The students coming from different parts of the world culminated to be a part of the unique course. The interactive session with the students emphasized on the Kerala’s development over the years commencing from late 19th century. Kerala is conceived as a model state in Development owing to various socio-economic parameters. During the session, with emphasis on social and economical statistics, the development patterns in Kerala were traced in comparison to other states in India and also the United States of America to get a glimpse of the strengths, opportunities and threats faced by the state of Kerala.
The interactive session developed the curiosity of the students in learning more about Kerala. Mr D.Dhanuraj provided a glimpse of Kerala and its contribution to the economy relative to other European and American states.
Semester at Sea students is on the tour of Asia with Mauritius been its next destination and will further move on to the west. The MV Explorer carried 623 Semester at sea students with 200 Professors all the over the globe. The journey through the sea provided them the learning opportunity and gave insights to the realities of life in different parts of the world The Spring Voyage is destined to end by May.
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Digital RTI Mission
Digital RTI Mission is a project by Centre for Public Policy Research which aims at making Kerala the first RTI digital state of India and later expanding it to the rest of India.
L3 (Law, Liberty & Livelihood) This project aims to study the livelihood regulations and entry level barriers for informal sectors in 63 Indian cities.The project is supported by Sri Dorabji Tata Trust and implemented in partnership with Centre for Civil Society (CCS). [read more]
India Development Indicators
India Development Indicators is an online platform that leverages existing investments in data by standardizing, harmonizing, and visualizing development data at various resolutions such as state, district, parliamentary constituency etc.
[read more] School Chain Index
A project supported by Fraser Institute, Canada to trace and analyse managements in India that handle more than three schools. [read more]
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
The Right to Information Campaign
CPPR is the leading organisation active in RTI Act Campaign across Kerala. The Centre has conducted numerous awareness sessions to increase the common man's access to the act through practical knowledge dissemination. [read more]
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms are out of court settlements aimed at settling disputes in an amicable manner. CPPR has initiated a campaign to take the benefits of ADR to the common man to get timely and cost effective justice. [read more]
Externship Externship is a unique concept of CPPR to encourage research entrepreneur- ship among the youth of indegenous and rural communities and empower individuals to generate solutions to their problems. [read more]
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Theatre Workshop
Rangsanskruti, an existing theatre group engages in conducting workshops designed to discover and enhance creative abilities and skills of participants. [read more]
Soft Skills Development Training
It aims to build up the competencies of the employees so that it compliments with the organization’s core strengths in maximizing productivity & profitability. [read more]
URBAN GOVERNANCE
Urban Research
This wing dwells into the importance for urban research as more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Over 90 percent of urban growth is taking place in the developing world. Over 1 billion people live in slums worldwide. Aproximately 360 million people live in the low elevation coastal zone in urban areas.These increasing issues relating to traffic, transport and infrastructural set up in urban areas has led to a paradigm shift in the way we move forward. Urbanization is now considered a key element in promoting economic growth, if well managed. CPPR has taken up this initiative with the focus to help the corporation to find solutions to the urban problems in Kochi, recommend policy changes and to make sure that the policies are implemented on time.
The students coming from different parts of the world culminated to be a part of the unique course. The interactive session with the students emphasized on the Kerala’s development over the years commencing from late 19th century. Kerala is conceived as a model state in Development owing to various socio-economic parameters. During the session, with emphasis on social and economical statistics, the development patterns in Kerala were traced in comparison to other states in India and also the United States of America to get a glimpse of the strengths, opportunities and threats faced by the state of Kerala. 
nation and will further move on to the west. The MV Explorer carried 623 Semester at sea students with 200 Professors all the over the globe. The journey through the sea provided them the learning opportunity and gave insights to the realities of life in different parts of the world The Spring Voyage is destined to end by May.
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Theatre Workshop
