Policy workshop in Guwahati, India's Transportation, and Weakening Of The Amazon
Policy Post #234
Dear reader,
Policy is vast, interdisciplinary and all-encompassing. An action in a single domain can have ripple effects across several others, all of them unitedly affecting the end user - the people.
This week’s edition brings to you an in-person Policy Careers workshop in Guwahati curated by PPI, in partnership with ISDM. It also investigates how Ahmedabad moves and why its share of public transport is low, compared to other cities. It travels further to explore roads as lived infrastructure and how they shape our daily lives.
Alongside, it also highlights the degradation of Amazon, weakened by deforestation and climate change together.
As always, we wrap up with a curated list of opportunities.
Let’s get into it!
Policy Charcha 💬
The best of Podcasts, Videos, Essays, Fellowships and other Career resources from the world of Policy and Governance from the week gone by!
🏙️PPI Policy Circle in Guwahati
On 15th May, Public Policy India is coming to Guwahati for a policy workshop.
In-person development, policy and NGO sector careers workshop next Friday evening in Guwahati👇
PPI, in partnership with ISDM, is coming to Guwahati with a curated workshop on how to navigate policy and development management careers. If you’ve been curious about the space looking for the right community, then this is for you!
And you walk away with:
🟣 A policy careers workshop on nuances of policymaking, + many career options to pursue
🟣 A speaker session with Sanjana Kaushik (Manager, Admissions/Outreach, ISDM)
🟣 A careers workshop with Yash Agarwal on navigating paths in policy
🟣 Loads of chats + an evening with Guwahati’s policy community, open to all
📅 Friday, 15th May
⏰ 5–7 PM
📍 Beyond Offices, Bora Service, Kanchan Rd, opp. Apollo Clinic, Ulubari
and yess, Coffee’s on us!!
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To build more spaces for such conversations, learning and community building, we are bringing Policy Circles to more cities!
📍 Keep an eye on your chapter’s WhatsApp group for all updates
Not in a chapter yet? Find and join your city chapter here →
🎓 Thinking About Structured Learning in Policy?
Policy Circles are a great starting point — but if you’re ready to go deeper, the Master’s Programme in Public Policy (MPP) at the Kautilya School of Public Policy is currently accepting applications.
This two-year residential programme focuses on understanding how policies are designed, implemented, and shaped by political and institutional realities.
KSPP offers scholarships for eligible candidates, and applicants applying through PPI may be considered for fee waivers depending on the school’s evaluation, including academics, interview performance, and financial background.
📌 If you apply via PPI, be sure to mention us as your reference to be considered for the waiver.
🎥 Video of the Week
How Ahmedabad is DIFFERENT From Any Other Indian City
Ahmedabad moves different - only 12% of the people in Ahmedabad use public transport.
The Climate Brief, an initiative by Rainmatter explores how the population of 8 million move within the city. Despite expansive bus services under Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service and Janmarg, and a growing metro network, 1 in 2 persons own a vehicle in Ahmedabad. This video explains this phenomenon.
📝 Essay of the Week
Roads in most cities of India are the most visible forms of governance. They are not just technical/infrastructural projects that are measured by length, budgets and deadlines, they are spaces that people must navigated daily.
This piece studies roads as lived infrastructures - those that are used everyday and shape daily life. It discusses the insights from Nāgrika Fellow Candidates (2025–26), read alongside recent reporting from cities such as Kottayam, Chandannagar, Meerut, Pune, Cooch Behar, Manali, and towns in Meghalaya, that reveal a stark mismatch between how roads are imagined by authorities and how they are experienced by citizens.
🔎 Databases and Guides:
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🌍Climate + Health Corner
In Partnership With Swasti, The Health Catalyst
Amazon’s shift into degraded forest
Climate change and deforestation together could push two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest towards critical ecological breakdown at lower levels of global warming than previously estimated, a new study has found. This article discusses the findings of the study, and the consequences that shall follow if the trend continues.
Careers Corner 💼
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.
📩 Best bit - if you know of a job/internship opening that’s not listed here, kindly just add that as a comment on the sheet: giving 20,000+ people immediate access to it!
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