About Us

A Centre for Public Policy and Governance is devoted to Integrating Research with Advocacy for Policy Action. For realizing the developmental goals in the increasingly challenging post globalized world, the Centre will try to create informed public opinion, recommend policy and contribute to the ongoing discourses on good governance. Advocating a Substantivist Model of Democracy, wherein the public can truly become part of the Policy Cycle and the citizen becomes the main stakeholder of all targeted governmental programmes is critical. Therefore, the Centre provides an interdisciplinary platform for blending theory and empirical evidence for enhanced capacity building in governance and equip the lawmakers and policy makers, corporates and the voluntary sector. The knowledge and skill sets required to address the policy implementation and governance challenges of the Millennium along with highlighting innovations and best practices will be central to our mission.

We create knowledge-for-impact with a mission to solve complex development challenges with strategic alliances and partnerships.

• Integrating Research with Policy Action and Change.
• Take up government policy impact and evaluation studies.
• Advocacy for policy redesign or new Policy
• Study of institutions to enhance their capacities for efficiency and effectiveness.

• The Centre will design to inculcate an incisive understanding of the Indian context and hone globally relevant skills to achieve international standards of competencies through its immersive interdisciplinary research focus on public policy and governance.

• Develop Policy Dialogues to catalyze debates that will encourage meaningful Policy Action through impactful policy studies.

• Organize national and international seminars, workshops and conferences on issues related to Public Policy and Governance, besides documentation of resource material on the subject.

• Publish research papers, books and monographs in the broad area of Public Policy and Governance.

• Organize outreach programmes based on the Sustainable Development Goals which are globally considered as the Minimum Agenda of Good Governance.

• Network with governmental agencies, international organizations, academia, and think tanks through exchange programmes and sharing of knowledge in thrust areas of public policy and governance.

• Make its Research reports and findings available to government bodies, civil society groups, social scientists and all concerned citizens with a goal to encourage informed choices and evidence based policy making.

Integrating Research with Action starts with field surveys and grassroots impact research. Action Recommendations will be in the nature of:

• Policy Inputs for Policy Action
• Suggestions for Improving Access to Public Services
• Capacity Building of Institutions for Efficiency and Effectiveness