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Gandhi's Political Thought: Philosophy for Praxis

From Swaraj to Sarvodaya

A comprehensive journey through Gandhi's political thought, from Swaraj and Satyagraha to Gram Swaraj and Trusteeship. Includes an interactive lexicon with 55+ annotated terms.

Understanding Development: An Economics Perspective

Theory, Evidence & Policy

Master the foundational theories and empirical approaches of development economics, from growth models and poverty measurement to institutional economics and behavioral insights.

Seeing Data: Visualization for Impact

Data Visualization Masterclass

Master the art and science of data visualization, from Tufte's principles to interactive dashboards. Learn to communicate development data effectively with chart choosers, color tools, and hands-on exercises.

AI for Impact: Data Monitoring & Evaluation in Development

Machine Learning, Ethics & Practice

Navigate the AI revolution in development work, from predictive targeting to NLP for qualitative data. Learn when AI helps, when it harms, and how to deploy ML responsibly in M&E contexts across South Asia and Africa.

The Evidence Question: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning for Practice

Does It Work? Building Evidence Systems for Development

Master the complete MEL cycle, from designing theories of change and SMART indicators to rigorous data collection, analysis, and adaptive learning. Features 65-term interactive lexicon and hands-on Excel exercises with South Asian case studies.

Politics of Aspiration: Rights, Insurance & Social Mobility

India's Rights Architecture for Development

Explore how India's rights-based programs (RTI, NREGA, Food Security Act, Forest Rights) create insurance against shocks and enable poor households to pursue aspirations. Bridges Appadurai's "capacity to aspire" with policy practice.

Media for Development: Communication, Power & Practice

Ethical Storytelling for Social Impact

Navigate the complex terrain of development communication, from ethical representation and humanitarian messaging to participatory media and data journalism. Covers PARI, Khabar Lahariya, deepfakes, and AI in media with South Asian case studies throughout.

Constitution & Law for Development Practice

Rights, Institutions & Justice in South Asia

A practitioner's guide to constitutional law and rights-based frameworks. From the basic structure doctrine to PIL, from Article 21 to digital rights and climate justice. Grounded in real case law and the scholarship of Granville Austin, Upendra Baxi, and Rohini Pande.

Social-Emotional Learning for Practitioners

Wellbeing, Facilitation & Reflective Practice

Practitioner wellbeing, facilitation skills, conflict resolution, trauma-informed approaches, and reflective practice for development professionals working in high-stress environments across South Asia.

Public Policy: Process, Design & Governance

Fiscal Federalism, Regulation & Indian Development

How policy gets made, implemented, and why it often doesn't work. From the Planning Commission to NITI Aayog, fiscal federalism to GST, regulatory governance to social sector delivery. A practitioner's guide to the Indian policy landscape.

Public Choice: Decisions, Incentives & Institutions

Voting, Rent-Seeking & Federal Bargaining

Mechanics, incentives, and institutional design. From voting paradoxes and rent-seeking to bureaucratic capture and federal bargaining, with South Asian cases throughout.

Gender Studies: Feminisms, Power & Social Change

Theory, Movements & Practice in South Asia

A rigorous introduction to feminist theory, the political economy of gender, care work, law and rights, caste-gender intersections, and development practice — anchored in South Asian scholarship and global feminist thought.

Power BI for Practitioners

Honest Dashboards from Real Data

Build honest dashboards from real South Asian survey data — Power Query, star schemas, DAX, and visualisation ethics, with the free-tier and privacy realities made plain. Eight modules, each with a hands-on lab.

Causal Inference for Development

Designs, Estimators & Judgement

Design-based causal inference for people who read and commission impact evidence — from potential outcomes to RCTs, IV, regression discontinuity, difference-in-differences, synthetic control and causal ML. R and Stata throughout, with Indian programme cases.

Livelihoods in India: Rural, Urban & Skills

Evidence for Both Sides of the Table

A flagship across rural (NRLM, SHGs, MGNREGA, financial inclusion), urban (informal sector, gig economy, vendors, domestic workers) and skills (Skill India, apprenticeships, FLFPR, returns to training). Evidence-driven and India-centred, for practitioners on both sides of the commissioning table.