राहत (Rahat)

Women-led Responsive Action for Heat AdapTation

Rahat aims to provide solace (in Hindi: राहत (Rahat)) from extreme heat in the slums of Jodhpur in western India by implementing women-led housing design strategies like reflective roofs through community engagement. Through a randomised control trial experiment, this intervention seeks to relieve economically disadvantaged communities by assessing the solution's effectiveness, community acceptance, and livelihood generation potential. The goal is to make extreme heat stress visible to the women in low-income communities, who often maladapt to heat and suffer from heat-health inequalities. 

Research Impact 

Presenting  राहत (Rahat) at the "India 2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future" co-hosted by The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India, Held in New Delhi from March 19-22, 2025,