Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay

🔔 Applications invited for IIT Bombay’s Master of Public Policy (MPP) programme for the 2026–27 (Autumn) intake. Form available from: 25 March 2026 Submission deadline: 9 April 2026 (regular); 14 April 2026 (with late fee) cps.iitb.ac.in/admissions/mas…

📸 Glimpses from Today’s Policy Talk (22.04.2026) The ADCPS, IIT Bombay, hosted an insightful Policy Talk on “The Image-Trap of Neoliberal Urban Governance: Caste, Policy, and Waste Work in Hyderabad” by Dr Kanthi Swaroop, Research Fellow, ADCPS

🎉 Congrats to Prof. Shishir Jha & team on their latest publication! 📄 AID framework for improving waste management in post-National Sword Policy era 📘 International Journal of Sustainable Engineering 🔗 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📢 We are pleased to announce the release of the 2nd issue of the ADCPS Quarterly Newsletter, "The Polilogue Quarterly" 🔗 Read the full issue here: cps.iitb.ac.in/web/wp-content…

👏 Congratulations to Dr Satish Kumar for successfully defending his PhD thesis, "Agriculture-Nutrition Pathways in Semi-arid India: A Study of Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra", on 16 April 2026, under the supervision of Prof K Narayanan.

🎙️Policy Talk Title: The Image-Trap of Neoliberal Urban Governance: Caste, Policy, and Waste Work in Hyderabad Speaker: Dr Kanthi Swaroop, Research Fellow, ADCPS 🗓 Mark your calendars for 22 April 2026, 3:30 – 4:30 PM 📍Conference Room 1, ADCPS, cps.iitb.ac.in/tribe_events/t…

📸 Glimpses from Today’s Policy Talk (17.04.2026) The ADCPS IIT Bombay, hosted an insightful Policy Talk on “Policy-making in India and building meaningful careers in it” by Mr. Yash Agarwal, Global Stakeholder Engagement Manager, ICANN and Founder, Public Policy India (PPI)

🎙️Policy Talk Title: Policy-making in India and building meaningful careers in it Speaker: Mr. Yash Agarwal, Global Stakeholder Engagement Manager, ICANN and Founder, Public Policy India (PPI) 🗓 17 April 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍Conference Room 1, ADCPS, IIT Bombay

📸 Glimpses from Today’s Policy Talk (08.04.2026) The ADCPS, IIT Bombay, hosted an insightful Policy Talk on “Breaking Down the National Urban Transport Policy: Why Vision has not Translated into Outcomes?” by Ms. Zohra Mutabanna, Associate Director, StudioPOD

👏 Congrats to Dr. N. C. Narayanan on the publication of his recent commentary paper! 📄 Walking the Razor’s Edge: Politics of Ecological Governance in Kerala”, in the March 28, 2026 issue 📘 Vol. 61, No. 13) of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)

📷 Glimpses from the workshop (27.03.2026) The ADCPS, IIT Bombay, hosted an insightful workshop on “Evidence-Based Policymaking (EBPM): A Primer on Impact Evaluation (IE) Methods.” by Dr Ishani Mukherjee, along with Ms. Aparna Krishnan

📸 Glimpses from Today’s Policy Talk (25.02.2026) The Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay, hosted Policy Talk on Beyond the hype: Forwarding comparative research on policy innovation labs (PILs) of the Global South by Dr. Ishani Mukherjee and Ms. Aparna Krishnan

🎙️Policy Talk Title: Breaking Down the National Urban Transport Policy: Why Vision has not Translated into Outcomes? Speaker: Ms. Zohra Mutabanna, Associate Director, StudioPOD 🗓️08 April 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM 📍Conference Room 1, ADCPS, IIT Bombay cps.iitb.ac.in/tribe_events/b…

📸 Glimpses from Today’s Workshop (24.02.2026) The Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay, hosted workshop on EBPM & Impact Evaluation Methods by Dr. Ishani Mukherjee and Ms. Aparna Krishnan

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Sneha Swami on successfully defending her PhD thesis, “Beyond the Blame Game: Street-Level Bureaucracy and Delivery of Last-mile Electricity Services,” on 23 March 2026, under the supervision of Prof. Subodh Wagle and Co-supervisor Prof. Shishir K. Jha

🔔 Applications invited for IIT Bombay’s PhD programme in Public Policy for the 2026–27 (Autumn) intake. Form available from: 25 March 2026 Submission deadline: 10 April 2026 (regular); 14 April 2026 (with late fee) cps.iitb.ac.in/admissions/doc…

📸 Glimpses from Today’s Policy Talk (18.03.2026) The ADCPS, IIT Bombay, hosted an insightful Policy Talk on “Sovereign AI: Why Nations Must Build Their Own AI Capabilities” by Mr. ABHISHEK VERMA, Partner and the Lead for Digital Government Advisory at KPMG India

🎙️ Workshop Title: Workshop on Evidence-Based Policymaking (EBPM): A Primer on Impact Evaluation (IE) Methods Speaker: Dr Ishani Mukherjee & Ms. Aparna Krishnan 🗓️ 24-27 March 2026 📍Conference Room 1, ADCPS, II Floor Old CSE Building (Near Central Library), IIT Bombay

📸 Glimpses from Today’s Policy Talk (12.03.2026) The ADCPS, IIT Bombay, hosted an insightful Policy Talk on “Forest Rights and Conservation related Legislations: The interface” by Dr Arvind Kumar Jha, IFS (Retd.) Former PCCF & DG(SFD), and Commissioner (Tribal Dept), Maharashtra

📸 Glimpses from Today’s Policy Talk (11.03.2026) The ADCPS, IIT Bombay, hosted an insightful Policy Talk on “Reflections on AI in (NYC) Government” by Dr Neal P., Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University