Graam Policy Scan
Volume - 3 / Issue - 1 / January 2022
Lead Story
Title: The women-power of Mysuru and ‘Mysuru Mahila Ratna Puraskara’ awardees launched ‘We Mill’ products to commemorate International Women’s Day
What: To commemorate International Women’s Day, Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement (GRAAM), in association with Wuerth Elektronik India Pvt Ltd., presented the ‘Mysuru Mahila Ratna Puraskara’ to six women achievers to recognize their contribution in their respective fields.
Adding value to the event, the women achievers along with our 14 We Mill Women and Chief Guest Smt K. Lalitha G.T.Devegowda, President, Karnataka State Cooperative Credit Societies Federation Ltd (KSCCF), GRAAM’s Executive Director, Dr. Basavaraju R Shreshtha, Wuerth Elektronik India Pvt Ltd’s Managing Director, Mr. Harsha Adya, Dr Usha Dharmar
Grassroots Initiative
Sugamya Shiksha round up
Title: Talk on Traffic Safety Awareness
What: A talk on ‘Road Safety Rules’ was organized for the students of Government Higher Primary School Metagalli as a part of Sugamya Shiksha’s implementation program to create awareness of traffic rules among the school children. Savitri Bai Phule team (a team exclusively constituted under Sugamya Shiksha for girls to discuss
issues related to safety, nutrition, protection, education, gender
equality, health, and well-being) and members of the School Parliament were mainly involved in this program.
Research at GRAAM
Community Health Plan developed in Jharkhand
As part of the USAID-supported NISHTHA project in partnership with Jhpiego, GRAAM is in piloting the project Community monitoring and social audit mechanism of Health and Wellness Centres (HWC) through the formation and strengthening of Jan Arogya Samithi (JAS) in selected HWCs of West Singhbhum and Khunti District of Jharkhand State. As part of the project, it is expected to engage the communities for health and allied areas and establish community Monitoring & accountability mechanisms in the intervention areas as per the GOI guidelines.
Events by GRAAMers
Title: GRAAM invites the youth of Mysuru to enroll in the Youth for Governance Fellowship (Y4G)
What is Y4G: “Youth for Governance Fellowship – Mysuru” is a fellowship program facilitated by GRAAM in association with Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) and Hans Seidel Foundation. Selected fellows from different parts of Mysuru will be trained on various training modules such as Governance, participation & citizenship, society, and social accountability during the period of fellowship and submit a thesis at the end of the term.
This fellowship is an apt platform for the students to augment knowledge, hone skills, and contribute to urban governance issues. Twenty-five fellows will become a part of the fellowship of a 9-month duration…
VOICES OF CSR LEADERS
VOICES OF CSR LEADERS
Title: Social impact- challenges and need for CSR
What: In yet another engaging segment of CSR Vocal, Head of Community Outreach, Embassy Group, Shaina Ganapathy discusses with Dr Basavaraju R Shreshta, Executive Director, GRAAM about the various CSR initiatives undertaken by the Embassy Group, challenges in planning and executing CSR initiatives, effective community development and much more.
Title: Public Engagement workshop to strengthen Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC)
What: GRAAM (Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement) in collaboration with KHPT (Karnataka Health Promotion Trust) had organized a Public Engagement workshop in order to gather collective voices from the community on strengthening Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC)
When: January 11, 2022 in the city of Mysuru
Why: The Public Engagement (PE) was conducted to identify the barriers (gaps/ challenges) to Comprehensive Primary Health Care and the way to strengthen Urban Primary Health Care. The first PE workshop was conducted wi…
Projects Partnership
Ongoing Projects at GRAAM
New projects at GRAAM
Youth for Governance Fellowship – Mysuru(Y4G)
Youth for Governance Fellowship Program aims at building a capacity of youth towards participatory governance and makes them active by providing a platform of fellowship. Youth engagement in civic participation and governance is facing significant limitations, with bleak participation in democracy/governance. To motivate the youth towards participatory governance, this program is being rolled out, for the students pursuing higher education from recognized colleges/universities in Mysuru.
Academic Engagements
Title: GRAAM steers NITI Aayog’s session under ‘National Conference on Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning ‘
What: Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement (GRAAM), steered a session on ‘Participatory and Citizen-centric Approach to Monitoring & Evaluation’ under NITI Aayog’s National Conference on Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (NCMEL) conducted on a virtual platform.
When: The session was held on March 16, 2022
Who: The insightful discussion was moderated by Dr Basavaraju R Shreshta, Executive Director, GRAAM, and witnessed the participation of Dr Ananya Samajdar, Research Head, GRAAM, Shilpa Nag CT, Commissioner, Rural Development, Government of Kar
Title: Session of Introduction to Public Policy
What: GRAAM commenced the Sixth edition of “Introduction to Public Policy Session” in Delhi for the professionals of the Quality Council of India (QCI).
When: Between March 22 nd and 24th.
Session 1: The first session was conducted by Dr R. Balasubramaniam, Member Capacity Building Commission, GOI, and Founder GRAAM & SVYM. In the very first session, Dr Balu spoke about how society evolved from “anarchy to order” with his unique way of exemplars of four formers having different abilities of strength and knowledge.
Public Policy and Program Evaluation Workshop
Key Highlights of the Course:
- Training by experienced Cornell Academicians and GRAAM’s Grassroots Research experts.
- Interactive sessions with policy experts from Niti Ayog and Senior Bureaucrats of GOI/State Govts.
- Special Lectures delivered by experts from international foundations, Academic Institutions & the Development sector.
- Hands-on training with exemplars/case studies on specific policies and programs.
- An Opportunity to meet & network with professionals from varied backgrounds and across the Globe.
- Early Bird offer and Scholarship opportunity for non-earning professionals (Ph.D. Scholars, students, etc
Events attended by GRAAMers
Public Engagements of Dr. R. Balasubramaniam
- Delivered a Talk on “Reflecting on Stories from Swami Vivekananda’s life”, organized by Yuwaah India on 12th January 2022.
- Delivered a Talk on “Aspiration, Potential, and future Youth of the Nation”, organized by SEWA International, Delhi
on 12th January 2022. - Delivered a Lecture on “Govt of India’s approach to Capacity Building using digital technology” organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on 19th January 2022.
- Talk delivered on “Governance and Administrative Reforms: National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Buil…
