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ISPP has been a life changing experience for me. It provided me a platform that helped me propel my career. Starting from the professors to my colleagues, the ecosystem created here provided me immense professional and personal growth. I am proud to be a part of the ISPP family.

I had to ‘Unlearn’ a few things to ‘Learn’ public policy at ISPP. It is not a regular degree course and I think that is one of the many things that makes ISPP unique. I would say careers support at ISPP is a perfect example of the same. One has to be proactive and ISPP would leave no stone unturned for you.

Amidst the crisis, my decision to pursue a Public Policy course from a well-reputed institute like the ISPP was a step in the right direction. Being taught by luminaries in the field of Public Policy was an enriching experience and the rigor of the course is something that I will surely relish.

One of the crucial moment during my PDM programme was the opportunity to work as an intern in Covid war room of Union Health Ministry during the pandemic. The experience of working on various aspects of the pandemic, be it communications or data analytics, was really helpful in putting all the learnings in the classroom to put into practice. After this, the ISPP network has helped me with various career trajectory aspects and to play the role I’m playing right now as the Office on special duty at the National Health Authority.

The resume and profile building activity by the placements team was a challenging process but in the end helped me highlight the key aspects of my experience and made me stand out. I believe this was an important factor in my landing a job.

The one-year curriculum with a sprinkling of labs and workshops introduced me to a blueprint of policymaking. I got the exposure to a diverse set of subjects, global outlook from Harris U-Chicago lectures and learnings from some of the brilliant minds of the country. At IndiaTech.org, my learnings from the PDM programme are helping me contribute to solutions that help the startup ecosystem in India grow.

As a UPSC aspirant, I have always wanted to play a role in policy making. Now, with a training in public policy fundamentals as problem solvers, I have been able to explore a career with EY.

With courses like data management, behaviour change, design thinking, monitoring and evaluation, the Lokneeti programme has completed a full circle in teaching us about intervention. More importantly it has taught us about how intervention does not necessarily have to be from the government. We’ve graduated with great learnings and experience from professors and our very diverse cohort. Would 10/10 recommend to people with an interest in public policy!

The LokNeeti course started without any expectations but concluded with exponential learning. This unique programme had a diverse cohort, where age was not a barrier. All of us got an equal opportunity to meet and learn from the best minds of India (bureaucrats, researchers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, authors, social workers, journalists, and statisticians). I would like to thank each one of them and my cohort for sharing their knowledge and wisdom with me.