January 18, 2024
Celebrating blood tests: Transforming health norms in rural Maharashtra
In Pune's Velhe block, women's health is a private matter. A blood testing campaign during Navratri is reshaping perceptions.
Ajit Kanitkar
Dr Ajit Kanitkar is a researcher and policy analyst based in Pune. Over a career spanning 35 years, he has worked as a researcher at Vikasanvesh Foundation, as a programme officer at Ford Foundation as well as Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and as a faculty member at IRMA Anand. He is associated with several civil society organisations, including his alma mater Jnana Prabodhini in Pune, as a volunteer. Ajit has published extensively, including four books on social enterprise, women entrepreneurship, and farmer producer companies.
Articles by Ajit Kanitkar
August 17, 2023
No identity for married women in Maharashtra
In Maharashtra, married women adopt new names that don't match their official documents. They also don't have marriage certificates to prove their new identities.
May 29, 2019
The role of SHG federations
There is a tremendous amount of social capital that is built into Self-Help Group federations. However, given how they function today, they face a host of challenges. It is therefore time to reframe this idea and ensure that they become meaningful to the lives of the women they intend to serve.
November 2, 2017
Technology for nonprofits: Caution against digital evangelism
While digital is useful, it cannot and will not substitute basic infrastructure and people on the ground.
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