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The MA (Public Policy and Sustainable Development)- MA(PP&SD) - programme, offered by the TERI SAS encompasses a comprehensive and well-structured two-year curriculum on public policy formulation, analysis, evaluation, management, and links with development concerns.
Policy decisions by government officials at all levels are required to be increasingly multifaceted especially in the light of economic reforms and the need to ensure that decision-making contributes to sustainability in the development process. Private not-for-profit and for-profit business entities also have a bearing on development-related policy decisions. To respond effectively to these issues, civil servants and those engaged in the non-governmental sectors, need to;
• Be trained in the politics and economics of public policy and in sophisticated methods and tools of analysis, and
• Refresh their knowledge of the substantive development issues at hand.
The MA ( Public Policy & Sustainable Development) offered by the TERI SAS is a two years Master’s Programme that is founded on a consolidated and well organised curriculum focusing on multiple angles of public policy making. It revolves around the concepts of formulation, analysis, evaluation and practical implications while incorporating them into the developmental needs of the society.
The PP&SD programme offers a unique opportunity to understand public policy-making across sectors such as energy, environment, natural resources, social security and public finance. It assists the participants in experiential learning through the following factors;
• Identify problems and the scope for policy intervention
• Build up strong analytical capabilities that help to evaluate when policy interventions are needed and also their necessary impacts
• Gain an understanding of the normative basis of choice of policy objectives and trade-off
• Analyse policy constraints, design of public institutions, and choice of policy instruments
• Pragmatic assessment of unintended consequences of various policies
• Facilitate formulation of processes of stakeholder consultations and debates
The MA (Public Policy and Sustainable Development) programme at TERI SAS offers the participants with a marvellous erudition experience. The programme has been designed so meticulously that it has broadened the horizon of its participants to comprehend, analyse and evaluate the vital aspects, which play a pivotal role for planning, formulating and implementing governmental policies. The faculty members have deep understanding of their subject specialization and acumen to transfer the same to the students in the most effective manner.
I am of the view that government officials at various levels must have the expertise in economic reforms and decision making in order to ensure the sense of sustainability towards the development processes. The MA-PPSD programme is quite apt to acquire the above skills.
The MA in Public Policy and Sustainable Development – M.A. (PP&SD) - programme, at TERI University covers an inclusive curriculum which helps in analysing and making the value addition to the Public Policy. The course has been designed to inculcate an analytical approach which is vital for planning and implementing various government programmes. It is certainly a course enriching the knowledge on various aspects of Sustainable Development with so many inter-linkages.
It has been an amazing experience to be in TERI for PPSD 2017. All the participants are made comfortable by extending various opportunities. The course content has been designed to induce values required for an organic career progression for which the highly professional faculty of TERI deserve credit. We feel that the sessions provide interface with the faculty and amongst the fellow participants which helps a student to become an effective, productive and upright professional.
The TERI SAS was one of the first universities to start a Masters programme in public policy in India. It is the only institute, which offers a comprehensive programme on public policy and sustainable development in the country. The programme started in 2006 with the support of the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India primarily intended for mid-career civil servants.
With a judicious mix of courses covering basic concepts, a practical orientation, and new methodologies and tools, the programme intends to allow future leaders in the government and other agencies to enhance their awareness about the overall public policy environment, in which they have to take decisions. The programme is also intended to sharpen the understanding of the effects that policy decisions have on political, economic, social, and environmental aspects in domestic as well as international domain.
The participants have the option of completing the programme in one year after undertaking domestic and foreign component, in which case they would be awarded with a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Sustainable Development.
As the participants of the programme consist of mid-career civil servants and are from the profit and not for profit sectors, it gives immense opportunities for cross learning.
The pedagogical tools will comprise not just classroom lectures but also case studies, field visits, quizzes, term papers, assignments and tutorials, a large number of guest lectures by practitioners and experts, seminars and discussion forums, and role play.
