ISB and The Fletcher School roll out Management Programme in Public Policy

The Indian School of Business (ISB), with campuses at Hyderabad and Mohali, is set to roll out the Management Programme in Public Policy (MPPP) for high performing executives from the government, public and private sectors. The programme has been developed and will be delivered by the ISB’s Bharti Institute of Public Policy in collaboration with its partner School, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, USA, and ISBs Centre for Executive Education.

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The faculty for the MPPP will include leading faculty members from the ISB and the Fletcher School as well as senior level practitioners, administrators, and policy makers. The faculty includes well-known names such as Shyam Saran, Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries and Former Foreign Secretary, Prajapati Trivedi, Former Secretary, performance management Government of India, Professors Laurent Jacque, Phil A Uhlmann, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, K P Krishnan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government, Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Rajesh Chakrabarti, Executive Director, Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB and Professor Dishan Kamdar also of ISB.

The one-year Management Programme in Public Policy (MPPP) is targeted at mid and senior level executives from All-India Civil Services, state government officials, public sector officials, multilateral agencies, embassy personnel, Indian and international non-government organisations, elected office-holders, as well as private sector players, including MNCs and individual entrepreneurs. The professionals shoulld have a minimum of five years experience to enroll for this programme. The programme will be delivered over a period of one year via a unique hybrid model comprising residency and online components that will allow participants to take up the course without leaving their jobs. The MPPP is designed to help participants get deeper insights into application of sound management thinking and processes, logic and discipline that will help them in improving policy formulation and the execution of public policy and public management solutions. More details about the MPPP are available here www.isb.edu/mppp

The programme was launched in New Delhi last week at an interactive session hosted by the Bharti Institute on “New Skills for Better Governance and Economic Performance”. Speaking on the occasion Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, ISB, said, “It is imperative that the government increasingly focuses on efficient execution of government schemes and programmes. The Government and the Industry have to work together to implement government programmes so the industry must also be effective in working with the government. The MPPP is our initiative for both private and public sectors to develop expertise to deliver on national programmes.”

Professor Laurent Jacque, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, said, “ This unique one year certificate programme provides a rigorous and inter-disciplinary conceptual learning experience for high performing civil servants and elected officials whose calling is to inflect India’s future course for the better”.

TISS to offer Filmmaking courses

Whistling Woods International (WWI) has partnered with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences to offer graduate degrees in filmmaking, media & communication& fashion.

The degree programme to be offered under the WWI - TISS association are:

• BA/ BSc in Filmmaking with specialisations in acting, screenwriting, cinematography, Direction, editing, production, sound recording and design,
• BSc /BA Filmmaking with specialisation in Visual Effects for Motion Pictures
• BSc in The Art & Technique of Animation
• BBA / BA in Media & Communication Studies
• BA in Fashion Design

Admissions for these courses will commence in January 2015 and classes will commence in July 2015. All degree courses at WWI will be awarded TISS degrees.

Talking about the association, Subhash Ghai, Founder & Chairman, WWI, said, “A lot of thought and meticulous planning has gone into finalising the curriculum, faculty & the practical nature of the education at WWI. It is regularly updated keeping international standards in mind. Associating with TISS, an institution of high academic pedagogy,is a step in the same direction; to enhance the quality of programmes offered at WWI.”

Prof. Parasuraman, Director, TISS, said "Filmmaking, Communication and Media Studies are as much a part of society as any other field. Over the years, TISS has always delivered progressive education in all the social sciences. We have closely observed WWI, interacted with the management team of WWI and observed that they demonstrate the same degree of quality consciousness as TISS.We at TISS felt it appropriate to partner with WWI to offer degree programmes in filmmaking, communication and media studies.”