India Policy Leadership Lab
Cultivating Collaboration Between Social Investment and Policy in India

18
Asia Policy Lab
Fellows since 2018
12
Markets reached to
enhance collaborations
among policymakers
61%
Women leaders
To deepen public-private social investment engagements, the India Policy Leadership Lab aims to enhance the collaborations of Indian policymakers and connect them with non-traditional allies. Emphasising action over theory, this platform taps into an array of human, intellectual, and human capital, and paves the way for innovative collaboration across local networks.
Our Core Mission
To empower public sector agents of change and to increase the states’ capacity in executing and achieving impact goals – and the India Lab creates a viable ecosystem for the policymaker do to so successfully.
The Lab aims to

Improve policymakers’ collaborations in accessing social investment for current and future initiatives

Build meaningful connections with key stakeholders through mentorship and networking
Challenges faced by Indian policymakers in achieving cross-sector convergence for impact

Limited availability of budget, appropriate allocation of time, and interaction with social investors

Limited knowledge of the social investment landscape and lack of access to cross-sector or cross-border sources

Absence of partnerships and resources to translate policy action at a national level to effective implementation at state, municipal and district levels

Asia Policy Leadership Lab Alumni
Ridwansyah Yusuf Achmad
Advisor on Investment and International Relation, West Java Governor Office, Indonesia
Kanchana Patarachoke
Director-General of the Department of International Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Rai Mahimapat Ray
Deputy Commissioner, District Magistrate & Collector, Ranchi District, India
Lee Tze Hao
Deputy Director, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Singapore
Fadjar Hutomo
Deputy Chairman for Financial Access, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesia
Jocelle Batapa-Sigue
Co-founder, Past President, and Vice President of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines
Policymakers strengthen their capacity by

Participating in well-designed opportunities
that engages with social investors and resources to bring partnerships to fruition

Deep-diving into the social investment landscape
to deploy resources and deliver innovative models more effectively

Navigating through rigid engagement parameters
and overcoming barriers for effective partnership, thereby enabling policy implementation at all levels
Programme Experience
Diverging from traditional fellowship models, the 12-month India Lab programme takes on a practice-based and adaptive approach that is able to efficiently navigate policymakers’ existing and often rigorous agendas and schedules. Through various forms of resources and tailored opportunities, the India Lab ably fosters credible partnerships and enable policymakers to access the right capital for their initiatives.
01
Induction and Consultation
02
Resources and Member Mapping
03
Lab Sessions
04
Full Engagement of AVPN Ecosystem
05
Graduation Forum
Key takeaways

Advance social investment partnership potential along identified milestones

Surfaced best practices and partnerships for capacity building and ecosystem support for the policymaking community
Project Funded by

Knowledge Partners







“The unprecedented nature of 2020 has shown the importance of agile, responsive and innovative policymaking. We are very glad to be partnering with AVPN to engage with key selected policymakers and incubate their ideas to scale for large scale human impact through the India Policy Labs. Together we aspire to empower public sector actors of change to effectively leverage the potential of mobilizing private sector capital to advance policy initiatives for impact.”

Deepali Khanna
Managing Director of Asia Regional Office of Rockefeller Foundation