Women workers continue to bear the lion’s share of domestic and care responsibilities, and to the extent that this work is shared, it is often shared not with spouses but with girl children.
A report by Shankar Gopalakrishnan (Project Director, Institute of Social Sciences) and Smita Gupta
Lead Researchers: MS Selvaraj (Tamil Nadu), Vinod Badoni, Rajendra Shah (Uttarakhand), Anita Juneja, Ramendra Kumar (Delhi)
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Policy Brief and Report on our recent study on the Role of Panchayats in Climate Resilience in North-eastern India (August 2025) POLICY BRIEF Beyond Blueprints: Strengthening Gram Panchayats for Localised Climate Adaptation in Northeast India Report: Role of Panchayats in Climate Resilience in Northeast India, by Sana Khan
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The Power of the Local: Why Panchayats are the Missing Link in India’s FPO Success Story India’s agricultural landscape is powered by its smallholder farmers, who make up nearly 86% of the country’s farming households. While Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) have emerged as a highly successful model for driving economic growth, boosting bargaining power, and…
Post-Lockdown Education of Children from Working Class Households– Survey Finds Serious Hurdles in Learning and Access in Delhi, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu
Media and Access to Information Among Working Class Families in Uttarakhand, Delhi and Tamil Nadu – A Three State Survey by Shankar Gopalakrishnan (Project Director, Institute of Social Sciences) Lead Researchers: MS Selvaraj (Tamil Nadu) Vinod Badoni (Uttarakhand) Ramendra Kumar, Anita Juneja (Delhi) Download English मीडिया और जानकारी तक पहुंच देहरादून, दिदल्ली और तदिमलना के…
India’s Panchayati Raj system comprising over 2.55 lakh Gram Panchayats (village-level elected councils) serving nearly 65 per cent of the population stands at the threshold of a technological transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI). This report examines the wide-ranging relationship between AI and decentralised local governance in India. It traces how AI tools are being…
The Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) is expanding its pool of consultants for upcoming short-term and long-term assignments across India.
We invite applications from motivated junior and mid-level professionals who are passionate about development practice and public systems.
