DESTA conducted a systems convening at the Dialogues on Development Management organised by the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) in New Delhi, where different philanthropies and nonprofits
DESTA worked on a collaborative project, funded by GIZ India, with EY and AHA Solar, under the aegis of the Ministry of New and Renewable
While many organisations have adopted a systems change lens in their work, the lack of coordination among them is hampering their collective impact. In this
Mihir was at COP 28 in Dubai to participate on behalf of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a Global movement on encouraging unity among
DESTA worked with SELCO Foundation to model the economics of Decentralized Renewable Energy vs. electricity from a Grid for a prototype health facility located in
DESTA is working with SELCO Foundation on capacity building of their teams on systems thinking and enabling teams to apply the tools to selected programmes
DESTA worked with Reap Benefit (RB) to conduct a study on how implementing a Team of Teams (ToT) structure in their organization has created impact,
This episode of Nature Talks, by the students of Natural Resources & Governance at TISS, Hyderabad, offers an engaging exploration of system dynamics, a field
A Calendar has been launched by DESTA for the year 2024. The calendar contains illustrations and some key concepts about Systems Thinking, which will help
We have published multiple articles over the last 6 months. Most recently, a couple of articles by Kabir highlighting why climate adaptation is the need
Over the year, we have been using participatory systems thinking and modelling to build a models of groundwater-agriculture-climate linkages in India, partnering with CInI, Sustain+
We are working with Raintree Foundation to create a new program around regenerative agriculture. Raintree Foundation is applying systems thinking for end-to-end program design and implementation plan.
We worked with the Center for Social Justice and Philanthropy (CSJP) at ISDM to synthesize their year-long research outcomes on the challenges in philanthropic giving.
Mihir took a workshop on applied systems thinking for international students at the School for International Training, Nepal. This was attended by 10 students from
Using systems thinking, we have been soliciting inputs from farmer federations across two geographies on how climate resilience and environmental sustainability can be enhanced through
Kartik Bitra joined DESTA as an Associate in June 2023. Kartik has a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Product Design. After his education,
Anshuman Mruthunjaya, who joined DESTA in April 2021 has secured admission to the Master’s in Public Policy Program at Oxford on a Weidenfeld Hoffman Leadership
DESTA conducted the climate pathfinder series workshop, hosted by AVPN, in Mumbai on the 17th-18th of January 2023. This was the first climate capacity-building program
Mihir and Kabir published articles on climate change at India Development Review as part of their article series that highlights a diverse set of solutions,
Mihir delivered a guest lecture on System Thinking and System Dynamics at PGP-Sustainable Management, IIM Lucknow Noida Campus. Mihir covered various nuances of applying Systems thinking and
DESTA kicked off a collaborative project with partners Sustain+ and ACWADAM to model the interactions between agriculture, groundwater aquifers and agricultural pumps, including solar pumps,
Mihir was on a panel at the COP 27 event Open Natural Ecosystems for People, Carbon, and Biodiversity hosted by ATREE at the India Pavilion. Mihir presented
A Guest Lecture of Decision Sciences on ‘SYSTEMS THINKING & MODELLING IN REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS’ was conducted by Mihir Mathur at the College of Defence
Kabir and Anshuman carried out a capacity building of the team working on food systems at CEEW over 2 days. The sessions covered basic and
DESTA worked with SELCO Foundation to map selected programmes. These were Resilient Micro Businesses and Agricultural Cold Storage. DESTA facilitated workshops with the project team
DESTA facilitated a 2-day workshop at HCL Foundation for the leadership teams of its flagship programs HCLSamuday and Clean Noida – HCL Foundation. In the workshop participants explored
DESTA kick-started a collaborative project, funded by GIZ, with EY India and AHAsolar Pvt. Ltd. as consortium partners under the RE Cities / Solar City
DESTA completed its 4th cohort of the online courses on systems thinking and system dynamics modeling covering a total of 30+ participants. Responding to the emerging
DESTA conducted a two-day online workshop for the faculty of KJ Somaiya Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development. The workshop was aimed at introducing the
DESTA Launched its blog on Medium to write about the experiences of applying systems thinking and modeling to real world systems. The blog posts cover
Kabir made a presentation on the Application of System Dynamics Modelling for Policy Planning, at the Indian Energy System Transition: New Approaches Event of the
DESTA developed a supply chain simulation model for a healthcare company in India. This model was used to conduct a workshop with their team to
Kabir and Mihir were invited to conduct a seminar at Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation to speak about DESTA’s work on systems thinking and the journal
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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