Transforming quality of life in India’s cities and towns
We work with Citizens and Governments to improve quality of Citizenship and quality of Infrastructure & Services
Civic Participation
Municipal Finance
Policy and
Insights
Our cities are
struggling
As engines of economic prosperity, cities attract a steady flow of migrants. They symbolise hope, freedom, and a more secure tomorrow.
However, the growth of cities has outpaced our ability to govern them.
Unplanned urban development and ineffectual systems have created unwelcoming places of friction and chaos.
Housing, power, water, sanitation, healthcare, transportation, the environment… the list of challenges facing our cities is formidable.
Our cities are
struggling
As engines of economic prosperity, cities attract a steady flow of migrants. They symbolise hope, freedom, and a more secure tomorrow.
However, the growth of cities has outpaced our ability to govern them.
Unplanned urban development and ineffectual systems have created unwelcoming places of friction and chaos.
Housing, power, water, sanitation, healthcare, transportation, the environment… the list of challenges facing our cities is formidable.
Quality of life is determined by quality of citizenship and quality of infrastructure and services
Systemic Change for Sustainable Cities
Cities need to go beyond quick fixes to address the root causes of urban challenges. Efforts to improve infrastructure and services in cities are supported by efforts to improve the systems that deliver them. This includes laws, policies, institutions, processes, capacities, and frameworks.
We call this City-Systems Thinking
Learn more about our Theory of Change
Better cities for a better India
Our work builds trust and engagement between citizens and governments. It helps them discover and implement ways of working together to build inclusive and vibrant neighbourhoods and cities.
Better cities for a better India
Our work builds trust and engagement between citizens and governments. It helps them discover and implement ways of working together to build inclusive and vibrant neighbourhoods and cities.
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Civic Participation
Making it easier for citizens to actively engage and participate in the governance of their neighbourhoods and cities.
Civic Participation
Making it easier for citizens to actively engage and participate in the governance of their neighbourhoods and cities.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT US
“Having worked with hundreds of cities around the world I have never seen an organisation as effective and speedy as Janaagraha in analysing the challenges of their city’s growth, developing solutions, mobilising the local citizenry and supporting local action. The Janaagraha model combines the roles of a think-tank, a capacity-building organisation and a grassroot movement, which in most cities are split into separate organisations that struggle to coordinate efforts. Janaagraha generates fresh, pragmatic solutions through a truly inter-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach, and it promotes its solutions boldly with a spirit of entrepreneurship and unjaded conviction. It puts the power of fresh, objective, practical thinking in the hands of citizens.”
Jeb Brugmann, Founding Partner
The Next Practice
JANA IN NUMBERS
JANA IN NUMBERS
Platforms for participation catalysed for 1.6 million citizens in 2,900 urban poor settlements in Odisha
INR 120 crores allocated by Bengaluru through MyCityMyBudget in FY 2020-21
For the years 2015-16 to 2020-21, 8,400+ financial statements of cities have been uploaded on www.cityfinance.in
Tending to the city
From the roots to the fruits
A look back at Janaagraha’s last two decades as we reaffirm our commitment to India’s cities
Tending to the city
From the roots to the fruits
A look back at Janaagraha’s last two decades as we reaffirm our commitment to India’s cities
