Innovation and Institutional Development for Public Policy

D. N. Gupta is Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru. He has worked in senior positions in Government for policymaking and implementation. His research areas include system dynamics; complexity theory for public policy, economy, and business; renewable energy and climate change; public policies on advanced technologies, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and semiconductor; and innovation in public governance. He has contributed articles and books on development issues, technologies, public policy, and economy.Sushil is Emeritus Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India. He has served as Deputy Director (Operations) and Dean (Faculty) at IIT Delhi. He has pioneered the area of “flexible systems management” and made original contributions to the field of knowledge in the form of interpretive approaches in management. He is founder Editor-in-Chief of the journal Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management and of the Springer series ‘Flexible Systems Management’; and serves on the editorial boards of leading international journals. His area of research includes strategic management, system dynamics, and flexible management. He has extensive research and academic experience and has written several scholarly articles and books on management.

• ​Part I: Understanding Public Policy, 21st Century Challenges and Complexity.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Primacy of Public Policy.- Chapter 2: Public Policy Issues in 21st Century.- Chapter 3: Unravelling Complexity in Public System, Economy, Business, and Organisations.- Chapter 4: Public Policy: Theories, Process and Challenges.- Part II: Managing 21st Century Challenges: Complexity Theory Framework, Innovation and Institutional Development.- Chapter 5: Complexity Theory Framework.- Chapter 6: Innovation in Public Policy and Evidence-based Policy making.- Chapter 7: Institutional Development and Design of New Public Organisations.