Updates
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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…
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Cleaning for Change: Lessons from Change-makers Across India
The Oorvani Change Network recently convened its third session, ‘Cleaning for Change’, bringing together civic leaders from Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai to discuss how citizen-led efforts are transforming public spaces. Moderated by Shruti Gokarn, a reporter for Citizen Matters, the…
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Pop culture meets the planet
In the first quarter of 2025, we executed a project in St. Joseph’s University to expose the students to the environmental detriments of Bengaluru due large scale urbanization. That was the first goal. The second was that, students take that…
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Chennai: How to save a lake
Chennai, like many Indian cities, once had a beautiful system for water management. When the water reached the maximum capacity in one lake, it cascaded into the next lake almost seamlessly. As a result of rapid and unplanned urbanisation, today…
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Masterclass: Clean Mumbai starts with you
On 12th September, Oorvani Foundation conducted a masterclass for Mumbaikars with an active interest in waste management, to learn about the waste lifecycle in the city and what they could do to prevent the bulk of their generated waste from…
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Ripples of Change: Community action for revival of waterbodies
After the success of the first event in the series ‘Oorvani Change Network- Learning from the Doers’, part2 of the series focused on waterbody rejuvenation. On 30th August, 2025, we had three individuals from Chennai, Navi Mumbai and Pune share…
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Finding solutions for Mumbai’s urban heat challenges
On June 7th, OpenCity.in in collaboration with the Maharashtra State Climate Action Cell, under the Ministry of Environment, Government of Maharashtra organized and conducted the Mumbai Urban Heat Datajam. This was followed by a workshop for city officials, to empower…