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#ResearchFellowship | Applications are now open for the CBPS research fellowship 2026-27. Students in their final year of bachelor's degree or recent graduates are eligible to apply.
For more details, visit: cbps.in/research-fellowship/
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#HiringAlert | We are looking for a communications intern to join the team in Bengaluru. We encourage recent graduates and students to apply.
To apply, visit: cbps.in/work-with-us
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In this piece, Akshitha Unnithan (Research Assistant, CBPS) argues why heat must be understood as a structural condition and not a seasonal hazard. And how its impacts fall disproportionately on informal workers, with a clear gendered dimension.
Apr 28
Degrees of Neglect: How India’s Seasonal Approach to Heat Is Failing Its Most Vulnerable
Akshitha Unnithan✍️
thewire.in/environment/degre…
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#NewBlog | Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and India's Shifting Federal Balance
Syed Mohiuddin Khadri of CBPS examines the growing unease between welfare provisioning and federal autonomy in India, focusing on the expanding role of CSS.
Read here: bit.ly/48x2izD
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We at CBPS have developed a Process Measurement Framework (PMF) designed to measure “how” social change occurs, rather than simply measuring what has changed. Our next step is to apply the framework to measure change in social impact programmes.
Read more in the image slides>>
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Op-ed | To whom does the State really owe the tax revenues? – the article reflects on the constitutional imagination of taxation
Written by Abida UC, Research Associate at Centre for Budget and Policy Studies.
Click here to read:
deccanherald.com/opinion/to-…
#budget2026
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On 11 Feb, CBPS will conduct a #workshop on the Process Measurement Framework (PMF) - an approach to measuring #socialchange. It will introduce the framework, its development using Complex Adaptive Systems approach, and its use in tracking process.
To apply, email: vidhi@cbps.in
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@PolicyFeminist’s Pre-Budget Consultation 2025 brought together policymakers, researchers, and development professionals for an important conversation on “Reimagining Resource Justice for Rights and Gender Equality in the Current Crossroads”.
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The panels focused on four key areas:
• Social protection
• Care work and livelihoods
• Gender-based violence
• Gender-responsive budgeting
Group activities involved creating policies and action plans. CBPS was represented by Dr. Priyadarshini and Dr. Menon.
#Budget2026
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At the UNICEF India’s South Regional Conference on Secondary Education in India held in Kerala, our director Niveditha Menon was part of the panel 'Operationalizing Secondary Education System Reforms - Policies, Finance and Evidence.'
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Co-panelists included Mr. Sudhan, IAS, Retd. and Mr. Akunuri Murali IAS Retd. Ms. Pramila Manoharan of UNICEF India was the session coordinator. The panel was chaired by Prof. Jandhyala BG Tilak.
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Niveditha Menon, Director of CBPS delivered a lecture on ‘Gender and Public Policy’, organised by SIEDS Bengaluru at their office. The lecture was attended by members of SIEDS and CBPS, as well as a few members of other civil society organisations from across Bengaluru.
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Menon’s talk delved into the imaginations of gender in public policy, using insights from various projects by CBPS. She illustrated the way the state engages with the larger politics of gender, by examining gender as a concept, subject, citizen, collective, and future.
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This lecture was followed by a discussion on the representative politics, community participation in policymaking, and the utility of decentralisation. The talk was bi-lingual, with members of SIEDS translating the lecture into Kannada as Menon presented.
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We are pleased to share our Annual Report for the year 2024-25.
The report highlights our year’s activities including the launch of our policy festival - Neeti Habba, our approach to the domains, our projects, and financials.
View the report here: bit.ly/3LGkRJ4
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#Webinar | Join us tomorrow as we present our work on #ECCE Model at a webinar hosted by #UKFIET and convened by Rona Bronwin, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Najme Kishani, PAL Network.
Oct 16 (Thurs) | 5.30 pm IST
Register here:
tickettailor.com/events/ukfi…
📢Join our post-conference webinars 8-21 October
These 1-hr sessions will give a flavour of discussions relating to our 7 #UKFIETConf themes & thoughts on future directions.
Conference convenors alongside further panellists. Full details here: ukfiet.org/2025/ukfiet-confe…
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📍#PCF11🇧🇼
CBPS Director, Niveditha Menon, was invited by @COL4D to participate in the Eleventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning in Botswana to contribute to the dialogue on #openeducation through workshops, paper and poster presentations.
🔗bit.ly/4gD00C6
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We are #hiring a Public Health Specialist to lead a team of researchers, contribute to the interdisciplinary approach of research, collaborate with partner organisations, develop proposals and training modules.
Location: Bengaluru
To apply, visit: cbps.in/work-with-us/
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We have exciting news!
CBPS researchers Neha Ghatak and Abida UC will be presenting a paper at the #UKFIET2025 conference next week!
For more details about the session, visit: ukfiet2025.exordo.com/progra…
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At the XX International Conference on Public Policy & Management (19–21 Aug) organised by CPP, @iimb_official, CBPS facilitated two workshops: process indicators for social change, and building an ideal anganwadi, alongside games related to gender responsive budget.
#XX_AICPPM
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Tessa Thomas is a second-year MA Public Policy student at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bengaluru. At CBPS, she contributes to Child Budget Analysis across states, and assists the Communications team. Her interests lie at the intersection of Gender and Education.
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