IIMAD- Symbiosis FDP Programme during 19-23 November 2024 at Symbiosis, Pune

IIMAD is set to launch its first Annual Migration Survey (AMS) in November and December 2024.

Call for Papers Theme: People on the Move: International Migration as a Catalyst for Achieving the SDGs

Dr Ginu Zacharia Oomman, Visiting Professor and Founding Member of IIMAD, has been appointed as the Chairman of the State Food Commission.

Chair is a member of the Scientific Committee for the preparation of the 2025 International Forum for Migration Statistics (IFMS)

Special Issue: Climate and Development (hybrid open access journal): Publishes research on the interfaces between climate, development, policy and practice to make analysis of climate and development issues more accessible.

A food-sufficient India needs to be hunger-free too – S. Irudaya Rajan,U.S. Mishra

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Migrants at a crossroads: COVID-19 and challenges to migration

Published on May 17, 2021

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This article examines the role of large scale migration surveys in understanding that future. Focusing on the example of Kerala, the article highlights the role of the Kerala Migration Survey (KMS) which has provided data on stocks of emigrants, return emigrants, cost of migration, use of remittances and migration corridors since 1998 The article shows how the Government of Kerala effectively utilized this data to manage the spread of the pandemic and its subsequent socio-economic impact on individuals, communities and society and organize policies and programs as well as to prepare for eventual return migrants for their integration and rehabilitation.