“किसी भी फील्ड सर्वे में चार महत्वपूर्ण स्तम्भ होते है, जिसमे एक अच्छी प्रश्नावली, सर्वेकर्ता की अच्छी प्रशिक्षण, सर्वेकर्ता की भूमिका और सूपर्वाइज़र के संचालन का अहम योगदान होता है। प्रदान में पिछले कई सालों में मुझे फील्ड सर्वे करने और संचालन करने का मौका मिला है। उनम सभी प्रक्रियाओं और विभिन्न प्रोजेक्ट के माध्यम से मैंने जो कुछ सीखा है और अनुभव किया है, उन सभी को बिंदुओं के माध्यम से यहाँ लिखने की कोशिश की है।”

- Amit Kumar, Senior Assistant, PRADAN

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“What is it that eating cheeti ka chatni does? Scientifically, due to its anti-bacterial properties, it aids digestion. Culturally, it’s considered to be therapeutic by many indigenous communities, and thus it endorses a marginalized worldview. For a global project like ours it is exoticness exemplified. This blog is about a dilemma that emerged while working on the uncultivable ‘wild’ food aspect of the project. It is here that the hierarchy of food and the social relations reflected in what is ‘civil’ and what is considered ‘wild’ becomes most acute.”

-Gautam Bisht, Research Associate, PRADAN

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This study is aimed at contributing to the theoretical framework of studying lifecycle stages in non-profit organizations. It involved two studies; 1) a systematic review of literature to synthesise a comprehensive five-stage life cycle model for non-profits; and 2) corroborating the model by mapping the journey of PRADAN across this five lifecycle stages. This five-stage model of growth can aid nonprofit leaders in decision making and navigating transitions. We share this exciting work through a working paper titled "The Five Phases of Growth and Decline in Non-Profit Organizations" and case study are in process to be published and used by ISDM in their curriculum. The team is also thrilled to share that our abstract titled “From Genesis to Metamorphosis: Life cycle stages of nonprofit organizations” submitted to the conference organised by the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) has been accepted for presentation. The theme of this year’s conference, to be held in June is “Nonprofits and the Social Economy: Bridging Divides”

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The CHIRAG project has been reorganised to engage with issues related to COVID and the lockdown since March. To what extent can the Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) to in part impact the sustainable food systems of the community during the current pandemic and crisis. The three objectives of this post-pandemic approach taken in the project are: a) to enable a space for rural community members (also migrants) to voice their concerns, grievances and opinions on the corona crisis, lockdown and their food and health situation; and to provide information on the disease, bust myths, create awareness on (food-related) government schemes to the community; b) Understand the current situation in the villages on how the pandemic has impacted the lives and livelihoods of the rural people. This is being done by conducting a situational analysis survey through IVRS system; and c) Linking the grievances and concerns received by the community to the district administration and PRADAN teams. Currently, we are analysing the content recorded and shared by the community and designing weekly content to reach them. Arundhita Bhanjdeo leads the research, Gautam Bisht leads the programming and Shuvajit Chakraborty, the local stakeholder engagement in the project.

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