Media Articles
April 2026: “दररोज २० पेक्षा अधिक भारतीय कामगारांचा मृत्यू” Lokmat
(https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/article-shocking-truth-more-than-20-indian-workers-die-abroad-every-day-a-a747/)April 2026: “ऊर्जा दारिद्र्या’ ची झळ स्थलांतरितांना, Sakal
(https://www.esakal.com/premium-article/the-rising-cost-of-lpg-has-triggered-a-fresh-wave-of-reverse-migration-among-urban-poor-and-unorganized-workers-due-to-severe-energy-povert-amp17)March 2026: “युद्धग्रस्त आखातात अडकलेल्या भारतीयांचे काय ?” Lokmat
(https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/what-about-indian-workers-stranded-in-the-war-torn-gulf-a-a719/)- March 2026: “‘कामासाठी गाव सोडणाऱ्या महिलांना वाऱ्यावर सोडणार?” Lokmat
(https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/will-women-who-leave-their-villages-for-work-be-left-to-chance-the-issue-of-health-of-migrants-is-on-the-agenda-a-a1013/) - February 2026: ” Beyond the ‘Outsider’ myth: Rethinking urban India through Migration” Rajput K. & Unni, A. Vol XI, Issue X. Urban Update (Feb 2026).
- February 2026: “निवृत्त झाल्यावर कामगारांना काम दिले पाहिजे का ? – तर, हो !” Lokmat (https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/article-should-workers-be-given-jobs-after-retirement-so-yes-a-a571/)
- February 2026: “From Bricks to Books: How the RUBAL Jidnasa Centre Brings Education to Korku Migrant Children in Buldhana”, Impactlens (https://impactlens.in/from-bricks-to-books-how-the-rubal-jidnasa-centre-brings-education-to-korku-migrant-children-in-buldhana/)
- February 2026: “आज ‘उबर’ चालवाल, झोमॅटोचा पिझ्झा पोचवाल… उद्या काय ?”, Lokmat (https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/today-you-will-drive-uber-deliver-pizza-from-zomato-what-about-tomorrow-article-on-gig-workers-a-a629/)
- January 2026: “भारतातला तीनपैकी एक तरुण ? – काहीच करत नाही !”, Lokmat
(https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/article-one-in-three-youth-in-india-does-nothing-crores-of-youth-are-inactive-in-the-land-of-youth-a-a747/) - January 2026: “मुद्दा स्थलांतरितांच्या समावेशनाचा”, Sakal (https://www.esakal.com/premium-article/migration-identity-and-power-why-inclusion-matters-in-mumbais-civic-politics-svg87)
- January 2026: “१० मिनिटांत पिझ्झा घरपोच’ झाला नाही तर काय बिघडेल?”, Lokmat
(https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/what-would-go-wrong-if-pizza-delivered-in-10-minutes-was-not-possible-a-a719/) - January 2026: “ॲपचलित अर्थव्यवस्थेत हक्कांची ऐशीतैशी”, Loksatta
(https://www.loksatta.com/sampadkiya/features/marathi-article-on-gig-economy-reality-in-india-delivery-boys-working-conditions-vsd-99-5621868/) - December 2025: “कामगारांच्या तलवारीला नवीन धार लावण्याचा प्रयत्न”, Lokmat
- November 2025: “Denying Voting rights to migrants undermines democracy”, Times of India
- October 2025: “या आत्महत्या कशामुळे?”, Maharashtra Times
(https://maharashtratimes.com/editorial/national-crime-records-bureau-recently-released-accidental-deaths-and-suicides-in-india-report-2023/articleshow/124522008.cms)
- October 2025: “H-1B visa clampdown and opportunity to harness talent for Atmanirbhar Bharat”, Indian Express
(https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/h-1b-visa-clampdown-and-opportunity-to-harness-talent-for-atmanirbhar-bharat-10296988/)
- September 2025: “ कामाचे तास वाढविणे सरसकट सर्वांच्या हिताचे आहे का ?”, Lokmat
- September 2025: “How to redirect migrant potential toward sustainable urban growth”, India Express (https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/how-to-redirect-migrant-potential-toward-sustainable-urban-growth-10226293/)
- August 2025: “Building cities that embrace migrants”, Indian Express (https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/building-cities-that-embrace-migrants-10212914/)
- July 2025: “स्थलांतरितांच्या मतदानाचा प्रश्न”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/premium-article/voting-rights-for-internal-migrant-laborers-bihar-elections-ssp01)
- July 2025: “स्वीगी-झोमॅटो: गिग कामगारांना हवी कायद्याची सुरक्षा”, Lokmat.(https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/swiggy-zomato-gig-workers-need-legal-protection-a-a1013/)
- July 2025: “स्थलांतरावर शास्त्रीय लक्ष”, Maharashtra Times. (https://marathi.indiatimes.com/editorial/article/maha-mts-system-puts-efforts-for-migrants-people-service/articleshow/122492244.cms)
- July 2025: “गावांची परवड कायम”, Sakal.
- June 2025: “Youth on Pause: India’s NEET Crisis”, ImactLens. (https://impactlens.in/youth-on-pause-indias-neet-crisis/)
- May 2025: “Silent struggle of Migrant Youths in Cities”, Times of India.
- May 2025: “वाढती उष्णता, घटती सुरक्षा”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/premium-article/climate-change-induced-heatwaves-severely-affect-indias-informal-workers-causing-health-risks-job-loss-and-economic-instability-gss01?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMSUmpjbGNrAxJSZWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe14lGZxQD6x-gl6VZhOUwiissHCk6q9JwrCJe8Upz1Rx4x1VsvzI3cQMv4M0_aem_Tb9n6iQ_DBdd8Tnh-po3Zw)
- April 2025: “Delayed Action, Diminished Opportunity: A policy dilemma for youth in India”, (https://impactlens.in/delayed-action-diminished-opportunity-a-policy-dilemma-for-youth-in-india/)
- April 2025: “कामगारनोंदणी आणि सामाजिक सुरक्षा”, (https://www.esakal.com/premium-article/social-security-for-migrant-workers-through-e-shram-portal-in-india-ssp01)
- April 2025: “Migration and Urbanisation: Dynamics of Exclusion and Exploitation”, ImpactLens. (https://impactlens.in/migration-and-urbanisation-dynamics-of-exclusion-and-exploitation/)
- March 2025: “Implementation of National Youth Policy is essential to aid growing Young Demographic”, Times of India.
- January 2025: “Building a system that sees the migrant worker”, (co-authored), Indian Express. (https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/building-a-system-that-sees-the migrant-worker-9761563/)
- January 2025: “देशातील स्थलांतरितांची घट काय सांगते ? ”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/premium-article/how-economic-council-report-shows-reasons-and-trends-in-internal-migration-and-how-central-government-development-schemes-affects-migration-gss01?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMSU-ljbGNrAxJT4WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeWb3S2rpwh9BwtBFKT5qdxxhSWC6liB-4l7GkZ_UY4AwMTz_DGfhjgUWIipQ_aem_dWA5ReFAeadN-AS83DMT1Q)
- December 2024: “अमेरिकेतील स्थलांतरितांची अवैध वाट”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/premium-article/united-states-of-america-canada-border-illegal-immigration-india-what-is-the-reason?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMSVEhjbGNrAxJURGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe-aFvvRjqo4z3OQRGY1rSKOWvRvnfvH9CYIvYwObUH2J4NDhxep9-81ouDZA_aem_XnYMktUh9KWcU06AAyOn8Q&sfnsn=wiwspwa)
- November 2024: “State of India-Canada ties and the immigrant question”, (co-authored), Hindustan Times. (https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/state-of-india-canada-ties-and-the-immigrant-question-101732630715171.html)
- August 2024: “Migrants missing from Centre’s funding thrust”, (co-authored). Hindustan Times. (https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/migrants-missing-from-centre-s-funding-thrust-101724167616147.html)
- July 2024: “कौशल्यासाठी निधी पेरणी”, (https://www.esakal.com/union-budget-updates/union-budget-2024-farmers-poor-youth-and-women-have-been-given-special-priority-in-the-budget-adi01?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMSlcRjbGNrAxKVvWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEecXisdaJdiZvyA3JqOjEcn0SCYDwYoieEI85UbqQvTkrw7QomopK6-coQIlA_aem_qGDJ-LE9KrHeihIra-jAVw)
- July 2024: “बेरोजगारीची भयकथा”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/needed-is-special-attention-to-the-aspirations-of-the-youth-otherwise-the-comet-of-unemployment-and-discontent-will-surely-strike-adi01)
- April 2024: “Work or vote? It’s a choice no citizen should have to make”, (co-authored), Indian Express. (https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/lok-sabha-elections-work-or-vote-migrant-voters-9277092/)
- April 2024: “Making space for migrants in manifestos”, (co-authored), The Hindu. (https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-space-for-migrants-in-manifestos/article68118338.ece)
- February 2024: “युवकविकास हेच साध्य”, Sakal (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/dr-kuldeepsingh-rajput-writes-youth-development-pjp78)
- January 2024: “स्त्रीविरोधी हिंसेचे मूळ शिक्षणगळतीतही”, (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/dr-kuldeepsingh-rajput-writes-violence-against-women-also-has-its-roots-in-lack-of-education-pjp78)
- July 2023: “Bitter truths in Maharashtra’s sugar fields”, (co-authored), The Hindu. (https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/bitter-truths-in-maharashtras-sugar-fields/article67139495.ece)
- June 2023: “Right to Education of Migrating Children in India” (co-authored), World Bank. (https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/peoplemove/right-education-migrating-children-india)
- June 2023: “परिघाबाहेरील युवकांचा प्रश्न“, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/dr-kuldeepsingh-rajput-writes-india-youth-capital-employment-education-skill-training-economy-danger-pjp78)
- May 2023: “The e-Shram portal holds valuable data on unorganised workers, Use it in policymaking and safety nets for internal migrants” (Co-authored), Money Control. (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/the-e-shram-portal-holds-valuable-data-on-unorganised-workers-use-it-in-policymaking-and-safety-nets-for-internal-migrants-10594021.html)
- March 2023: “Migrant fears in Tamil Nadu: Migration is a constitutional right, a symbol of hope and prosperity”, (co-authored), Indian Express. (https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/migrant-fears-in-tamil-nadu-migration-constitutional-right-hope-prosperity-8484570/)
- March 2023: “Learn from social media scare: Address stigmatisation of migrant workers in Tamil Nadu, and elsewhere” (Co-authored), Money Control. (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/learn-from-social-media-scare-address-stigmatisation-of-migrant-workers-in-tamil-nadu-and-elsewhere-10210751.html)
- March 2023: “प्रश्न स्थलांतरितांच्या प्रतिष्ठतेचाही”, (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/one-million-migrant-workers-in-tamil-nadu-human-resources-rjs00)
- January 2023: “प्रश्न शिक्षणाचा आणि सामाजिक न्यायाचा’”, (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/dr-kuldeepsinh-rajput-writes-question-of-education-and-social-justice-pjp78)
- September 2022: “श्रमिकांचे जीवन असह्य का ?”, (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/dr-kuldeepsinh-rajput-writes-rural-labour-restlessness-pjp78)
- May 2022: “युवकांच्या उर्जेला धोरणाचे कोंदण”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/dr-kuldeepsinh-rajput-writes-youth-power-policy-pjp78)
- April 2022: “सामान्यज्ञान आणि समाजशास्त्रीय आकलनातील भेद”, Lokmat.
- March 2022: “राहिले दूर माझे गाव”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/sakal-special-marathi-editorial-migration-drl98)
- June 2021: “स्थलाांतरिताांसाठी हवे धोरणछत्र” , Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/kuldeepsinh-rajput-writes-about-migrants-labor-policy-pjp78)
- May 2020: “भूखे पेट भजन ना होये”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/happening-india/kuldeepsinha-rajupur-article-about-reality-food-security-298356)
- March 2020: “स्थलांतरित कामगारांची अन्नसुरक्षा”, (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/article-kuldipsinh-rajput-food-security-migrant-workers-268116)
- January 2019: “परिघावरील तरुणाईला प्रवाहात आणा”, Sakal. (https://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/prof-kuldeepsingh-rajput-write-youth-article-editorial-165739)