Using data released by the BMC, this analysis explores the differences in the quantities and types of beds provided by private and public hospitals in Mumbai and attempts to answer why private hospitals contributed such a small share of Mumbai’s CO...

This brief calls for the adoption of an evidence-based strategy to ensure timely and appropriate use of available control tools and policy measures. 

This paper outlines the use cases of facial recognition technologies in the Indian context and unpacks the technological and institutional aspects, with respect to the police, governing facial recognition technologies. It further gives short-term and...

Sero-surveillance provides estimates of antibody levels against infectious diseases and is considered the gold standard for measuring population immunity due to past infection or vaccination. This research estimates the seroprevalence of SARS CoV-2 (...

We have investigated the veracity of published COVID-19 data in India by applying Benford’s law to the district level cases data. We find that data from official sources matches the Benford’s Law prediction very well, suggesting that the quality ...

Sero-surveillance provides estimates of antibody levels against infectious diseases and is considered the gold standard for measuring population immunity due to past infection or vaccination. This research estimates the seroprevalence of SARS CoV-2 (...

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha explores which stakeholders will help absorb the pain as the economy hobbles back to normal in the coming quarters.

In his column for CNN, Shankkar Aiyar discusses how India's fragile public healh system has struggled with consequences of the pandemic.