Aakash Chowkase, MA Education (2013−2015), a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley on developing and evaluating programmes that foster empathy, compassion, and bridge-building to promote harmony among groups.

In this interview, Alina Alam (MA in Development, 2015 – 17), the founder of Mitti Café, takes us on her journey, revealing the motivations, challenges, and triumphs that have shaped Mitti Café into a beacon of inclusivity.

We should work with the people, not for the people, says Varun Sharma, MA in Education (2014−16).

Soujanya Sridharan, MA in Development (2018−20) recalls how conscious reading from classrooms built her understanding of different concepts and issues in the field of development policy.

Shruti Ajit, MA Development 2013 – 15, on the role of women in biodiversity conservation, and more

Sahana Subramanyam and Meghna Prasad, B.A. Economics 2015 – 18

Chandan Singh, MA in Education (2017 – 19), is co-founder of Pratigya, Jharkhand

This handbook by Anil Misquith (Alumnus, MA Development 2017 – 19) and Satya Dash is a very timely compilation that helps address the scaling problem.

Nandita S is the Communication and Campaigns Coordinator at Asia Floor Wage Alliance

Meet Nikita Sonavane, co-founder of The Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project (CPA), Bhopal

Satendra Singh Lilhare (MA in Development, 2014 – 16), the founder of ​‘Bastar Se Bazar Tak,’ a social development enterprise in Uttar Bastar, Chhattisgarh, on how his organisation is empowering smallholders and tribal women farmers in the aspirational Uttar Bastar district.

Madhu Khemchandani, M.A. Education, 2018 – 20, Founder, Good Measure Foundation, supports women by equipping them with skills that foster employability and entrepreneurship

Meet our alumnus Uma Maheswari, founder of We-Mana, a social enterprise, inclined towards seeing an expanded awareness about nutrition.

Sanjeet Prakash Rao runs Sandeepan School for students from economically weaker sections at Khambadakone in Udupi district, Karnataka

Meet our alumnus Sheetal Paul, founder of Teacher_Author.in which creates Critical, Contextual and Comprehensive Children’s Literature in the Language of the learners

The afterlife of developmental technology.

Taking several small steps to achieve sustainable change in waste management. 

A video on the decommonisation of a lake.