Avilash Roul is Principal Scientist at Peri Urban Initiative Global, IIT Madras and Senior Fellow at SSPC (Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict) at New Delhi.
Is urbanising rural Odisha sustainable and resilient?
Infrastructure development is necessary and urbanisation is a choice, but not at the cost of sustainability of rural areas
Reforming global governance institutions the Indian way
Multilateralism has not failed; it is the governments of nation states that have miserably failed to carry out the ethos of multilateralism.
Can the ‘gist’ city climate plan secure a resilient future for Chennai?
The hasty manner of putting up draft, seeking public opinion raises doubts about seriousness of planners
Tamil Nadu district climate change missions: Is it really decentralised governance?
Climate change governance at the local / district level should be collaborative, flexible, strategic and reflective, rather than a bureaucrat-…
Evaluating collaborative governance in Panchayat plantation programme in Odisha
Even after more than a year, the survival rate of seedlings in GPs is merely less than 1%
Is UN Security Council inept in resolving climate change?
Despite India’s staunch opposition to UNCS’s mandate on climate change, the securitisation of climate change is inevitable and …
Is Chennai prepared for a severe bout of northeast monsoon rainfall?
At least 6 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Chennai since last week
Chennai needs an adaptive governance model to tackle climate change risks
Chennai needs continuous efforts to build the capacity of communities as well as existing institutions to enhance its resilience
Who will provide water security to Chennai?
Chennai is battling sever water crisis with daily water supply of 550 mn l/day against a required 1,200 mn l/d
Cyclone Fani: Act of God in Anthropocene?
Natural disasters as cyclones, its frequency and pace, must be directly linked to climate change
Can Chennai’s city disaster plan ensure resilient future?
Though cyclones and floods are routinely visiting Tamil Nadu every December, disaster risk reduction concerns have not been integrated into the …
No to all
Supreme Court supports negative voting right
Happiness happens
Bhutan redefines development
Draughty bill
Rural employment bill draws flak for diluting draft
Healthy pinch
Centre to re-impose ban on non-iodised salt
Arthur Cotton's offsprings
Civil engineers love river-linking, and hate all who question it
No respite for Ridleys
Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use
