Ashoka University to set up Isaac Centre for Public Policy

Ashoka University announced the establishment of the Isaac Centre for Public Policy (ICPP), under which new public policy programmes will be launched. The centre will also undertake advanced interdisciplinary research.

It has been set up through a grant from the Ajit Isaac Foundation (AIF), a philanthropic organisation created by Ajit Isaac, founder and chairman of Quess Corp Ltd, and his wife Sarah Isaac, who is also the founder and trustee of Ashoka University. This new centre will offer flagship graduate-level programmes in economics and public policy.

It will also launch graduate and executive-level programmes, where the latter will include professionals from both the public and private sectors. Some of the focus areas will be agriculture and rural economy, employment and labour, Indian regulatory and public finance. The centre will work and collaborate with leading public, private and non-profit sector stakeholders to identify research gaps associated with policy formulation and implementation.

It will engage with policy on a continuous basis, leveraging the experience of leading experts from within and outside the university, the institute said. Sarah Isaac said, “The vision behind the establishment of Ashoka University is to use philanthropic capital to create an academic institution that can help create large-scale social impact and contribute to nation building.

This centre has been set up to further this vision and we are delighted to partner with them to generate ideas and research on public policy to enable inclusive and sustainable growth.”

About Ashoka University Sonipat Haryana :

Ashoka University is a private research university located in the National Capital Region (India), providing liberal education in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Ashoka University houses the Trivedi School of Biosciences, the Isaacs Center for Public Policy, the Science Policy Initiative, the Koita Center for Digital Health at Ashoka (KCDH-A), and other centers for interdisciplinary education. It was founded in 2014 and is based on a model of collective philanthropy, with over 200 founders from various industries.

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