Publications
Social Media and Lok Sabha Elections
Published By: IRIS Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai India on eSS | Published Date: April, 10 , 201
A study finds that Facebook users may be the new vote bank Indian politicians have to now worry about.
IRIS Knowledge Foundation IKF on Apr 12, 2013
State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills
Published By: IRIS Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai India on eSS | Published Date: April, 10 , 201
The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills is a first attempt to pull together a data and knowledge base on and of youth in urban India. The focus of the Report is youth...
IRIS Knowledge Foundation IKF on Apr 11, 2013
The Global Youth Help Desk is a UN-Habitat initiative, developed in collaboration with partners, to provide up-to-date information on urban youth issues, regionally and globally. The site aims to promote best practices, knowledge sharing and action on urban youth issues. This initiative is an outcome of the UNHABITAT Youth Opportunities Fund.
This Fund supports urban youth in developing countries. It aims to advance the achievements of the Millennium Development goals and the Habitat Agenda by providing grants up to USD 25,000 to youth-led projects piloting innovative approaches to employment, good urban governance, shelter and secure tenure.
Services offered
eSocialSciences is the primary activity of this Foundation, leveraging the skills and services of IRIS for creating new-age space for the dissemination of social science research and for enhancing the quality of social science research in India and the rest of Asia.
IRIS-KF has developed and designed the fully automated, user friendly, Multilanguage application portal for UN-HABITAT’s Youth-led Urban Projects Grant.






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