The Takshashila Podcast

Join Srinivasan Iyengar and Arindam Goswami in this episode of All Things Policy, where we have an absolutely fascinating and insightful discussion about Delhi's air pollution problem, its causes and sources, and look at tools, models and frameworks to do data-backed, source-driven analysis to help policymakers with informed, optimal decision-making when it comes to solving the air pollution problem that plagues India and the world. Source analysis throws up very counter-intuitive reasons behind air pollution and can help make targeted interventions with a higher probability of success than ad-hoc policies. We discuss a wonderful paper that Srinivasan had coauthored on this very topic, which you can read here: https://web.archive.org/web/20231210210045id_/https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3617129 Srinivasan also recommends reading the book "Clearing the Air" by Tim Smedley, a journalist by profession. The book is on air pollution and goes through its various causes. It also puts the debate in a historical co