral testimonies of 25 migrant workers in the two industrial sites of Wazirpur and Kapashera. These accounts were collected between December 2021 and June 2022, which coincided with the lowering of the first wave in 2021 and just in the aftermath of the devastating second wave in 2022. This was a period of pain, loss, and suffering for the poor and marginalised. This chapter gives a nuanced perspective from below, that is, how the workers experienced policies on the ground: the hardships of the pandemic was felt by everyone but many of these workers lost jobs and family members to the virus. Others, who were fortunate not to lose a family member, lost out on the possibility of vertical mobility.
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Re: [CSSP-Forum] Dr. Papia Sengupta, SSS-JNU, Elected as Fellow at the Royal Historical Society since February 2026
Congratulations, Dr Papia. Good news. Please keep it up.
Prabir G Dastidar
On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM anup kumar das <anupdas2072@gmail.com> wrote:
--Very glad to inform you that Dr. Papia Sengupta has been elected as Fellow at the Royal Historical Society since February 2026.
- Also sharing here her latest publication:
- Migrant Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Delhi, by Papia Sengupta, pp. 159–186, DOI: 10.33134/HUP-36-7. In: Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19, and South Asia, edited by Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden, Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 2026. Abstract: The chapter critically analyses the pandemic measures adopted towards migrant workers in Delhi to investigate their consequences. This is important given the high density of migrant workers from neighbouring states. Utilising oral testimonies of workers and document analysis of the Delhi government's special programmes, the chapter analyses the case of the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi through three lenses: state support, pandemic inequities, and vulnerability. This is undertaken by using narratives of migrant workers in Delhi and their experiences of the pandemic and how it affected them. I used qualitative methods based on long oral testimonies of 25 migrant workers in the two industrial sites of Wazirpur and Kapashera. These accounts were collected between December 2021 and June 2022, which coincided with the lowering of the first wave in 2021 and just in the aftermath of the devastating second wave in 2022. This was a period of pain, loss, and suffering for the poor and marginalised. This chapter gives a nuanced perspective from below, that is, how the workers experienced policies on the ground: the hardships of the pandemic was felt by everyone but many of these workers lost jobs and family members to the virus. Others, who were fortunate not to lose a family member, lost out on the possibility of vertical mobility.
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Lodi Road
New Delhi- 110003. INDIA.
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C/O Ministry of Earth sciences (MoES)
Prithvi Bhavan (Opposite to India Habitat Centre)
Lodi Road
New Delhi- 110003. INDIA.
** Professor of Practice, Techno India University, West Bengal
** Ex-Visiting Professor at the SGT UNIVERSITY, Gurugram, Delhi NCR
Residence: NOIDA Sector 150, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Delhi NCR
Uttar Pradesh, Pin 201310
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Dr. Papia Sengupta, SSS-JNU, Elected as Fellow at the Royal Historical Society since February 2026
Very glad to inform you that Dr. Papia Sengupta has been elected as Fellow at the Royal Historical Society since February 2026.
- Also sharing here her latest publication:
- Migrant Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Delhi, by Papia Sengupta, pp. 159–186, DOI: 10.33134/HUP-36-7. In: Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19, and South Asia, edited by Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden, Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 2026. Abstract: The chapter critically analyses the pandemic measures adopted towards migrant workers in Delhi to investigate their consequences. This is important given the high density of migrant workers from neighbouring states. Utilising oral testimonies of workers and document analysis of the Delhi government's special programmes, the chapter analyses the case of the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi through three lenses: state support, pandemic inequities, and vulnerability. This is undertaken by using narratives of migrant workers in Delhi and their experiences of the pandemic and how it affected them. I used qualitative methods based on long oral testimonies of 25 migrant workers in the two industrial sites of Wazirpur and Kapashera. These accounts were collected between December 2021 and June 2022, which coincided with the lowering of the first wave in 2021 and just in the aftermath of the devastating second wave in 2022. This was a period of pain, loss, and suffering for the poor and marginalised. This chapter gives a nuanced perspective from below, that is, how the workers experienced policies on the ground: the hardships of the pandemic was felt by everyone but many of these workers lost jobs and family members to the virus. Others, who were fortunate not to lose a family member, lost out on the possibility of vertical mobility.
Articles "The quality challenge for generic medicines in India: An industrial policy-sensitive perspective" & "Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhisthan Bill, 2025: In Search of an Alternative" by Abrol and others
The quality challenge for generic medicines in India: An industrial policy-sensitive perspective by Dinesh Kumar Abrol, Rollins John, Nidhi Singh, 2026, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. DOI:10.20529/IJME.2026.017
Abstract: This article provides an industrial policy-sensitive understanding of the problem of quality of Indian generic medicines supplied both to the domestic market and to weakly regulated markets in Asia, Africa, and South America. Most of these medicines come from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). While all drugs manufactured in the country must comply with standards under the revised Schedule M of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945, the deadline for MSMEs' compliance has been extended repeatedly, and even as of March 2026, drugs are manufactured in the country in two categories of manufacturing facilities — one compliant with the revised standards and another non-compliant with the revised standards. While double standards are unacceptable, the policy discourse on medicine quality focuses entirely on uniformity of standards, and their regulation, without setting an industrial policy-sensitive context for the reasons for poor quality, and for developing an appropriate response. We argue that the problem of medicine quality is closely connected to the structural changes in the industry after India signed the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Large-scale enterprises depend on MSMEs — many of which are poorly equipped — for supplying branded generic medicines in the domestic market and poorly regulated markets abroad. Further, a sharp decline in the indigenous manufacture of raw materials and active pharmaceutical ingredients has left the industry vulnerable, because of its dependence on China for the import of these materials. We propose that poor quality must be addressed through industrial policy-specific changes, institutional collaboration, and technical support, not merely by closing down MSMEs. Quality assurance cannot depend on a system of inspection alone; quality by design must be built into the manufacturing process, and there must be strict enforcement of standards.
Abstract: This article provides an industrial policy-sensitive understanding of the problem of quality of Indian generic medicines supplied both to the domestic market and to weakly regulated markets in Asia, Africa, and South America. Most of these medicines come from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). While all drugs manufactured in the country must comply with standards under the revised Schedule M of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945, the deadline for MSMEs' compliance has been extended repeatedly, and even as of March 2026, drugs are manufactured in the country in two categories of manufacturing facilities — one compliant with the revised standards and another non-compliant with the revised standards. While double standards are unacceptable, the policy discourse on medicine quality focuses entirely on uniformity of standards, and their regulation, without setting an industrial policy-sensitive context for the reasons for poor quality, and for developing an appropriate response. We argue that the problem of medicine quality is closely connected to the structural changes in the industry after India signed the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Large-scale enterprises depend on MSMEs — many of which are poorly equipped — for supplying branded generic medicines in the domestic market and poorly regulated markets abroad. Further, a sharp decline in the indigenous manufacture of raw materials and active pharmaceutical ingredients has left the industry vulnerable, because of its dependence on China for the import of these materials. We propose that poor quality must be addressed through industrial policy-specific changes, institutional collaboration, and technical support, not merely by closing down MSMEs. Quality assurance cannot depend on a system of inspection alone; quality by design must be built into the manufacturing process, and there must be strict enforcement of standards.
New Article "Technopolitics of tinkering and the ‘new’ innovation economy: insights from India", by Mishra & Bhaduri
Technopolitics of tinkering and the 'new' innovation economy: insights from India
by Rajiv K. Mishra and Saradindu Bhaduri, Innovation and Development, 2026, DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2026.2640738.
Abstract: Tinkering and its role in the innovation economy have captured the imagination of policymakers across the globe. In India, a variety of tinkering spaces have emerged in recent years. In this paper, we make an attempt to analyse the mandates, motivations, actors and networks of these evolving spaces of tinkering. Tinkering has the potential to make innovation ecosystems more inclusive, offer solutions that are affordable, need-based and pro-social. Tinkering can delay technological obsolescence by promoting, re-use, and re-combination of technology. Our analysis, however, brings out that the policies on tinkering seem restricted to promoting technological temper, and entrepreneurship. A robust focus on local development and ecosystem building around tinkering remains wanted. The paper emphasizes the need for better embedding of tinkering into the policies on innovation, education, skill development and the local economy.
Press briefing - UNESCO’s first People and Nature report: the state of the world’s most protected places
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