VivekND
@viveknd.bsky.social
Researcher, writer, teacher. Love cats, reptiles, music, 🍖🥓. Not necessarily in that order. Bangalore based.
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INDIA IN TRANSITION
Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, and TAMIL:
In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access"
@viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs & deepening inequality. (Links Below)
Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, and TAMIL:
In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access"
@viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs & deepening inequality. (Links Below)
September 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
INDIA IN TRANSITION
Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, and TAMIL:
In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access"
@viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs & deepening inequality. (Links Below)
Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, and TAMIL:
In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access"
@viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs & deepening inequality. (Links Below)
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INDIA IN TRANSITION: In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access" @viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs and deepening inequality. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/vivek-nd...
Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access | Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)
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September 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
INDIA IN TRANSITION: In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access" @viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs and deepening inequality. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/vivek-nd...
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How Geopolitics Has Reshaped Global Biomedical Investments in 2025
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August 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
How Geopolitics Has Reshaped Global Biomedical Investments in 2025
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A cartoon aristocrat in a top hat, a contentious body of muddy water, constipated Nashville dumpster divers, Ai Weiwei, and Uniqlo coffee — read five mentions from @viveknd.bsky.social, Polly Adams, Tyler Thier, @erinlangner.bsky.social, and Mark Steinbach.
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Issue 15
Extremely abbreviated reviews
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July 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A cartoon aristocrat in a top hat, a contentious body of muddy water, constipated Nashville dumpster divers, Ai Weiwei, and Uniqlo coffee — read five mentions from @viveknd.bsky.social, Polly Adams, Tyler Thier, @erinlangner.bsky.social, and Mark Steinbach.
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On the graphic novel version of “Capital & and Ideology,” by @viveknd.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
On the graphic novel version of “Capital & and Ideology,” by @viveknd.bsky.social
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Austerity Induced Prioritization at the World Health Organization
[#WHA78 PRIMER ON FINANCING]
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[#WHA78 PRIMER ON FINANCING]
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May 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Austerity Induced Prioritization at the World Health Organization
[#WHA78 PRIMER ON FINANCING]
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[#WHA78 PRIMER ON FINANCING]
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The Geneva Health Files Fellowship 2025; Global Health Jobs Scanner
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May 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The Geneva Health Files Fellowship 2025; Global Health Jobs Scanner
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My piece on how jazz became an unexpected yet powerful bridge between the US and India during the Cold War.
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Swinging Across Borders: Jazz, India and the Cold War - Music Aloud
- Vivek N. D. In the midst of Cold War tensions, when diplomacy often took the form of strategic military alliances and economic aid, a more soulful ambassador took centre stage: jazz. This quintessen...
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April 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
My piece on how jazz became an unexpected yet powerful bridge between the US and India during the Cold War.
www.musicaloud.com/2025/04/26/s...
www.musicaloud.com/2025/04/26/s...
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From Junk to 'Health': The Dangerous Spin of Big Food. How Big Food Profits from Health Hype
By Mathilde de Jeu and Irene van den Berg, The Investigative Desk
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #265 [The Files In-Depth]
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By Mathilde de Jeu and Irene van den Berg, The Investigative Desk
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #265 [The Files In-Depth]
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April 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
From Junk to 'Health': The Dangerous Spin of Big Food. How Big Food Profits from Health Hype
By Mathilde de Jeu and Irene van den Berg, The Investigative Desk
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #265 [The Files In-Depth]
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By Mathilde de Jeu and Irene van den Berg, The Investigative Desk
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #265 [The Files In-Depth]
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We unpack the final hours of these historic deliberations, describe how countries reached agreement in the starkly unequal field of international diplomacy. Unbelievable how much politics is embedded in a footnote in intl negotiations!
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April 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We unpack the final hours of these historic deliberations, describe how countries reached agreement in the starkly unequal field of international diplomacy. Unbelievable how much politics is embedded in a footnote in intl negotiations!
FREE TO READ
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FREE TO READ
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Countries Choose Consensus on Pandemic Agreement, G7 Fait Accompli on Caveated Terms of Tech Transfer Compromises Policy Space for Developing Countries
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Countries Choose Consensus on Pandemic Agreement, G7 Fait Accompli on Caveated Terms of Tech Transfer Compromises Policy Space for Developing Countries
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April 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Countries Choose Consensus on Pandemic Agreement, G7 Fait Accompli on Caveated Terms of Tech Transfer Compromises Policy Space for Developing Countries
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Countries Choose Consensus on Pandemic Agreement, G7 Fait Accompli on Caveated Terms of Tech Transfer Compromises Policy Space for Developing Countries
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Giving the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) the contract to advise on the WHO restructure has incredibly bad optics.
It raises so many red-flags.
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It raises so many red-flags.
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World Health Organization Reorganization Plan Developed With Boston-based Consultancy - Health Policy Watch
The US-based Boston Consulting Group has been working with WHO’s senior leadership, under contract, to develop the major reorganization and cost-saving plan,
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April 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Giving the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) the contract to advise on the WHO restructure has incredibly bad optics.
It raises so many red-flags.
healthpolicy-watch.news/world-health...
It raises so many red-flags.
healthpolicy-watch.news/world-health...
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New @UNU_IIGH briefing paper on the growing influence of private finance capital on health. We provide a simple explanation of why public health people need to understand #financialisation as much as we would need to understand a new pandemic threat doi.org/10.37941/RR/... /1
January 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
New @UNU_IIGH briefing paper on the growing influence of private finance capital on health. We provide a simple explanation of why public health people need to understand #financialisation as much as we would need to understand a new pandemic threat doi.org/10.37941/RR/... /1
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Talks on Terms of Tech Transfer in Run into Unruly Trade Winds [Pandemic Treaty Negotiations]
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April 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Talks on Terms of Tech Transfer in Run into Unruly Trade Winds [Pandemic Treaty Negotiations]
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Overheard at INB: Today is V-day when @who.int member states discuss Voluntary Tech Transfer wrt Pandemic Agreement
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Our deep dive on tech transfer
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Our deep dive on tech transfer
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WHO | Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
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April 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Overheard at INB: Today is V-day when @who.int member states discuss Voluntary Tech Transfer wrt Pandemic Agreement
Watch NSAs:
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Our deep dive on tech transfer
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Watch NSAs:
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Our deep dive on tech transfer
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Countries Inch Closer on Pathogen Access Benefits Sharing, Devil in the Details
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April 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Countries Inch Closer on Pathogen Access Benefits Sharing, Devil in the Details
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WHO proposes a Billion Dollar Cut to its Budget for 2026-27 to US$4.2 billion, DG Signals Plans to Shed Jobs Citing $600 Million Hole This Year
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #263 [The Files Flash]
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Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #263 [The Files Flash]
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March 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
WHO proposes a Billion Dollar Cut to its Budget for 2026-27 to US$4.2 billion, DG Signals Plans to Shed Jobs Citing $600 Million Hole This Year
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #263 [The Files Flash]
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Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #263 [The Files Flash]
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Time For Sunset Strategy? Global Health After GAVI & The Global Fund
Guest Essay by Olusoji Adeyi
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #261 [The Files In-Depth]
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Guest Essay by Olusoji Adeyi
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #261 [The Files In-Depth]
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March 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Time For Sunset Strategy? Global Health After GAVI & The Global Fund
Guest Essay by Olusoji Adeyi
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #261 [The Files In-Depth]
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Guest Essay by Olusoji Adeyi
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #261 [The Files In-Depth]
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New op-ed in @thediplomat.com on why contemporary Indian foreign policy has not integrated cultural diplomacy in a systematic way.
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Culture as Strategy: Why India Must Rethink Its Global Influence
India, despite one of the world’s most diverse cultural ecosystems, has been falling behind in cultural diplomacy.
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March 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
New op-ed in @thediplomat.com on why contemporary Indian foreign policy has not integrated cultural diplomacy in a systematic way.
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The Geneva Health Files Fellowship 2025
Editorial Update
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📢 New #bookreview online!
📗 Global Dreams, Domestic Dilemmas: #India’s Major Power Pursuit, review of the book "The unfinished quest: India's search for major power status from Nehrru to Modi" by T.V. Paul
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📗 Global Dreams, Domestic Dilemmas: #India’s Major Power Pursuit, review of the book "The unfinished quest: India's search for major power status from Nehrru to Modi" by T.V. Paul
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📢 New #bookreview online!
📗 Global Dreams, Domestic Dilemmas: #India’s Major Power Pursuit, review of the book "The unfinished quest: India's search for major power status from Nehrru to Modi" by T.V. Paul
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
✒️ @viveknd.bsky.social
📗 Global Dreams, Domestic Dilemmas: #India’s Major Power Pursuit, review of the book "The unfinished quest: India's search for major power status from Nehrru to Modi" by T.V. Paul
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A Negotiated Settlement with the Trump Administration & @who.int , a Win-Win for Global Health Security [Guest Essay]
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #249 [The Files In-Depth]
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Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #249 [The Files In-Depth]
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January 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A Negotiated Settlement with the Trump Administration & @who.int , a Win-Win for Global Health Security [Guest Essay]
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #249 [The Files In-Depth]
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Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #249 [The Files In-Depth]
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My review of T.V. Paul's "The Unfinished Quest : India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi" is out in The International Spectator.
Read it here-
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Read it here-
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Global Dreams, Domestic Dilemmas: India’s Major Power Pursuit
Published in The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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January 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My review of T.V. Paul's "The Unfinished Quest : India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi" is out in The International Spectator.
Read it here-
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HPASE...
Read it here-
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HPASE...
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January 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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