January 24, 2019
CEO and Senior Fellow Reuben Abraham Speaks to Hub Culture on Urbanisation at Davos 2019
CEO and Senior Fellow Reuben Abraham speaks to Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush on urbanisation at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos.
July 13, 2018
Researchers claim: ‘Everything we’ve heard about global urbanization turns out to be wrong’
Researchers contest widely-accepted United Nations' predictions on urban population growth.
May 28, 2018
Night Lights Reveal A Lot About the Indian Economy
While Connaught Place in Delhi or Bandra in Mumbai generate annual GDP in excess of $120 million, that figure plunges to less than $20 million in the fringes of even the leading cities.
April 23, 2018
Mapping India’s GDP
IDFC Institute has developed a web-tool that allows users to view the variation in economic activity across India at a granular level.
January 30, 2018
Webtool to Explore the Spatial Distribution of India's Urban Growth
IDFC Institute and Urban Expansion Observatory has developed a tool to explore urban growth across India
January 19, 2018
CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia hosts Kshitij Batra at a roundtable on data driven decision-making
Kshitij Batra, Junior Fellow at IDFC Institute, discussed his work on mapping India's urbanisation using geospatial data.
January 05, 2018
Launch of Our New Web-mapping Tool!
We have developed a new web-application that allows you to explore the spatial form of India's development over four decades!
October 05, 2017
Reuben Abraham speaks on Urbanisation and Civic Life at WEF India Summit
Reuben Abraham speaks on Urbanisation and Civic Life at WEF India Summit in October 2017
September 16, 2017
Data quoted from IDFC work on estimating India's urbanisation
Data quoted in Livemint article from IDFC work on estimating India's urbanisation
September 04, 2017
How to Kill Cities: A Primer on Unsmart Policies
In this New Indian Express article, Shankkar Aiyar, Visiting Fellow, IDFC Institute talks about the key issues in urban governance that plague Indian cities, using the backdrop of the recent flash floods that brought life in the country's financial c...