State of Working India 2026
The Composition and Affordability of Indian Diets
Analysis of household consumption expenditure data (CSIE Working Paper #5)
Taking Geography Seriously
Exploring Spatial Heterogeneity in Determining Childhood Malnutrition in Rural Maharashtra
Agrarian Change and Accumulation in Central India
Revisiting the Agrarian Question of Capital
Thinking about India’s futures
Individuals from across the University work together in interdisciplinary teams on themes of India’s socioeconomic development.
Field studies in education
Myths of online education, teacher efforts to support learning recovery after school reopening, and more from the Field.
Student Research
Learn to build your own equipment and set up your own experiments. Here are glimpses of how research is encouraged and promoted at Azim Premji University
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Booklet
Indian Coastal Region: Climate Projections 2021 – 2040
The Indian Coastline is a dynamic mosaic of diverse landscapes, stretching from the salt marshes of Kachchh to the fertile deltas of the East. Characterised by golden beaches, dense mangrove forests like the Sundarbans, and rugged rocky cliffs, it hosts a vibrant marine ecosystem rich…
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CSIE Working Paper Series
Creche Attendance and Child Anthropometric Outcomes: Evidence from a Multi-State Early Childhood Programme
This paper examines whether attendance in full-day community creches is associated with improved nutritional outcomes among young children in rural India. Drawing on Monitoring and Information System data from creches supported by the Azim Premji Foundation in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, we analyse longitudinal…
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CSIE Working Paper Series
India’s Labour Productivity Puzzle
This paper documents that despite relatively robust output growth, India has experienced a marked and puzzling slowdown in labour productivity over the last decade. This we argue, is partly because of a intensification in dualism. While employment rates have risen, across most kinds of occupations,…
Research and Practice
Public Health in Practice: Stories from the Field | Poster Exhibition 2026
A platform for Master of Public Health (MPH) students to reflect on how their experiences shaped their understanding of public health.
Growing Pains and Teaching Gains: Azim Premji University’s First Pedagogy Conclave
How do faculty members keep their wits, stick to their principles and not run out of energy in the midst of a rapidly growing university? Collective sharing may be the answer.
Why is the participation rate of young Muslim women low in the formal workforce?
A research study conducted by Durrain Desnavi in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Ecographies: Living with People and Nature
Madhav Gadgil's journey: Teenage bird observations in Maharashtra, mathematical biology at Harvard, and more. Public Lecture: Science, A Way to Connect with Nature
H C Verma on his experiences from walking the path of harmony between science, ethics, and the natural world. Climate Crisis | Climate in Motion: Dancing with Data
Translating scientific data on temperature and humidity into an emotional experience of living through a climate crisis.