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Based upon the principles of CBPAR, PUKAR’s project team for “Information for All-E-Governance for All-Building Knowledge Bridge for

This project aimed to correct the digital divide between rural and urban India by educating tribal people about the magic of internet.

Looking at spates of violence against women in various forms happening continuously in the past two years

This project aimed at evaluating the health care needs of citizens of informal settlements and existing provisions for it in their area.

The project was aimed at engaging the youth in self and locality documentation to articulate their concerns about urban life.

This project was born out of the prevalent political system where the creation of second, third tire leadership is not fostered.

PUKAR takes Mumbai as a laboratory for exploring issues of urbanization. Using research as a tool for intervention and transformation, PUKAR’s trained Barefoot Researchers have brought in sharp focus a Mumbai that belongs to the disenfranchised majority.

The Barefoot Research is an in-house publication that comes out of a sustained conversation over six years at PUKAR about the relationship between documentation, research and citizenship in today’s “mega cities”.