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Research Papers
Making the invisible, visible
Posted on 26 Apr, 2022 11:10 PMExcessive dependence and unregulated use of groundwater is draining India dry with 84 percent of groundwater being used for irrigation and 90 percent for drinking in rural areas.
![Groundwater, a fast disappearing resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/Groundwater.jpg?itok=vzUDbBRi)
Long-term resilience through MGNREGS assets
Posted on 23 Apr, 2022 11:47 AMThe Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is one of the largest social protection programmes in the world, providing guarantee of income to some 55 million people every year.
![Work in progress at an NREGA site under 'apna khet, apna kaam' (my field, my work). Medhbanchi, Dungarpur, Rajasthan (Image: UN Woemn Asia and Pacific/Gaganjeet Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/UN%20Women.jpg?itok=91UAUPha)
Menstrual hygiene management: Looking beyond WASH
Posted on 19 Apr, 2022 11:47 AMManaging menstruation, with dignity
More than 300 million girls and women between the ages of 15 and 49 are menstruating everyday. Managing menstruation hygienically and with dignity is crucial for health and well being of women.
![Women in Deogarh, Odisha (Image Source: Ekta Parishad via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/Women_in_Deogarh_morning%2C_Orissa%2C_India.jpg?itok=ObFzkQRt)
Water sustainability assessment of Gurugram
Posted on 06 Apr, 2022 04:44 PMThe urban population in India was estimated to be 34.5% in 2019, as per the World Bank. There has been an increase in urbanization by almost 4% in the last decade due to a greater number of people migrating from rural areas to cities in search of better job opportunities.
![The guidelines developed by Mahindra-TERI CoE can play a pivotal role in aiding townships to move on the path of becoming net water positive (Image: Eatcha, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/Eatcha.jpg?itok=zoSlkero)
Options for flood risk reduction
Posted on 02 Apr, 2022 10:54 AMParticipatory flood risk mapping is a well-recognized and widely implemented tool for meaningful community involvement in disaster risk reduction.
![Need to enhance community participation through participatory flood risk mapping (Image: Ronie, Pixahive)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/City-streets-during-flood-179707-pixahive-1024x734.jpg?itok=nYC88jBB)
Greening solar energy through waste management
Posted on 24 Mar, 2022 10:45 PMThe shift to renewable energy sources is inevitable and of the various energy sources solar energy has a huge potential. The production of electricity with the usage of solar photovoltaic technology is the most promising after wind and hydro technology.
![With the rising installations the solar waste accumulations will also rise to huge extent on their life cycle completion (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/lead.jpg?itok=SO4uA7Wa)
Indigenous food systems - in peril!
Posted on 20 Feb, 2022 11:46 AMWhile food systems globally are struggling to meet the nutritional needs of the growing populations, these have put a strain on land, water, soil, resources leading to a renewed interest in sustainable food systems. These, derived from sustainable cultures and ecosystems are often known to be accessible, affordable, safe, healthy and promote environmental stability.
![Indigenous food systems, in peril! (Image Source: Usha Dewani)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/Aila_0.jpg?itok=4BBjl0eE)
Indigenous food systems - to cope with malnutrition
Posted on 18 Feb, 2022 10:01 AMAs India struggles to tackle malnutrition among women and children in the country as the NFHS data reveals, it is increasingly becoming clear that agrobiodiversity has an important role to play in ensuring sustainable and diverse diets and enhance health and nutrition, and may help m
![Land cleared for Jhum cultivation (Image Source: Prashanthns via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/Jhum.jpg?itok=kI2_fZI7)
Poisonous encounters, fatal outcomes!
Posted on 13 Feb, 2022 12:15 AMArsenic, a commonly found element in nature is often referred to as a toxic substance and ranks number one in the 2001 priority list of hazardous substances and disease registry defined by WHO.
![A well in Rajasthan (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/Well%20in%20rajasthan.jpg?itok=-qv8IopL)
Kaabar Tal gasps for breath
Posted on 28 Jan, 2022 12:15 PMThe Kosi-Gandak interfan region of the East Ganga Plains (EGP) is densely populated by wetlands, most of which are monsoonal (or seasonal), and remain dry in the non-monsoonal season.
Kaabar Tal, Bihar's first Ramsar site
![Kaabar Tal cries for help! (Image Source: Mausam Nandan via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/Kanwar_Lake_Begusarai_by_Ziddi_Photowala.jpg?itok=lTy-8ibj)