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UP Election Candidate Insights from ADR's National Election Watch

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 31, 20122 mins

Uttar Pradesh’s districts (Map courtesy mapsofindia.com) National Election Watch (NEW), a nationwide campaign comprising of more than 1200 NGO and other citizen led organizations working on electoral…

WaterAid's Review of Total Sanitation Campaign

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 27, 20123 mins

[Possibly TechSangam’s 1st Oops moment: A friend/reader just alerted me to the fact that the WaterAid report, on which this post is based of, is from 2008 and not 2012 as I had assumed. Will hunt for…

The not so curious affair of IAS officer Raju Narayana Swamy

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 25, 20124 mins

Update (Jul 27, 2012): Wrote a follow-up post – What’s up with Raju Narayana Swamy these days? An appeal (see below) is making the rounds on Facebook today. An academic pedigree to die for, top of the…

All you wanted to know about National Innovation Council but were afraid of opening a PDF

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 24, 20123 mins

Pic courtesy: indianews99.com If the corporate world lives by the mantra “death by Powerpoint”, the Indian Government’s mantra is “death by PDFs”. The first year report of National Innovation Council…

Selco's Harish Hande raising $10 million to fund sustainable energy enterprises

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 23, 20122 mins

Dr. Harish Hande, Founder & Managing Director (Selco) - Pic courtesy selco-india.com Selco Solar’s Harish Hande was one of the standout acts at the recent Villgro conference on social enterprises…

The story behind this picture – reader comments

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 20, 20121 mins

Last week, I posted this picture asking for your help in suggesting captions. A whole gamut of submissions, from the poignant to the mundane to the witty, flowed in. My purpose was to find out how…

Could NREGA be rejiggered to combat malnutrition?

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 20, 20123 mins

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. Pic courtesy: hungamaforchange.org If you’ve lived in America, India, perhaps even Europe, chances are you’ve read that on…

This picture needs a caption – help!

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20121 mins

Dear blog readers, I have a small request. Take a look at this picture and please submit your caption in the comments. If you’d like to make a verbose comment, that’s fine too. This photo is related…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles – Volume 9

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 11, 20123 mins

Things are a bit quiet… over in The Ugly Indian corral. Almost like the calm after the storm? Surely after 60-odd consecutive weeks of SpotFixes and maybe some well-deserved revelry over the holidays…

Nine Key Takeaways from HUNGaMA Survey on Hunger and Malnutrition

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 11, 20123 mins

In our continued coverage of Naandi Foundation’s HUNGaMA survey, we’ll look at the nine key takeaways in this post. [For the truly brave, here’s the link to the 139-page PDF that we’ll continue to…

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