Policy Beyond Politics

In this week's episode of Policy Beyond Politics Podcast, CPPR Research Fellow Purvaja Modak and Dr Jessica Seddon, who is the Global Lead for air quality at the World Resources Institute, discuss on the topic United States and India as Partners in Climate Action. This podcast is an extension of the webinar on 'United States and India as Partners in Climate Action: The Clean Energy Agenda', that C...

In the latest episode of 'Policy Beyond Politics Podcast', Former Indian Diplomat and CPPR Senior Fellow Mr Muraleedharan Nair talks about the the Role of the Private Sector in shaping up the Chinese Economy. Mr Muraleedharan Nair has held various positions in the Government of India, including as the Indian Consul in China. His postings abroad include those in the Indian diplomatic missions in Ch...

In the latest episode of Policy Beyond Politics podcast, Ambassador Gurjit Singh, a former Indian diplomat with 37 years of experience, talks to CPPR Senior Fellow, Purvaja Modak on the strategy of vaccine diplomacy adopted by different countries in the world, including India and the changing global order. 

കിറ്റക്സ് വിഷയവും കേരളത്തിലെ നിക്ഷേപക അന്തരീക്ഷം എന്ന വിഷയം  സി പി പി ആർ ഉപദേശകൻ ഡോ ജി ഗോപകുമാറും സീനിയർ ഫെല്ലോ ഡോ ജോസ് സെബാസ്റ്റ്യനും അവലോകനം ചെയ്യുന്നു. സി പി പി ആർ ചെയർമാൻ ഡോ ഡി ധനുരാജ് ആണ് വിഷയം അവതരിപ്പിച്ചത്.

അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി കടന്നു വന്ന കോവിഡ് എന്ന മഹാമാരി ജനജീവിതത്തെയും സമ്പത്ത് വ്യവസ്ഥയെയും രാഷ്ട്രീയ സാഹചര്യങ്ങളെയെല്ലാം സാരമായി ബാധിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഈ കോവിഡ് കാലത്തെ ഇന്ത്യൻ രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തെ സി പി പി ആർ അസോസിയേറ്റ് ഗൗതം കെ എയും സി പി പി ആർ ഉപദേശകൻ ഡോ ജി ഗോപകുമാർ അവലോകനം ചെയ്യുന്നു. In this episode of CPPR’s Policy Beyond Politics Podcast, Goutham KA, Associate, Projects at CPPR and Prof. G Gopakumar, former...

In this episode of CPPR’s Policy Beyond Politics Podcast, Akanksha Borawake, Associate, Research at CPPR and Dr. Shakila Shamsu, formerly OSD (New Education Policy), in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), discuss Kerala government’s Knowledge Economy mission. The recent Kerala Budget stressed on tackling unemployment in the state, through the knowledge economy mission....

In this episode of CPPR's Policy Beyond Podcast series,  Purvaja Modak talks to Dr Harisankar K Sathyapalan about the landmark ruling by a Dutch Court against Shell group and what it could mean for climate change litigations worldwide. The verdict resulted from a public interest lawsuit by a group of environmental NGOs, led by the Netherlands-based Friends of the Earth (Milieudefensie). The d...

India has had a very dynamic history with the cannabis plant . Cannabis has been consumed for spiritual, medicinal and recreational purposes since millenia. In Pre-independence India, the British attempted to regulate it through excise laws that licensed cultivation and imposed taxes on the sale of hemp. However, globally the perspective around cannabis has seen a dramatic turnaround. Many countri...

Newly appointed Finance Minister, KN Balagopal, presented the maiden budget of the Second LDF government on Friday. By prioritising the health sector, the state government has sent a message that the State is prepared to fight upcoming challenges. In the latest episode of Policy Beyond Politics Podcast series, CPPR Chairman Dr Dhanuraj and Senior Associate, Praseeda Mukundan analysed how this budg...

The recently convened World Health Assembly (WHA74) saw discussions on the launch of negotiations for a ‘New Pandemic Treaty’ in order to create a ‘Global Framework Convention on Pandemic Preparedness and Response’. This treaty is supposed to facilitate international cooperation and a coordinated response to any future pandemics. The European Union and several other member-states are pushing for t...

Kerala Governor, Arif Mohammad Khan, gave the inaugural policy address of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly on Friday. While the government’s ambitious flagship projects and huge investment announcement in the education sector topped the headlines, it is imperative for us to examine what kind of development trajectory the government is indicating at through its policy announcements.  In th...

Congress party’s underwhelming performance in the Kerala Assembly Elections has cast a shadow of doubt on its relevance and future in the state. The party’s misplaced trust on the state’s ‘electoral pendulum’ to help regain the political mantle this year has led to a historic embarrassment for the party.  Yet, the party has not put out any message in the public domain indicating an introspect...

Listen to this malayalam podcast by CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj and Dr G Gopakumar, who is a CPPR advisor and the former Vice Chancellor of Central University of Kerala. The session focused on the significance of Pinarayi Vijayan's second term as the Chief Minister of Kerala and how it would be marked in the state's political history. The speakers also address questions including what kind of mess...

CPPR-Centre for Strategic Studies organized Webinar on the topic ‘US Presidential Election 2020: Charting the Future of US-India Ties’ on October 22, 2020.

Panel discussion on “All-Hazards Approach to Community-Based Disaster Risk Mitigation.” The  panel, moderated by Dr. D. Dhanuraj, CPPR Chairman, includes  speakers Dr. Muralee Thummarukudy, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction,  United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Dr. Himanshu Grover,  co-director, Institute for Hazard Mitigation and Planning, College o...

Recently Government launched PM Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM #SVANidhi ) a special micro-credit scheme to provide loan of upto Rs 10,000 to #StreetVendors. At the same time, the lack of accommodating policies and guidelines to the street vendors have resulted in job loss and police brutality. In this episode of #PolicyBeyondPolitics , Dr D Dhanuraj (Chairman, #CPPRIndia) discuss with Pras...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently criticised the PLA for escalating the border tension with India and also militarising the South China Sea and illegally claiming more territory there threatening vital sea lanes. In this episode of #PolicyBeyondPolitics CPPR Chairman, Dr D Dhanuraj discusses with Dr Vijay Sakhuja, Distinguished Fellow of CPPR on the establishment of the Pacific Deterrence...

In this episode of #PolicyBeyondPolitics #CPPRIndia Chairman, Dr D Dhanuraj talks to Leslie Xavier, Senior Fellow (Sports Policies), CPPR and Editor (Sports), Newsclick.in on the impact of COVID on sports. COVID has economically impacted athletes and various sporting events around the world, and also industries associated with sports . Indian Olympics Association has requested Sports Ministry for...

It is time to leverage on our technological prowess and ensure the legislative business continues unhindered during the pandemic. In this episode of #PolicyBeyondPolitics , Dr D Dhanuraj (Chairman, CPPR) and Chakshu Roy, (Heads the outreach team and leads legislator and citizen engagement at PRS Legislative Research)explores the feasibility and legality of moving the Indian parliament sessions onl...

In this part of Policy Beyond Politics, CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj and Dr Harisankar K. Sathyapalan, Research Fellow (International Law and Dispute Settlement), CPPR discuss the Rights and Responsibilities that need to be followed by Elected representatives in a pandemic lockdown situation.

In this part of Policy Beyond Politics video series CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj discuss with Senior Fellow of CPPR, Dr Rijo M John, on the Trends and Projections of the COVID-19 in India and what can we expect in the coming days.

India's illiberal liquor policy oscillates between the two poles of moral stance of abstinence and the need for easy revenue. In the first episode of #Policybeyondpolitics Dr D D Dhanuraj (Chairman, CPPR) and Rahul V Kumar ( Research Fellow), CPPR discuss issues around the liquor policy in the country.