Post Graduate Diploma in Cities and Governance

Description

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Policy professionals for inclusive and sustainable global cities of tomorrow

The School of Public Policy and Governance (SPPG), TISS – Hyderabad and the National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi, offer a one-year interdisciplinary Post Graduate Diploma programme in Cities and Governance. The PGD programme will enable you to:

• Develop a robust understanding of cities/towns with a human perspective.
• Equip you with the perspectives, understanding of economic frameworks, city finances and institutional designs.
• Use state-of-the-art tools, data sets (big, micro, and geospatial) and methods.
• Design and conduct research work independently.

The cornerstones of the Post Graduate Diploma programme are:

Based on an understanding of the foundational disciplines of Economics, Statistics, Political Science, Sociology, Law and Data Sciences, the programme is pillared by the following:

The aforementioned are complemented by application to real-world situations, case studies, practical exercises conducted in city labs, and extensive field-based capstone projects. Although the focus will be on the global south, including Indian cities, the course discussions will also be situated in the comparative, macro-international context comprising cities from the global North.

Intellectual Framework of the Programme:

Key proficiencies

• Awareness of a multitude of ways to understand cities - theories, planning, regulations, financing, grassroots practices, and their limitations.
• Ability to undertake incisive analysis of policies that impact cities.
• Familiarity with the nature and functioning of the city institutions and governance.
• Practical skills in city-centric finance, city budgeting and planning exercises under City Labs- Master Plans and Developmental Plans
• Methodological skills to study cities through big datasets, microdata (Census, National Sample Surveys, Periodic Labour Force Surveys, National Family Health Surveys), Geospatial analysis and narrative accounts.
• Data Visualisation

These skills will be used by you while working in specialized professional settings.

A distinct pedagogy

The programme delivery is a collaboration between the students and the instructor to facilitate a creative and rigorous teaching-learning ecosystem. Such a delivery approach will equip you with a theoretical understanding and hands-on experience to understand cities and intervene in planning and development.

Pedagogical tools include Classroom Lectures, Hands-on trainings, City Labs, and Experiential Learning from field-based project.

• Hands-on training involves experiential learning to understand the institutional architecture governing the city.
• City Labs provide practical experience in conceiving and making development (master) plans and regional plans.

Career prospects

Professional and academic Opportunities

The school has an excellent placement record attested by the fact that alum of the school is working with ministries, departments, and institutions of Central, State, and District Governments; think tanks like Janaagraha; Consulting firms like PWC, Deloitte, and KPMG, etc.; Multilateral agencies such as UNDP, UNICEF, etc.; International organizations like the Clinton Foundation and national and international policy think tanks.

Semesterwise Courses:

Fee Structure: