In India, various ICT tools and platforms are providing an opportunity for educators to share and optimize resources among each other and helping to learn. The government has launched various initiatives like “Digital India” campaign to take advantage of the larger scale penetration of the...

Health systems challenges of northern and eastern India are similar to those in sub-Saharan Africa. Both India and Africa suffer from acute shortage of doctors, most notably specialists, like ophthalmologists, radiologists, cardiologists, oncopathologists and many more. The specialists and their...

Inefficiencies in the post harvest value chain in Indian agriculture stifle farmer incomes and are a barrier to the realisation of the full potential of Indian Agriculture. These inefficiencies arise from losses during harvesting, threshing, drying, poor storage facilities, transportation...

India's achievements in the field of health leave much to be desired. Infant and child mortality and morbidity and maternal mortality and morbidity affect millions of children and women. The burden of disease continues to be high in the country with life expectancy at around 69 years, MMR at 113...

The second wave of COVID-19 caused havoc across India. It was twice as severe as the first one. More than 400,000 COVID-19 cases per day were being reported. The worst affected states were Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh. The spike in cases was largely...

Social-emotional Learning, has been emerging as an effective process for cultivating the necessary skills, attitudes, competencies, and knowledge to learn and achieve well-being. These skills help to create a safe space for children to learn together and grow into an understanding and empathic...

The Digital India programme of the government of India, launched in 2015, is an ambitious initiative which seeks to effect both process improvements as well as transform governance for the future in India through massive digitisation efforts. Numerous initiatives, particularly in the works of...

The share of the world’s population living in urban areas is continually increasing, a trend which is likely to continue for the remainder of the 21st century. As more and more people from all walk of life live in cities, achieving sustainable development increasingly depends on whether or not...

Traditionally, India has focused on surveillance of communicable/infectious diseases such as small pox, polio, malaria etc., and the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), with assistance from state governments, has played a key role in tracking and tracing these diseases. Sustainable...

The share of activities allied to Agriculture have seen significant increase in the total Agriculture sector gross value added in India over the past few years. In this paper, we review the trajectory of ICTs and digital technologies in the food consumption aspects in India and activities allied...