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Kalvi Kural 2025: Dialogues on Primary Education for a Thriving India, Madhi Foundation with MIDS.
Book Launch: Puthumaipithaan Kalanjiyam by (Ed.) A R Venkatachalapathy, Published by Kalachuvadu - Monday, 30 June 2025, 3:00 pm.

Kalvi Kural 2025: Dialogues on Primary Education for a Thriving India, Madhi Foundation with MIDS.

Book Launch: Puthumaipithaan Kalanjiyam by (Ed.) A R Venkatachalapathy, Published by Kalachuvadu - Monday, 30 June 2025, 3:00 pm.

About MIDS
The Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) was founded by Dr. Malcolm S Adiseshiah and Mrs. Elizabeth Adiseshiah, in January 1971, shortly after Dr.Adiseshiah's retirement as Deputy Director-General of UNESCO. In 1977, MIDS was reconstituted...
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Recent Projects / Publications
A Remembered Village, A Remembered Town Socio-economic Changes in Western Tamil Nadu
S. Neelakantan
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Swadeshi Steam: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle against the British Maritime Empire
A.R. Venkatachalapathy
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Environmental Politics at the Local: Natural Resource Governance in India
Satyajit Singh and Ajit Menon
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