Policy Planetarium: What does a career in Policy look like?

In this hour-long deep dive, our guests cover 4 broad verticals within the larger Public Policy careers space in India and how these function so you've some insights as you go about building thriving careers in the same! 00:00 Introduction to the session 1:36 What is public policy consulting? How does one get started in the field? 3:40 What can one keep in mind while building a resume for a breakthrough in big consulting firms/or landing up in a public sector role? 5:09 What factors are involved while decisions are being made at the level of the government? (data, political influence etc.) 11:11 What skills does one need for building a career in the development sector? 13:44 What are the verticals in policy consulting? What skills do the employers look for? 17:04 Do we need to come from a specific academic background (mostly related to humanities) for building a career in policy consulting? 19:19 How does one break into a role with the Government of India without taking the route of UPSC? 25:03 How do you grow up the ladder in contractual/consultant roles with the government? 27:37 How can one build technical skills that maybe required for certain jobs in the policy space if coming from a different background? 28:36 How does the impact consulting space look like? 31:16 Chase and Dasra, both are consulting organizations, but how is their work area different? 34:50 How does government recognize the need for capacity building, both externally as well as internally? 42:20 If you choose to work in the development sector, are you making a trade off between impact creation and your earnings? 45:06 What are the core skills required to build a career in different fields of policy? How does a work day look like in lives of our guests who come from different verticals within the policy space? 52:44 How inclusive is the policy space? What roadblocks do women face while building a career here? ABOUT PPI: Public Policy India (PPI) is an independent, fast-growing, knowledge platform in the field of public policy. We offer policy enthusiasts a safe space to discuss policy, careers within the space and consistently share knowledge enhancing databases with our community of 45k+ policy enthusiasts. You can take a look at our exclusive collection here: https://publicpolicyindia.com/ We share a weekly newsletter to keep you informed about the latest job and internship opportunities in the field, exclusive career cheat sheets and guides, policy articles, videos and a lot more! Become a part of our community here: https://newsletter.publicpolicyindia.... Learn more about growing social community here: Instagram:   / thepolicygram   LinkedIn:   / publicpolicyindia   Twitter:   / thepolicygram   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/publicpol... You won’t believe it, but it’s cheaper than a cup of coffee to support our work! Find out how by clicking here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/publicpo... Share your views with us in the comments, do like the video and subscribe to the channel! You can connect with our guests at the links below: Shruti Parikh -   / shrutisanjayparikh   Sanjana Malhotra-   / mssanjanam   Antara Chowdhury -   / antara-choudhury-b7176391   Sharang Shah -   / sharangshah   Yash Agarwal -   / yashagarwalm