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Transfer of Knowledge to Society:

Knowledge is an important resource for the sustenance of our society. Science is an avenue to explore and produce this knowledge, whereas technology applies this knowledge generated by science to real-life problems. Science contributed vastly to the benefit of society by increasing life expectancy, combating diseases, saving lives, improving the quality of life, etc.

India has made considerable progress in Science & Technology with the advent of its prestigious institutions like IITs, IISc etc and its young demographic population. India produces 3rd highest number of PhDs in science and engineering next only to China and the USA. But this potential scientific knowledge still needs to be transferred to society through various avenues to be utilised for the welfare of the people.

In line with this, the Department of Science & Technology through its Ministry of Science of Technology has released the Scientific Social Responsibility Guidelines. This is a framework to facilitate the integration of science and technology into society. These guidelines emphasize the moral obligation of the scientific community to share the fruits of knowledge with various stakeholders and play an active role in the equitable distribution of knowledge.

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Urban Poor and their Health Challenges - DevInsights

Once upon a time, in a sprawling metropolis – a liftman (resident of a slum) had severe cough from weeks and went on taking medicines from local doctors or quacks. Scared of losing his job,

Once upon a time, in a sprawling metropolis – a liftman (resident of a slum) had severe cough from weeks and went on taking medicines from local doctors or quacks. Scared of losing his job, he didn’t tell about it to anyone. As he was on medication under local doctor without proper diagnosis, his undiagnosed TB turned into MDR (Multi-drug resistant) TB. Later, this Tuberculosis spread among the people who used to use the lift that he operated. One undiagnosed case led to many others. This is not a tale out of any story book; but the reality that exists across urban areas in our country.

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Opportunities For Girl’s Education In A Tribal Land: A Revisit To My School Days - DevInsights

Recently I got an opportunity to visit Jharkhand, which made me nostalgic of my school days. The state is known for its exclusive reservoir of mineral resources, picturesque landscape and of course home to a

Recently I got an opportunity to visit Jharkhand, which made me nostalgic for my school days. The state is known for its exclusive reservoir of mineral resources, picturesque landscape, and of course home to a high concentration of tribal population. Though industrialization started in this area even before independence and contributed to the economy of the nation, the tribal population of Jharkhand remained untouched by the industrial revolution. Resulting in unequal distribution of resources, poverty, and low literacy rates. Even after being carved out as a separate state in the year 2000, it remains far behind in the literacy rate and women are the hardest hit due to a lack of educational opportunities in remote areas, naxalism, trafficking, and early marriage.  If we look into the statistics the national average for female literacy was 68.4%, whereas, for the state of Jharkhand, it was 59%, only slightly higher than Bihar and Rajasthan. The percentage of women having 10 or more years of schooling has also been at its lowest, i.e., 28.7%.

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The A (accountability) and L (learning) of MEAL - DevInsights

The monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) system is only effective when project teams use data to demonstrate and improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and, ultimately, the outcomes and impact of their projects. While gathering and

DevInsights (DI) is celebrating its seventh (7th) birthday on December 4, 2022. The journey of DI started in a small corner of our living room, with a desk and chair sponsored by my father, furnishings, and stationaries supported by my wife (also one of the co-founders of DI), and lots of blessings from my mother. We started with a dream to become a credible source of evidence creation for effective decision-making in the social development sector, contributing to changing the lives of people. The second and equally important mission is of creating leaders of tomorrow, thereby generating wisdom in the field of research, monitoring, and evaluation [Refer to the Mission Statement of DevInsights: https://devinsights.co.in/overview/].

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DevInsights completed three years of an exciting journey - DevInsights

It’s the joy of the journey that matters most…. DevInsights completed three years of an exciting journey yesterday (3rd December 2018) and hops into the fourth year today. In the last three years, with a

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Using The Log Where It Does Not - DevInsights

Econometrical analysis is heart of any economic research. It won’t be fare if I do not give a glimpse about Econometrics; basically, econometrics is a special form of statistical analysis completely dedicated to the growth

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Sarvodaya through Antyodaya - DevInsights

I recently visited a small village in Puspatirega. The village is known for it’s panoramic views of boxed houses & roads. Vizianagram, of which Puspatirega is a small part, is a historically renowned town. Tenali