Who We Are

Jammu & Kashmir Policy Institute (Registered as Trust) is a Srinagar-based independent, non-partisan, youth-driven institution committed to conversations on sustainable development in Jammu and Kashmir.

We believe in facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogues to bring in diverse perspectives and encourage constructive disagreements, introducing new cutting-edge creative problem-solving approaches to issues of SUSTAINABILITY and other matters concerning the human geography of the region.

JKPI is committed to utilizing evidence-based approaches to advance policy advocacy, aiming for a long-lasting, sustainable impact on the future. This humble initiative, powered by a diverse team, has worked on the ground and generated knowledge across various subjects related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. By collaborating with communities and other institutions to promote sustainability initiatives, our objective is to foster a shared commitment to sustainability.

The JKPI operates as a convening space for multi-stakeholder engagement to initiate a shared vision-building process for sustainable development in J&K. The JKPI emphasizes the need for sustainable development on a number of priority goals and economic growth. The JKPI contributes and invites contributions, and partnerships in the form of educational dialogue-oriented seminars, panel discussions, opinion briefs, research papers, policy briefs, policy analysis papers and other creative projects.

We strive to promote

• Effective youth engagement in policy-making and decision-making processes.
• Initiate Conversations, Deliberations, Research on Good Governance, Better Education, Healthcare, Social Justice, Human Security, Human rights and Gender Equality.
• Awareness Generation about the critical issues and challenges in J&K.
• Interactions between youth and policy-makers for creating a shared vision and openness on the execution of development work.
• Partnerships and Collaborations with development agencies think tanks, youth groups, and educational institutions to generate interdisciplinary inputs on a wide range of issues.