New Delhi, June 10 -- In a landmark initiative aimed at strengthening democratic participation, public leadership, and policy engagement among youth, the Jammu & Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) and the J&K Centre for Peace, Research & Sustainable Development (JKCPRS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Samaira Policy Institute, Dehradun, one of India's emerging policy and governance institutions, and launched the Sheikh-ul-Alam MLA Fellowship, the first-ever structured legislative fellowship programme in Jammu & Kashmir.

The fellowship is being jointly spearheaded by the JKSA and the JKCPRS, which work collectively as partner institutions on a range of initiatives related to youth empowerment, public policy, gove...