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Structured the specialized Short-Term (4 to 8 weeks) courses into four distinct, high-impact Workshop Programs.

These workshop programs are designed to be intensive, practical, and highly focused, specifically targeting law students, social workers, journalism students, and socially active citizens who want to build immediate, field-ready skills in their respective domains.

Advocate Sanjay Maurya’s Academy Workshop Programs

Specialized Skills. Direct Application. Rapid Impact.

Our workshop programs move beyond theoretical study, offering condensed, high-intensity training focused purely on mastering actionable skills. These workshops provide the specialized, field-proven methodologies required to excel in the real-world application of law, policy, social action, and digital media.

Workshop Program Descriptions

Workshop 1: The JAN SANSAD (People’s Parliament) Facilitation Workshop

  • Pillar: Democratic Research & Policy Analysis (“Centre for Democracy”)
  • Duration: 4 Weeks (Intensive)
  • Target Profiles: Students of BA Social Work, BALLB, community organizers, and socially active citizens.

Workshop Focus: Moving beyond political theory to master the facilitation of public consensus and dialogue.

  • Curriculum Summary:
    • Week 1: Principles of Public Discourse & Dialogue: History, theory, and ethics of large-scale public conversation; understanding the ‘People’s Parliament’ concept.
    • Week 2: Tools for Consensus Building & Conflict Management: Mastering techniques for active listening, moderation, managing diverse opinions, and identifying common ground in complex social scenarios.
    • Week 3: Case Study Analysis: Facilitating the JAN SANSAD Model: Deconstructing successful public dialogues and analyzing the structure of Advocate Maurya’s JAN SANSAD initiative.
    • Week 4: Live Facilitation Workshop: A supervised, direct application workshop where participants design and lead a public dialogue session.

Workshop 2: Legal Drafting for Public Interest (PIL) Workshop

  • Pillar: Strategic Litigation & Professional Nurturing (Vidhivetta)
  • Duration: 8 Weeks (Technical Mastery)
  • Target Profiles: Students of LLB and BALLB.

Workshop Focus: A masterclass in the precise, strategic art of drafting legal documents specifically for high-impact Public Interest Litigation.

  • Curriculum Summary:
    • Weeks 1-2: Introduction to Legal Drafting & PIL Principles: Concise and effective legal writing; understanding the strategic value and jurisprudence of PIL.
    • Weeks 3-5: Drafting Substantive Documents: Technical workshop on drafting petitions (specific PIL forms), responses, replies, and counter-affidavits.
    • Weeks 6-7: Special Applications & Legal Notices: Mastering the precise language for interim relief applications, stay orders, and pre-litigation notices to government authorities.
    • Week 8: Practical Strategic Drafting & Mentorship: intensive peer review, simulation, and direct mentorship from seasoned advocates on a drafted PIL petition.

Workshop 3: Community Organizing & Grassroots Mobilization Workshop

  • Pillar: Grassroots Social Action (NGO (EYE))
  • Duration: 6 Weeks (Field Intensive)
  • Target Profiles: Students of BA Social Work, Psychology, socially active citizens, and women’s rights advocates.

Workshop Focus: Bridging the gap between social needs assessment and strategic grassroots action, with a direct focus on community change campaigns.

  • Curriculum Summary:
    • Week 1: Fundamentals of Grassroots Action: Needs assessment, analyzing systemic social problems (Focus: Indian context), and principles of conscious social action.
    • Weeks 2-3: Mobilization Tools & Techniques: Volunteer recruitment, orientation, retainment strategies, and leadership development in community settings.
    • Weeks 4-5: Strategic Communication & Public Speaking: Persuasive messaging for digital and traditional media; mastering public speaking for community mobilization and social change.
    • Week 6: Community Organizing Workshop & Project Execution: designing a targeted community intervention and executing a pilot mobilization effort.

Workshop 4: Video Journalism Production Workshop

  • Pillar: Independent Media & Video Journalism (“Political Story”)
  • Duration: 8 Weeks (Integrated Production)
  • Target Profiles: Students of Journalism, content creators, and aspiring videographers.

Workshop Focus: mastering the complete, integrated technical workflow of news production for digital platforms, maintaining the highest standards of ethical storytelling.

  • Curriculum Summary:
    • Week 1: Introduction to Video Journalism & Media Ethics: Principles of independent journalism vs. mainstream; maintaining objectivity, integrity, and accountability in reporting.
    • Weeks 2-3: News Gathering & Reporting Techniques: Investigative research methodologies, advanced interviewing (Focus: Camera-friendly techniques), and public speaking for digital media.
    • Weeks 4-5: Technical Media Production ( Integrated Workflow): Mastering professional filming (camera operation, composition, lighting), and sound recording in the field.
    • Weeks 6-8: Technical News Story Workshop: Hands-on workshop covering the end-to-end production of a technical news package—from research and filming to advanced video and audio editing and distribution setup.
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