Attended/Completed Events
Public Affairs Centre (PAC) releases a special commemorative edition “Citizen at Heart” –to remember the life and times of Dr Samuel Paul- the founder of PAC
August 2019
Kickstarting its Silver Jubilee celebrations Public Affairs Centre (PAC), released a special commemorative edition titled “Citizen at Heart”- to chronicle the myriad collaborations and exciting intellectual exchanges that laid the foundation for every advance the PAC has made in the last 25 years. Focussed on remembering the life and times of its founder Dr Samuel Paul, the special edition has 28 contributors remembering the journey of both the institution and the founders. The list of contributors of the special edition include Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Economist Bibek Debroy, Former ISRO chairperson Dr Kasturirangan and Former Chief Justice of India, Justice MN Venkatachaliah among many others.Read Dr K Kasturirangan’s inaugural address at the event
Orientation of Kristu Jayanti MSW students at the PAC campus
August 2019
Participants: Sem 1 students, MSW students from Kristu Jayanti College
PAC hosted a class of about 35 Masters in Social Work Semester 1 students from Kristu Jayanthi college, Bengaluru for an Orientation Programme on PAC’s work.
Policy Engagement and Communication Workshop for Class A & B officers of the Govt. of Karnataka at ATI Mysore
August 2019
Participants: Class A & B officers of the Govt. of Karnataka
PAC conducted a one day training workshop on Policy Engagement & Communication for Development for two combined batches of the Common Foundation Course for Class A & B officers of the Govt. of Karnataka which consisted of 98 participants from the departments of Women & Child Development, Karnataka Residential Education Institutions, Treasury Revenue, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry.
Public Affairs Centre conducts a training workshop at ATI
July 2019
Presenter: Bhargavi Nagendra
Public Affairs Centre conducted a training workshop for the participants of the Common Foundation Course at the Administrative Training Institute, Mysore on Climate Change and #Development. The participants included staff from the department of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, department of Cooperative Societies Audit, department of Cooperative Societies, principals of Sri Morarji Desai Pre-university Colleges, department of Youth Empowerment and Sports and department of Municipal Administration.
Public Affairs Centre shared its research findings at the United Nations High-level Political Forum in New York
July 2019
Presenter: Dr Meena Nair
Dr. Meena Nair, Head of Research at Public Affairs Centre was at the United Nations High Level Political Forum in New York to present findings from our research study titled “Will women be a part of India’s future workforce? The Quest for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in India”, as part of the Southern Voice-Think Tank Initiative.
Public Affairs Centre awarded GuideStar India Transparency Key award for 2019
July 2019
Public Affairs Centre has been awarded the prestigious GuideStar India Transparency Key award for 2019. PAC joins India’s largest pool of credible NGOs after undergoing a rigorous due diligence process. GuideStar India’s Transparency Key is the Foundation Level certification indicating that the organisation has filed annual income tax returns as a tax-exempt entity and has shared the same in the public domain.
Prof Milind Tambe interacts with PAC team on AI for Social Good
July 2019
Participants: Prof Milind Tambe from Harvard University and senior staff members and researchers from PAC
Prof Milind Tambe from Harvard University and Founding Co-director, USC Center for AI in Society [CAIS], University of Southern California was at the Public Affairs Centre campus in Bangalore to share his work on Artificial Intelligence for social good and discuss on possible collaborations with PAC.
Workshop on leveraging social media for fundraising in Kathmandu, Nepal
July 2019
Facilitator: Dr Annapoorna Ravichander, Head, Policy Engagement and Communication, Training and Resource Mobilisation, PAC
Public Affairs Centre conducted a training workshop on “leveraging social media for fundraising” in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop is designed to help participants develop coherent strategies to ensure proper social media usage to effectively communicate, market and raise fund for their organisations.
Workshop on The Challenge of Inclusive Development at ATI, Mysore
May 2019
Facilitators: G Gurucharan-Director, PAC, Dr Meena Nair, Head of Research, PAC and Varsha Pillai, Programme Manager
Public Affairs Centre conducted a training workshop for the 2018 Karnataka cadre IAS probationary officers on The Challenge of Inclusive Development at the Administrative Training Institute, Mysore.
PAC team trains Save the Children team on Community Score Card Process in Kolkata
May 2019
Facilitators: Dr Satyajeet Nanda, Programme Manager, PAC
Participants: Save the Children team, Kolkata and members from partner NGOs
Public Affairs Centre’s team is currently in Kolkata training the team from Save the Children India and their partner organisations on the Community Score Card (CSC) process in a two-day workshop.The CSC process is a community-based monitoring tool that is a hybrid of the techniques of social audit, community monitoring and Citizen report cards. Like the Citizen Report Card, the CSC process is an instrument to exact social and public accountability and responsiveness from service providers.
PAC delivers training on Fundraising at the Balavikasa National Training Program in Warangal, Telangana
April 2019
Facilitators: Dr Annapoorna Ravichander, Head Policy Engagement and Communication, Training and Resource Management, PAC
Participants: Members from NGOs and CSOs participating in Balavikasa’s National Level Training Program on Fundraising
Dr Annapoorna Ravichander, Head Policy Engagement and Communication, Training and Resource Management delivered a fundraising session at the Balavikasa National level program on fundraising for 90 participants representing different NGOs and CSOs. The training focussed on strategic approaches to fundraising and understanding donor expectations.
PAC delivers training on Social Accountability Tools at LBSNAA
April 2019
Facilitators: G Gurucharan-Director, PAC and Dr Meena Nair, Head of Research, PAC
Participants: Trainee Officers at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration,Mussoorie
G Gurucharan, Director PAC and Dr Meena Nair, Head of Research, PAC delivered a training program on Social Accountability Tools(SATs),its relevance & effectiveness to the Trainee officers at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration,Mussoorie. The program focussed on the Community Score Card to illustrate the concept of social accountability and its uses.
PAC’s CODR Team initiates Project Data Integration and Analytics
April 2019
Participants: Nivedita EP, Principal Accountant General General & Social Sector Audit), Dr Asha Subramanian, Head, Centre for Open Data Research (CODR) and the AG and CODR team members.
The Centre of Open Data Research(CODR) team initiated their project on Data Integration and Analytics and met the team from the Accountant General and Social Sector Audit (AG’s office), Government of Karnataka. This project aims to build a semantics enabled data framework in the form of a knowledge graph which will enable an integrated view of digitised audit resources and have the potential to assist the AG’s office in planning future audits.
PAC research team at the NLSIU Public Policy Ideas Habba
April 2019
Participants: Aparna Sivaraman and Udita Dutta, Programme Officers, Public Affairs Centre, presented the Public Affairs Index at the Public Policy Research Ideas Habba at the National Law School of India University, where they spoke on the methodology and insights from the 3 editions of the index.
PAC at the GeoSpatial World Forum
April 2019
Participant: Dr Asha Subramanian, Head, Centre for Open Data Research(CODR), presented a paper at the GeoSpatial World Forum in Amsterdam on CODR’s unique knowledge integration products – SIDDHI (Semantic Innovation and Harmonisation of Sustainable Development Data in India) and DRSHTI (Data Integration and Insights powered by Semantics).
Team from Balavikasa vist PAC
March 2019
Participants: Bala Vikasa team comprising Mr Shoury Reddy, Executive Director and Sunita Reddy, Program Manager visited Public Affairs Centre to discuss potential collaborations between the two organisations.
Research Team from Universitas Indonesia visit PAC
March 2019
Participants: A research Team from the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia
Research Team from the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, visited PAC to interact with the researchers on issues of social infrastructure, education, health and affordable housing.
PAC at the conference on Cultural Pluralism in Cities of the Global South Conference in Florence
March 2019
Participant: G Gurucharan, Director, PAC
Public Affairs Centre’s Director Gurucharan Gollerkeri will speak in a session on “Governing Diversity in Cities of the GlobalSouth: Policy and Practice Insights at the conference on Cultural Pluralism in Cities of the Global South Conference in #Florence.
Dr C.K Mathew invited for a one day workshop on deliberation & validation of the outline of the Karnataka Municipalities Bill, 2019
March 2019
Participant: Dr C.K Mathew, Senior Fellow, PAC
Dr C.K Mathew, Senior Fellow, PAC was one of the expert commentators at one day workshop on deliberation and validation of the outline of Karnataka Municipalities Bill, 2019 held at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.
PAC’s Senior management team attended a session on making workplaces safe
March 2019
Presenters: Nandita Pradhan Bhatt, Director Martha Farrell Foundation
Public Affairs Centre invited Nandita Pradhan Bhatt, Director, Martha Farrell Foundation to hold sessions on making workplaces safe. The foundation helps organisations in enabling safe and dignified workplaces, by helping them meaningfully comply with Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, Redressal) Act, 2013.
PAC team teaches a module on Financial Sustainability & Social Accountability at IIM Bangalore
March 2019
Presenters: G Gurucharan, Director, PAC & Dr C K Mathew, Senior Fellow, PAC
G Gurucharan, Director, PAC & Dr C K Mathew, Senior Fellow, PAC taught a module on Urban Local Governance: Financial Sustainability and Social Accountability at the Executive Development Programme for Officers of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
PAC at the Artificial Intelligence Think Tank Forum at the University of Pennsylvania
February 2019
Participants: Dr Asha Subramanian- Head, Centre for Open Data Research (CODR)
Dr Asha Subramanian- Head, Centre for Open Data Research (CODR) participated in the Artificial Intelligence Think Tank Forum at the University of Pennsylvania and spoke on how Public Affairs Centre is using the power of technology and data insights for social good .
PAC at Workshop on Web Science for Development at IIIT, Bangalore
February 2019
Presenters: G Gurucharan, Director, PAC & Dr Asha Subramanian- Head, Centre for Open Data Research (CODR)
G Gurucharan, Director, PAC & Dr Asha Subramanian- Head, Centre for Open Data Research (CODR) presented at the Workshop for Development at IIIT, Bangalore on “Data Science: A necessary condition for inclusive development in India”.
PAC at the On Think Tanks Conference in Geneva
February 2019
Participants: Gurucharan Gollerkeri, Director, PAC & Dr Annappoorna Ravichander, Head, Policy Engagement & Communication and Training, PAC
Gurucharan Gollerkeri, Director PAC was at On Think Tanks Conference in Geneva as a panellist on a session titled “Looking at the bright side of life: are thinktanks really facing a perfect storm”. The session was convened by Dr Pamela Nakamba-Kabaso from Zambia Institute of Policy Analysis and Research(ZIPAR). The other panellists included Ana Patricia Munoz from Grupo Faro and Scarlett Varga from Bruegel .
January 2019
Public Affairs Centre signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Administrative Training Institute, Mysore to conduct capacity building workshops for the Government of Karnataka
Centre for Open Data Research(CODR), technical paper presentation at CODSCOMAD-2019
January 2019
Presenter: Dr Asha Subramanian, head Centre for Open Data Research(CODR)
Dr Asha Subramanian, head Centre for Open Data Research(CODR) at the technical paper presentation at the ACM India Joint International conference on #DataScience and Management of Data CODSCOMAD-2019, where she presented, one of the algorithms behind the implementation of SIDDHI.
Winterschool for Thinktankers in Geneva
January 2019
Participants: Varsha Pillai, Policy Engagement and Communication
Varsha Pillai, Programme Manager, Policy Engagement and Communication has been selected as one of the 10 fellows under the On Think Tanks(OTT) and Think Tank Initiative (TTI) fellowship to attend the Winterschool for Thinktankers in Geneva in January 2019.
Motivation Training
December 31st, 2018
Presenter: Dr Satyajeet Nanda and Ms Uma Kulkarni
A team from Public Affairs Centre were in Channenahalli village in Tumakuru as part of the motivation training for School Development Management Committee project with the Government of Karnataka
PAC Team at the CLPR policy brief release
December 24th, 2018
Participants: Varsha Pillai and Sukriti
Public Affairs Centre’s team was at the policy brief release by the Centre for Law and Policy Research on “Implementing Reservations for Transgender& Intersex persons in Education and Public Employment
PAC at the World Bank Open Data Development Initiatives
December 21st, 2018
Participants: Dr Asha Subramanian, Udita Dutta and Aparna Sivaraman
Public Affairs Centre’s team attending the Open Data Development Initiatives’ workshop organized by the World Bank. The workshop will help create awareness on access to Information (AI), open data, open finances and other open data tools. It will also help organisations in using open data tools to validate information, help compare data across countries or settings and to use data in visualisation form in research reports.
Meeting with Bala Vikasa
December 18th, 2018
Particpants: Dr Annapoorna Ravichander and Ajai Hegde
Public Affairs Centre’s training team is in Warangal and met the senior management team from Bala Vikasa on possible collaboration and partnership.
Community Scored Card Training
December 18th, 2018
Participants: District Level Partner Organisations
Public Affairs Centre’s District Level Partner Organisations (DLPOs) are in Bengaluru to learn about Community Score Card exercises to implement the CSC approach on the ground for our project on School Development Management Committees.
Community Scored Card Training
December 18th, 2018
Participants: District Level Partner Organisations
Public Affairs Centre’s study “Enhancing community ownership of schools to improve outcomes: Social accountability and capacity building”-supported by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan- Government of Karnataka (SSA-GoK) aims to study the existing gaps in the functioning of SDMCs to help devise targeted intervention solutions to improve community ownership of primary schools. 6 District Level Partner Organisations (DLPOs) are in Bengaluru to learn about Community Score Card exercises.
Presentation of the Himachal Pradesh District Good Governance Index
December 14th, 2018
Presenter: Udita Dutta
Udita Dutta programme officer with Public Affairs Centre presented he Himachal Pradesh District Good Governance Index (DGGI) to the Deputy Commissioner of Sirmaur Mr Lalit Jain. The DGGI is a unique by-product of the Public Affairs Index-our flagship product that analyses governance on several indicators, basis data available in the public domain. The idea behind developing such a sub state level index was to use data to bring out pertinent elements of #governance to the fore that can further help the administration in strengthening governance structures.
Presentation of NHRC findings
December 12th, 2018
Presenter: Dr CK Mathew and Udita Dutta
The Public Affairs Centre research team led by Dr CK Mathew presenting the initial findings of the National Human Rights Index to Shri. Justice H.L.Dattu, Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and other senior officials of the NHRC.
Field Visit: University of Glasgow Project
December 12th, 2018
Participants: PAC Team along with team members from the University of Glasgow
The Public Affairs Centre research team along with a team from the University of Glasgow were in a Government Lower Primary School in Mahadevnagar in Vijapura District in Karnataka as part of our joint project, “Disadvantages and Participation Accountability Process :Theory and Evidence from School development and Management Committees in Karnataka’. Interesting insights emerged from the field which included schools with good infrastructure have School Development Management Committees but the committees lack of a sense of ownership by the local communities and absence of sufficient training and awareness among the committee members.
PAC at the Human Rights Day workshop
December 7th, 2018
Presenter : Dr CK Mathew
Dr CK Mathew, Senior fellow at Public Affairs Centre addressed the gathering at the workshop titled “Celebrating human rights and combating human trafficking jointly conducted by the International Justice Mission and the State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu commemorating the 70th Human Rights Day in Chennai.
PAC Team attends SPSS workshop
December 3rd, 2018
Participants: Aparna Sivaraman, Dr Sanjeev Kenchaigol, Devika Kannan, Bhargavi Nagendra, Priyanka Agarwal, Udita Dutta
Public Affairs Centre’s research team thanks Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) for an amazing workshop on #SPSS! #learning#research2action
Field Visit SDMC project
November 30th, 2018
Participants: SDMC Team
Public Affairs Centre’s team at the Kadaranahalli village in Nelamangala Taluka, Bengaluru district as part of a scoping visit for our School Development Management Committee, to understand the interactions between the communities and our Community Based Organisations, prior to our Community Score Card (CSC) process.
Special Gram Sabha- PDS Project
November 29th, 2018
Participants: PAC team
The Public Affairs Centre’s team at the Gramsabha in Hadigallu village in Shivamogga for our project “Citizen Monitoring of Fair Price Shops under PublicDistribution System in Karnataka”. The community members cited that the key challenges in availing PDS services arose from the non-functioning of bio-metric systems owing to network issues.
SDMC Field Visit
November 28th, 2018
Participants: SDMC Team
Public Affairs Centre’s team was in Tumkur to meet our district level partner organisation Chiguru pertaining our project titled “Enhancing Community Ownership of Schools to Improve Outcomes: Social Accountability and Capacity Building” for the Department of Primary and Secondary Education DPSE– Government of Karnataka)
Review meeting on IMCK
November 27th, 2018
Participants: IMCK Team and Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Government of Karnataka
Public Affairs Centre is working with the Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Government of Karnataka with the setting up of the International Migration Centre – Karnataka (IMC – K). Find out more about the project here:
SVSS Communication Workshop
November 23rd, 2018
Participant: Dr Annapoorna Ravichander
Dr Annapoorna Ravichander from Public Affairs Centre with her communication cohorts from the Southern Voice on Post-MDGs – SV partner organisations were engaged in a co-learning exercise on podcasts at their communication Workshop!
PAC at the Global Think Tank Summit in Brussels
November 22nd, 2018
Participant: G Guruchan, Director PAC
Public Affairs Centre’s Director G Gurucharan at the Global Think Tank Summit 2018 plenary session on ‘New Faces and New Ideas in Think Tanks: The innovation and Diversity Connection, held earlier this month in Brussels.
Field exposure Visit
November 21st, 2018
Participants: Team from Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program and PAC team
The delegation from Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program visited Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu to understand Public Affairs Centre work in the villages under the Swachh Bharat Mission, India.
On Think Tank and Think Tank Initiative Fellows
November 15th, 2018
Particpant: Hari DK and Varsha Pillai
24 young leaders meet for the first phase of the On Think Tanks Think Tank Initiative Fellowship in Bangkok during the 2018 Think Tank Initiative Exchange. Programme Managers, Hari Dk and Varsha Pillai from Public Affairs Centre are among the 24 young leaders.
Special Gram Sabha for the PDS project
October 26th, 2018
Presenters: PDS Team
PAC team was at the Gram Sabha at Muthige village in Chamarajanagara, Karnataka to build conversations among the local communities towards realising their Public Distribution System(PDS) entitlements.
Special Gram Sabha for the PDS project
October 25th, 2018
Presenters: PDS Team
Public Affairs Centre is working on a three year project in Karnataka towards enhancing rights–based access to entitlements of food and non-food commodities for communities through the Public Distribution System (PDS). We were at the Graam Sabhe at Badhanaguppe village in Chamarajanagara, Karnataka, to help create awareness among local communities on their entitlements under the PDS.
Meeting with the WOBEDA Team
October 24th, 2018
Participants: Dr Meena Nair, Dr Annapoorna Ravichander and Aparna Sivaraman
Trying to understand what drives women to participate in the labour force and also take up entrepreneurship, Public Affairs Centre met with the team from Women Business Enterprise Development Association (WOBEDA) who have been motivating women to make an impact in India’s workforce.
SVSS Field Visit
October 23rd, 2018
Participant: PAC Research Team
As part of the Southern Voice on Post-MDGs – SV research projects on the State of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Public Affairs Centre is working on a research project focussed on SDG 4 Quality Education and SDG 8 Decent work and Economic growth. PAC’s research team was at SRK Polymers Coimbatore to speak to the women workers and seek inputs from them.
Know more about PAC’s project here:
PAC Team at the ATI
October 12th, 2018
Presenter: Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander
Dr Annapoorna Ravichander, Head, Policy Engagement & Communication and Training interacts with 108 newly appointed Karnataka Tehsildars at Administrative Training Institute, Mysore
Meeting with the ATI Team
October 12th, 2018
Participants: Dr Annapoorna Ravichander, Mr Kapil Mohan and Ms Harpreet Bhullar
PAC’s training team comprising Dr Annapoorna Ravichander & Ajai Hegde along with Harpreet Bhullar, (National Project Coordinator, EU-India Cooperation and Dialogue on Migration and Mobility ILO DWT for South Asia and Country Office for India) met Mr Kapil Mohan (Director General, Administrative Training Institute, Mysore ) & V. Bhagyalakshmi (Joint Director, ATI) for a discussion on Organising Training Activities in “Governance and Management of International Labour Migration”.
Interactive Session
October 10th, 2018
Presenter: Deccan Herald Associate Editor B S Arun
Deccan Herald Associate Editor B S Arun visited Public Affairs Centre for an interactive session on Writing Op-eds, the do’s and don’ts, and audience expectation.
PAC attended a discussion on Cleaning up Bengaluru
October 6th, 2018
Participant: Bhargavi Nagendra
Bhargavi Nagendra from Public Affairs Centre attended a citizen interaction session organised by Deccan Herald on October 6, 2018 in Bangalore, India. The topic of discussion was ‘Cleaning up Bengaluru: Garbage collection and disposal. In attendance at the event were BBMP chief Manjunath Prasad and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka DR. G Parameshwara
PAC at the NSDC Partners Meet
October 4th, 2018
Participant: G Guruchan, Director PAC
G Gurucharan, Director, Public Affairs Centre at the NSDC-National Skill Development Corporation Partners Meet on Transforming India: Empowering Youth for inclusive growth in New Delhi, India
Talk at the Training of Trainers program for the PDS project
October 4th, 2018
Presenter: Mr M.C. Gangadhara, Joint Director, Department of Food and Civil Supplies
Mr M.C. Gangadhara, Joint Director, Department of Food and Civil Supplies spoke on the digitisation and grievance redressal in the Public Distribution System (PDS) system at the Public Affairs Centre Training of Trainers programme for the PDS Karnataka in Bangalore, India
Training of Trainers for the PDS project
October 3rd, 2018
Participants: District Level Partner Organisations
Public Affairs Centre builds capacities among select citizens who further spread the message to the people at large. We are currently conducting Training of Trainers for one of our projects on the Public Distribution System in Karnataka, these future trainers will play vital role in enhancing service delivery and entitlements to citizens.
PAC Team at the Open Data Conference in Argentina
September 30th, 2018
Participants: Hari DK and Dr Asha Subramanian
Hari Dk and Asha Subramanian at the Open data conference in Argentina where issues relating to the state of open data around the globe and standards of open data were discussed.
PAC attended a panel discussion on Article #377
September 26th, 2018
A team from Public Affairs Centre attended a panel discussion “No more criminals: A Society towards equality and non-discrimination” at St.Joseph’s College of Arts & Science(Autonomous),Banglore which discussed the partial repealing of Section 377 where noted activist Dr. Akkai Padmashali among others were also present.
Presentation of PAI to the Tamil Nadu Planning Department
September 25th, 2018
Presenters: Dr Meena Nair and Udita Dutta
The Planning Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu invited Public Affairs Centre to present the methodology and findings from the Public Affairs Index 2018. Tamil Nadu was ranked no 2 in the quality of governance among the large states (population more than 2 crores) in India in PAI 2018.
PAC participates in hackathon-Reimagining Waste
September 12th, 2018
Participant: Bhargavi Nagendra
Bhargavi Nagendra attended the four day hackathon on “Reimagining Waste” organised by Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. The workshop was designed to speed up the process of co-creation of innovative and inclusive solutions.
Panel discussion on PAI 2018
August 24th, 2018
Presenter: Udita Dutta
A panel discussion on the Public Affairs Index 2018 was held at the Odisha Vikash Conclave on August 24, 2018. Co-author Programme Officer Udita Dutta was at the conclave to share the findings.
Dr Samuel Paul Memorial Lecture
July 21st, 2018
Presenters: Mr. Babar Ali and Ms. Shantha Sinha
Babar Ali, the world’s youngest headmaster shares his interesting story from starting off with just 8 students to imparting education to over 500 students at the Dr Samuel Paul Memorial Lecture
Prof Shantha Sinha, Former Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights delivers the Dr Samuel Paul Memorial Lecture, as she speaks about the state of Child Poverty, vulnerability and the laws in place to protect children from abuse in India.
Launch of Public Affairs Index 2018
July 21st, 2018
Presenter: PAI Team
G Gurucharan, Director, Public Affairs Centre, speaking on the remarkable journey and success of the Public Affairs Index 2018
Dr. C K Mathew, lead author of the Public Affairs Index 2018 speaking about the project and its challenges in bringing about such a remarkable project.
Dr Lalitha Pulavarthi, co-author of the Children of India chapter of Public Affairs Index 2018 addressing on the state of India’s children.
Prof Arun K Pujari, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Rajasthan speaking on the importance of credible data in social and economic development of a country at the release of Public Affairs Index 2018.
Jennifer Daubney, Consul General of Canada to India, speaking about the importance of a report like the #PublicAffairsIndex2018 and the continued relations between Canada and India
Dr K Kasturirangan, Chairman of Public Affairs Centre releasing the ranking of state in the Public Affairs Index 2018
Presentation at the SVSS 2018 conference — last
July 21st, 2018
Presenters: Dr Meena Nair and Kritika Shah
A team from Public Affairs Centre was the Southern Voices SVSS 2018 Conference in Sri Lanka
Presentation at YesIamtheChange Competition
July 17th, 2018
Presenters: Dr Annapoorna Ravichander and Varsha Pillai
Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander and Programme Manager Varsha Pillai at the YES FOUNDATION event in Mumbai. PAC was among 11000 participants who were shortlisted for the YESIamtheCHANGE competition.
Paper Presentation
June 13 & 14th, 2018
Presenters: Priyanka Agarwal and Manasi Nikam
Assessing Double Injustice of Urbanization and Climate Change on Water Security in Peri-Urban Areas: Creating Citizen Centric Scenarios’ co-authored by Arvind L Sha, Priyanka Agarwal and Manasi Nikam from Public Affairs Centre was presented and discussed at the Author’s Workshop in Singapore on June 13 & 14, 2018.
SDMC Consultation Meet
May 30th, 2018
Presenter: PAC Research Team
Public Affairs Centre conducted a consultation meet with experts from the field of primary school education for one of our projects. This was done to ensure scientific rigour and maintain highest standards of research that will bring about an objective findings and in turn aid in converting research to action.
Workshop Session on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
May 29th, 2018
Presenter: Bhargavi Nagendra
Programme Officer, Bhargavi Nagendra conducted a session on Greenhouse Gas emissions as part of a 5 day course on Climate Resilient Cities conducted by Green Skills Academy for the students of St Josephs’ College, Bangalore on May 29, 2018
PAC CURAJ Partnership
May 28th, 2018
Prof Arun Pujari, Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Rajasthan visited PAC on May 28, 2018 to look at the areas of research both institutions could collaborate and work together.
International Conference on Sustainability, Institutions, Incentives: Voices, Policies and Commitments
November 9th, 2017
Presenter: Priyanka Agarwal, Programme Officer
Public Affairs Centre presented a paper titled “Promoting collective action to improve water security in peri-urban areas around Bangalore city using social accountability tools” at the International Conference on Sustainability, Institutions, Incentives: Voices, Policies and Commitments on November 9th, 2017 in Thrissur, Kerala organised by the Indian Society for Ecological Economics.
International Conference on Managing Change for Better Public Service Delivery: South and South-East Asian Experience
November 5th, 2017
Presenter: Dr. Satyajeet Nanda, Senior Programme Officer
Public Affairs Centre presented his paper on “Philosophical aspects of approach towards better Public Service Delivery: The Indian Experience” at the on November 5, 2017 organised by Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre – BPATC in Dhaka
State of Accountability conference
Presenter: Dr. Satyajeet Nanda, Senior Programme Officer
PAC presented a paper titled ‘Reinventing Accountability: Sub-altern Citizen’s-Voice, Impaired Governance and Development Paradigm’ which focused on the use of the PAC-pioneered Citizen Report Cards (CRC) as a tool for accountability and discussed its extensive use in our BMGF-Funded SBM project in Tamil Nadu and Odisha at the State of Accountability conference organised by the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
International conference on ‘Empowering Consumers in New Markets’
26 & 27 of October, 2017
Mr G Gurucharan, Director, Public Affairs Centre chaired a session on ‘Stakeholder Participation in Consumer Protection at the International conference on ‘Empowering Consumers in New Markets’ organised by the UNCTAD and the Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India on the 26 & 27 of October, 2017
GSTIC 2017
October 24th, 2017
Presenter: Bhargavi Nagendra, Programme Officer
Public Affairs Centre presented the PAC Waste Tracker app at GSTIC 2017 in Brussels on Oct 24, 2017
India-EU Smart Cities: Sustainable Urbanisation Conference
October 12th, 2017
Presenter: Dr. Meena Nair, Head, Participatory Governance Group
Public Affairs Centre presented a paper on “Citizen Report Cards – Improving Local Governance and Pro-Poor Service Delivery” at the India-EU Smart Cities: Sustainable Urbanisation Conference in Bangalore, India on 12/10/17
Signing of MoU
November 27th, 2017
The PAC team visited the vice-chancellor of the Central University of Rajasthan to sign a MoU to look for opportunities for research in areas of mutual interest on Nov 27, 2017
Understanding the civil society’s role in advocacy and governance
August 1st, 2017
A team from Civil Society Academy consisting of participants from India, Nepal and Bangladesh visited PAC on August 1st, 2017 to understand our role in advocacy and governance and tools and methods that we use for advocacy.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) Roundtable
July 22nd, 2017
PAC’s Roundtable conference scheduled on 22nd July, 2017 in Bangalore discussed the impact the new tax reforms will have on the economy and the complexities in its implementation.
Presenting the Public Affairs Index
July 5th, 2017
Presenter: Dr C K Mathew
Dr CK Mathew with the students of the National Law School of India University while presenting the Public Affairs Index 2017 on July 5, 2017
International Academic Forum
July 1st, 2017
Presenter: Basil Liongs, Head, Citizen Action Support Group
Basil made a presentation on the SDMC project at a conference organised by the International Academic Forum on July 1, 2017
Release of public Affairs Index 2017
May 12th, 2017
Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde and former Chief Justice of India Justice M N Venkatachaliah released the second edition of the Public Affairs Index on May 12, 2017
Release of “In the Rear View Mirror: Reflections of Chief Secretaries”
March 17th, 2017
Chief Secretary of Karnataka Dr Subhash Khuntia and Chairman of PAC former Chief Justice of India M N Venkatachaliah released PAC’s latest publication “In the Rear View Mirror: Reflections of Chief Secretaries” in the presence of PAC director Mr Gurucharan Gollerkeri and editor of the book and head of the Public Policy Research Group Dr CK Mathew on March 17, 2017