Collaboration between researchers, policymakers and community to strengthen nation: CPP Conference on Public Policy & Management 2025 takeaway
Experts suggest how effective public policy is crucial to ensuring wellbeing of citizens
21 August, 2025, Bengaluru: The concluding day of the XX International Conference on Public Policy & Management, hosted by the Centre for Public Policy (CPP) from 19 to 21 August 2025 at IIM Bangalore, featured key sessions showcasing some of the latest developments in policy research and practice. The theme for the 2025 CPP Conference was ‘Rethinking State Capacity in Delivering Public Policy’. This year’s conference was a special event for the Centre for Public Policy since the Centre is celebrating its silver jubilee this year.
Plenary Talk
One of the highlights on Day Three of the conference was the plenary talk on, ‘Policymaking in a Multilateral World: Some Reflections from History and Practice’ by Vikram Raghavan, international lawyer and development practitioner, who is currently Lead Counsel at the World Bank. His talk revolved around state capacity and its reflections from history and practice, which was something that helped him better understand the associated problems of today, he shared.
Drawing from his own experience and research, he explained what state capacity meant. “It is a multidimensional concept, without any universal definition. It reflects the state’s ability to achieve goals, the government’s ability to get things done, organizational as well as bureaucratic ability, with multiple approaches to measurement.”
“All these matter because of the development prospects including social and economic outcomes, and social contract, that is, the security and services provided by state for citizen compliance and legitimacy. They also promote accountability and governance effectiveness.”
Explaining the World Bank’s thinking and approach to state capacity, he said, “The World Bank is a developmental agency, which influences policy changes of many countries.” He went on to list various projects of the World Bank, with a detailed account of the evolution and expanding capacity of the projects. “These include the State at Bretton Woods or the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944; reconstruction to development; concessional and technical assistance; war against poverty; policy reform, governance and corruption; state building, service delivery and crises response, and governance programs and initiatives.”
Talking about the road ahead, he quoted the World Bank’s ‘World Development Report 2024’ which highlights what developing economies can do to avoid the ‘middle-income trap’ and achieve high-income status in the coming decades. “For these countries to shift up, you need state capacity. The 2025 report (forthcoming) looks at standards – voluntary and regulatory – adopting which countries can further their development agenda. It is clear that development runs from state experience and the broader literature, technical competence alone will not help achieve the desired outcome. Trust by citizens makes reforms successful, otherwise the probability of breakdown persists. That is the foundation of sustainable development.”
Former IIM Bangalore Director and faculty of Public Policy Prof. G Raghuram felicitated Vikram Raghavan.
Prof. M R Krishnamurthy Memorial Lecture
The day’s events included the Prof. M R Krishnamurthy Memorial Lecture by Vishwanath Srikantaiah, water activist and urban planner, on his ‘Experience on Bengaluru and its Long-term Engagement with Water Security’.
The Memorial Lecture Series is in honour of Prof. M R Krishnamurthy of Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jubilee Technological Institute (SKSJTI), an educational institution which was among the first to focus on management of the textile industry. The theme of the lecture series is Bangalore centric, focused on the city and its myriad opportunities, strengths, contributions and issues. In a fitting tribute, Prof. Krishnamurthy’s family members were present at IIM Bangalore’s lecture today.
Vishwanath Srikantaiah termed his talk as a personal, intellectual and practical journey to the issue of water and Bangalore. Quoting the phrase ‘Geology is destiny’, he said this may create challenges at a country and city scale. “The disruption between storage and usage of water, for agriculture, domestic consumption and industrial use, in a growing city like Bangalore, and bringing about a balance between the two, is a big challenge. Is there sufficient water, will it be sufficient in the future, what can be learnt from the past and what can we do in future, are the issues we need to ponder on.”
He spoke about the unique geology of the city and the tradition of water management through diverse means. Discussing social hydrology, he said, “Water in itself has no great value. Water is with what water does – how the benefits of water are delivering justice, equity and access. From a policy perspective, water can actually bring about inequity if not designed to deliver justice. The policy goal is not merely the functional availability of water, but to make access to water available to the weakest in the society. The social injustices that water has cost in the past, need to be rectified and this can be carefully crafted by the institution managing the revival by assessing who the water will reach, who will benefit, if there is scarcity of resource or distributor justice scarcity.”
He also discussed the dominant impact of the drought and famine in Mysore/Bangalore during 1876-78 on water systems. “But I must mention the historical serendipity as well – why Bangalore has water is because of gold. KGF and its operations led to the Shivanasamudra hydro-electric plant and the KRS dam. Hence, gold is at the heart of Bangalore’s growth.”
“The city has piped water supply, rainwater, treated used water, surface water, soil moisture and groundwater. If we capture the true ecological cost of water, and return it to nature in the same quantity and quality, there will be no pollution. Demand management, pricing and leak reduction need to be focused on. The governance approach to building institutions and capacities to manage water is the key, with life, livelihoods and then commercial use being the hierarchy of needs.”
Informing the audience that Bangalore city currently supports 40% to 50% of the population of Karnataka in the Kaveri basin, and takes 11% of the state’s allocation of water, he added, “Urbanization and metropolitization gives an opportunity to solve water problems, instead of creating the same, with the fiscal, governance and technological muscle added with social insights. Monitoring reservoirs, groundwater management, rainwater harvesting, management at the gated community level and rejuvenating lakes, are some of the means. The end goal of revival of urban lakes should include performative, recreational, aesthetic, livelihood, bio diversity, flood control, recharge, etc. If you revive local lakes, local wells, reuse treated waste water and use rainwater wisely, and if you are able to scale it up, then every town will be water secure.”
“If aquifer recharge and irrigation is done properly, farmers have water security and livelihood security, the food that they grow will come back to the city completing the circular economy, giving food security to the city, water and livelihood security to farmers plus preserving biodiversity. The future of Bangalore is technologically driven, and that, tempered with a social justice framework, will be the way India will address its metropolitan regions in the future. At a city and national scale, the agenda should be to create institutional and legal frameworks necessary for good governance, climate resilience and less emissions.”
He proposed an integrated urban water management system through knowledge, legal and economic means, rather than physical plans alone. “More than a ‘water supply’ institution, we need a ‘systems design thinking’ institution. Citizens’ role should not just be in partnership, but also in monitoring, holding the state accountable.”
Vishwanath Srikantaiah summed up the talk by recommending that to design hydrological systems, a multidimensional lens – social, technical, institutional, financial, legal and environmental – needs to be adopted to support the goal of universal access to water for life and livelihood, from an urban and regional perspective. “The overall goal should be to perceive the city as a water and fertilizer factory in a one health, one water, one community perspective.”
Prof. Arnab Mukherji, Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management (PGPPM) and faculty of the Public Policy area, introduced the special sessions and delivered the vote of thanks.
Panel Discussion 1
The morning session of the third day of the conference consisted of two panel discussions. The day opened with a panel discussion on, ‘Making Operation & Maintenance of the Jal Jeevan Mission Schemes Sustainable’, featuring Parameswaran Iyer, Executive Director, World Bank; Arun Kumar Kembhavi, Director, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, GoI; Jafar Shareef Sutar, Deputy Secretary, RDWSD, Government of Karnataka; Manish Wasuja, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist, UNICEF, and Madhavi Purohit, Senior Manager - Programs, Arghyam. The discussion was moderated by Prof. Gopal Naik, Chairperson, Senior Fellow and Jal Jeevan Mission Chair Professor at the Centre for Public Policy.
Parameswaran Iyer opened the session by sharing his global experience on sustainable measures relating to drinking water supply in rural areas, focusing on operations and maintenance, challenges and opportunities. “The pathway indicated by the World Bank lists accountability, capacity of institutions, transparency and stakeholder engagement, operational efficiency and resilience. Thinking of sustaining benefits of any program is vital at the time of design, not after.”
Prof. Gopal Naik shared some of the learnings from his research on sustainability, operations and maintenance of JJM schemes. “Sustainable management of rural drinking water supply can be achieved through co-ownership between the community and government. A phased approach, including 24/7 supply, determining user charges, monitoring and evaluation are needed for long term success. Clear checks and balances and ownership are critical.”
Calling JJM the largest social sector plan in India, Arun Kumar Kembhavi recommended dedicated cooperatives or foundations to deal with water management issues and schemes, instead of having unrealistic expectations from communities.
Jafar Shareef Sutar spoke about some of the resistance that comes from the community when new measures or reforms are introduced, and how Karnataka deals with the same. “Karnataka is one of the first states to instal water meters.” He also listed factors needing boost to be service delivery, scaling up pilots, 24/7 supply, etc. “After creating infrastructure, hand holding for implementation is also needed. Engineers need to act as social engineers by actually owning the project. With this attitude, all schemes would be sustainable.”
Pointing out that JJM has brought about professionalization of services, Manish Wasuja recommended more training at the gram panchayat level on management of schemes. “Along with capacity building, a behavioral change – where individual value water, especially in the face of climate change impacting water – needs to be generated.”
Madhavi Purohit shared her organization Arghyam’s vision, focusing on service delivery, customer satisfaction, turnaround time, cost analysis, sustainability, tech-enabled measures, getting things right the first time, etc. “We look at institutional, financial and source sustainability. Information, capability and resource gaps need to be looked into. To make impact of JJM sustainable, we need to focus on community engagement.”
Panel Discussion 2
The panel discussion on, ‘Dharma in Public Administration’ featured Shivakumar GV, Director, IKS Changemakers at INDICA; IIMB PhD alumnus Dr. Srinidhi, Faculty at Indica Courses and Independent Researcher, Bengaluru, and Prof. G Ramesh, former faculty of IIMB from the Public Policy area.
Shivakumar GV discussed the Karmayoga model for Institutional Dharma. Using examples from incidents in the Mahabharata, he explained how purushartha becomes karmayoga.
Dr. Srinidhi spoke about the concept of Dharma adding that this concept offers a robust theoretical framework for public policy analysis and formulation. “Goals of a Dharmic Administration are to balance freedom and compassion through individual welfare and good conduct.” He proposed a four-tiered approach for ensuring adherence to laws – prioritizing self-correction over coercion.
Prof. Ramesh’s presentation used the case of Isha Foundation and its diverse initiatives such as the ‘Conscious Planet’ movement, the ‘Isha Gramotsavam’ event and other community mobilization activities, to explore concepts of wisdom in development, social capital, service and human potential.
Highlights of CPP International Conference on Public Policy & Management 2025
Prof. Rusha Das, faculty of the Public Policy area and Prof. Maya Ganesh, faculty of the Production & Operations Management area, led two Pre-conference Workshops related to public policy research on, ‘Critical Policy Research: Uncovering Power, Contestation and Change’ and ‘Quasi-Experimental Methods for Impact Evaluation and Evidence-Based Policy Making’, respectively, on 18th August 2025, which set the stage for the conference.
Day One of the conference on 19th August 2025 began with Prof. Gopal Naik, Chairperson, Senior Fellow and Jal Jeevan Mission Chair Professor at the Centre for Public Policy, delivering the inaugural address. Prof. Naik’s address was followed by a plenary talk on, ‘Technology Driven Capacity Challenges to Public Policy Formulations – a Relook at Education, Identity, Privacy and Democracy’ by Dr. Subrata Rakshit, Retired Distinguished Scientist and Director General, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath, Chairperson, Internal Committee and faculty of the Public Policy area and Prof. Arnab Mukherji, Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management (PGPPM) and faculty of the Public Policy area too addressed the audience, which was followed by paper presentations and other talks.
Day Two of the conference opened with a panel discussion on, ‘Pathways from Primary Health Care to Universal Health Care’. The panel discussion featured Prof. Arnab Mukherji; Ms Akay Minz, State Programme Coordinator, National Health Mission, Government of Jharkhand; Dr. Kamlesh Kumar, Director cum State Nodal for CP-CPHC, Government of Jharkhand, and Sri D. Randeep, Secretary to Government, Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, Government of Karnataka. Dr. N. S. Prashanth, Director, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, moderated the session. Other talks and more paper presentations comprised the remaining sessions.
The annual CPP Conference on Public Policy and Management is an interdisciplinary conference which draws scholars representing diverse perspectives on public policy issues. This year’s CPP conference featured research papers and practitioner case studies tackling issues contributing to an ongoing corpus of literature in and around State Capacity in delivering Public Policy. There were 170 submissions received for the conference this year, out of which 60 papers were selected for presentation.
The organizing committee of the 2025 CPP Conference on Public Policy & Management comprised 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.
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Collaboration between researchers, policymakers and community to strengthen nation: CPP Conference on Public Policy & Management 2025 takeaway
Experts suggest how effective public policy is crucial to ensuring wellbeing of citizens
21 August, 2025, Bengaluru: The concluding day of the XX International Conference on Public Policy & Management, hosted by the Centre for Public Policy (CPP) from 19 to 21 August 2025 at IIM Bangalore, featured key sessions showcasing some of the latest developments in policy research and practice. The theme for the 2025 CPP Conference was ‘Rethinking State Capacity in Delivering Public Policy’. This year’s conference was a special event for the Centre for Public Policy since the Centre is celebrating its silver jubilee this year.
Plenary Talk
One of the highlights on Day Three of the conference was the plenary talk on, ‘Policymaking in a Multilateral World: Some Reflections from History and Practice’ by Vikram Raghavan, international lawyer and development practitioner, who is currently Lead Counsel at the World Bank. His talk revolved around state capacity and its reflections from history and practice, which was something that helped him better understand the associated problems of today, he shared.
Drawing from his own experience and research, he explained what state capacity meant. “It is a multidimensional concept, without any universal definition. It reflects the state’s ability to achieve goals, the government’s ability to get things done, organizational as well as bureaucratic ability, with multiple approaches to measurement.”
“All these matter because of the development prospects including social and economic outcomes, and social contract, that is, the security and services provided by state for citizen compliance and legitimacy. They also promote accountability and governance effectiveness.”
Explaining the World Bank’s thinking and approach to state capacity, he said, “The World Bank is a developmental agency, which influences policy changes of many countries.” He went on to list various projects of the World Bank, with a detailed account of the evolution and expanding capacity of the projects. “These include the State at Bretton Woods or the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944; reconstruction to development; concessional and technical assistance; war against poverty; policy reform, governance and corruption; state building, service delivery and crises response, and governance programs and initiatives.”
Talking about the road ahead, he quoted the World Bank’s ‘World Development Report 2024’ which highlights what developing economies can do to avoid the ‘middle-income trap’ and achieve high-income status in the coming decades. “For these countries to shift up, you need state capacity. The 2025 report (forthcoming) looks at standards – voluntary and regulatory – adopting which countries can further their development agenda. It is clear that development runs from state experience and the broader literature, technical competence alone will not help achieve the desired outcome. Trust by citizens makes reforms successful, otherwise the probability of breakdown persists. That is the foundation of sustainable development.”
Former IIM Bangalore Director and faculty of Public Policy Prof. G Raghuram felicitated Vikram Raghavan.
Prof. M R Krishnamurthy Memorial Lecture
The day’s events included the Prof. M R Krishnamurthy Memorial Lecture by Vishwanath Srikantaiah, water activist and urban planner, on his ‘Experience on Bengaluru and its Long-term Engagement with Water Security’.
The Memorial Lecture Series is in honour of Prof. M R Krishnamurthy of Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jubilee Technological Institute (SKSJTI), an educational institution which was among the first to focus on management of the textile industry. The theme of the lecture series is Bangalore centric, focused on the city and its myriad opportunities, strengths, contributions and issues. In a fitting tribute, Prof. Krishnamurthy’s family members were present at IIM Bangalore’s lecture today.
Vishwanath Srikantaiah termed his talk as a personal, intellectual and practical journey to the issue of water and Bangalore. Quoting the phrase ‘Geology is destiny’, he said this may create challenges at a country and city scale. “The disruption between storage and usage of water, for agriculture, domestic consumption and industrial use, in a growing city like Bangalore, and bringing about a balance between the two, is a big challenge. Is there sufficient water, will it be sufficient in the future, what can be learnt from the past and what can we do in future, are the issues we need to ponder on.”
He spoke about the unique geology of the city and the tradition of water management through diverse means. Discussing social hydrology, he said, “Water in itself has no great value. Water is with what water does – how the benefits of water are delivering justice, equity and access. From a policy perspective, water can actually bring about inequity if not designed to deliver justice. The policy goal is not merely the functional availability of water, but to make access to water available to the weakest in the society. The social injustices that water has cost in the past, need to be rectified and this can be carefully crafted by the institution managing the revival by assessing who the water will reach, who will benefit, if there is scarcity of resource or distributor justice scarcity.”
He also discussed the dominant impact of the drought and famine in Mysore/Bangalore during 1876-78 on water systems. “But I must mention the historical serendipity as well – why Bangalore has water is because of gold. KGF and its operations led to the Shivanasamudra hydro-electric plant and the KRS dam. Hence, gold is at the heart of Bangalore’s growth.”
“The city has piped water supply, rainwater, treated used water, surface water, soil moisture and groundwater. If we capture the true ecological cost of water, and return it to nature in the same quantity and quality, there will be no pollution. Demand management, pricing and leak reduction need to be focused on. The governance approach to building institutions and capacities to manage water is the key, with life, livelihoods and then commercial use being the hierarchy of needs.”
Informing the audience that Bangalore city currently supports 40% to 50% of the population of Karnataka in the Kaveri basin, and takes 11% of the state’s allocation of water, he added, “Urbanization and metropolitization gives an opportunity to solve water problems, instead of creating the same, with the fiscal, governance and technological muscle added with social insights. Monitoring reservoirs, groundwater management, rainwater harvesting, management at the gated community level and rejuvenating lakes, are some of the means. The end goal of revival of urban lakes should include performative, recreational, aesthetic, livelihood, bio diversity, flood control, recharge, etc. If you revive local lakes, local wells, reuse treated waste water and use rainwater wisely, and if you are able to scale it up, then every town will be water secure.”
“If aquifer recharge and irrigation is done properly, farmers have water security and livelihood security, the food that they grow will come back to the city completing the circular economy, giving food security to the city, water and livelihood security to farmers plus preserving biodiversity. The future of Bangalore is technologically driven, and that, tempered with a social justice framework, will be the way India will address its metropolitan regions in the future. At a city and national scale, the agenda should be to create institutional and legal frameworks necessary for good governance, climate resilience and less emissions.”
He proposed an integrated urban water management system through knowledge, legal and economic means, rather than physical plans alone. “More than a ‘water supply’ institution, we need a ‘systems design thinking’ institution. Citizens’ role should not just be in partnership, but also in monitoring, holding the state accountable.”
Vishwanath Srikantaiah summed up the talk by recommending that to design hydrological systems, a multidimensional lens – social, technical, institutional, financial, legal and environmental – needs to be adopted to support the goal of universal access to water for life and livelihood, from an urban and regional perspective. “The overall goal should be to perceive the city as a water and fertilizer factory in a one health, one water, one community perspective.”
Prof. Arnab Mukherji, Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management (PGPPM) and faculty of the Public Policy area, introduced the special sessions and delivered the vote of thanks.
Panel Discussion 1
The morning session of the third day of the conference consisted of two panel discussions. The day opened with a panel discussion on, ‘Making Operation & Maintenance of the Jal Jeevan Mission Schemes Sustainable’, featuring Parameswaran Iyer, Executive Director, World Bank; Arun Kumar Kembhavi, Director, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, GoI; Jafar Shareef Sutar, Deputy Secretary, RDWSD, Government of Karnataka; Manish Wasuja, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist, UNICEF, and Madhavi Purohit, Senior Manager - Programs, Arghyam. The discussion was moderated by Prof. Gopal Naik, Chairperson, Senior Fellow and Jal Jeevan Mission Chair Professor at the Centre for Public Policy.
Parameswaran Iyer opened the session by sharing his global experience on sustainable measures relating to drinking water supply in rural areas, focusing on operations and maintenance, challenges and opportunities. “The pathway indicated by the World Bank lists accountability, capacity of institutions, transparency and stakeholder engagement, operational efficiency and resilience. Thinking of sustaining benefits of any program is vital at the time of design, not after.”
Prof. Gopal Naik shared some of the learnings from his research on sustainability, operations and maintenance of JJM schemes. “Sustainable management of rural drinking water supply can be achieved through co-ownership between the community and government. A phased approach, including 24/7 supply, determining user charges, monitoring and evaluation are needed for long term success. Clear checks and balances and ownership are critical.”
Calling JJM the largest social sector plan in India, Arun Kumar Kembhavi recommended dedicated cooperatives or foundations to deal with water management issues and schemes, instead of having unrealistic expectations from communities.
Jafar Shareef Sutar spoke about some of the resistance that comes from the community when new measures or reforms are introduced, and how Karnataka deals with the same. “Karnataka is one of the first states to instal water meters.” He also listed factors needing boost to be service delivery, scaling up pilots, 24/7 supply, etc. “After creating infrastructure, hand holding for implementation is also needed. Engineers need to act as social engineers by actually owning the project. With this attitude, all schemes would be sustainable.”
Pointing out that JJM has brought about professionalization of services, Manish Wasuja recommended more training at the gram panchayat level on management of schemes. “Along with capacity building, a behavioral change – where individual value water, especially in the face of climate change impacting water – needs to be generated.”
Madhavi Purohit shared her organization Arghyam’s vision, focusing on service delivery, customer satisfaction, turnaround time, cost analysis, sustainability, tech-enabled measures, getting things right the first time, etc. “We look at institutional, financial and source sustainability. Information, capability and resource gaps need to be looked into. To make impact of JJM sustainable, we need to focus on community engagement.”
Panel Discussion 2
The panel discussion on, ‘Dharma in Public Administration’ featured Shivakumar GV, Director, IKS Changemakers at INDICA; IIMB PhD alumnus Dr. Srinidhi, Faculty at Indica Courses and Independent Researcher, Bengaluru, and Prof. G Ramesh, former faculty of IIMB from the Public Policy area.
Shivakumar GV discussed the Karmayoga model for Institutional Dharma. Using examples from incidents in the Mahabharata, he explained how purushartha becomes karmayoga.
Dr. Srinidhi spoke about the concept of Dharma adding that this concept offers a robust theoretical framework for public policy analysis and formulation. “Goals of a Dharmic Administration are to balance freedom and compassion through individual welfare and good conduct.” He proposed a four-tiered approach for ensuring adherence to laws – prioritizing self-correction over coercion.
Prof. Ramesh’s presentation used the case of Isha Foundation and its diverse initiatives such as the ‘Conscious Planet’ movement, the ‘Isha Gramotsavam’ event and other community mobilization activities, to explore concepts of wisdom in development, social capital, service and human potential.
Highlights of CPP International Conference on Public Policy & Management 2025
Prof. Rusha Das, faculty of the Public Policy area and Prof. Maya Ganesh, faculty of the Production & Operations Management area, led two Pre-conference Workshops related to public policy research on, ‘Critical Policy Research: Uncovering Power, Contestation and Change’ and ‘Quasi-Experimental Methods for Impact Evaluation and Evidence-Based Policy Making’, respectively, on 18th August 2025, which set the stage for the conference.
Day One of the conference on 19th August 2025 began with Prof. Gopal Naik, Chairperson, Senior Fellow and Jal Jeevan Mission Chair Professor at the Centre for Public Policy, delivering the inaugural address. Prof. Naik’s address was followed by a plenary talk on, ‘Technology Driven Capacity Challenges to Public Policy Formulations – a Relook at Education, Identity, Privacy and Democracy’ by Dr. Subrata Rakshit, Retired Distinguished Scientist and Director General, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath, Chairperson, Internal Committee and faculty of the Public Policy area and Prof. Arnab Mukherji, Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management (PGPPM) and faculty of the Public Policy area too addressed the audience, which was followed by paper presentations and other talks.
Day Two of the conference opened with a panel discussion on, ‘Pathways from Primary Health Care to Universal Health Care’. The panel discussion featured Prof. Arnab Mukherji; Ms Akay Minz, State Programme Coordinator, National Health Mission, Government of Jharkhand; Dr. Kamlesh Kumar, Director cum State Nodal for CP-CPHC, Government of Jharkhand, and Sri D. Randeep, Secretary to Government, Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, Government of Karnataka. Dr. N. S. Prashanth, Director, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, moderated the session. Other talks and more paper presentations comprised the remaining sessions.
The annual CPP Conference on Public Policy and Management is an interdisciplinary conference which draws scholars representing diverse perspectives on public policy issues. This year’s CPP conference featured research papers and practitioner case studies tackling issues contributing to an ongoing corpus of literature in and around State Capacity in delivering Public Policy. There were 170 submissions received for the conference this year, out of which 60 papers were selected for presentation.
The organizing committee of the 2025 CPP Conference on Public Policy & Management comprised 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.
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