Trans-European Dialogue 2027

IIAS and DARPG Release Book on India’s Public Administration and Governance

Diogo Pereira,

The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India, unveiled a landmark publication, “Viksit Bharat@2047: Governance Transformed”, during the IIAS-DARPG India Conference 2025. The book, part of the IIAS Public Governance Series, provides a comprehensive exploration of India’s public administration, offering a strategic roadmap for achieving developed nation status by 2047.

“Viksit Bharat@2047: Governance Transformed” delves into the historical evolution, contemporary challenges, and future prospects of public administration in India. It examines the complexities of governance across federal, state, and local levels, addressing critical themes such as digital transformation, citizen-centric governance, social justice, gender inclusion, and climate change. The book also provides detailed insights into key policy sectors, including health, education, rural and urban development, agriculture, and international relations.

Authored by a team of experts with deep knowledge of India’s governance landscape, the book blends academic rigor with practical insights. It serves as an authoritative reference for early-career civil servants, policymakers, government administrators, and academics worldwide.

The IIAS Public Governance Series aims to make its scholarly content widely accessible, with volumes available for free as e-books and for purchase in paperback. As IIAS approaches its centenary in 2030, this publication marks an important milestone in its mission to foster global knowledge exchange in public governance.

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Public administration and management research has long drawn most of its ideas from Western, industrialised democracies. Yet Asia and the Global South have become major sites of administrative change, with large-scale reforms, fast-moving technology and some of the most inventive experiments in governance. Research from these regions has grown accordingly, but it is still often used to illustrate or apply theories made elsewhere, rather than to produce new ones.

This special issue of Public Management Review aims to change that. It invites authors to treat practice in Asia and the Global South as a starting point for theory: to test, question or extend established approaches, and to propose new concepts and explanations. It does not look for a single theory of these regions, which are far too diverse for that, but for context-sensitive contributions that also say something useful for policy and practice.

ASPA and EGPA call for papers | New Orleans, April 12-13, 2027 | Deadline: November 30, 2026

As democratic institutions face mounting pressure worldwide, public administrators are increasingly asked to spell out the role of their field in protecting and improving democratic systems. The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) are responding with the 2027 Transatlantic Dialogue (TAD), held alongside ASPA’s Annual Conference.

The theme is The Role of Public Policy and Administration in Shaping Democracy and Promoting the Resilience of Democratic Norms and Institutions.

From 12 to 16 October 2026, the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) held its Annual Conference in Athens, hosted by EKDDA, the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government. Under the theme “Rethinking Governance for a Changing World”, the conference gathered 400 delegates from 57 countries and marked the 65th anniversary of the association. Athens was a conference grounded by learning and history but also new projects and connexions.

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