How we see it - with Saikat & Vinayak

Episode 1 where we have a conversation with Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee a biostatistician and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center. Dr. Mukherjee has done extensive work and modelling on COVID-19 and her recent study can be found here : https://medium.com/@covind_19/predictions-and-role-of-interventions-for-covid-19-outbreak-in-india-52903e2544e6 Bhramar herself came in contact with a COVID-19 infected person and since then has self-quarantined herself. In this fascinating and insightful conversation she talks about her findings and the lessons both India and US can learn from South Korea and China. Listen in!

This is episode 0. Where we discuss Covid-19 and pandemics as a national security crisis with India's former Deputy NSA, Ambassador Satish Chandra. In 2003, Ambassador Chandra authored arguably the first government of India study on pandemics. This was during the SARS crisis. He we speak with him about that experience and what India and the world needs to do urgently during the Covid-19 pandemic.