This Month's digest highlights the 40 years' celebration of Development Alternatives. A project initiation meeting with Odisha State Housing Board (OSHB). Dr Ashok Khosla, Shrashtant Patara and Kanika Verma attended the Schwab Foundation and Global ALliance Annual Summit 2023 at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. Taisei Soil System (TSS) Plant Handover Ceremonies.

Development Alternatives was a part of the onboarding session organised by Catalyst 2030 to officially welcome the associate members of the network. Becoming a member of the platform will enable Development Alternatives to join a network of like-minded organisations and exchange knowledge on social innovation.

A two-day Stakeholders’ Workshop was organised by DA in collaboration with its local partner Vidya Bhawan Polytechnic on the theme: Integrated Water Resources Assessment in Udaipur: A Citizen Science Perspective. The objective of this event was to bring together all the stakeholders working on sustainable conservation of water resources in Udaipur.

Development Alternatives (DA) organised its 6th Research Advisory Board (RAB) meeting on 17th March 2023 at Development Alternatives Headquarters (DAHQ). Seven Board members from different research areas were present and gave suggestions on future work in terms of DA’s core areas.

The Conference, which was organised on 7 February, 2023 in New Delhi, deliberated on how to create a groundswell of demand–supply match and expand sub-scale pilots to respond to the aspirations of the rapidly growing population of rural youth.

Development Alternatives (DA) joined the first formal convening of the Think20 under India's G20 Presidency in New Delhi. DA had earlier in January responded to the Call for Policy Brief Abstract with five submissions in collaboration with the global partners.