Hello,

India’s think tanks have come of age. As complexities of governance and policy-making in India increase, the need for specialised domain expertise, independent of government, has become real and necessary, and the Indian think tanks have begun to find their voice and role.

India is home to 612 think tanks and five of them feature in the “Top Global Go-To Think Tank Index 2020” – prepared by the University of Pennsylvania. ThePrint delves deep into reasons for the rise in visibility and impact of these institutions in shaping the public discourse of the recent past.

Down To Earth brings you a fascinating story of poachers turning protectors of migratory birds in Odisha’s Chilika Lake, inspired by the sensitisation efforts of the Wildlife department and civil society groups.

Khabar Lahariya uses illustrations and graphics to tell the story of the high drop-out rate among school students in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, while Mojo Story reports on UP’s initiative of ‘mohalla classes’, where teachers visit and teach students of the deprived communities, who do not have access to online classes, to ensure that they are not left behind.

And, The Citizen discusses the relationship between the police and the citizen which is often marked by a lack of trust, and seen to be even adversarial. It examines the measures needed to turn India’s police into a citizen’s force.

For more from our grantees this week, please read on.

Warmly,

Sunil Rajshekhar
IPSMF

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