Centre for Comparative Studies

October 17, 2019

Maharashtra Elections 2019: Fadnavis has his ticket to National Politics

This part of CPPR’s Election analysis series, ‘Decoding the Polls’ we explore how the seat sharing agreement between political parties in Maharashtra will pan out and how it will impact the outcome of the Maharashtra State Assembly Elections. We also […]
October 17, 2019

Smart Cities Mission Requires Smart People: Dr M Ramachandran

Transcript of the Keynote address delivered by Dr M Ramachandran, former Secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, at the “Smart Cities Workshop: Sustainable Urban Development” held in Kochi on September 20, 2019.The workshop was organised by South […]
October 17, 2019

CPPR Talk Series: Hong Kong Protests and its Implications

As part of the CPPR Talk Series, the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) organised an in-house talk on “Hong Kong Protests and its Implications”, delivered by Mr Muraleedharan Nair on October 10, 2019. Mr Nair has held various positions in […]
October 16, 2019

Absence of domestic peace major challenge to national security’

News report published in The Hindu related to CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash With Indian politicians being traditionally indifferent to national security, successive governments have failed to develop a national security strategy and this has placed […]
October 16, 2019

Vikrant theft a security violation: Ex-Navy Chief

News report published in The News Indian Express related to CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash Theft  of hard disks from country’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant, being built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), is a […]
October 16, 2019

India follows opposite model of China on defence transformation

News report published in UNI related to CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture delivered by Admiral Arun Prakash India adds more men and less technology, quite opposite of the model followed in China on defence transformation, Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) said here […]
October 14, 2019

Corridor will have a positive effect: ADB

CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj comments in a news article published in The Times of India. Kochi: According to Asian Development Bank (ADB), industrial corridors will have a positive effect on the country’s economy, acting as an economic corridor that […]
October 14, 2019

Kerala bypolls 2019: Are the caste-religious organizations setting the agenda?

CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj was part of a panel discussion of News 18 Kerala. This discussion was aired on October 14, 2019
October 14, 2019

Afghan Quandary: Peace Talks Amidst the New Great Game

With the US–Taliban peace talks shaping the future course of Afghan conflict, the main stakeholders China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan and India driven by their geopolitical pursuits and vested interests jostle for influence over the final endgame of Afghanistan.  By Mona […]
October 12, 2019

‘Hong Kong stir will impact whole of China’

The Hong Kong issue is affecting the whole of China and Taiwan, Xinjiang and Tibet are closely watching the situation, said Muraleedharan Nair, former Indian consul in Hong Kong and senior fellow with Kochi thinktank Centre for Public Policy Research […]
October 11, 2019

Role of crime, money increases as elections become excessively competitive: Former CEC

News article published in the OneIndia about panel discussion organised by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) on the recently concluded General Elections. CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj was one of the panelist The Association […]
October 11, 2019

Judicial reforms, social media tuning must for fair polls: Experts

News article published in the Outlook India about panel discussion organised by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) on the recently concluded General Elections. CPPR Chairman Dr D Dhanuraj was one of the panelist Experts […]
October 11, 2019

Powering Kerala’s Electric Vehicles

India is set to move further towards an automobile industry that is primarily electricity powered. The government has introduced certain initiatives in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint in India’s mobility scenario by 2030 and electric vehicles (EVs) are […]
October 9, 2019

Feasibility of Electric Vehicles in India

Facing an air pollution epidemic, India has its eyes set on an electric future. With a flurry of proposals from both the centre and various state governments, questions over the implementation of this relatively new technology arise. This article looks […]
September 26, 2019

“Need to make Smart City Mission Citizen-centric” Dr. M. Ramachandran

Keynote address delivered by former secretary to the Ministry of Urban Development Dr M Ramachandran at the ‘Smart City Workshop: Sustainable Urban Development’ on September 20, 2019. The workshop was a joint initiative of Heidelberg University, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), […]