The Amity Institute of Public Policy (AIPP) is a constituent institute of Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, a University established under the Amity University Uttar Pradesh Act, 2005.
The Amity Institute of Public Policy has two good goals; the first one is to engage in the policy discourse at the Amity University on various national issues like Education Policy, Skill Development Policy, IPR Policy and such other policy discourse which requires policy inputs for the Government to frame policy documents. We engage policy experts from within the system and also through the network with policy Think Tanks in India. Secondly, the institute attracts best students to pursue niche programmes like MA (Public Policy & Governance), MA (Public Administration) and BA (Hons) Public Administration.
The institute conducts numerous events like Policy Dialogue, Seminars and Conferences touching upon areas like Public Policy, Public Administration and Innovation in order to provide the students with much needed exposure shared by Policy Makers, Scholars, Administrators and Academicians. Our programme structure for all the programmes at Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels provide in-depth analysis and core competencies in the major topics such as Economics, Policies and Societal issues. The institute also offers specialized training through Think Tanks in India and also through internship opportunities with specialized organizations dealing with Public Policy and Public Administration.
The institute is supported by qualified Head of Institution, Senior Professors, Distinguished Visiting Professors, Professors of Eminence in the field, experts, Think Tanks, Research organizations and non-teaching and administrative staff. The institutes provide highly conducive environment and offers counseling and mentor support. The institutes provide open and easy access to the students to interact with the higher authorities to address any of their academic and non-academic issues providing the much sought after comfort level to the students to enjoy the study and in the professional development.
The Institute is attracting international students from Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and other neighboring countries.
Public Policy making can be characterized as a dynamic, complex and interactive system through which public problems are identified and addressed by creating new public policy. Public problems that influence public policymaking can be of economic, political or of social nature. Public Policy analysis requires students to understand the tools and principles taught in Political Science as well as Economics and to integrate that learning in order to pursue goals whose values are based in moral and political philosophy.
Practice of policy formulations, Public Policy in particular, had remained an exclusive preserve of leaders and bureaucrats through top down prescriptions. However, concurrent to such practices, India of yore is slowly, surely and almost imperceptibly, going through tectonic changes wherein through a process of creeping assertion, people have started imposing their will quite loud and clear. The people of the country are much enlightened lot with high level of aspirations. The civil society is playing predominant role in influencing policy making process as a peoples’ voice, for the benefit of all stakeholders of society.
Masters in Public Policy and Governance is a professional degree programme that gives the students an in-depth understanding of the making, implementation, and assessment of public policy. It provides the students with an exposure of not just domestic policies but also a comparative analysis of policies in the developed and the developing world as well as global policy regimes. The Masters programme equips the students with skills and knowledge for the industry. The knowledge processing sector, research industry, political risk analysis, international policy assessment and various other related fields become the home domain of a student with Masters in Public Policy and Governance.
Public Administration is a discipline that focuses on the inner- workings on the administrative structures, and political compositions that help govern nations- states and city-states. The administrative structures and policy foundations are explained and elucidated by Public Administration. The discipline is professional and specific in nature. It forms a link between the administrative sphere and the public sphere of a nation-state and prophesies the paths towards more coherent and better administration.
The MA (Public Administration) program is a professional degree and a graduate degree for the public sector and it prepares individuals to serve as managers, executives and policy analysts in the executive arm of local, state/ provincial, and federal/ national government, and increasingly in non-governmental organization (NGO) and non-profit organizations.
B.A. (Hons.) Public Administration is a three-year undergraduate programme which deals with a study of subjects such as administration, public dealings & organizations, Public Personnel Administration, Civil Services in India, Dynamics of State Administration and constitutional framework. After completion of the programme, students can appear in the Civil Service Examination or take up job in Central Government, State Government, NGOs and UN Organizations.