NAYI DISHAYEIN: Winter School on Rethinking Development

NAYI DISHAYEIN Winter School on Rethinking Development …a place to think critically, unlearn, dialogue, explore and evolve pathways towards a just society Background Inequality is deeply entrenched in the social and economic fabric our country today and the gaps are widening at an alarming rate. In 2017 1% of the population held 58% of the...

The Other side of Development IV – Green Carpet or Green Desert?

(Raghvendra Vanjari, A R Shwetha, Sheetal Patil, Seema Purushothaman, Dhanya Bhaskar) first posted on https://smallfarmdynamics.blog/2018/09/04/green-carpet-or-green-desert/ Sprawling lawns are inviting spaces. Neighbourhood parks, golf clubs and airport surroundings spread these green carpets amidst concrete jungles.  While wealthy use it to play golf, urban poor use lawns in parks for an afternoon siesta. Hospitals, educational institutions, spiritual...

MEMORIES — OF A VISIONARY AND A COOPERATIVE

By John Kurien (Formerly with the Marianad Cooperative and Retired Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum) On 21th June 2017, members of the fishing village of Marianad, Trivandrum District in Kerala State, celebrated the birth centenary of Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter Bernard Pereira. He was the first Indian bishop of the Latin Catholic Diocese of...

Tejasvita Trust: Program Director

Tejasvita Trust: Tejasvita is focused on identifying and nurturing talented but underprivileged children, who may otherwise never realize their potential due to lack of proper exposure during their early years.Our long-term idea is to plan intervention programs in three age groups: ages 3 - 6, ages 6 -13 and ages 13 - 18. We are currently running our...

Supply chain specialist at Vrutti (for Zaheerabad, Telangana)

Vrutti is currently looking out for supply chain specialist to be based at Zaheerabad. We are looking for people from AP  and Telangana only as these individuals will need to be based and work from Zaheerabad only. The SCS will be entrusted with the following responsibilities: *Assess Production Potential of each FEFC and identify commodities...

Experience Sharing – Aditya Verghese (M.A. Development, 2013-15)

After graduating from the Azim Premji University with a Masters in Development, my education in the field continues. The classes and faculty have been replaced by the field and colleagues who have spent years working here. Ideas such as poverty and marginalization have concrete dimensions here, the implications of both have become abundantly clear in...