IMPRI Desk

IMPRI Desk

  • Joined: August 6, 2023
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The Healing Frontline: How Healthcare Professionals Can Help End Gender-Based Violence

Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most pervasive and devastating human rights violations across the globe. It transcends borders, cultures, and communities—affecting individuals regardless of age, class, race, or sexual orientation. Whether it takes the form of intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, child abuse, or human trafficking, GBV leaves a lasting impact on the physical, emotional, and psychological well-being of survivors.

National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) 2024: A Framework for Integrated Urban Governance

NUDM was launched as a new scheme in 2024, under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs along with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,

Centre for Excellence in AI for Education

The Centre of Excellence in AI for Education was announced in the  Annual Financial Statement (FY 2025-26)  with a budgetary allocation of ₹500 crores to transform the education landscape into AI-aided teaching, personalised education and skill development. Five National Centres for skilling in AI, robotics and cybersecurity shall be set up to address the requirements of the industry worldwide in curriculum designing, training of trainers, skill certification and periodic assessments in order to make the workforce of India globally competitive.

Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) 2018 

To revolutionize India's policy research space in the true sense, IMPRESS has to move beyond being a selective academic grant program to being an inclusive national knowledge production machine. As a young researcher, I envision the future of policy innovation occurring in open, diverse, and democratized research environments, not in hierarchical constraints. Visualizing IMPRESS in this way will not only establish it as a funding program, but as a driving force for India's intellectual and socio-economic balance. 

Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) for Startups – Funding India’s Innovation Engine 2016

The Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) structure, especially via the Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), has become a driving force in fostering India's startup environment. It has effectively gathered substantial local capital, aided more than 1,000 startups, and played a role in job creation as well as regional economic growth.

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