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The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) is pleased to announce that Professor Jayati Ghosh will deliver the S. D. Punekar Memorial Lecture at the 66th Annual ISLE Annual Conference, to be held at Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune, during 19–21 January 2026.

The lecture honours the memory of the late Professor S. D. Punekar, a founding member of ISLE and a former President of its Annual Conference, whose pioneering contributions laid a strong foundation for labour studies in India.

Professor Jayati Ghosh, who has also served as a President of the ISLE Annual Conference, continues this tradition of leadership and scholarship. Her lecture will address key questions shaping labour, employment, and development in contemporary India.

We are delighted to announce that the Indian Journal of Labour Economics (IJLE) has been honoured with the Springer Nature Society Impact Award!

This recognition celebrates the journal’s commitment to advancing rigorous and policy-relevant research on labour, employment, and development issues in India and beyond.

The award was received by Professor Alakh N. Sharma, Director, Institute for Human Development and Editor, IJLE, Professor Balwant Singh Mehta, IHD faculty member and Associate Editor of the Indian Journal of Labour Economics, and our CEO, Ms Priyanka Tyagi, at the Springer Nature Annual Journal Development Symposium 2025.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all our contributors, reviewers, and readers whose continued engagement has helped make IJLE a leading platform for labour economics scholarship.

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We are delighted to announce that Prof. Kaushik Basu will be joining as a speaker at the ISLE 66th Annual Conference 2026.

Dr. Basu is a former Chief Economist of The World Bank, a former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, and a former President of the ISLE Conference. He is currently Professor of Economics and the Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University.

The 66th edition of the ISLE Annual Conference will be hosted by Symbiosis School of Economics at Symbiosis International University - SIU in Pune, bringing together academics, policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to engage in critical discussions on labour and development.

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We are delighted to announce that Dr. S.Mahendra Dev, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC–PM), will be joining to delivering the inaugural address at the 66th ISLE Annual Conference 2026.

Dr. Mahendradev Dev has had an illustrious career, previously serving as Chair of the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP), Director of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, and Senior Fellow at the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. He was also the Conference President for the 59th ISLE Conference.

With a PhD from the Delhi School of Economics and postdoctoral research at Yale University’s Economic Growth Center, he has authored more than 100 research publications and several books, including Inclusive Growth in India (Oxford University Press).

He has also been a consultant and adviser to leading international organizations such as the UNDP, World Bank, IFPRI, ILO, FAO, and ESCAP, and has contributed to several key national committees, including the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Employment and the Rangarajan Commission on Financial Inclusion.

The 66th ISLE Annual Conference will be organized by the Symbiosis School of Economics at Symbiosis International University - SIU Pune, bringing together voices from across the globe.

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The Indian Journal of Labour Economics is proud to release its Special Issue (Vol. 68, No. 2, April–June 2025) on “New Technologies and the Future of Work in the Global South.”

Guest Editors: Uma Rani | Ravi Srivastava | Imraan Valodia | Ruth Castel-Branco

This issue brings together 17 articles exploring how digitalisation, automation, platformisation, and algorithmic management are reshaping work, labour relations, and employment across developing economies.

Highlights include:
☑️ Platform Work in Developing Economies
☑️ AI & Robotics in Manufacturing Employment in India
☑️ Algorithmic Management in Europe
☑️ Gendered Impacts of Digital Platforms
☑️ Work-from-Home in the Indian IT Sector
☑️ Digital Disruptions in Kenya’s E-Hailing Industry

Explore the full issue here: https://lnkd.in/dJV3wb-K

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Rural Transformation & Workforce Dynamics

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Rural Transformation & Workforce Dynamics

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🔹 Rural Transformation and Workforce Dynamics

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