What Privilege Looks Like in the Wild By | Posted on | About my BITS Design Community Project at ‘Wildlife Conservation Trust’. A journey into forests, villages, and the invisible lines of privilege in between. For many of us, the idea of wildlife conservation begins and ends within the boundaries of a sanctuary. But in…
A Law Enforcement Field Guide for Forest Staff By | Posted on | Wildlife watchers love a good field guide. It helps them identify plants and animals in the field, and tick off long lists of species they wish to see in the wild. And there are people that walk the wilds, not for leisure,…
Gharials: Living on the Riverine Edge By | Posted on | Tarun Nair is a conservation biologist with an affinity for crocodilians and rivers. Leading the Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (WCT’s) Makara Programme, he works along North-Central Indian riverscapes that harbour the last remaining populations of the Critically Endangered gharial, a fish-eating crocodilian. To understand his…
Shifting Outlook, Indices, and Projections – An Analysis of a Working Paper By | Posted on | Every five years, India’s Finance Commission (FC), a constitutional body instituted by the President, determines the criteria for the devolution of the tax revenue by the Centre to the States. Of the total demarcated fund pool, a percentage…