Nayaneethi Policy Collective is a Think-do tankAn organisation that does both the thinking and the doing. Like a think tank, it researches problems and develops public policy ideas. It then works with communities, organisations and governments to put those ideas into practice, and learns from what happens on the ground. turning knowledge into action, and action into change, for a freer and more prosperous future.
In that future, every citizen can shape their own life, and society solves many of its own problems. To get there, we help communities engage with their governments and demand better public policies, and we build the skills and agency of young people. We also strengthen civil society organisations and governments with research, evaluation and consultancy support.
What we do
We work with communities, civil society organisations, governments and young people to research problems, evaluate what works, build capacity, run programmes on the ground and advocate for reform.
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- People reached
- 18,000+
Resources
Nayadrishti, 11 Oct 2026
Keralam’s Electricity Sector Needs A Policy Reimagination
Looking at the state’s electricity crisis and thinking about possible long-term solutions
Read on SubstackKeralam’s Electricity Sector Needs A Policy Reimagination
Looking at the state’s electricity crisis and thinking about possible long-term solutions
ജനാധിപത്യവും അതിനോടുള്ള അതൃപ്തികളും
Democracy and its Discontents
Migration, Markets and Kerala’s Missing Options
When compelling opportunities at home are scarce, improve second-best options will be key
The Grand Plan
Viktor's planners decide what every factory and farm should make, and it goes badly wrong. A story about F. A. Hayek's essay The Use of Knowledge in Society: why no single mind can run an economy, and how prices carry what millions of people know.
Padayatra, Chapter 1: Tradeoffs
A public policy journey, one panel at a time. The first chapter is about tradeoffs: every choice a government makes gives something up.
Fundamentals of Public Policy
A 33-hour course that pairs the core ideas of public policy with how policy actually works on the ground.
Public Policy Bootcamp
Two intensive days that bring public policy ideas to life through workshops, games and activities.
Public Policy Workshops and Games
Three-hour standalone sessions on the core ideas of public policy. A first introduction, with no background needed.
Workshop on Impact Evaluation and MEL Tools
A one-day workshop on impact evaluation methods and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) tools, taught by practitioners.
Career Guidance Bootcamp
A two-day workshop that gives students ideas and practical tools to plan and pursue their careers.
More Growth is Welcome, More Swadeshi-ness is Not
GDP growth is one of the most successful poverty alleviation initiatives we can adopt
Public Sector Enterprises and Creative Destruction
Why do perpetually loss-making public enterprises continue to exist, while loss-making private firms die?
Our Dream Policy Reforms - 2026
Taking stock of our dream policy suggestions last year and building a new set of dream policy reforms
The CJP Protest-win May not be all Good News for the Opposition
With the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) announced the withdrawal of its agitation on July 25th.
ലിബറലിസം എന്ന ആശയം
On Liberalism
കുട്ടികളുടെ സോഷ്യൽ മീഡിയ ഉപയോഗം
Children's Social Media Use
ശ്രീലങ്ക - ചരിത്രവും കാഴ്ചകളും
Sri Lanka - History and Travel
വൈദ്യുതി പ്രതിസന്ധി - അവലോകനം
On Keralam's Electricity Crisis
ഗുലാഗ് ക്യാമ്പുകൾ
On Gulags
Open data from our research team
Kerala, in data
Maps and dashboards on how Kerala lives, works and weathers its disasters, free for anyone to use on Nayaneethi Commons.
- fatal landslides since 2016
- 23
- lives lost
- 542
- of 14 districts hit
- 8
