UPLGYF Urban Policy & Local Governance Youth Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 | Theme: Gender Just Transition | A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | Dec 2025 – Feb 2026 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
#IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
Fellows List & Details
| UPLGYF Urban Policy & Local Governance Youth Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 | ||||
| Theme: Gender Just Transition | ||||
| An Online National Autumn School Program | ||||
| A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | ||||
| Dec 2025 – Feb 2026 | Zoom | 4 – 6 pm | ||||
| Eight Consecutive Saturdays & Creative Project Research Essay Submission | ||||
| IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning | ||||
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Occupation | Location |
| Aavishkar Dudhal | Teaching and Research Assistant | Department of Sociology Savitribai Phule Pune University | Researcher | Pune |
| Akshay Sharma | Intern | Impri | Student | New Delhi |
| Anisha Kashyap | Research Intern | IMPRI | Researcher | Guwahati |
| Atharva Salunke | Policy Research Associate | Niti Tantra | Working professional | Pune |
| Bhawana Bisht | Freelancer; Former editor, women-led digital publishing media company | Freelancer | Working professional | Sitarganj, Nainital, Uttarakhand |
| Drishti Juneja | Student/Academia | TERI-SAS | Student | Delhi |
| Jagriti Shankar | Doctoral Student | Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand | Student | Patna |
| Jyoti | Student/ Researcher | Independent | Student | Kondagaon Bastar Chhattisgarh |
| Keshav Kabra | Student | TERI SAS | Student | New Delhi |
| Madhu Swaraj | Research Intern | IMPRI | Research Intern | Jaipur |
| Nanditha Kannan | BA Economics and Public Policy | SASTRA Deemed University | Student | Chennai |
| Purvi Narayan | Visiting Researcher | Impact and Policy Research Institute | Researcher | New Delhi |
| Vatsala Sinha | Intern and Final year Student | Student at School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal | Student | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
UPLGYF Urban Policy & Local Governance Youth Fellowship– Cohort 2.0
Theme: Gender Just Transition
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Live Sessions with Experts & Program Team-
Dates: Dec 6, 2025 – Jan 31, 2026
Eight Consecutive Saturdays
Time: 4 – 6 p.m.
Platform: Zoom
Event Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/uplgyf-cohort-2-gender-just-transition/
Program Experts
Chair: Prof Manjula Bharathy, Professor, Centre for Urban Policy and Governance, School of Habitat Studies & Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai; Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Session Experts
Ms Neha Saigal, Director – Gender and Climate Change at Asar Social Impact Advisors
Ms Zeenat Niazi, Chief Advisor, Development Alternatives
Ms Amrita Chowdhury, Co-Founder & CEO, Gaia Smart Cities
Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Ms Ashwathy Anand, Program Associate with the Urban Water team at WRI India
Mr Sameer Unhale, Joint Commissioner, Department of Municipal Administration, Government of Maharashtra; Urban Practitioner; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Convenors:
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
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