Welcome to the OoruLabs podcast. The soapbox for Urban Sustainability. We will check out hot topics, trending news in the areas of urban transport, waste, energy, water, the new digital economy and its implications for urban living.
Structural reforms in local governments | S3E22
15 mins; October 23, 2025
Can bus corporations handle city growth? | S3E21
33 mins; October 02, 2025
Journey of youth change makers | S3E20
26 mins; September 21, 2025
Is there value for life in India? | S3E19
22 mins; June 22, 2025
Will the Greater Bengaluru Authority succeed? | S3E18
37 mins; May 02, 2025
State of the 74th amendment - CAG findings | S3E17
42 mins; April 25, 2025
Subsidiarity and how it can be made to work | S3E16
25 mins; April 18, 2025
Overton window as a guide to understanding political action | S3E15
8 mins; April 11, 2025
Students explore the challenges of cycling in Indian cities | S3E14
9 mins; April 04, 2025
How bad are our cities for the disabled? | S3E13
56 mins; March 28, 2025
Customer centricity, talent and systems in government | S3E12
12 mins; March 21, 2025
To plan or not to plan? | S3E11
9 mins; March 14, 2025
Taxes, negotiations or entrepreneurs, who will solve for social cost? | S3E10
11 mins; March 07, 2025
Should we stop building more roads in cities? | S3E9
12 mins; February 28, 2025
What is anyones incentive to solve for the city? | S3E8
12 mins; February 21, 2025
All about Namma Raste second edition | S3E7
21 mins; February 14, 2025
History and the future of governance | S3E6
13 mins; February 07, 2025
The theory that may provide answers | S3E5
15 mins; January 31, 2025
Is the road in your city a public good? S3E4
9 mins; January 24, 2025
Biases taking over your thinking? S3E3
14 mins; January 17, 2025
How thinking slow helps you make better decisions | S3E2
11 mins; January 10, 2025
Fix prejudices and become smarter | S3E1
12 mins; January 03, 2025
Is deep knowledge uninteresting to urban citizens? | S2E50
47 mins; December 13, 2024
Community Engagement: Overcoming Challenges Together | S2E489
59 mins; December 06, 2024
Making footpaths great again | S2E48
71 hours 50 mins; November 29, 2024
Is PMAY and housing for all working? | S2E47
59 mins; November 22, 2024
How to quieten our cities? | S2E46
46 mins; November 15, 2024
Learnings from a 4 decade old Commission on Urbanisation? | S2E45
62 hours 58 mins; November 08, 2024
Mistreating the marginalised is costing us all | S2E44
46 mins; November 01, 2024
How adolescents experience the city | S2E43
45 mins; October 25, 2024
Apathy lets down Pune | S2E42
32 mins; October 18, 2024
Navigating the Complexities of Urbanization | S2E41
59 mins; October 11, 2024
Redefining Safety for women in Indian Cities | S2E40
34 mins; October 04, 2024
How should we solve our waste problem? | S2E39
45 mins; September 27, 2024
Why we are unable to get past greenwashing | S2E38
32 mins; September 20, 2024
Builders and Buyers, not Government will drive built form | S2E37
62 hours 21 mins; September 13, 2024
Will Nagara metered app on ONDC bring back street hailing autorickshaws in Bengaluru? | S2E36
54 mins; September 06, 2024
Inefficient Bureaucracy, bad politics and horrible citizen choices | S2E35
33 mins; August 30, 2024
Energy, Buildings, What else can cities do? | S2E34
37 mins; August 23, 2024
Why Urban biodiversity is still a lip service | S2E33
48 mins; August 16, 2024
Constitutional validity of Greater Bengaluru Authority | S2E32
56 mins; August 09, 2024
Automation's Impact on Jobs and Cities | S2E31
38 mins; August 02, 2024
Does your city need a brand to be relevant? | S2E30
39 mins; July 26, 2024
Welfare of gig workers on aggregator platforms | S2E29
82 hours 19 mins; July 19, 2024
What an Airport can teach our cities | S2E28
50 mins; July 12, 2024
Broken municipal governance pulling back our growth | S2E27
40 mins; July 05, 2024
How to catalyse government action for cycling | S2E26
47 mins; June 28, 2024
How India & Germany partnered for sustainable mobility | S2E25
46 mins; June 21, 2024
Responding to Urban Complexity - Part 2 | S2E24
36 mins; June 14, 2024
Unraveling Wicked Problems in Urban Governance - Part 1 | S2E23
34 mins; June 07, 2024
Answering Youtube viewer comments | S2E22
36 mins; May 31, 2024
Is Bengaluru Tunnel Road Project Worth It? | S2E21
39 mins; May 24, 2024
Five point frameworks for managing traffic | S2E20
39 mins; May 17, 2024
What the free bus tickets did to women in Tamil Nadu | S2E19
55 mins; May 10, 2024
Is it too late to fix the climate? | S2E18
43 mins; May 03, 2024
Bengaluru shows the new way | S2E17
20 mins; April 26, 2024
Can Indian Railways power the urban growth? | S2E16
53 mins; April 19, 2024
95% of real estate left out of FAR amendment | S2E15
