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Meeting No: 2519 220 8356
Password: employment

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Abstract

Contemporary employment data collection approaches in India often lack coherence, leading to fragmented insights. A unified data framework is crucial to capture the complexities of employment, including informal and gig economy work. By enhancing data integration, policymakers can gain a clearer and more holistic view of employment dynamics, which will inform more effective policy decisions. The webinar will focus on the need to integrate various data sources, such as labor market trends, workforce participation, skill development, and sector-specific employment patterns.

About the Speakers

Kingshuk Sarkar

Kingshuk Sarkar is an Associate Professor and Area Chair, General Management & Economics at the Goa Institute of Management, Goa. Prior to that he had worked for Govt. of West Bengal as a Labour Administrator for over two decades. He has also worked in other premier institutions viz V V Giri National Labour Institute,National Institute of Rural Development and Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia. His areas of interest are plantation economics, labour economics, industrial relations, law and economics, labour administration, informal sector labour etc. He has a number of publications in reputed journals and newspapers. He has attended and conducted numerous conferences, workshops, and seminars and carried out important research assignments in both India and abroad.

Amit Basole

Amit Basole is Professor of Economics and Head, Centre for Sustainable Employment at Azim Premji University. He has previously taught at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Bucknell University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a PhD in Neuroscience from Duke University. His current research focuses on labour, employment and structural change. He is the lead author of the State of Working India report. He is a member of the Economic Affairs Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and has served on various committees of MOSPI and the NITI Aayog on survey data. His other interests include the economics of Indian artisanal traditions and Sufi and Bhakti poetry. He is the editor of Lokavidya Perspectives: A Philosophy of Political Imagination for the Knowledge Age (Aakar Books 2015) and co-author of Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a New Generation (Roli Books 2022).