Join us at Atta Galatta on 20th April at 4.30 PM for the launch of the book, “We, The Citizens: Strengthening the Indian Republic”. The authors, Anupam Manur and Pranay Kotasthane, will be debunking commons myths about governing the Indian Republic and addressing counter-intuitive ideas in public policy that have been outlined in the book. This is the perfect platform for civic-conscious citizens to ask questions and learn about what it takes to administer a country of such breadth.

Anupam Manur is an Assistant Professor at the Takshashila Institution. His research interests lie at the intersection of economics, technology, and public policy. He writes on platform economics, international trade, India’s ongoing jobs crisis, and on economic policy. He edits the Indian Public Policy Review, a peer-reviewed and open-access journal of economics, public policy and strategy. He has also edited three books under the Takshashila Institution Press. Anupam teaches different variants of economics in all of Takshashila’s public policy programmes.

Pranay Kotasthane is Deputy Director at the Takshashila Institution, where he is a researcher and teacher of public policy, foreign policy and public finance. Pranay is the co-author of the public policy best-seller Missing in Action: Why You Should Care about Public Policy (2023) and When the Chips are Down: A Deep Dive into a Global Crisis (2023). He co-writes Anticipating the Unintended, a newsletter on public policy ideas and frameworks and co-hosts Puliyabaazi, a popular Hindi-Urdu podcast on politics, policy and technology.