Category: Policy Hub

The recent Harris Lecture, which was conducted on 21st November by Pallavi Vyas, Associate Professor of Economics at BITS School of Management,Mumbai was a brief but impactful examination of global existential threats as they relate to international trade. She demonstrated how basic ideas from game theory can be applied to better comprehend strategic interactions between… Continue reading Tackling Global threats with careful planning

In a recent Friday Forum, ISPP invited Mr Subir Shukla, Former Educational Quality Improvement Advisor to the Government of India and Principal Coordinator at Group Ignus. With a long career that includes shaping the Right to Education implementation framework, advising the Ministry of Human Resource Development, and supporting national governments across Asia and Africa on… Continue reading Rethinking Education Policy: What Truly Changes Classrooms

The long-awaited Labour Codes—on Wages, Social Security, Industrial Relations and Occupational Safety—came into force in November triggering a large-scale restructuring exercise in salaries and wages and getting a larger workforce, especially contractual workers, within the fold of formal employment. These reforms span over contracts, compliance, and social security, besides legally defining certain kinds of workers… Continue reading Labour Codes: Execution and Monitoring Will Be Key

The historic milestone recently achieved by the Indian Women’s cricket team capturing their first ever ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup by defeating the South African team by a whopping 52 runs, was nothing short of splendor, resilience and dedication. Last week, Indian women cricketers achieved another milestone when India defeated Nepal by seven wickets in… Continue reading Women Cricketers create history, policy reforms bolster them

The world of public policy often mirrors the excitement—and eventual crash—of financial markets. In a recent Friday Forum Guest Session, we were privileged to host Professor Moshe Maor of Reichman University, Israel ,who introduced us to the concept of the “Policy Bubble“: a phenomenon where policy investment becomes wildly disproportionate to the actual scope or… Continue reading Policy Bubbles: When investments get disproportionate due to certain occurrences

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has unveiled governance guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (AI), which signifies regulation of technology, so that AI can be put to best use and a framework be developed which can be adopted across different wings of the government, regulators, public bodies as also by industry. MeitY, under the… Continue reading Sound Public Policy to Boost Government’s AI Governance Guidelines

Reflections from a Guest Lecture by Professor Neeraj Kaushal, Columbia University There’s a quiet revolution happening in policy circles, one that doesn’t make headlines but literally decides which policies live and which die. It’s not about budgets or political slogans. It’s about answering one simple question: Did this policy actually cause the change we had… Continue reading Why Causality Matters in Public Policy?

ISPP was privileged to host Mr. Kuldeep Dantewadia, founder of Reap Benefit, on 24th Sept’25 for a session with students. He has been known to advocate local change through action by citizens. In particular, he is enabling children to influence their environment through application of problem-solving methodologies based on the environmental needs of their schools… Continue reading Kuldeep Dantewadia at ISPP: Learning from Local Change and Skill-Building