Pratichi India Trust, Amartya Sen Research Centre

Data collection is a vital step in social science research, traditionally done using pen-and-paper methods. In recent years, technological innovations have transformed this process.

These digital data collection tools reduce time spent on data entry, allow real-time quality checks, and enable quick analysis through dashboards.

To this end, Pratichi (India) Trust conducted a two-day training workshop on “Data Collection Using Kobo Toolbox” on 24–25 April 2026 at the Amartya Sen Research Centre, Salt Lake.

Around 30 participants from diverse backgrounds—including school and college teachers, government officials, researchers, research scholars, students, and NGO workers—took part in the workshop.

The objectives of the workshop were:

-To enable the participants to design, deploy, and manage digital surveys using Kobo Toolbox and Kobo Collect
-To create and test forms with question logic, groups and repeats
-To configure Kobo Collect for offline data collection
-To export, clean, visualise data and prepare basic reports.
-To discuss best practices for field operations, quality control, and data handling.

We hope for more participation in our future workshops to strengthen the organs of social research.

We will be posting our upcoming workshop information on our page.

For registration : https://forms.gle/WyLAuHmd6tEUApRaA

We are pleased to inform you that the auditorium and conference room facilities at the Amartya Sen Research Centre — an initiative of Pratichi (India) Trust — are now available for hosting public discussions, book release programmes, screening of films and documentaries, conferences, training sessions, workshops, roundtable discussions, panel discussions, board meetings, private gatherings and other events.

We warmly invite you to consider the Centre for your upcoming events and engagements. For any inquiries or bookings, feel free to contact us at [email protected] or via phone: 9836362301/ 9748611549

We look forward to welcoming you to the Amartya Sen Research Centre.

Available Amenities:

★ Fully furnished AC auditorium with 224 seats
★AC Conference hall with 80 to 100 seats
★Two AC furnished meeting rooms with 30 seats
★Space for meals and coffee breaks
★Elevators
★Parking Space
★Premier location in Salt Lake

Pratichi (India) Trust held a three-day training workshop on "Fieldwork and data collection: From practice to praxis", at Amartya Sen Research Centre, at IB 184, Sector-3, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700106 on 14-16 January 2026.

Students of the UG, PG and doctoral levels, young researchers, faculty members from colleges and universites and school teachers participated in the workshop.

This workshop, with 32 participants, focused on some of the useful conceptual and practical fundamentals that aimed to set in motion a dialogue between the researcher and the field.

We were fortunate to have as speakers, distinguished scholars like Jean Dreze, Priya Sangameswaran and Rajarshi Ghose, along with Resource persons from within the Pratichi team

We eagerly look forward to wider participation in our future workshops.

Photos of a public discussion on 'Education and Health for All : Promises and Challenges' jointly organised by Pratichi (India) Trust and Climate 24, held on 30 October, 2025 at Amartya Sen Research Centre (IB-184, Saltlake, Sector III, Kolkata-700106)

Some activities with the children of public primary schools of Kolkata viz. 'Making Learning Innovative' under the project 'Achieving Quality of Education through Enhanced Teacher's Capabilities' project by Pratichi (India) Trust and Tech Mahindra Foundation (2019-21).

We are pleased to inform you that the auditorium and conference room facilities at the Amartya Sen Research Centre—an initiative of Pratichi (India) Trust—are now available for hosting academic and public discussions.

We warmly invite you to consider the Centre for your upcoming events and engagements. For any inquiries or bookings, feel free to contact us at [email protected] or via phone: 9836362301/9748611549
We look forward to welcoming you to the Amartya Sen Research Centre.