| Certificate Course on Public Policy for Journalists (CPPJ), Guwahati
 Journalists representing eight media organizations from across four States of Assam, Tripura, Sikkim and Delhi participated in the three-day residential CPPJ in North East India from 11-13 October. The program saw the participation of celebrated speakers like Sam Rajappa, Director, The Statesman Print Journalism School, Kolkata, Dhiren Bezboruah, former Founder-Editor, The Sentinel, Kaamesh Salam, President, World Bamboo Organisation and Parth J Shah, President, CCS. Read More >>
I, Society & Public Policy Seminar (ISPP), Guwahati
 23 students from 17 colleges across six States and one international student from Nepal attended the four-day residential ISPP seminar at the pristine environs of Siloam, Umsaw Khwan, Meghalaya, India from 7-10 October 2010. An interesting amalgamation of students from as diverse backgrounds as law, engineering, business, political science, public policy, etc. made the group dynamics and participation during the seminar a successful one. Read More >>
Rally Demanding Legislation for Street Vendors, Jaipur
 Thousands of street vendors from across Rajasthan marched to the State Secretariat on 30 September in Jaipur demanding passing of the long awaited Bill on Urban Street Vendors in the State Assembly and its early implementation. Organised by Jeevika Campaign in association with National Association of Street Vendors of India, a memorandum urging implementation of the legislation was also presented to the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at the end of the rally. Read More >>
India rated 6.51 overall according to Economic Freedom of the World 2010 Annual Report
 Recession caused global decrease in economic freedom. India ranked 87 in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2010 Annual Report released by the Centre for Civil Society in cooperation with the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank on 20 September 2010. Last year India ranked 77. Read More >>
RTE Act & Private School Regulation: Policy Review by Dr Pauline Dixon
 The paper outlines an alternative strategy for the regulation of private unaided schools, allowing them to continue to make a significant contribution to “Education for All”. CCS’s Policy Reviews is a series that investigates existing and potential policies and their implications in the areas of education, governance, livelihood and environment. Read More >>
Student First Dialogue Series, Delhi
 An open forum discussion was organised on National Curriculum: Does one size fit all? on 8 September at the India Habitat Centre, Delhi. Janaki Rajan, Professor in Education, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Manisha Chaudhry, Head of Content Development, Pratham Books and Payal Mahajan, Education Consultant, Art of Learning were the panelists of the program. Moderating the discussion was Kenneth Jones, Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor, University of Southern Maine. Read More >>
Gurcharan Das’s Book and Fundraising Tour
 Gurcharan Das, Chairman, CCS Board of Trustees traveled to 12 cities in the US in October for the promotion of his latest book The Difficulty of Being Good. The tour was also an excellent opportunity to promote CCS’s work and achievements thereby facilitating a great fundraising initiative. Read More >>
CCS personnel attend National & International Programs
Parth J Shah, President was speaker at the Atlas Youth Conference in Jakarta where he made a presentation on single issue campaigns with specific reference to the School Choice Campaign. At the Economic Freedom Network Annual Meeting, he moderated two discussions on Role of Private Agencies in Migration and Freeing Trade in Services. He was also a speaker at the second annual Enterprising Schools Symposium organized by Gray Matters Capital Foundation from 27 - 28 October in Hyderabad.
Premila Nazareth, CCS Trustee and Leah Varghese, Senior Associate, School Choice Campaign attended a four-day workshop on Designing & Implementing Social Accountability Programs organized by Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in South Asia in Bangladesh from 10-14 October. Leah also participated in a training of Master Trainers on Community Score Card (CSC) at the Developing a Culture of Good Governance program from 27-31 October.
Manoj Mathew, Director, Programs attended the Environmental Sustainability in Asia Forum to help Hitachi think through various business strategy and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives on 2 September in Singapore.
Gideon Mathson, Research Assistant and Kumar Anand, CCS supporter attended the Atlas Youth Conference from 4 to 6 October and the Economic Freedom Network Annual Meeting from 6 to 8 October in Jakarta.
Amit Chandra, Campaign Coordinator attended a two week residential seminar on Globalisation & Market Economy organized by the International Academy of Leadership, Freidrich Naumann Foundation in Gummersbach, Germany from 10 - 22 October.
Shreya Agarwal, Research Associate attended a four day Moderators Training Workshop organized by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation from 7-10 October in Katmandu, Nepal.
Bhupinder Chauhan, Assistant Office Manager and Ajay Jain, Web and IT Administrator participated in a training program on Salesforce (customer relations management software) on 16 September.
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