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Indian School of Public PolicyNew Delhi www.ispp.org.in

Welcome to Indian School of Public Policy!

The pandemic has been a rude awakening. It felled the developed and developingcountries alike. The experience should convince us that GDP and growth alone arenot the only indicators of a well-designed society. It has underlined the role ofinstitutions and collective action in the design of a just and sustainable society.These are, and will be, the essence of public policy in the next few decades.

India needs her youth to be armed with the expertise required to suitably designand implement the rules and institutions that will shape India’s local, national,regional and global engagements in the transforming world order – knowledge-based and digital. Our young minds must actively participate in this rebuildingexercise since today’s youth will inherit the future society they build.

ISPP was conceived as the first Indian school of public policy focused on the designand management of institutions and rules that govern society. It has been set-upby an eminent council of senior academicians, policy experts, administrators andphilanthropists, with a vision to develop a new class of policy leaders for India andthe region. The School is the institutional successor to several years of public policyprogrammes that our founding council has conceptualised and run in variousforms, in colleges and universities across the country.

As ISPP embarks on a new year, it affords tremendous scope and possibilities to itsvarious stakeholders. Our aim is to build a flourishing training and researchplatform, and a vibrant community for talented and ambitious scholars, facultyand practitioners.

Join us on this exhilarating journey. Welcome once again!

Dr. ShubhashisGangopadhyayFounding Dean, ISPP

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Dean's Message

CREATING LEADERSFOR POLICY

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Indian School of Public Policy, the first design-thinking focused school of public policy, develops policyprofessionals with the knowledge, skills, wisdom and ethics to craft local solutions to India’s enduring policy andgovernance challenges. Its training is centred on the design and management of institutions and rules thatgovern society.

The 21st century's challenges are going to be at the intersectionality of Samaj, Sarkar and Bazaar (society, stateand markets). Eminent academicians, policymakers and philanthropists have together reimagined the publicpolicy pedagogy, research and practice for a new class of policy leaders. With world-class faculty, extensiveindustry linkages and an innovative approach towards design and management of policy, ISPP aims totransform the art and the science of policymaking.

ISPP’s curricular mission is captured by the acronym SPELL – Skills, Political Economy, Ethics, Leadership andLifelong Learning. Skills of design thinking, persuasive communication to Python and R programming; thephilosophical, social, economic and political framework of analysis; ethics as professional ethics as well as theunderstanding that policy choices are ethical choices; self leadership and growth mindset; and the capacity toadapt, learn and flourish.

Dr. Parth J ShahCo-founder, ISPP

Luis Miranda Co-founder, ISPP

Creating Leaders for Policy Action

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Welcome to ISPP, a public policy institute situated in New Delhi, India’spolitical heartbeat and one of the most cosmopolitan, vibrant cities in theworld.

ISPP’s postgraduate programme offers you an immersive, interdisciplinary,and rigorous experience in the Indian context by honing globally relevantand industry-agnostic skills. We invite you to deep dive into design thinking,where the policy beneficiary is at the heart of the intervention and youintegrate all the strands of a diverse socio-economic context. Imagine thatyou will have the chance to apply classroom learnings to the realities ofpolicy making and its impact on India!

As ISPP scholars you will have the rare chance to be mentored and taughtby outstanding faculty from all over the world and jostle with some of thebrightest young minds from across the country.

ISPP scholars also get an additional certificate from the Harris School ofPublic Policy for attending a 10-part lecture series with their renowned facultyand alumni - to discuss the different tenets of international developmentand public policy. This is UChicago’s only academic partnership in India.

So, if you enjoy and look forward to invigorating intellectual challenges, socialinteractions, and personal growth, then look no further.

Apply to our forthcoming cohort!

Why ISPP?

Kadhambari ChintamaniChief Administrative Officer, ISPP

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Rethinking PolicyEducation

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Dr. Neeti ShikhaAssociate Dean, ISPP

"Policy institutions face continuous challenge while designing and teachingpublic policy courses. The theoretical understanding of the courses needs to bebuilt upon to solve practical challenges. How do we prepare public policystudents to equip themselves with right skills to become relevant and work inthis dynamic environment?"

The Indian School of Public Policy has mastered this art by teaching science ofpolicy design through critical and design thinking approach. Over last threeyears, ISPP has evolved into India’s leading public policy school. At ISPP, we offera blend of educational excellence and real-world experience and for this werely on our unique way of learning, which marries excellence with impact. Ourscholars learn through praxis, a process that evolves through the learners’ ownpractices, experiments, contradictions and failures. The ISPP way of learningenables scholars to see such patterns, including their implications and results,in decision settings much faster than before. And, this contributes to makingexcellent decisions again and again.

The first three batches have exhibited their merit in various ways and it isencouraging to see that with each batch, the quality of learning is increasing. ISPP has always been ahead of its time in use of technology as a tool forlearning. This enabled the course to run efficiently despite the disruptionscaused by COVID-19 pandemic.

We look forward to welcoming the incoming batch of ISPP scholars in ourjourney of creating world class policy professionals.

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMEIN PUBLIC POLICY, DESIGN &MANAGEMENT

ONE-YEARFULL-TIME

of8 academic terms 6 weeks each

Policy lectures, seminars, workshopsthroughout the programme

The ISPP

India's first policy programme with a focus on design thinking andmanagement along with public policy

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME

Taught by world-class faculty and policy professionals

Extensive collaborations with industry and government

Experiential learning and practice-based programme

Class of 2022Scholar Profiles

Our class of 2022 comprise of outstanding scholars from diverse academic, geographical, and professionalbackgrounds.

63Female scholars

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Male scholars

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6.3%6.3%

6.3%6.3%

21.9%21.9%

25%25%ECONOMICS, MBA, CA, COMMERCE

LAW, IR, POLICY & POLITICAL SCIENCE

ENGINEERING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

HUMANITIES

DEVELOPMENT & SOCIOLOGY

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Class of 2022Scholar Profiles

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The Academic Advisory Council

Vijay KelkarChairman of theCouncil, ISPP

Former FinanceSecretary of IndiaPadma Vibhushan 2011

NiranjanRajadhyakshyaResearch Director andSenior Fellow at IDFCInstitute

Ajay ShahProfessor, NationalInstitute for PublicFinance and Policy

Shekhar ShahVice Chairman of theCouncil, ISPP

Director – General,National Council ofApplied EconomicResearch

BhaskarChakravortiDean of GlobalBusiness, The FletcherSchool, Tufts University

Former Partner,McKinsey & Company

ArvindPanagariyaProfessor ofEconomics, ColumbiaUniversity

Former Vice Chairmanof Niti Aayog

Sanjiv MisraNon-ExecutiveChairman, Axis Bank

Former Secretary,Ministry of Finance

ShubhashisGangopadhyayFounding Dean, ISPP

Director, IndiaDevelopmentFoundation

MichealGreenstoneMilton FriedmanProfessor, HarrisSchool of Public Policy,University of Chicago

Aseem PrakashChairperson, School ofGovernance andPublic Policy, TataInstitute of SocialSciences

Alex TabarrokProfessor, GeorgeMason University

Co-Founder, MarginalRevolution University

JessicaSeddonDirector ofIntegrated UrbanStudies, WorldResources Institute

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GerardAlexanderAssociate Professor,Department of Politics,University of Virginia

Jyotsna PuriDirector, Division ofEnvironment, Climate,Nutrition, Gender,Youth and SocialInclusion at IFAD

Visiting Faculty,Columbia University

Razeen SallyAssociate Professor,Lee Kuan Yew Schoolof Public Policy

Chairman, Institute ofPolicy Studies, SriLanka

Shamika RaviFormer Member, PM'sEconomic AdvisoryCouncil

Director of Research atBrookings India

Neeti ShikhaHead, Centre forInsolvency &Bankruptcy, IndianInstitute of CorporateAffairs, Ministry ofCorporate Affairs

Nimai MehtaProfessor, Departmentof Mathematics andStatistics, AmericanUniversity

Kanti PrasadBajpaiDirector, Centre onAsia and Globalisation

Wilmar Professor ofAsian Studies, LeeKwan Yew School ofPublic Policy

Maya TudorAssociate Professor ofGovernment andPublic Policy, BlavatnikSchool of Government,University of Oxford

V AnanthaNageswaran Member (Part-Time),Economic AdvisoryCouncil to the PrimeMinister, Governmentof India

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The Academic Advisory Council

The ISPP curriculum is unique in thatit seamlessly integrates public policydesign and administration; its theoryand practice; philosophy and ethics.It trains scholars to appreciatediverse perspectives and work withthem to achieve a just andsustainable society.

Curriculum forthe Curious

Faculty & Courses

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Nimish Adhia

Karan Arora

Krishna Ladha

Pronab Sen

Nalin Mehta

Rahul Nainwal

Krishna Ladha

Amey Sapre

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Sanjaya Baru

Yugank Goyal

Parth Shah

Nishant Chadha & SomaWadhwa

Sudipto Mundle

Srikanth Viswanathan

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Amitabh Mattoo

Gerard Alexander

NC Saxena

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

CRITICAL THINKING

UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOUR

GAME THEORY

ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC POLICY

MEDIA AND PUBLIC POLICY

DESIGN THINKING

BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT

STATISTICS

LAW AND ECONOMICS

POLITICS OF PUBLIC POLICY

ETHICS OF POLICYMAKING

MARKETS FOR DEVELOPMENT

IMPACT EVALUATION

PUBLIC FINANCE

URBAN GOVERNANCE

ECONOMICS

TRADE AND GLOBAL STRATEGY

THE POLITICAL CONDITIONS FORPOLICY REFORM

DEVELOPMENT POLICY

CAPSTONE

Workshops & InstructorsWorkshops are academic sessions aimed at application based skill-building. Through theworkshops, scholars will familiarise themselves with key policy analysis tools. Workshops will alsoserve to introduce scholars to theoretical tools, as well as essential soft skills required in the publicpolicy field.

Antarang LeadershipLabLuis Miranda

Grant Writing andFundraising Bhakti Patil

Excel Jatin Bedi

Indian Data Systems Jatin Bedi

Policy Writing andCommunication Shilpy Malhotra

Public PolicyAdvocacy Rameesh Kailasam

Game TheoryKrishna Ladha

Indian ConstitutionShruti Rajagopalan

SystemsThinking Arun Maira

PythonJatin Bedi

R-ProgrammingJatin Bedi

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Domains & ExpertsSix domains have been identified as issues that India will grapple with as it transforms itself into a moreevolved society. During their time at ISPP, scholars will opt for 3 domains for further studies. Through acombination of lectures and assignments, these will serve to improve the scholars’ understanding of keypolicy issues in that domain.

EducationV Santhakumar

National Security Shamsher Mehta

Technology Avik Sarkar

UrbanisationRavikant Joshi

EnvironmentShreekant Gupta

HealthAmir Ullah Khan

EducationthroughExploration

Policy Labs: Making learningengaging and enduring

Writing andCommunication Lab

The WCL holds one-on-one tutoring/feedback sessions every week.These are 20 minute sessions in which scholars are given feedbackon their assignments and are individually tutored to improve theirwritten work. Scholars are encouraged to discuss all stages of thewriting process: brainstorming ideas, structuring and developing anargument and finally presenting it in a coherent manner. Thesesessions are crucial to the academic development of scholars whoare required to regularly attend them.

At ISPP we provide language support to our scholars through language workshops.These workshops are conducted throughout the year and serve as an academicbridge programme to help scholars improve their writing and communication skills.

Engaging public policy stakeholders requires a sound understanding of the policy landscape, skills toconduct research, write scientifically, and the ability to repurpose scientific writing into communicationformats that suit stakeholders. The Writing and Communication Lab at ISPP offers apprentice-style training todevelop scholars verbal, non-verbal and writing skills to effectively communicate in development, corporate,and academic settings. The Lab also works closely with the Careers team to support students’ careerdevelopment needs.

Language Workshops

One on One Sessions

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The Antarang Leadership Lab (ALL) is an experiential lab.Antarang means ‘intimate’ and the lab is meant to create acomfortable space where scholars can have conversationsamongst friends on issues that are relevant to their personaldevelopment as leaders. ALL gives our scholars hands-on,practical experience to build their leadership skills to help themboth at ISPP and when they start working. ALL aims to make ourscholars more aware of themselves and their surroundings.

WORKSHOPS

SQUADS

MENTORS

Antarang Leadership Lab

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ALL workshops kick off with a session on understanding yourself andidentifying areas of your personality that need to be challenged. Subsequentsessions cover topics like first impressions and feedback; networking andbuilding relationships; handling cross cultural situations; working in groups;making effective presentations; exploring what success means to you; andbuilding resilience. We end with a 3-day leadership retreat in the hills. Theseworkshops are led by professional trainers.

ALL Workshops

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ALLSquads

As part of the Antarang Leadership Lab, the class isdivided into squads of around 6 scholars each. Thesquads are informal spaces where scholars canexplore a range of academic and non-academicideas. Each squad has a Squad Facilitator from themanagement team. Squads meet frequently duringthe year to help scholars build close relationshipswith other members of their squad.

Each scholar is assigned amentor, who is a soundingboard for their personal andcareer development duringthe year. These mentors aresenior professionals from thegovernment, corporate andnon-profit sectors.

Mentors

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Amitabha SinhaBusiness Adviser & ExecutiveCoach; Partner – LeadershipConsulting, CornerstoneInternational Group

Natasha JoshiAssociate Director, NilekaniPhilanthropies

Jaspreet Gurm Program Director –TechnoServe

Prerna MukharyaFounder, Outline India;Founder, TrackYourMetrics

CV MadhukarManaging Director, OmidyarNetwork

Nihal ChauhanLead, Government Affairs &Public Policy Partnerships,India, Google

Lakshmi SampathGoyalCEO, Centre for Civil Society

Sarika Kulkarni Founder & Trustee, RaahFoundation

Daljit Mirchandani Founder & Managing Trustee,Gyan Prakash Foundation

Pradeep MukerjeeFounder Director, ConfluenceCoaching

Manoj KohliCountry Head, Softbank India

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Supriya Sharma Lead – Government Affairs &Public Policy, Procter &Gamble

Mentors & Designations

Mentors & Designations

Sushmit SarkarVice President - Public Affairs,MSL

Vivek VatsVice President, India Cellular &Electronics Association

Swati VasudevanBoard Member, AES; Advisorto startups

Varun AhluwaliaDirector, Comptroller & AuditorGeneral of India

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Public policy governs every action one takes as well as the outcomes of these actions. The Policy Praxis Lab willtrain one to understand why and how to make public policy work for the public. The lab explores a range ofpolicy-related questions: How should markets be organised? What is health policy? How does public policyhandle the diverse interests of people? How do we find out these diverse interests? How do we make peopleagree on a common set of choices, allowing them to choose differently from the same set? Through a series ofpolicy exercises characterised by curiosity and empathy, through thought experiments as well as real lifeexperiences of successful and unsuccessful policy interventions, scholars will be trained to master the scienceand art of ethical policy objectives.

Policy Praxis Lab

Policy ParallaxPolicy Parallax is a monthly discussion group thatbrings unconventional, out-of-the-box, quirkyperspectives and analytical frameworks to bear onsome of the most wicked public policy problems. Thepurpose is to expand the universe of possiblealternatives and extend one's range of curiosity bybringing radically different view points to thediscussion. Discussion topics include the desirabilityand consequences of economic growth versusdistribution; the battle between capital and talent andits relationship with income inequality; how shouldone think about technological solutions that actuallysolve serious problems and what role policy plays infurthering or hindering innovations; voting paradoxesand why politics is more broken than economics; thechallenges of democracy and how random selectioncould provide a possible remedy.

Support at ISPP

In an effort to provide an optimal learning experience for all thescholars at ISPP, we have tied up with YourDost, an onlinecounselling and emotional support platform designed to fostermental wellness. YourDost provides online, in-person counsellingand mental wellbeing workshops for the entire community at ISPP.

The in-person counselling has helped with issues of relationships;stress and fatigue; career; academics and self-improvement.Past group sessions have dealt with anxiety management,emotional wellness, managing placement stress during COVID-19,and coping with the challenges of online learning.

YourDost

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UChicago PartnershipISPP equips policy professionals with the intellectual capital toeffectively address the governance challenges of our times andthe future. The Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, has entered a unique collaboration with Indian School of PublicPolicy to support this endeavour.

The aim of the Harris and ISPP partnership is to establish thoughtleadership and explore synergies for further collaborations. Thiswill push forward the study of public policy and research, and aidin solving India’s developmental challenges.

CERTIFICATE ININTERNATIONALDEVELOPMENT ANDPUBLIC POLICY

ANUBHAVLECTURE SERIES

As part of this collaboration, Harris with ISPP offers thefollowing:

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Harris School of Public Policy, along with ISPP, offers ISPP scholars an opportunity to earn a certificate ofcompletion in Public Policy and International Development. The certificate consists of a series of workshops andlectures, organised by Harris, to be held at ISPP and conducted by faculty, practitioners and other expertsassociated with the University of Chicago.

The lecture series hosted highly esteemed professors and alumni of the University of Chicago. MichaelGreenstone, Director of the Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago; John Mark Hansen, the Charles L. Hutchinsondistinguished service Professor in the Department of Political Science; Marvin Zonis, Professor Emeritus ofBusiness Administration at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to name a few who addressedISPP scholars.

Certificate in InternationalDevelopment and Public Policy

Anubhav is the flagship lecture series bythe Harris School of Public Policy, Universityof Chicago, that recently inducted its fifthbatch of participants. From its fourth year,the lecture series has been conducted incollaboration with ISPP and aims to providean opportunity to young professionals inthe social impact and development sectorto continue their process of learning andgrowth.

For the past four years, the AnubhavLecture Series was held in-person at theUChicago Centre in Delhi to a tremendousresponse from the community.

The lecture series transcends thelimitations of geography and hastransitioned to the virtual domain in its fifthbatch extending its space to a communityof students and young professionals, notjust across India but across the SouthAsian region.

Anubhav Lecture Series

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ISPP trains its scholars to be leaders for policy action. Assuch, our scholars not only undergo a comprehensiveacademic program in Public Policy, but they are alsorigorously trained in management, communication andleadership skills. Understanding that an importantcomponent of being ‘industry-ready’ is being ‘interview-ready’, ISPP hosts a comprehensive set of resume buildingand interview training sessions.

ISPP has a dedicated Careers team working with eachscholar to explore prospective career pathways andtowards enabling career opportunities of the scholar’schoice. We have also created platforms to engage withprominent public policy firms, through which ISPP scholarscan interact, and network, with policy professionals.

Career Support atISPP

Three Es towardsEmployment

CAREERSUPPORTAT ISPP

As the spirited diversity of our batch is alsoreflected in the diversity of their careeraspirations, the standard placements approachcomes short of meeting the vibrant ambitionsof our scholars. As such, we have designed ourown career support process - the ‘Three E’stowards Employment’ to competently leverageon the diverse skillsets and domain expertisethat our scholars offer, and enable each scholarto pursue career opportunities of their choice.

EMPOWER with Career Skills

ENGAGE with Recruiters

ENABLE opportunities of the

scholar's choice

Interview Practice ExercisesIndustry InterviewsResume Building WorkshopsCase Interview SessionsOne one One CareerCounsellingSpecial series on CareerDevelopment

Tea and Policy SessionsPolicy HackathonsImmersive LearningProjects (ILPs)Short-termInternships/Projects

Assistance in PursuingHigher StudiesPlacement Assistance

Activities

Immersive Learning Projects (ILPs) are Designed to provide our scholars with real-time experience working onpolicy projects, ILP is a remotely monitored engagement with a partner organisation undertaken by the ISPPscholars as a part of their curriculum. During the course of this programme, we expect scholars to successfullywork with firms on live projects, and apply their public policy training to solve complex policy challenges that thepartner organisation is facing.

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)

NITI Aayog

APCO Worldwide

Chase India

Safe Water Network

Sehgal Foundation

Ernst & Young (EY)

DMEO, NITI Aayog

Grass Root Research and Advocacy Movement

(GRAAM)

Immersive Learning Project

Organizations where our scholars did their ILPs:

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"The resume and profile building activity by the

placements team was a challenging process but in the

end helped me highlight the key aspects of my

experience and made me stand out. I believe this was an

important factor in my landing a job."

Nikhil KanakamedalaClass of 2021

MALNUTRITIONIN INDIA

MAINSTREAMINGGENDER IN

WASH

SKILLDEVELOPMENT

ENABLINGPROFITABLE

INVESTMENTS ININDIA

POLICYADVOCACY

Thematic areas of ILPs:

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Industry Bodies

Careers in Public Policy

ISPPSCHOLAR

Government

Public Affairs

Academia

Think Tanks

NGOs

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Social Impact30.3%

Consulting18.4%

Government13.2%

Research/Think-Tanks13.2%

Coporate10.5%Associations/Industry Bodies

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Fellowships 6.6%

Scholar PlacementsOur academic curriculum and career support system for professional and personal growthgave ISPP scholars an opportunity to work in reputed organisations.

Sector-wise break-up ofplaced scholars fromclass of 2021

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Public Relations1%

Avaada GroupThe Economist Intelligence UnitIndia Development FoundationThe Education AllianceCentre for Environmental and GeographicInformation ServicesChief Ministers Good GovernanceAssociatesJanaagraha Centre for Citizenship andDemocracyInternet and Mobile Association of India(IAMAI)Ministry of HealthSattva Consulting17000 Ft FoundationSEWA BharatSBI Foundation Harappa EducationCarnegie IndiaMicrosave ConsultingDevInsight9.9 EducationTULIP - Smart Cities MissionPeepul FellowshipAndhra Pradesh GovernmentDistrict Development Fellowship

Our Recruiters

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"I see ISPP as a nursery for passionate and competent public policy professionals. It is thereforea very important institution with huge potential to positively impact the human developmentjourney of India and Indians. We are delighted to have few ISPP scholars as fellow travellers inJanaagraha, and are deepening our collaboration with ISPP on the academic front too."

"The recruitment process with the ISPP team has always been aseamless one, with a quick turnaround. It is a delight to have ISPPgraduates join us at CMGGA. They bring a nuanced understanding ofthe policy-making process to the table and are adept at articulatingtheir ideas and insights from the ground. We will be happy to have morescholars be part of the CMGGA team."Itika GuptaAssistant Director at Ashoka University

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Chief Ministers Good Governance Associates

Srikanth ViswanathanChief Executive Officer Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy

From our Recruiters

"Our experience with ISPP has been extremely positive and fruitful. Thecareer centre is very poised to coordinate our recruitment timelines withthose of its fellows. Scholars from ISPP are very strong, they come with adeep body of knowledge and clarity of thought and action. Theirperformance as team members evidences ISPP's role in training theseyoung professionals to take on public sector roles with critical thinking, amulti-faceted lens, and a focus on on-ground practicality. ISPP studentshave our continued support in their careers and I believe that ISPP is agreat place for young professionals. My interactions with ISPP have beenextremely professional, well-timed, and built on a desire to aid eachother's organisational priorities."

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The International Innovation Corps

From our Recruiters

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Placements

The scholars who participated in the placements process are working with like the Government of AndhraPradesh, Ministry of Health, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Janaagraha, FICCI etc to name a few. As we moveforward to welcome our incoming batch of scholars, we are excited to see the current batch chase theirdreams and help make effective policies for our nation.

scholars placed100%

ISPP takes great pride in sharing that with the help of our dedicated careers team, the tenacious scholars ofthe founding batch who worked with the team have achieved 100% placements in a year that was riddledwith challenges and uncertainty.

"The session on resolving policy-related case studies and guesstimatesplayed an important role in my placement process. Also, the standardizationof resumes after multiple reviews helped me to present my profile in thebest possible way."

Abhishek PandeyClass of 2021

"The placement training was a very holistic one that prepared me for all stagesof my selection process. Right from behavior interviews, technical rounds tosalary negotiations all came in handy during my selection stage at Innovationmission Punjab."

Deeksha TiwariClass of 2021

Career Support

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The ‘Tea and Policy’ session is a unique initiative where we invitepublic policy professionals from a diverse range of industrybackgrounds to engage with our scholars. These events arestructured to be free flowing discussions which not only providethe scholars with an avenue to network with industry leaders butalso gives them an insight into the day-to-day workings of apolicy professional.

A few policy professionals who have engaged with our scholarsinclude Aman Jain (Google), Priti Srivastava (Reliance Industries),Rajesh Chadha (Brookings), Anu Madgavkar (McKinsey), NiratBhatnagar (Dalberg), Ranen Banerjee (PwC), etc.

Industry ExposureTea and Policy

Life@ISPPISPP aims to cultivate a community of policy leaders with a multidisciplinaryview of the world. ISPP is a vibrant and diverse community of scholars andpublic policy practitioners. The scholar senate, clubs, squads and theschool's scholar-run online-journal is where our scholars learn a multitudeof skills and lay the groundwork for lifelong learning and friendships.

The senate is the scholar governance body at ISPP. The role of the senate is to support the scholar body byrepresenting their concerns and by being an agent to facilitate discussions with the ISPP leadership. The senateacts as an interface between the scholar body and ISPP administration. The senate is also designed to enablescholars to hone and learn essential skills such as stakeholder engagement, delegation, leadership,communication, networking, self awareness and consensus building among others.

Scholar Senate

Scholar Senate

Academic Experience Representatives

Speaker of the Senate

Career and PlacementRepresentatives

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At ISPP we aim to create an environment where diverse perspectives are encouraged and to create acohort of passionate, empathetic and curious scholars. To aid that, the scholar community have createdclubs to pursue non-academic interests which not only helps them connect with their cohort beyondcourse work but also help them dive deep and learn from the diverse and unique perspectives thateveryone brings to the table.

Clubs

Consulting ClubISPP Film

Club

Music and Theatre Club Prakruti Club

Diplomacy Club Women inPublic Policy

HackathonPolicy Hackathon is one of the most enriching and funexperiences at ISPP! Through this initiative, we take theformat of a hackathon and tweak it towards solving publicpolicy problems. Policy organisations will present existingproblem statements to the scholars, and the scholars willwork towards drafting workable policy solutions within aspecified time period.

Public Speaking Sessions at Sanjay VanAs part of the Policy Writing and CommunicationLab, scholars get to train in public speaking atthe beautiful and serene Sanjay Van. Scholarsstand atop a huge rock and give rousingspeeches to an audience of peers seated on theground below.

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The ISPP Policy Review (IPR) is a scholar-led online policy journal of IndianSchool of Public Policy. IPR’s mission is to disseminate comprehensiveinformation on complex policy issues through an objective and analytical lens.The journal aims at covering subjects of social, economic, and politicalrelevance across India and the globe. It represents a conscious attempt tobring out evidence-based, credible policy insights that would play a significantrole in shaping young minds. Our readership includes students, policy scholars,researchers, academics, and policy professionals. At IPR, we envision authorsto be contributing to impactful policy discourses that shape a better tomorrow.Blog style articles, policy analysis, opinion editorial, interview/podcasts, case-study and in-depth pieces are the various types of articles that IPR publishes inevery edition.

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As Editor-in-chief, I relish the chance to make an impact at

the journal as we navigate our way through the constant flux

that is the world of policy!

The journal has an active online presenceClick on the icons to know more!

Adhiraj Saxena EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, IPR 2022

In March, when the world came to a standstill, it dramatically altered and reshaped the dissemination ofknowledge across the globe. Keeping in mind the best interests of our scholars, ISPP has continuously strived toadapt its pedagogy and incorporate digital solutions to ensure that our scholars are able to access classes,resources and instructors from wherever they are in order to stay on track on their academic journey.

ISPP in times ofCOVID

We at ISPP, have focussed onproviding our faculty and staff withrelevant tools and training toimprove the online educationalexperience. ISPP's philosophy hasalways been to go beyond just thebrick and mortar approach toeducation, and our endeavour is toalways support the ISPP communitymembers while they advance intheir academic and professionalenterprise- whether in person orremotely.

Indian School of Public Policy prides itself forcultivating an alumni community of leaders andchange makers who have pursued diverse careerpaths and continue to have a profound impact onthe societies and sectors in which they reside andwork. This diverse group of individuals who make theISPP community continue to strengthen the broaderobjective of cultivating policy leadership by providingadvice, assistance and support to the ISPP alumnaand alumnus.

The ISPP Alumni Community

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"Every day at ISPP, I was questioned and challenged on my core thinking

process. It was baffling at times but in hindsight, those small strides in every

domain led to a major reengineering.

The learning environment at ISPP has significantly modified my thoughtprocess and approach in life, at large."

Himanshu BuradFounding Class of 2020

"I came to ISPP wanting to be an enabler of change in this world. I knew I hadthe ambition, but not the capability. Towards this end, I was delighted to findthat ISPP was exactly what I needed. Through the various courses, hackathonsand projects with companies such as BCG, I found myself more adept atmaking my ideas work. Bridging the gap between creativity and action is whatleads to outcomes, and I owe my development in this area to ISPP."

Shivangi SinghFounding Class of 2020

Alumni Stories

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Apply toISPP now!

AdmissionsAs a unique, first of its kind school, we are looking for students who have not just demonstrated academicexcellence, but found a way to engage with community, society and issues beyond the classroom. Ourapproach to admissions is holistic and in-depth with focus on interest, aptitude and intent.

Admission to the ISPP programme is highly selective, with less than 10 percent of applicants being admittedfrom the very first year of our existence.

To be a perfect fit, a potential ISPP scholar must

I. have a desire to bea professional inpublic policy with

leadershipaspirations II. have a deep

commitment touphold the valuesand ethics of ISPP

III. have a curiousand questioning

mind

IV. demonstratean ability to thinkon one’s own and

travel beyondreceived wisdom

While good academic credentials are necessary, through a very individualised selection process we stronglyfocus on those applicants who satisfy the 4 characteristics mentioned above. Should you be selected andagree to join the programme, you will study with young scholars coming from diverse backgrounds ineducation, work experience, gender, geography and socio-economic characteristics.

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EligibilityISPP is looking for a diverse, intellectuallycurious and socially conscious scholar body,open to a wide variety of career optionsrelated to public policy be it in government,corporates or civil society organisations.

The programme is open for Indian Nationalsonly. We welcome college graduates fromIndia or abroad, with or without prior publicpolicy experience or education. However, weprefer graduates who have had prior workexperience in any field.

While no prior public policy experience oreducation is expected from applicants, basicnumerical literacy and fluency in English willhelp them to make the most out of theiracademic experience at ISPP.

To apply, applicants must complete thecomprehensive ISPP admissions form andsubmit supporting documentation as required.

Application ProcessApplicants must log onto www.ispp.org.in and submit their application online. We strongly prefer applicants withwork experience, however, exceptional applications with no work experience will also be considered. The formrequires details of the applicant's academic credentials, information about prior work experience, extra-curricular and professional projects, as well as a statement of purpose.

Once the applicant is shortlisted, they will have a choice to take either a data proficiency test or a logicalaptitude test. Upon successfully clearing the test the candidate will be invited to participate in a groupdiscussion and personal interview round.

Application: Register on admissions.ispp.org.in and fill the application form which includesyour credentials along with a statement of purpose (explaining why you want to attend aprogramme in public policy and why you want to pursue this programme at ISPP).

Quantitative / Logical Aptitude Test; You can choose to attempt any one of the twomandatory tests. Both the quantitative skills and logical aptitude test will consist of 15questions worth 2 points each to be completed within 30 minutes.

Group Discussion (GD) & Personal Interview (PI): Those who clear the Test round will beinvited to participate in the group discussion and personal interview.

Offer: Successful applicants will receive acceptance letters. Successful financial aidapplicants will receive financial aid offers.

Fees and Financial AssistanceTuition Fee ₹ 8,00,000

STEP 1

Candidate self-reports his/herfinancial situation by filling thefinancial aid form on theapplication portal.

STEP 3

The admissions team may seekadditional information, if required, afterwhich the financial aid committeedecides on whether to award financialaid to the candidate and the appropriateamount.

Candidate uploads soft copies of allsupporting documents pertaining totheir financial situation. Thesedocuments will be reviewed by theadmissions team.

STEP 2

Financial Aid is provided to deserving candidates on merit-cum-means basis. The Financial Aid committeescrutinises every application and their merit and means to finally decide appropriate aid for deservingcandidates. To apply for financial aid, refer to the following process:

This includes the tuition cost of the programme. A GST of 18% will be applicable on this amount.

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Note: The decision ofthe financial aidcommittee will be finaland non-negotiable.The committee alsoreserves the right toconduct backgroundverification checks onany candidate.

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The Indian School of Public Policy B-35, 3rd and 4th Floor, QutabInstitutional Area, New Delhi 110016

(+91) 73032 00363 www.ispp.org.in

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