Collaborations
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[Partner University] Research Collaboration
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Learning
Learning at CRGD
Good policy needs people who can read a budget, question a dataset and write a clear note to a minister. The CRGD Academy and its dialogues, colloquia and academic programs exist to build those skills in students, public servants, journalists and citizens.
CRGD Academy
The CRGD Academy is the teaching arm of CRGD. It runs certificate programs, short courses and workshops in public policy, taught by practitioners and researchers, with an emphasis on doing rather than memorising.
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Short, structured courses on specific skills and subjects: public finance, policy writing, data for governance, and more. Most run online on weekday evenings, so working people can take them.
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Dialogues bring people who disagree into the same room under rules that let them speak plainly. They are small, prepared in advance and followed by a written note of what was learned.
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Programs designed with universities and colleges: credit bearing electives, faculty development, dissertation supervision and field placements in policy research.
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Joint research, teaching and events with universities, research institutions, civil society organisations and public bodies, in India and abroad.
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A regular forum where researchers present work in progress to a critical audience before it is published. Open to scholars and students; papers are circulated a week in advance.
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Courses, dialogues and programs
CRGD Academy
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Certificate in Public Policy (Foundation)
Registrations openThe CRGD Academy's flagship course. Twelve weeks that take you from how policy is made to writing and presenting a policy brief of your own.
Starts 10 January 2027Online, with two in person weekends
Colloquium
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CRGD Research Colloquium
OngoingA monthly forum where CRGD researchers and visiting scholars present work in progress to a critical audience before publication.
Hybrid
Dialogue
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Kerala Dialogues: Growth and Welfare
OngoingA series of small, structured dialogues between people who disagree about how Kerala should balance economic growth and welfare spending.
In person
Academic Programs
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Policy Research Elective for Colleges
Open for partnershipsA one semester elective, designed with partner colleges, in which students carry out a policy research project in their own locality.
In person at partner colleges
Courses
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Reading Budgets: A Short Course
Registrations openA four week evening course that teaches anyone to read a state budget and ask the right questions of it.
Starts 18 November 2026Online
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