Press Statement by Smt Ruchi Gupta, Incharge of NSUI (AICC Jt Secretary)

NSUI Will Launch 4-week Public Policy Course for “Future of India” Fellows in June 2018

The summer boot camp will provide India’s brightest young minds not just an overview of the key policy challenges facing ourcountry but the tools to deconstruct, analyze and understand the politics behind the policies. The Fellowship will focus ondeveloping an understanding of the political considerations and implications of different policy choices to build a new generationof liberal, democratic and compassionate young leaders across India.

Fellows will get an opportunity to interact with the country’s leading thinkers and practitioners such as P Chidambaram, SalmanKhurshid, Sam Pitroda, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken, K Raju, Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot, Rajeev Gowda, Meenakshi Natarajan,PL Punia, Sushmita Dev among others. The course will combine theory with field visits and practical assignments.

The Fellowship is open to all students and young professionals under 30 years. Interested candidates can apply at www.nsui.in.

Applications for the course are open from 1st May 2018, and shortlisted candidates will be informed before 31st May 2018. Thecourse is scheduled to be held from 11th June to 6th July 2018, in Delhi. A nominal fee will be charged to cover the administrativecosts; there are some partial need-based fee waivers for exceptional young people. The NSUI urges the brightest young minds toapply for the course and build the “Future of India” with Indian National Congress (INC).

Week-wise Course Details are as under:

Week 1 Topics

1. Public Policy & Analysis – Role of the State in Development
2. The Birth and Evolution of Indian Polity
3. Governance and Public Institutions: Strengthening Democracy and the Current Crisis
4. Reforming the State: Limits of Democratic Government
5. Public Administration and Management
6. Tryst with destiny – Indian Economic Policy
7. India’s Place in the World

Week 2 Topics

1. Role of the State – Ensuring Access
2. Bridging the Bharat vs India Divide
3. Resource Management
4. Tryst with Destiny – Indian Economic Policy
5. Reforming the State: Limits of Democratic Government
6. Legal System
7. India’s Place in the World

Week 3 Topics

1. Role of State – Ensuring Equity
2. Tryst with Destiny – Indian Economic Policy
3. Governance and Public Management
4. Reforming the State: Limits of Democratic Government
5. Ensuring Sustainable Development
6. Power to the People
7. Urban Poverty and Citizenship
8. Careers in Politics and Public Policy

Week 4 Topics

1. Fundamentals of Democratic Nations
2. Role of State – Ensuring Justice
3. Tryst with Destiny – Indian Economic Policy
4. Conflict Management in a Democracy
5. Electoral Management and Power Politics
6. India’s Place in the World
7. Tech Policy
8. Policy Communications