Working on building a Karnataka Adivasi health resource which gives an overview of the health of 12 forest-associated Adivasi communities of Karnataka (see Kaanu ) as well as a few other important initiatives on how the Adivasi identity is represented through various labels with their own social & historical underpinnings in public health literature (for which there is a note brewing in Paper mill)
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Earlier work in THETA & a bunch of theorising initiatives upcoming in THEORISE
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The CHIGURU birth cohort (website coming) for which prep work on webside-design happening here
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Some ongoing brainstorming on setting up a Center for Adivasi Health at IPH to consolidate the work that has happened at the BRH field station since 2012-14
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Memorialising the role of Muzaffar Assadi
Muzaffar Assadi, scholar, thinker and former VC of Mysore Univetsity, advanced the cause of equity and social justice in Karnataka;
— daktre/ಡಾಕ್ಟ್ರೇ (@prashanthns) January 4, 2025
Several of his scholarly works and reports continue to inspire social movementshttps://t.co/vdOjlhQGCY pic.twitter.com/E2KuNK5ZY4 -
The BR Hills’s history of tiger reserve declaration is already done and dusted and despite valiant efforts by the Sangha and the Adivasi citizens, that battle was lost - as I outlined in this short interview-based article I wrote based on C Madegowda’s involvement in the struggles.
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Now the MM Hills Tiger Reservestruggles are ongoing.
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Then on Adivasi communities & climate change Last updated: 2026-03-08 19:13