urban flooding in gujarat: the disappearing lakes behind the crisis

Ahmedabad: A Haat in Bodakdev, where a lake used to be. A paved road in Mehsana that was a stream...
May 27, 2026

from nagar palika to mahanagarpalika: navsari’s in gujarat new sustainability mobility ambition

Tucked between the Purna River and the emerging industrial corridors of South Gujarat, Navsari has long been a city overshadowed...
May 3, 2026

unlocking india’s digital transformation: upyog’s promise for inclusive, sustainable, and efficient governance

India's rapid urbanization trend brings forth numerous socio-economic changes and challenges, particularly in providing essential services to this vast urban...
September 12, 2023

reimaging a world where all children can ‘play’: the adda experiment

Children and playground complement each other. However, a majority of children in India never get an opportunity to play in a...
November 20, 2020

public health: a far cry for rural india during covid19

Maya (name changed) a contractual labourer serving a family of four, travels more than five miles each day, sometimes in...
October 31, 2020

libraries as community spaces: my love story with the indian institute of world culture

In the words of Neil Gaiman, I believe that the future depends on libraries. This conviction comes from the fact...
October 5, 2020

electric buses making inroad in cities in india

The urban mobility sector in India is presently facing various challenges such as increasing private vehicle ownership, degrading air quality,...
October 3, 2020

urban planning in india need ‘rethinking’ & ‘retrofitting’ in covid19

COVID19 has come in our lives as a blizzard unaware. In the last six months of the year 2020, we...
October 2, 2020

the end of megacities as we know in covid 19

From Rome to Pataliputra, cities have been engines of economic growth for ages. However, over the last couple of centuries,...
and September 16, 2020

indian cities struggle to preserve wetlands to fight urban flooding

India's biggest challenge in front of its growth is the impact of climate change on its populace. The country has...
July 24, 2020