Fourth Annual Conference on Public Policy and Management (2009)
The Fourth Annual International Conference was held from 9-12 August 2009 and the main theme of this conference was 'Managing Global Economic Challenges' and the two sub-themes were 'Policy Responses and Governance Initiatives' and 'National and International Governance Challenges'. There was also a well-appreciated parallel track with the theme 'Quantitative Approaches to Public Policy', honouring Professor T Krishna Kumar who has spent a lifetime working on quantitative methods and their possible applications to public policy. The conference had 138 papers presented by academics and practitioners from over 21 countries and there were 215 delegates from all over the country who attended the conference.