Tag: research

Call for Applications: Tata-Cornell Summer Internship

Posted on January 20, 2018

The Tata-Cornell Institute is actively recruiting graduate students for the 2018 Summer Internship Program. This is a 6-8 week professional development and research-oriented opportunity for students interested in issues related to food policy, agriculture… Read more

Decoding open defecation: Relevance of early findings for field and policy

Posted on September 12, 2017

In my previous blog, I described the prevalence and predicaments of open defecation (OD) in India. For my PhD thesis, I am working with GDS to make villages open defecation free (ODF) by investing in construction of toilets as well as bringing about a behavior change and… Read more

Key lessons in exploratory research and fieldwork

Posted on July 7, 2017

A key feature of the Tata-Cornell experience is conducting fieldwork. As TCI Scholars, we gather primary data for our thesis research through a long-term engagement with villages in rural India. Before we finalize our research questions, write a proposal and pre… Read more

Reflections from a year in the field: Sustainable livestock feeding systems in rural India

Posted on March 17, 2017

Over the last year, I was conducting fieldwork in the Kandhamal District of Odisha, India. We implemented a goat feeding experiment with Kondha tribal farmers in the forest fringe areas of Tikabali Block. Livestock management in the project area was extensive (as opp… Read more

Combating open defecation through a community-led sanitation approach in rural India

Posted on March 9, 2017

Every year, 188,000 children under five in India die due to diarrhea-related illnesses. This catastrophic burden on children’s health is largely due to the fact that over a third of the Indian population defecates in the open. Open defecation (OD) also has strong ge… Read more

Field notes: Essentials of enumerator training

Posted on January 23, 2017

I have been lodged in Mahrajganj, Uttar Pradesh for the past month and a half with the purpose of conducting the survey for two chapters of my doctoral thesis. For this study, I have had the gracious support of the entire TCI team and our partnering NGO Grameen Development… Read more

Field notes: Finalizing the research plan

Posted on April 6, 2016

Dr. Debbie Cherney, one of TCI’s Faculty Fellows and my committee chair, was graciously supported by TCI to visit India during Spring Break 2016. Dr. Cherney had never travelled to India previously, so this was an invaluable experience for her to observe India’s l… Read more

ICRW interviews Dr. Soumya Gupta, Winner of the Paula Kantor Award

Posted on January 29, 2016

By Erin KellyErin Kelly is a Communications Specialist at the International Center for Research on Women. This interview originally appeared on the ICRW website.On January 20th, ICRW awarded Dr. Soumya Gupta with the inaugural Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in F… Read more

Deadline approaching: Summer Internship Applications due January 27th

Posted on January 22, 2016

TCi Interns conducting market-level dietary diversity survey, Telangana, India (Photo credit: Jessica Ames) This summer internship opportunity in India may be of special interest to students in departments like government, economics, international relations… Read more

ICRW Announces Winner of the Inaugural Paula Kantor Award

Posted on January 20, 2016

By Erin KellyErin Kelly is a Communications Specialist at the International Center for Research on Women. This is a re-post of her piece which originally appeared on the News & Commentary section of the ICRW website.The International Center for Research on Women… Read more

Call for Applications: TCi Summer Internship

Posted on December 15, 2015

The application period for the TCi Summer Internship Program is open! The application packet can be accessed here. The deadline to apply is January 19th, 2016 (day after MLK day). About TCi:TCi is the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative.… Read more

Illuminating trade-offs with the intensification of goat systems in India

Posted on November 5, 2015

Maureen Valentine is a TCi Scholar and a second year Ph.D student in the department of Animal Science at Cornell University. She will begin one year of field-based research in January 2016.Agriculture in India is predominately organized into integrated crop-livest… Read more

Nutrition Researchers – Look forward to new anthropometric data for India!

Posted on October 17, 2015

Tanvi Rao is a TCi Scholar and PhD Candidate in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell’s Dyson School.This Monday’s exciting announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics being awarded to Angus Deaton is inspiring news for data enthusiasts and applied devel… Read more

Getting the most out of academic conferences: reflections from a TCi Scholar

Posted on October 12, 2015

Amit Anshumali is a TCi Scholar and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University. Amit’s research primarily focuses on the connections between men’s access to rural off-farm employment and women’s relativ… Read more

Young Indian Scholars supported by TCi at GFS Conference

Posted on October 10, 2015

The Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi) offered funding to bring Young Indian Scholars (Indian citizens based in India), who have an accepted paper/poster to the 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security. Diversity of perspective… Read more

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