Webinars

• A webinar on SWAN's report '32 Days and Counting' held on 7 May 2020, Jayati Ghosh, Preeti, Shantanu, Nitish and Neha

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• Unconventional responses to unconventional time – Lessons from the Indian state of Kerala’s successful fight with COVID-19, Ajith Raj R, M.A. Development, Class of 2018 and Gloria Benny, M.A. Development, Class of 2019
• 'School Beyond Classroom': E-Pathshala Helping Students Continue Learning in Jharkhand's Ramgarh, Subhra Sen, M.A. Education, Class of 2018
• Serving the Underserved; Our Collaborative Effort with Lok Shakti Samiti, Raigarh in the times Covid-19 Crisis, an article by Katarapu Venkatesh, M.A. Public Policy and Governance, Class of 2018
• How ready are we for a Global Pandemic? Learning from Covid19 Outbreak!, Akshay Joshi, MPG, Class of 2019
• Why is the Process of Yield Procurement Important — Understanding the Haryana Chapter! , Akshay Joshi, MPG, Class of 2019
• Surprising reasons for adults to read picture books , Yasin Khan, M.A. Development, Class of 2013
• Meeting a community’s needs during lockdown , Lalithamba Vishwanathaiah and Anil Misquith (M.A. Development, Class of 2019)
• Community Engagement @Somasandrapalya, HSR Layout, during COVID-19 , Lalithamba Vishwanathaiah and Anil Misquith (M.A. Development, Class of 2019)
• Resilient communities: our pathways to just, equitable and ecological futures!, Shrishtee Bajpai, M.A. Development, Class of 2015
• Temporary Encounters, Perpetual Struggles: Covid19, Train Journeys And Migrant Labourers In India, Manish Maskara, M.A. Development, Class of 2014
• Lockdown in India: Exodus as an expression of grievance, Manish Maskara, MA Development, Class of 2014
• University of the Earth, Shrishtee Bajpai, M.A. Development, Class of 2015
• Righting’ the wrong: Rights of rivers in India, Shrishtee Bajpai, M.A. Development, Class of 2015
• A Hub of the Gujarat Economy That Became a Zone of Despair for Migrant Workers, Anushka kale, UG, Class of 2019
• Uncommon Response for Common People – The Case of Bankura (West Bengal), Sritama Rana(M.A. Development, Class of 2018) and Porag Shome
• COVID-19 migrants: West Bengal has mostly failed to keep promises, Stuti Nabazza, Padma Bareddy(MA Public Policy and Governance, Class of 2018)
• Why Women, Children In Rajasthan’s Tribal Belts Are Facing Hunger, Rajat Kumar and Priyanka Yadav, M.A. Development, Class of 2015
• Post-COVID India Will Rely On Gram Panchayats For Rural Upliftment, Nilanjan, M.A. Development, Class of 2018
• Covid-19 Through The Development Management Lens, Nilanjan, M.A. Development, Class of 2018
• The Wages Of COVID-19 Lockdown In Dharavi – A Sense Of Panic, Loss Of Self, Ritika Sah, M.A. Development, Class of 2014
• How our collective apathy denies India’s migrant construction workers a better life, Pranay Manjari Samal, M.A. Education, Class of 2015
• The Long Road Home: A Day in the Life of a Stranded Migrant Worker in Bengaluru, Vaishnavi C, M.A. Development, Class of 2014
• Wrong to deny stranded workers right to choose their future, Abitha Chakrapani, Undergraduate, Class of 2018, Nithya R, Undergraduate, Class of 2019
• To Get Trains, Migrants Stuck With English Forms, OTPs And More, Anindita Adhikari, Seema Mundoli(M.A. Development, Class of 2014)
• अव्यवस्था ने बनIयI अजनबी, Snehal Sinha,M.A. Development,Class of 2019, Shevade Ruchi Milind Nutan,M.A. Education, Class of 2018
• ‘Disburse Cash Transfers Fairly, Treat Returning Migrants As Stakeholders Not Charity Cases’, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2016.
• COVID-19 lockdown deals blow to Rajasthan’s tendu leaf economy, Rajat Kumar, M.A. Development, Class of 2015
• COVID-19: For migrant workers, a long road ahead, Rajat Kumar, M.A. Development, Class of 2015
• Imperatives of Decentralised Planning at the grassroots, Rajat Kumar, M.A. Development, Class of 2015
• Articulations of Raika Women, Shruti Ajit, M.A. Development, Class of 2015
• Combating COVID: Villages in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan Show the Way, Vaishnavi Singh Rathore, M.A. Public Policy and Governance, Class of 2017
• WHO warns against issuing immunity passports, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2016
• COVID-19: WHO to push for equity in health-tech access, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2016
• COVID-19: US may conduct trials that involve deliberately infecting a patient, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2016
• Containing the Pandemic in Mumbai Poses Serious Challenges, Kaustubh Jagtap, M.A. Development, Class of 2019
• After Goa, Manipur is COVID-free, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2016
• Research on Waste: Understanding waste disposal in Kumbakonam Bazaar area of Kumbakonam, Vaishnavi C, M.A. Development, Class of 2014. ( PDF )
• As Growth Slows, Govt Labour Policies Have Limited Impact On Job Creation, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2016.
• Gowramma’s Ghost and Bengaluru’s ‘Zero’ Out-of-school Children, Vijitha Rajan, M.A. Education, Class of 2014.
• Being a ‘hypocritic’ commonwealth scholar: On moments of colonial backlog and postcolonial fractures, Vijitha Rajan, M.A. Education, Class of 2014.
• We Have Literally Cut and Presented Our Arms to the Government”: Mandi’s Fight to Protect its Forest Rights, Vaishnavi Rathore, M.A. Public Policy and Governance, Class of 2017.
• New cultures of worship, Iqra Khan, M.A. Development, Class of 2019.
• Language, power, and health, Sanjana Santosh, M.A. Development, Class of 2017.
• Will Kochi’s new integrated transport system be more friendly towards people with disabilities? Nelda Tomy, M.A.Development, Class of 2019.
• Maharashtra has boldly expanded NOTA, with Haryana following suit. Will it pass legal scrutiny? Mathew Idiculla, and Maya Roy, M.A.Development, Class of 2015.
• Stop Giving Licence To The ‘Good Guys’ To Get Away With Assaulting Women, Shailendra Rai, M.A. Development, Class of 2015.
• We Won In Court, But Is Indian Society Ready To Accept The LGBTQ Community? Shailendra Rai, M.A. Development, Class of 2015.
• Government Is Preparing The Ground For Decline Of Rural Jobs Programme, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2014.
• Govt Claims Rise in “Forest Cover”, Experts Say Definition Flawed, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2014.
• We Will Not Accept Any Decision That Undermines The State’s Fiscal Domain: Kerala Finance Minister, Shreehari Paliath, M.A. Development, Class of 2014.
• Under Ahmedabad's Mounting Garbage, It's the Migrant Worker Who Is Crumbling: Sangeeth S, M.A.Development, Class of 2014.
• An unorthodox choice: a year of working in the social sector: Arvind Mamgain, M.A.Development, Class of 2015.

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Alumni stories

• Class of 2018 - Sharing 7 inspirational Alumni stories in this special edition, presented to graduates at Sixth Annual Convocation on August 25th, 2018.
• Alumni Stories – Part III - Student volunteers from the Class of 2018-20 shadowed Alumni in locations across the country, during their winter break. Here are 16 stories featuring Alumni at their work place.
• Alumni Stories - Part II - 15 stories provide a glimpse into the world of the Alumnus featured, and bring us a greater understanding of their work.
• Alumni Stories - 12 stories give us a glimpse of what our Alumni are engaged with today

Research and Publications

• Cow Protection in India: From secularising to legitimating Debates: Sambaiah Gundimeda, and V.S. Ashwin, MA Development, Class of 2013.
• NOTA and the Indian Voter: V R Vachana, Maya Roy, M.A. Development, Class of 2013.
• Time-on-Task in Primary Classrooms, During different teaching-learning Approaches: Sachin Mohan Mohite, M.A. Education, Class of 2014-16
• Political pressures and Bureaucratic Consequences: Vignettes of Janmabhoomi Implementation in Andhra Pradesh, A research article by Suraj Jacob (Faculty – School of Development, Azim Premji University) and Kiran Konkipudi, M.A. Development, Class of 2014.

Documentaries

ALUMNI STORIES

Rain Water Harvesting in Schools, Aditi Pravin Hastak, M.A. Development, 2012-14, and Shreyas, M.A. Development, 2014 -16 - This film showcases the positive impact of rain water harvesting systems set up by BIOME Environmental Trust in government schools struggling with water availability in rural Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The project is funded by Wipro Cares. The film is made by Goutham G Varrier, M.A. Development, 2011-13.

Education for the Girl Child, Mamta Kandari, M.A Development, 2013-15 - Mamta has been working with IIMPACT which focusses on education for the girl child. She works mostly with girl children of migrant labour who come to the 72 learning centres after school

Transformation of Marai Patan village, Maharashtra, Akshay Prakash, M.A Development, 2015-17 - Akshay Prakash worked in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra as a Chief Minister's Rural Development Fellow for a year. This short film highlights the transformation brought about by him in Marai Patan village, and has been officially released by the Government of Maharashtra.

North East Educational Trust, Risha Barooah, M.A. Development 2011-13 - Changing the notion of a library, Risha and team have interactive library sessions with children in a Government school, have gone forward to open a community library and are now looking at community outreach in rural Assam. The vision of a library as a fear-free environment that encourages students to express themselves is driving her work.

AYANG, Dharamjeet Kumar, M.A. Development 2014-16 - Dharamjeet Kumar co-founded Ayang, an organization that works towards providing quality school education to the Mishing tribe in Majuli, an island on the Brahmaputra which struggles between floods and erosion.

In Conversation with Seema Purushothaman, Faculty, School of Development, Jostine A, M.A. Development, 2013-15 - Jostine A. speaks with Seema Purushothaman about his journey from Kerala to Deosar, a small village in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, where he has been working with PRADAN for the last 3 years.

Dviti Foundation, Amita Nizam, M.A. Education, 2014-16 - Amita Nizam has founded Dviti, a not for profit organization that works with children and teachers towards social and emotional learning.

Library for All, Yasin Khan, M.A. Development, 2011-13 and Kharingyo Shimrah, M.A. Development, 2014-16 - More than 74% of schools in Manipur do not have a library. Library for All believes that school libraries can bring systemic change towards quality education for an equitable society.

Gubbachi, a learning community, Joseph Deyone Jacobi, Nomita Wahi Sikand M.A.Education, 2011-13, and Rizwan Ahmed, M.A. Development, 2011-13, and Preethy Rao and Somya Suri, M.A.Education, 2012-14 - Gubbachi, a bridge school founded by five alumni of Azim Premji University works with children of migrant labour to keep them in school, and transition them into government schools. The film is made by Goutham, Alumnus, Class of 2011-13.

SHORT FILMS BY ALUMNI

A Fish out of Water, Sushmita Patel, Master of Laws, 2017 - Adapted from the case study of Chilika lake, the video narrates the story of the decommonisation of a lake resulting from a multiplicity of factors. Made by three colleagues at the Foundation for Ecological Security (including Sushmita Patel, our alumnus) this video was declared as a runner-up at the competition hosted by the 1st International Association for Study of Commons, 2018.

The Solar Fix, Storyboard and Treatment, Felix Varghese and Goutham Varrier, M.A. Development, 2011-13 - Solar energy is transforming the lives of people around the world who live without access to electricity. But what happens to the solar revolution when technology breaks down? The Solar Fix is a short film that follows the afterlives of solar technology across three villages in the Indian state of Odisha.

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