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Teaching Economics @nlsiuofficial |Post Doc Fellow @working_india and @ncaer | PhD from Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore

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@RVijayamba
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4 months
Happy to announce my new role as Assistant Professor at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore @NLSIUofficial . Looking forward to enriching learning!
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@RVijayamba
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2 years
I submitted my PhD thesis titled "The Role of Women in Livestock Economy" to TISS, Mumbai, today. I thank my supervisors Prof Madhura Swaminathan and Prof VK Ramachandran for their guidance and support in this journey. Thanks to FAS @fasagristudies for data and field work support
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@RVijayamba
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1 year
Based on State of Working India 2023, I write on social norms and women's employment in Hindustan Times with @rosaabraham6
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1 year
Glad to be a part of the team behind SWI 2023! The report is now available online on
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@RVijayamba
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2 years
A thread on the representativeness of NFHS-2019-20 data A useful pointer I found while using NFHS 2019-20 women's data. The data was collected from 724115 eligible women aged 15-49 from 707 districts across the country and could be disaggregated at the district level.
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@RVijayamba
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2 years
Happy to begin my career as a Research Fellow with the Centre for Sustainable Employment @working_india , at Azim Premji University.
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@RVijayamba
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7 months
Presented an ongoing work on "Women's Time Use between Paid and Unpaid Work in India" at the 64 ISLE Conference. @isle_india
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@RVijayamba
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2 years
A must watch in the theatres. An excellent portrayal of culture, folklore, people's belongingness towards their land with a tight knit story. It is definitely an addition to the pride of namma sandalwood. @hombalefilms @shetty_rishab @gowda_sapthami
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
Excited to have presented my work on 'The Role of Women in Livestock Economy' in collaboration with @fasagristudies at a workshop organized by Anthra,, with , at IISER @IISERPune .
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@RVijayamba
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2 years
An editorial piece in today's The Hindu with my supervisor @MadhuraFAS about Women Livestock Farmers on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
9 months
Looking forward to this! @base_university
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
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I presented my work on "Mobility norms and women's employment during the Covid -19 pandemic" with @amitbasole and Shravan MK at @LevyEcon Gender Workshop. Using NFHS-5 data we find that norms are an important determinant of women's employment in urban India.
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Watch live now @RVijayamba of @NLSIUofficial @LevyEcon Gender Workshop! exploring some very intriguing questions in her paper “Mobility norms and women’s employment during the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from India", coauthored with Amit Basole & MK Shravan of @azimpremjiuniv
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@RVijayamba
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1 year
Excited to begin this new journey and be a part of an year long program with @ncaer . Looking forward to interesting discussions on survey data, methodologies and many more with a cohort of data lovers. @SonaldeDesai
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
10 months
Pleased to have contributed a chapter to this edited volume.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
1 year
In this piece, we try to understand the association between welfare programs for women and their time use.
@subhasish_ray75
Subhasish Ray
1 year
Oped piece in @ThePrintIndia today, co-written with @RVijayamba , post-doctoral fellow at Centre for Sustainable Employment, Azim Premji University, where we try to back out the political preferences of the average woman voter from popular welfare schemes.
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@RVijayamba
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1 year
A workshop on the possibilities of integrating time use surveys with labour force surveys @cwdsorg
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
1 year
Excited to be attending the 25th Annual Conference of the @hetecon Association for Heterodox Economics at Cambridge. #HetEcon2023 #AHE2023
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 months
New paper alert 📢 Read my latest paper on "Women's Work in Livestock Raising: Evidence from Time Use Surveys in India", published with @SpringerNature in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics co-authored with Prof @MadhuraFAS
@fasagristudies
Foundation for Agrarian Studies
2 months
Dr. R. Vijayamba and Professor Madhura Swaminathan's recent paper highlights the significant amount of time spent by rural women in livestock raising. The labour force surveys in India, as elsewhere in the world, often underestimate this effort. 1/3
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@RVijayamba
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4 years
Thank you #AHE2020 @hetecon for this platform and a good opportunity to interact with other panelists. @ingridharvold @medha_as
@medha_as
Medha A Sathi
4 years
It was a great experience. Thankyou @hetecon for this opportunity ❤️ #AHE2020
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@RVijayamba
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10 months
An interesting session at the International Workshop on Rethinking Labour: Gender, Informality and Politics at @azimpremjiuniv
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
10 months
Poster presentation at the Annual Research Conclave (ARC) 2024 @azimpremjiuniv
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
3 months
New paper alert 📢 I write on Women's Ownership of Livestock Assets from Karnataka in RAS 14,1. The paper finds that women owned animals of lower value raised in the homestead and whose care could be interspersed with household work.
@reviewagrarian
Review of Agrarian Studies
3 months
📢New in RAS 14,1! Women are responsible for livestock rearing in India – but do they own livestock assets? Read @RVijayamba 's (Assistant Professor @NsuiLaw and post-doc fellow @working_india and @ncaer ) Research Article to know more: .
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
1 year
Attended an interesting day long workshop on Gender and Growth Gaps in South Asia organized by Yale Economic Growth Centre, Inclusion Economics India Centre, @official_udaiti , The Asian Development Bank Institute and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
6 months
Extended drought has reduced milk yields and incomes for dairy farmers in Karnataka. A detailed account in today's @the_hindu
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@RVijayamba
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4 years
Presented a paper on "Ownership, Time Use and Income Earned by Women in Livestock Raising in a Village in Karnataka." Thanks to IIM B for this opportunity and Prof Madhura Swaminathan for chairing the session. @IIM_Bangalore @CPP_IIMB @MadhuraFAS @iimb_official
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@RVijayamba
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6 months
I voted, did you? #Election2024
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
1 year
State of Working India 2023 is going to be released in Bangalore on September 26! Registrations are open.
@working_india
CSE- Azim Premji University
1 year
State of Working India 2023 Bangalore release is happening on September 26th at the Bangalore International Centre. Report presentation followed by a panel discussion. See poster below for details. Register here:
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@RVijayamba
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1 year
An excellent session in which I got a glimpse of paradata ! Thank you Sharan Sharma for the talk and @SonaldeDesai for organising it.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
1 year
State of Working India 2023 is here! The release event is on September 20. Registrations are open. Do spread the word.
@working_india
CSE- Azim Premji University
1 year
Registration is now open for the release of our next State of Working India report. Report presentation followed by afternoon panel discussion. Details in poster below. Register here or with QR code in poster (registering once covers both events):
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
Given this sample design, there needs to be caution in representing the above questions at the district level.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
3 years
In this @fasagristudies blog, Smriti Rao and I discuss technical aspects of using India's first time use survey's unit level data along with some STATA codes.
@fasagristudies
Foundation for Agrarian Studies
3 years
🚨 NEW BLOG 🚨 Smriti Rao and @RVijayamba share their notes and method on using the National Statistical Office's first nationally representative time use survey to help researchers get an understanding of working with unit-level data in STATA. ➡️
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
It was a pleasure to be invited by my alma mater, Christ University, Department of Economics, to deliver the Alumni Talk for the Master's students of Economics on August 20, 2022.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
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@IndiaToday
IndiaToday
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#FarmersProtest2024 | Economist Dr Madhura Swaminathan, daughter of Dr MS Swaminathan, says "farmers are protesting for a reason, various govts have not addressed their problems, firmly disagrees that MSP guarantee is not viable". Listen in. #NewsToday | @SardesaiRajdeep
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Vijayamba R
1 year
Excited to be on this program!
@SonaldeDesai
Sonalde Desai
1 year
Meet @ncaer National Data Innovation Centre’s first cohort of early career fellows. In this one-year non-residential program we seek to develop a community of data lovers to explore how to collect good data, evaluate existing data & develop an empirically driven research agenda
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
3 years
Happy to have contributed a chapter to the edited book titled "Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India."
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
1 year
Got a glimpse of the protest today in Paris organized for women's equal pay and work rights.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
However, only a few selected topics were collected for the state module, and for this, 15% of the district sample households were selected at random. The following sections are addressed by the state module of the NFHS-5 women's questionnaire:
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
1 year
Presented my ongoing work at the 25th AHE Conference #HetEcon2023 #AHE2023
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
4 years
During the official release of the book at ISI, Bengaluru.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
3 years
September 2017. Four years since this field work at Alabujanahalli, Mandya, Karnataka.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
4 years
Happy to have contributed a chapter on "Women in Livestock Rearing." My chapter addresses the problem of estimation of women workers rearing animals and estimates them using EUS and PLFS surveys of NSSO. Thanks to the editors, reviewers and FAS @fasbangalore
@fasagristudies
Foundation for Agrarian Studies
4 years
We are happy to announce the release of the book titled “Women and Work in Rural India.” It is the sixth book in the Agrarian Studies Series. This volume is edited by Madhura Swaminathan ( @MadhuraFAS ), Shruti Nagbhushan, and V. K. Ramachandran. (1/3)
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
4 years
Looking forward to presenting my paper on 'The Reach of Fiscal Stimulus to the Urban Female Informal Workers in Bengaluru' at the AHE 2020.
@ingridharvold
Ingrid H. Kvangraven
4 years
Following the Opening Plenary, we have the first #AHE2020 Paper Session on the same day 3.30-5pm: Heterodox Perspectives on #COVID19 With papers by: @medha_as , @RVijayamba & @prajwal_nagesh , @Patrick_M_Econ and @ALICIAGIRON3 . BOOK YOUR TICKET:
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
Section 8: Sexual life - question no 801 to 824 Section 9: Husband's background and woman's work- question no 901 to 947 Section 10: HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections - question no 1001 to 1056 Section 11: Household relations - question no 1101 to 1139
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
5 years
Impact of CoVid 19 in Karnataka's villages carried in today's Kolaravani newspaper co-authored with @Niyati147
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
4 months
A very interesting episode on the interests of Karnataka Milk Federation towards dairy farmers, marketing innovations, process of production, role of women, pricing, and much more... @nandinikmf @RapidRashmi
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
5 years
#JNUattack condemn the attack against students at JNU
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
1 year
A pleasure going back to my alma mater to judge the "Junior Social Scientist 2023" competition!
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
5 years
Today's budget is just a case of story telling without any clarity on addressing the pressing unemployment and economic slowdown. #Budget2020 @nsitharaman could have mentioned more numbers in terms of percentage rather than simply talking about schemes and irrelevant poems.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
5 years
A write up on the impact of COVID-19 in the two villages of Karnataka by @Niyati147 and me
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
4 years
Kerala's emphasis on land reforms, education and health for a long time has been useful in dealing with the Covid pandemic. A very interesting talk by Prof VK Ramachandran.
@fasagristudies
Foundation for Agrarian Studies
4 years
The talk will be live in a few minutes:
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
5 years
Solidarity Statement from the Students of ISI, Bangalore Centre
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2 years
Poster presentation at Annual Research Conclave, ARC 2023 @azimpremjiuniv @rosaabraham6
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@RVijayamba
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2 years
@tamilgramsi Thank you
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4 years
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@RVijayamba
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1 year
After an experience of cancelled flight on July 1 at 10am, rescheduled to take off at 4pm, then again 6pm today. Still waiting to board. Totally not expected from @emirates
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
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1 year
A session in which we discussed some interesting aspects of data analysis and interpretation.
@SonaldeDesai
Sonalde Desai
1 year
How do we learn to speak the language of public policy? @NCAER NDIC early career network were fortunate to learn from Mr. Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman @NITIAayog . Topic selection and presentation matter but attention to detail and quality is the secret spice in the recipe.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
@nanuramu It looks like an attempt to attack the autonomy of the State, in which Nandini is one of the strengths.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
Aligns with the argument that I put forth in the recent article
@ramanmann1974
Ramandeep Singh Mann
2 years
82% of what you pay for #Amul milk, reaches the primary stakeholder, the farmer; this model is the need of the hour; for vegetable farmers, for fruit farmers, for every dairy farmer, for pulses farmers, for oilseed farmers, for cereal farmers. This is the way ahead, the only way.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
4 years
Looking forward to participating in this panel discussion.
@fasagristudies
Foundation for Agrarian Studies
4 years
FAS is organising a panel discussion on a few aspects of the impact of COVID-19 on rural India. 🗓️ Dec 28, 2020 🕟 4:30 PM IST 👉 The session will be chaired by @amitbasole and feature @RVijayamba , S. Niyati, Soham B., and @tmodak251989 as panelists.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
5 years
Slashing of corporate tax is hailed as a move to spur the animal spirits in the economy. Will we ever see any fiscal investment from this government? What about the ailing rural investment? No answers. #NirmalaSitaraman #corporatetaxcut
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
Looking forward to participate in this event tomorrow. Registerations can be done using the link
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
5 years
A deserving day to call Delhi as the national capital as it rightly stood against the communal and hate politics. Well done Delhi! #DelhiResults
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
4 years
Here is our note discussing the Impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic on Food Security and Indebtedness in Rural India published in the latest issue of the Review of Agrarian Studies @reviewagrarian , co-authored with Niyati.
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Vijayamba R
1 year
@mitalinikore @cwdsorg @NAEconTeam Sure, will generally post any such updates.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
3 years
True lesson of perseverance. #FarmLawsRepealed
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
3 years
Looking forward to this workshop.
@tanya_r22
Tanya Rana
3 years
Join @fepi_jgu this Saturday for @RVijayamba ’s Workshop on Rural Women’s Work & Time-Use in India! Important links in this 🧵
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@RVijayamba
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5 years
Hope that the withdrawal of homemaids and cooks in this isolation period makes men share the unpaid work and does not increase the burden on women. #21daylockdown
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@RVijayamba
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9 months
@Nishat_1495 @base_university Yes, I think it was recorded. Will share it once I receive.
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@RVijayamba
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The stories of both the Siddharthas emphasize peace despite abundance of material possessions. RIP #VGSiddhartha
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@raghuyadav50 @base_university It is an offline event at BASE university, Bangalore.
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1 year
@Srishtijain014 @Taarun_Mehtaa Yes, large usage of NSS and NFHS data comes from its sound sampling and data quality.
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
2 years
In this article , I argue that dairy farmers are shifting to private buyers. @nandinikmf is demanding a price of Rs 5 a litre. If the shift towards private dairies continue, consumers might have to pay much more than what KMF is demanding right now.
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3 years
Pleased to share the recording of the workshop on "Understanding Rural Women Workers and their Activities through Time Use Data" With @fepi_jgu .
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KMF's persistence to increase milk prices since last two years meets approval by the State government. The crisis in Karnataka's dairy economy was elaborated in this article
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@RVijayamba
Vijayamba R
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@fasagristudies Thanks for all the support and motivation in this journey.
@fasagristudies
Foundation for Agrarian Studies
2 years
Last month, R Vijayamba started as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Employment @working_india at Azim Premji University. (3/5)
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Vijayamba R
3 years
On women's day, social media is flooded with pictures of women juggling work and household chores. It's high time we normalize household work to both genders and accept a woman as a normal being with 24 hours a day who needs leisure just like her partner. #HappyWomensDay
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@medha_as Thank you @medha_as . Your work on Kudumbashree was informative as well.
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2 years
@garvitmaini Please check this page. Some other chapters in the thesis are yet to be published.
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4 years
Very much needed to ensure women's participation in labour force
@AJEnglish
Al Jazeera English
4 years
5. According to the @UN , ensuring access to sanitation facilities, dispelling myths around menstruation and introducing supportive labour laws can help end the taboo around periods. #MenstrualHygieneDay
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Happy to be a part of this innovative way of disseminating research by @fasagristudies . In this podcast episode, I discuss the underestimated contribution of women in livestock economy.
@fasagristudies
Foundation for Agrarian Studies
3 years
🚨📢 Our fifth episode of FAS Young Scholars' Corner is now live! Listen to @RVijayamba speak about about the critical and often unseen role rural women play in India's livestock economy. ➡️
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@AshokaUniv Can you kindly post the link to this episode?
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@soniyer Nanda road?
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The report on the impact of Covid 19 in Karnataka's villages co authored with @Niyati147 published here
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Glad to have been a part of the panel on "Time Use Studies and Women's Work in India" at the 29th IAFFE Annual Conference @IAFFE
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@RVijayamba
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@_itssweatypalms @rosaabraham6 This is an ongoing analysis. We are yet to complete it. Will surely post the updates. Thanks.
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