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Our vision
Create
problem-solving citizensThe making of the student citizen: Pedagogy of real-life learning, Training for practitioners: Empowering local stakeholders
Developing replicable protocols
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Our Work
Sustainable and inclusive transitions
Creating environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive transitions through interventions in Floods | Solid Waste Management | Sanitation | Drinking water | Education
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Our Mission
Influencing
Public-PolicyCo-producing knowledge for better decision making and deepening accountability through continuous engagement with local governments
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Strengthening Public Participation: Key Discussions on Vembanad Lake and AS Canal
Activities Living Lab Alleppey and TAGS team met with Minister P Prasad, MLA P P Chittaranjan, and District Collector M Alexander IAS at the collectorate. The support of these key
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Towards a Plastic-Free Vembanad: A Mega Cleanup Drive
Activities Living Lab Team joined the mega campaign for plastic collection from Vembanad Lake. The campaign was held imagining a plastic free lake.Organized by the District Collector and the District
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Winter School on Climate Adaptation: Indo-German Collaboration
Activities A winter school was organised as part of the The Indo-German Partnership (IGP) project joined by students and scholars from Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay and
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Save AS Canal: A Community-Led Cleanup for Restoration and Renewal
Activities An initiative of Alappuzha MLA, P P Chitharanjan, the Save AS Canal project is an initiative to develop infrastructure to create a thriving public space along the stretch of
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Reimagining AS Canal: Infrastructure and Public Engagement for a Thriving Space
Activities An initiative of Alappuzha MLA, P P Chitharanjan, the Save AS Canal project is an initiative to develop infrastructure to create a thriving public space along the stretch of
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Equipping Future Engineers: Digital and Geospatial Training at RIT Pampady
Activities Living Lab Alleppey team hosted a Capacity Building Workshop at Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Technology (RIT), Pampady, aimed at equipping final-year Civil Engineering students with essential digital and geospatial
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Surveying AS Canal: Students Join Hands for Water Body Restoration
Activities The Living Lab Alleppey and TAGS team, in collaboration with Cherthala Municipality, has successfully completed the first phase of the AS Canal survey. Around 60 students from Alappuzha Punnapra
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Urban Water Body Rejuvenation: Developing Methodologies for AS Canal
Activities One-day workshop on Urban Water Body rejuvenation with a focus on AS Canal lying within the limits of Cherthala Municipality was held on 5 October at the World Backwaters
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Racing Towards a Cleaner Punnamada: Tackling Plastic Waste at the Nehru Trophy
Activities Living Lab Alleppey stepped in to address the pollution of the water body, this time Punnamada Lake where Nehru Trophy Boat race is held annually.Alappuzha Municipality follows a green
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Strategizing Mass Cleaning: Save AS Canal Project Moves Forward
Activities Living Lab Alleppey team along with the research team from IIT Bombay met with TK Sujith, Municipal Secretary, Cherthala to discuss the ongoing Save AS Canal Project. The team also
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Strengthening Public Participation: Key Discussions on Vembanad Lake and AS Canal
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Towards a Plastic-Free Vembanad: A Mega Cleanup Drive
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Winter School on Climate Adaptation: Indo-German Collaboration
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Save AS Canal: A Community-Led Cleanup for Restoration and Renewal
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Reimagining AS Canal: Infrastructure and Public Engagement for a Thriving Space
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Equipping Future Engineers: Digital and Geospatial Training at RIT Pampady
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Surveying AS Canal: Students Join Hands for Water Body Restoration
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Urban Water Body Rejuvenation: Developing Methodologies for AS Canal
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Racing Towards a Cleaner Punnamada: Tackling Plastic Waste at the Nehru Trophy
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Strategizing Mass Cleaning: Save AS Canal Project Moves Forward
Living Lab Alleppey, an initiative of IIT Bombay, works to develop contextual solutions for a climate changing world.
The Living Lab Alleppey is a collaborative platform that brings together local stakeholders, researchers, and policymakers to co-create and implement context-specific solutions for climate change-related issues in vulnerable locations. The lab is guided by the principles of participatory research, co-production of knowledge, and community engagement to generate actionable insights that are tailored to the local context.
Our Work
Flood
Solid Waste Management
Sanitation
Drinking Water
Education
Action through Collaborations













Recent Publications
Journal articles, Book chapters and Newspaper articles