The programme is a comprehensive training course for students aiming for high-profile careers in public policy practice.
The aim of the programme will be to equip tomorrow’s policy leaders with core skills in implementation, management & assessment.
This public policy course in Policy, Design & Management is built and designed for aspiring public policy managers, practitioners and administrators.
The programme will ground students in a strong public policy foundation with theoretical rigour, while being experience and problem driven.
The programme will be open to all students, who qualify on merit, without assuming prior policy experience.
1-year, full-time programme with regular classes & coursework
8 academic terms of 6 weeks each
Policy lectures, seminars & workshops for through the duration of the programme
| The Indian School of Public Policy will follow a 360-degree comprehensive training philosophy, and the curriculum will be a blended design of the theory, perspectives and best practices of public policy from around the world, augmented with technical, managerial and leadership skills to navigate complex challenges facing the county and sub-continent. |
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| Policy Exercises | ||
| Students will work on a practical policy formulation, using basics learnt during the programme.
Focus will be placed on comprehension, integration of elements and communication. Topics will be based on the student's choice of specialization. |
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| Capstone Seminars | ||
| Students work on policy formulation using advanced analytical skills & tools.
Focus will be on serious research, quantitative modelling, and integrative of the various elements learnt in the course material. Topics will be based on the student's choice of specialization. |
| Course | Workshop |
| Statistics - I | R Programming |
| Statistics - II | Data Sources and Indian Datasets |
| Course |
| Political Philosophy of Public Policy |
| Society and Culture |
| Ethics of Public Policy |
| Course | Workshop |
| Design Thinking in Public Policy | Design Thinking in Public Policy |
| Complexity |
| Course | Workshop |
| Critical Thinking and Reasoning | Example of Games in Public Policy |
| Games and Strategies |
| Course | Workshop |
| Markets for Development | Examples of Market and Government Failures |
| Fundamentals of Regulatory Frameworks in India |
| Course |
| Understanding Behaviour |
| Economics of Policy Analysis |
| Public Policy and Development |
| Course | Workshop |
| Laws and Policies of Modern India | Case Studies of Laws and Policies of Modern India |
| Constitutional Law and Public Policy | Contracts: Reading and Writing |
| Law and Economics |
| Course | Workshop |
| Politics, Civil Society, and Advocacy | Case studies of successful collective action |
| Course | Workshop |
| Public Finance in India | Accounts and Balance Sheets |
| Budgeting | |
| Project Finance | |
| Public Procurement |
| Course |
| Indias Administistrative Setup |
| Politics of Public Policy |
| Workshop |
| Leadership |
| Negotiation, Pursuasion, Dissuasion |
| Delegation and Time Management |
| Grant Writing and Fundraising |
| Course | Workshop |
| Media, Public Opinion and Policy | Mass Campaigns |
| Writing and Communication |
| Workshop |
| Studies in Evidence Based Policy Making |
| Impact Evaluation (Quantiative) |
| Impact Evaluation (Qualitative) |
| Impact Evaluation - Theory of Choice |
| Concurrent Monoitoring and Evaluation |
| Problems and Needs Assessment |
| Course |
| Foreign Policy |
| National Security |
| Course | Workshop |
| Urban Governance | Technology and Public Policy |
| Public Administration in Practice | |
| Capstone |
At the ISPP – a center for public policy training in Delhi – you’ll be joining a select group of talented and ambitious students, who have also been socially conscious and intellectually curious. While you will all come to the ISPP to develop as serious and skilled public policy professionals, you will also find the time and scope to build a substantial and vibrant community with your classmates, faculty members and others – this is the essence of the envisaged life at the ISPP that aims to be one of the best public policy schools.
A founding batch invariably affords tremendous scope and responsibility at any new center for public policy training around the world, and that will certainly be the case at the ISPP. As mature students in a professional public policy course, you will have the chance, and be expected to contribute to building a flourishing programme for future students: intellectually accomplished, far-reaching and diverse in its ambition and focused in its endeavours.
Life at the ISPP promises to be challenging, stimulating and exhilarating!
Apply now to join the inaugural class.