YWLPPF Young Women Leaders in Public Policy Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 | Theme: Getting Foothold in Politics, Governance and Gainful Employment: A Gender Lens | An Online National Winter School Program | A Four-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | January-April 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
Participants List & Details
| Participants List & Details | ||||
| YWLPPF Young Women Leaders in Public Policy Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 | ||||
| Theme: Getting Foothold in Politics, Governance and Gainful Employment: A Gender Lens | ||||
| An Online National Winter School Program | ||||
| January 5–April 6, 2025 | 3 – 5 p.m. IST | Zoom & Creative Project Research Essay Submission | ||||
| Ten Consecutive Sundays & Special Session on March 8th – International Women’s Day | ||||
| IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning | ||||
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Occupation | Location |
| Aboli Ingle | Business Associate | Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) | Working professional | Hyderabad |
| Aditi Singh | Student | Ramjas College, Delhi University | Student | New Delhi |
| Aditi Verma | Student | Bennett University | Student | New Delhi |
| Aishi Bhanja Chowdhury | fellow | Kaivalya education foundation | Student | Dungarpur |
| Alviya Maria John | Student | Christ University, Bangalore | Student | Bangalore |
| Ara S Babu | Organizational development expert | Keraleeyam Media House | Researcher | Trivandrum, Kerala |
| Arunima Nair | Postgraduate Student – MA, Development Studies | Tata Institute of Social Sciences | Student | Kochi |
| Bijayalaxmi panda | State Lead Partnership | The Antara Foundation | Working professional | Bhopal. National Health Mission |
| Divya Chavan Jachak | Advocate | Self Employed Lawyer | Pune | |
| Diya Shrivastava | Teaching fellow at Teach for India | Teach for India | Working professional | Delhi |
| Dr Kasturi R Naik | Associate Professor | Universal Ai University | Teaching Faculty | Mumbai |
| Dr Mohinderpal Kaur | Assistant professor | BBSBEC | Teaching Faculty | Fatehgarh Sahib |
| Dr Prachi Sharda | Mental Health Consultant to MOHFW | World Health Organization | Working professional | New Delhi |
| Dr. Khushboo Sharma | Manager-Impact | Jagriti Enterprise Center | Working professional | Deoria,UttarPradesh |
| Dr. Urvi Sharma | Assistant Professor | Amity University, Mohali | Teaching Faculty | Chandigarh |
| Gayatri Sriram | Consultant | Earthimpactconsulting | Working professional | Chengalpattu |
| Gitanjali Banerjee | CEO & Founder | Femtech Fertility Dost Private Limited | Working professional | Delhi |
| Harleen Kaur | Dr. | IIPHG | Student | Punjab |
| Ishani Gupta | Researcher & Editorial ( Intern) | Rpg , IMPRI | Researcher | Kolkata |
| Jyothika K Raju | Intern | Free Pads for India | Intern | Bangalore |
| Karthika J | Sr Software engineer | Homemaker | Chennai | |
| Kingkinee Mazumdar | Festival Coordinator | Tattva Creations | Working professional | Guwahati, Assam |
| Madhuritha Ramani | Corporate development manager | Lighthouse Communities Foundation | Working professional | Chennai |
| Mahashweta Mukherjee | Deputy General Manager | Devyani Food Industries Limited | Working professional | Delhi |
| Mahera Imam | Research Scholar | Department of Women’s Studies, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-Tamil Nadu | Student | Tiruchirappalli |
| Maryam Barodawala | Consultant- Gender and Policy Engagement for Navtejaswini – Maharashtra Rural Women’s Enterprise Development Project | Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal, Women and Child Welfare Department, Government of Maharashtra | Working professional | Mumbai |
| Maya.P | Doctoral Student | Asaian Institute of Technology | Student | Palakkad |
| Nandini Guttapalli | Trustee | Green India Trust | Working professional | Nellore |
| Nihalika Yadav | Aspirant( preparing for civil services) | NA | Preparing for civil services. | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. |
| Poorvi Seth | Student | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | Student | Delhi |
| Priyanka Patel | State women president | Human right | Activist | Udaipur |
| Ranjana Srivastava | Co-Founder | Independent Thought | Working professional | Delhi NCR |
| Rashim Mahajan | Teacher | Ryan International school, Amritsar | Teaching Faculty | Amritsar |
| Rinsha.K.P | Freelance Content Writer | Self Employed | Working professional | Bangalore |
| Saayali Shirke | Group Marketing Coordinator | Target Healthcare | Working professional | n/a |
| Sabera Thyagarajan | Digitization Lead | CORO India | Working professional | Mumbai |
| Shrija Arya | Senior Program Manager | Rocket Learning Organisation | Working professional | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Shruti Parmar | Manager | KPMG | Working professional | Bengaluru |
| SREEJA MUKHERJEE | Student | TISS, Mumbai | Student | KOLKATA |
| Surbhi Tandon | Assistant Professor | Vivekanananda School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS-TC), New Delhi, India | Teaching Faculty | New Delhi |
| Swati Yashwant Bansode | Counselor | CORO INDIA | Working professional | Mumbai |
#IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
An Online National Winter School Program
A Four Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program
YWLPPF Young Women Leaders in Public Policy Fellowship- Cohort 2.0
Theme: Getting Foothold in Politics, Governance and Gainful Employment: A Gender Lens
Learn from the Leading Women Experts in the Field!
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning
Dates: January 5–April 6, 2025
Ten Consecutive Sundays & Special Session on March 8th – International Women’s Day
Time: 3 – 5 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom & Creative Project Research Essay Submission
Program Experts

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Experts
Ms Amarjeet Kaur, General Secretary, All-India Trade Union Congress
Smt. Annie Raja, National Executive Member, Communist Party Of India (CPI) and General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Women
Prof Bidyut Mohanty, HOD women studies, Institute of social sciences New Delhi
Dr Nivedita P Haran, Retd. (IAS), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala; Honorary Chairperson on Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development (CMID), Kerala
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO and Editorial Director, IMPRI, New Delhi
Prof Samapti Guha, Professor, Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) , Mumbai
Prof Tara Nair, Director (Research and Knowledge) at the Centre for Migration and Labour Solutions, Aajeevika Bureau
Prof Sasmita Palo, Professor, Centre for Human Resources Management and Labour Relations, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) , Mumbai
Dr Purnima Chauhan, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh & Director Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (HIPA); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Prof N. Manimekalai, Director and Head, Department of Women’s Studies, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli
Prof Alka Parikh, Director, Centre for Field Learning
Prof Indira Ramarao, Professor of Eminence in the School of Social Sciences, M.S. Ramaiah University of Social Sciences, Bengaluru
Prof M. Indira, Former Professor of Economics, Department of Studies in Economics and Cooperation, University of Mysore
Prof Lakshmi Lingam, Chair Professor at the School of Public Health, D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai
Dr Chaitra Redkar, Associate Professor in Humanities & Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
Ms Anuja Gulati, State Program Coordinator, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Convenors
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Prof Gummadi Sridevi, Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Adv Dr Shalu Nigam, Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Coordinator: Ms Priyanka Negi, Researcher, IMPRI
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