Public Policy India and STRIDEA whole generation is walking into policy. We built the room where it gathers.
Public Policy India is the first, largest and most vibrant pan-India community of public policy and social impact professionals, students and institutions. STRIDE, the think tank that grew out of it, carries the community's perspective into research, capacity building and counsel for the institutions that shape public life.
- Community members150,000+
- City chapters in 25+ cities40+
- Institutional partners80+
- University partners40+
Find your way in
New here? Pick the door that fits where you are today. Every one of them is free.
- Find your city chapterJoin your city's WhatsApp group: openings, events and people working on the issues you care about. Free, and open to everyone.
- Map a career in policySee what a policy job looks like day to day, who hires for it, what it pays and how people got there.
- Search the career databasesFellowships, policy schools, courses, employers, events and podcasts, checked and searchable in one place.
- Read Understanding PolicymakingSTRIDE's free guide to how policy really gets made in India, and how to build a working life in it. An hour well spent.
- Act where you liveA broken streetlight, a blocked drain: find the office responsible, file the complaint and follow it up with Polis.
- Work with STRIDEFor institutions that want to reach young India, and hear from it: research, convenings and outreach.
The largest young workforce in history. The smallest pipeline into governing it.
India has the largest young population in the world, and it needs far more people who understand how the state works. A few dozen dedicated policy programmes turn out a few thousand graduates a year. Government, industry, philanthropy and civil society all need many more.
Think tanks do research. Universities award degrees. Consultancies serve paying clients. Almost no one is focused on growing the number of people who can do this work, in plain language, for free, in the cities and towns where they already live.
PPI builds that bridge. STRIDE puts it to work.
One community. Three lines of work.
PPI brings the reach: a community in every corner of the country. STRIDE brings the expertise that turns it into evidence, programmes and counsel.
Community Engagement
Creating spaces where policy conversations happen: city chapters, monthly Policy Circles, The Policy Post and Polis. Open to all, always.
Inside the community STRIDECapacity Building and Programmes
Free career tools for anyone starting out. Teaching and programmes with government, partners and 40+ universities.
Tools and teaching STRIDEConsulting and Research
Research, positioning and programmes for institutions, built on what the community tells us.
Work with STRIDEA report, a forum and a think tank walk into a room.
On 14 August 2026, the eve of India's 80th Independence Day and PPI's sixth anniversary, leaders from across public policy and social impact met at the India International Centre, New Delhi, for the first National Policy Forum. The evening launched The State of Policy in India, STRIDE's annual flagship report, and formally launched STRIDE. Both return every year on the eve of Independence Day. Read the coverage in The Tribune
The State of Policy in India
Who is entering India's policy space, what they want, and where access breaks down, built on more than 18,000 responses from across India.
About the report Annual conveningThe National Policy Forum
A chaired consultation, not a conference: government, academia, think tanks, philanthropy, industry and civil society in one room.
About the ForumFree to read: Understanding Policymaking and Building Meaningful Careers
Ten questions on how policy is made in India and how to build a working life in it, answered in plain language. Alongside it sits our guide to consulting in India. New to the subject? Start with What is public policy?
Understanding Policymaking and Building Meaningful Careers
How policy is made in India and how to build a working life in it: ten questions, answered in plain language, with a one-page map of the field.
Read the e-book
Policy, Social Impact and Development Consulting in India
A guide to the kinds of work, the firms, the clients and the careers in a growing sector, and to how the work is funded and won.
Read the e-bookEvery domain that touches policy in India
80+ institutional partners, from universities and policy schools to think tanks, foundations, social impact organisations, companies, embassies and government bodies.
Partners include O.P. Jindal Global University, Indian School of Public Policy, IIM Sirmaur, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Jamia Millia Islamia, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), Indian School of Business (ISB), Indian School of Development Management (ISDM), Kautilya School of Public Policy, Chanakya University, Ashoka University, Christ (Deemed to be University), University of Delhi, D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai, Beyond the Classroom, Public Policy Puzzle, Rishihood University, Hertie School, Catalyst Management Services (CMS), India House, Cohesion Foundation Trust, Project DEEP, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Crashfree India, MIT World Peace University, Anant National University, The Education Alliance, ChangeEngine, Association for Public Policy Education (APPE), Citizens' Foundation for Policy Solutions (CFPS), Brhat, FleishmanHillard, Minerva Impact, Data & Co, Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science (KCLAS), Swasti, Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC), CommonHealth, Koan Advisory Group, U.S. Mission India, Russian House, Vivekananda International Foundation, Takshashila Institution, CoinDCX, Chorcha, MASH, Climate Asia, Government of Haryana, Swatantrata Center for Human Flourishing Foundation, Quest Alliance, Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), RV University, Citizens for Public Leadership, Sahaj, among others.
Let's continue the conversation
Every partnership begins with understanding what matters to the people and institutions behind it. If there is an idea you would like to explore, a challenge you are working through, or an opportunity to build together, we would like to hear from you.
