This article examines the institutional capacity required to strengthen Early Childhood Care and Education under Mission Saksham Anganwadi, exploring how policy design, implementation systems and frontline delivery can work together to improve outcomes for children and communities.

A closer look at what India’s labour statistics reveal—and often overlook—about women’s participation in the economy. This article explores the gaps between headline employment figures and the wider realities shaping women’s work, opportunity and economic security.

An analysis of India’s evolving AI governance landscape, comparing it with the EU AI Act and OECD principles while making the case for a risk-based legal framework that protects rights, ensures accountability, and supports responsible innovation.

This article examines UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme as a global framework for balancing biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and international cooperation. It explores the legal foundations of biosphere reserves, governance challenges and India's experience in integrating ecological protection with community-led development.

This article explores how India’s Digital Public Infrastructure model, built through platforms such as Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker and CoWIN, is reshaping development cooperation in the Global South. It analyses how digital governance, capacity-building and South-South partnerships are emerging as new tools of India’s development diplomacy.

This article examines India’s evolving e-governance landscape, from the National e-Governance Plan and Digital India to state-led innovations in Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Rajasthan. It explores how digital platforms are reshaping public administration, improving service delivery, and creating new questions around access, accountability, cybersecurity, and inclusion.