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Managing Coronavirus: Learning from Global Best Practices

22 June 2021

Ten things that can help India win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

An Aspirational Story of Transformation

18 June 2021

Good food never fails to bring people or, in some cases, even nations together. Last winter, in a pleasantly surprising cultural exchange, black rice grown in Chandauli, a small district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, found itself on the dining tables in Oman and Qatar.

A case for lives & livelihoods: Safely continuing the infrastructure projects will help return our economy to health

18 May 2021

There is a strong case for continuing large-scale construction and infrastructure projects where there is good capacity to control the spread of infections.

Battling the Barrier of Scale

10 April 2021

For India to become a USD-5-trillion economy, our manufacturing sector has to sustainably grow in double digits.

The Role of Digital Infrastructure in Socio-economic Development

8 April 2021

Successful countries have developed their ability to innovate and learn by doing, by investing public funding to help finance research and development in critical areas. Everyone is involved – big and small, public, and private, rich, and poor.

How ATLs Are Boosting Skills of Indian Youth

15 February 2021

Every year on 15 July creators, makers, and innovators around the world, who are making this tiny blue planet of ours more liveable, celebrate World Youth Skills Day.

A Union Budget that bets on growth

1 February 2021

The government has shed fiscal conservatism, ramped up capital expenditure, and pushed structural reforms

Making India Aatmanirbhar in Advance Battery Storage

7 December 2020

With growing concerns on environment protection and on achieving energy security, and with major technological advancements, especially in the field of battery storage during last decade, the world is today witnessing an unprecedented disruption in the way the energy sector and mobility once operated.

How the Khawa Cluster in Osmanabad Is Changing Lives En Masse

3 December 2020

One of the perks of working in the development sector is gaining steady exposure to intricate, yet localised, problems that require a nuanced understanding of the complex interplay of state policy, environmental conditions and socio-economic practices prevailing in the area.

Combating Malnutrition Requires Granular Approach

25 November 2020

Malnutrition rates have been declining in India, but the absolute numbers of stunted (short for age) (46.6 million), wasted (low weight for height) (25.5 million), and anaemic children (73 million under-3 children) are still a concern. With a prodigious challenge of triple burden of malnutrition -- under-nutrition, over-nutrition and micro-nutrient malnutrition -- facing India and due to the cultural and geographical variance across states, combating malnutrition requires a granular approach.