We tend to dismiss religion if not as ‘opiate for the masses’, at least as irrelevant for organizations. But in doing so we run the risk...

Lotteries are also known as “stupidity tax”; a nod to their improbable odds. In India, lotteries are often run by state governments – its...

India is often referred to as the diabetes capital of the world, with around 41 million people living with diabetes in 2007, and...

The video on how the passengers of the Emirates plane that met with an accident at Dubai airport behaved, holds major lessons on how...

It’s a question my wife & I have been debating since we moved to Chicago in January. Of course, the weather is the primary trigger....

The natural world is abound with asymmetries – from asymmetries in the fundamental physical forces to the left-right asymmetry ubiquitous...

The recent skiing accident of Michael Schumacher has shook the sporting world. The F1 world and many more people are praying for him. We...

The India Backbone Implementation Network (IbIn) was launched in April 2013 by The Planning Commission of India, with the primary...

In a a tragic accident between a bus and train in Ottawa, Canada, 6 people died, 8 were critically injured and 30 were hospitalized. The...

One of the greatest feats of the human brain is its ability to filter a vast amount of information into a manageable stream of relevant...

Building toilets for over 50% of India’s population that defecate in the open is the primary goal of the Nirmal Bharat Abhyan (the...

So, another fixing scandal hits Cricket and IPL comes in to news for the wrong reasons, once again. A lot of questions are being asked....

Our work to reduce trespassing fatalities on Mumbai’s suburban railway system has been reported many times. Based on its success, Western...

A recent news article talks about pedestrians and bikers being the most vulnerable on Mumbai roads. 57% of the deaths on Mumbai roads...

TIE and Omidyar Network recently organised the ‘Affordable Healthcare Summit’ in Delhi. Our co-founder, Ram Prasad was on the Panel, ...

Delhi Protests . (Source Reuters/Mansi Thapliyal) The recent horrific rape and the subsequent protests have led to many emotional...

While dealing with measures to reduce risk we usually ask the question “Is this effective?”  Safety experts urge that the right question...

Prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky, 1979) is a descriptive theory that models real-life financial decisions people make when faced with...

BBC recently reported this story on how Prof Arthur Stone of Stony Brook University and his team conducted a massive study and concluded...

In the recent past academic literature is abound with discussions around how classical economics is poor at explaining or predicting...