Workshop on Kerala Migration Report (17 October 2024)

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.

SPRINGER LINK Calls for Papers on the Topic, ‘Migration in a Changing Climate in India‘

Webinar on Perceptions and Realities of Academics Abroad with special focus on PhD in USA on October 12th, 2024 at 7:00 PM IST

publications

Selective, Reactive and Liminal – An Overview of India’s Migration Governance Over the Past Decade

Published on April 22, 2024

Details

Exemplified by an unprecedented section devoted to internal migration, the Economic Survey of 2017-18 brought the issue of migration to the spotlight within government and policy circles. However, almost two years later, in March 2020, the government of India imposed a nation-wide lockdown prefaced by a mere four-hour notice period. As transportation froze and industries shut down abruptly, tens of thousands of migrant workers (and their dependents) were left stranded, forcing them to walk thousands of miles over foot back to their home villages, resulting in severe misery, hardship and even casualties. These events brought into stark relief the contours of migration governance in India over the past decade.