Students of the Master of Public Policy undertakes dissertation works in their second year. This research is supervised by a faculty member and examined periodically by a committee. The full reports of dissertations are accessible in the NLSIU library. Below is the list of dissertations accepted for awarding the MPP degree.

Sl. No Name of the student Title of the Dissertation Year
MPP1
1.

Ms. Amrutha Jose Pampackal

Role of Bureaucratic Behaviour in Determining
Policy Outcomes:A Study of Tribal Resettlement andDevelopment Mission (TRDM), Kerala

2016
2. 

Mr Anirudh Chakradhar

The Effects of Regularization of Unauthorized Colonies on the Provision of Basic Services

2016
3.

Mr. Anirudh. T

Analysis of Compensation Opportunities for Employees During Lay-Offs &Closure : Case Studies on JL Morison and Kingfisher Airlines Pvt. Ltd.

2016
4. 

Ms. Avantika Gode

Environmental Goods and Services for Sustainable Public Procurement in India:WTO’s GPA Vs Public Procurement Bill, 2012

2016
5. 

Ms. Deepa K. S.

Exploring How Structural Factors in Political Regimes Influence Property Regimes in India

2016
6.

Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Singh

Universal Public Healthcare AsAn Alternate Model ofManagement and Delivery of
Public Healthcare Services inKarnataka

2016
7.

Ms. Dunna Anna salome

Competitiveness of Manufacturing Sectors in The Make in IndiaCampaign

2016
8.

Mr. Harsh Vardhan Sharma

Demand for Affordable Housing in India: A Disaggregated Analysis at State Level

2016
9. 

Ms. Jyotsna Sripada

Role of Anganwadi Centres In Preventing, Detecting and Addressing Malnutrition in
Children Below Three

2016
10. 

Mr. Koshtub Vohra

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Medium, Multi-RoleCombat Aircraft Procurement Scenarios: 36
Rafale Vs. 126 Mirage 2000-5

2016
11. 

Mr. Manmeet Singh

A Critical Analysis of Policy Instruments Required to Promote SolarPV Module Manufacturing In India

2016
12.

Ms. Meenu Maria Joseph

Addressing The Challenges Faced By Women Entrepreneurs in Kerala:
The Role Of Micro Enterprise Consultants

2016
13.

Mr. Mounik Shankar Lahiri

The Contested Policy Space: Case Study of Development Of Social
Protection Policies for Unorganised Construction Sector

2016
14.

Ms. Nalini Kaushik

Pharmaceutical Drug Price Regulations: an Analysis of Determinants of Access to Medicines

2016
15. 

Ms. Natasha Srivastava

Mental Health in India: An Overview

2016
16.

Ms. Navyasree S. Ram

Performance Evaluation of
Karnataka’s State Road Transport Corporations

2016
17.

Ms. Neha Mallick

Financial Inclusion, Women Empowerment And Household Welfare: A Study in Arunachal Pradesh

2016
18.

Mr. Panickar Varun Rajasekharan

More Than Just Water:Applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework to the Irrigation Sector in Maharashtra

2016
19.

Mr. Paras Tyagi

One City Many Faces: A Study of Provisioning of Public Services in Three Urban Villages of Delhi

2016
20.

Mr. Pratik Harish

Performance Evaluation of Electricity Distribution Companies in Karnataka

2016
21.

Ms. Priyadarshini Ray

The Transgender Rights Bill: ACritical Analysis of Its Provisions Vis-A-Vis Ground Realities

2016
22.

Ms. Rashmi Nayar

A Study of TechnologySpin-Offs from Space Research Policy Perspectives

2016
23. 

Mr. Rohit Mukerji

Fertility Decline and Its Determinants: Is Rising Out-Of-Pocket Expenditure on Health and Education Shaping The Fertility Rate?

2016
24.

Ms. S. Bhavani

Understanding the Effects of Evaluation Policies In Elementary Education: A Case Study Analysis of Williamsburg, Virginia and Mahbubnagar,Telangana

2016
25.

Ms. Sharada S.

Regulation of Zero Rated Platforms inIndia

2016
26.

Ms. Shreoshee Mukherjee

Identifying Impact of Government
Regulations on the Sugar Industry ofUttar Pradesh

2016
27.

Mr. Siddharth Khosla

Contract Farming: anExploratory Study

2016
28.

Ms. Simi Sunny

Socio-Economic Integrationof Migrant Workers in Kerala

2016
29.

Mr. Songja Engti Kathar

De-centralizationof Primary Education 2016
30.

Mr. Srisagar B.

Effectiveness of Sakala: A Study in Mysuru City CorporationUnder Urban Development Department, Govt. Of Karnataka

2016
31.

Ms. Srishti Pandey

Exploring the Role of Payments Banks in Furthering Financial Inclusion

2016
32. 

Ms. Swasti Raizada

Tracking the Sunrise:Karnataka’s Experiment withRooftop

2016
33.

Ms. Sweety Shreyashi

Examining and Analysing Quality of Health Care Service Delivery System : An Inter- State Variation

2016
34.

Ms. Syeda Mubeena Ismath

A Comparative Analysis of Alternate Urban Transport Modes For Phase II of Metro Rail inBangalore

2016
35.

Mr. T. Venkata Sai Sasidhar

Distress in Agrarian Conditions: A
Case Study of Farmer Suicides in
Telangana

2016
36. 

Ms. Tanya Agrawal

Child Identities in Elementary Education Discourse and Policy: A Case Study of Rajasthan

2016
37. 

Mr. Tejus S.

Impact of Government Initiatives in Curbing Severe Acute Malnourishment Among Children (0-5) in Raichur, Karnataka

2016
38.

Mr. Vaibhav Kumar

Sentencing Policy and Practices in
Death Penalty Cases:A Critical Analysis

2016
39.

Mr. Wad Shrikant Vivek

Whither Professoriate?: A Critical Inquiry into the Enactment of Faculty Appraisal Policy

2016
40. 

Mr. Niraj Kumar

Social Protection for Alleviation of Hunger : A Critical Evaluation of Anna Bhagya Yojna, The Food Security Scheme of Government of Karnataka

2016

41.

Ms. Preeti Manocha

Political Economy of Welfare: The Subsidy and Alcohol Conundrum in Tamil Nadu

2016
  MPP2  
1. 

Mr. Abinaswar Das

Reforms in The Indian Civil Services : A Study of 21st Century Recommendations and Implementation

2017
2. 

Ms. Aishwarya Anand

Job Satisfaction: A Study on Indian Administrative Officers Working in Delhi and Himachal Pradesh

2017
3. 

Ms. Aishwarya Ramakrishna Heggunda

Revitalization of Lakes : A Study on the Policies and Practices in the City of Bengaluru

2017
4. 

Mr. Akshay Kumar M S

Switching Tracks: the Journey of India Railways : Past, Present and Future

2017
5. 

Mr. Anil Kumar M

United Nations Organization and International Peace and Security: An Institutional Conundrum

2017
6. 

Ms. Anmol Narain

The Constitution of Quality in Elementary Education : A Qualitative Meta-Analysis of the Policy, Landscape in India and A Quantitative Logistic Regressions of Inputs Driving Learning Outcomes in Rural India

2017
7. 

Ms. Anyesha Mitra

Policy Gaps in Regulation of Traditional Medicine: An Analysis of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani System in India

2017
8. 

Mr. Aswin Vinodan K

Outcome of CSR Policy : Case Study of aVillage Panchayat in Kerala

2017
9. 

Ms. Beni Chugh

Pathologies of Indian Health Care Policy Prescriptions for Reforming Health Care

2017
10. 

Mr. Chetan J Dixit

Heritage Governance: A Systemic View

2017
11. 

Ms. Drupa Dinnie Charles

Understanding Nature of Poverty in Isolated Communities : A Study on Implication Induced Poverty in a Fishing Village in Kerala

2017
12. 

Ms. Ekta Chauhan

Social and Economic Impact of Heritage Conservation in Delhi: Case Studies of Shahjahanabad and Nizamudinn Basti

2017
13. 

Ms. Ishaa Srivastava

Bridging the Digital Divide: Investigating Social Inclusion through E-Governance Projects

2017
14. 

Ms. Jyotika Matreja

Exploring the Factors Affecting Employability : A Study on Lawyers Using Analytic Hierarchy Process

2017
15. 

Mr. Kiran A B

Prioritizing Agenda for ‘Standard Essential Patents’ in India: An Economic Analysis

2017
16 

Ms. Mantasha Husain

Renewable Energy Sustainability in Karnataka : A Financial Analysis of Biomass Power Plants

2017
17. 

Mr. Mohit Kumar Bebarta

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Funds in India

2017
18. 

Ms. Namrata Kumar

An Analysis of the Implementation of the WHO- FCTC Policies to Control Tobacco Consumption in India

2017
19 .

Mr. Nithin Chakki

Sustainable Energy Integration in Mysuru City: A Case Study of Solar Rooftops

2017
20. 

Mr. Prakhar Srivastava

Mapping Rural Aspirations With Urban Opportunities : A Study of Migrant Construction Worker’s in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

2017
21. 

Ms. Praveena Sridhar

Is Sustainable Agriculture Really Sustainable For Small and Marginal Farmers? : AStudy of Zero Budget Natural Farming Farmers From Tamil Nadu

2017
22. 

Ms. Priyansha Rawat

Understanding Social Entrepreneurship: Research, Policy and Practice

2017
23 

Mr. R Jagannath

Time Poverty and Household Welfare: Domestic Unpaid Work and Water Insecurity

2017
24. 

Mr. Ranjith Reddy Mula

Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers in Hyderabad – Policy and Practice

2017
25. 

Ms. Ravella Beena Chowdary

Compensation for Public Purposes Land Acquisition In India : An Analysis of Supreme Court Judgements

2017
26. 

Mr. Rohit Jadhav

Impact of Schedule H1 Of Drugs &Cosmetics Act on Access to Antibiotics without Prescription

2017
27. 

Mr. Sachin Tiwari

Who Uses? Who Pays? : A Study of Provision and Use of Personal Protective Equipment as a Social Welfare Aspect

2017
28. 

Ms. Sakshi Mehra

Application of the ‘United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ in the Financial Sector : An Analysis of Indian Banking Sector

2017
29. 

Mr. Samarth Bharadwaj

Lighting the Last Mile : A Study of Solar PV Micro-Grids in India

2017
30. 

Mr. Siddharth Sekhar Barpanda

NET-Metered Solar Irrigation Pumps : Cost-Benefit Analysis of Karnataka’s Surya Raitha Scheme

2017
31. 

Ms. Snehil Singh

Cooking Fuels and Health Hazards in India: The Case of Clean Energy and Health Protection

2017
32. 

Mr. Sohom Dasgupta

Voting Behaviour in India : An Analysis of 2014 General Elections in India

2017
33. 

Mr. Suhas Dhruvakumar

Clusterisation And its Impact on Firms and Labourers : A Case of Textile and Clothing Industry in Tiruppur

2017
34. 

Mr. Sukhbeer Tej Pratap Singh

Regulatory Effects in CSR : A Study of Regulatory Impact in the Indian CSR Domain

2017
35. 

Ms. Surbhi Arul

Deconstruction of Climate Change: Agricultural Growth and Rural Poverty Nexus in India

2017
36. 

Ms. Swati

The Anatomy of Privacy in the Cyber World: A Comparative Analysis of Privacy Laws and Financial Data Privacy in the EU, the USA and India

2017
37. 

Mr. Tushar Gupta

Casual Analysis of Aggregate Technical and Commercial Losses : A Case Study of Jammu Region

2017
38. 

Mr. Vedprakash Singh

Enhancing Spatial Accessibility to Primary Health Centres in Urban Areas: A Study of Mohalla Clinics, Delhi

2017
39. 

Mr. Vijeth Acharya U.V

The Anatomy of Privacy in the Cyber World: A Comparative Analysis of Privacy Laws and Financial Data Privacy in the EU, the USA And India

2017
40. 

Mr. Vivek Raj Anand

Fiscal Opportunism and Elections: Analytical Study of Indian States

2017
41. 

Mr. Yashas C Gowda

Stage of E-Governance and Decision Process Analysis of Social Factors, Motivational Drives and Learning Behaviour of a Citizen

2017
MPP – 3
1. 

Ms. Aastha Maggu

Addressing Safety Concerns of Women in Delhi : An Analysis of the Present Policy Landscape

2018
2.

Ms. Aishwarya Tushar Gupte

Analysing the Trends in India’s Higher Education and Vocational Courses

 

2018

3.

Ms. Ananya B.J

Towards Affordable Health Care: Domestic Manufacture of Diagnostic Imaging Equipment

 

2018

4.

Ms. Anindita Misra

Understanding Local Coping Strategies Towards Climate Change: A Study of Kumirmari Island, Sundarbans

 

2018

5.

Ms. Anneka Majhi

Understanding the Roots of a Water Conflict Using Rights Analysis Framework: A Case Study 0f the Struggle for Water Rights in Mining Regions of Odisha

 

2018

6.

Mr. Anoop Ramakrishnan

From Look East To Act East : An Analysis of India’s Engagement With South East Asia

 

2018

7.

Ms. Apoorva S

Urban Agriculture: A Comparative Study of Kitchen and Terrace Gardens In Bengaluru and Allotment Gardens in Oslo

 

2018

8.

Mr. Arvind Balaji

To Give Or Not To Give? : The Types, Benefits and Costs of Universal Basic Income in India

 

2018

9.

Mr. Avi Kathpalia

Digitisationof Welfare Delivery : Case of Public Distribution System and Aadhar in Rajasthan

 

2018

10. 

Mr. Ayushmaan Singh

Evaluationof the Voting System in India and Moving Towards an Alternative Electoral System

 

2018

11.

Ms. Deepanshi Saroj

The Role of ICT In Poverty Alleviation : A Case Study of MPI in UP

 

2018

12.

Mr. Devarchan

Deconstructing A Noble Profession: Discovering Factors Driving Performance and Effort Among Teachers in Low Income Schools

 

2018

13.

Ms. Devika Singh

Climate Change & The Coffee Agro Forestry System In Kodagu : Analysis of the Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts

 

2018

14.

Ms. Divya Dua

Boards, Regulators and Governance: Understanding Corporate Governance in India and Moving Towards Valid Constructs of Measurements

 

2018

15.

Mr. Doohan Vaz

Of Work and Leisure : A Study of Work Life Balance in the IT Sector in Bangalore

 

2018

16.

Mr. Dwijaraj Bhattacharya

Electric Vehicles in India: An Enquiry into the Policy Landscape

 

2018

17. 

Mr. Kabir Arora

Addressing the Housing Needs of Migrant Informal Workers and the Mapping of Policy Landscape

 

2018

18. 

Ms. Kalidoss Naga Nanditha

Access to Medicine in the Context of Patent Monopoly

 

2018

19. 

Ms. Mansi Sharma

Evaluating the Services of Municipal Solid Waste Management Through Public Private Partnership in India : A Case Study on Delhi and Bengaluru Waste Management Projects

 

2018

20. 

Ms. Nahia Hussain

The Belt and Road Initiative: Analysing the Chinese Proposition From an Indian Perspective

 

2018

21. 

Mr. Nakulan N

Sustainable Housing : Policy Perspectives for India

 

2018

22. 

Ms. Prerna Shakya

Rebranding Heritage and Culture of Lucknow

 

2018

23. 

Mr. Rohit C. H.

Policy Evaluation of Minimum Support Price: Analytical Study on Impact of Increase of MSP on Rural Economy and Farmer’s Income

 

2018

24. 

Ms. Sattvika Ashok

Sustainable Infrastructure : A Case For Waste Water Management in Bengaluru

 

2018

25. 

Ms. Shipra Singh

Socio-Economic Problem of Street Children: A Case Study of Delhi

 

2018

26. 

Ms. Shivi Vijayvergiya

Combatting Road Accidents Through Behavioural Strategies : A Systematic Study of Impact of Behaviour and Culture on Road Users

 

2018

27. 

Ms. Shreoshi Dutta

Implication of Standardization For Minority Languages : A Case Study of Santali in South Bengal

 

2018

28. 

Ms. Shweta Shekhar

Is Menstruation a Barrier to Girls’ Education? A Study of Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Girls in Government Schools in Rural REWA

 

2018

29. 

Ms. Smita Mutt

Building Accountability Institutions Through Legislation : A Comparative Study of Lokayukta and Right to Service Acts

 

2018

30. 

Ms. Sristi Datta

Airline Fare Policy : A Study of the Indian Domestic Airline Market

 

2018

31. 

Ms. Trisrota Dutta

Rights Of Domestic Workers in India: A Step Towards Developing A Comprehensive Regulatory Framework

 

2018

32. 

Mr. Yuvraj Kalia

Health Policy Regimes: Who Does What? : Comparative Analysis of Health Policy Regimes in Kerala and Karnataka

2018

33. 

Mr. Sai Charan Bandaru

Solid Waste Management in Urban Local Bodies In India : A Case Study of Vijayawada and Andhra Pradesh

2018