Centre for Public Policy to host XX International Conference on Public Policy & Management from 19 to 21 August
Conference is themed on ‘Rethinking State Capacity in Delivering Public Policy’
16 June, 2025, Bengaluru: The Centre for Public Policy (CPP) will host the XX International Conference on Public Policy & Management from 19 to 21 August 2025, at the institute campus. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Rethinking State Capacity in Delivering Public Policy’.
The last date for complete paper submission was 15 June 2025, while announcement of acceptance results (for all categories of submissions) will be made on 30 June 2025. For more details, please visit: https://www.iimb.ac.in/cpp-xx-2025/
The organizing committee of this year’s CPP Conference on Public Policy & Management comprises Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath, Chairperson, Internal Committee; Prof. Arnab Mukherji, Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM); Prof. Allen P Ugargol; Prof. Rusha Das and Prof. Arpit Shah – all IIMB faculty from the Public Policy area.
The interdisciplinary conference draws scholars representing diverse perspectives on public policy issues and provides a forum for showcasing the latest developments in policy research and practice. The conference hosts pre-conference activities, academic sessions, topical policy debates, workshops, panel discussions and practitioner-oriented discussions on contemporary topics in public policy and management.
The conference is ideal for academicians, students, research scholars, policy practitioners, lawyers, NGO professionals and others with an interest in public policy. Although the selected papers are not published in any journal, the abstracts however, are put together as part of the conference report which is mostly limited to organizational reporting.
The theme: ‘Rethinking State Capacity in Delivering Public Policy’
The modern state is anchored by regulations, schemes, organization and broadly, public policy, whose effectiveness is driven by the state’s capacity to deliver on its intentions. Development of theories and frameworks around State Capacity is an ongoing academic exercise. Building on State Capacity as a theoretical construct forces one to think about implementation issues, ex-ante, and if the same could be tackled by innovative design. Evidence around the world speaking of such innovations in State Capacity would be one way of looking at it. Monitoring, evaluating and learning from existing schemes, missions and programs and their lessons towards understanding existing State Capacity, could be another. State Capacity’s role in fostering economic and social development cannot be understated, but equally, the challenges of Politics and Political Economy need to be factored in while enunciating it.
From frameworks for expanding primary healthcare systems towards universal health coverage to strengthening informal labour markets, addressing climate change, advancing agriculture and financial inclusion, exploring pathways to a just transition in the face of socio-environmental changes, the exploration of State Capacity spans a wide array of critical themes. This conference will include research papers and practitioner case studies tackling these issues, among others, building towards an ongoing corpus of literature in and around State Capacity in delivering Public Policy.
Conference Venue:
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore – 560076
Contact Information:
Email: cppconference@iimb.ac.in
Phone: +91 80 26993051/3323
Centre for Public Policy to host XX International Conference on Public Policy & Management from 19 to 21 August
Conference is themed on ‘Rethinking State Capacity in Delivering Public Policy’
16 June, 2025, Bengaluru: The Centre for Public Policy (CPP) will host the XX International Conference on Public Policy & Management from 19 to 21 August 2025, at the institute campus. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Rethinking State Capacity in Delivering Public Policy’.
The last date for complete paper submission was 15 June 2025, while announcement of acceptance results (for all categories of submissions) will be made on 30 June 2025. For more details, please visit: https://www.iimb.ac.in/cpp-xx-2025/
The organizing committee of this year’s CPP Conference on Public Policy & Management comprises Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath, Chairperson, Internal Committee; Prof. Arnab Mukherji, Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM); Prof. Allen P Ugargol; Prof. Rusha Das and Prof. Arpit Shah – all IIMB faculty from the Public Policy area.
The interdisciplinary conference draws scholars representing diverse perspectives on public policy issues and provides a forum for showcasing the latest developments in policy research and practice. The conference hosts pre-conference activities, academic sessions, topical policy debates, workshops, panel discussions and practitioner-oriented discussions on contemporary topics in public policy and management.
The conference is ideal for academicians, students, research scholars, policy practitioners, lawyers, NGO professionals and others with an interest in public policy. Although the selected papers are not published in any journal, the abstracts however, are put together as part of the conference report which is mostly limited to organizational reporting.
The theme: ‘Rethinking State Capacity in Delivering Public Policy’
The modern state is anchored by regulations, schemes, organization and broadly, public policy, whose effectiveness is driven by the state’s capacity to deliver on its intentions. Development of theories and frameworks around State Capacity is an ongoing academic exercise. Building on State Capacity as a theoretical construct forces one to think about implementation issues, ex-ante, and if the same could be tackled by innovative design. Evidence around the world speaking of such innovations in State Capacity would be one way of looking at it. Monitoring, evaluating and learning from existing schemes, missions and programs and their lessons towards understanding existing State Capacity, could be another. State Capacity’s role in fostering economic and social development cannot be understated, but equally, the challenges of Politics and Political Economy need to be factored in while enunciating it.
From frameworks for expanding primary healthcare systems towards universal health coverage to strengthening informal labour markets, addressing climate change, advancing agriculture and financial inclusion, exploring pathways to a just transition in the face of socio-environmental changes, the exploration of State Capacity spans a wide array of critical themes. This conference will include research papers and practitioner case studies tackling these issues, among others, building towards an ongoing corpus of literature in and around State Capacity in delivering Public Policy.
Conference Venue:
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore – 560076
Contact Information:
Email: cppconference@iimb.ac.in
Phone: +91 80 26993051/3323