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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
preserving wetlands to fight urban flooding in india
India's biggest challenge in front of its growth is the impact of climate change on its populace. The country has...
can india pivot to a renewable future by 2030?
India's electricity sector is dominated by fossil fuels, in particular coal, which during the 2018-19 fiscal year produced about three-quarters...
time to build healthy & green city post covid19 in india
The world has seen the disruption of healthcare and urban facilities done by the onslaught of Covid-19 which has affected...