The Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP) at the Indian School of Business (ISB) has formally inducted the second cohort of the Meghalaya Legislative Research Fellowship (MLRF) with a workshop.
Organised in collaboration with the Meghalaya Institute of Governance (MIG), the three-day induction from March 20 to 22 here oriented the 12 selected fellows towards providing evidence-based research assistance and policy support to the legislators of the state.
Introductory training sessions were held on data analysis and group exercises utilised the India Data Portal and the Meghalaya Data Portal, thus equipping the new cohort with foundational skills. Further, the workshop offered insights into constituency-related tasks and outlined the project’s trajectory in the future, a press release stated today.
As a knowledge and executing partner for the programme, ISB’s BIPP selects, trains and provides mentorship to the fellows for the MIG, the nodal agency for the MLRF through a structured two-year programme.
As part of the programme, the new cohort was engaged in a dialogue with Chief Secretary Donald P Wahlang to delve into the progress and prospects of the fellowship project.
“As we welcome the second cohort of fellows, we reaffirm our commitment to nurturing a new generation of leaders equipped with the knowledge and skills to navigate the complexities of governance,” Aiban Swer, MIG Director, said.
The team along with the fellows also convened another meeting with the Principal Secretary and Development Commissioner, Sampath Kumar, to deliberate on the fellowship’s forthcoming initiatives.
The newly inducted fellows are from diverse educational and professional backgrounds, including research, academics and law. The fellows were selected through a rigorous process led by the team of BIPP.
The MLRF was introduced by the state government in 2021.
