Charudutta Panigrahi

Charudutta Panigrahi

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Author, TED Speaker, economist, prolific writer and an influential policy expert  of India in development & sustainability. A business school alumnus and a known thinker, he has been respo ...more

Author, TED Speaker, economist, prolific writer and an influential policy expert  of India in development & sustainability. A business school alumnus and a known thinker, he has been responsible for pioneering technology for good & sustainability in various geographies of India.

An institution builder, Charudutta has set up non-profit think tanks and implementing platforms which have so far affected the lives of over half a million people from low income, marginalised communities. He is currently advocating for a) Responsible Mining & Industrial growth b) Gross Happiness Index  c) Economic, social and environmental responsibilities of business & d) Thought leadership among civil society. The Scent of Odisha is his recently published book which is gaining tremendous popularity.

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Posts by Charudutta Panigrahi

Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited
Living in Bhubaneswar – no kidding

Parents prefer to take children to malls and not to public parks. A culture that is keeping kids from exercising their right to play seems to be spreading.

Climate Change
Climate Voters, Climate Manifesto & Odisha Elections

Farmers know that they need healthy land and reliable weather patterns to sustain their livelihoods; and that temperatures are rising and the growing seasons are shifting. Natural disasters are becoming a regular calendar phenomenon and...

Hindi Short Film Society
Society: Where Past Is Always Present

'Society' is based on a true incident and opens up a deep running trauma which actually never heals.

How Is Bhubaneswar Smart Without Noise Management Practices?
Understanding NoiseAbility Of Bhubaneswar: How Urgent Is Urgent?

Since Bhubaneswar is bloating precariously, futuristic noise reduction efforts will make life less stressful and management of the smart city even smarter.

Climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic
Will 'Being Positive' Avert Pandemic Doom?

Odisha’s biodiversity has a major contribution to climate change mitigation because the emissions due to the metal & mining industry need to be absorbed and contained.

Past-Present-Future
Aren't We A Little Too Obsessed With The Past?

I am circumambulation around history but have not titled this with the same. Because history as a subject is not my problem, but it to be treated as a tool…

Surrender-To-Satchindanand
From Surrender to Satchidanand

Bliss strikes when we become fluid with the mainstream. When we assimilate with the flow and flow with the flow. Bliss does not trickle because it cannot be separated into…

The-Bohemian-Mani-In-Puri
Op-Ed: The Bohemian 'Mani' In Puri

I find Puri unorthodox, very inventive and completely original. That’s divinity for you, because orthodoxy is human created and dogma is human imposed. The Supreme never wants the children to…

Electric-Bus-In-Bhubaneswar
Op-Ed: Electric Bus In Smart Bhubaneswar

Ease of Living Index (EoLI)-2020 is a futuristic tool that forms the basis of a report prepared by the Government of India. The latest one has surveyed nationally and deduced that Bhubaneswar is the second...

The future of Odisha politics
Op-Ed: The Future Of Odisha Politics

Dwelling in the past cocoons every generation in a comfort zone. Perennially under the spell of self-praise and in the illusion of own generation’s self-adulation, every age group of politicians assumes that their successors would...

Water-crisis-in-Odisha
Op-Ed: Dry 2025! How Water Will Shape The Future Of Odisha

Extraction is both a boon and bane for Odisha. While mineral extraction has become the lifeline of the economy, water extraction is the death knell. Rental economy perpetrated by the mineral industry has created a...

Author, TED Speaker, economist, prolific writer and an influential policy expert  of India in development & sustainability. A business school alumnus and a known thinker, he has been responsible for pioneering technology for good & sustainability in various geographies of India.

An institution builder, Charudutta has set up non-profit think tanks and implementing platforms which have so far affected the lives of over half a million people from low income, marginalised communities. He is currently advocating for a) Responsible Mining & Industrial growth b) Gross Happiness Index  c) Economic, social and environmental responsibilities of business & d) Thought leadership among civil society. The Scent of Odisha is his recently published book which is gaining tremendous popularity.

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