March 24, 2023

Kochi fire must be an eye-opener for cities, state governments

Waste management systems are often failing in India, the latest example being the land dump at Brahmapuram in Ernakulam District, Kerala. The land dump of Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) located at Brahampuram, about 20 km away from the city, caught […]
March 20, 2023

State of Kerala State Budget for 2023-24

The Kerala Budget for the year 2023-24 aims to “improve the standard of living of the people and create a sustainable and modern ‘Nava Kerala’ (New Kerala).” The state says that in the past year, more than one lakh new […]
March 16, 2023

Indo-Pacific Vistas for India-Japan Relationship & Cooperation

The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) is organizing and conducting the 2nd International Conference on India-Japan Relations on various thematic areas of Cooperation between India and Japan with the support of the Consulate-General of Japan, Chennai. The Conference shall be held […]
March 15, 2023

New Guidelines bets on APJ Abdul Kalam’s Bio-Digester Technologies for decentralised solutions to manage sewage wastewater in Tamil Nadu

The changing public policies related to waste management has been widespread across states in India including Tamil Nadu. The government authorities were always urged to recognise the increasing pollution issues and diseases caused by it to find effective technological solutions. […]
March 13, 2023

Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC): Prospects and Challenges

The Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) has been languishing since the last two decades, and ASEAN Member States have not been able to extract a legally binding document from China. Consequently there is widespread pessimism among […]
March 6, 2023

E book – Maritime Security Complexes of the Indo-Pacific Region

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja and Prof. W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar have sought to provide a net assessment of regional challenges and opportunities in this study of the Indo-Pacific region’s security dynamics viewed through the ‘maritime variant’ of the Regional Security Complex […]
March 1, 2023

How Chatbots Can Transform the Quality of Interpersonal Engagement

Chatbots such as Bard and ChatGPT are the new toys on the block that seem to be hogging the  attentional bandwidth of people of all ages. From helping students complete assignments to  answering questions about the Bhagavad Gita these chat […]
March 1, 2023

#EndEmploymentBias | Women & Jobs in Kerala’s Hospitality Industry: End Employment Bias

Due to the fact that the tourism and hospitality sector contributes 1.5 million jobs to Kerala, legal barriers that prevent women from working in the sector have an adverse effect on their economic freedom and right to equal status and […]
February 28, 2023

Regulating that Third Arm: Pointers from the tech past and present

Regulating AI technology has proved to be highly challenging for a variety of reasons including the sheer speed of its development, differing viewpoints within the tech stakeholder ecosystem and a notable non-uniformity in its deployment context, owing to the immense […]
February 23, 2023

Road & Railways : The Key to Mobility

India has a large and diverse transportation sector which caters to the needs of more than a billion people.The sector contributed around 6% towards the nation’s GDP. Mobility is one of the driving factors of progress and is necessary to […]
February 23, 2023

The Pushbutton Path to Tech Transparency?

Pushbuttons have been working their magic since the late 1800s. From doorbells, elevators, remote controls, flight dashboards and intercoms to Hollywood escape panels and trapdoors, the tiny human-machine interface has been an equal opportunity enabler. And yet when this packet […]
February 23, 2023

Webinar On The Future of Coal in India: Balancing between Energy Security and Sustainability

A webinar was conducted to discuss and analyse the future of coal in India by the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) on the 16th of February 2023, at 4:30 P.M. IST. The aim of the dialogue was to bring […]
February 21, 2023

E book – India & Australia : Strengthening International Cooperation Through the Indo Pacific Oceans Initiative

The book ‘India and Australia: Strengthening International Cooperation Through The Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative’ is a compilation of research papers written by scholars from India, ASEAN countries and Australia on strengthening international cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. The book is divided into […]
February 20, 2023

E book – Why Liberty (Malayalam Translation)

“എന്തുകൊണ്ട് സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം” an e-book published by CPPR is the Malayalam translation of  “Why Liberty”, edited by Tom G. Palmer There are 12 Chapters in the book, which are mainly written by younger people who are active in Students For Liberty, […]
February 14, 2023

Strengthening Doctoral Program: Going beyond UGC Ph.D. Regulations 2022

The University Grants Commission (UGC) recently notified its latest Regulations 2022 to award the Ph.D. degree program. Some far-reaching changes have been introduced. and the removal of mandatory research publication and Ph.D. admission to four-year undergraduates with a one-year degree […]