The indefatigable Dr. Parth Shah and his team at the Centre for Civil Society have put together what looks like two fantastic Hindi and English-language seminars entitled I, Society & Public Policy. While the Hindi-language seminar wrapped up a few days ago, students can still apply for the English-language version, which runs from January 20th [...]

The Centre for Civil Society in India is recognized by the Templeton Freedom Awards 2009 for its School Choice Campaign (SCC), operating in seven states to promote an education system in India where all children get quality education of their choice.

Siem Reap, in western Cambodia, is best know as the home to the Angkor Wat temples. But for the next three days, it will also have perhaps Asia’s highest concentration of pro-free market advocates here attending the Economic Freedom Network Asia’s annual conference.
After an opening dinner last night, today started with speeches from the Deputy [...]

Parth Shah and his team at the Centre for Civil Society have launched a new web-based platform for spreading the ideas of liberty and free markets with Azadi.me. With articles, videos, and other commentary appearing in Hindi, the website strives to reach as many of India’s 500 million Hindi speakers. In addition to bringing Indian [...]

The very dedicated (and photogenic) Parth Shah of the Centre for Civil Society in New Delhi is getting some much deserved press ink for his tireless work on behalf of India’s disadvantaged. His recent work to extend education to the poor was written up in Forbes India, complete with a two-page picture.
The work of Parth [...]

On a recent trip to India, I had the chance to sit down with Manoj Mathew of New Delhi’s Centre for Civil Society and learn about their Jeevika documentary competition. Founded in 2003, the competition originally focused on Indian-themed films, but expanded to South East Asia in 2005 and this year welcomes entries from all [...]

There’s so much talk of India’s post-1991 economic growth, but here I want to highlight another growth area: it’s pro-freedom movement. I’ve been overwhelmed this past week in New Delhi with the sheer number of highly impressive groups, think tanks, and organizations fighting to increase the sphere of human freedom in India. From traditional policy [...]

Not to pick a fight with The New York Times, which is no doubt staffed with journalists and editors a magnitude of order more intelligent than I, but how does the following make it through the editing process?
China, that other Asian economic powerhouse, sharply reduced child malnutrition, and now just 7 percent of its children [...]

Today, the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA) in Nigeria had an impressive roundtable discussion on education. The title of the discussion was Qualitative Education: Lessons from India. Thompson Ayodele, Executive Director of IPPA, expressed gratitude to Dr. Parth Shah of Center for Civil Society, India, who was the key speaker. As we mentioned earlier, [...]

Mana Shah of India’s Centre for Civil Society is spending a year in Nigeria, and maintaining a blog about her experiences there, titled Carpe Diem. Take a look. It’s fun and interesting. This week, her husband and CCS founder Parth is visiting her in Nigeria. Together, they will be spending some time with Atlas’s friend, [...]