Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 5.0 | An Online National Winter & Spring School Program | A Five-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship | January 2025–May 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
Participants List & Details
| Participants List & Details | ||||
| Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 5.0 | ||||
| An Online National Winter & Spring School Program | ||||
| A Five-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship | ||||
| January 2025–May 2025 | 3 – 5 p.m. IST | Zoom & Participatory Action Research Qualitative Fieldwork | ||||
| Classes on Ten Selected Saturday Evenings & Research Essay Submission | ||||
| IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning | ||||
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Occupation | Location |
| Ananda Kumar Biswas | Deputy Project Manager (Knowledge Management) | Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP) at BRAC | Humanitarian Professional | Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram, Bangladesh |
| Anila Kathi | Student | NA | Student | Geesugonda Village, Warangal Rural District |
| ARPAN PATRA | Student | AMITY UNIVERSITY | Student | Delhi |
| Ayushi Mehta | Researcher | Independent Researcher | Researcher | New Delhi |
| Bruno Richardson M | Research Associate | J PAL South Asia | Researcher | Chennai/Tamil Nadu |
| Dada Dadas | Research Scholar | Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | Student | Mumbai |
| Dr Shivshakti Pawar | Public health official district level | Public health department, govt of Maharashtra | Working professional | Nanded |
| Jahanvi | Program Lead | Piramal Foundation | Working professional | Patna , Bihar |
| Kinnori Sinha | Doctoral Scholar | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata campus | Researcher | Kolkata |
| Nikita Rajput | Scientific Officer | Tata Memorial Centre | Researcher | Mumbai |
| Prashik Darunde | Post-graduate student | Imperial College London, UK | Student | London |
| Punya Rajput | Student | King’s College London | Student | London/Delhi |
| Santushti Tyagi | Student | Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi | Student | New Delhi, India |
| SOBANA PRASAD | RESEARCH ASSISTANT | ICSSR | Researcher | CHENNAI |
| Sujoy Chaudhury | Chief Functionary | Center for Sustainable Solutions [ CSS] | Working professional | Kolkata |
| Suraj Goswami | PhD Scholar | Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal | Student | Bhopal |
Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 5.0 | An Online National Winter & Spring School Program | A Five-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship | January 2025–May 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
An Online National Winter & Spring School Program
A Five-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Training Fellowship
Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 5.0
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Dates: Jan (18, 25) Feb (1, 8, 22) Mar (1, 15, 29) Apr (12, 26) & May (3, 24, 31), 2025
Classes on Ten Selected Saturday Evenings & Research Essay Submission
Time: 3 – 5 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom & Participatory Action Research Qualitative Fieldwork
Event Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/public-policy-qualitative-participatory-action-research-fieldwork-fellowship-cohort-5-0/
Program Experts

Chair & Course Director
Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Session Experts:
Prof Mukul Asher, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI; Former Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Dr Padma Deosthali, Senior Director, International Center for Research on Women, ICRW, Asia
Dr Amar Jesani, Independent Researcher and Teacher (Bioethics and Public Health); Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
Dr Purnima Chauhan, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh & Director Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (HIPA)
Prof N. Manimekalai, Director and Head, Department of Women’s Studies, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli
Prof Gummadi Sridevi, Professor, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad; Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Prof Utpal K De, Professor and Former Head, Department of Economics, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya
Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow at IMPRI.
Dr Prabhu Ponnusamy, Founder/CEO at Iotalytics Research and Analytics Solutions Pvt Ltd
Mr Aravind Unni, Urban Poverty Thematic Lead at Indo-Global Social Service Society; Visiting Senior Fellow at IMPRI
Dr B. Rajeshwari, Senior Consultant at Niiti Consulting; Visiting Senior Fellow (Honorary) at IMPRI
Dr Anamika Priyadarshini, Director- Knowledge Management, Research & Design Passing Gifts Private Limited, NOIDA, India; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Prof Manjula Bharathy, Professor at Centre for Urban Policy and Governance & Dean of the School of Habitat Studies, TISS, Mumbai; Visiting Professor at IMPRI
Conveners
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
Coordinators
Vithita Jha, Visiting Researcher & Assistant Director
Vaishali Singh, Assistant Research Manager
Priyanka Negi, Research Program & Editorial Associate
Swetha Shanker Pydimarry, Visiting Researcher & Assistant Editor

Link to Cohort 2 Fellows List and their Research Topics: https://www.impriindia.com/insights/participant-topic-lppyf-action-research-fieldwork/
Link to Cohort 2 Fellows List and their Research Topics: https://www.impriindia.com/insights/fellows-profile-public-policy-qualitative-participatory-action-research-fieldwork-cohort-2/
Previous Cohorts:
Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 4.0
Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 3.0
Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 2.0
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