Fellowship Blog List & Details: PPYF Public Policy Youth Fellowship 2026 – IMPRI Impact And Policy Research Institute

A foundational training program empowering young minds to engage with real-world public policy and governance.

An Online National Spring & Summer School Program

A Four-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program

PPYF Public Policy Youth Fellowship

Chair: Dr Manorama Bakshi, Director and Head of Healthcare and Advocacy, Consocia Advisory; Founder and Director, Trilok Raj Foundation (TRF); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Co-Chair: Dr Purnima Chauhan, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh & Director, Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (HIPA); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI

Session Experts: 

Shri Bhartendra Singh Baswan, IAS (Retd.) Former Secretary, Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Dr Manorama Bakshi, Director and Head of Healthcare and Advocacy, Consocia Advisory; Founder and Director, Trilok Raj Foundation (TRF); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Dr Urvashi Prasad, Former Director, Office of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, New Delhi; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Prof Subhomoy Bhattacharjee, Professor of Practice & Director, Centre for Regulatory Governance, Jindal Global Law School
Dr Purnima Chauhan, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh & Director, Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (HIPA); Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Mr Yash Agarwal, Founder, Public Policy India (PPI), New Delhi
Dr Nivedita Haran, Retd. (IAS), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala; Honorary Chairperson on Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development (CMID), Kerala; Visiting Distinguished Fellow, IMPRI
Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Mr Sandeep Chachra, Executive Director, ActionAid Association, India and Ex Co-Chair, World Urban Campaign, UN-HABITAT; Advisor, IMPRI
Prof Chetan Vaidya, Former Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) & School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi; Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Mr Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Senior Editor, NDTV
Ambassador Shashank, (IFS, Retd.), Former Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Dr Tanvir Aeijaz, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Ramjas College, University of Delhi
Ms Anuja Gulati, State Program Coordinator, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Convenors:
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Mr Aravind Unni, Urban Poverty Thematic Lead at Indo-Global Social Service Society; Visiting Senior Fellow at IMPRI (TBC)
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI

Previous Cohort:
Urban Policy and City Planning– Cohort 2.0 Theme: Towards Viksit Bharat- Developed India@2047 | July 2024