The Policy Square (TPS) is a pan-India community for university students and young professionals to connect with like-minded individuals, decision-makers, experts, thought leaders, and other key stakeholders in the field of public policy. TPS creates learning, mentoring, and networking opportunities to support its members in building meaningful public policy careers.
We believe that a community of committed, principled and effective public policy professionals can inform better policies and serve as the bedrock for India’s progress. Curating The Policy Square is a step towards that.
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What does TPS offer?
The Policy Square is among the largest and most dynamic community of Public Policy professionals in India. To build on our mission of reducing information asymmetry, lowering barriers to entry and supporting the next generation of young Indians in building meaningful careers in the field of public policy, we curate a variety of opportunities under the TPS banner to enable knowledge exchange and structured mentorship. Formats like panel discussions, meetups, networking mixers, group discussions, workshops, expert masterclasses etc. are organized on a regular basis throughout the year.
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Offerings: For anyone interested in public policy
The Policy Square Post
A weekly newsletter that curates a fresh list of jobs, internships, courses, essays, podcasts, events etc. from the broader policy and governance space in India. The Policy Square Post is curated by Public Policy India (PPI) and is meant to serve as a one-stop hub for anyone looking to stay up-to-date with updates and career opportunities in India. Subscribe here for free!
The Policy Square Listings
A LinkedIn page dedicated to real-time updates on the most exciting jobs and internship opportunities in the public policy space in India. Access it here. As part of the Policy Square Listings, we also curate a series of periodic online discussions and webinars with experts to facilitate learning and deliberation on a wide range of themes in the broader public policy and development space in India. Periodic book-club format conversations with authors, focused on recent literary releases are also organized.
The Policy Square Open Events
An opportunity for public policy enthusiasts to convene, interact and meet through offline sessions across cities, especially Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The Policy Square Open Events are usually organized in partnership with policy schools and other organizations in the public policy space in India. These are open to the general public to sign up and attend. For these sessions, we typically invite leading experts to share their experience, present an overview of the policy landscape in India and talk about the skills required to succeed. Each session is followed with an opportunity to mingle and learn from others at the event. |
The Policy Square Event Schedule
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The Policy Square includes curated sessions on specific themes. At these sessions, we invite leading experts to share an overview of the policy landscape related to a theme, the skills required to succeed, key stakeholders in the space as well as promising opportunities to explore. The thematic focus areas for the sessions are outlined below. The agenda and the list of speakers is circulated 2-3 weeks before the event and sign ups are based on first-come-first-serve basis. |
See: Offerings | Event Schedule | Thematic Focus
Thematic Focus
Gender |
Tech Policy |
Social Impact Consulting |
Higher Education in Public Policy – Schools in India and abroad |
Climate/ Sustainability and Urban Transformation |
Health and Education |
Join the Forum
To sign up, follow The Policy Square page on LinkedIn and join YLAC handles for updates through social media (LinkedIn, Instagram). If you have any specific questions or requests, please feel to write to us as at office[at]theylacproject.com
