Centre for Budget and Policy Studies invites you for the 2026 Poornima Vyasulu Memorial Lecture on ‘Data and Democracy – Imperatives for Policy Research.’ The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Ankur Sarin, Faculty of Public Systems Group, IIM-Ahmedabad.

The lecture will explore data's growing significance in policy discourse and address a few important questions that get displaced in the background – Can policy research or data be in the service of democracy? What would such a shift in thinking demand from researchers, particularly those working in the field?

Join us on Friday, September 25 at 4 pm at Infosys Science Foundation, Jayanagar, Bengaluru!