Published by Azim Premji University
The ‘Stories of Change: Case Study Challenge’ seeks to facilitate and recognise documentation of good practices of social change. However, unlike the usual ‘good practices’ literature, the University’s focus is on reflections and learning, including capturing the limitations of such practices in a case study format focusing on existing interventions of NGOs, social movements, government programmes, and other development organisations including CSR foundations who are directly implementing the interventions.
Each Volume contains 10 case studies on Development Action
2019-2020 – Volume 1
2020-2021 – Volume 2
2021-2022 – Volume 3
| Name of the Organization/Collective | Topic of the Case Study |
| Simple Education Society | An educational intervention in and around Gularghati (Uttarakhand), by leveraging low-cost solutions (free voice calls & printed workbooks) and urban youth volunteers to provide meaningful learning opportunities for children |
| Bharatiya Jain Sangathana, Pune | Mobile Dispensary Seva covering 48 locations across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat to provide free general health checks as well as COVID screening and isolation |
| Satya Special school, Puducherry | Digital interventions such as Mobile tablet device library, and the creation of online parents’ groups for Children with Special Needs during pandemic |
| Centre for Social Justice | Tala – Tod: Setting up a response mechanism to facilitate entitlements for marginalized communities during lockdown |
| YUVA | A rights-based and community led response to help the urban poor in Mumbai |
| Kerala Institute of Local Administration | Changaayi: The case of the last mile humanitarian supply chain through an app that combines volunteer efforts and essential delivery into a single platform |
| FES, Rajasthan & Odisha | A case study of how communities across different spatial locations, through federations were helped to secure livelihoods |
| Saajha | Sneh – Setu: Building bridges with the tribal families through a program facilitating empathetic telephonic conversations between Ashram school teachers and tribal families |
| Labour Education and Research Network | Livelihood protection of domestic workers in Maharashtra |
| Daily Wage Workers Platform | Primary healthcare for migrant workers using Telemedicine |
| Stranded Workers’ Action Network | Supporting the migrant workers across the country, through small cash transfers to meet basic needs in addition to connecting workers in distress to local organisations and the administration |