File No. 13020/18/2019-IES Government of India Ministry of Finance

Department of Economic Affairs (IES Cadre)

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Room No.59, North Block, New Delhi Dated: 21

st December, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Inviting applications for Training Workshop on ‘Behavioural Insights in Public

Policy’ under UK-India Economic Policy and Prosperity Partnership (EPPP)

Programme reg. IES Cadre being the Cadre Controlling Authority for the officers of the Indian Economic

Service (IES) is conducting a five days short course on ‘Behavioural Insights in Public Policy’

for selected government officials under UK-India Economic Policy and Prosperity

Partnership (EPPP) Programme. The workshop would be attended by nominated officials

from Department of Revenue, Department of Expenditure and Indian Economic Services,

DEA.

2. The Training workshop will be conducted by London School of Economics on online

mode. The course seeks to help Indian policy-makers to develop an understanding of

Behavioural Insights and to explore its applications in public policy. The course will equip

participants with the tools to think about policy challenges from a behavioural perspective

and to use the knowledge to develop solutions.

3. The workshop will be held from 22nd-26th February, 2021 from 1.30 PM to 8.30 PM

in the evening. Proper internet and Computer/Laptop facility is essential for attending the

training workshop. The detailed schedule and the concept note of the workshop are attached

herewith.

4. Interested IES officers may convey their willingness through proper channel to the

undersigned at Room No.59, Department of Economic Affairs, North Block, New Delhi-

110001 or via e-mail at seema.jain74@nic.in on or before 20.01.2021. It may be noted that

the application of the officer who can be relieved from his/her respective

Department/Ministry to attend the online workshop on full time basis will be considered

for the nomination. Submission of application for the workshop may not be considered as

confirmation for participation. The list of officers nominated for the workshop will be issued

by IES Cadre.

5. This issues with approval of the Competent Authority.

(Seema Jain)

Deputy Director (IES) Tel: 011-2309-5219

To,

All IES Officers via email

To be uploaded on IES Website

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Section D: Implementation1

Due to COVID-19 safety measures and travel restrictions, teaching and keynotes will not be delivered

face-to-face. To tackle this issue, we will set up a virtual classroom that will allow the workshop

participants to interact live with teachers and speakers. Our platform will also enable document sharing

during each session, as well as provide access to participants to download the course materials up to a

month after the course has ended. Below, we specify the proposed schedule – which involves the delivery

of 1.5 hour sessions and 1 hour keynotes throughout 5 days, from 22 to 26 February 2021.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Time in the UK Time in India (GMT +5:30)

Introduction Introduction

P2/Exploration P1 Exploration P2 Practice Presentation

08:00 - 09:00 13:30 - 14:30 Opening Talk Prof Paul Dolan

Keynote 1 (TH)

Keynote 2 (AO) Keynote 3 (PD)

UK 08:00 – 09:30 India 13:30 – 15:00

09:15 - 10:45 14:45 - 16:15

Unit 1: Key Concepts, Behaviour Change, and Choice Architecture (JGS)

Unit 3: Tools for Understanding Preferences (MM)

Unit 5: Evidence & Implementation (GS)

Unit 7: Case study groups (ALL)

UK 09:15 - 12:15 India 14:45 - 17:45

Unit 8: Presentation by participants (ALL)

UK 09:45 - 12:45 India 15:15 – 18:15

11:00 - 12:30 16:30 - 18:00

Unit 2: Major Principles and Behavioural Economics (GS)

Unit 4: Guide to Nudging (JGS)

Unit 6: Global ‘Nudge’ initiatives (MM)

12:30 - 13:30 18:00 - 19:00

13:30 - 15:00 19:00 - 20:30

During the concluding session, the participants will be divided into groups (using

breakout rooms) to solve selected case studies on ‘Application of behavioural

insights in Indian public policy’.

Note: This schedule may involve minor adjustments to maximise an adequate participation of government officials and teaching.

Items included

We will enable a forum where participants may share questions between each session so that that

principal trainers can address them at the beginning of the following session. Our management team will

be responsible for summarising the questions and communicating them to the relevant trainer.

One week before the start of the course, we will test that all participants have successfully registered

and can access the workshop material in the platform.

On the week after the end of the course, participants will be required to answer a short survey to evaluate

the content, material, and activities carried out in the class.

1 It should be noted that the proposed structures are only indicative and will be finally decided upon agreement between LSE Consulting and the client. This section has been updated and shared with the client in December 2020.

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Nomination form to be filled for training workshop on ‘Behavioural Insights in Public Policy’ workshop from 22nd-26th February, 2020

Name of the officer

Date of Birth

Date of entry into the IES

Designation and Place of Posting

Address:

(i) Official

(ii) Residential

Educational qualification

Contact details:

(i) Office Telephone

(ii) Residential Telephone

(iii) Mobile No.

(iv) E-mail Address

Brief write-up describing the current job profile (20-25 words only)

Relevance of the current job to the ‘Behavioural Insights in Public Policy’ workshop (20-25 words only)

Expected benefits from the workshop (20-25 words only)