Dear reader,
Happy Gandhi Jayanti, Asian Games week, and FatdogsofDelhi finale!! :))
This week has sure been exciting, and The Policy Post is excited to bring to you:
Update on the Asian Games
Floor Space Index and its effect on cities
Events to attend, papers to publish, and surveys to take!
As always, we wrap up with a curated list of opportunities.
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🗞️What’s In The News This Week?
India at Aichi-Nagoya 2026: 64 medals, 8th rank, going strong!!
With gold in Women’s Cricket, Women’s Trap, Mixed 10m Air Pistol, Mixed Trap, Men’s Kabaddi, Women’s Kabaddi, Women’s compound Archery, Men’s compound Archery, Mixed compound Archery, Women’s 4x400m Relay - India has claimed 10 gold, 22 silver and 32 bronze medals so far!
The Khelo Bharat Niti - 2025, India’s National Sports Policy, suggests:
Strong professional sports governance, implementation and monitoring
Using AI for data-driven analysis
Establishing KPIs, time-bound targets and regulatory bodies
to harness the potential of India’s sports talent.
🗓️Events to look out for!
🎉AI Viksit Bharat Summit in Lucknow on October 8!
🎉India Mobile Congress in Delhi on October 7-10!
🎉c0c0n in Kochi on October 6-13!
💬Policy Charcha - one thing to learn this week
Bengaluru’s cap on height is leading to a welfare loss of 2-4% of GDP.
This essay discusses Floor Area Ratio/Floor Space Index and how it affects Indian cities.
🎓 Take a survey under the Maple Bridge Research Fellowship!
Have 5 minutes? Tell us what you think!
We’re looking for young people in India and Canada to take part in a survey under the Maple Bridge Research Fellowship. Your responses will become part of the research behind the fellowship teams’ publication-grade policy briefs:
🔹 Track 1: AI & Trade Architecture: What do young people think AI will change about Canada-India trade and the career opportunities around it?
🔹 Track 2: AI, Inclusive Growth & Digital Economy: How can AI shape economic opportunities and participation for women, marginalised groups and MSMEs?
And there’s more, your response could take you beyond the survey:
🎟️ Attend a national youth summit: 3 respondents from Delhi NCR get a chance to attend a national youth summit in Delhi, meet researchers, policy experts, young leaders from across India, and interact with professionals working on Canada-India relations
✍️ Contribute to a youth compendium: Top 3 respondents with the highest number of completed surveys get a chance to contribute a one-page piece to a youth publication on Canada-India issues
The Maple Bridge Research Fellowship is a four-month Canada–India youth research fellowship bringing together 25 young researchers across five AI-linked themes. It is implemented by Swasti, in partnership with Public Policy India & STRIDE, with support from the High Commission of Canada through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) Grant.
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✍️Explore how the growing availability of linked datasets is transforming research and policy analysis for Data and Policy!
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💼Careers Corner: 100s of opportunities across the policy and impact space every week!
A curated list of some of the best jobs and internship opportunities this week from the world of public policy, the development sector, impact consulting and communications at large.
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