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NRAS Policy Conference 2019
The Second NRAS Policy Conference titled “Beyond Productivity and Populism: Reimagining India’s...
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Does Patch work really work for farming and farmers?
Decentralising processes for planning, implementation and co-creation of knowledge at village...
Welcome to the website of the NRAS! The NRAS was established in 2010, motivated by the twin objectives of (a) reinvigorating the study of agrarian and rural issues in India’s academic institutions and enabling scholars to engage with a range of pressing issues and ideas (b) influencing the pedagogy and curriculum of academic institutions to encompass rural and agrarian issues. This website aims to serve as a hub for communication, interaction, and exchange for network members. We invite you to become part of this network and contribute to our collective effort. Read more
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You are welcome to contribute content that fits the remit of the NRAS. We particularly welcome teaching materials and other pedagogic resources, datasets and writings. To contribute content, you will have to be a member of the network.
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If you are a student or teacher in a rural and peri-urban college, university or a local practitioner and would like to discuss your research ideas and get feedback on written work from senior and junior scholars associated with the NRAS…
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Silent Violence and Neo Bondage in the urban informal sector
The India Migration Report 2017 examines forced migration caused by political conflicts, climate change, disasters (natural and man-made) and development projects. India accounts for large numbers of internally displaced people in the world. Apart from conflicts and disasters, over the years development projects (including urban redevelopment and beautification), often justified as serving the interests of the people and for public good, have caused massive displacements in different parts of the country, disrupting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people.
Teaching Resouces
Top RatedMake Way! The Kwari Story
‘Make Way! The Kwari story’ is the second film in the Make Way! Series. The series...
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IWMI-ICRIER Water Productivity
The issue: Why this study? Increasing population and existing climate change scenario is posing a...
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‘Cotton has now become a headache’?, Chitrangada Choudhury and Aniket Aga, People's Archive of Rural India, Oct 7, 2019.
Sowing the seeds of climate crisis in Odisha, Chitrangada Choudhury and Aniket Aga, People's Archive of Rural India, Oct 4, 2019.
ನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಳೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ... ಆದರೆ ಬರ ದೂರವಾಯಿತೇ?, Mutturaju H, Veerabhadra Naika, Siddharth Joshi and A R Vasavi, Prajavani, 24 June 2017.
Farmers’ Agitations in Maharashtra and MP Are a Product of Rural India’s Identity Crisis, Sudhir Kumar, The Wire, June 08, 2017.
Being human... literally Rajeswari Raina, The Tribune, April 15, 2017.
Going against the grain P. S. Vijay Shankar, The Hindu, February 5, 2016.
Killing Fields A.R.Vasavi, The Hindu, May 2, 2015.
Vexations of agrarian India A.R.Vasavi, Live Mint, April 30, 2015.