Centre for Public Policy is an autonomous Centre anchored in School of Social Sciences (SoSS) of Doon University. The Centre wishes to promote and nurture researches and serious efforts in the domain of public policy, with special reference to the mountain States like Uttarakhand. In the context of climate change and associated vulnerability especially to the mountain ecosystems necessitates the formation of an institutes that can act as a facilitators for policy formulations and evaluations for the state. With this view in focus it wishes to establish an on-going dialogue with all on-going researches and research projects which may be in progress Uttarakhand in Universities, Colleges and any institution of excellence, both past and present.

Present focus of the Centre is on following research based activities:

• Collection of data on all completed Researches leading to award of a PhD or D.Litt degree, published or unpublished, in any of the Social Science Disciplines e.g. Education, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, History, Geography, Geology, Women or Tribal Studies and Sciences which have public policy interface like Environment Science, Ecology, Forestry etc.. Completed Research Thesis is to be documented and stored for the purpose of publication or extending help in getting the Research published, if of public importance,
• Maintaining a Live-Register of all on-going research work in Uttarakhand Universities with a view to interact with the Research Candidates/Scholars for ( a ) assist such research projects by linking them with related departments/Ministries of State or Central Governments, ( b ) interact with the Research Candidate/Scholar with a view to extend help by linking them with Experts and Subject Matter Specialists who may be in a position to help the Candidate with suitable guidance in his/her research project, or ( c ) in few cases in which the Centre is itself interested in for specific reasons to extend help itself, in view of its crucial importance to the State or the domain of study
• Prepare an inventory of public policy or public domain interest themes in which research projects/ research work should be initiated at various Universities/Colleges/Centres of Excellence level or in the Departments/Directorates of the State Government, in order to improve the effectiveness of public intervention through government schemes and projects, and
• Undertake publication of Monographs, Discussion Papers, Status Papers of themes of public interest which may be available with various Departments, Universities, Colleges, Externally Funded Projects like Ajeevika, Gramya, Swajal etc. The Centre has already published a few Papers and has plan to publish a Series of publications which have relevance to public policy related domains. The Centre is also involved in action research on a few public policy themes.