Regional Developmemt, Institutions and Governance

Report Title : Monitoring and Evaluation Support for Strengthening Women Farmer Producer Organisation in Tribal Community in Gujarat, India
Year of initiated : 2020
Researcher : Tara Nair
Sponsor : International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
Report Title : Socio-Legal Supports for Victims of Domestic Violence in Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2020
Researcher : Jharna Pathak
Sponsor : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi
Report Title : Extent, Forms, Drivers and Impact of Public Space Sexual Violence against Women and Girls in Rural Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2020
Researchers : Tara Nair and Jharna Pathak
Sponsors : Society for Women’s Action and Training Initiative (SWATI), Ahmedabad
Report Title : Institutional Changes for Rural Innovation: The Civic Space and the State in India, the 1980s through 2010s
Year of initiated : 2019
Researchers : Keshab Das (with Rajeswari S. Raina, SNU, New Delhi NCR; D. Raghunandan, CTD, New Delhi; Dhruv Raina, JNU, New Delhi; S. Chatterjee, New Delhi; and Lavanya Suresh, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad)
Sponsor : Ford Foundation, New Delhi
Report Title : Evaluation and Impact Assessment of the Entrepreneurship Development Programme in the Ahmedabad-Mahesana Road and Vadodara-Halol Road Catchment, Gujarat: Some Early Reflections
Year of initiated : 2016
Researchers : Jharna Pathak and R. Parthasarathy
Sponsors : Social Inclusion Group, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited, Mumbai
Report Title : Open Defecation Free Villages: Monitoring Toilets in Rural Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2016
Researchers : Amrita Ghatak and Madhusudan Bandi
Sponsors : Department of Rural Development, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar
Report Title : Geographical Indication Protected Agricultural Products from Select States of India: An Inquiry into the Economic,Livelihood and Institutional Aspects
Year of initiated : 2016
Researchers : N. Lalitha and Madhusudan Bandi
Sponsor : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi (in collaboration with Council for Social Development, Hyderabad)
Report Title : National Level Monitoring of Rural Development Programmes (2015-16, Phase II) Sponsored   by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India in Districts of Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli and  Jalna  in Maharashtra
Year of initiated : 2015
Researcher : Rudra Narayan Mishra
Sponsor : Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India
Report Title : Regular National Level Monitoring (NLM) of Rural Development Programmes (2016-17, Phase I) in Districts of Sikar  and Naugur in State of Rajasthan
Year of initiated : 2015
Researcher : Rudra Narayan Mishra
Sponsor : Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India
Report Title : Creating Viable Markets through Use of Geographical Indications: What Can India Learn from Thailand?
Year of initiated : 2015
Researcher : N. Lalitha
Sponsor : ICSSR under the NRCT Bilateral Programme
Report Title : India’s Social Science Research Publications from an International Perspective
Year of initiated : 2015
Researchers : N. Lalitha and Amrita Ghatak
Sponsor : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi
Report Title : State of Social Science Research in India: An Overview of International Collaborations and Research
Year of initiated : 2015
Researchers : P.K. Viswanathan, R. Parthasarathy and Madhusudan Bandi
Sponsor : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi
Report Title : Compatibility of Institutional Architecture for Rubber Plantation Development in North East India from a comparative perspective of Kerala
Year of initiated : 2014
Researcher : P.K. Viswanathan
Sponsors : National Research Programme on Plantation Development (NRPPD), CDS, Trivandrum
Report Title : Evaluation of Integrated Dairy Development Programme in 43 Tribal Talukas of Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2014
Researchers : Rudra Narayan Mishra and Jharna Pathak
Sponsors : Development and Support Agency (D-SAG), Department of Tribal Welfare, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar
Report Title : A Study in the Sector Reforms Process in Rural Drinking Water and the Role of WASMO in Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2013
Researcher : Keshab Das
Sponsor : Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, Pune
Report Title : Mainstreaming Youth in Local Governance: Study of a Village Panchayat in Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2012
Researcher : Tara S. Nair
Sponsors : Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, Tamil Nadu
Report Title : Regulating Microfinance through Codes of Conduct: A Critical Review of the Indian Experience
Year of initiated : 2012
Researcher : Tara S. Nair
Sponsors : Faculty of Business, Government and Law/ANZSIG, University of Canberra
Report Title : Monitoring and Evaluation of Skill Training Projects.
Year of initiated : 2012
Researcher : Tara S. Nair
Sponsors : Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat (through the second phase of Tribal Resource and Research Centre).
Report Title : Monitoring of Drinking Water Projects in Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2011
Researcher : Keshab Das
Sponsors : Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat (through the second phase of Tribal Resource and Research Centre)
Report Title : Monitoring of Soil and Water Conservation Projects in Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2011
Researcher : Amita Shah
Sponsors : Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat (through the second phase of Tribal Resource and Research Centre)
Report Title : Skill Training for Tribal Youth: Evaluation of State Initiatives in Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2011
Researcher : Tara Nair
Sponsors : Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat (through the second phase of Tribal Resource and Research Centre)
Report Title : Monitoring and Evaluation Studies on Jeevika in Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2011
Researcher : Jharna Pathak
Sponsors : Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat (through the second phase of Tribal Resource and Research Centre)
Report Title : Monitoring and Evaluation Studies on Project Sunshine in Gujarat (Phase II)
Year of initiated : 2011
Researcher : Jharna Pathak
Sponsors : Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat (through the second phase of Tribal Resource and Research Centre)
Report Title : Monitoring and Evaluation Studies on Low Literacy Girls’ Residential Schools
Year of initiated : 2011
Researchers : Shaila Trivedi and Jharna Pathak
Sponsors : Shaila Trivedi and Jharna Pathak
Report Title : Decentralized Governance and Local Infirmities: Assessing Interventions in a Tribal Taluka (Jambughoda) of Gujarat
Year of initiated : 2010
Researcher : Keshab Das
Sponsors : Rural Development Department, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar
Report Title : Process Monitoring of Participatory Irrigation Management Programme in Gujarat and Networking in Tamil Nadu
Year of initiated : 2003
Researchers : R. Parthasarathy and Harish Joshi
Sponsor : Ford Foundation, New Delhi
Report Title : Women in Urban Informal Economy
Year of initiated : 2001
Researchers : Jeemol Unni and Uma Rani
Sponsor : Ford Foundation