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School of Public Policy and Governance

The School of Public Policy and Governance

• Initiated in 2013, the School of Public Policy and Governance (SPPG) is

conceived to respond to the mismatch between existing policy institutions and

emerging social and policy challenges

• Current governance frameworks now include a wider panoply of state,

parastatal and non-state actors

• These institutions demand a multi-disciplinary team of professionals, drawn

from outside the government, to engage with policy ideas through an analysis

of institutions and regulatory practices, social structure, big-data and analytics,

and law

• Responding to this demand, TISS- Hyderabad offers a two year full time

graduate programme - M.A. in Public Policy and Governance (MA-PPG)

• It provides students with interdisciplinary expertise, methodological skills and

field experience required for working as a public policy professional or to

pursue higher academic degrees

• It encourages students to engender operational frameworks for accountable

governance and create human opportunities towards a just society

M.A. Public Policy and Governance Semester Wise Courses

Semester I Semester II Semester III Semester IV

Understanding Society State, Markets and Regulatory

Institutions

Civil Society, New Social

Movements and Public Policy

Public Economics

Understanding Economy Policy Institutions in Practice Comparative Public Policy Elective 3: As per Policy

Area Concentration

Understanding Politics Development Economics and

Public Policy

Impact Evaluation Field placement-based

dissertation & viva-voce

Public Policy: Paradigms &

Practices

Statistical Techniques and Data

Analysis

Policy Analysis Exercise

Ethics of Public Action Philosophy & Methods of Social

Research-II

Reading Texts & Research

Writing

Economic Analysis of Public

Policy

Public Policy and Local

Governance

Law, State and Governance

Philosophy & Methods of

Social Research-I

Elective 1: As per Policy Area

Concentration

Elective 2: As per Policy Area

Concentration

Experiential Learning:

Understanding Rural Society

Choice Based Credit System

(CBCS) I

Choice Based Credit System

(CBCS) II

Workshop: Academic Writing

and Communication Skills

Field Based Internship: Hands on

Experience in understanding the

implementation of a Specific

Public Policy

Field Based Data Collection

for Dissertation

Workshop: Academic Writing and

Communication Skills

Workshop: Academic Writing

and Communication Skills

Changes can be made to the curriculum with due approval of the Academic Council.

Curriculum Framework

Examining the Interconnectedness of

Public Policies

• Sectors

• Regions

• Social Groups

Understanding Public

Policies through Multiple

Locations:

• Political Institutions/ Regimes

• Public Finance

• Economic Analyses

• Social Embeddedness

• Big Data Analyses/Analytics

• Primary Data Analyses

• Legal Framework

• Ethical Location

Appreciating Policy Processes as well as

Policy Outcomes

Inculcating Critical Thinking

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

Given the limits of the outcome-centric technocratic approaches to public policy, SPPG

encourages a process oriented approach focussing on equity, justice and accountability.

100 Days ofExperiential Learnings/ Field

Immersion in three stages

Student Led Policy Research Programme

Policy Area Concentrations (PAC)

• Students choose a policy area and acquire

specialised knowledge in a specific sector in

which they would prefer to develop as

professionals or as academic.

• Each PAC is constituted by a group of

students and coordinated by a faculty

member.

• Within the PAC, students select research

topics and over a period of three semesters

study it through lectures, field immersion

and internships with policy institutions.

• They produce dissertations that as a group

culminate into a research programme on the

policy area.

Available PACs

• Regulation and Institutions

• Urbanisation

• Social Conflict and Public

Policy

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Total Students

SPPG Graduates

2016-18 Batch- 32 students

2017-19 Batch- 32 students

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EMPLOYERS OF SPPG GRADUATES Districts State National International

Year Applicants to

MA-PPG

Available

Seats

2013 NA 15

2014 234 30

2015 478 30

2016 498 30

2017 836 30

How do Students Engage with the Policy Community?

Policy Research

• Policy analysis/ Reports

• Policy Assessments

• Theorising Public Action and

Inclusive Market Outcomes

Policy Advocacy

• Policy Brief/ Memos

• Policy messages through maps,

visual presentation of data etc.

New Knowledge Production

• Developing New Policy

Frameworks

• Crafting Operational Guidelines

• Anticipating and Designing

Policy Institutions for the future

Few Accomplishments of SPPG

Student-led academic and policy research – an SPPG pioneered

concept - under faculty guidance

• In 2017, SPPG published four policy reports on:

• Policy Compliance

• Stateless Rohingyas

• Urban Segregation

• Disability Access Audit

Policy Research Programmes

The Journal of Public Policy Research

Initiated by the graduate students of the School of Public Policy and

Governance, the Journal of Public Policy Research (JPPR) is

published bi-annually. The journal seeks to democratize access to

academic publishing for young scholars writing on current social and

policy concerns. It welcomes contributions from all ideological

persuasions.

Policy Working Papers

The School of Public Policy and Governance (SPPG)

Working Paper Series is a forum for disseminating

ongoing research of SPPG faculty and students.

• This SPPG initiative aims to make big data sets easily

comprehensible to a wider community of stakeholders, identify

policy deficits, and highlight future policy pathways

• The first set of the series will be launched in October 2017

depicting access to basic services and civic amenities

Public Policy through Data

The SPPG’s weekly seminar series - ‘Perspectives’- began in 2014 and

has completed 46 sessions. It contributes to the public discourse in

Hyderabad through its eminent speakers from diverse domains

including artists, social and environmental activists, lawyers,

academicians and policy practitioners

Perspectives

SPPG has hosted 3 international graduate conferences

• 2015- Growth Well-being and Development

• 2016- Democracy, Development and (Re)Distribution

• 2017- Fostering Change? Public Policies Impacting State, Markets, and Society

• 2018- Reimagining Policies- Ideas, Practices and Institutions (to be held in February)

International Graduate Seminar

Amit Upadhyay, Assistant Professor

M.A. (University of Hyderabad-Sociology); MPhil (Oxon-

Evidence Based Social Intervention); Ph.D (University of

Hyderabad- Sociology)

Ekta Singh, Assistant Professor

M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. in Political Science (Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi)

Aseem Prakash, Professor and Chairperson

M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D in Political Science (Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi)

Faculty – Brief Profile

Drawn from prestigious institutions, our faculty have wide

ranging international experience and include Rhodes and

Commonwealth scholars

Gayatri Nair , Assistant Professor

M.A in Sociology (University of Pune), M.Phil & Ph.D. in

Sociology (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

Faculty – Brief Profile

Amit Sadhukhan Assistant Professor

M.Sc. in Economics (University of Calcutta),

MPhil & Ph.D. in Economics (Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi)

Shruti Prasad , Research Assistant

M.A in Public Policy and Governance ( TISS- Hyderabad)

School of Public Policy and Governance

TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Hyderabad Campus

RM College of Social Work Campus,Opposite Biodiversity Park, Gachibowli

Hyderabad - 500008

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