G Sudhir, IAS (Retd) is the Founder and Director of CDPP. He served as Special Chief Secretary in undivided Andhra Pradesh...
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Amir is a Development Economist and adjunct Professor at the MCRHRDI of the Government of Telangana.
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Amir is a Development Economist and adjunct Professor at the MCRHRDI of the Government of Telangana. He is the Research Director of CDPP. He is also a former Civil Servant from the batch of 1993. He currently teaches at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Indian School of Business and IIFT. He has worked on various research projects for the European Commission, National Council for Applied Economic Research, Planning Commission, Confederation of Indian Industry and the World Bank. Amir has also been engaged with the Project LARGE of the UNDP on legal reforms, and with Encyclopaedia Britannica in the previous century. During this millennium, he has worked with the AEquitas Consulting, India Development Foundation, PHDCCI, Bangalore Management Academy, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Amir is Editor of the Journal of Development Policy and Practice as well. He has a degree in Electronics Engineering from Osmania University, Rural Management from IRMA, and a PhD from Jamia Millia.
Soma Wadhwa is a development studies researcher, with extensive experience as a media professional.
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Soma Wadhwa is a development studies researcher, with extensive experience as a media professional. Her body of work draws from empirical research and investigative journalistic reportage on linkages between gender, education, technology, and empowerment. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Development Practice and Policy (CDPP). Her studies here focus on issues of gender and development and include a book project. Soma is an Associate Professor at the School of Modern Media at UPES in Dehradun. She has been a Fellow and Qualitative Research Lead at the India Development Foundation (IDF). As a journalist, Soma held senior editorial positions in Open magazine, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Outlook and The Times of India. Soma is a Chevening Scholar and recipient of the Sanskriti Award for Journalism and the Press Council of India Award. An alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Soma was awarded the Shri Ram Scholarship for Excellence in Academics.
Nahia Hussain is an Advocacy and Public Policy Consultant with a Masters from National Law School of India, Bangalore.
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Nahia Hussain is an Advocacy and Public Policy Consultant with a Masters from National Law School of India, Bangalore. She is Vice President (Policy Affairs) at CDPP. She has been associated with organisations such as KPMG, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and Research Information Systems for Developing Countries, in the past. She has previously worked on diverse issues like gender rights, sustainability, foreign policy and criminal justice.
Anjana Divakar is the Executive Director of Public Policy Research and Operations at the Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP).
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Anjana Divakar is the Executive Director of Public Policy Research and Operations at the Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP) she oversees the strategic direction and execution of research initiatives aimed at informing and influencing public policy. With a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, Anjana's research interests and work span education quality, philanthropy, healthcare, agriculture, gender, and citizen engagement in local governance. She manages and edits CDPP's flagship academic publication, the Journal of Development Policy and Practice. Anjana has also been associated with E&H Foundation, Sanket Development Group, Foundation for Democratic Reforms, and Dr Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute of Telangana where she gained significant experience in policy research and project management.
Mohammed Yaqoob Quraishi is the Manager, Operations & Finance at CDPP. He has a degree in Commerce from Osmania University.
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Moumita Barman is a Research Associate at CDPP. She has a Master's degree in Public Policy and Governance from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. She has done her Bachelor's in Political Science from Loreto College, University of Calcutta. Her research interests lie in Gender, Social Conflict, Caste and Religion in India, Education, and Rural Livelihoods.
Mohammed Zaid Khan is a Junior Fellow, Media and Communications at CDPP.
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Laldinmoi Pangamte is the Copy Editor, Publications, at CDPP. She has a PhD degree from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has research and work experience in organisations like World Wide Fund for Nature-India (New Delhi) and Institute of Rural Management Anand (Gujarat). She also has copyediting experience with national and international publishers such as SAIACS Press (Bangalore) and Langham Publishing (UK). Her areas of research interest include good governance, inclusive and sustainable development, and global and national environmental protection.
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Ablaz Mohammed Schemnad is a Research Associate at CDPP. He has done his master's in Development Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad with a semester from Sciences Po Lille, France. He did his bachelor's degree in Economics Honours from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. His research interests are migration policies, labor market relations, political economy of caste, class, and religion, geoeconomics and geopolitics.
Rashad is a Senior Research Fellow at CDPP. Previously, he worked as an Academic Asociate at the Kautilya School of Public Policy. He completed his Master’s in Women’s Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. His interests lie in religiosity, social movements and gender. . He has co-authored a report for Anveshi, Research Centre for Women’s Studies, on the impact of their bilingual textbook on gender “Towards a World of Equals” in private engineering colleges of Telangana. Rashad has also presented his paper ” Shrinking Spaces: Impact of Hindutva Populism on the Vulnerable ” at Populism and Populist Politics In South Asia Conference organized by Calcutta Research Group/Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. He finished his Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad.