by ashika | Apr 29, 2016 | Education, Empowerment, Health Care, News
Occupational lung diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in India. These diseases are caused by inhalation of dust particles or chemicals. One such lung disease is silicosis, caused by inhalation of silica dust during mining. While exact statistics are...
by ashika | Jan 30, 2016 | Education, Environment, Event, News
IDS was proud to co-sponsor a one-of-a-kind event on January 23, 2016: Perspectives from India and Chicago, a symposium of multi-media arts, academic experts, and community conversations around human rights in India and in Chicago. IDS was privileged to partner with...
by ashika | Jan 30, 2016 | Environment, Event, News
On January 15, 2016 we had a productive conference entitled Waste Management Innovations: Research, Learning and Propagation. This event was organized and sponsored by TERI University, the India Pollution Control Association (IPCA), India Development Service (IDS),...
by ashika | Jan 9, 2016 | Event, Health Care, News
As many of you are aware, sanitation and pollution problems in India are quite severe. IDS has a number of health care projects on the ground, but we are seeing issues related to waste management confounding our interventions. We need to better understand these issues...
by ashika | Nov 7, 2015 | News
Visitors to the IDS website may have noticed some changes recently. The “Projects” area has been updated—all the project stories from the 2014 annual report have now been added. In the “About” menu, you can now access PDF files of our most recent annual reports. The...