IIM Ahmedabad opens JSW School of Public Policy

JSW SPP’s mission is to serve as a forum for education, research, and policy discussions

Leaders from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) today inaugurated the JSW School of Public Policy’s (JSW SPP) building at IIMA’s New Campus.

IIMA and JSW Group collaborated to establish the JSW School of Public Policy to undertake research and teaching in public policy and contribute to India’s roadmap for economic growth and sustainable development. IIMA has an enviable legacy of making exceptional contributions to India's policymaking efforts that have actively shaped the policy-scape of the country.

For the JSW Group, IIMA served as the ideal platform for the establishment of a School of Public Policy as the Institute offered in-house expertise and capacity through its highly qualified faculty members. Since its inception, the JSW SPP has endeavoured to bring together stakeholders across public, private, and social enterprises as well as policy makers to facilitate public policy dialogues that would facilitate exchange of ideas and contribute meaningfully to India’s policy reforms.

Professor Arindam Banerjee, Director-in-Charge, IIMA said, "IIMA has a strong legacy of making exceptional contributions to India's policy making space that have actively shaped the policy-scape of the country. A significant amount of research, teaching and advisory work has been undertaken, creating for IIMA a reputation for innovative, grounded and future-oriented contribution to improving policy formulation and implementation. The JSW School was conceptualized to be an influential think tank that can contribute to building this public policy framework for the state and the country. The School took shape with the generous support of the JSW Group. Even as the brick-and-mortar facility was underway in the last few years, the school took the lead in bringing together stakeholders across the spectrum to facilitate public policy dialogues that would engage, influence and contribute meaningfully to policy formulation."

JSW SPP aims to become the knowledge hub for such cutting-edge thinking and has the potential to become the centre of policy learning and diffusion by developing case studies on the unique Indian policy experience. The school, with its enviable infrastructure, also aims to become the platform for hosting the best minds on various aspects of public policy. In doing so, it hopes to create opportunities for interactions and engagement between policy thinkers and policy practitioners. 

According to Sajjan Jindal, Chairman of JSW Group, “India's roadmap to become a US$ 10 trillion economy requires structural collaboration from the public sector, private enterprise as well as Academia. These collaborations are crucial to evolve the next phase of policy reforms and to plan efficiently for the next decade of India’s economic growth. Public policy is the backbone of our society and linked to good governance. Over the last couple of decades, we have witnessed the positive impact of public policy on our society as well as certain challenges. Hence, there is a crucial need to promote Public Policy education in India so that we have a cadre of skilled public policy professionals who can design, implement, and evaluate policies that are effective, efficient, and equitable. The JSW School for Public Policy at IIM Ahmedabad campus has been established to meet this need. Our aim is to create a world-class institution that will foster a new generation of public policy professionals who are knowledgeable, skilled, and ethical. The School will engage with domain experts to identify research gaps and training needs necessary to promote and institutionalize new ideas. We are hopeful that these ideas will empower our future generations to eventually translate the impactful research into world-class innovations leading to policy solutions.”

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