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April 8, 2026
Insights on Assembly Elections 2026 India covering issues, people, and policy choices influencing governance and economic direction.
March 31, 2026
Kerala polls 2026 see UDF losing momentum while LDF consolidates base, with campaign strategies and voter narratives shaping outcomes.
March 31, 2026
Kerala nears Assembly elections as voter strategies, BJP–CPI(M) narrative, governance issues and anti-incumbency shape outcomes.
March 23, 2026
In the Kerala Assembly Elections 2026, key issues like Sabarimala, governance, and energy concerns are expected to influence voters.
February 3, 2026
CPPR Chairman D Dhanuraj offers expert analysis on the Kerala Budget 2026.
December 24, 2025
D Dhanuraj talks to TNIE on the priorities for the New Mayor of Kochi.
December 18, 2025
Op‑ed by Dr. D. Dhanuraj, Chairman, Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), in Mathrubhumi, titled “സെൽ വരണം, ഡേറ്റ വേണം” (“We Need a Redressal Cell, We Need Data”), on priorities for the new Kochi Municipal Corporation council.
December 12, 2025
How India’s Shared IPT sector evolves through local rules and power dynamics, shaping mobility in small and medium cities | Policy Beyond Mobility Podcast
August 4, 2023
The Kerala State Transport Department’s recent draft scheme notification dated May 17, 2023, to nationalise a critical route in Vypin, Kerala, disregarded the need for Vypin commuters. Although the draft notification states that the scheme aims to alleviate the lack of public […]
January 22, 2016
CPPR’s 11th Quarterly Lecture on ‘Governance and Accountability’ was delivered by Dr Jacob Thomas IPS, Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala Police Housing Construction and Corporation Ltd. The lecture was conducted by Centre for Public Policy Research on January […]
January 20, 2016
We need less public servants and less policies, but more entrepreneurs says Dr Jacob Thomas IPS, at the 11th CPPR Quarterly Lecture The 11th Quarterly Lecture organized by Centre for Public Policy Research explored the issues of Governance […]
June 4, 2014
Will Modi’s Minimum government phase out the Civil Service? The context for this question lies in an attempt by the author to understand the concept of Minimum Government and the theory behind it. In nominal terms ‘Minimum Government’ is a […]
April 7, 2014
CPPR Centre for Comparative Studies (CCS) is inviting Internships in the following topics. The Internship will be for period of 2-3 months and shall be subject to the CPPR Internship Policy Tasks for Interns Do a routine collection and […]
September 9, 2013
Dr Chandra Ranade, Adjunct Faculty of Virginia International University launched the CPPR Centre for Comparative Studies in India (CIS) in Kochi on September 6th. On the occasion of the formal launch of CPPR-Centre for Comparative Studies in India, the keynote […]
May 1, 2013
Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Former Governor will talk on “State, Democracy and Politics of dissent in contemporary India” in the next CPPR Lecture Series at Kochi. The Talk will be held on 28th November 2013. Gopalkrishna Gandhi has served the Indian […]