Research Study Projects

FAIR carries out Research Study Projects on industry, technology and development issues both from a historical and contemporary point of view.

Missing Middle: A Study of India’s Formal Manufacturing Sector

A Golden Opportunity; India's Failed Transition to a Gold Standard

Articulating Uneven Development

Ascertaining Living Standards in Erstwhile Mysore

Macroeconomic & Environmental History

Monopsonistic Exploitation in Contract Farming

Operationalizing Multidimensional Concepts of Chronic Poverty

Production Cycles and Decline in Traditional iron Smelting

The Urban Solid Waste Problem in India

A Heuristic Analysis of Equity & Equality

An Economic Model of Self-Help Groups

An Adjusted Human Development Index

A Report on the History of the Bombay (Mumbai) Textile Industry

Environmental Impact of Improper Waste Disposal in India

Whitefield: Its Evolution

Random Observations on Bengaluru: 890 CE to 1854

Uncovering Prehistoric Art

The State of Gig Drivers Before and After the Pandemic: A Study in Bangalore

A Comparative Study of the Forests of Savanadurga, Karnataka, Between 1800-01 and the Present: A Development Education Project

George Gunton’s Divergent View on the Great Divergence: A Study of Social Wants in England and India

Textile Industry at Dommassandra: Weavers and Dyers

Dammed Waterways and a Colonial Legacy …

Usage of Pesticides …

Tea and Insecticides: A Colonial Merger in 20th Century Assam

The Forgotten Trails of Francis Buchanan

A Walk Down Walker Lane

Keeping Head Above Water – EPW ENGAGE