Pinpoint Ventures — Research Insights & Field Notes https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights.html Field insights, methodological reflections, and lessons from development research across South Asia by Dr. Varna Sri Raman and the Pinpoint Ventures practice. en-IN © Pinpoint Ventures Advisory contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) contact@pinpointventures.in (Pinpoint Ventures) pinpointventures.in static site generator Co-designing MEL frameworks with women's collectives https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/co-designing-mel-frameworks.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/co-designing-mel-frameworks.html Methodological reflection on co-designing MEL frameworks with women contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) Advising a critical thinking RCT in government schools https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/critical-thinking-rct.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/critical-thinking-rct.html Methodological note on the India Institute critical thinking RCT in Tamil Nadu government schools. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) What district base papers revealed about climate-health interdependence https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/district-base-papers-climate-health.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/district-base-papers-climate-health.html Field note from writing district base papers for the India Health and Climate Resilience Fund. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) Evidence standards in a sector without a research tradition https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/evidence-standards-aquaculture.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/evidence-standards-aquaculture.html Field note from leading India operations for the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) Facility assessments don't tell the full story https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/facility-assessments-full-story.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/facility-assessments-full-story.html Methodological note on multi-perspective primary health care evaluation in Sri Lanka. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) Listening for aspiration in rural and peri-urban India https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/listening-for-aspiration.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/listening-for-aspiration.html Methodological note from the DIU / Transform Rural India study on women contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) When programmes interact: PDS meets ICDS https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/pds-meets-icds.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/pds-meets-icds.html Policy note on PDS and ICDS interaction effects in tribal districts of Odisha. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) What photovoice revealed about climate displacement https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/photovoice-climate-displacement.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/photovoice-climate-displacement.html Methodological reflection on using photovoice with climate-displaced families in Bangladesh. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) When RCT results complicated the narrative https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/rct-results-complicated.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/rct-results-complicated.html Methodological reflection on a mobile money RCT with garment workers in Bangladesh. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) Reunification research along the Delhi–Bengal corridor https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/reunification-delhi-bengal.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/reunification-delhi-bengal.html Field note from family reunification research with Railway Children India. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) The gap between stated and revealed preferences https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/stated-vs-revealed-preferences.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/stated-vs-revealed-preferences.html Methodological note on community-level norm effects in rural Rajasthan secondary education. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman) Why quantitative surveys in India need Human-Centred Design https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/why-quantitative-surveys-need-hcd.html https://www.pinpointventures.in/insights/why-quantitative-surveys-need-hcd.html Methodological note from the IHCRF district learning architecture: why HCD belongs in survey instrument development. contact@pinpointventures.in (Dr. Varna Sri Raman)