Rahul Mitra
A postgraduate degree holder of Physics, with research interests in computational simulations of complex systems and intertwining it with policy and decision making.
Location India
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Rahul Mitra made a comment
Being involved in policy making doesn't restrict yourself in devising policies at a political or economic level, for the national or state government. I've been involved in creating policies for my University student council, which is also a source of gaining experience in the field. But it's obviously better if the policy affects a larger population, since...
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Rahul Mitra made a comment
Hello everyone,
I'm Rahul Mitra and I've graduated from Presidency University, India with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics. I'm currently pursuing my Master of Science degree in Nanoscience. As it's clear from the introduction, I'll be serving as your Mentor in this two weeks' course an I'm really excited to receive different perspectives on Global...
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Rahul Mitra made a comment
Customers buy products with emotions, irrespective of the nature of the product. For example, if a customer buys a car battery, he/she will be buying it for his/her car, which is valuable to him/her. Emotions are attached with that car. On the other hand, when someone buys a perfume, he/she is buying that out of an emotion - willingness to be presentable in...
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Rahul Mitra made a comment
Hello everyone. I'm Rahul Mitra, from India. I have just completed my graduation from Presidency University, majoring in Physics. I take particular interest in business strategies and relationship building through it. I am currently serving as a Mentor of the "Global Systems Science" course, provided by the Open University on FutureLearn.
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Rahul Mitra replied to Francesca Piazza
Dear Francesca,
As a mentor of this course, I appreciate your suggestion to make this course more interactive. We've this comment section where people from all over the world put forward their respective views and have a fruitful discussion publicly for others to learn as well. I'll pass on your suggestion to the Lead Educator, Dr. Jeffrey Johnson and maybe...
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Rahul Mitra replied to MIHAI MIHUT
Dear Mihai,
I completely agree with the last sentence of your comment.
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Rahul Mitra made a comment
In India, the present right wing government introduced a policy of demonetisation, through which they dissolved the 1000 and 500 valued INR notes overnight. Their aim was to hit the enormous amount of black money and counterfeiting of notes within the financial system of India. But their predictions were completely the opposite of the reality. Here's a link...
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Rahul Mitra replied to Owie Igoji
Hello Sebastian,
I am not sure how the Future Learn Platform works internally, about it's internal customer and employee policies. You might be correct in your assumption or might be wrong as well, with equal probabilities. The uncertainty remains since there's a lack of transparency between the customer and the provider in terms of policies. But...
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Rahul Mitra replied to Owie Igoji
Dear Owie,
The Government of most developed and developing nations have the data of almost 95% of it's citizens. I can give you an example of my country - India. In India, the present government has introduced the concept of "Adhaar Card" or in other words, a single, ultimate identity proof within the country. To avail any government service, we need to...
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Rahul Mitra replied to Katarina Nilsson
Dear Katarina,
That's an effective strategy which you have put forward in tackling the complex issues which the global communities are facing at every level of society. Even I believe that educating children about political and social matters in schools will convincingly create a better change.
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Rahul Mitra replied to Cesar Neves
Dear Cesar,
It's so motivating and inspiring to see you commenting about the current situation of Brazil in the domain of policy making. I sincerely wish that you will try to inspire and convince as many citizens as possible to join actively in policy making and consultations and create a bright change in the scenario. Thanks a lot for bringing this up...
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Rahul Mitra replied to Lloyd Kaseke
Dear Lloyd,
Thanks for your comment. Very nice.
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Rahul Mitra replied to Lloyd Kaseke
Dear Lloyd,
An excellent point put forward in this discussion. I totally agree with your statements and believe that the trust between the voter and the elected representative is very crucial in a democratic setting of the government. With the growing coverage of the world wide web in today's modern world, the developed countries (where there's internet...
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Rahul Mitra replied to Owie Igoji
Dear Owie,
A slight modification to your proposal of letting scientists stick with the objective position can be made. You're definitely right when you say that if everyone becomes a decision maker, there would be more problems cropping up. How about creating a panel of about 20-30 top scientists of a country, from variety of fields of study, headed by one...
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Hello Sebastian,
Economic interconnectedness can be seen in case of the intertwined economies of the EU nations. Political interconnectedness can be seen in the case of EU itself where Greece is forced to follow German austerity measures (fiscal policy). Thus, the economic and political interconnectedness goes hand in hand.
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Dear Lloyd,
I had one criticism against the tax charge on sugary drinks. According to a survey in 2014, South Africa isn't even among the top 20 countries in the world when it comes to the consumption of sugary drinks or any sort of soft drinks. Out of the top 20 countries, there are countries like Germany and UK where the number of deaths caused due to...
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Dear Carl, thanks for sharing this information. This is a prime example of adopting a policy without keeping in mind it's long term ramifications, as you have mentioned. The main reason behind it (as per my opinion) was the reduction in district boundaries, thus, causing the integration of many districts into one, I suppose. That had led to an increase in the...
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Rahul Mitra made a comment
Hello everyone. As you know, in today's modern society, globalisation has led to the sheer interconnectedness of the social, economic and political cultures of different nations of the world. It has brought a marked improvement in the technological world as well and due to that, I, being from India can interact with so many people over here who are miles away...
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Rahul Mitra made a comment
Being an undergraduate student of Physics, with keen interest in policy making and social work, this course was perfect to increase my knowledge. It would provide me the required boost to gain confidence in policy making study as my graduate subject. Since I'm from India, I would like to bring to notice the recent demonetisation declaration by the Government,...
