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Lokniti Newsletter | November 2024


 Ongoing Projects

Lokniti-CSDS Karnataka Welfare Scheme Study

Lokniti-CSDS, in collaboration with Indus Action, is conducting a study on the impact of welfare schemes on the well-being of women and their households. The project aims to explore the impact of the schemes on women and household choices, focusing on areas such as health, education, nutrition, mobility, livelihoods, and women's decision-making power. 

 Completed Projects 


Lokniti-CSDS Jharkhand Assembly Election Pre-Poll & Post-Poll Study 2024

Lokniti-CSDS has begun its significant 'State Election Studies' for the Assembly elections for Jharkhand as Pre-Poll and Post-Poll study 2024. The study, covering a total of 3,000 respondents across 30 Assembly constituencies, will split the sample into 15 constituencies each for the Pre-poll and Post-poll analyses. The study aims to explore diverse voting behaviors, and political attitudes, and gather comprehensive information about political preferences and issues influencing voting decisions at a state level. The findings of the study are published in The Hindu. 

Lokniti-CSDS & Maharashtra Assembly Election Pre-Poll Study 2024


Lokniti-CSDS has begun its significant 'State Election Studies' for the Assembly elections for Maharashtra Pre-Poll study 2024. The study, with a sample size of 4,000 respondents from 40 Assembly constituencies, aims to explore diverse voting behaviors, and political attitudes, and gather comprehensive information about political preferences and issues influencing voting decisions at a state level. The findings of the study are published in The Hindu. 
 

 PUBLICATIONS
 
Newspaper Articles

Sanjay Kumar

--Bhaajapaa Maharashtra me to jeeti, legin Jharkhand me jyun haari? Dainik Bhaskar, November 27, 2024


 
--Ghaate me hone ke baawjood muft cheejo kaa wada kar rahi hai partiyeaa, Dainik Bhaskar, November 19, 2024
 
--Maharashtra ke chunaav me is baar Kaante kaa mukabala lag rahaa hai, Dainik Bhaskar, November 2, 2024



Suhas Palshikar 

-- Democracy by force, Edit Page, Indian Express, November 18, 2024. 



-- One-and-a-half step forward, Edit Page, Indian Express, November 25, 2024. 

-- Party-Society in Maharashtra, Edit Page, Indian Express, November 29, 2024. 






Sandeep Shastri

--A season for One Nation, Many elections, New Indian Express, November 29, 2024. 

--Maharashtra: Will Exit Polls Resist Presumptions This Time? New Indian Express, November 18, 2024. 




Hilal Ahmed

-- Multiple motives, Hindu unity and its Political meanings, The Telegraph, November 2024



-- What Constitutes Balance, Times of India, November 26, 2024
  

-- (With Christophe Jaffrelot) Indian Muslims: (Self-)Perceptions and Voting Trends in 2024, Studies in Indian Politics, November 12, 2024 

Rekha  Chowdhary

--The 2024 Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Economic and Political Weekly, November 23, 2024. 

-- An Alternative Discourse of Jammu’s Regional Identity, The Daily Excelsior, November 19, 2024. 

  TALKS

 
Sanjay Kumar

-- Spoke at a seminar on “Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: Data and Politics", organised by MITSOG, Pune, November 29, 2024
 
-- Participated in a panel discussion on "Delimitation in India: Redrawing Borders, Redefining Democracy", organised by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, November 27, 2024


 
Suhas Palshikar

-- On Maratha Dominance: Part 2 of Interview to BBC Marathi, November 9, 2024.

--Nature of Campaign and political issues in Maharashtra’s Elections, Interview to ThinkBank, November 14, 2024. 

--Dalit and OBC politics in Maharashtra: Part 3 of Interview to BBC
Marathi,  November 16, 2024. 

--Maharashtra’s Claims of being Progressive and its social movements, Part 4 of Interview to BBC Marathi, November 17, 2024. 

--Interview on India’s Democracy (Part II), Sarvankash, July-Sept, 2024; pp. 66-75, November 19, 2024. 

--Interview on Campaign Issues and Party competition in Maharashtra, The Hindu, Youtube channel, November 20, 2024. 

--Explaining the Verdict, BBC Marathi, November 23, 2024.

--Maharashtra’s New Dominant Party System, Presentation at Seminar on Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: Data and Politics, MITSOG, Pune, November 29, 2024. 


Sandeep Shastri

-- Delivered an online lecture on Academic Writing: How does one build an argument? CSSP, Kanpur, November 30, 2024.

--Inaugural address at Training Workshop for Gram Panchayat Adhyakshas on the theme Empowering Panchayats for Capacity Building, ICFAI University, Bengaluru, November 28, 2024

--Moderated a panel discussion at the 17th AUAP International Conference on the theme `Digital Technology and Ethics in Higher Education`, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal, November 19, 2024. 

-- Delivered a series of presentations on "Understanding the wider implications of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand", Padigeree Consultancy, November 11, 2024. 

-- Delivered the Valedictory Address at a Workshop on New Social and Political Movements in India, Raichur University, Raichur, November 6, 2024. 


Nidhi Seth

--"Preservation of Tribal Culture and Tradition through Digitalization in the 21st Century”, Data Dynamic Analysis and Research Foundation (DDARF), November 6, 2024. 


Lokniti Team

-- Findings of the Maharashtra Pre-Poll Study and Jharkhand Pre-Post Poll Study are published in The Hindu and Prabhat Khabar.

Authors include Sanjay Kumar, Suhas Palshikar, Sandeep Shastri, Sanjeer Alam, Jyoti Mishra, Vibha Attri, Dr. Harishwar Dayal, Nitin Birmal, Prof Rajeshwari Deshpande, Vivek Ghotale, Devesh Kumar, Rishikesh Yadav, Priyanka Mittal, Kirti Sharma, and Krishangi Sinha.


 
New Interns at Lokniti 



Aishi Banerjee 



Krishangi Sinha 


Abhinav Prakash 

 
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