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India’s Leading Policy School Creating Next-Gen Policy Leaders for a Rising India

Our Vision

To democratise policy education and engagement and develop policy capacity across samaaj, sarkaar and bazaar. We endeavour to reinforce our constitutional values of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.

Our Mission

To nurture policy professionals with the knowledge, skills, wisdom, and ethics to understand, design, and implement globally-informed localised solutions to India’s enduring policy and governance challenges.

Academic Philosophy

SPELL is the philosophy behind everything we do and everything you will become.

Skills

Master the craft of policy. Analytical rigour, sharp judgment, and the practitioner’s instinct to turn ideas into action.

Political Economy

See the full picture. How politics, economics, law, and culture collide — and how to navigate that complexity to get things done.

Ethics

Do what’s right, not what’s easy. The moral clarity and ethical courage to make the right call, especially when the trade-offs are hard.

Leadership

Lead, don’t just manage. The conviction, resilience, and people skills to drive change from wherever you stand.

Lifelong Learning

Stay curious. The intellectual hunger and confidence to keep growing in a world that never stops changing.

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ISPP at the Forefront

Founded in 2018 and incubated by India’s leading policy think-tank, ISPP stands at the cutting edge of policy
pedagogy and practice in India, redefining how public policy is studied and applied.

Full time Programme Executive Education Research Centres

Programme in Public Policy, Design & Management

India’s hardest problems — climate, healthcare, urbanisation, economic growth — won’t be solved by good intentions. They need people who can think in systems, design smart policy, and drive change through complexity.

Over twelve intensive months, you develop analytical depth, design thinking, and the skills to move ideas through institutions — not just study problems, but frame them, build solutions, and get them adopted.

If you’re done observing and ready to shape, this is where you begin.

12 Months
Duration

On Campus
Location

Admission
Open

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LokNeeti Programme

The LokNeeti programme of ISPP is designed to democratise public policy discourse in India.

Using Data Analysis, Project Monitoring & Impact Evaluation, Design Thinking and Behavioural Change, the 4-month programme is designed to explore public policy and its impact on society in a systemic way that can be practically experienced.

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Understanding Government

Understanding Government is a short executive programme designed to help participants understand how governments function and how public policy is made. The programme explores the structure, processes, and institutions that shape governance and decision-making in India. It is designed for professionals who want to engage more effectively with government and public policy ecosystems.

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Strategic Stakeholder Management in Government Relations and Social Impact

Strategic Stakeholder Management in Government Relations and Social Impact is a short executive programme designed to help participants understand how to engage effectively with stakeholders across government, industry, and civil society. The programme explores strategies, tools, and frameworks required to manage complex stakeholder environments and navigate public policy ecosystems.

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Public Policy and Geopolitics: Why It Matters for Corporate Boardrooms

The training program on public affairs and geopolitics aims to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of policy formulation and implementation, geopolitical analysis, and strategic affairs. Participants will develop skills in governance, international relations, economic policy analysis and be well-prepared to navigate complex global political landscapes and influence policy decisions effectively.

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Case Study and Research Centre

Real-world policy challenges, classroom-ready insights

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Centre for Universal Health Assurance

Building equitable and affordable healthcare systems

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Centre for Urban Transitions

Shaping resilient, inclusive, and future-ready cities

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Our Leadership

An Institution Built by Policy Leaders

Co Founders

Our co-founders include the architect of Aadhaar, the chairman of a Finance Commission, builders of some of India’s pioneering institutions in technology, finance, research, and philanthropy, and leaders who have spent decades at the frontier of governance reform. They all shared a conviction that India needed a policy school that didn’t just teach academic disciplines, but forged multi-disciplinary policy practitioners. People who could enter the government, civil society, or the private sector and make things move.

That founding vision shapes everything at ISPP: what we teach, who we partner, and the kind of graduates we send into the world.

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Ashish Parthasarthy

Govind Iyer

Jaithirth Rao

Luis Miranda

Nadir Godrej

Nandan Nilekani

Parth J. Shah

Shekhar Shah

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Vallabh Bhansali

Vidya Shah

Vijay Kelkar

World-class Faculty

At ISPP, faculty don’t just study India’s policy landscape; many have helped shape it.

Nandita Banerjee

Ajay Khanna

Gurpreet Mahajan

Krishna Ladha

O P Agarwal

Pronab Sen

Amarjeet Sinha

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Pronab Sen, India’s former Chief Statistician. Amarjeet Sinha, former Secretary of Rural Development. Dr K Srinath Reddy, one of India’s foremost voices on public health. Dr O P Agarwal, a globally recognised expert on urban mobility. Professor Subhashish Gangopadhyay, former advisor to the Finance Minister and Founding Dean of ISPP.

What holds them together isn’t credentials. It’s a shared belief that India’s next generation of policy leaders deserves to learn from people who have done the work — and are still doing it.

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