“What is the right thing to do?” This is the question at the core of the discipline of Public Policy. Answering this question requires developing perspectives to distinguish right and wrong decisions. As Zen guru said, the thrust of the course is not merely to help the candidates to earn a living, but to teach what to do with living when a candidate earns one. In other words, the candidates of this programme become enriched on the basic crisis of contemporary times: What is a good life both for individual and society.

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Policy is what it does. Beautiful policies created in national capitals have serious unanticipated consequences when the logic of practice is contrary to the good will of the policy maker. Field exposures as part of the public policy programme, enables students to appreciate what policy does to the people. Each of the participants spends at least three weeks in a rural location, facilitated by a grassroots organisation, after the first trimester of the course work.

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Practice is the mantra to become professional. After the second trimester of the course work, each of the candidates spend four weeks with policy advisory firms, regulatory agencies, international organisations, think tanks and government departments.The candidates gain experience to engage with real world policy problems by participating in the live projects. There is a further longer internship in the second year.

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Public Policy as a discipline needs to be complemented with sectoral expertise (e.g. Water, Technology, Power, Infrastructure, Banking, Transport and Environment). With this aim, at NLSIU, a series of guest lectures by eminent practitioners and scholars from diverse fields are organised. Beyond listening and engaging with guest speakers, the participants of the programme mandatorily participate in the sectoral workshops conducted by stakeholders.

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Public Policy programme at NLSIU is a good blend of skill-based courses and theoretical courses. As the candidates are preparing to emerge as policy practitioners, hands on training is provided on scientific writing skills, quantitative data analysis, writing policy memos and briefs, studying case laws and judgements, designing surveys, project evaluation, prospective planning, public speaking, tools for negotiation and stakeholder consultation, and interpreting budgets and balance sheets.

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