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• 01 Dec
  2017
  Jyotsna and Shreekanth attended a workshop titled “UK India Workshop on Big-Data for Better Governance and Policy Making” in Bangalore

  Jyotsna and Shreekanth attended a workshop titled “UK India Workshop on Big-Data for Better Governance and Policy Making” organised by the British Deputy High Commission Bengaluru  in collaboration with the IIITB. It was held on 30 November 2017 at the Regency –II, ITC Windsor Manor, Golf Course Road, Bengaluru.   
• 30 Nov
  2017
  CBPS supported a workshop hosted by the Best Practices Foundation (BPF) titled ‘Northern Regional Workshop for MS Federations’ at Patna

  CBPS supported a workshop hosted by the Best Practices Foundation (BPF) titled ‘Northern Regional Workshop for MS Federations’ at Patna on the 28 and 29 November, 2017. The primary objective of the workshop was to bring together the federations formed in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam to facilitate a dialogue about the future amongst the federations. The stated objectives were: (1) For the federations to review their strengths, the challenges they face, institutional barriers, and possible ways forward, (2) to enable the federations to build a strong solidarity-base...
• 29 Nov
  2017
  Jyotsna and Maithreyi’s chapters are published in a book titled ‘Childhoods in India: Traditions, Trends and Transformations’

  Jyotsna and Maithreyi’s chapters have been published in a book titled ‘Childhoods in India: Traditions, Trends and Transformations’ edited by T. S. Saraswathi, Shailaja Menon and Ankur Madan. The book has been published by Routledge – Taylor & Francis. Jyotsna Jha’s chapter is titled, "Education and gender: a critical analysis of policies in India”. She also makes a reference to the CBPS GrOW study (Together We Can: Assessing the Impact of Women’s Action Groups on Social Change in India) funded by International Development Research Centre, Canada (IDRC).�...
• 24 Oct
  2017
  CBPS organised a workshop titled “The Road Map to Women’s Empowerment: a Mahila Samkhya Meeting and Reflective Workshop” on 23 October, 2017

  CBPS organised a workshop titled “The Road Map to Women’s Empowerment: a Mahila Samakhya Meeting and Reflective Workshop” on 23 October, 2017 at the Radisson Blue Atria Hotel, Bangalore. The workshop was organized as part of our ongoing research project on women’s empowerment, titled “Assessing the Impact of Women’s Action Groups on Social Change in India”. The objective of the meeting was to facilitate discussion on the pathways of integration of the Stree Shakti Programme (SSP) and the Mahila Samakhya (MS) in the state and to review the proposed plan of activities...
• 13 Oct
  2017
  Niveditha, Neha and Jyotsna presented at the workshop titled ‘Frameworks and Pathways to Women’s Empowerment: Policy Implications Emerging from GrOW Studies’ in New Delhi

  CBPS and the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) – two organizations leading studies as part of Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) examined their research findings, along with policy makers, researchers, bureaucrats, and other stakeholders, with the aim to engage with a larger empowerment framework that can be specifically focused on the situation in India. Niveditha, Neha and Jyotsna presented at the workshop titled ‘Frameworks and Pathways to Women’s Empowerment: Policy Implications Emerging from GrOW Studies’ in New Delhi. It was held in New Delh...
• 12 Oct
  2017
  Niveditha Menon and Shreekanth Mahendiran presented at the International Conference titled ‘Imagining Women’s Empowerment in South Asia: Pathways and Policies to Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering All Women and Girls’ held in Colombo, Sri Lanka

  The multi-funder Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) program, in partnership with the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) in Colombo and the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. co-hosted an international conference that facilitated discussions on how to connect research and policy and improve women’s economic empowerment through actionable policy pathways. Niveditha Menon and Shreekanth Mahendiran attended and presented in this international conference, titled ‘Imagining Women’s Empowerment in South Asia: Pathways and Policies to Achieving Gender ...
• 28 Sep
  2017
  Shreekanth Mahendiran has co-authored a chapter in the book titled “India as a pioneer of innovation” published by Oxford University Press

  Shreekanth Mahendiran has co-authored a chapter titled “From `Pharmacy’ to `Laboratory’: The Global Biologics Revolution and the Indian Bio pharmaceutical Industry”, with Prof. Chirantan Chatterjee. The book is titled “India as a pioneer of innovation” which was edited by Harbir Singh, Ananth Padmanabhan and Ezekiel J. Emanuel; and published by Oxford University Press. The chapter examines whether Indian firms will be able to adapt to the innovation and technological changes in the global bio pharmaceutical industry, thereby transition to a `global leader’ in bio pharmaceutical i...
• 30 Aug
  2017
  The CBPS GrOW Sub-Domain was launched at the workshop titled ‘Monitoring Progress towards SDGs – Resources and Beyond’ on 29 August 2017

  The CBPS GrOW Sub-Domain was launched by Mr. J V R Prasada Rao at the half-day workshop titled ‘Monitoring Progress towards SDGs – Resources and Beyond’ on 29 August 2017. The workshop was organised by CBPS in collaboration with UNICEF Hyderabad Office. Priyanka Dutta gave a brief description about the project (Together We Can: Assessing the Impact of Women’s Action Groups on Social Change in India). Mrinalika R Pandit gave a tour of the sub-domain and described the technical aspects of the same. The GrOW Project is funded by International Development Research Centr...
• 09 May
  2017
  CBPS GrOW Team bags the Best Session Paper Award in the Third World Conference on Women’s Studies held in Colombo, Sri Lanka

  Niveditha Menon, Neha Ghatak and Priyanka Dutta attended the Third World’s Conference on Women’s Studies 2017, titled “Building  Resilience: Dialogue, Collaboration and Partnerships across our Differences” held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 4th to 6th May, 2017. The conference was hosted by the Bridgewater State University, USA and organized by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM) in collaboration with Nepal Center for Contemporary Research, Centre of Excellence for Women’s Studies, University of Karachi, Pakistan and Rikkyo University, Japan. ...
• 24 Apr
  2017
  GrOW Team presents two papers at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan

  The GrOW team had submitted two papers to an international conference organised by the Social Enterprise Development Centre (SEDC) in Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) titled “Gender, Work and Society: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects for Women’s Economic Empowerment” that took  place in Lahore, Pakistan. Owing to issues related to visa regulations, the team was unable to go to the conference. Therefore, both the presentations were made via Skype.  Niveditha Menon presented the paper titled, ‘The methodology of Mahila Samakhya: Understanding the Sangha as a sp...