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GCPP

Graduate Certificate in Public Policy

The GCPP is a 12-week programme offered in three different specialisations. The programme targets dynamic individuals who wish to enter the growing professional sphere of public policy, public affairs, governance, and leadership.

Quick facts

FORMAT 12 weeks · online
SPECIALISATIONS APP · TP · DFA
CADENCE Saturdays · 9:30–15:30 IST

Three specialisations

APP

Advanced Public Policy

This programme provides tools to deepen your understanding of economic and governance systems. It delivers clear frameworks to understand how politics and economics intersect and strategies to navigate them effectively.

TP

Technology and Policy

The politics of the current age are of technology, for technology, and increasingly, by technology. This programme covers the economics, politics, and ethics of technology for the people building it, regulating it, and living with the consequences.

DFA

Defence and Foreign Affairs

The programme introduces participants to geopolitics, strategic studies, and economic reasoning, focusing on the role of military power in global affairs and India's foreign policy.

Upcoming cohorts

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Graduate Certificate in Public Policy

A 12-week programme offered in three specialisations — Advanced Public Policy, Defence and Foreign Affairs, and Technology and Policy.

DATES
  • EARLY BIRD 29 Mar 2026 · 10% scholarship
  • APPLY BY 26 Apr 2026
  • PROGRAMME RUNS9 May – 1 Aug 2026
COHORT.45 ──────────

Graduate Certificate in Public Policy

A 12-week programme offered in three specialisations — Advanced Public Policy, Defence and Foreign Affairs, and Technology and Policy.

DATES
  • EARLY BIRD 26 Jul 2026 · 10% scholarship
  • APPLY BY 23 Aug 2026
  • PROGRAMME RUNS5 Sep – 29 Nov 2026
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