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IMPRI, a startup research think tank, is a platform for pro-active, independent, non-partisan and policy-based research. It contributes to debates and deliberations for action-based solutions to a host of strategic issues. IMPRI is committed to democracy, mobilization and community building.

EPF Pension Controversy: Accountability and the Role of the Central Provident Fund Commissioner

TK ARUN Should the Central Provident Fund Commissioner be sent to jail? He is culpable of multiple offences: one, contempt of the Supreme Court, two, administering mental torture to about 17 lakh pension applicants who have applied for higher pension,…

Fellows Profile and Research Topics: Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 4.0

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Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 4.0 | An Online National Winter School Program | A Five-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship | September 2024–January 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning Fellows Profile Name  Designation Organisation Research Topic Hetvi Account Executive…

Global Power Dynamics and Terrorism: The Resurgence of the Syrian Conflict

West Asia is never quiet. As if the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon are not enough, let alone the simmering ones in Libya, Yemen, and Sudan, the past week’s conflagration in Syria has yet again proved that the causes of conflict must also be definitively addressed, especially when a highly complex situation is allowed to take deeper, divisive roots with external powers having their own axe to grind every step of the way.

India’s Strategic Concerns: The Risks of an Unstable Middle East

In the past dozen or so years, India has effectively transformed its "Link West" policy into an "Act West" policy. The transactional partnerships of previous decades have been replaced by a comprehensive, strategic relationship, expanding, renewing, and reigniting the intensity of exchanges at the highest levels.

PM Oli’s China Visit: Optics Overshadow Substance

High in optics and but low in content, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s visit to China this week sends signals of balancing India. For the past decade, China has been upping the ante in Kathmandu with close political tie-ups between the communist parties, promises for infrastructure projects, trade, tourism and others.

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