Post-Graduate Diploma (Natural Resource & Governance)

Eligibility

 Undergraduate in any discipline with two years of professional work experience.

Description

 

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Academic Calendar 2025-26

Last Date of submission of application form (Online)	22 July, 2025
Interview (Online)	25  July 2025
Announcement of selection on TISS website	28h July, 2025
Last Day for Fee Payment	4 August 2025
Date of Commencement of program	10 August 2025

 

 A space that prepares you to be a global sustainability policy specialist

PGD in Natural Resources and Governance is a one-year programme that develops your understanding of nature- society interactions and its interface with natural resources, policy institutions, and community practices. It prepares you to:

• Appreciate the varieties of interaction among actors in complex socio-ecological systems
• Study policy institutions and processes to design policy architecture for sustainability transition
• Engage with diverse policy settings for problem solving in the context of resources and sustainability governance
• Evaluate policy impact through micro and big data and qualitative field insights for designing robust institutions

The cornerstones of the PGD programme are:

Overview of the Programme

The PG Diploma programme is aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The programme involves innovative pedagogy with 5-6 weeks of field based experiential learning spread across two semesters to train students on the field-based assessments, policy analysis, and institutional design.

This programme helps you understand natural resources in rich and diverse ways. It introduces you to the various issues and problems around natural resource control, use, generation of waste and the different costs involved in these processes. As a result, you develop the nuances of policy and practice – a frame broadly of the management and governance of natural resources.

In the programme

• You understand the institutional structures concerning natural resources at the micro and macro level (local, state, national, international).
• You develop insights into the policies, data, issues and challenges in the context of global south.
• You evolve as a professional who partake in strategic organizational efforts in managing natural resources towards resilience and sustainability

Collaborative Programme Development & Delivery

The programme is offered in collaboration with the Foundation for Ecological Security, an internationally acclaimed organization in the field of restoring commons, working with communities and strengthening sustainable livelihoods. 

Key Proficiencies:

• Conceptual grounding on the sustainability and resilience issues
• Ability to undertake incisive policy analysis based on sound understanding on policy institutions, resource systems and community interfaces
• Familiarity with nature and functioning of the institutions for resource governance
• Agility with big and micro data for analysing impact of policies pertaining to natural resources
• Ability to undertake social and ecological monitoring
• Theoretical soundness and analytical skills for policy implementation

These skills will be used by you while working in specialized professional settings of repute.

Career Prospects

 

 

Semesterwise Courses:

Semester/ Credits	Nature of the Course	Course Code	Course Title	Credits
Semester I Credits: 24	Foundation	FCI	Ideas of India	2
		FC2	India's Development Challange	2
	Core	SCPO-1	Public Policy: Paradigms and Practices	2
		SCPO-2	Policy Institutions in Practice	2
		NRG-1	Nature, Society, and the Commons	2
		NRG-2	Ecological Economics	2
		NRG-3	Environmental Law and Policy	2
	Skill-based	POS 1	Academic Writing and Communication Skills	1
		POS 2	Basics of Excel and STATA/R	1
		POS 3	Basic Mathematics for Public Policy	1
		POS 4	Geo-visualization of Society and Nature	1
		POS 5	Basic Statistics for Development Data	2
		NRG-SI(NC)	Ecology, Environment and Climate Change
	Internship	NRG EL 1	Understanding the Socio- Ecological Systems	4
	Value Added (CN)	POVA-1	Universal Human Values 1	0 (15 hours)

Semester Il Credits: 24	Core	SCPO-3	Policy Analysis Exercise	2
		SCPO-4	Basic Econometrics Methods for Policy Research	2
		NRG-4	Institutions and Natural Resources Governance	2
		NRG-5	Sustainability: Principles and Applications	2
	Elective (Students will opt for only ONE among these electives in the school)	POE-1	Policy Advocacy	2
		POE-2	Comparative Public Policy	2
		POE-3	Energy Transition and Resource Governance	2
		POE-4	Natural Resource Based livelihoods	2
		POE-5	Climate Resilient Cities	2
		POE-6	Urban Health	2
	Indian Knowledge Systems	IKS-1	Traditions in Indian Philosophy	2
	Skill-based	NRG-S2	Geo-Spatial Planning	2
		NRG-S3	Socio-Ecological Monitoring and Carbon Assessment Carbon Assessment Natural Resources Statistics Environmental and Social Governance	2
	Experiential Learning and Internship	NRG-EL-2	Socio-Ecological Research (IFRI Survey at FES Sites)	4
		NRG-EL-3	Summer Institutional Internship (Hands-on Experience in PAC- specific Institutions)	4
	Value Added (CN)	POVA-2	Universal Human Values 2	0 (15 hours)

Fee Structure:

 *Fee under revision

Components		Post-Graduate Diploma (Natural Resource & Governance)Post Graduate Diploma (Public Policy & Governance) (One Year Programme) (Self-Financed Programme)
Fees		Sem I	Sem II
FEE	Tuition Fee	16,000	16,000
	Examination Fee	1,000	1,000
CHARGES	Field Education / Internship / Experiential Learning Charges	2,000	2,000
	IT Charges	2,000	2,000
	Library Charges	1,500	1,500
	Other Charges( ID Card, Convocation & Misc.) *	2,500	0
FUNDS	Students' Competency Fund	6,000	6,000
	Lab / Studio Fund	0	0
	Development Fund	10,000	0
	Students' Union Fund *	500	500
	Alumni Fund *	0	500
	Health Care Fund*	2,000	0
DEPOSITS	Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate)	10,000	0
	Semester wise Course Fee	53,500	29,500
	Yearly Fees	83,000
	Total Course Fee	83,000
Institute reserves the right to revise the Fee Structure of programmes if necessary.
Expenses related to Practicum / Study tour / Rural field work / Urban field work/Winter Institute, if any, will have to be met by the students themselves at the time of the activity.
No fee concession is available for self-finanaced programmes.

 

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