The Doctoral Programme in Public Policy focuses on research in public policy analysis, design, process and management. Doctoral level courses cover research that spans a wide range of sectors and policy areas. Faculty members have the expertise and competence to guide research in areas such as: Agriculture and Rural Development, Democracy and Decentralization, Environment/Ecological Economics, Policy Modelling, Institutional Structure and Effective Governance, Public Finance, Regulation, Urban Governance, Public Private Partnership, Political Economy, Gender and Development. Students and faculty actively engage with the Centre for Public Policy at IIMB.
Research Overview
Agriculture, Financial Inclusion, Education, Health, Human Development in Urban & Rural areas, Livelihoods… are some of the key focus areas of the Centre for Public Policy and the PhD Programme it offers. Prof. Arnab Mukherji talk about how research in this area impacts policy.
Research Spotlight
Why do candidates get into employment relationships through an intermediary? Why do employers try to find the right candidates through the intermediary? How does the intermediary fulfil the varying demands of employers and employees? My thesis attempts to find answers to these questions. Know more about my research here
My work hopes to contribute to the inter-disciplinary study of climate risk by refining the theoretical relationship between social and physical vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience. My work also demonstrates that a mixed-methods vulnerability assessment (using geospatial data and qualitative interviews) can be deployed in countries with limited high-resolution data.
Ongoing Research
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Student |
Dissertation Title |
Year |
| Gopi Sankar G | Institutional Design for Market Participation and Livelihood Security of Smallholder Farmers: Case Study of an Agricultural Marketing Cooperative | 2023 |
| Soumya Pal | Essays on Economics of Poor Environment | 2023 |
|
H Venuprasad |
Cropping Pattern and the Human-Elephant Conflict in South India |
2022 |
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Vinay Reddy Venumuddala |
Implications of Emerging Technologies on the Indian Information Technology Sector and Beyond |
2022 |
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Jothsna Rajan |
Essays on the Plural Logics of Regional Development |
2021 |
|
Vivek |
Behavioural Response to Policy Instruments towards Domestic Water Conservation |
2021 |
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Sreenivas T R |
Disruptive Public Policy: Challenges in Implementation |
2021 |
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Naveen Bharathi |
Essays on Ethnic Politics of Caste in Karnataka |
2019 |
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Aparna Krishna |
Personalized Agricultural Information Delivery as means of Sustainably Increase Returns from Agriculture |
2019 |
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Archana Purohit |
Measurement and Mechanisms Exploring Patterns of Regional Development |
2019 |
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Student |
Dissertation Title |
| Lakshmi Parvathy | The Frontiers of Labour Market Intermediation |
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Sajad S Santhosh |
Urban Flood Vulnerability and Climate Justice |
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Shivangi Rajora |
Banking Structures in Rural India and Poverty Alleviation |
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Tanieem Noor Darvesh |
Essays on Women Empowerment and Economic Development |
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Deepti Sharma |
Essays on policy approaches to bridging Healthcare deficits |
| No. | Course Name |
| 1 | Statistics for Management Research |
| 2 | Public Policy Analysis |
| 3 | Public Administration and Law |
| 4 | Comparative Politics for Public Policy |
| 5 | Social Theory for Framing Research |
| 6 | Development Studies |
| 7 | Qualitative Methods |
| 8 | Microeconomics I | PGP Managerial Economics (either) |
| 9 | Econometrics I |
| 10 | Econometrics II |
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