Small Enterprise Finance Centre
Research Study on Start-Up Ecosystem in Tamil Nadu
Research Team: John Victor Arunkumar, Ankur Gautam, Mridulya Narasimhan
Project Geography: Tamil Nadu, India
Status: Award Received
This study aims to understand the opportunities and challenges faced by startups in Tamil Nadu in their journey through the stages of ideation, validation, early traction and scaling. This documentation and consequent recommendations will aid policy making with a readily available rich resource for policymakers who want to promote Tamil Nadu-based startups and would like […]
A Bird’s Eye View of Women Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu
Research Team: John Victor Arunkumar, Mridulya Narasimhan, Ankur Gautam, Nidhi Punmia
Project Geography: 32 districts of Tamil Nadu, India
Status: Completed
In spite of the significant contribution of enterprises run by women to employment and economic output in India, they continue to face a number of barriers to sustainable growth. This study assesses the ecosystem for women-run micro, small and medium enterprises in Tamil Nadu, with a focus on the needs of women entrepreneurs, and identifies […]
INFOSYS FOUNDATION ASSESSMENTS OF GRANTEES
Principal Investigators: Pratibha
Project Geography: All India
Status: Ongoing
IFMR LEAD is currently working on a national level evaluation of the Grantees of the Infosys Foundation Funding for the year 2014-15. This is a first ever Impact Assessment of grants awarded to the twenty five of the largest grantees of the Infosys Foundation. The assessment is being done in collaboration with Infosys Foundation, Bangalore […]
IMPROVED NUTRITION, PRODUCTIVITY, AND DECISION MAKING
Principal Investigators: Sendhil Mullainathan (Harvard University), Heather Schofield (University of Pennsylvania)
Project Geography: Tamil Nadu, India
Status: Ongoing
One seventh of the world’s population remains below the level of caloric intake recommended by health professionals (FAO 2011). Given that food is not only a consumption good, but also an input into production, these low levels of intake have the potential to hinder labor market productivity, a fact modeled in a long line of […]
THE IMPACT OF PAIN REDUCTION ON PRODUCTIVITY, COGNITIVE FUNCTION, AND DECISION MAKING
Principal Investigators: Sendhil Mullainathan (Harvard University), Frank Schilbach (Harvard University), Heather Schofield (University of Pennsylvania), Anuj Shah (University of Chicago)
Project Geography: Tamil Nadu, India
Status: Ongoing
Chronic pain appears to be highly prevalent among the poor and elderly in developing countries and it may have significant and widespread impacts on these individuals’ lives via a number of channels. Not only does pain directly reduce life quality and happiness, it may also lower productivity and incomes and hamper cognitive function and decision-making […]
