The Moving Upstream: Luni program is a continuation of Veditum’s Moving Upstream fellowship program which we co-host with the Out of Eden Walk. For the Luni program, we are partnering with the School of Pubic Policy at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, and this effort is supported by A4Store & Out of Eden Walk. The aim is to document the river and life in and around it, the impact of man-made...
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Obituary: P.V. Satheesh, the Communicator and Idealist who Helped Marginalized Communities Find their Voice
P.V. Satheesh, founder and Executive Director of the Deccan Development Society passed away on 19 March, 2023. Periyapatna Venkatasubbaiah Satheesh – P.V. Satheesh to friends – was born in Mysore in 1945. He studied mass communication and television production at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and the Film and Television Institute of India. He joined Doordarshan as a senior producer and worked on programming related to rural development and...
More »Success story: Why Leadership Counts -- An FPO in UP shows the way -PVS Surya Kumar
-The Hindu Business Line Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) is the new buzzword among development Professionals and NGOs — both public and private! Everyone wants to mobilise the community and establish FPOs. Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) is the new buzzword among development Professionals and NGOs — both public and private! Everyone wants to mobilise the community and establish FPOs. FPOs present the power of aggregation, farmers’ come together, form an organisation, which collectively buys...
More »Medical Professionals oppose govt’s initiative to introduce GM mustard -Karam Prakash
-The Tribune They view the release of the GM crop as a ‘dangerous’ exercise New Delhi: After farmers and environmentalists, medical Professionals are the next to oppose the environmental clearance of the genetically-modified (GM) GM mustard – DMH 11. The medical Professionals have claimed that their opposition to the GM crop has scientific underpinning. Demanding a complete ban, as many as 111 specialist doctors in the country have urged PM Modi to immediately ‘nullify’...
More »Supreme Court to look into validity of UAPA next month -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Bench says matter will be taken up along with similar pleas pending before SC The Supreme Court will on October 18 take up a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, which critics say is being increasingly used by parties in power against political opponents and journalists. The bench of Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and J.B. Pardiwala,...
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