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The Potential Role of District Skill Committees in Solving the Poverty and Unemployment Challenge

Jaishri Rai and Jazreen Deboo--
21 February 2022 --

Solving the unemployment challenge has been a puzzle for developing countries, especially those in the third stage of the Demographic Transition Model. Since independence, India's population has quadrupled, and so has the burden on its resources. Read more...

Fisheries - An Untapped Livelihood in the Kumaon Foothills

Nainital is known as the Lake District of India due to its plethora of natural lakes situated at high altitudes. While the hilly district is popularly known as a tourist destination, about 60 percent of its rural population is still engaged in agriculture and allied activities. Read more...

The Skilling Challenge: Gems and Jewellery industry of Surat

By Jaykar Joshi and Jaishri Rai --
07 February 2022 --

The Gems and Jewellery industry is one of the fast-growing and dynamic industries of the Indian economy. It is one of the major contributors to the Indian export basket. Read more...

75 Years of Amul and 100 Years of Dr. Kurien – what can India’s youth learn from it?

Gaurav Gupta and Jaishri Rai --
04 February 2022 --

On 19 December 2021, Amul celebrated its 75th birth anniversary; on 26 November 2021, it was Dr Verghese Kurien’s 100th birth anniversary. To offer a perspective through numbers, just in the last decade Read more...

Cricket Ball: The product you know; The story you do not

Ayush Nanda and Jazreen Deboo--
02 February 2022 --

Cricket is not just a sport but an emotion in India, and if you have played the game, you have probably come across a cricket ball made in Meerut. Read more...

Promoting cluster-based and market-driven bamboo enterprises in North Garo Hills

By Dipin V Panicker
24 January 2022 --

The nationwide lockdown in March 2020 resulted in massive reverse migration of workers to their native villages. Read more...

Towards self-reliance: A success story on ‘Baking Technician training’, Belagavi

Pavan B and Ranjini Rao HS--
21 January 2022 --

This is the success story of a skill-training program of a cohort of 25 women determined to lead a self-reliant life after overcoming many odds. Read more...

Career Guidance for the ‘Demographic Dividend’

Jazreen Deboo and Ashwini Patekar--
21 January 2022 --

The pandemic has compelled Indian educators to change their stance from bringing tech devices into classrooms to shifting entire classrooms into devices. Read more...

Of skilling, entrepreneurship and bridging the gap - Understanding the impact of CEDOK, Vijayapura

By Ranjini Rao HS and Ashwini Patekar --
17 January 2022 --

This is the second article in our series on the Impact of Covid-19 on the Indian Real Estate Sector. Read more...

Is Covid-19 the Pandemic of the Century?: An Economic Cost Perspective

Pragati and Prateek Jain--
15 September 2020 --

Gary S. Becker mentions that a major flu pandemic occurs every century or so. A more in-depth analysis of the historical flu pandemics reveals that flu pandemics occur at a much higher frequency. Read more...

The C.O.V.I.D Learning from COVID-19

Rashmi Lad and Vikas Prabhu--
07 September 2020 --

Ever since COVID-19 exploded into a global pandemic, life as we know it – or, so to say, "business-as-usual" – has been disrupted on an unprecedented scale. Read more...

India Real Estate: Challenges and Opportunities presented by COVID-19

By Shwetha Pai and Venkatesh Panchapagesan --
07 September 2020 --

This is the second article in our series on the Impact of Covid-19 on the Indian Real Estate Sector. Read more...

Peripheral Vision: A View of the Pandemic from the Periphery of Society

Anupama Kondayya --
27 July 2020 --

In the Indian epic Ramayana, when Rama was leaving for exile, the people of Ayodhya started following him. At the banks of the river Sarayu, he asked the men and women to return to Ayodhya. Read more...

India Real Estate: Challenges and Opportunities presented by COVID-19

By Shwetha Pai and Venkatesh Panchapagesan --
27 July 2020 --

The impact of COVID-19 on the global economy is likened to that of the Great Depression of 1930s. The Real Estate Research Initiative (RERI) at IIM Bangalore conducted a survey to understand the business impact of COVID -19 on real estate companies in India. Read more...

Rebuilding broken employment networks in India

By Arnab Mukherji and Sankarshan Basu --
06 JuLy 2020 --

COVID19 induced lockdown of the economy has meant that individuals on daily wages became unemployed. With limited savings and no work, millions returned home – UP alone estimates receiving 32 million migrants. A natural question for them is, how will they find work again? Read more...

Is Direct Digital Release a Threat to Theaters?

By Kamal Karan and Pawan Lahoty --
29 June 2020 --

In the past few months, over 95% of cinemas have closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic1. With zero revenues and high fixed costs, liquidity challenges are looming large for cinema theatres. On the other side of the screening spectrum, OTT platforms are benefiting Read more...

Every day is Earth Day – Lessons from a Pandemic!

By Dhrithi Mahadevan --
23 June 2020 --

Society witnessed one of humanity’s biggest lockdowns of the century. While estimated global GDP loss is nearly 346.98 billion USDRead more...

Beds Will Not Treat Patients, But Doctors & Nurses Will

Subhankar Saha --
June 23, 2020

Lockdown Times: A Temporal Perspective to ‘Stay Home Stay Safe’

Unlocking Technology for Gig Workers

Rahul Dé and Deepti Sharma --
June 23, 2020

Building Emotional Resilience to Crisis through Mindfulness

By Anjana Karumathil --
16 June 2020 --

No doubt COVID-19 continues to spike fear and anxiety worldwide. Interestingly, some of us manage these emotions better than others. People deploy a range of strategies to manage negative emotions. One natural tendency is to ignore or deny the anxiety we experience Read more...

What we are currently experiencing with the Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented in recent memory. How is it influencing emotions and behaviour?Read more...

Income inequality to rise in the aftermath of Covid-19

Kunal Dasgupta & Srinivasan Murali --
May 26, 2020

Corona Everywhere: What is the big deal?

Managing Migrant Worker Crisis through Labour Exchanges

By Gopal Naik --
May 21, 2020 --

Migrant workers are critical to many economic activities particularly for infrastructure development and private Read more...

Managing Agricultural Supply Chain

Gopal Naik --
May 19, 2020

Karnataka’s Struggle to Alleviate Hunger

Manaswini Bhalla --
May 19, 2020

Universal Basic Wealth

Prateek Raj --
May 19, 2020

The silent crisis of India’s healthcare sector

Prateek Raj --
May 19, 2020

Shorts

Porbandar Fisheries & Impact of Covid-19

By Jazreen Deboo and Rashi Garg --
16 June 2020 --

As waves crash against the rocky shore and the sun reveals its first rays of the day, groups of fisherfolk gear-up to begin a voyage into the deep blue Arabian Sea Read more...

Daring to Rebalance the Gender Force

By Janhavi Raja and Rashi Garg --
October 20, 2020 --

Over the last ten years, the Female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) has gone down from 30.4% to 20.5% Read more...

Reverse migration: An opportunity for the Tea Estates in Assam and West Bengal?

By Habib Raihan and Anamika Deb- --
17 August 2020 --

To be on the front lines in the midst of crisis is a perpetual passion for this development professional. Read more...

A COVID19 Travelogue : Arriving in the Abode of Clouds

By Dipin V Panicker --
06 July 2020 --

To be on the front lines in the midst of crisis is a perpetual passion for this development professional Read more...

From Bangalore to Bijapur – Sneak-peek into life of an MGN fellow amid COVID-19

A typical morning in the city of Vijayapura (then Bijapur): Wary of outside painters Read more...

The Being Responsible Side of Government & People during COVID-19 Pandemic

Pritiraj Brahma --
June 29, 2020

Year 2020 – a Curse, a Blessing, or a Learning?

Covid19: Protecting Indian Trucking

By Harshvardhan Samvatsar --
16 June 2020 --

On March 22, the Central government initiated the Janata Curfew as a response to Coronavirus pandemic. The logistics operations pan India instantaneously came Read more...

COVID19: A Virologists’ Reflection

By Balasubramanian --
16 June 2020 --

One cannot help but think that the current pandemic is not just a standalone disaster but a harbinger of what the coming decades have in store for the planet Read more...

Lockdown Lines

By Rahul Dé --
08 June 2020 --

he was humming a tune as he opened his trunk Read more...

Plastic in a post-Covid era- a saviour or sinner?

Deepika Kumar --
June 08, 2020

Pune's Industrial workforce

In the human world, man is his artisan

Arun Samanta --
June 08, 2020

Collectivism: An Indian Perspective

By Ritu Tripathi & Uday Vijayan --
02 June 2020 --

Like the rest of the human species, we Indians too are also social animals. We survive and thrive through interpersonal bondsRead more...

Power Distance: An Indian Perspective

By Ritu Tripathi & Uday Vijayan --
02 June 2020 --

Power differential—be it in socio-economic status, professional and educational qualifications, jobs and occupations Read more...

Shramik Special Train Operation: Largest domestic evacuation

By Divy Vir Patel & Kanhu Charan Behera --
02 June 2020 --

By 26th of May, India reported 1.45 lakh COVID-19 positive cases; of these 80,578 are active, while 60,706 patients have recoveredRead more...

“Never let a good crisis go to waste”

Chitra Andrade --
June 02, 2020

Realty Rebound

The Migrant’s Crisis: Who is the Real Collateral?

By Deepti Sharma & Subhankar Saha --
26 May 2020 --

Boosting the confidence of millions of people in India on 12th May, our honorable PM has given us the hope of building an Atma- Nirbhar Bharat (Self-Sufficient India). This reminds us of the importance of capability and freedom from Sen’s theory of developmentRead more...

Is it really a pandemic?

By Malay Bhattacharyya --
26 May 2020 --

We reproduce a pie chart from the Worldometer downloaded on 2 May 2020. The pie chart depicts the percent share of corona-virus-infected cases by various countries. The countries with the highest rate of infections are presented in the table below.Read more...

Nagpur’s Informal Labour Markets

By Ayush Nanda & Abhishek Chaurasia --
May 19, 2020 --

Nagpur is the third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. The population of Nagpur is estimated to be around 28 lakhs and the size of informal labor Read more...

Diamond city Surat's Informal Labour Markets

Divya patel & Kanhu Charan --
May 19, 2020

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