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Our faculty, students and researchers work together everyday to contribute to a better world by grappling with urgent problems we are facing in India. We conduct rigorous work to produce high quality learning resources and publications to contribute to public discourse and social change. Here, we feature a sample from our work for everyone to access. You can explore featured resources, policies, and the latest publications from the University.
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Lessons from Dharnai, “India’s First Fully Solar Powered Village”: A Case Study
in Azim Premji University
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This case study is of “India’s First Fully Solar Powered Village”2 —Dharnai. It is a case of the promises of and challenges facing the realization of “energy democracy” — the idea that distributed renewable energy systems have the potential to democratize the economy and society.
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In the list of new teaching methods that teachers quickly thought of for online classes during the pandemic, the worksheet emerged as a learning aid that is creative, and participative, making children want to use their minds more independently. This issue features articles that showcase tried and tested methods of creating and using worksheets.
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One Part Farmers: Villages two decades after land acquisition for the Bengaluru International Airport
in Azim Premji University
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Constitutional measures to ensure fair compensation and livelihood security to the land losing refugees of development processes, overlook the complexity of ‘public purpose’ — the dominant rationale behind operationalizing ‘eminent domain’ of the state. Popular perception of public purpose as urbanization muffles the de facto social citizenship around plural values of agricultural landscapes. Ignoring the enduring public purposes served by agrarian landscapes aids in underestimating the longterm welfare impacts on displaced farmers.
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Farmer Producer Companies Report II: Inclusion, Capitalisation and Incubation
in Azim Premji University
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This report examines the changes in the producer company landscape in the last two years by analysing data on producer companies registered in the country from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021. The report examines changes in geographical spread and capitalization of producer companies in the last two years, in order to determine the extent to which the gaps in the previous promotion efforts have been addressed. It also analyses recent policies to understand their impact on the producer company ecosystem. The report identifies five focus areas to enable the sector to reach its full potential in enhancing the incomes and reducing the vulnerabilities of small producers.
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Enjoy the magical mystery tour of Mathematics with an in-depth read of the March 2022 issue of At Right Angles.
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