This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic is leaving an impact on all of us, in every facet of our lives. For some people, the impact has been harsher, as a result of their economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As technology is becoming more useful, pervasive, and robust it promises new possibilities to nonprofit leaders for their organisations and the work they do. It can help them improve the…
When Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (RNP), a foundation located in Bangalore, India, gathered feedback from its grantees through the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) in 2020, RNP was rated in the top 1 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chronic underfunding of India’s nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) acts as a brake on their ability to grow programs to reach more communities and individuals in need. New research from The Bridgespan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For over two months, farmers in India have been on a largely peaceful protest over three laws the Indian Parliament passed in September 2020 to liberalize how and to whom…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the past several months, farmers from across northern India have camped outside the Indian capital of New Delhi, protesting three recently passed laws that they see as opening India’s agricultural sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Scientists have now established that the rapid melting of ice in the Arctic due to climate change has impacts on the South Asia summer monsoon. This has strengthened the Indian…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past few years, worsening air quality in India—and in north India specifically—has awakened policy makers and civil society to take urgent action. There have been some efforts to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost a year has passed since the COVID-19 crisis began. Institutions and systems all over the world have been reflecting on this stressful period, extracting lessons learnt, and preparing for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Koraput district, Odisha, lies a remote village called Kanjariguda, home to an Adivasi community of farmers who predominantly grow ragi and rice. The village is so remote that villagers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2018, we conducted a research project in collaboration with Samhita and the Collective Good Foundation to understand what nonprofits are doing when it comes to fundraising, and what is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Indian economy officially heads into a recession and news of layoffs and unemployment reaches us with increasing frequency, we at Gram Vaani turned to workers to hear their…