Archna Kumar
University of Delhi
9 Papers
4 Citations
Archna Kumar is an academic researcher from University of Delhi. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sustainability & Community mobilization. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
A critical review of studies related to construction and computation of Sustainable Development Indices
TL;DR: The review shows that composite SDIs are the most common form of framework used across the globe and most studies have focused on assessment of current state of sustainable development, but no study related to the future projections/predictions of the SDI has been reported in the literature.
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Design Lessons from Creating a Mobile-based Community Media Platform in Rural India
Aparna Moitra,Vishnupriya Das,Gram Vaani,Archna Kumar,Aaditeshwar Seth +4 more
- 03 Jun 2016
TL;DR: An interactive voice-based community media platform in rural India that works through mobile phones is described, and how several non-technological innovations in content management, community mobilization, and social impact processes were brought about to make the program an effective social development intervention.
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Benchmarking sustainability using indicators: An Indian case study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed an index to measure sustainability based on the broad themes of social, economy and environment, which was pilot tested on different States and Union Territories (UTs) of India.
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Stakeholder participation in prioritizing sustainability issues at regional level using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) technique: A case study of Goa, India
Swati Kwatra,Swati Kwatra,Archna Kumar,Sumit Sharma,Prateek Sharma +4 more
- 01 Sep 2021
TL;DR: In this paper, a decision-making technique has been used to prioritize and rank the various themes and sub-themes relevant to assess regional level sustainability, which can be applied at a regional scale to assess and prioritize key sustainability issues so that policy makers can take informed decisions.
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An Analysis of Community Mobilization Strategies of a Voice-based Community Media Platform in Rural India
TL;DR: This article analyzes different phases of community mobilization and draws insights related to how technology platforms can be appropriated by specific actors to drive their own agendas, how organizational control can be imposed to prevent undesirable appropriation, yet give communities the flexibility to use the platform according to their needs.
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