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Rakesh Kapoor

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Member Since	Jun 23, 2016	CoLab Points (actual) CoLab Points are awarded to all the members who contributed to a winning integrated Proposal, as well as those who contributed to any sub-Proposal it contains.(See more)	0
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Rakesh Kapoor is Founder-Director of Alternative Futures – a research group working on social, policy and technological innovations and viable alternatives for development and social transformation (www.alternativefutures.org.in). Rakesh works on the interface of science, technology, society and the future and on issues of sustainable lifestyles and development. He co-authored “Charting a New course: A Strategy for Sustainable Management of India’s Water Resources in the 21st Century” with G.N. Kathpalia. He is particularly interested in youth and their involvement in social change and social innovation. He is Consulting Editor of Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies (www.elsevier.com/locate/futures), since 2003 and Visiting Faculty at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi since 2013. He is a fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation and was its Director during 2008-14. He has edited some special issues of Futures including ‘India@2050’ (2014), ‘Global Mindset Change’ (2010), ‘Transformative Initiatives’ (2007) and ‘Indian Futures’ (2004).

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