Articles

Coronavirus Speeded Pace of Change for India

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Since the lockdown started in India, all along the clock, there has been constant chatter on coronavirus, be it on TV, internet or conversations at home. There is a high degree of pessimism and confusion on how the pandemic would resolve itself and t....

April 25, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Commentary , democracy , agriculture , Population , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Telemedicine , Supply chains , indian industry , innovation , wealth inequality , online learning , brussels Effect.

Experiments & Applications: S&T in Coronavirus Pandemic

Radhika Daga Article

Throughout the history of pandemics, technology has played its role in many ways in proliferating infectious diseases to a wider area. However, it’s the same science and technology (S&T) research and innovations that also provide a way out of such ....

April 25, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , artificial intelligence , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Telemedicine , Antibody Test , Biotechnology , Epidemiology

Rejuvenating India’s health sector

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Doctors and healthcare workers are the heroes of our battle against COVID 19. It is, therefore, painful to see that many of them contracted the infection because of lack of personal protective gears. The country faces an acute shortage of essential ....

April 08, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Telemedicine , India's Health sector , GDP on health , Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme , shortage of Doctors , Healthcare infrastructure , medical devices sector , APIS , Health Cess , health R & D , medical education , preventive healthcare , Disease Surveillance mechanisms

Opportunities in the Covid Crisis

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Every crisis comes with opportunities. The Covid-19 crisis presents the country with an unprecedented opportunity to have a hard look at the present state of the economy and think of strategies to strengthen indigenous R&D and manufacturing capabilit....

March 27, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , R & D , Covid 19 , Opportunities India , Rebuilding and reshaping economy , Health sector , manufacturing sector , Skilling & training , Telemedicine