Browsing by Author "Dr. Ankiet Nandan, - Supervisor"

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Impact of delimitation on representation : a federal study of the Indian lower house
(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2022-11-30) Sandeep Naik, Rohan; Dr. Ankiet Nandan, - Supervisor
Media perception in a pandemic : a descriptive analysis of the newspaper coverage of policies during the covid-19 outbreak
(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2022-11-30) Shukla, Prerit; Dr. Ankiet Nandan, - Supervisor
During all critical events, media shapes our understanding and creates powerful forces both at the societal and individual levels. The print media is considered a key avenue to convey information to the public. Communicating public policy measures is one such form of information that newspapers undertake through their editorials. The media is the first one to gauge and make sense of policy responses of the government, and their position is transmitted through editorials in the newspapers. Newspapers try to influence the agenda of the political system not only by expressing their opinion on issues but also by assigning relevance and framing events according to their editorial stance. This study seeks to understand whether newspapers meet the requirements of effectively communicating policy. This study brings to fore the picture of newspaper coverage of policies in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in India and the way stories were framed in the three leading dailies- The Hindu, Times of India and Dainik Jagran. The research is a thematic analysis of 415 newspaper editorials in six different phases of the pandemic from its emergence to the third wave. The editorials were coded into six different policy themes based on prominent coverage by the newspapers. The findings of the study show that more than 50% of the policy coverage was reported in the first three months of the pandemic. The study highlights the significance of public health reporting in India and adds to the importance of public policy discourse in a democracy.
Student Financing Channels for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) - An Appraisal
(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2022-11-26) Vasudevan, Ankit; Dr. Ankiet Nandan, - Supervisor
India first introduced a formalised framework for skill development in 2009, seeking to build an ecosystem that would enable skilling speedily at scale without compromising on quality, targeting 500 Million persons by 2022. Yet even after 13 years of concerted, organised effort which has even seen the creation of a Ministry dedicated to the cause, progress has been less than ideal. Several studies have been conducted over the course of this time to examine bottlenecks, cumulatively weaving a complex web of interlocked issues, which is unsurprising giving the complexity of the challenge as well as the (relative) nascency of the space. The issue of affordability for the beneficiaries, is one that has received scant attention. It finds salience seeing as the target demography of aspirants for TVET is largely financially underprivileged and Government-sponsored interventions have limited scale and translate poorly in terms of employability. Market-driven skilling relies on the fee-paying capability of aspirants in order to invest into and provide better quality TVET. The study seeks to examine credit channels for TVET aspirants, anchored primarily around the Skill Loan Scheme (SLS), published by the Government in order to facilitate easy and affordable credit for skill development programs. It finds the scheme to have fallen short of its mandates and conducts primary qualitative research in the form of semi structured interviews from stakeholders, being Training Providers (TPs - who facilitate loans for their candidates) and Public Sector Banks (PSBs – being the primary lenders under the Scheme), to understand bottlenecks. Furthermore, the modus operandi of private sector financiers actively engaged in TVET lending, being Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and FinTech's, were also qualitatively appraised in order to highlight best practices as well as clarifying the support required to encourage greater, more user-friendly lending. Large-scale and concurrent advocacy together with the prescription of lending mandates are found the be the two primary recommendations for enhancing uptake under scheme whereas eligibility of private sector financers to partake from the credit guarantee fund was found to be a key recommendation in order to encourage greater lending at more preferential terms
Vaccine hesitancy in India : a policy perspective
(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2022-11-30) Singh, Rahul; Dr. Ankiet Nandan, - Supervisor