Part 1
Two nutrition numbers
NFHS-6: ~29% stunted, ~19% wasted. Poshan Tracker’s August 2026 district average: 25% and 3%. Stunting is a family argument. Wasting is two countries.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Sep 21, 2026
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DATA SERIES
The Poshan Tracker File
Poshan Tracker vs NFHS-6: stunting is a family argument, wasting is two countries. A five-part series on India’s nutrition dashboard.
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132 districts
West Singhbhum 66% stunted. Nandurbar 63%. 132 districts the dashboard itself still puts in very high risk — 38 of them in Madhya Pradesh.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Sep 28, 2026
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634 down. 94 up.
April 2023 to August 2026: 634 districts got better, 94 got worse. Slope and level are different sentences — Gujarat can fall and still have names on the 132.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Oct 5, 2026
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Four states hold half the red
Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tripura: 16% of districts, 52% of the very-high-risk list. Four states hold half the red.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Oct 12, 2026
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Wasting has no season
Dashboard wasting: 6.5% in April 2023, 3.2% in August 2026, no monsoon spike. Survey still ~19%. Anyone putting 3% on a success slide has to beat that gap first.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Oct 19, 2026
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CSR Ticket Size
Why India’s CSR cheque stays near ₹35 lakh — concentrators vs sprayers, education and health as volume machines, and a playbook to design for depth.
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Why India's CSR Cheque Size Won't Budge
Spend grew ~3× in a decade. The average project is still about ₹35 lakh. Five forces explain why Indian CSR scales by adding projects — not by raising ticket size.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Aug 6, 2026
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Concentrators vs Sprayers: Two CSR Strategies Hiding in the Same Data
The national average is produced by two portfolio geometries: rare concentrators with large rows, and common sprayers with many small tickets — same Section 135, opposite design.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Aug 11, 2026
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The CSR Sector Ticket League: Why “We Work in Education” Tells You Almost Nothing
Rank CSR by average cheque per sector — not total crore — and the podium changes. Education and health dominate spend but sit near the national mean; that is why ticket size will not budge.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Aug 19, 2026
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The Geography of the Cheque: High-Spend States Are Not High-Ticket States
Rank CSR by average ticket per geography and the map flips: Pan-India and Odisha run fat cheques; Maharashtra-shaped volume states dominate spend with ordinary tickets.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Aug 26, 2026
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The ₹12 Lakh Company: Most of Corporate India Is Not in the Average
₹35 lakh is the spend-weighted average. The typical company-year files ~₹11–12 lakh per project and ~₹23 lakh for the whole year. Meet the median — and why it cannot move the national ticket.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Aug 31, 2026
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Education and Health Are CSR’s Volume Machines
Education and health are ~52% of CSR spent and ~48% of rows, at ~₹37–40 lakh a ticket. They are not the fat causes — they are the volume machines that are the average.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Sep 8, 2026
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What Would Actually Raise India’s CSR Ticket Size
Average ticket = spend ÷ rows. Five counterfactuals that would move ₹35 lakh — and five that look busy while leaving the mean exactly where it is.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Sep 10, 2026
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The CSR Ticket Size Playbook
Part 7 was physics. This is Monday: diagnose your geometry, playbook by annual CSR budget, and a 90-day plan that does not need a new Schedule VII.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Sep 14, 2026
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A special after CSR Ticket Size
Standalone essays that sit next to a series without becoming a numbered part.
Special
The Agency Took the Cheque
Direct, own foundation, or NGO: the pen changed hands over a decade. The cheque did not grow. The channel that absorbed the volume is the one that got thinner.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Oct 2026
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Two Sunday reviews, labelled as AI-prepared
Newspaper-style weeklies. The PDF is the issue. They sit apart from the authored series and on-site guides.
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The week outcomes stopped being a report and became the deal
The WHO documented a CSR-backed eye-care programme as a national model, a state tranche releases only when 600 rural youth land jobs, and a skilling centre announced offers at its inauguration.
AI-prepared • Sunday, 25 Oct 2026
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The week the evidence asked harder questions
A diagnostic model beat doctors on paper, a meta-analysis showed humans rarely correct a wrong machine, and the FDA’s first generative-AI docket closed under a pile of letters.
AI-prepared • Sunday, 25 Oct 2026
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CSR knowledge for boards, CSR teams & NGOs
Deep-dive articles on corporate CSR strategy, Section 135 compliance, healthcare programme design, and impact assessment — hosted on Causewave.
Compliance
Understanding CSR Compliance Under Companies Act 2013
CSR compliance for corporates: Section 135 thresholds, board obligations, Schedule VII, annual reporting, and penalties — for CSR leads and company secretaries.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • May 2026
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How to Design Impactful CSR Programs in Healthcare
Flagship healthcare CSR programme design: community trust, data, logistics at scale, and partnerships that survive beyond the funding cycle.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • April 2026
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Measuring CSR Impact: A Practical Framework
Impact measurement & advisory: a four-step M&E framework with indicator examples, reporting cadence, and board-ready impact practices for CSR teams.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • March 2026
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Published elsewhere
Essays originally published on LinkedIn by Dr. Hemant L. Patel.
CSR Strategy
Breaking the Top 100 Spell: Unlocking Mid-Cap CSR for NGO Survival
In the shadow of FCRA clamps and USAID's exit, India's NGOs have one lifeline left: CSR. But chasing the same 10 giants? That's a recipe for collapse.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Sep 29, 2025
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Beyond Networks: Redefining CSR Resource Mapping for India's NGOs
In the span of a single funding cycle, India's social sector has shifted its center of gravity. The familiar flows—once sustained by FCRA clearances and global donors like USAID—have faded.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Sep 20, 2025
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The Art of Sahdev: Ancient Wisdom for Modern AI Mastery
In the epic Mahabharata, five Pandava brothers share a throne and destiny. While Arjuna dazzles with archery and Bhima dominates with raw strength, the youngest, Sahdev, operates in the shadows.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • Sep 15, 2025
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A Problem Unacknowledged is a Solution Out of Reach
India's development sector is bleeding funds, yet denial keeps solutions out of reach. Post-pandemic, even established NGOs face dwindling resources.
Dr. Hemant L. Patel • May 13, 2025
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