August 9, 2025

EP 20 | Diplomacy and Dialogue: Peace Pathways in West Asia | Policy Beyond Borders

      The West Asia region remains one of the most geopolitically sensitive areas in the world, where historical conflicts intertwine with modern political tensions, creating a volatile and uncertain environment. The latest escalation between Iran and Israel has […]
June 12, 2025

EP 19 | Kananaskis & Beyond: Understanding the G7’s Global Impact | Policy Beyond Borders

          G7 Summit 2025: A Defining Moment in Kananaskis, Canada After 23 years, the G7 will reconvene in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, from June 15 to 17, 2025. This summit marks a significant milestone, as it also […]
June 6, 2025

EP 18 | Rebalancing West Asia Alliances: Trump’s Gulf Visit and Its Impact on Regional Powers | Policy Beyond Borders

          Trump’s Gulf Visit: Implications for West Asian Geopolitics and India’s Strategic Calculus   The recent visit of former U.S. President Donald Trump to the Gulf region—marked by meetings with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, […]
November 22, 2023

EP 8 | Policy Beyond Borders | Myanmar’s Upheaval: Decoding India’s Economic and Strategic Calculus

In the latest episode of ‘Policy Beyond Borders’, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia discusses the recent ethnic upheaval in Myanmar against the Military Junta and its broader implications on India – Myanmar Ties  KEY TAKEAWAYS SPEAKER Amb Rajiv Bhatia,  former Ambassador to […]
November 17, 2023

EP 7 | Policy Beyond Borders | Analysing the India-US Global Partnership with Michael Kugelman

In the latest episode of Policy Beyond Borders, Michael Kugelman from the South Asia Institute, Wilson Center, Washington, discusses the emerging tenets of security and defence cooperation between India and the US in the context of the Fifth India-US 2+2 […]
October 13, 2023

EP 6 | Policy Beyond Borders | Israel-Hamas War: The Conditional Peace and Unending Conflict

In this episode of Policy Beyond Borders, we explore the repercussions of the recent Hamas attack on Israel and the broader West Asian region. We examine the possible consequences of the conflict on the energy market and the ongoing peace […]
September 29, 2023

EP 5 | Policy Beyond Borders | India-Australia Relations: Examining the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

In this podcast episode, we explore the geopolitical and geoeconomic convergences between India and Australia in the Indo-Pacific region. As the Indo-Pacific becomes a crucial hotspot in international politics, both countries have recognized the economic and strategic significance of the […]
September 25, 2023

Experiment in Rural Primary Education: Evaluation of Before-After Sample Data

This Monograph is based on a management experiment in the field of rural primary education in the Kolar District of Karnataka State about thirty years ago. At the time, although we had the will and the energy, we lacked the […]
September 18, 2023

EP 4 | Policy Beyond Borders | G20 Summit: Decoding Delhi’s Role in the Emerging Global Order

In the fourth episode of ‘Policy Beyond Borders,’ join us for an enlightening conversation with Prof. Harsh V Pant as we dissect the G20 2023 Summit and New Delhi’s Role in the Emerging Global Order. Discover how Delhi’s remarkable leadership […]
August 17, 2023

ECCE Quality and its Impact on School and Higher Education

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Quality and Its Impact on School and Higher Education Globally, there is a growing realization that investing in young children has huge benefits as they are well-equipped to meet the future demands of a […]
July 26, 2023

Indian Diaspora: Policies and Challenges of Technology and Knowledge Transfer

Indian diaspora has recently gained recognition among our policy makers and the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is being observed as contribution of Overseas Indian community in the nation’s development since 2003. Further,Indian alumni are being encouraged to contribute to our […]
May 10, 2023

India’s Value For The US Goes Beyond Its Capacity To Wage War

Post-pandemic America, engaged in a virtual conflict with Russia and in confrontation with China, has become increasingly conditional and transactional in international relations. It has begun to evaluate relations of allies and friends in the context of their usefulness in […]
January 10, 2023

India’s G20 Presidency – A shorter path to fulfill SDGs amidst the climate change

December 2022 witnessed a major breakthrough for India in the contemporary global scenario as India assumed the G20 presidency for the very first time. Since 2021, India has been an active player in the Troika (a group of the current, […]
January 6, 2023

COVID-19 : CHINA’S BREAKING POINT ?

CAVEAT: Reports coming out of China about the Covid situation have often been, to put it mildly, confusing. So, only the data gleaned from reliable wire services reporting directly from China, as also reports of established Hong Kong- or Singapore-based […]
December 23, 2022

What do the OSHWC Code and Kerala Draft Rules tell about Women’s Night Employment?

“Night shift workers are more prone to get breast cancer.  Working at night when pregnant increases the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes.”  These are only two examples of the many justifications that have, for many years, prevented women from working […]