TSIC signs MoU with Kautilya School of Public Policy
Appoints Kautilya as the research partner to understand social innovation business models to aid informed decision making
Hyderabad: Kautilya School of Public Policy (KSPP), GITAM Deemed to be University, Hyderabad signed an MoU with the Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC), an initiative by the Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Department, Government of Telangana.
The MoU signed by Ravi Narayan, chief innovation officer, Government of Telangana, professor D Gunasekaran, registrar of GITAM, and Sridhar Pabbisetty, founding director of the institute aims to use the resources of both the parties to create a robust, world-class ‘Social Innovation’ (SI) ecosystem in the state.
Kautilya School of Public Policy will be the ‘research partner’ for TSIC to help build a vibrant ecosystem and will make evidence-based recommendations to enable a conducive administrative and regulatory environment for social innovation to flourish in the State.
The MoU focuses on research areas pertinent to social innovations to facilitate understanding of SI business models and decision making. They will also identify and explore mutually beneficial opportunities through annual and bi-yearly work plans for engagement through on-ground plans (pilot) projects to generate an evidence base for aiding the creation, rollout, and diffusion of the SIs.
Students of Kautilya will also be engaged through research opportunities and capstone projects with TSIC and its sister organisations to provide hands-on experience. Kautilya also will work with various stakeholders to identify government and administrative reforms that will enable an efficient environment for SI’s.
“We will now be able to use lessons from social innovation pilots that we will roll out together to influence larger policy matters in the right direction. Telangana being at the forefront of many social innovations will be able to create a social innovation ecosystem supported by the learnings from this collaboration” said Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary, Industries, and IT&C, Government of Telangana.
Sridhar Pabbisetty, founding director, Kautilya School of Public Policy, said “With the student-learning dynamics evolving at a constant pace, providing students with a hands-on experience will encourage practical thinking and analytical knowledge.”
“With this strategic partnership, we aim to work on various aspects of creating a sustainable and meaningful social innovation ecosystem in the state. We are jointly working towards implementing innovation and cognitive thinking with the institute on a large-scale for further betterment of the state” said Ravi Narayan, chief innovation officer, TSIC.
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