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Research areas and active initiatives across South India.

Our research spans four practices, applied to a rotating set of named initiatives — evaluation studies, baselines and district-level reports, all built on our own field data.

Research areas

What we study

Most engagements combine two or more of these — a CSR baseline survey, for instance, usually needs data collection, analytics and project management working together.

Practice 01

Data collection

Household surveys, institutional audits, GPS-tagged field visits and mobile data capture, run by trained local enumerators across urban and rural sites.

Practice 02

Policy research

Evaluation studies, budget and scheme analysis, and briefs written for state departments and legislative committees — grounded in our own field data.

Practice 03

CSR project management

End-to-end delivery of CSR-funded programmes — needs assessment, implementation oversight, grievance tracking and closure reporting under Schedule VII.

Practice 04

Analytics and reporting

Dashboards, impact indices and donor-ready reports that turn raw survey data into figures a board or a district office can act on within a week.

Research initiatives

Active and recent work

Named studies currently in the field or recently closed.

District report

Belagavi District Human Development Report 2025

38 ULBs, 15 taluks2025
Baseline study

Multi-State M&E Baseline, South India

4 districts2025
CSR closure report

Groundwater Recharge Programme, Kalaburagi

44 pp.2026

Every initiative is supported by our Field Investigator Network — a standing team in each state we work in.

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