LSS is
the proud winner of the
Templeton Freedom
Award
for
Student Outreach by Atlas
Foundation USA
LSS now called I, Society & Public Policy
I, Society & Public Policy is a four-day
residential seminar with an aim to engage young people
with social and economic issues through an understanding
of public policy. ISPP provides a greater understanding
of the larger world-society, economy and the culture-within
the classical liberal framework that emphasises limited
government, rule of law, free trade, and individual
rights.
It makes you
exercise your grey cells where
YOU do the talking; get to know
REALITY with your own eyes;
watch documentaries; have
interactive discussions with
experts and chit-chat over
coffee and food!
ISPP makes you an informed citizen, challenges your
beliefs & develops critical thinking and makes
you a change agent!
Seminar
Design
The format of ISPP is interactive with discussions, working groups,
field visits, and documentary videos followed by group
discussions. We start at 9 am and end at around 11
pm, though most students rarely stop then.
Interactive
Talks: by experts and
practitioners
in
media, academics,
research, government,
development
sector,
and corporate sector
Working groups :
Small groups encourage
participation, creativity and
expression
Researching
Reality Field Exercise :
First
hand research on vendors,
cycle-rickshaw pullers,
auto wallahs,
shop owners, coolies,
construction workers
Documentaries :
3-4 documentaries supplement
lectures
and working group exercises with
powerful
visuals
I, Society & Public Policy
I, Society & Public Policy 2008
Cities
Dates
Last Date of Application
Contact Person
Kolkata
Sept 25-28
Sept 05, 08
Delhi
Oct 02-05
Sept 12, 08
Ranchi (Hindi)
Oct 16-19
Sept 26, 08
Cochin
Nov 06-09
Oct 16, 08
Bangalore
Nov 27-30
Nov 07, 08
Pune
Dec 18-21
Nov 28, 08
How
to Participate?
Eligibility: College students (18-25
yrs of
age) may or may not be enrolled
in an undergraduate
/
post-graduate program or recent
graduates from any discipline.
We are
looking for an open and curious
mind, loads of enthusiasm
and a
strong Desire for CHANGE!
Application
process: 40 students
are
selected
through an application process.
"It would not be
an exaggeration to state
that these
four days will change a person's
life forever."
Rohan Menon,
LSS Hyderabad 2005
"I was wearing
binoculars to look at the
world, LSS
gave me a microscope for a
change." P Venkatesh,
LSS Delhi
June 2005
"An intellectual
electric shock!!!" Dhiti
Nanavati,
LSS Delhi 2004
"Now I agree or
disagree. Earlier I did
neither."
Vipin
Veetil, LSS Delhi 2004
"Road to
liberalism & rationality is
paved with
at least one LSS." Chintan
Dhebar, LSS Delhi
"Coming to LSS
was like opening a Pandora's
box of
economics for an engineering
graduate like me...If
asked I
could have Swritten pages of
compliments. It was magnificent
and
well-done." Vinay Kittur, LSS
Bhubaneswar
"You have
actually inspired me to start a
revolution
and move for social and economic
freedom in our
country."
Nupur Verma, LSS New Delhi
"Dimag ki batti
jala de!!" Aastha Sharma,
LSS Delhi
A Poem
on LSS by P Venkatesh (LSS
June
2005)
Lessons-Space-Se
lf (LSS)
Once upon a
week; The summer was at peak.
CCS gave a
call; Invited one and all.
To be a
resting bird; In a nest called
Hamdard.
Topics had
flavour; For participants to
savour.
Free
speech raised a toast; As
silence paid the most.
Answers
were given to questions unasked;
In moments of reason, chaos
basked.
And food
for thought; That nobody bought.
Buffet was
laid to fill tummy; Without
missing meals by mummy.
Bottles of
water and cups of tea; Gave many
reasons for glea.
Documentaries were a visual
treat; Finding many bushes to
beat.
Talent of
participants was shown; As
pumpkins were bought in market
zone
Scholars
House gave room for two;
Attached bathroom and AC too.
Group
games were the most fun; With
ideas on a constant run.
Sangam
Vihar we roamed around;
Researching reality, fiction we
found.
Pics were
clicked in all poses; Of pretty
faces and royal noses.
A final
handshake, a short speech and a
certificate; Made our day and
sealed our fate.
Some
kissed and hugged; Others cried
and laughed.
Exchanging
numbers and promising to meet;
We made the final retreat.
Even the
heavens couldn't bear the sight;
They broke into tears, it rained
that night.
Memories
and thoughts we took away; Lived
four lifetimes in four day.
A
confession that i wish to
express - 'If you want three
letters to change your life Let
those letters be LSS'.
