The Coffee House Experience

In this episode Pratyay talked with Pratish Datta, a mathematician, specialized in the area of Cryptography. The discussion mostly focused onto his amazing journey as a visual impaired mathematician. They also talked about the tools and technology Pratish uses to perform research and his vision in life.

Some relevant links:

• NTT Research Silicon Valley, CIS Lab (https://ntt-research.com/cis/)

• Pratish's Linkedin profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratish-datta)

• Pratish's intro at NTT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVpHzeokW9Q)

• News article on Pratish's achievement at IIT (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/blind-student-is-iit-topper/articleshow/16417542.cms)

In this episode Pratyay talked to Anujit Chakraborty (https://anujit.ucdavis.edu/about-me), Assistant Prof. of Economics at University of California, Davis. The discussion focuses on several topics, broadly categorized into five parts:

• Part-1: From Engineering to Economics - 00:24

• Part-2: Behavioral Economics - 15:14

• Part-3: Economic Decline of West Bengal - 30:30

• Part-4: Economic Impact of Covid-19 in India - 46:20

• Part-5: Public Education in India - 51:12

A few relevant links:

• Anujit's homepage at UC Davis (https://anujit.ucdavis.edu)

• Paper on Bengal's economic decline by Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess (http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/rburgess/wp/indreg.pdf)

• Article criticizing Besley and Berger's work (https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/the-bogus-paper-that-gutted-workers-rights)