IMPRI
IMPRI, a startup research think tank, is a platform for pro-active, independent, non-partisan and policy-based research. It contributes to debates and deliberations for action-based solutions to a host of strategic issues. IMPRI is committed to democracy, mobilization and community building.
Interlinkages of Rivers (ILR) – A Flawed Concept
Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri, Paavani Pegatraju"Making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century. It must be the top, top priority...
Adivasi Women: Issues of Forest, Land, and Livelihood
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi AgarwalAdivasi constitutes 8.8 percent of the total population and 12 percent of the rural population. There are more than...
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Responses to the Pandemic and the State...
Simi Mehta, Anshula MehtaThe “Employer of Last Resort” (ELR) policy by the government is crucial for a sustained recovery process.”“Extraordinary times require extraordinary macro...
Water Governance: Challenges and the Way Forward
Simi MehtaWater Governance poses one of the biggest challenges in modern-day India that looks out for definitive solutions. How this scare water resource is...
Pandemic, Policy, and Patriarchy: Process of Gender De-equalization
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta'Gender' is the social construction of our identity. It defines a way of co-relating with each other through one's experiences, mainly...
Designing Built Environment for Comfort, Wellbeing, and Happiness in Bhutan
Utpal K De, Simi Mehta, Sajili OberoiBhutan is currently on top of the list in the happiness index in the world. The carbon footprint...
Environment and Budget 2021: Business as Usual?
Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri, Anshula Mehta, Nikhil Jacob, Manoswini SarkarThe Union Budget 2021 is touted to be the mother of all budgets since it...
Towards New India’s Urban Transformation
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Manoswini Sarkar‘Urbanisation holds out both the bright promise of an unequalled future and the grave threat of unparalleled disaster, and...
Leaving the Shadow of Pain: Responses to Trauma
Simi Mehta, Anshula MehtaState response to emergency events (manmade and natural) looks at the relationship between the citizen and itself as contractual. The focus...
Thinking Ecologically About Development in India’s Cities
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Manoswini Sarkar"Poorly managed urban growth and development in a rapidly urbanizing India has exacerbated inequalities, exclusion, and vulnerabilities, especially among...
