Summer internships offer students experiential learning opportunities “that enhance and complement their career goals and academic progress, while enriching their undergraduate experience with diverse cultural and international immersion.” The Tata-Cornell Institute, in collaboration with the CALS Global Fellows Program, has developed summer internship opportunities in India based at research locations and in conjunction with field-based NGO…

It has been a long journey for Prabhu Pingali. After more than 40 years studying agriculture and food systems across the developing world, the founder of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition is now focusing full time on his native India, trying to answer a riddle that has stumped a generation of scholars and policymakers. “This…

Recently launched, One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) will enable better accessibility of the Public Distribution System in India. It will enable migrants to seamlessly access their entitlement, helping those discriminated against at one fair price shop (FPS) switch to another. This op-ed is by Mamata Pradhan (TCI-TARINA Associate Research Fellow) and Dr. Devesh Roy (IFPRI/A4NH). This article originally…

Recently launched, One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) will enable better accessibility of the Public Distribution System in India. This op-ed by TARINA Research Fellow Dr. Mamata Pradhan & IFPRI’s Devesh Roy appears in The Hindu BusinessLine, a leading national daily newspaper of India.

As of 2018, India has become the sixth largest economy in the world displacing France from this position and nearly tying with the United Kingdom. While there is cause to celebrate, there are two major concerns about India’s growth experience. The first has been a well documented subnational divergence in growth; some states lag far behind while others enjoy…

For the public distribution system in India, there are differential pathways of access as well as differences in quantities and prices, and quality of grains and services. This commentary, by Mamata Pradhan and Devesh Roy, appears in Economic and Political Weekly in EPW Vol. 54, Issue No. 26-27, on 29 June 2019. Read the full text below….

This thirteen-day PA & PE workshop will draw on the academic expertise of Cornell University as well as the large research network of GRAAM to provide participants with practical guidance for understanding Policy Analysis & Program Evaluation.This immersive workshop is intended to build capacity in the process and methods of program evaluation and evidence-based policy…

Despite broad economic progress, India continues to face persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting. This paradox is at the center of a new book by researchers at the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India, which brings together the latest data and evidence to map out the currents…

The launch of “Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India” reviews the findings and discusses the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system in India. Watch a recording of the event on YouTube. The event was held in Washington, D.C. at the International Food Policy and Research Institute on June 6, 2019. The Indian growth story…

Dainik Jagran is India’s leading Hindi language newspaper with a readership of 60 million. This op-ed on zero hunger in India is by Prof. Prabhu Pingali. Discussing the need for policy shifts to achieve SDG2, he explains how the availability of diversified food at the local level and affordability of these diets among households is…