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India Inc. for Building Bharat: How Systemic CSR is Building Enduring Impact for Tomorrow

This report documents emerging trends in corporate philanthropy, highlighting the rise of catalytic funding directed to organisations which support governments in strengthening public systems. It analyses 13 CSRs/CSR foundations which have adopted systemic giving models by aligning a proportion of their grantmaking or operating strategy.

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Systemic Impact Exemplars: Unique Approaches Towards Solving India’s Development Challenges

The report profiles 20 of India’s leading System Support Organisations, and aims to inspire and inform other social purpose organisations by building evidence on what works in the Indian context. It serves as a comprehensive knowledge resource, intended to shape thinking on systems change.

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Seven Big Bets to Realise Demography’s Promise

As India moves to join the league of Viksit nations, how can it maximise its demographic potential? We, at The Convergence Foundation (TCF), along with partner organisations supported by us, have drawn up a shortlist of key areas where the country could fruitfully focus its implementation energies. What are some big policy bets it can make to achieve that goal? We believe that we have to focus both on improving India’s long-term human capital (anchored in structural reforms in school education), and in large-scale job creation (anchored on export-oriented sectors with high employment potential). We have looked at evidence and expert opinion, studied leading practices from across Indian states and the world, including those adopted by India’s principal East Asian competitors.

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Goa needn't aspire to become the next Bali—but it should do more to live up to its potential

Goa isn’t far behind Bali in its natural appeal as a holiday destination but attracted less than one foreign visitor for every 13 Bali did in 2025. Four largely man-made problems stand in the way of Goa’s success.

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Common evaluation, fewer schools to improve education

For Indian schools to reach developed country standards, emphasis must shift decisively to quality.

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India's R&D inflection moment

India's R&D spending has hit a record 0.84% of GDP, but reaching the global technology frontier will require much higher private-sector investment and smarter public funding.

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India attracts capital. Now it must build what the world pays royalties for

The column argues that India must move beyond being a manufacturing and consumption base by building globally competitive brands, proprietary technology and Indian-owned intellectual property.

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The foreign direct investment we need is not the FDI India counts

The country must earn more dollars in defence of the rupee. Since what gets measured gets managed, let’s rejig FDI statistics.