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Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March this year, the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre has led the School's response to understanding how the novel virus is affecting the region. With a series of public webinars and blog posts, the Centre has provided content as the impact of the spread of the virus has changed, to those interested in understanding the challenges confronting the individual countries, and the region. Our events have focused on responses from central and state governments unique to several countries in South Asia that function through a federal political structure, economic and infrastructural challenges, public health and citizens' response, etc.

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

Thursday, 2 July 2020

Panelists: Dr Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury was formerly Vice Chair of BRAC, Dhaka, and is an alumnus of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Professor; K Srinath Reddy is President Public Health Foundation of India; Dr Faisal Sultan (@CEOSKMCH) is CEO, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore; Dr Mishal S Khan (@DrMishalK) is Associate Professor in Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Chair: Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, South Asia Centre.

Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Panelists:  (@AiyarYamini) is President & Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; (@TsheringCDorji) is CEO, Thimphu Techpark Ltd., Thimphu;  is an independent analyst of Myanmar, in Chiang Mai;  (@asifsaleh) is Executive Director, BRAC, Dhaka;  (@SharifHaroon) was Minister of State & Chairman of the Board of Investment, Government of Pakistan (2018-19), Islamabad;  (@Madhusudan1964) is Professor, Patan Academy of Social Sciences, Patan/Lalitpur;  (@TimesOnlineLK) is Deputy Editor (Investigations), The Sunday Times, Colombo.

Chair: (@MukulikaB) is Director, South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

Thursday, 14 May 2020

Panelists:  (@AiyarYamini) is President & Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi;  (@kaushikcbasu) is C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics, Cornell University;  (@AshwDeshpande) is Professor of Economics, Ashoka University;  (@maitreesh) is Professor of Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳;  is Professor of Economics, NYU. 

Chair:  (@ErikBerglof) is Director of IGA

This event was hosted by the , the 

Monday, 22 June 2020

Panelists: Tania Aidrus (@taidrus) is Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Digital Pakistan; (@AiyarYamini) is President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi;  is Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University;  (@mushfiq_econ) is Professor of Economics, Yale University.

Chair:  is Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

This event was in collaboration with ,  and  

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BLOG SERIES

COVID-19 in SOUTH ASIA

The Centre's COVID-19 in South Asia blog series brings expert knowledge and evidence-based research together, exploring how the spread of the virus is impacting countries across the region.