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A Community-Based Approach to Identifying Reproductive Health Challenges: The Case of Rajasthan
Healthcare Apr 06, 2025

A Community-Based Approach to Identifying Reproductive Health Challenges: The Case of Rajasthan

Infertility, which impacts reproductive well-being and carries a social stigma, affects one in every six couples globally. In India, 28 million couples experience infertility, yet only a small proportion seek treatment. This report studies the case of Alwar, Rajasthan, where service unavailability, steep costs, and ...

Strengthening India’s Health Preparedness Framework
Healthcare Apr 03, 2025

Strengthening India’s Health Preparedness Framework

The COVID-19 pandemic, in India, illustrated the need to enhance the country’s capabilities in confronting biological threats, particularly through early detection and timely intervention. Although the pandemic has ended, the threat of new and re-emerging zoonotic viruses remains, the most recent cases being the Nipah ...

American Aid and Regime Change in Bangladesh: A Primer
International Affairs Mar 27, 2025

American Aid and Regime Change in Bangladesh: A Primer

This report examines the role of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and their grantees—the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI)—in shaping political outcomes in Bangladesh. The analysis is set in the backdrop ...

China and the Arctic: An Overview
International Affairs Mar 19, 2025

China and the Arctic: An Overview

China was a late entrant in Arctic engagement, with its involvement beginning only in 1991. Since then, its engagement has expanded both in depth and breadth. Even though it signed the Svalbard Treaty in 1925 at France’s invitation, China’s polar activities initially focused only on ...

A Decadal Snapshot of India’s Soft Power Strategies (2014-2024)
International Affairs Mar 11, 2025

A Decadal Snapshot of India’s Soft Power Strategies (2014-2024)

This report evaluates India’s soft power strategies under the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 2014 to 2024. It looks into the ways in which the government has promoted cultural connectivity, diaspora engagement, and partnership building to strengthen India’s global image. It underlines the ...

Securing Local Food Systems and Ensuring Access to Nutritious Food in Rural Africa and India: The Promise of Regenerative Agriculture
Healthcare Mar 06, 2025

Securing Local Food Systems and Ensuring Access to Nutritious Food in Rural Africa and India: The Promise of Regenerative Agriculture

The lack of agricultural biodiversity in farming systems threatens nutritional security for the nearly 3 billion people of India and Africa. Around 600 million smallholder farmers—most of them in these two regions and who produce more than a third of the world’s food—are key to ...

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Nikhila Natarajan

Nikhila Natarajan

Nikhila Natarajan is Senior Programme Manager for Media and Digital Content with ORF America. Her work focuses on the future of jobs current research in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence digital innovation and strategy. Nikhila also tracks ...

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Premesha Saha

Premesha Saha is a Fellow with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. Her research focuses on Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania and the emerging dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region. Premesha’s other research interests include: Indonesia’s maritime strategy, India and Southeast Asia, India’s ...

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