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On 11 July in Vijayawada, IIMAD Chair Dr. S. Irudaya Rajan addressed the World Population Day programme, highlighting the role of migration in population policy during the launch of Andhra Pradesh's Pillale Sampada initiative, and was felicitated by CM Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu.
hosted on 23rd May at GIFT, the seminar featured Dr. Marie McAuliffe, former WMR editor, and Dr. S. Irudaya Rajan as Speakers.
This interactive tool provides comprehensive access to the latest population projections for India’s states and Union Territories through 2051.
Organised by IOM India in partnership with Norka Roots and IIMAD, the consultation brought together policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to engage with emerging evidence and policy directions on international migration, with special focus on the PRAYAS Mapping Report
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Ongoing and recently completed work from IIMAD's research programme.
Funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR Sanction No. 28/2nd LSS/2025-1412-SOC/SOD), this longitudinal study examines how internal migrant workers navigate access to social protection, employment security, housing, education, and urban governance systems across India. Led by Principal Investigator Prof. (Dr.) S. Irudaya Rajan (CHRIST, Bangalore), with Co-Investigators Dr. Prerana Srimaal, Prof. Neetha N., Dr. Padmini Ram, Dr. Niharika Singh, and Prof. Kailash Chandra Das, the project is based on a cross-sector, collaborative model. The research adopts a mixed-methods design across six city-sector sites: hotel and restaurant workers in Thiruvananthapuram, domestic and personal care workers in Delhi, manufacturing workers in Hosur, food-delivery platform workers in Bangalore, auto-taxi workers in Mumbai, and construction workers in Pune. Each site targets a survey sample of 500 respondents, supplemented by in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and ethnographic case studies. The study investigates migrants' access to entitlements such as PDS and health insurance, conditions of informal employment, inclusion in urban planning, educational continuity for migrant children, governance and data gaps, and migrants' lived experiences and coping strategies, to be used as grounded evidence for policy formulations and recommendations meant to ensure that migrants have the Right to the Cities that they help build.
Long-term population projections for India and its states up to 2111, applying Bayesian approaches to fertility, mortality and migration across all states and union territories.
Open the data dashboardExamines the scale, characteristics and vulnerabilities of internal migrant workers across sectors such as hotels and restaurants, textiles and garments — analysing socio-economic conditions and the structural, social and individual determinants of exclusion to inform migrant-inclusive programmes and policies.
Enhancing the resilience to climate change of migrant and vulnerable households in coastal Odisha and drought-prone Telangana over three years.
A comprehensive, multi-dimensional assessment of India’s elder care ecosystem — patterns of care needs, the availability and accessibility of services, and the perspectives of key stakeholders across states. The study integrates a climate lens, exploring how climate-related events intersect with ageing and care.
Conducted every five years since 1998, the KMS provides up-to-date migration estimates and socio-economic characteristics. The latest round (2023) covered 20,000 households across 500 localities in all 14 districts.
Addresses the global challenge of skill shortages and mismatches through innovative, sustainable solutions across Europe, Africa, Asia and America — bridging skill supply and demand through re/up-skilling, automation and migration as policy options.
Determines the viability and potential of a Kerala Development Bank supported by the Malayali diaspora — assessing diaspora support and exploring how remittances can advance Kerala's social and economic development.
Assembles a network of partner institutions studying international and internal migrants who face precarious employment and food insecurity. The seven-year programme examines interactions, impacts and remedies across cities of the Global South
A coalition of four migration research centres in India, China, Australia and Canada (2021–2024). The Indian centre studies the role of families in the migration of international students.
A multi-disciplinary study estimating the incidence of migration from Odisha across 15,000 households in 30 districts. Ganjam recorded the highest concentration of international migrants.
An international network unveiling the presence and economic contribution of women migrant workers across Europe and beyond.
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