CALL FOR ENTRIES!

Putting livelihood on the livewire, we are back with the 12th edition of the Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival! A unique documentary festival, taking place annually in New Delhi, we aim to capture livelihood challenges faced by the rural and urban poor.

The festival is a part of the larger Livelihood Freedom Campaign which helps develop public policy measures to clear the path for free enterprise.

Send in your entries NOW! Click here to submit your film. For more information about the festival, guidelines for submission and snapshots of our previous festivals, visit our website or contact Manoj Mathew (jeevika@ccs.in | +91 98993 07456).

Deadline for Submission: 15 September 2015
Festival Dates: 30-31 Oct, 1 November 2015

The Government is bringing out a National Education Policy and they are taking suggestions from the people! We’d like to know what YOU would like to see in the NEP. Join us for #ccstalks, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 from 7-8pm for an online debate! Log in to tweetchat.com or Twitter and follow #ccstalks. We look forward to speaking with you!

For more information, contact Manasi Bose (pr@ccs.in).

CCS is hosting a debate competition in honour of Friedman’s 103rd Birth Anniversary. Team up and participate, and you could stand to win prizes worth INR 15,000! Register NOW!

Topic: Can ​equality and freedom coexist in a society?

The debate is an open event and anybody can participate. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information on the rules and participation guidelines, visit our website or contact Sadaf Hussain (programs@ccs.in | +91-99531 33868).

For those of you New York, Parth J Shah will be at the Atlas Network Trendsetters representing CCS to discuss the top trends in India in freedom and liberty. The program will run from 7pm and Atlas invites you to enjoy the open bar and interaction with Parth Shah both before and after the program. For more information and to register, visit their website.

Think. Write. Win. We are partnering with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and Students For Liberty South Asia, to organise an essay writing competition. We want to know what it means to YOU to be a liberal in India! Seeking original texts in English—authors of the 20 best essays will receive cash prizes and their essays will be published in a book! The winner of the best essay will also be invited to join an education activity hosted by FNF in Germany. For guidelines, eligibility and more information, click here. The deadline for submission is 15 September 2015.

22 July 2015, 7-8 pm - #ccstalks TweetChat on ‘What do you want to see in the government’s New Education Policy?’

31 July 2015, 4-7 pm - Friedman Legacy Day, New Delhi

18-19 September 2015 - Law and Liberty: Two Day International Conference, Sonipat

30 October -01 November 2015 - Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival

Who has what degree of voice and choice in our current education system? Independent learning achievement surveys such as the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2014 or Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show that learning outcomes are very low in India, especially when compared with global standards. This monograph takes a close look at the system and concludes that it is breathing heavy in a distorted environment where the consumers—the children and parents—have a weak voice and the producers—teachers, governments and schools—have a strong voice, and none of the stakeholders involved in the system seem to have the right incentive to engage with one another. Download here.