Caravan Magazine Parent Entity: The Jaishankars blur the lines between the ministry of external affairs and Reliance-funded ORF India's most prominent think tank launches its Washington operations. The son of India's External Affairs Minister is in the thick of it.
Global Ground Media Cheerleader and referee: Appearance of conflicts of interest at microfinance regulators The lack of independence of microfinance self-regulatory organisations (SROs) in India
Global Ground Media Assessments show problems remain: are paper exercises sufficient to bring about change? Are code of conduct assessments of microfinance institutions just on paper or do they really work?
Global Ground Media Serving the poor or profiting off them? Indian microfinance institutions are growing rapidly, raising renewed concerns of overlending.
Caravan Magazine Reliance Industries' mark on Observer Research Foundation Conflicts of interest with its main corporate backer and a lack of independence dog Asia's most influential think tank.
The Wire Brookings demystified: Overlapping networks and the business of influencing policy Published in The Wire. 3 January 2018 In 2016, India had 280 think tanks, the fourth largest after the US, China and the UK. The number of Indian think tanks
People's Archive of Rural India Widowed by tigers, abandoned by the state Every year, estimates indicate, around 100 men are killed by tigers in the Sundarbans. A bureaucratic maze then disallows their widows from getting compensation, forcing them to live in distress and penury
The Wire Carnegie Endowment in India: Promoting US leadership with Indian corporate wealth The influential think tank, whose goal is to safeguard 'American interests' globally, is also seen by Indian businesses with strong US partnerships as a way of lobbying the Indian government
