New Delhi · South Asia · Est. 2018
Social research advisory. MEL systems. Programme evaluation. Applied research across health, education, gender, climate, and governance.
Findings begin in the field. Every framework we deliver is tested against what frontline workers, community members, and respondents actually say — not what the literature predicts they will say.
Statistical rigour (Stata, R, Python, RCTs, quasi-experimental designs) sits alongside participatory methods (photovoice, FGDs, life-history interviews) and Human-Centred Design. We pick the method the question deserves.
Reports get filed; frameworks get used. We design MEL systems, indicator architectures, and learning layers to outlive the engagement and travel from the field to the policy table.
Pinpoint Ventures is a development research and advisory practice led by a development economist and qualified lawyer with two decades of experience across Oxfam India, Evidence Action, BBC Media Action, and Sesame Workshop India Trust.
The practice specialises in applied research that travels from the field to the policy table — not just findings, but frameworks that last. Statistical rigour (STATA, R, Python) sits alongside participatory methods and deep contextual knowledge of South Asia's governance systems, markets, and communities.
We publish at PolicyGrounds.press and The Research Rundown.
Women's economic empowerment, menstrual health, girls' education, social norms change, and GBSS law analysis.
Maternal health RCTs, WASH, nutrition, health financing, and climate-health resilience.
Learning outcomes, critical thinking RCTs, school innovations, foundational literacy and numeracy.
Climate adaptation, air quality policy, gender-climate intersections, and disaster risk reduction.
Social protection analysis across MGNREGA, PDS, ICDS; policy reform and civic data tools.
Seasonal migration, family reunification, child welfare systems, and animal welfare.
MEL architecture design for Claylab Education — theory of change, indicator frameworks, and data systems for learning outcome measurement.
Evaluation framework for the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) Access to Green Finance programme in India, funded by IKEA Foundation — assessing behaviour and perception change among investors in waste management and circularity sectors.
Research advisory for India Institute on a randomised controlled trial commissioned by Tamil Nadu government to evaluate critical thinking curriculum across government schools.
Research advisory for India Institute on a study examining discrimination and inequality outcomes in India.
MEL frameworks for child protection actors under POCSO and the Juvenile Justice Act — programme architecture, implementation fidelity, and outcome measurement.
Primary research on livelihood aspirations, mobility, and economic agency among women in rural and peri-urban India for Transform Rural India.
Managing India operations for the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture across Andhra Pradesh — water quality standards, stocking density, and policy engagement with AWBI and BIS.
Advisory on India–West Africa food fortification technology transfer and the Food Culture Institute project for India, with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
MEL portfolio design for Women's Economic Empowerment and Public Health projects at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Designed the India Health and Climate Resilience Fund Fellowship programme and district-level learning architecture using Human-Centred Design. Four district base papers, two technical papers, and a position paper on climate-health.
Study on family reunification strategies for runaway platform children from the Delhi–Bengal railway corridor, covering livelihood and climate challenges across six central Indian states.
Multi-state study on parental attitudes to low-cost private schooling across seven Indian states.
Research on menstrual practices among women and adolescent daughters across five Indian states.
Research on Gender-Based Sex Selection laws and enforcement in India for PLAN India's 'Because I Am a Girl' report.
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