Bhavna Gourishanker VermaMobility and transportation are crucial tools for the exchange of information and resources, broadening services, and connecting economies. Gender mobility is defined as differences in mobility patterns based on gender. These patterns are often dependent on accessible,...
Policy UpdateSai Srinesh DuppatiIntroductionScience and Technology Entrepreneurship Development (S&TED) can be understood as efforts to promote entrepreneurship by turning advances in science and technology into practical business opportunities through institutional support and innovation ecosystems. While India does not have...
Policy UpdateRashmi KumariIntroductionA passport is an essential document for travel abroad, and demand for new and renewed passports in India has skyrocketed with the country’s economic growth and global connections. This demand now comes from not just major cities...
Policy UpdateRashmi KumariIntroductionThe Skill Vigyan Programme, formally known as the Skill Development Programme in Biotechnology, is a national initiative launched by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. The DBT Skill Vigyan Programme was...
Garima SinghIntroductionIndustries in the southern Indian states, particularly Tamil Nadu, are industrialising and economically progressing textile and spinning mills as key links in international supply chains. But behind these productive enterprises lurk disturbing truths about the Sumangali scheme, a...
Policy UpdateAkanksha BaroniaIntroduction India has a large, complex and multi-layered system of technical and higher education. It has the third-largest higher education system in the world, next to China and the United States. The development of human resources of...
Policy UpdateAlisha MehraIntroduction The Labor welfare schemes in India were introduced as a means to provide protection and support to workers, especially in the unorganised sector. The Schemes, implemented and monitored by the Ministry of Labor and Employment through the...
Policy UpdatePrashail TripathiBackgroundThe MoES runs the Research and Development in Earth System Sciences (RDESS) programme, an extramural research and development funding strategy. Its primary goal is to improve understanding of the Earth system, comprising the atmosphere, the ocean, solid...
Policy UpdatePrithvi NaohIntroduction / BackgroundIndia, with its vast coastline of about 7,500 kilometers and surrounding seas, has always had a close relationship with the ocean. The Indian Ocean influences the country’s monsoon patterns, fisheries, maritime trade, and even its...
Policy UpdateSivapriyaOverviewThe National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems was launched in December 2018 by the Government of India as an initiative of the Department of Science & Technology. With an approved outlay of 3660 crores for five years, the...
