by WELL Labs Team | Dec 15, 2025 | Futures Research / Research
Raichur 2047: Imagining Flourishing Futures Photo by Nanditha Gogate The Raichur Visioning workshop invited residents and diverse, local stakeholders of Raichur to imagine the future of the city in 2047, the centenary year of India’s independence. The participants...
by Lokappa Nayak, Navitha Varsha | Nov 11, 2025 | Rural Futures / Blogs
From Fields of Struggle to Hubs of Innovation: Farmers, Mechanisation, and the Promise of Local Enterprise A dusty sunrise paints the sky over Devadurga, Raichur, warming up the fields below. Lakshmi tightens her sari, picks up her sickle, and steps into the cotton...
by Parvathy M Prasad, Navitha Varsha | Oct 29, 2025 | Rural Futures / Blogs
Unpacking the Gender Gap in India’s Agricultural Tech Revolution Photo credit: Nabina Chakraborty Drones spray agricultural fields with precision, powerful tractors till the land with efficiency, and combine harvesters bring speed into action, replacing manual labour....
by WELL Labs Team | Apr 1, 2025 | Futures Research / Research
Situation Analysis: Raichur Transformation Lab A farmer tilling a field with bullocks in Devadurga taluk, Raichur district. Photo by Nabina Chakraborty Despite government efforts to expand irrigation infrastructure, Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka...
by WELL Labs Team | Jan 21, 2025 | Futures Research / Research
Situation Analysis: Chikkaballapur-Chintamani Transformation Lab Photo: Kannampalli lake, Chintamani, Karnataka India’s urbanisation narrative is entering a new phase, one in which the significance of small and medium towns is on the rise. Cities are...