Updates
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Reimagining Human-Animal Coexistence in Indian Cities
In cities across India, the presence of community animals has often been framed as a battle, pitting animal caregivers against residents concerned for public safety. In order to relook at this premise, we invited three speakers from Bengaluru, Mumbai and…
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Assembly Election: Chennai Voters Information project
Empowering Chennai’s Voters: Information, Insights, and Action for the 2026 Elections Every election, Oorvani works to arm citizens with the information they need to make informed choices. The Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026 were no different. Through report cards, voter…
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A community event for safer neighborhoods for both humans and canines
On 10th April, we will host our first Oorvani Change Network event for 2026 titled ‘Pawsitive co-existence – Communities shaping humane cities’. This event will focus on community action that has worked in the space of human-canine co-existence. India’s cities are…
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Schooling and Disability: Rights, Realities, and the Road Ahead
Over the last few months, Citizen Matters has been reporting about how children with disabilities find it difficult to access education and enroll in regular schools. Based on our findings from these reports, we held a webinar to explore ways…
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Join us to assess how Chennai constituencies are faring
How are the various constituencies in Chennai doing? OpenCity in partnership with Nagariyal, Citizen consumer and civic Action Group and Reach the Unreached is organizing a data jam on constituencies. Participants will look at data to analyse the state of…
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Ensuring effective schooling for students with disabilities
Can a school refuse admission to a child with a disability?What rights do parents have under the law?What support exists for children with disabilities to learn effectively at school or at home? Join our upcoming webinar on ensuring effective schooling…
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Datajam on Bengaluru Public Transport
We know that Bengaluru needs better public transport and fast! But what’s blocking the way? And how can we fix this? We invite urban planners, researchers and interested citizens to deliberate and analyse public transport in the city using data…
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India Civic Summit 2026: Citizens and Urban Governance
The India Civic Summits of 2024 and 2025 gave us more than just the motivation to reconvene this year–they gave us momentum. This year’s edition held on 14th February brought together active citizens, changemakers and experts in a vibrant day-long…
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Building a water resilient Bengaluru
A comprehensive guide to how water flows through Bengaluru is available at Building a Resilient Bengaluru. This is part of a project by Mod Foundation in partnership with Oorvani. This aims to be a guide for anyone who may be…
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In preparation to the BMC elections in Mumbai
Mumbai was slated to go into municipal elections on January 15th 2026 after a long hiatus. In preparation for the elections, Blue Ribbon Movement conducted an event ‘We vote WISE’ to inform the audience of what the municipal elections mean,…
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A Citizen Journalism programme with a focus on migration
The last month of 2025 saw Oorvani Foundation host the Everyday Stories Lab 2025 — a series of intensive training sessions spread over two weeks, aimed to transform citizens with no training or prior experience in journalism, into storytellers and potential…
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Masterclass in auditing storm water drains
Join our Masterclass: ‘Citizens & Stormwater’ to learn how Bengaluru’s stormwater system works, why it fails, and how citizens can audit drains safely and meaningfully with Sonia Das and Amritha Ganapathy from Mod Foundation. This event is part of a…
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Design Jam in Mumbai- ‘Solving for Waste’ | 20 Dec 2025
When we conducted the masterclass in Mumbai about waste management, many were enthusiastic about future events that would help manage waste better. So we bring to you a design jam ‘Solving for Waste in Mumbai’. In the design jam, participants will…
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Announcing our annual Citizen Journalism programme | Dec 2025
As cities grapple with complex and interlinked challenges, it’s clear that engaged citizens with diverse skills must play a role in shaping solutions. At Oorvani Foundation, we work to empower individuals and communities to move from awareness to action. Our…
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Jury Appreciation for our Associate Editor
Shobana’s four-part series on how unplanned state-led evictions propel domestic violence in resettlement areas of Chennai, has been selected for a Jury Appreciation Citation in the Web – News Series category for English language by the jury of the 15th…