Civic Learning Hub

Empowered citizens are the cornerstone of transformative civic change. Oorvani’s Civic Learning Hub provides a platform for citizens to gain the knowledge, skills, and agency they need to address the complex issues facing our cities. From workshops, datajams and hackathons to cohort-based courses and conferences, we create dynamic spaces for learning, collaboration, and action.

Our civic issues are deeply interconnected — solving them requires diverse skills and experiences. We aim to nurture and support citizens at every stage of civic engagement, from small, informal efforts to organized community action, which can lead to highly engaged and impactful civic space.

The Civic Learning Hub arms you with the skills, tools and resources to make a difference—whether you’re advocating for better services in your neighbourhood or working towards systems-level change. Sign up to be part of collaborative change-making to make our cities sustainable and livable!

25+ programmes | 500+ participants

2024-25

• 5-Oct: Action Workshop – Urban Street Design: Fixing Iblur Junction
• 28-Sep: Datajam – Urban Heat in Chennai
• 9-Aug: Learning Session on Solid Waste Journeys
• 3 Aug: Addressing Urban Heat Datajam with BBMP, WRI India, and ATREE
• 13 Jul: Community Media Workshop with Vyasai Thozhargal
• 6 Jul: Bengaluru Design Jam on BBMP Bye-laws with Mod Foundation and Biome
• 28 Jun: Bengaluru Property Matters – Citizen Clinic
• 20 Apr: Election Analysis Jam

2023-24

• 23 March: India Civic Summit
• 24 February: Masterclass on Urban Mobility
• 3 February: Bengaluru Water Datajam with Well Labs, MOD Foundation, Bangalore Apartments Federation and Biome Environmental Trust
• Dec-Jan: Civic Journalism Training Programme: “My MP and I” with Youth Ki Awaaz
• 6 January: Chennai Rains and Waterlogging Datajam with IRCDUC and CCAG
• Dec-Jan: Fellowship Lecture series on Delhi-NCR environment, climate and urban development
• 2 December: Bengaluru Walkability Datajam with World Resources Institute and Sensing Local
• 29 September: Masterclass on Lakes with Friends of Lakes
• 15 July: Bengaluru local governance processes and finances Datajam with Janaagraha and Karnataka Ward Samiti Balaga
• June: Training for Praja Fellows
• 1 April: Bengaluru Constituencies Datajam with WRI India and Janaagraha