M.Sc. in Public Policy ( MPP) program, a new program from the academic year 2023-24, is a two-year full-time post-graduate programme. This programme offers theoretical and practical knowledge in Public Policy. It offers an opportunity in understanding problems in public policy framing, and conducting robust, applied and impactful study that influences public policy. This programme will give the students a keen understanding of theoretical issues in public policy, and its relationship with empirical research evidences that significantly influences the public policy process, such as ideologies and institutions. Students in this programme will be able to design research problems, and undertake a range of policy-relevant studies, and conduct research to the highest standards. This programme offers versatile skills that will be very useful to policymakers, researchers, and academicians. In this programme the studnets are exposed to Soft skill development: presentation and communication (oral and written) , impact of public policy on primary, seconday and tertiary sectors in select advanced and emerging market and project management. In the end the students are required to present assignments on the case study writing on impact analysis of public policy, evidence-based policy evaluation, project assignment , field work, dissertation. It is thus a distinct programme from other M.Sc. programmes.
MSc Economics (Public Policy)
The expert faculty guiding and mentoring the students of public policy are :
Juthika Patankar
Juthika Patankar joined the IAS in 1988 and was allotted the UP cadre. She is M.A (English) from Delhi University and has a Diploma in Public Administration from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, France. She has served in the Department of Atomic Energy, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Skill Development in the Central Government. She retired as Secretary to GoI in the Central Information Commission.
Sunil Kumar
Sunil Kumar is an MA in Sociology from Delhi University. He joined the IAS in 1987. He belonged to the UP cadre and has the experience of serving in various Departments in the State including Finance, Planning, Social Welfare, Education ,Information, Personnel, Medical Education, Stamps & Registration and Sales Tax. He has served in the Ministry of Rural Development, Inland Waterways, Ministry of Commerce in the Central Government and retired as Secretary to GoI , Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Sitaram Janardan Kunte
Sitaram Janardan Kunte is a 1985 batch Indian Administrative Services officer. He is a former chief secretary to the Government of Maharashtra. He has served at various government positions in Maharashtra and the central government. Mr Kunte holds his Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics. He is proficient in behavioral economics for public policy and budgeting.
Mr Umesh Sarangi
Mr Umesh Sarangi holds a Masters degree in Science (Botany) from Utkal University (gold medallist). Mr. Sarangi has 35 years of experience in Indian Administrative Service and brought in significant reforms in modernizing agriculture, focusing on agro processing and export. As the erstwhile Chairman of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) from December 2007 to December 2010, Mr. Sarangi focused on rural infrastructure, accelerated initiatives such as microfinance, financial inclusion, watershed development and tribal development. Mr. Sarangi has specialized knowledge and experience in agriculture and rural economy.
Dr Charan Singh
Dr. Charan Singh is the CEO and Founder Director, EGROW Foundation. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Punjab & Sind Bank. He continues to pursue his academic interests by regularly teaching courses on Macro, Monetary Policy, Global Economics (International Finance) and contemporary issues on Indian Economy at IIM Visakhapatnam and IIM Rohtak.
Earlier, he was the RBI Chair Professor of Economics at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India; Senior Economist at the IMF, Washington DC (August 2009-December 2012); and Research Director (Economic Policy, Debt Management; 1997-2009) at the RBI where he joined as Research Officer in the economics department in 1984. He started his career in 1983 as management trainee in Punjab National Bank. Among other positions, Dr Singh served on the Board of NHB and NABFINS.
Students share their personal experiences at Gokhale Institute Public Policy program
Harshada Abhyankar
The public policy course is diverse and widens horizons acquainting the students with required skills to formulate, implement and evaluate public policy. The course is taught by the best of the public policy experts. Interactive teaching helps us build perspectives and enhance knowledge.
Rushikesh Mule
The recently launched course on public policy has been a great value addition to my existing knowledge. Throughout this course I could learn about policy analysis, its formulation and evaluation. For someone who was new to this discipline, the faculty provided great support. The course is well paced and really emphasizes understanding of the concepts. Overall I gained a A lot of professional, technical and theoretical knowledge through this course.
Harshvardhan Talekar
The Masters in Public Policy program provided a well-rounded exploration of policy approaches,blending theory with practical applications. The diverse faculty enriched my understanding of policy development and implementation.