An Update from the Founding Committee

Some exciting news in 2026!

The Project’s Founding Committee (FC) met this Monday to discuss internal reforms, the India Way Magazine, and our programs for the year as we complete #2YearsofIFPP.

A couple of key updates that we know you’ll be excited about:

• The India Way’s theme for Spring’26 is going to be (finally) released this week. Stay tuned to our newsletter: subscribers will be the first to know!

• A brand new home for IFPP’s website: check out org.foreignpolicyindia.in to see our impact and upcoming programs + opportunities.

• Launch of new programs and events: The India Way Conclave, the First Citizen Fellowship 2026, BRICS 2026 engagements, and the India Challenge.

• We’re also looking forward to hosting events across Delhi-NCR and various educational institutes.

• Continuing with our successful partnership with the Ashoka Society for International Affairs (ASIA) at Ashoka University, we’re planning to host our first debate this semester on campus!

• Ajitesh Vishwanath, our Founder-Chair, will be scaling his UN Millennium Fellowship project, Not Yet History, and working on ground with a larger cohort of school students across Delhi and South Asia, in our sustained efforts to educate and empower young people in the fight against disinformation and propaganda.

• Our team is also exploring educational certificate workshops with leading scholars, practitioners and experts this year, to launch towards the end of the year.

For all this, we’re actively looking for support from you, practitioners, diplomats, and organisations. We’re always happy to co-create, so please free to reach out!

In other news, the FC has decided to shift from semesterly research projects in Spring and Monsoon to summer-exclusive projects functioning across themes in our 3 desks: The India Record, Bindu, and The China Observatory. That means we’ll open up core memberships/internships for the research and publications division only in summer, as part of our reorientation towards public capacity building programs. Meanwhile, the India Way platform will be open to publish thoughtful written content that engages with India’s global decisions, all year round.

And that’s it. Stay tuned and keep engaging with the rapidly evolving world around us. Consider supporting our work here!