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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 Teamon 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

Vidya Shah

Director, ISPP

Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation

Shekhar Shah

Director, ISPP

Chair of the ISPP Academic Advisory Council

Former Director-General, National Council of Applied Economic Research

Academic Advisory Council

Shekhar Shah

Director, ISPP

Chair of the ISPP Academic Advisory Council

Former Director-General, National Council of Applied Economic Research

Jessica Seddon

Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

Jyotsna Puri

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

Nimai Mehta

Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University, Washington, DC

Aseem Prakash

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

Ajay Shah

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

Michael Greenstone

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

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

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

O P Agarwal

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

Gerard Alexander

Associate Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia

Niranjan Rajadhyakshya

Executive Director – Research and Strategy, Artha Global

Susan E. Mayer

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

Vijay Kelkar

Former Chairman, 13th Finance Commission

Padma Vibhushan, 2011

Neeti Shikha

Lecturer, University of Bradford

Maya Tudor

Vice Chair of the ISPP Academic Advisory Council

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

Pronab Sen

Professor at ISPP, Former Principle Economic Adviser, Planning Commission

Yugank Goyal

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

Indu Bhushan

Ex-CEO Ayushman Bharat

Academic Review Council

Luis Miranda

Chairperson & Co-Founder ISPP

Former Chairman, IDFC Private Equity

Member, Global Leaders Group, Chicago Booth

Parth J. Shah

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

Founder President at Centre for Civil Society

O P Agarwal

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

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

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

Sekhar Bonu

Visiting Faculty Member, ISPP

Pronab Sen

Professor at ISPP, Former Principle Economic Adviser, Planning Commission

Susan Thomas

Founder, XKDR Mumbai

Krishna Ladha

Professor at ISPP, Distinguished Fellow at India Development Foundation

Yamini Aiyar

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

Poonam Verma

Partner, JSA Law

Nimai Mehta

Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University, Washington, DC

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, Public Affair Forum of India Professor of Practice ,ISPP

Gaurav Gupta

Global Managing Partner, Dalberg

Manash Neog

Co-Founder & Director, Chase

Namrita Jhangiani

Partner, Egon Zehnder

Kanchann Lal

Director of Partnerhsip and Operation, The Education Alliance

TS Vishwanath

Director General, PAFI & Co-founder, RV Vekommunicate, Public Affairs Forum of India/RV Vekommunicate

Rohit Kumar

Co-Founder, The Quantum Hub

Swati Agarwal

Partner at Deloitte

Subha Ganguly

Director, India Operations, IDinsight

Manisha Tuli

Senior AVP & HR Lead, Invest India

Shriya Sethi

Operating Partner, The Convergence Foundation

Ranjeet Goswami

Global Head – Corporate Affairs, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Mathias Pontoppidan

Managing Partner, Pontoka

Mohammad Athar

Partner, PwC

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

Rajeev Kapoor

Visiting Professor

Krishna Ladha

Professor at ISPP, Distinguished Fellow at India Development Foundation

O P Agarwal

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

Anubhav Bishen

Learning Associate

Dr. Anuradha Jain

Director, Centre for Universal Health Assurance (CUHA)

Binali Suhandani

Director, Development & Communications

Ekta Wason

Assistant Director, Centre For Career Services

Gaur Manna

Facilities Assistant

Himansh Raj Bhatia

Associate, Case Study and Research Centre (CSRC)

Dr. Ila Patnaik

Honorary Director, Indian Network for Economic Research (INER)

Imran Amin

Associate Professor, Case Study and Research Centre (CSRC)

K Nandhnee

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

Kuhoo Chauhan

Manager, Admissions & Outreach

Manvi Suyal

Learning Associate

Nandini Kohli

Program Associate, Executive Education

Neelam Kapoor

Director, Finance & HR

Nidhi Agarwal

Program Advisor

Nilanjana Gupta

Program Advisor

Padmini Kannan

Manager, Fundraising & Development

Prapti Sharma

Research Associate, Centre for Universal Health Assurance (CUHA)

Priya Verma

Multimedia Communications Officer, Indian Network for Economic Research (INER)

Prashant Rawat

Accounts Associate

Ram Kamesh

Assistant Dean

Rekha Vashist

Deputy Manager, Admissions & Outreach

Dr K Srinath Reddy

Chair, Centre for Universal Health Assurance (CUHA)

Sangeeta Singh

Professor of Practice

Dr. Shalini Singh

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

Shashikant Rai

Manager, Facilities & Administration

Shivanjali Sikka

Learning Associate

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

Vinod Kumar

Deputy Manager, Accounts

Vishal Singh Marothiya

Administrative Assistant