2022-2023
Using Web Monetization for Incentivizing Sharing of ‘Good’ Content
The Department of Psychology at Monk Prayogshala entered into a collaborative partnership with Tattle Civic Tech. to study how web monetization can influence content sharing online. We aim to understand whether incentivizing people to share “good” and factual content and disincentivizing the sharing of misinformation, either through micropayments or through social feedback, reduces the sharing of misinformation.
Team Members: Hansika Kapoor, PhD; Arathy Puthillam, MA; Swanaya Gurjar, BA; Sarah Renzai, MA; Tarunima Prabhakar; Denny George
Grant Duration: 5 months
social and personality correlates of political ideology in India
The Department of Psychology at Monk Prayogshala received a grant from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology to study the social and personality correlates of political ideology in India.
Team Members: Hansika Kapoor, PhD; Arathy Puthillam, MA
Grant Duration: 1 year
determinants of believing health-related misinformation in India
The Department of Psychology at Monk Prayogshala received a grant from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues to study the determinants of believing health-related misinformation in India.
Team Members: Hansika Kapoor, PhD; Arathy Puthillam, MA; Nikita Mehta, MA
Grant Duration: 1 year
2021-2022
Impact of the COVID-19 PANDEMIC on STEM Researchers in INDIA
Monk Prayogshala received a grant from DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance for a research project led by Dr. Deepa Subramanyam (NCCS, Pune). This project aims to understand Indian scientists' experiences during the coronavirus pandemic, adopting a multi-stakeholder and mixed-methods approach.
Team Members: Hansika Kapoor, PhD; Vedika Inamdar, MSc; Arathy Puthillam, MA; Nikita Mehta, MA; Anirudh Tagat, MSc
Grant Duration: 8 months (April 2021 - December 2021).
life Skills Measurement AMong Adolescents in India
The Department of Economics and Psychology at Monk Prayogshala received a research grant from Magic Bus India Foundation, a non-government organization striving to enhance lives of youth in India. This project aims to standardize tools of measurement related to social and emotional development among adolescents participating in MBIF’s programmes, and disseminate research findings related to impact.
Team Members: Anirudh Tagat, MSc; Hansika Kapoor, PhD; Nikita Mehta, MA
Grant Duration: 8 months (May 2021 - April 2022).
2020-2021
SCHOOL AND PLAY IN INDIA
The Department of Economics and Psychology at Monk Prayogshala received a grant from Magic Bus India Foundation, a non-government organization striving to enhance lives of youth in India. This project aims to explore additional school-level and child-level factors that could affect school outcomes in India, using the Magic Bus India program to examine impacts.
Team Members: Anirudh Tagat, MSc; Hansika Kapoor, PhD; Varsha Ashok, MSc
Grant Duration: 5 months (August 2020 - December 2020).
2019-2020
NUDGING VOTER REGISTRATION WITH PROJECT MUMBAI
The Department of Economics at Monk Prayogshala received a grant from Project Mumbai, a not-for-profit civic initiative. This project aims to use behavioural interventions to improve voter registration among young citizens in Mumbai, India.
Team Members: Anirudh Tagat, MSc; Hansika Kapoor, PhD; Anchal Khandelwal, BA; Manasvini Abhyankar, BA; Archa Joshi, MSc; Ajay Rajan.
Grant Duration: 3 months (August 2019 - November 2019).
STATUS OF CHILD ARTISTS IN FILM AND TELEVISION: A SCOPING STUDY IN GREATER MUMBAI
The Department of Sociology at Monk Prayogshala entered a collaborative research partnership with CRY (Child Rights and You). This project will study child artists in Mumbai with the objective of mapping all stakeholders in this sector.
Team Members: Sumati Thusoo, MA; Vedika Inamdar, MA; Anirudh Tagat, MSc
Grant Duration: 6 months (July 2019 - March 2020)
white paper on MENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE
The Department of Psychology at Monk Prayogshala entered a collaborative research partnership with the Poddar Foundation (a charitable trust working in health and wellness in India since 2016). This project will put together a white paper on that deals with psychoeducation and providing directives that need to be taken by the various stakeholders in the mental health care sector in India in regard to mental health insurance.
Team Members: Sampada Karandikar, MSc; Hansika Kapoor, PhD; Yashi Gandhi, Sanskriti Jitani, Prakriti Poddar
Grant Duration: 4 months (May 2019 - August 2019)
2018-19
best practices in the NGO sector in india
Monk Prayogshala, in collaboration with the EdelGive Foundation undertook a comprehensive research project on understanding best practices in the non-profit sector in India. This work was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project covers five broad issues central to the sustainability and success of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in India:
Building Strong Foundations
Building Sustainability of NGOs for Social Impact
Growing at Scale: Best Practices in Scalability
Skilled Futures: Best Practices in Capacity Building and Community Engagement
Coalition to Convergence: Best Practices in Outreach and Advocacy
Team Members: Sumati Thusoo, Vedika Inamdar, Dipannita Bhattacharjee, Dr. Hansika Kapoor, Lorelle Murzello, and Anirudh Tagat
Grant Duration: 10 months (March 2018 - January 2019)
Read the papers here.
impact assessment of a cancer wellness program
Monk Prayogshala received a grant from Sanjeevani…Life Beyond Cancer to plan, design, and implement an impact evaluation of its holistic intervention program (the Wellness Program) for cancer patients. This study will assess the effects of the program by conducting interviews and surveys with participants on various health parameters at the beginning and then at the completion of the program. In addition to the pre- and post- intervention assessments of participants of new and concurrent batches, the study also proposes to hold interviews with participants of previous batches to assess the sustainability and long term effects of the Sanjeevani intervention.
Team Members: Aneree Parekh, Sampada Karandikar, Dr. Hansika Kapoor, Dr. Shoma Chakrawarty, and Anirudh Tagat
Grant Duration: 6 months (May 2018 - November 2018)
The final report of the project will be uploaded shortly.
2016-17
toilet champions: latrine adoption in rural odisha
Monk Prayogshala, in collaboration with the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) was recently awarded a grant by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) under Phase-I of the Promoting Latrine Use in Rural India Thematic Window. The project, currently at the formative study stage, will look to establish the role of community governance and leadership in bringing about behavioural change in latrine adoption in rural Odisha.
Team Members: Maria Laura Alzua, Habiba Djebbari, Anirudh Tagat, and Gram Vikas (Implementing agency)
Grant Duration: 4 months (January - April 2017)
2015-2016
intra-household resource allocation in rural tamil nadu
Monk Prayogshala, in collaboration with the Institute of Rural Management, Anand, secured funding as team PIERI-12792 by the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), for running a research project that will experimentally evaluate intra-household bargaining in the context of MGNREGS participation in rural Tamil Nadu.
Team Members: Hari K. Nagarajan, PhD; Savita Kulkarni, PhD; Anirudh Tagat, MSc Economics; Hansika Kapoor, MA Psychology
Grant Duration: 1 year (October 2015 to October 2016)
Read our Policy Brief here and the Working Paper from the project here.
See press coverage by The Hindu of the Policy Workshop here and here.
