CPR-TCPD Discussion: The Politics of Crime in Uttar Pradesh
2021-10-20 18:30 - 20:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Zoom Webinar, India
The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and the Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD), Ashoka University invite you to a virtual panel discussion on The Politics of Crime in Uttar Pradesh
Panellists:

Arunabh Saikia, Journalist, Scroll
Beatrice Jauregui, Associate Professor, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto
Laurent Gayer, Researcher, Center for International Studies, Sciences Po

Moderator:

Gilles Verniers, Senior Visiting Fellow, CPR and Assistant Professor of Political Science and Co-Director, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

CPR-TCPD discussion: Transforming Uttar Pradesh's Economy
2021-11-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom Webinar, India
The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and the Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD), Ashoka University invite you to a virtual panel discussion on: Transforming Uttar Pradesh’s Economy
Panelists:

Avani Kapur, Fellow and Director, Accountability Initiative, CPR
Harish Damodaran, Senior Fellow, CPR
Ravi Srivastava, Director, Centre for Employment Studies, Institute for Human Development, Delhi

Moderator:

Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, CPR

The session will be online via Zoom, please register here. You can also Watch the session online on the CPR Facebook page.
For any queries, please email communication@cprindia.org.

Discussion on: Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India by Rukmini S.
2021-12-14 18:00 - 19:00
The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and the Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD), Ashoka University invite you to a virtual book discussion on: Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India by Rukmini S.
Panelists:

Rukmini S, Author and Independent Data Journalist.
Milan Vaishnav, Senior Fellow and Director, South Asia Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
D. Ravikumar, Indian Member of Parliament and General Secretary, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi.

Moderators:

Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, CPR
Rahul Verma, Fellow, CPR.

The session will be online via Zoom, please register here. You can also Watch the session live on the CPR Facebook page.
For any queries, please email communication@cprindia.org.
About the Author:
Rukmini S. is an independent data journalist based in Chennai. She has specialised in data journalism since 2010, and was the first Data Editor of an Indian newsroom, initially at the Hindu and then at HuffPost India. She is a recipient of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson (Honourable Mention) in 2020 and the Likho Award for Excellence in Media in 2019.
About the Book:
In Whole Numbers and Half Truths, data-journalism pioneer Rukmini S. draws on nearly two decades of on-ground reporting experience to piece together a picture that looks nothing like the one you might expect. There is a mountain of data available on India, but it remains opaque, hard to access and harder yet to read, and it does not inform public conversation. Rukmini marshals this information—some of it never before reported—alongside probing interviews with experts and ordinary citizens, to see what the numbers can tell us about India. As she interrogates how data works, and how the push and pull of social and political forces affect it, she creates a blueprint to understand the changes of the last few years and the ones to come—a toolkit for India. This is a timely and wholly original intervention in the conversation on data, and with it, India.

CPR-TCPD discussion: Political Consultants and Datafication of India's Election Campaigns
2021-12-22 18:00 - 19:30
The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and the Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD), Ashoka University invite you to a virtual panel discussion on Political Consultants and Datafication of India’s Election Campaigns
Panellists:

Amogh Dhar Sharma, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford
Shivam Shankar Singh, Author, How to Win an Indian Election
Sumitra Badrinathan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford

Moderator:

Neelanjan Sircar: Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Visiting Scholar, Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)

The session will be online via Zoom, Please register here. You can also watch the session online on the CPR Facebook page.
For any queries, please email communication@cprindia.org.
About the Discussion:
This is the third discussion as part of a series on the upcoming state elections in 2022.
Watch the first discussion here, and the second discussion here.
Since 2014, there has been a meteoric rise of political consultants, both numerically as well as in their significance. This marks a shift in the nature of political campaigns in India which have become increasingly professionalised and datafied. In part, it has to do with the changing contours of political communication and the penetration of social media, while others are a result of political parties outsourcing their campaign strategies. In such a setting, professional consultants and their methods have become a key tool for political mobilisation. This has also led to a greater spread of misinformation via the internet (especially social media platforms) and attempts to influence voting behaviour through targeted political ads beyond our imagination. The panel will take a broad view on these changes shaping election campaigns and their implications for Indian democracy.

Decoding the Assembly Elections 2022 Results
2022-03-11 18:00 - 19:30
About the Discussion:
What do the assembly election results tell us about Indian electoral politics? What are the key trends that have emerged? What are the implications of these results for the 2024 national elections? Scholars at the Politics Initiative at CPR will present a data-driven analysis of the verdict of the five assembly elections and attempt to shed light on these questions.

Unpacking the Uttar Pradesh Verdict
2022-03-14 18:00 - 19:30
About the Discussion:
The BJP has successfully retained power in the politically significant state of Uttar Pradesh. What explains BJP’s performance? Why did the opposition fail to put up a formidable challenge? Does this historic return of the incumbent signal what is in store in 2024, when Lok Sabha elections are to be held? Scholars at the Politics Initiative at CPR will present a data-driven analysis of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election results.
