Executive Programme in Public Policy and Management (EPPPM)

Programme Overview

Public policy is a critical area of contemporary engagement for aspiring leaders and managers of public and private sector firms, international and non-governmental organizations, advocacy groups, and civil society associations. The desired societal goals of equity, inclusion and justice depend on the effectiveness of public policymaking and the efficacy of governance. The formulation, design, implementation, analysis, and evaluation of public policies require trained professionals with a well-rounded understanding of the key management issues in multiple domains. Besides public officials, a grounding in public policy will be equally enabling for the professionals working in the private sector in terms of impactful decision-making, regulatory compliance, and improved corporate governance.

Public policymaking is seldom a simple technocratic exercise. The complexity of public policy making necessitates a higher degree of coordination among different stakeholders in the larger context of political management of conflicting interests and aspirational entitlements. It involves contextualized negotiations among contending interest groups. The EPPM is oriented towards imparting a holistic understanding of the political, economic and social context of public policy and everyday governance problems. Employing an interdisciplinary framework, this programme imparts a granular understanding of public policy in its varied dimensions: the local, the national and the global. It incorporates insights from the recent scholarship on street-level bureaucracy and New Public Management.

Programme Objective

The programme has the following learning goals:

To impart an understanding of theoretical and practical aspects of policymaking and policy analysis.
To apprise the participants of the best and innovative practices in public policy formulation and implementation.
To acquaint them with contemporary public policy issues and challenges impacting India and the world.
To familiarize them with the tools and techniques of management and its application to public policymaking.
To help them appreciate the role of public policy in organizational decision-making and governance.

Programme Directors

Professor Manish K. Thakur

Public Policy and Management

Professor R. Rajesh Babu

Public Policy and Management

Who Should Attend

Mid-career and senior-level professionals with at least three years of experience will find this programme interesting and stimulating. The programme is specifically targeted towards professionals from the segments mentioned below:

All India Civil Services
State Government Officials
Public Sector Officials
Faculty members of State Administrative Training Institutes.
Multilateral agencies (UN, World Bank, ADB etc)
Embassy personnel
Non-Government Organizations (Indian and International)
Foundations and Think Tanks
Entrepreneurs
Consulting firms
Senior Industry Executives
Professionals from the development/policy sector.
Professionals from foundations, think tanks, and consulting firms.
Professionals, policy analysts, advisors, managers, strategists, and planners working for state/central government, corporations, NGOs, etc.
Media professionals with interest in public affairs.

Professionals from other fields may also find the content very relevant to their area of work.

Graduates (10+2+3)/Diploma (10+2+3)/post-graduate or equivalent from an AICTE or UGC recognized University in any discipline with minimum 50% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA.
Minimum 3+ years of managerial/entrepreneurial/professional experience after graduation as on the Programme Start Date, i.e., Technical Orientation Date
Candidates should be working when filling out the application form. In case of non-working candidates interested in enrolling, they can submit their application; however, the selection will remain at the discretion of the Programme Directors only.

Programme Duration and Delivery

The duration of the programme is 12 months. The session will be held on Saturday 6:45 PM to 9:45PM. Some additional sessions may be scheduled on select Sundays and Holidays, as required and as decided by IIMC, with prior intimation.

In addition, there will be two campus components, each lasting three days. The first campus visit will be scheduled at the beginning of the programme, and the second will take place towards the end. Attendance at both campus modules is a mandatory requirement for the successful completion of the programme.

Pedagogy

Each course will be taught with the help of case studies, live corporate examples and general discussions. In order to provide greater industry insights, practitioners might be invited to share their experiences.

Programme Content

Public Policy: Theory, Concepts and Methods

Formulation of public policy: Institutions and the policy process
Policy design and policy implementation
Policy evaluation and policy change
Engaging stakeholders – Social Capital, Collective Action and Advocacy Coalitions
Case studies

Quantitative Methods and Operations Management for Public Policy

Understanding the role of Analytics in making decision related to Public Policy
Risk management and decision analysis under uncertainty
Role of Operations Management, Strategy, and Lean principles in Public Policy
Project portfolio management in Public Policy by understanding the technical and behavioural approaches

Economic Determinants of Public Policy

Market Economy and the role of policy: Institutions and their “Failures”
Emerging economies and public policy: industrialization/ modernization
Equity and Efficiency (or welfare and growth)
Public goods and public service delivery
Public policy and individual economic decisions
Sustainable business practices

Public Finance and Public Policy

Financing public policy—Macroeconomic view
Fiscal federalism in India: Finance Commission
Budget and taxing
Financing democratic decentralization
Financing Welfare

Negotiations, Conflict and Leadership

Handling conflicts
Negotiating successfully – basics
Negotiating successfully – Government vs Corporate
Basics of leadership
Leadership for the future

Law and Public Policy

Constitutional basis of public policy
Administrative rulemaking
Constitutional courts and policymaking
Legal Framework for corporate transactions and governance
International policymaking and the global south

The Political and Social context of Public Policy

State, class and public policy
Bureaucracy: Agency and accountability
Access to public resources: Strategies and mobilizations
Populism and patronage
Containing corruption: Empowering the disempowered

Public Policy and Strategy

Strategic Statecraft: Understanding a Strategic State and its purpose, especially in the Indian context
State and Business: Why does private business need the State? A peek into private law/public law distinction
Private vs. Public: State legislative/executive action and the strategic redrawing of private-public-community boundaries
Strategic policymaking: Strategies behind economic policymaking and investment incentive allocation

Public Policy: Empirical Cases and Contemporary Agendas

AI in Policy Design and Analysis
AI in Decision-making
Communication Strategy for Policy Outreach
Public, Private People Partnership
Public Health
Education
Urban Governance: Smart Cities
Migration and Rural Development
Climate Change and Clean Energy
Skill Development
Labour Code

Capstone Project

Programme Sample Certificate

Alumni Status

LDP participants who complete the programme successfully become the Alumni of IIMC Executive Education, which currently has over 33,000 members.
LDP Alumni are given an email-id in the IIM Calcutta domain.
LDP Alumni can register in the IIM Calcutta Alumni portal either with this email-id or with their personal email-ids. The IIM Calcutta Alumni portal is a common platform for Alumni of all programmes of the Institute to interact with each other and stay connected with the Institute.
The Institute shares newsletters, important news and articles about the Institute and its activities, the achievements of the Institute's faculty, staff, students and alumni, upcoming events and programmes etc., on the portal.
Alumni can post their achievements, write about jobs or LIVE project opportunities for other alumni to see.
The IIM Calcutta alumni network can also be accessed on mobile phones through the mobile app.
Executive Education Alumni are entitled to a discount of 5% on the programme fee if they opt to do another LDP.
By using the different features of the IIM Calcutta portal, alumni across programmes can engage with each other in many meaningful ways. It is up to the alumni themselves to leverage the platform