LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship

LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship | An Online National Summer School Program | A Two- Month Online Immersive Legal Awareness & Action Research Certificate Training Course and Internship Program | June-August 2023 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning

Teaser: https://youtu.be/rBzIf4VFgRw | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhaFIBbDLKQZyi4FJA1j3shVS93No0Iu6

#IMPRI IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invites you to #WebPolicyLearning

An Online National Summer School Program

A Two-Month Online Immersive Legal Awareness & Action Research Certificate Training Course and Internship Program on

LPPYF
Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship

Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Dates: 12 June – 11 August 2023
Platform: Online Zoom & Action Research Field Work
Time: 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM

Link to all LPPYF Videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhaFIBbDLKQZyi4FJA1j3shVS93No0Iu6&si=orBPOvi96Hd9zC2Y

Course Fee: INR 15,000 (inclusive of GST)
Limited Seats are available for scholarships. Write to learningatimpri@gmail.com

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About the Fellowship

IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, continuing with its dynamism, is proud to offer its new program– LPPYF, Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship, starting this summer for two months focusing on the social, legal, and policy issues. The course aims to provide integrated knowledge by connecting both social and legal perspectives. Over two months, fellows will get the opportunity to learn about various dimensions of laws and policies, get training for legal tools and their realistic applications to carry out action research fieldwork (for two weeks) project and prepare a report based on it while interacting with the numerous legal, thematic, and distinguished public policy experts.

The course will enable the participants to comprehend the nuances and technicalities of legal and public policy paradigms and therefore acquire theoretical insights along with technical skills to conduct research. LPPYF aims to instil the understanding and skills pertaining to law and public policy. The thematic issues covered under this course are the paradigm of international provisions, constitutional laws, Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), gender justice, environmental crisis and regulations, international human rights, and so on.

This online fellowship will have three-weekly sessions, including a legal, technical, special lecture and interactive discussion sessions enabling participants to build capacity in different aspects.

Each fellow will be encouraged to perform action research on a thematic area of their choice and write a report on the same by the end of the course. The fellows will also be guided in publishing their blog/article at IMPRI Insights and other renowned journals. 

For Whom

Early Career Professionals, Young Research Scholars, Postgraduate and Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. Eligible Applicants must meet the following criteria: 

• Should be enrolled/ have completed their graduation in good academic standing and are willing to learn with curiosity and excel in the field of law and public policy and wish to contribute positively to the society.
• Applicants must be available to attend the consecutive 9-week online classes and willing to do fieldwork.
• Should be able to submit a mandatory report by the end of the course.

Benefits of Taking the Fellowship

Participants would: 

• Learn from globally and nationally renowned thematic experts and practitioners.
• Gain from first-hand training on legal applications, public policy insights, and networking opportunities.
• Get course outline and reading list from the experts.
• Get access to session videos for 15 days. ​We promote flexible learning at your pace and place and strict attendance is not the mandatory criterion.
• A Certificate of Completion of the Fellowship on successfully completing the program will be sent to your postal address. Additionally, Internship Certificates will also be provided.
• Opportunity to publish your essay on the IMPRI Insights Blog, which features articles of eminent people from around the globe.

Upon successful completion of the program, each participant will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Program Details

LPPYF will comprise 50+ sessions. There will be three weekly sessions, including a legal hands-on training session, public policy capacity development by legal practitioners, technical lecture sessions conducted by subject matter experts, special lecture sessions by distinguished experts and interactive discussion sessions on that particular thematic area. Reading and study resource material will be provided by the experts as the course progresses.

Legal Hands-on Sessions:

Each week, the fellows will get the knowledge and experience of the practical application of laws in fields of public policy through legal hands-on training that will contain topics ranging from International Human Rights, constitutional laws, filing of Right to Information, Public Interest Litigation, nuances and awareness of laws relating to violence against women, effective functioning of the legal system including the police and judiciary.

The fellowship also consists of Interactive Discussion Sessions, an open platform to explore contemporary social, political and legal debate topics.

Fellows will also be given assignments based on discussions and interactive sessions. IMPRI also invites fellows to share their creative thoughts and ideas about progressive human rights, laws and policy issues through poems, stories, essays, street plays, drawing art and other forms of expression.

Action Research Field Work:

The fellows will be encouraged to build a case study on a thematic area of their choice, including legal and public policy arenas. They will be expected to conduct fieldwork in their respective cities, towns, or villages where they will be based at that time and required to submit the report of the same by the end of the two weeks of action research and fieldwork. Research Faculties will teach qualitative research methodology, mentor the fellows throughout their fieldwork, and help them with the analysis and report writing.

In addition, selected fellows will be assisted in getting their reports published on IMPRI Insights and other renowned newspapers, magazines, and journals. Each submitted report will be evaluated for quality and examined for plagiarism; therefore, fellows are required to produce the original report. The fieldwork at the end of the fellowship will be a compulsory parameter of evaluation.

Please note: Fellows will also have to take pictures, make small video clips of their field research, and share them with IMPRI.

Fellowship Schedule

The fellowship will convene for two months (nine weeks) from June 12 (orientation) – August 11 (valedictory), 2023. Typically, there will be three classes in a week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. over Zoom. Some of the sessions might take place on Saturday due to busy schedule of professionals. The legal hands-on sessions will be conducted along with legal and technical sessions and interactive discussion sessions. The last four weeks of the program will focus on action research fieldwork and report writing.
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
For queries, write to: learningatimpri@gmail.com

Program Experts

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI

Fellowship Lead Advisor & Legal Hands-on Sessions: Adv Dr Shalu Nigam, Visiting Senior Fellow IMPRI; Advocate, Author, and Researcher, Gender and Human Rights

Session Experts

Prof Uday Shankar,  Registrar & Professor of Law, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur

Shri Udit Mishra, Deputy Associate Editor, The Indian Express

Dr Nivedita P Haran, IAS (Retd), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala

Shri Bhartendra Singh Baswan, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Dr Purnima Chauhan, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh & Director Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (HIPA)

Adv Dr Albertina Almeida, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Goa

Dr Gladstone Xavier, Faculty and former Head, Social Work Department, Loyola College, Chennai

Prof Aruna Roy, President, National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW); Founder, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)

Adv Audrey D’Mello, Director, Majlis Legal Centre, Mumbai

Dr Kaustuv K Bandyopadhyay, Director, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), New Delhi and PRIA International Academy (PIA)

Adv Mrunalini Deshmukh, Renowned Lawyer and Author, Mumbai

Prof Sharmila Ghuge, Faculty, J.C. College of Law, Mumbai

Adv Flavia Agnes, Women’s Rights Lawyer; Co-founder, Majlis Legal Centre, Mumbai

Dr Rashmi Singh, IAS, Commissioner, State Taxes, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir

Mr Debadityo Sinha, Lead, Climate and Ecosystems, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi

Prof Swaran Singh, Professor and Chairperson, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Adv Lara Jesani, Independent Law Practice Professional, Mumbai, Human Rights Activist & Member, PUCL (People’s Union for Civil Liberties)

Prof Anil K Gupta, Head of Division, International Cooperation, Advisory Services, e-learning & Media Portfolio; Director of Projects & CoE; Full Professor of Policy Planning & Strategies, National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi

Justice Ajit K Singh, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Hilsa, Bihar & Secretary, Bihar Judicial Services Association

Mr Himanshu Shekhar, Senior Editor (Political and Current Affairs), New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV India); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI

Dr Amar Jesani, Independent Researcher and Teacher (Bioethics and Public Health); Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI

Mr Bilal Khan, President, Kamgar Sanrakshan Samman Sangh, Mumbai

Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Retired I.P.S. Officer, President Medal Awardee, Former D.I.G. Kolhan, Chaibasha, Jharkhand

Shri Tikender Singh Panwar, Senior Fellow, IMPRI & Former Deputy Mayor, Shimla

Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI

Shri Shailesh Gandhi, RTI activist and former Central Information Commissioner

Adv Abdul Hafiz Gandhi, National Spokesperson, Samajwadi Party

Prof Amita Singh, President, NAPSIPAG Disaster Research Group (NDRG); Professor (Retd.), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Dr Ajay Gudavarthy, Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Shri Amit Dubey, Founder, India Future Foundation; National Cyber Security Expert

Prof Sanghamitra Acharya, Chairperson & Professor, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Dr Y Suresh Reddy, Director, SRF Foundation, Gurgaon

Adv Sanchita Ain, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India

Shri Surendra Nath Tripathi, IAS (Retd), Director General, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi

Convener:
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Adv Dr Shalu Nigam, Visiting Senior Fellow IMPRI; Advocate, Author, and Researcher, Gender and Human Rights
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI

Participants List and Details with their Topic of Research

LPPYF Teaser: https://youtu.be/rBzIf4VFgRw

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhaFIBbDLKQZyi4FJA1j3shVS93No0Iu6

Inaugural Session Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2zJHsea63E

Live Video: Prof Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey | Social Security, Law & Public Policy | Distinguished Lecture | LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogM8ELegCMk

Live Video: Adv Flavia Agnes | Women’s Rights & Legislative Reforms | Distinguished Lecture | Day 12 LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srNvmgOB9HM