- NEP 2020 – Opportunities and Challenges
The panel observed that while the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisages education in a continuum, working towards holistic education, integral evaluation and overall development of the individual, the challenge lies in bringing a mutual alignment between the philosophical principle of the NEP and its practical implementation. Dr. Chetan discussed the philosophical dimension of the… Read more: NEP 2020 – Opportunities and Challenges - TB in India:Patent Barriers and Challenges in Accessing New Medicines
Date: 25 August, 2020, TuesdayTime: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable and infectious disease that causes major illness and is one of the top 10 causes of death in the world. India had a total of 24.04 lac notified cases of tuberculosis. The WHO estimates that India has an estimated incidence of… Read more: TB in India:Patent Barriers and Challenges in Accessing New Medicines - Webinar – EIA (Draft) 2020- Facts, Politics & Beyond
Environment Impact Assessment (Draft) 2020, was introduced for public consultation on 23rd March, 2020 (see here). Since then, there has been widespread backlash, questioning the time chosen for the public consultation process, the unavailability of the draft in vernacular languages and the short period open for any public consultation (see here). With the interventions of… Read more: Webinar – EIA (Draft) 2020- Facts, Politics & Beyond - Accountability of Patent Office Implications on Access to COVID-19 Medicine and Beyond
13 June 2020 | 2:30 – 4:30 pm The role of the patent office in keeping a healthy innovation system is indisputable. At times such as during a pandemic, it cannot be any more emphatic. A prudent patent office is important to ensure effective disclosure and thereby avoid informational asymmetry within the innovation environment. Its… Read more: Accountability of Patent Office Implications on Access to COVID-19 Medicine and Beyond - Reading International Law in the context of COVID19
23 May 2020 | 2:30 – 4:30 pm The COVID 19 pandemic response is getting stretched beyond what we anticipated.The 73rd World Health Assembly met virtually on 18-19 May 2020 and adopted a global commitment to declare COVID 19 immunization as a global public good. The WHO’s Director General in his opening statement said that… Read more: Reading International Law in the context of COVID19 - GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES: HOW SHOULD INDIGENOUS MEDICAL SYSTEM RESPOND?
16th May 2020 |11.00 am to 12.30 pm The CVV-CPPR dialogue on Global Health Emergencies: How should Indigenous Medical Systems and Knowledge Respond is set to challenge the existing models of response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of AYUSH has been relatively silent during the last few months of the Covid19 Pandemic Resistance. The… Read more: GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES: HOW SHOULD INDIGENOUS MEDICAL SYSTEM RESPOND? - Resisting the Covid19 Pandemic: How effective is International Health Regulations 2005?
May 8, 2020 As and when the COVID19 pandemic broke out, the world looked towards WHO and the organization turned towards it grounding law International Health Regulation, 2005. However, with the number of causalities rising and questions raised over the competence of WHO it becomes pertinent to investigate the efficacy of the law. Towards this… Read more: Resisting the Covid19 Pandemic: How effective is International Health Regulations 2005? - Graduate Talk #1 Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
Today, through the new segment Graduate Talks, we begin a discussion series. Here our students converse with each other to discuss the legal and policy issues of the day which are considered less sensitive, but have a significant impact on our day to day life. Episode 1: Personal Data Protection Bill How well does the… Read more: Graduate Talk #1 Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 - Data security for a Digital Century – Conversations on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
27 February, 2020 Chinmaya Viswavidyapeeth (CVV) in association with Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), Kochi is conducting a series of conversation on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. The first of the effort was the panel discussion held on 27th February at CVV City Campus. The event was to initiate a public discussion and evolve… Read more: Data security for a Digital Century – Conversations on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 - What is Oneness?
Duality and non-duality is always a highly misunderstood concept. It is indeed a joy to listen to Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi who seamlessly jumps between Advaita (non-duality) and Dvaita (duality) showing the oneness which runs through them.
