Manu Sankar

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Manu Sankar is Programme Manager, PRI-CBO Convergence, at Kudumbashree National Resource Organisation. He has 13 years of work experience, specialising in decentralisation, local governance, and participatory planning. Manu has also worked on issues of environment and ecology working with Navdanya. He was a part of the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) and worked on GPDP guidelines for Assam, and was a part of the National Resource Persons Pool constituted in 2015 by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Manu has an MA in Political Science from Hyderabad Central University, and a Masters in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.


Articles by Manu Sankar


A group of panelists_nonprofit humour

June 10, 2025
Post Schedule Testing

June 10, 2025
Missed Schedule Testing

January 31, 2024
लोककेंद्रित संस्था होण्याचे नऊ मार्ग
अंतर्गत प्रतीभेचे व्यवस्थापन ही सतत शिकण्याची आणि सुधारण्याची प्रक्रिया आहे. लोकांना अग्रस्थानी ठेवणारी संस्थात्मक संस्कृती तयार करण्यात मदत होइल अशा काही टिपा येथे दिल्या आहेत.
People standing in line getting their temperature checked by a person wearing a PPE kit-response to COVID-19 second wave

June 1, 2021
India’s COVID-19 response limited by strong urban and tech bias
India's response to the second wave of COVID-19 glosses over the lack of infrastructure and technology know-how in rural India.
doctor and patient as part of COVID-19 response

May 27, 2021
What can we learn from Jharkhand’s COVID-19 response?
Jharkhand has taken additional COVID-19 response protocols to curb the surge. Here are some implementation challenges and suggestions on a way forward.
A person holding a vaccine bottle and syringe-picture courtesy-Flickr

May 25, 2021
India’s COVID-19 vaccine drive is excluding millions of citizens
The government's recently published guidelines for vaccinating vulnerable groups are inadequate, and risk excluding the very people they are meant to benefit.
group of people standing in front of a wall which has a slogan about social distancing painted on it-NGOs

May 24, 2021
What can nonprofits do to tackle COVID-19 in central India?
The window of opportunity to stop preventable deaths is narrow, but doable. Here are some steps that nonprofits can take to tackle rising COVID-19 cases in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh.
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