T Venkata Sai Sasidhar
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Policy Agendas and Advocacy
- Political Communication
- Social and Political Movements
- Election Campaigns
- Digital Politics
Biography
Sasidhar hold a Master’s degree in Public Policy from National Law School of India University and an Engineering degree from JNTU (Hyderabad). Prior to joining Azim Premji University, he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Mount Carmel College (Autonomous), Bengaluru where he developed and taught courses on policy analysis and political communication. During his stint as a political consultant, he gained hands on experience in policy advising and political advocacy. Sasidhar believes that policy problems are incomplete if the interplay of political, social and economic is discounted. He is very keen to comprehend the politics of development and always attempt to situate public problems within political contexts.
Courses
Evidence and Ethics for Development Action
Study how values and evidence inform responsible action
Research Methods for Development Practice
Develop skills for designing and conducting social research
Development Policy in Practice
Understanding of ‘process’ as a concept for policy, intervention and implementation and will teach process tracing as a method for analysing process.
Professional Development Courses
Writing Policy Briefs
An opportunity to learn the process of transforming an idea into a policy brief
Chapter in a Books
Capacity-Building Needs of Elected Women Representatives—Stories from Peri-Urban Panchayats of Bangalore
T Venkata Sai Sasidhar (2024)
Publications:
Chapter in Edited Book
Pellissery, S. & Sasidhar, TVS. (2018). India as a Post-Colonial Welfare State. In Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State (pp. 223 – 231). Print. ISBN: 9781138631649
Working Paper
Is Multi-Party Coalition Government Better for The Protection of Socially Backward Classes in India?. (2016). United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research. https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/multi-party-coalition-government-better-protection-socially-backward-classes-india
Magazine
Pellissery, S., Manocha, P., Mukherjee, S., Sasidhar, TVS. & Kaushik, N. (2015). The Sugarcane Conundrum: Some Policy Recommendations to Avert the Crisis. In Law, (2), 64 – 67.
Blog/Website
- Joesph, M. & Sasidhar, TVS. (2020, August 27). The Congress needs more than one captain now. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/blog-congress-needs-more-one-captain-now-131674
- Sasidhar, TVS. (2019, October 29). Understanding The Meaning of Sustainable Development. https://devarc.pragmadev.in/2019/10/understanding-meaning-of-sustainable.html
- Sasidhar, TVS. (2018, July 30). Before The 2019 Elections, Indians Must Redefine How They Participate In Politics. https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2018/07/debates-and-dissents-a-forum-to-redefine-citizen-participation-is-the-need-of-the-hour/
Reports
Enabling Entrepreneurship through Social Security. (2020). Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship. https://massentrepreneurship.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Enabling-Entrepreneurship-Through-Social-Security.pdf