Faculty Research
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Resolution of the LHCb ηc anomaly
Sridhar K, Sudhansu S Biswal and Sushree S Mishra resolve an important anomaly in Particle physics
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The Indian labour market through the lens of public sector recruitment
Insights from the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to inform labour market policy and improve recruitment practice
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Migrant childhoods and temporalities in India
A reflective engagement with dominant discourses around migrant childhoods, by Vijitha Rajan, faculty member, Azim Premji University
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Is the universe unreal as per quantum mechanics?
Jayanth Vyasanakere, faculty member, Azim Premji University, critically examines what quantum mechanics advocates in connection to reality.
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Rethinking inclusivity and justice agendas in restoration of urban ecological commons
Amrita Sen and Harini Nagendra highlight how the current participatory and community-driven initiatives of ecological restoration in Indian cities accord limited significance to the overarching questions of social justice and relations of power.
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Agrarian adaptive skilling: Towards a new development equilibrium
A collaborative and inclusive participatory action research undertaken by a group of development practitioners and academics, with shared concerns on the impact of agricultural interventions among adivasis.
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India’s manufacturing sector: Investment function and the role of export
Zico Dasgupta explores the possibility of export-induced growth process, despite deterioration in trade balance.
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Nai Talim today: Gandhi’s critique of industrialism and an education for Swaraj
Pallavi Varma Patil and Sujit Sinha explore fresh insights into alternative imaginations that can foster a new world where we not just survive but flourish.
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Changing birth practices in India: Oils, oxytocin and obstetrics
Sreeparna Chattopadhyay and Suraj Jacob explore changes around birthing practices over several decades through narratives of older and younger mothers in a rural hamlet in Assam.
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Employment guarantee during COVID-19: Role of MGNREGA post the 2020 lockdown
COVID-19 pandemic underscores the role of MGNREGA as a safety net despite shortcomings, write the members of the Centre for Sustainable Employment, Azim Premji University and NREGA Consortium.
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Who was impacted and how? COVID-19 pandemic and the long uneven recovery in India
Mrinalini Jha and Rahul Lahoti investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income levels, poverty, and inequality in both the immediate aftermath and during the long uneven recovery till December 2021 in India.
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One Part Farmers: Villages two decades after land acquisition for the Bengaluru International Airport
Seema Purushothaman and Raghavendra S Vanjari, Faculty members, Azim Premji University, present the impact of land acquisition for the Bengaluru International Airport on the agropastoral communities of Devanahalli.
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Lessons from Dharnai, India’s first fully solar powered village: A case study
It is a case of the promises of and challenges facing the realisation of “energy democracy” — the idea that distributed renewable energy systems have the potential to democratise the economy and society, says Manu V Mathai, Faculty member, Azim Premji University.
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Understanding Post-Covid-19 Governance Challenges in India: A Compendium of Essays
This compendium has eight long essays on governance challenges that have emerged in India in the wake of three waves of global Covid-19 pandemic. Contributed… -
Need to shift from quantity to quality of farmer producer companies
16,000 farmer producer companies in India require better inclusion, capitalisation and incubation.
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‘Aren’t we frontline warriors?’
Experiences of grassroots health workers during COVID-19