Latest news with #Mohanan
The Hindu
18-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Two-day conference on ‘Public policy in India and the Global South' held in Thiruvananthapuram
International trade continues to be skewed heavily in favour of the wealthy Global North countries, despite the fact that the Global South, which includes India, supplies 90% of the labour force, Kerala Statistical Commission chairman P.C. Mohanan has said. Mr. Mohanan was speaking at a two-day national conference on 'Public policy in India and the Global South' organised here by the Public Policy Research Institute (PPRI). Despite accounting for the major chunk of the world's labour force, developing nations receive only 21% of the wealth generated. Wages in the Global South countries are not even 10% of that in the wealthier nations, Mr. Mohanan said. US President Donald Trump's economic policies will adversely impact the World Trade Organisation, State Finance Commission chairman K.N. Harilal said. It is the wealthier nations that impose higher import duties on agricultural products, Sachin Kumar Sharma of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, said. While an Indian farmer receives $429-worth of subsidies a year, a farmer in the US gets $90,375, he said. PPRI director Mohanakumar S. inaugurated the two-day event. Researchers from leading institutes including the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management and universities presented papers at the conference.
CBC
25-03-2025
- CBC
RCMP hosts symposium in effort to recruit more diverse officers
Prince Edward Island's RCMP contingent is aiming to diversify its membership, and a symposium this week was designed to help accomplish that. The event, held on Monday, brought together RCMP officers, graduates and recruitment officers to discuss programs aimed at attracting more diverse members to the force. They include the Diverse and Inclusive Pre-Cadet Experience (DICE) and the Indigenous Pre-Cadet Training Program, in addition to the RCMP's regular member program. One of the attendees, SreeKanth Mohanan, originally from India and now living on P.E.I., went to the symposium to learn more about these opportunities. Mohanan, who is a social worker specializing in mental health and addictions at the Hillsborough Hospital, hopes to become an RCMP officer one day. He said diversity in policing is crucial, not only to combat racism but also to better serve P.E.I.'s growing newcomer community. More newcomers to the province could mean language barriers or tension when they encounter officers, and in those cases, he said a diverse police force can make a big difference. Mohanan thinks programs like DICE can encourage more newcomers to consider a career in law enforcement. "I think if many people are coming from different parts of the community, at least they can set an example to other people to join," he told CBC News. 'Policing is built on relationships' RCMP Const. Tim Keizer said events like the symposium are crucial as Canada's communities continue to grow more diverse. "We're especially seeing it here in Prince Edward Island," said Keizer, who joined the federal force recently after a long career with the Charlottetown Police. "We're just trying to address these concerns and how we can have members that are representative of the communities that they're policing." He added: "Policing is built on relationships, and I think that it's important that people feel comfortable in approaching police officers, that it's not met in a negative moment, and that they feel comfortable making reports or even just in day-to-day interactions." Opening doors for newcomers Another attendee, Praneet Kaur, said the event introduced her to opportunities she hadn't previously known about. I was looking for something to get more information — like in a face-to-face, where I can ask them questions, they can provide me the real answers. — Praneet Kaur Kaur has always wanted to become a police officer, even before moving to Canada from India, and had been searching for information on how newcomers can join the force. "For so long, I was looking for something to get more information — like in a face-to-face, where I can ask them questions, they can provide me the real answers. So that was [the] reason that I came here."
