Launching PPI Executive, Policy Bootcamp giveaway, and discussing common career mistakes
Policy Post #235
Dear reader,
The Policy Post this week brings to you
PPI Executive
Giveaway for the community!
Common Mid-Career Mistakes That Limit Advancement And Growth
Chronic indoor heat exposure: an under-recognised climate threat
As always, we wrap up with a curated list of opportunities.
Let’s get into it!
⁉️The PPI Policy Question: Policy or Parody?
A. A city paid citizens to grow rooftop vegetables and report harvest data.
B. A country created “Ministry of Loneliness” officers to combat social isolation.
👉 Answer at the bottom of the newsletter.
🏙️PPI Executive
Most professionals in this space are generous when you reach them. The problem is reaching them at all.
PPI Executive is a new chapter from Public Policy India (PPI), built to change that.
What is PPI Executive?
A close-knit, pan-Indian community for policy professionals with 5 to 15 years of experience, a vetted, high-trust space where people who are actually doing the work can find each other, think together, and move faster because of it.
Members get:
A searchable directory of peers, indexed by sector, city, and expertise
Periodic off-the-record conversations on what’s actually happening in the ecosystem (Chatham House rules)
Speaking and working opportunities at PPI events and at Policy Sangam, our annual gathering
First consideration for policy consulting assignments/collaborations through PPI’s work
Synthesised intelligence from PPI’s 150,000+ grassroots community: where emerging talent is moving, what they’re prioritising, what skills are in demand
Confidential senior-level opportunities that circulate through trusted networks, not job boards
Who should apply?
If you have 5 to 15 years of experience in public policy, development, government affairs, impact consulting, CSR, research, or adjacent spaces and you value depth over volume, this is for you.
We are building this carefully, keeping it small to start. Every application is reviewed individually.
🚨Giveaway Alert: 70% Scholarship!
Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University is organising its 10th edition of the Policy Bootcamp from 13th to 28th June, 2026 at Delhi NCR.
The Policy Bootcamp aims to deepen democracy and gear-up governance through:
Residential Bootcamp
100% Placement Assistance
Extensive Policy Network
Top Policy Superstars
The Policy Bootcamp has limited seats. So, Public Policy India has partnered with the Policy Bootcamp to save 10 seats for the PPI community. The first 10 people to apply and get selected for the Policy Bootcamp through PPI get a 70% scholarship.
Use Scholarship Coupon Code: PBC26PPI to get a 70% discount on the bootcamp for 10 people.
Application Deadline: 31st May, 2026
🏙️PPI’s Policy Circles this week
On 9th May, Public Policy India came to Hyderabad for a Policy Circle in collaboration with Anant Fellowship in Sustainability and Built Environment.
Post the speaker session on “What can cities learn from user research"?” and a policymaking workshop led by our founder, Yash Agarwal - conversations flowed over coffee!
PPI’s Policy Circle is coming to Guwahati today, join us at Beyond Offices, Guwahati at 5pm today for a free, in-person, policy and development management workshop!
📍 Keep an eye on your chapter’s WhatsApp group for all updates (including exciting new editions of Policy Circles)
Not in a chapter yet? Find and join your city chapter here →
🎓 Thinking About Structured Learning in Policy?
Policy Circles are a great starting point — but if you’re ready to go deeper, the Master’s Programme in Public Policy (MPP) at the Kautilya School of Public Policy is currently accepting applications.
This two-year residential programme focuses on understanding how policies are designed, implemented, and shaped by political and institutional realities.
KSPP offers scholarships for eligible candidates, and applicants applying through PPI may be considered for fee waivers depending on the school’s evaluation, including academics, interview performance, and financial background.
📌 If you apply via PPI, be sure to mention us as your reference to be considered for the waiver.
📝 Essay of the Week
Mid-career professionals — those with 6 to 15 years of experience — accounts for 47% of hiring demand but is also the hardest to find, cited as the scarcest talent pool by 38% of recruiters.
This essay discusses “Common Mid-Career Mistakes That Limit Advancement And Growth”.
Irrespective of your seniority (or lack thereof), reading this article could lead to holistic introspections of yourself :D
🔎 Databases and Guides:
Discover your ultimate career resource sheets for everything related to public policy! Our comprehensive mega-lists include 150+ hiring organisations, 200+ scholarships, and 150+ courses, podcasts and a lot more. Dive in and unlock your next big opportunity!
🌍Climate + Health Corner
In Partnership With Swasti, The Health Catalyst
Chronic indoor heat exposure: an under-recognised climate threat
Even air conditioning cannot mitigate the heat in low-and middle-income housing in Indian cities, mostly built from heat-trapping brick and reinforced concrete, finds analysis.
The Article discusses a study on the change in temperatures indoor, the structural reasons for heat trapping, and the impact such elevated temperatures have on sleep, quality of life and mortality.
💼Careers Corner
A curated list of some of the best jobs and internship opportunities this week from the world of public policy, the development sector, impact consulting and communications at large.
📩 Best bit - if you know of a job/internship opening that’s not listed here, kindly just add that as a comment on the sheet: giving 20,000+ people immediate access to it!
⁉️Policy or Parody?
Answer: B — the UK appointed a Minister for Loneliness in 2018 to tackle the growing public health issue of social isolation, inspired by the work of the late MP Jo Cox.
The UK government loneliness strategy focusses on three areas:
reducing the stigma surrounding loneliness,
driving a lasting shift in our understanding of loneliness, and
ascertaining what really works by examining the evidence of various interventions.