Environmental Science Projects
Connectivity and Rural Development: Examining India’s Rural Road Construction Scheme
Santosh Kumar Gautam (Assistant Professor / Researcher from Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame ) , Monica Shandal (Researcher from UC Santa Cruz ) , and Ariel Zucker (Assistant Professor / Researcher from UC Santa Cruz )
Project summary: This project evaluates the short-run impacts of India’s Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the world’s largest rural road construction programme, on economic, social, and institutional outcomes in rural Uttar Pradesh. Using a novel village-level survey of 267…
Location: 14 districts around Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Bahraich, Barabanki, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Gonda, Sultanpur, Hardoi, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Rae Bareli, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Unnao)
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The Future of Food Security in India: Can Farmers Adapt to Environmental Change?
Sukhwinder Singh () , and Meha Jain ()
As Indo Gangetic Plains (IGP) is considered the “Food Bowl of India” contributing 80% towards wheat production and 60% towards rice production. This research examined ways to enhance or maintain yields to ensure food security over the upcoming decades, and…
Location: Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
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The business environment in India and the obstacles it poses for firms
Dr. Vineeta Yadav (Associate Professor of Political Science from Pennsylvania State University )
This is an academic, not-for-profit study funded through a research grant awarded by the Azim Premji Foundation and supported by Pennsylvania State University. The researcher tries to understand the different political, economic and institutional factors that influence the business environment firms face at…
Location: Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bhubaneshwar, Lucknow, Patna, Cochin, Kanpur, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Ahmedabad
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