Writing Urban India

The “Writing Urban India” initiative is a mentoring initiative to nurture early career scholars in writing and publishing on urbanisation in India. WUI is funded by the Urban Studies Foundation (USF), anchored primarily by the Centre for Policy Research, and supported by other institutions and individuals in the WUI collective. The initiative aims to enable candidates with the skills and knowledge required to produce a structured writing output that is academic in nature – through capacity-building workshops, seminars and one-to-one mentorship. The programme follows a hybrid approach, with both online and offline interactions. It also provides financial resources to enable fellows to interact with mentors, attend workshops and access resources as needed. The WUI is currently running a nine-month Fellowship programme for its first batch of 20 mentees.