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  • 07 Mar
    2023
    Dr Jyotsna Jha, Director, has been invited by Jain University, Bangalore for a virtual panel discussion on International Women’s Day for discussions around Gender Budgeting 2023-24. She has actively engaged with the concept and practical application of gender budgets. She has been invited by several forums to share her opinion on Gender Budget. To view the poster please visit here.
  • 22 Feb
    2023
    To celebrate CBPS's 25th Anniversary, we are hosting a two-day conference on ‘Institutions and Public Policy’. The event will have noted scholars, activists and institution builders as speakers and panelists. Various papers on diverse themes related to Education as a Public Good, Health and Social Security, Public Finance and Governance, and Gender and Public Spaces will also be presented by both veteran and young scholars. To register for the event, please write to us at registrations.cbps25@cbps.in
  • 17 Feb
    2023
    To celebrate the 25th year of influencing policy through research, evaluation and advocacy, we launch our new logo. We welcome all of our friends, partners, society members, funders, and our stakeholders to celebrate this occasion with us. We have a series of exciting events planned for the  year, the first of which is our conference on Institutions and Public Policy on March 16th and 17th of 2023. For more details, please click here.
  • 09 Feb
    2023
    Dr Jyotsna Jha, Director, CBPS engaged with young scholars over the course of the first week of February 2023 at multiple forums. On the 2nd of February 2023, she gave a lecture to the undergraduate students at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore on the topic of the 'Pandemic and School Education'. She was invited as a Chief Guest at the Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore and delivered a lecture on the Budget 2023 on the 3rd of February 2023 and the poster can be viewed here. She was also a part of the Roundtable discussion around ‘The New Frontiers in Teaching Economics’ h...
  • 09 Feb
    2023
    Dr Jyotsna Jha, Director, CBPS was a part of a panel discussion organised by Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI) on the topic of ‘Rural Realities and Union Budget 2023-24’ on 3rd of February 2023. The other panellists were, Prof C. S. C. Sekhar (Professor, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), New Delhi), Prof Krishna Raj (Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru), Dr Samuel Thomas (Chief Operating Officer (COO), SEESHA NGO, Chennai) and  Dr G V Ramanjaneyulu (Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Secunderabad, Telangana). The session ...
  • 07 Feb
    2023
    Please don't miss Jyotsna Jha's talk on Al Jazeera tonight. She will be talking on Inequality and Wealth Tax. You can watch this on YouTube by following this link - https://youtu.be/Sx6XNfwrOro  
  • 07 Feb
    2023
    This Roundtable with select experts is organised by Save the Children India (Bal Raksha Bharat) in collaboration with HAQ: Centre for Child Rights and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA). Jyotsna Jha is an invited speaker at the session titled, 'Priorities for Budget for Children'; Moderated by Bharti Ali (HAQ Centre for Child Rights). The panel includes Provita Kundu (CBGA), Shailabh Kumar (HAQ Centre for Child Rights) and Soumen Bagchi (UNICEF).
  • 23 Jan
    2023
    Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS) is an independent, non-partisan, research institute based in Bangalore, India. Our vision is creation and sharing of knowledge for an empowered, equitable, just and democratic society. We work towards our vision through: (a) Research and evaluation in the areas of policy, budget, governance, and public service delivery; (b) Evidence based policy advocacy and (c) Dissemination of research findings through a variety of approaches. We are currently looking for a Communications Officer who can help us develop and implement a comprehensive communica...
  • 06 Jan
    2023
    The CBPS Team is going to Jharkhand and Odisha for field work for the project titled, 'Evaluation of Thousand Schools Program' Project by ASPIRE and TATA Steel. This will be the second round of field work for the project. Stay tuned to read the report and other updates.
  • 01 Jan
    2023
    CBPS Team wishes all of you a very happy new year!