Event - Reports

June 1, 2020

Reading International Law in the Context of COVID-19

The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) and Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth along with the Study Group on International Law and Relations, Ernakulam organised a webinar involving International Law scholars and public policy makers titled “Reading International Law in the context of […]
May 18, 2020

Indian Migrants in the Gulf: Coping with the Double Blow of Oil Price Collapse and COVID-19

The Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) and the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) jointly organised a webinar on May 14, 2020 on ‘Indian Migrants in the Gulf: Coping with the Double Blow of Oil Price Collapse and COVID-19.’ […]
May 12, 2020

US Presidential Elections and Global Political Order in the midst of COVID-19

The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) hosted a webinar with Mr Raymond Vickery, Senior Associate, Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on May 7, 2020, focusing on the present scenario of the […]
May 5, 2020

Securing Livelihoods during COVID: Lessons from Previous Pandemics

The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) organised a webinar on ‘Securing Livelihoods during COVID’ with a special focus on Kerala’s economy and drawing lessons from previous pandemics. The topic was chosen prudently to capture the current and dire situation […]
March 4, 2020

Event Report: CPPR Talk Series by Dr Lawrence Prabhakar Williams

Dr Lawrence Prabhakar Williams,Author, Researcher & Professor of International Relations & Strategic Studies and Advisor to the CPPR Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) delivered a talk on ‘Civilisational State, Governance and Grand Strategy of Aspirational Powers: A Perspective of India’, […]
March 4, 2020

Event Report: Data security for a digital century: Conversations on Personal Data Protection Bill 2019

In the Data Protection Bill, the word ‘privacy’ is used once whereas the words ‘security’ and ‘technology’ are mentioned close to 50 times. This is a subtle indicator of where the priorities of the government lie”, said Dr D Dhanuraj, […]
February 28, 2020

CPPR Talk Series: US Presidential Elections 2020

As part of the CPPR talk series, the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) organised an in-house talk on February 24, 2020 on “US Presidential Elections 2020” by Dr Michael Warren Sonnleitner, Fulbright-Nehru scholar, with a doctorate in Political Science from […]
February 22, 2020

#DecodingThePolls Elections 2022: semifinal or knockout? 

Event Details Date and Time: February 8, 2022 Topic: Platform: Zoom Panelists:                Speakers:  Dr. Sandeep Shastri, Vice-Chancellor, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal Dr. G Gopa Kumar, former Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Kerala                 Moderator:  Dr Reetika Syal, Senior Officer, Research, Centre for […]
January 16, 2020

Event Report: The Vikasarth Conversations

The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) in collaboration with the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), New York, and the Menon & Pai Foundation, Kochi, organised “The Vikasarth Conversations”, on January 16, 2020, at Grand Hyatt, Kochi. In this […]
December 9, 2019

Australian Vice-Consul visits CPPR

Mr Andrew Collister, the Vice-Consul at the Australian Consulate- General in Chennai visited CPPR office for an in-house interaction with the team on the growing Indo-Australian relations. In his introductory remarks, Dr Dhanuraj spoke about the common ground between India […]
November 17, 2019

Event Report: America with Kerala Kozhikode Workshop

The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), Kochi, with the support from the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai and the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) organized a three-day workshop in Kozhikode from October 22–24, 2019. A two-day workshop on […]
October 25, 2019

Event Report: Smart Cities Workshop Sustainable Urban Development

During 2016, 2017 and 2018, prominent institutions from Germany and India conducted several Indo-German workshops in India that focus on the potentials and the challenges of the concept of smart cities. These events have been coordinated by the Heidelberg University […]
October 20, 2019

CPPR 16th Quarterly Lecture: ‘India’s Security Challenges’

The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) hosted the 16th edition of its Quarterly Lecture Series on the topic ‘India’s Security Challenges’ on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Bharat Tourist Home, Kochi, Kerala, India. CPPR initiated its Quarterly Lecture Series […]
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 […]
September 4, 2019

CPPR Talk Series: Hinduism & Political Behaviour in India

As part of the CPPR Talk Series, the Centre for Comparative Studies (CCS) organised an in-house talk on “Hinduism & Political Behaviour in India”, delivered by Dr Ajay Verghese, an author and assistant professor of political science at the University […]