Tanaya Jagtiani - India Development Review

Tanaya is an editorial associate at IDR, where she manages Failure Files, in addition to writing, editing, curating, and publishing content. She also supports the team on website management, recruitment and mentoring of interns, and external communications consultancy work. Prior to this, she interned at Coram Beanstalk, Samhita Social Ventures, and ActionAid India. Tanaya holds an MSc in Globalisation and Development from SOAS, University of London and a BA in Sociology from St Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

Articles by Tanaya Jagtiani

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Humour

April 25, 2022

A new climate change dictionary

Confused by all the jargon surrounding the current climate crisis? Here are some definitions you definitely won’t forget.

by Shreya Adhikari, Tanaya Jagtiani | 2 min read

Humour

January 17, 2022

Overheard: Parents describing our jobs

Here’s how we think parents would describe what their kids working in the social sector do for a living.

by Shreya Adhikari, Tanaya Jagtiani | 2 min read

Humour

December 13, 2021

Honest workplace designations

Because glamorous job titles don’t capture what you *really* do.

by Tanaya Jagtiani | 2 min read

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Urban

November 16, 2021

Building better cities

Indian cities are plagued by poor planning. To remedy this, a recent NITI Aayog report suggests reviewing outdated city plans, encouraging citizen participation, and strengthening local leadership.

by Tanaya Jagtiani, Debojit Dutta | 6 min read

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Monitoring & Evaluation

September 29, 2021

‘Who determines what impact matters most?’

By incorporating participatory research into their programme evaluations, nonprofits can challenge inequality while also building more inclusive organisations.

by Tanaya Jagtiani, Lymari Benitez, Katie Smith Milway | 6 min read

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Humour

September 6, 2021

Affirmations for the development sector

Here are some mantras to get you through another day of working in social impact.

by Tanaya Jagtiani | 2 min read

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Humour

August 9, 2021

Awards for good colleagues

Here are some awards to recognise your colleagues for doing the bare minimum.

by Tanaya Jagtiani, Sucharita Iyer | 2 min read

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Philanthropy & CSR

April 16, 2021

To fail is to have dared

Rohini Nilekani on how philanthropy can underwrite social sector failures in practice and what she has learnt from her own failures as an activist philanthropist.

by Rachita Vora, Smarinita Shetty, Tanaya Jagtiani | 6 min read