India, Feb. 6 -- SMPL

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 6: The 66th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), hosted by the Symbiosis School of Economics (SSE), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, concluded on January 21, 2026, after three days of deliberations that highlighted growing structural gaps between economic growth, technological change and employment outcomes in India.

Held from January 19 to 21, the conference brought together over 500 delegates, the highest participation in ISLE's history, and featured more than 33 technical sessions, 14 panel discussions and 5 workshops. Economists, policymakers and scholars from India and abroad engaged in discussions on labour markets, inequali...