The four-year BA (Hons./Research) in Political Science with Minors in Public Policy and International Relations is aligned with NEP 2020. It is a future-ready program designed to shape policy thinkers, civil servants, and global leaders. The program lays a strong foundation in political theory, comparative politics, public policy, governance, and research. It builds on experiential learning through internships, fieldwork, and a research dissertation. The program offers interdisciplinary electives that sharpen analytical and problem-solving skills for real-world challenges. A distinctive feature of the program is integration of UPSC mentorship from the first year, which prepares students for careers in civil services, foreign services, and policy research.
Pursue research and professional training in political science, public policy, and international relations or allied fields.
Contribute effectively to public institutions, think tanks, civil society organizations, international organizations, and policy-oriented roles.
Engage constructively in democratic processes, policy debates, and evidence-based public discourse.
Address complex societal challenges, including sustainability, security, inequality, justice, and technological change.
Demonstrate leadership and ethical reasoning in governance, advocacy, and institutional settings.
Adapt to evolving professional and academic environments through continuous learning and methodological competence.
Demonstrate a rigorous understanding of core concepts, debates, and traditions in political theory, comparative politics, public policy, and international relations.
Apply political analysis to political phenomena using historically grounded, theoretically informed, and context-sensitive reasoning.
Critically evaluate institutions, policies, and power structures across local, national, regional, and global scales.
Integrate interdisciplinary perspectives from economics, history, law, technology, and environmental studies into political analysis.
Employ research methods to design, execute, and interpret independent research projects.
Analyse public policies with attention to design, implementation, outcomes, trade-offs, and distributive consequences.
Interpret international political dynamics, security challenges, and diplomatic practices with particular sensitivity to the Global South contexts.
Engage ethically with questions of justice, rights, identity, gender, and social inequality in political life.
Engage ethically with questions of justice, rights, identity, gender, and social inequality in political life.
Communicate complex political arguments clearly and persuasively through written, oral, and digital formats.
Demonstrate digital fluency, including the responsible use of data, open-source intelligence, and emerging analytical tools.
Exhibit professional competencies relevant to policy analysis, advocacy, governance, diplomacy, and research-oriented careers.
Cultivate reflective judgment, intellectual independence, and civic responsibility in academic and public engagement.
