Pranab Mukherjee to teach IIM students, new course on 'public policy' introduced

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India's Former President, Mr, Pranab Mukherjee
India's Former President, Mr, Pranab Mukherjee

New Delhi : Former President of India, Mr.Pranab Mukherjee will join as a faculty of IIM, Ahmedabad and will teach the system of parliamentary democracy in India. A brand new course has been introduced within the JSW School of Public Policy and Mr. Mukherjee will 12 out of 22 sessions.

Students pursuing PGPM (Post Graduate Programme in Management), FABM (Food and Agri-Business Management) and PGPX (Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives) at IIM, Ahmedabad will be attending this course called “Public Policy for Inclusive Development of India”. Left over sessions will be handled by Prof. Vijaya Sherry Chand, Chairperson of JSW School of Public Policy and Prof. Anil Gupta.

About new course in IIM, Ahmedabad

The pedagogy will cover the experiences of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India to reflect on the theory and practice of public policy for the inclusive development of India. The students will get an opportunity to learn from the deep insights that Mr. Mukherjee alone can share with complete accuracy and conviction.

He will be giving lectures on the following themes:

  • Constitutional Provisions for Socio-economic Inclusivity: Theory and Parliamentary Practice
  • Policy and Institutional Intervention for Financial Inclusion: A Legacy to be Built Upon
  • Articulating Policy and Institutional Agenda for Future Transformation of India

Sessions will also give chance to selected student to give presentations on projects that address developmental and institutional challenges. Talking about this special course, Prof. Vijaya Sherry Chand said, “Listening to Shri Pranab Mukherjee, our students should develop a better understanding of the politics of inclusive development.”