Kabir and Mihir were invited by CEEW (Council on Energy Environment and Water) to give a talk on the recently published paper, ‘Identifying Climate Adjacency for Enhancing Climate Action Using…
The paper, ‘Identifying Climate Adjacency for Enhancing Climate Action Using Systems Thinking and Modelling’ was published in the journal Systems (MDPI). The paper documents systems stories from four case studies where we applied…
Mihir and Kabir took a Masterclass titled ‘Viewing Adaptation through a Complex Systems Perspective’ in which, through a mix of theory and real-world examples, they demonstrated how adaptation to climate…
DESTA engaged with the cohort of 47 leaders from India at the Leaders with Purpose, exclusive civic leadership program by TCS Empowers (CSR arm of TC). Their program is designed to…
DESTA has launched online courses on systems thinking and system dynamics modelling. These immersive courses are instructor led and synchronous. Spread over three weeks they offer the participants to learn…
DESTA conducted systems thinking sessions for the cohort at Dasra Social Impact Alumni Engagement program 2020-21. Mihir Mathur and Kabir Sharma facilitated three sessions along with Mr Arun Maria on systems…
Mihir Mathur took two online guest lectures at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (Noida Campus) for students of Post Graduate Programme in Sustainable Management. The lectures demonstrated applications of systems thinking and system…
DESTA is working with the team at Sustain+ to develop a systemic understanding of their work on implementing solar pumps in rural villages. How solar pumps would impact the livelihood…
We are again proud sponsors of this year's International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC) which will happen (virtually) in July 2021. Last year's virtual conference recorded the highest ever attendance and…
We have started a series on systems thinking on our youtube channel with an aim to educate people on the method of systems thinking and its applications. There are two…
A report on the national energy model that DESTA built in collaboration with CSTEP has been published. This report highlights the key model assumptions and what future scenarios it produces.…
DESTA kicked-off its engagement with CInI (Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives), an initiative of Tata Trusts, to enable them to apply systems thinking into their program. The aims of this…
The report 'Identifying Climate Adjacency: Key findings from four case studies and a synthesis' was released by Rohini Nilekani. The report is an outcome of DESTA's engagement with Rohini Nilekani…
As part of our engagement with the India Climate Collaborative, DESTA carried out climate adjacency workshops with Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT), ATE Chandra Foundation and Edelgive Foundation to understand the…
The first-year students of PGP - Sustainable Management, IIM Lucknow interacted with Mihir as a part of the course ‘Systems Thinking’ by Prof. Dipti Gupta. He discussed how modeling, which…
Mihir taught an online course on introduction to systems thinking and system dynamics modeling to MA students of Natural Resource Governance at TISS, Hyderabad. The students learned making BOTGs, Causal Loop…
Mihir taught an online course on systems thinking for social change to students at Indian School of Development Management, Noida. This year the students learned the tools of systems thinking…
The paper ‘Building Insights in a Complex Social-Ecological System: A Case from the Banni Grasslands (abstract available here) was selected for a parallel session presentation at the International System Dynamics…
DESTA was a proud sponsor at the International System Dynamics Conference 2020 organized by the System Dynamics Society (SDS), Bergen 2020, and held virtually in 2D and 3D formats. DESTA…
DESTA conducted a 4 day online workshop with COLLECTIVES FOR INTEGRATED LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVES (CInI), an initiative of TATA Trusts, in collaboration with India Climate Collaborative (ICC). This workshop was aimed at identifying climate…
Kabir Sharma was one of the 40 young leaders from India selected under the #ClimateSolutions series, under the #YouthforFuture campaign run by SELCO Foundation and India Climate Collaborative. He spoke…
Mihir and Kabir co authored a paper on Limits to Growth published in the Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer. This paper reviews the origins of limits to growth…
A webinar was conducted on modeling scale scenarios for social missions aimed at improving human well being, using systems thinking and system dynamics simulation modelling. The focus was to better…
Click here to see DESTA feature in the International System Dynamics Society's June Newsletter. In it, we describe DESTA's ongoing work using systems thinking and system dynamics modelling in India. Next…
Arun Maira, Kabir Sharma and Mihir Mathur demonstrate, through systems thinking, the impacts of COVID 19 on India. In this session they take you through the causal loops showing the…
Mihir Mathur conducted a Master Class on Systems Thinking for Indian School for Development Management, Noida. This webinar focused on demonstrating real world application of systems thinking in India. A…