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An Institution Built by Policy Leaders

ISPP was incubated in 2018 by the Centre for Civil Society (CCS), a leading public policy think tank and been set up by an eminent council of senior academicians, policy experts, philanthropists with a vision to develop a new class of policy leaders for India and the region.

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About ISPP

The Indian School of Public Policy was formally launched on 23 October, 2018 at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi by dignitaries including Shri N.K. Singh, Shri Rajiv Mehrishi and Shri Gurcharan Das. Notable experts from TISS, Twitter Inc. India, Brookings Institution, Uber India and GMR established the urgent need for a new generation of policy professionals through a panel discussion.

ISPP Campus

Our campus is strategically located at the heart of policymaking, providing easy access to government institutions, think-tanks, and NGOs. The modern and state-of-the-art campus is equipped with all the necessary amenities to provide our students with a world-class learning experience.

Co-Founders

Ashish Parthasarthy

Group Head, HDFC Bank

Govind Iyer

Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation

Chair, SVP India Board

Director, Infosys, Karmayogi Bharat, SVP International

Ex India Head, Egon Zehnder

Jaithirth Rao

Founder, Mphasis

Chairman, Value and Budget Housing Corporation

Luis Miranda

Chairperson & Co-Founder ISPP

Former Chairman, IDFC Private Equity

Member, Global Leaders Group, Chicago Booth

Nadir Godrej

Chairperson, Godrej Industries Group

Chairperson and Managing Director, Godrej Industries

Nandan Nilekani

Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman, Infosys

Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India

Parth J. Shah

Co-Founder & Dean and FA Hayek Professor of Spontaneous Order

Founder President at Centre for Civil Society

Shekhar Shah

Director, ISPP

Chair of the ISPP Academic Advisory Council

Former Director-General, National Council of Applied Economic Research

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Founding Dean, ISPP Founder & Research Director, India Development Foundation

Vallabh Bhansali

Co-Founder, Enam Group

Founder Director, FLAME University

Vidya Shah

Director, ISPP

Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation

Vijay Kelkar

Former Chairman, 13th Finance Commission

Padma Vibhushan, 2011

Board

Luis Miranda

Chairperson & Co-Founder ISPP

Former Chairman, IDFC Private Equity

Member, Global Leaders Group, Chicago Booth

Shekhar Shah

Director, ISPP

Chair of the ISPP Academic Advisory Council

Former Director-General, National Council of Applied Economic Research

Vidya Shah

Director, ISPP

Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation

Academic Advisory Council

Shekhar Shah

Director, ISPP

Chair of the ISPP Academic Advisory Council

Former Director-General, National Council of Applied Economic Research

Maya Tudor

Vice Chair of the ISPP Academic Advisory Council

Associate Professor of Government and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Vijay Kelkar

Former Chairman, 13th Finance Commission

Padma Vibhushan, 2011

Ajay Shah

Co-Founder, XKDR Forum, and Former Professor, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy

Aseem Prakash

Professor of Public Policy and Deputy Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Gerard Alexander

Associate Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia

Indu Bhushan

Ex-CEO Ayushman Bharat

Jessica Seddon

Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

Jyotsna Puri

Associate Vice President at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), UN.

Michael Greenstone

Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Neeti Shikha

Lecturer, University of Bradford

Nimai Mehta

Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University, Washington, DC

Niranjan Rajadhyakshya

Executive Director – Research and Strategy, Artha Global

O P Agarwal

Professor of Practice, ISPP
Former Joint Secretary
(Urban Transport), Union Ministry of Urban Development

Pronab Sen

Professor at ISPP, Former Principal Economic Adviser, Planning Commission

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Founding Dean, ISPP Founder & Research Director, India Development Foundation

Susan E. Mayer

Professor Emeritus and Former Dean, Harris School of Public Policy, The University of Chicago

Yugank Goyal

Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Knowledge Alternatives, FLAME University

Academic Review Council

Krishna Ladha

Professor at ISPP, Distinguished Fellow at India Development Foundation

Luis Miranda

Chairperson & Co-Founder ISPP

Former Chairman, IDFC Private Equity

Member, Global Leaders Group, Chicago Booth

Nimai Mehta

Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University, Washington, DC

O P Agarwal

Professor of Practice, ISPP
Former Joint Secretary
(Urban Transport), Union Ministry of Urban Development

Parth J. Shah

Co-Founder & Dean and FA Hayek Professor of Spontaneous Order

Founder President at Centre for Civil Society

Poonam Verma

Partner, JSA Law

Pronab Sen

Professor at ISPP, Former Principal Economic Adviser, Planning Commission

Sekhar Bonu

Visiting Faculty Member, ISPP

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Founding Dean, ISPP Founder & Research Director, India Development Foundation

Susan Thomas

Founder, XKDR Mumbai

Yamini Aiyar

Senior Visiting Fellow, Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia and Watson Institute, Brown University

Himanshu Burad

Class Of 2020 ISPP, OSD at National Health Authority, Govt of India | Digital Health | ABDM

Prachi Mishra

Class Of 2021 ISPP, YLT Fellow at Observer Research Foundation

Career Advisory Council

Ajay Khanna

Co-Founder, PAFI

Arpita Mukherjee

Professor, ICRIER

Dhritiman Biswas

Director, Government Relations, Cargill

Gaurav Gupta

Global Managing Partner, Dalberg

Kanchan Lall

Director, The Education Alliance

Kaushal Mahan

Senior Vice President, Chase Advisors

Mohammad Athar

Partner, PwC

Namrita Jhangiani

Partner, Egon Zehnder

Pankaj Suri

EVP, People Partner (India & APAC) Edelman

Rakesh Swami

Group President, Corporate Affairs, Godrej

Ranjeet Goswami

Country Manager, Corporate Affairs, Tata Consultancy Services

Rohit Kumar

Co-Founder, The Quantum Hub

Shriya Sethi

Operating Partner, The Convergence Foundation

Swati Agarwal

Partner, Deloitte

Team

Parth J. Shah

Co-Founder & Dean and FA Hayek Professor of Spontaneous Order

Founder President at Centre for Civil Society

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Founding Dean, ISPP Founder & Research Director, India Development Foundation

Amandeep Singh

Learning Associate

Aryan Dixit

Research Associate, ICUT

Binali Suhandani

Director, Development & Communications

Gaur Manna

Facilities Assistant

Himansh Raj Bhatia

Associate, Case Study and Research Centre (CSRC)

Himanshu Singh Patwal

Admission and Outreach Counsellor

Dr. Ila Patnaik

Honorary Director, Indian Network for Economic Research (INER)

Imran Amin

Director, Case Study and Research Centre (CSRC)

Kartik Indoriya

Admissions and Outreach Counsellor

K Nandhnee

Sr. Research Associate, Centre For Urban Transitions (ICUTS)

Krishna Ladha

Professor at ISPP, Distinguished Fellow at India Development Foundation

Manvi Suyal

Learning Associate

Nandini Kohli

Programme Associate, Executive Education

Neelam Kapoor

Director, Finance & HR

O P Agarwal

Professor of Practice, ISPP
Former Joint Secretary
(Urban Transport), Union Ministry of Urban Development

Prapti Sharma

Research Associate, Centre for Universal Health Assurance (CUHA)

Prashant Rawat

Accounts Associate

Pritish Mondal

Senior Manager - Business Development & Placements

Rajeev Kapoor

Visiting Professor

Rana Biswas

Director - Executive Education & Career Services

Dr K Srinath Reddy

Chair, Centre for Universal Health Assurance (CUHA)

Dr. Shalini Singh

Senior Research Associate, Centre for Universal Health Assurance (CUHA)

Sanjana Pathak

Deputy Manager, Admissions and Marketing

Shashikant Rai

Manager, Facilities & Administration

Sheril Susan Manu

Assistant Manager-Marketing and Communications

Shivanjali Sikka

Learning Associate

Shreyesh JV

Research Associate, ICUT

Simran Sinha

Associate, Career Services

Somrwita Mondal

Coordination and Research Associate, Centre for Universal Health Assurance (CUHA)

Sreyoshi Mitra

Research Associate, Case Study and Research Centre (CSRC)

Sri Janaki Lakshmi Aruna Beerapalli

Associate, Administration & HR

Subhashini Kumari

Admission and Outreach Counsellor

Vinod Kumar

Deputy Manager, Accounts

Vishal Singh Marothiya

Administrative Assistant