Post Graduate Diploma (Public Policy & Governance)
Location: Hyderabad
School: School of Public Policy and Governance
Intake: 15
Description
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The Post Graduate programme in Public Policy and Governance offered by the School of Public Policy and Governance (SPPG) is a novel application-oriented course aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. The programme provides interdisciplinary foundational training in Ethics and Policy, Economics (including big data analytics), Law, Political Science, and Sociology. It encourages students to be reflexive in developing institutional designs that can transform public services.
A multi-disciplinary curriculum and innovative pedagogy provides exciting educational opportunities for the students. The course combines theory with field-based learning and internships to enable students to look beyond conventional models and help then envision institutions for an equitable society. The rigours of the theoretical aspects of the course along with experiential learning transforms the learning experience. It mentors young minds to understand policy frameworks and situates them in the socio-political and economic contexts. Agility with data, both large datasets and micro data equips students to incubate new ideas and contribute to the policy processes. It empowers the students to become competent policy professionals and thought leaders with a robust understanding of the field realities.
Overview of the Programme
Through a corpus of courses, students undertake the study of policy institutions at the global and local levels. Another set of courses engages with policy designs, frameworks, and processes Finally, through the use and analysis of big and micro-data, the students are equipped to evaluate the impact of policy outcomes. The programme as a whole empowers the students to be reflexive in developing institutional designs that can transform public services
A special feature of the programme is to guide students to undertake Capstone Projects. Capstone Projects are promoted by the School through Public Policy and Good Governance Lab
Public Policy and Good Governance Labs:
The School facilitates Capstone Projects through partnerships with governmental agencies, private corporations, parastatal agencies, and nongovernment institutions. The MA-PPG students work directly with these to attain a first-hand understanding of policy-making while contributing through their own fresh ideas.
Innovative Pedagogy: Students are encouraged to contribute and participate in inclusive and engaged learning processes.
Outreach: Students are encouraged to put their policy research work in the public domain through journals, policy blogs, social media, newspaper articles etc.
Programme Outcomes:
Who can apply:
Employment opportunities
The SPPG has an excellent placement record. Alumni of the school work with ministries, departments, and institutions of Central, State and District Governments; 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
Programme
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Semesterwise Courses:
Semester I: 20 Credit | |||
Description | Code | Course Title | Credit |
Foundation Courses | FC | Foundation Course | 4 |
School Commons | SCPO-1 | Public Policy: Paradigms & Practices | 2 |
SCPO-2 | Policy Institutions in Practice | 2 | |
PPG Core | PPG-1 | Ethics of Public Action | 2 |
PPG-2 | Law, State, and Governance | 2 | |
School Commons – Workshops I | SCW - 1 | Academic Writing and Communication Skills | 4 |
Basics of Excel and STATA/R | |||
Basic Mathematics for Public Policy | |||
Geo-visualization of Society and Nature | |||
School Commons: Experiential Learning |
EL 1 | Experiential Learning – Rural Exposure Visit | 4 |
Semester II: 22 Credits | |||
School Commons | SCPO-3 | Basic Statistics for Development Data | 2 |
SCPO-4 | Policy Analysis Exercise | 2 | |
PPG Core | PPG-3 | Development Economics and Public Policy | 2 |
PPG-4 | Comparative Public Policies | 2 | |
PPG-5 | Public Economics | 2 | |
PPG-6 | Impact Evaluation | 2 | |
PPG-7 | Policy Advocacy | 2 | |
Discipline Specific Workshop | DSW 1 | Advanced Training in Census and Large-Scale Survey – Census, NSS, NFHS | 4 |
Experiential Learning | EL2 | Public Policy and Good Governance Lab | 4 |
Fee Structure:
Components |
Post Graduate Diploma (Public Policy & Governance) (One Year Programme) (Self-Financed Programme) |
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Fees | Sem I | Sem II |
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FEE | Tuition Fee | 16,000 | 16,000 |
Examination Fee | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
CHARGES |
Field Education / Internship / Experiential Learning Charges | 2,000 | 2,000 |
IT Charges | 2,000 |
2,000 |
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Library Charges | 1,500 | 1,500 | |
Other Charges( ID Card, Convocation & Misc.) * | 2,500 | 0 | |
FUNDS | Students' Competency Fund | 6,000 | 6,000 |
Lab / Studio Fund | 0 | 0 | |
Development Fund | 10,000 | 0 | |
Students' Union Fund * | 500 | 500 | |
Alumni Fund * | 0 | 500 | |
Health Care Fund* | 2,000 | 0 | |
DEPOSITS | Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate) | 10,000 | 0 |
Semester wise Course Fee | 53,500 | 29,500 | |
Yearly Fees | 83,000 | ||
Total Course Fee | 83,000 | ||
Institute reserves the right to revise the Fee Structure of programmes if necessary. | |||
Expenses related to Practicum / Study tour / Rural field work / Urban field work/Winter Institute, if any, will have to be met by the students themselves at the time of the activity. | |||
No fee concession is available for self-finanaced programmes. |