In this video, Yash Agarwal, Founder, PPI, speaks to Arindam Banerjee, Co-Founder and Partner, Policy and Development Advisory Group (PDAG), about his experience of building a policy consulting firm in India. Arindam, along with being the founder of PDAG, is also a Chevening Scholar and studied Public Policy, Strategic Communications & Research at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
00:00 Introduction to the session and the speaker
2:10 What did the switch from journalism to the policy space look like?
13:45 How did the journey of becoming a Chevening scholar and joining Oxford pan out?
21:35 When and how did the idea of PDAG come up?
27:02 What were certain surprising things that came to light while working as a consultant to state governments?
30:38 What skills are necessary for young policy enthusiasts to develop so as to ease their chances of getting hired in firms like PDAG?
35:19 What does the future look like for PDAG?
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30 июл 2024
