- FEATURED
Anthropocene to Ecocene – Unravelling Socio-Ecological Plunder and Systemic Erasure: The Development chronicles of Surat, IN
January 24, 2023
This is the second report from our Nagar Nadi Fellowship Report Series and explores urban stretches of rivers in and around the city of Surat, Gujarat. It is written by Nikhil Sanjay Shah, a global citizen and researcher with a keen interest in a wide […]
- ANNOUNCEMENT | November 29, 2022
[Applications closed] Call for Applications: Full-time Position ‘Research Assistant’
Job Brief People’s Resource Centre invites applications for the full-time Research Assistant position in Delhi under our Urban and Alternatives programmes. You will assist the Programme Coordinator in executing our research on urban agriculture, sustainable mobility, city-river relationship, local knowledge, decentralized governance, and other issues […].. Read More
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Stifled by ‘Vikas’ In the Land of the Moksha: Nagar-Nadi relations in the city of Varanasi
January 13, 2023This is the first report from our Nagar Nadi Fellowship Report Series, and explores urban stretches of rivers in and around the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It is written by Raina Ghosh, our Nagar Nadi Fellow – a PhD Research Scholar at the Centre […] Read More
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Nagar Nadi Dispatch 2: July – August 2022 (Riverfront Observatory Initiative)
January 13, 2023The relationship between cities and rivers is a historic one, and has existed ever since the formation of the very first settlements along these water bodies, which were considered preferable for their diverse geographical qualities. Many urban settlements have evolved with rivers serving as a […] Read More
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Nagar Nadi Dispatch 1: May – June 2022 (Riverfront Observatory Initiative)
January 13, 2023The relationship between cities and rivers is a historic one, and has existed ever since the formation of the very first settlements along these water bodies, which were considered preferable for their diverse geographical qualities. Many urban settlements have evolved with rivers serving as a […] Read More
Resources for Social Transformation
PRC intends to build conditions and infrastructures so that a fairer, better system emerges out of the existing one. Apart from conducting action-oriented research and community-level interventions, PRC publishes resource material on politics of resource appropriation. PRC is also working towards republishing a series of forgotten/less-known texts of relevance to contemporary movements.
Programmes
Urban Futures
We synthesize the ideas and scholarly research on alternative models of development, systematize the state of the art, update theories with recent findings... read more
Infrastructure
While a lot has been researched about land issues and the land relations has been explored and continues to get explored by academicians, journalists.. Read more
Climate Justice
While the climate change and the consequent threats on existence of life on earth are now getting wider attention, the issue of justice in the climate action remains mostly side-lined. Read more