Call for Panels | 6th India Public Policy Network Conference | June 1-4, 2026
November 5, 2025
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru is hosting the 6th India Public Policy Network Conference (IPPN) from June 1 to 4, 2026. The theme for this edition is ‘Public Policy Praxis in Global South: Building Coherence and Capacity for Future Challenges.’
Call For Panels
We invite researchers, faculty and policy practitioners to this conference to highlight potential opportunities and challenges that are relevant to India. We invite contributions that could include working papers, monographs, case studies, demonstrable interventions and other forms of substantive reflective contributions that can help us collectively understand Public Policy Praxis in India.
About The ConferenceInstructions for Submission of Panel Proposals
Each co-chair needs to register on the IPPA website to submit the call for panels. Only one of the co-chairs will submit the call for panels.
Panel Structure
We will have panels for the duration of 90 minutes with 4 presentations followed by discussant comments and Q&A. The call for panels should be structured as follows:
- Title of the panel with names, affiliations, and email addresses of co-chairs (maximum 4 co-chairs for one panel)
- Specification of track: Teaching track/ Research track/ Practice track
Abstract Submission
An abstract and call for panels (maximum 300 words) with the following details:
- Significance of the panel topic: What is the relevance of the topic? How is it in line with the conference theme? The abstract should provide a brief state-of-the-art literature and identify specific contributions expected from papers.
- Research question(s): What are the research questions of the panel proposal to which participants are expected to contribute? These can be a theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological research question.
- Context: The proposal should present the context of the research questions proposed and justify the significance of the context.
- Papers expected: What type of contributions is the panel looking for- theoretical/ empirical/ methodological?
- Potential papers: If the chairs have already identified possible papers, they should provide the titles of the paper proposals and the names of authors with their affiliations. The list of paper proposals must contain a maximum of 4 papers before they can be opened to other participants.
Submission Deadline
Please note, the deadline for submission of panels is November 30, 2025.