PPYF Public Policy Youth Fellowship | A Four-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | Feb-May 2026 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
Fellows List & Details
| Fellows List & Details | |||
| PPYF Public Policy Youth Fellowship | |||
| A Four-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | |||
| February – May 2026 | Zoom | 4-6 pm | |||
| Ten Consecutive Saturdays & Policy Brief Submission | |||
| IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning | |||
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Location |
| Amit Kumar Arya | BMS 2nd year | College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi | Delhi |
| Anand Kole | Student | International Institute of Social Studies | The Hague |
| Anish Pujapanda | Master’s, Development | Azim Premji University | Bangalore |
| Dr Pritha Chakraborty | Associate Professor | Sister Nivedita University | Kolkata |
| Ila rawat | Senior resident | ASMC Shahjhanpur | Shahjhanpur |
| Jyoti Poonia | Student | Delhi University | Delhi |
| Niranjan Krishna Kumar | – | – | Bengaluru |
| Rithika Reddy Baddham | Student | Student | Hyderabad |
| Shakil Ahmed | Student | Panjab University | Delhi |
| Shaveta Menon | Assistant Professor | School of Public Health,DY Patil deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai | Navi Mumbai |
| Shubham Wagh | Student | Indian School of Development Management | Noida |
| Tarushi Parihar | Student | Gujarat National Law University | Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
PPYF Public Policy Youth Fellowship
An Online National Winter & Spring School Program
A Four-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program
February – May 2026
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Live Sessions with Experts & Program Team-
Dates: February 7 – April 11, 2026
Ten Consecutive Saturdays
Time: 4-6 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom
Event Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/ppyf-public-policy-youth-fellowship/
Program Experts

Chair: Dr Manorama Bakshi, Director and Head of Healthcare and Advocacy, Consocia Advisory; Founder and Director, Trilok Raj Foundation (TRF); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Co-Chair: Dr Purnima Chauhan, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh & Director, Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (HIPA); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Session Experts:
Shri Bhartendra Singh Baswan, IAS (Retd.) Former Secretary, Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Dr Manorama Bakshi, Director and Head of Healthcare and Advocacy, Consocia Advisory; Founder and Director, Trilok Raj Foundation (TRF); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Dr Urvashi Prasad, Former Director, Office of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, New Delhi; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Prof Subhomoy Bhattacharjee, Professor of Practice & Director, Centre for Regulatory Governance, Jindal Global Law School
Dr Purnima Chauhan, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh & Director, Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (HIPA); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Mr Yash Agarwal, Founder, Public Policy India (PPI), New Delhi
Dr Nivedita Haran, Retd. (IAS), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala; Honorary Chairperson on Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development (CMID), Kerala; Visiting Distinguished Fellow, IMPRI
Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Mr Sandeep Chachra, Executive Director, ActionAid Association, India and Ex Co-Chair, World Urban Campaign, UN-HABITAT; Advisor, IMPRI
Prof Chetan Vaidya, Former Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) & School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi; Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Mr Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Senior Editor, NDTV
Ambassador Shashank, (IFS, Retd.), Former Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Dr Tanvir Aeijaz, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Ramjas College, University of Delhi
Ms Anuja Gulati, State Program Coordinator, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Convenors:
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Mr Aravind Unni, Urban Poverty Thematic Lead at Indo-Global Social Service Society; Visiting Senior Fellow at IMPRI (TBC)
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
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