Abu Dhabi’s OPEC exit signals a structural shift in the Gulf
The Arab unity is also no longer intact as countries explore the range of options from a forced or pragmatic modus vivendi to moving on to another end of the spectrum given the unc
An insightful and holistic development practitioner with multi-sectorial insight. Strategist, researcher, evaluator, media-person, educationist, environmentalist, IT specialist, mathematician, marketer, anthropologist, musician, actor, script-writer and voice-artist with multi-faceted skills sets and professional experience in public, private, civil, media, academic and aesthetic sectors. Motivated towards designing, creating and implementing result oriented, scientifically consistent development paradigms, business strategies, media campaigns and information systems.
20 years as a multidisciplinary researcher, 14 years as a development policy planner, 16 years as a development project designer, 22 years as a corporate strategist, 14 years as a social business consultant, 8 years as a technology and tech-research mentor with multiple skills in areas that include development strategy, sectoral situational analytics, development sustainability and durability, monitoring & evaluation, conflict transformation, media leveraging, creative writing, training & education, development effectiveness, marketing strategy, energy activism, corporate governance, corporate strategy, disaster management, environment and resource conservation, climate change, sustainable agriculture strategies, appropriate technology, Information and Communications Technology, social business modeling, management capacity building, knowledge management, gender, early childhood education and development, cross-sectoral mapping, project design & programing and project management.
Research Areas
Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Science and Technology, Social Sector, Society, Literature, Arts, Sports and Culture, Urbanization, Habitat, Transportation and Regional Development
Centres
The Arab unity is also no longer intact as countries explore the range of options from a forced or pragmatic modus vivendi to moving on to another end of the spectrum given the unc
Hon’able Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal asking Indians to voluntarily avoid purchasing gold jewellery for one year is not merely a symbolic patriotic gesture.
'Bengal is caste-less' is a hegemonic notion peddled by the Bhadralok. It swept the crucial question of Dalit struggle, first under the red carpet and then the blue.
TK Arun These organisations could take on infrastructure upgrades needed to replace imported hydrocarbons with electricity as the main cooking fuel in India A new breed of energy s
It is the small yet impactful changes happening in India’s villages which show that a democratic transformation is underway. Here, the meaning of nari shakti is being quietly, bu
TK Arun After the defeat of the 131 st Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, for want of the requisite support of the two-thirds of those present and voting, the government
US President Donald Trump’s assault on the global economy and, in particular, the world’s poor, continues. While he has extended the Iran ceasefire indefinitely, American force
TK Arun Illiberal despots can be deposed without an insurrection within the framework of an electedautocracy In the end, Hungary’s Viktor Orban quietly conceded defeat and congra
If you have not heard of MOOWR, and think the term probably refers to a cow’s moo turning into a growl in protest against the abuse she is being subjected to in the Indian politi
