Rashtram School of Public Leadership, RU

11/08/2026

The Rashtram Team extends its heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Jigar Inamdar on his appointment as a Member of the Board of Management of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Dr. Inamdar is also an alumnus of Rashtram’s public policy programmes . We are proud to see our alumni take on leadership roles that contribute to the growth and development of India’s education ecosystem.

We wish him continued success in his journey of nation-building through education and public leadership.



Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University

11/08/2026

𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬

Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University (RSPL), and the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), with NFPRC Foundation as the Knowledge Partner, are happy to collaborate on “Tomorrow’s India: What Young India Thinks About Ease of Living & Ease of Doing Business”, a nationwide initiative to gather evidence-based insights into how laws and regulations shape everyday life, work, and enterprise.

We invite students, professionals, entrepreneurs, and members of the workforce to participate in this five-minute survey. Your responses will contribute to a national evidence review and help inform practical, evidence-based policy recommendations to improve the Ease of Living and Ease of Doing Business in India.

Take the 5-minute survey:
https://forms.gle/Nf1MR9ujYaNHthYF6



Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University

16/07/2026

CMGGA '26 is coming soon!

Get ready to be part of one of India's most prestigious governance fellowship programmes. Applications open soon.

Coming Soon: CMGGA Batch-2026

We are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the Chief Minister's Good Governance Associates Programme Batch-2026, a flagship programme dedicated to strengthening good governance and citizen-centric administration across Haryana.

What our associates do:

a. Direct collaboration with Deputy Commissioners and district administrations.

b. Engagement in real governance assignments and last-mile service delivery.

c. Refinement of leadership skills through structured training, field immersion, and learning forums.

Through this programme, associates design data-driven solutions, strengthen institutional processes, and translate policy priorities into measurable impact for citizens.

Join us on this transformative journey to redefine citizen-centric administration in Haryana and build the next generation of public service leaders.

14/07/2026

The RSPL Pilgrim Survey – Maha Kumbh 2025 was officially launched at the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre, New Delhi in the presence of distinguished academicians, policymakers, and thought leaders.

The report was launched by Dr. Shamika Ravi, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) and Member of the Committee on Demographic Change, along with Prof. (Dr.) Shobhit Mathur, Shri Sahil Agarwal, Shri Ashok Mittal; Dr. Manjistha Banerji, and Dr. Arunoday Majumder.

The research was led by Dr. Manjistha Banerji and Dr. Arunoday Majumder whose field-based study offers a nuanced understanding of one of the world's largest religious gatherings through the lived experiences of pilgrims.

Based on extensive fieldwork at the Maha Kumbh 2025, the survey explores how pilgrims understand religion, social norms, gender roles, political affiliation, and national identity within a lived religious setting.

The findings challenge conventional assumptions by revealing that deep religiosity coexists with education, tradition evolves alongside modernity, and large-scale religious gatherings serve as dynamic spaces where civilizational memory and contemporary realities intersect.



Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Shantanu Gupta | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University

11/07/2026

𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬?

The second opinion piece from the RSPL Pilgrim Survey – Maha Kumbh 2025 challenges one of the most common assumptions about religion and social change in India. Co-authored by Arunoday Majumdar and Manjistha Banerjee, faculty members at the Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University, the article, published in The Telegraph, explores how religious belief intersects with evolving gender norms through insights from 1,415 pilgrims surveyed during the Maha Kumbh 2025.

The findings present a far more nuanced picture than conventional binaries of tradition versus modernity. While a majority of respondents continue to value traditional practices such as sons performing last rites, they also overwhelmingly support daughters doing so in the absence of male relatives. Similarly, strong support emerged for married daughters' rights to inherit parental property, even among deeply religious respondents.

At the same time, the survey reveals that resistance to inter-caste marriages remains one of the strongest and most enduring social boundaries across communities.

This article is the second public insight from the RSPL Maha Kumbh 2025 Survey Report, a comprehensive study funded by the Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University.

Read the Telegraph article and stay tuned for the full report.: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/pragmatic-piety-decoding-how-religious-beliefs-impact-faith-sanctioned-norms-among-hindus-in-india-prnt/cid/2167421



Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University

Simple descriptive analysis at Mahakumbh appears to belie the commonly-held assumption that the religious among Hindus are more rigid than the rest in subscribing to faith-sanctioned norms

11/07/2026

𝐖𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬!

Every milestone is a reflection of a community that believes in learning, dialogue, and nation-building.

A heartfelt thank you to our growing family of learners, policymakers, students, professionals, and changemakers for being a part of this journey. Your support inspires us to continue creating meaningful conversations around public policy, governance, leadership, and civilizational thought.

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Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Soumya Aggarwal | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University

09/07/2026

As Policy BootCamp '26 celebrated its 10th edition, Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University proudly unveiled the official Policy BootCamp Anthem—a tribute to a decade of nurturing public leaders committed to building Bharat.

More than a song, the anthem captures the spirit of every delegate who has walked through the corridors of Policy BootCamp with curiosity, conviction, and a commitment to public service. It celebrates ten years of meaningful conversations, transformative experiences, lifelong friendships, and a shared vision of nation-building.

For a decade, Policy BootCamp has brought together aspiring policymakers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, researchers, and changemakers from across India, equipping them with the knowledge, values, and leadership needed to shape the future of governance.

As the anthem echoed through the Convocation ceremony, it became a celebration of every idea debated, every challenge embraced, and every leader inspired over the past ten years.

This is more than an anthem. It is the voice of a generation that believes in leading with purpose, serving with integrity, and shaping the future of Bharat.

Here's to the next decade of inspiring ideas, courageous leadership, and transformative public policy.



Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University

17/06/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐡 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬?

The answer is far more complex than conventional political narratives suggest.

In the first public insight from the upcoming RSPL Pilgrim Survey - Mahakumbh 2025, faculty members Arunoday Majumder and Manjistha Banerji examine the beliefs, values, and political attitudes of 1,415 pilgrims surveyed across 27 sectors of the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.

The survey reveals a generation that is deeply religious, highly educated, politically engaged, and often internally contradictory. It highlights how strong faith can coexist with support for certain social reforms, how electoral preferences do not always translate into ideological conformity, and how young Indians are negotiating questions of identity, tradition, citizenship, and modernity in nuanced ways.

At a time when political discourse often reduces voters to simplistic categories, the survey offers a richer understanding of the social and cultural forces shaping India's evolving political landscape.

This article is the first public snippet from the Rashtram Maha Kumbh 2025 Survey Report, a comprehensive study funded by the Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University, which will be released later this month.

Read the article and stay tuned for the full report: https://theprint.in/opinion/maha-kumbh-pilgrims-young-indian-voters/2955404/



Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Soumya Aggarwal | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University

The RSPL Pilgrim Survey-Maha Kumbh 2025 was conducted across 27 sectors between January and February 2025 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It surveyed 1,415 pilgrims.

11/06/2026

We are delighted to have Koan Advisory join the 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 ’𝟐𝟔 as our Engagement Partner.

Koan Advisory is a leading public policy and strategic advisory firm working at the intersection of government, business, and society.

Through this partnership, delegates will gain exposure to contemporary policy challenges, stakeholder engagement, and the practical dimensions of policy consulting and advisory work.

To learn more about Koan, visit: https://www.koanadvisory.com/

Also do check out 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 ’𝟐𝟔: https://rishihood.edu.in/policy-bootcamp/



Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University

09/06/2026

We are proud to welcome the Public Affairs Forum of India as the Industry Partner for the 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 ’𝟐𝟔.

As India's premier platform for public affairs professionals, PAFI has played a significant role in fostering meaningful dialogue between government, industry, and civil society.

Through this partnership, delegates will gain valuable insights into the evolving world of public affairs, policy advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and the interface between business and government.

To learn more about PAFI, visit: https://pafi.in/

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 ’𝟐𝟔 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: https://rishihood.edu.in/policy-bootcamp/



Shobhit Mathur | Sahil Aggarwal | Saurabh Basu Chowdhury | Rishihood University