India  

We are delighted to invite you to a Book Discussion on “Social Innovations in Urban Sanitation in India: Meeting Unmet Needs” to be held on 9 August 2023, from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm at PRIA Conference Hall, New Delhi. The book is authored by Mr Shubhagato Dasgupta, Dr Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay, Ms Anju Dwivedi, Dr Sumona DasGupta and Ms Bharti.

A couple of years back, the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) engaged in a participatory research study in partnership with several Indian civil society organisations and social movements to document and analyse the myriad social innovations that they have pioneered in the urban sanitation sector in India.

This book is the outcome of this research study and numerous conversations with the leadership of these organisations along with several other policymakers, academicians, and practitioners. The book provides evidence of the critical role that civil society and the social innovations they championed in the past and continue to play in the current march towards safely managed sanitation. We hope that this book will ignite a constructive discussion on how all stakeholders could contribute to creating a more robust ecosystem for social innovation and the critical role that civil society needs to continue to play in the sanitation sector.

Please find attached a brief background note and programme agenda for your perusal. We sincerely hope that you will be able to join us in person.

If for any reason, you are not able to join in person, you can participate online (Zoom). May we request you to REGISTER for joining online?

The book is available as an open-source resource and you may like to access it HERE.

Looking forward to receiving your confirmation.

Warm regards,

Kaustuv K Bandyopadhyay

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