Ms. Manjiri Manjunath Pai Dukle, a third-year B.A. Economics student, successfully completed the Summer School for Young & Emerging Evaluators held at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune, from 29th June to 4th July 2026.

The week-long residential programme, jointly organised by ECOI, EvalYouth India, and GIPE, aimed to build capacity among emerging evaluators in policy evaluation frameworks, tools, and communication strategies. The curriculum covered key areas such as Theory of Change, Log Frame, Indicators, qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods, AI-based data analysis, gender-transformative evaluation, and evaluation ethics.

The programme featured sessions conducted by experts from leading academic and research institutions, providing participants with valuable insights into contemporary evaluation practices.