Shruthi N Nair completed her BA in LLB (Hons) from the School of Law, Christ University, in 2022, and she is from Trivandrum. She has done quite a number of internships that have helped her grow her understanding of various legal matters. She worked with the Chambers of Adv P Prasanna Kumar, Bangalore, where she worked on various proceedings on topics regarding the Criminal Procedure Code, Indian Penal Code, and Prevention of Corruption Act. Shruthi also interned with the District Legal Services Authority, Trivandrum, the Centre for Women and Law, NLSIU, and CPPR, where she worked for 3 months. She loves to read and write and spends her free time with various hobbies like knitting and crocheting.

Asif is a Media Associate at CPPR. He has more than 5 years of experience in Journalism and Public Relations. He completed his Post graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication from Madurai Kamaraj University and a PG Diploma in Journalism from Kerala Media Academy.

Binumol is Admin Associate at the Centre for Public Policy Research. She completed her MA in History from Maharajas College, Ernakulam, and her B Ed in Social Science from Mahatma Gandhi University College of Teacher Education, Ernakulam. She has seven years of teaching experience at Toc H (Residential) Public School.

Jishnu Ravindran earned a zoology degree from Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Sciences before going on to Goa University for his postgraduate studies in biotechnology.  His post-graduation project was centered around the production of plant-based protein from algae byproducts and the use of algae as a biofuel.  He worked as a microbiologist for a pharmaceutical company after completing his studies. He made the decision to switch careers in project management and development in the middle of 2022 and used CPPR as a launchpad for his new career after working here as an international relations research intern.

Shilpa completed her Btech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from FISAT, Angamaly. While pursuing she completed internships with organisations like BSNL and afterwards volunteered in the NGO sector with ‘Make a Difference’. She also worked in freelance educational content development for various institutes after completing her engineering. At CPPR, she interned with the IR Research team initially as a research intern and worked in International conferences. She is also passionate about writing and enthusiastic about India’s rich art and crafts. Apart from her academic interests, she also loves watching movies, cooking and styling clothes.

Neelima completed her Post Graduation in MA Geopolitics and International Relations from Manipal Academy of Higher Education. While pursuing her masters she has done her 3 months Internship from the Middle East Institute, New Delhi. After completion of the course she worked for 2 months as IR project Intern at Centre for Public Policy Research, Kochi. She is passionate about research and writing in the field of International Relations. Her Interest areas include West Asia, Indo-pacific, Multilateralism, Global and National Security.

Akanksha is a Senior Associate, Academy, at Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR). She completed her graduation in Political Science from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and her post-graduation in International Studies from Durham University, UK. She wrote her dissertation on India’s Nuclear Proliferation and its basis in India’s Non-Alignment Policy. With her deep interest in global and national politics, she went on to work as a Political Consultant. She worked on state elections like Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Haryana. Simultaneously, she also worked on various state-level and national-level policies and wrote reports on topics like Increasing Women’s Labour Force Participation in India and India’s Burgeoning Gig Economy. Beyond Politics, Psychology and Defence Studies, Akanksha enjoys her weekend getaways, practising yoga, baking, and chilling with Netflix.

Anisree Suresh is an Associate, Research and Client Management, at Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR). She completed her B.A in Political Science from Carmel College, Goa and M.A in International Studies from School of International and Area Studies, Goa University. She has done a couple of research internships from reputed research institutions of IR. Her master’s dissertation was on BIMSTEC and Indo-Pacific and published a research paper on the same. Her research interests pertain to security studies, South Asia, Indo-Pacific, IR theory and gender.

April had joined CPPR as a Research Intern for 2 months, progressed to become a full-time Researcher for over a year, and then advanced to a new role as the Strategic Communications & Program Management Associate. As a researcher, she worked on projects relating to Governance & Law, and Urban Transport. She is a Chartered Accountancy finalist and BCom graduate, and she has completed 3 years of articleship at Sankar and Moorthy Chartered Accountants, Trivandrum. April is passionate about creating a social impact and has been involved in projects such as audio recording for the Kerala Federation of the Blind and editing a book on online abuse of children and cyber security laws for the Kerala Police Academy.

Anu Anna Jo is a Senior Associate, Research at CPPR. Anu, by qualification holds an M.sc. in Economics (specialised in Environmental Economics) from Madras School of Economics and B.A. Honors Economics from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. She has been associated with Madras School of Economics as a Research Assistant since 2018 on various projects. She has also interned with Dept. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India in 2014.

Anu Maria Francis works as a Research Associate at the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR). She received her law degree from the National University of Advanced Legal Studies in Kochi. She has worked as a UPSC exam teacher and mentor for a number of coaching schools in Kerala.  Her scholarly interests include legal and urban governance, as well as concerns of livelihood. She won the 2022 Think Tank Shark Tank Award by Atlas Network USA.  She spoke on the topic “Economic rights of women in Asia” at the Asia Liberty Forum 2022 in Manila, Philippines, and the Liberty Forum 2022 in New York. She has also interned with the Kerala State Information Commission, ACTIONAID India, Ceat Tyres Ltd, Biocon Pharma Ltd, Khaitan and Co Law Firm, and others.

Former Executive Director of Kerala State Literacy Mission, Special Private Secretary to Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Excise, Government of Kerala, Project Chief at Kerala State Women’s Commission and Deputy General Manager of Kerala State Fisheries Federation. Dr Gopinath started his career in All India Radio, where he bagged National Award in Broadcasting followed by an overseas training programme in Advanced Communication by visiting England, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. He holds MSW and PhD degrees.

Jithin is a renowned lawyer whose expertise is in Banking laws, Civil laws and Constitutional matters with over 10 years of experience. He holds a BA LLB (Hons.) degree from the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi, Kerala and an LLM from M G University, Kottayam, Kerala.

Manoj is a policy enthusiast having expertise in Coalition Building & Strategic Partnership Development, he has served in various senior roles at several Indian and international non-profit organisations. He is the founder and promoter of Policy Talks based in New Delhi and an advisory member to the Amity Institute of Public Policy at Amity University, Noida. He was also the Policy Project Consultant for the Delhi-NCR Region for CPPR for many years. Manoj was involved in various UN consultations and facilitated youth workshops in post-conflict societies in Africa & Asia. He was instrumental in championing the policy reforms in the Bamboo sector in India during his engagement as a key member of the senior management team at Centre for Civil Society. Manoj is well travelled, worked and lived in Manila and Paris engaged in global advocacy for addressing student poverty and peace building. He is a graduate in both Commerce, and Journalism and Communication and has 19 years of extensive experience in non-profit sector and volunteers for several initiatives.

J Paul Zachariah is Programme Officer (Chairman’s Office) at CPPR. He works with the Chairman on the strategic development of CPPR and building partnerships. Paul is a blogger and writes for CPPR blog on topics like international relations and security. A graduate in Economics, he has also undergone training in NGO management at the Department of Training, YMCAs of India and International YMCA University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Before joining CPPR, he was the General Secretary and CEO of YMCA Thrissur for over 7 years. His interests are international relations, libertarian thought, reading, travelling and photography.

Lizbeth is an Associate Research at Centre for Public Policy and Research (CPPR). She has completed her graduation in Economics from Govt. College for Women, Trivandrum where she received the title of ‘All Rounder of the Year’ and post-graduation in MSc. Economics with specialization in Urban Development from Symbiosis International University. She did her dissertation on ” An Analysis of Customer Satisfaction from Public Bus: A Case Study of KSRTC Bus Services”. She has interned with various organisations in the research field such as International Institute of Corporate and Social Responsibility, OSG Analytics and Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy.  She also worked with Stories Worth Sharing Organization, Delhi as their Associate Partner and was the City head of Trivandrum.  Her key areas of research interest include Urban Mobility, Urban Governance and Behavioural Economics. She has also volunteered in making audiobooks for visually impaired students and initiated a social media campaign ‘Why Not Dark” to fight against colourism.

Prasant is head of operations at CPPR. He comes with over 18 years of experience in the Corporate and Development sector. He looks after the daily administration of CPPR and oversees the projects and activities.

Raju T Mathews has been working with CPPR since 2008. He has an MBA degree (with specialisation in Financial Management) from Berhampur University in 1988. He has more than two decades of experience working with various business organisations.

Salahuddin Ayyub is a Research Consultant at CPPR and has more than 10 years of research and teaching experience. He holds both graduate and postgraduate degrees in Economics and MPhil and PhD degrees in International Trade. He specialises in International Trade Policy research, International Relations and Islamic Studies. He has worked with Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Centre for WTO Studies (Ministry of Commerce, Government of India), National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) and Evalueserve – a multinational research firm. Salahuddin has published several research papers in renowned journals and books and regularly writes for magazines and newspapers on economic and social issues. He has an extensive list of presentations in esteemed national and international conferences. He has a good command of Urdu, Arabic, Hindi and English languages. He has worked for PwC, DFID (UK), Spices Board of India, APEDA, NITI Aayog, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of MSME, World Bank, UNICEF and TNT.

Sherylene Rafeeque has been associated with CPPR as Consultant Editor since 2016. She has also managed media relations and programmes for the organisation briefly. A trained editor and author of several children’s books, she resides in Kochi. Sherylene earned her postgraduate degree in Visual Communication from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham headquartered in Coimbatore, India.

Dr Swapna Jambhekar is a Research Consultant at CPPR and is closely involved in the research studies undertaken by CPPR. She graduated as Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) from Mumbai University. After completing Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Administration (PGDHA) from All India Institute of Local Self Government, she pursued Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (TISS). Swapna is also a Fellow of Insurance Institute of India (FIII) and has worked with well-known bilateral and multilateral agencies in the areas of microinsurance and public health. Her work experience encompasses working at the grassroots level community mobilisation and training, implementation, administration, research, documentation and consulting.

Publications by Dr Swapna Jambhekar

Vivek has a master’s degree in Marketing from Dayalbagh Educational Institute(Deemed University) and a PG certification in Data Analytics from MICA, Ahmedabad. Prior to joining the CPPR, he worked with a Political Consultancy. He has a total of five years’ experience in the areas of capacity-building, nutrition, sustainable development and Business Development. His desire to contribute meaningfully to Public Policy prompted him to join CPPR.