By V Santhakumar and Gunther Dietz | Nov 6, 2019

Intercultural universities have emerged in the 21st century in the Latin American countries to address the limitations of conventional universities in addressing the needs of the indigenous people.

By Shefali Tripathi Mehta, Ankur Madan | Oct 24, 2019

The focus of Arushi’s work is towards Inclusion and their approach is two-prolonged. On the one hand, they empower people with disabilities (PWDs) and on the other, they sensitise people without disabilities about the needs, requirements and the capabilities of PWDs.

By Ritika Gupta | Sept 26, 2019

Muskaan is an NGO working with vulnerable children and youth living in bastis in Bhopal on the issues of education, identity, violence, health and nutrition.

By Santhakumar V, Anant Gangola, Subrat Mishra | Sept 5, 2019

CHIRAG, in the Kumaon region, is an NGO working on a number of issues, including water, conservation, education, livelihoods, and empowerment of women.

By Santhakumar V, Subrat Mishra, Anant Gangola | Aug 22, 2019

The primary focus of work of the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) is the ​‘ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources, in the uplands and other eco-fragile, degraded and marginalised zones of the country’. 

By Ankur Madan | July 2, 2019

According to the 2011 Census data, 7.01 percent of children in the age group of 0 – 6 years in India have a disability, inborn or acquired. In this regard, early identification and intervention services can play a crucial role in prevention as well as remediation of the developmental delays that occur in young children.

By Shipra Suneja, Ritika Gupta, Rema Devi | May 14, 2019

The language of the marginalised, particularly, stands the risk of extinction (Devy, 2010). Losing a language would also mean losing the arts, rituals, beliefs and lifestyles of the community and its people. This report is based on our short visit to the Adivasi Academy. 

By Santhakumar V | Nov 27, 2019

There have been various experiments in higher education in different parts of the world to address social challenges beyond the practice of affirmative action. An assessment of these may help us contextualise the experience of Azim Premji University during the eight years of its existence. This paper identifies the challenges a university that aims to address social issues may face.

By Santhakumar V and John Kurien | Feb 12, 2019

Residential schools for children of fisher families would prevent their exposure to the vocation of their parents. What are the options for their schooling?

By Santhakumar V, Anant Gangola, K K Krishna Kumar | Oct 25, 2018

The social actions that have followed the Total Literacy Campaign not only enabled the schooling of children in different ways but also galvanised social actions to address various other development issues.

By Santhakumar V and Nazrul Haque | Oct 8, 2018

Tribal groups in India speak their own languages and not the mainstream language of the state they live in, which is a major hurdle in the education of their children. MLE and other innovative practices are being attempted in Odisha by NGOs, like Sikshasandhan.

By Santhakumar V and Amarendra Das | Sep 24, 2018

There are different approaches towards the human development of the tribal or the indigenous people. Broadly, one can see two extreme positions in this regard. The first is one of modernising these communities to integrate them with the mainstream population.

By Amman Madan, Rama Sastry and B. Ramdas | Sep 4, 2018

ACCORD’s work took off in 1985. Initiated by Stan and Mari Thekaekara and an Adivasi youth leader, KT Subramani, it aimed at building a cadre of youth who could get back the land that the people had lost.

By Indira Vijaysimha | Aug 1, 2018

Agragamee, an NGO working with the marginalised and underprivileged communities in the tribal districts of Odisha has sought to address the problems confronting the universalisation of primary education in tribal areas in several ways.

By Santhakumar V, John Kurien, Rema Devi | Jul 13, 2018

The world over, marine fishing communities which inhabit the coastal fringes of their countries, have adopted occupational and work practices which establish a special socio-cultural ethos for them and which tends to be different from that of the mainstream society.

By Santhakumar V and Amarendra Das | Jul 3, 2018

The Scheduled Tribe (ST) is one social group in India that faces the most difficult challenges in schooling. Though efforts are being made to address some of these, like providing education in their native languages in the primary grades (I‑III), many other challenges keep emerging. 

By Santhakumar V, Ankur Madan, Subrat Mishra | Nov 6, 2018

The Association of People with Disability (APD) acknowledges that disability rehabilitation is not merely a medical or a health issue, but more a social, human rights and justice issue. People with Disabilities (PWDs) encounter multi-dimensional barriers, and hence, APD follows a ​‘combination of social and human rights model of disability’.

By V Santhakumar, Anant Gangola, Subrat Mishra | Jun 5, 2018

The Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP) is a notable non-governmental organisation working in the Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, and Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu. This is founded by Mr. Kulandai Francis, recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012.