List of think tanks in India
Appearance
India has the second-largest number of think tanks in the world, with the country's total hitting 509 in 2018 behind 1871 in USA and ahead of China (507), UK (321), and Argentina (227).[1] Many of these are headquartered at its capital New Delhi and range from government aided organisations to privately funded ones.[2]
Several Indian think tanks usually feature in the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index produced by the Lauder Institute of University of Pennsylvania. In 2018, the "Observer Research Foundation" was the highest ranked among the India-based think tanks.[3]
The following is the list of notable Indian think tanks:
Name | Global Rank (2019)[1] | Specialisation | Funding Type | City (State) | Notes |
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Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) | Politics | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) | Agriculture | Government | Nagpur (Maharashtra); Sirsa (Haryana) |
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Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) | Agriculture, Animal husbandary | Government | Hisar (Haryana) | [4] | |
Central Sheep Breeding Farm (CSBF) | Agriculture, Animal husbandary | Government | Hisar (Haryana) | [5] | |
Centre for Asian Strategic Studies-India (CASS-India) | Politics, Strategy | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) | 29 - Top Defence and National Security Think Tank - Worldwide (2019)
78 - Top Think Tanks in China, India, Japan,and the Republic of Korea (2019) |
Air Power, Cyber Security, Nuclear power, South Asia, International Relations, National Security, International Security | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | |
Centre for Civil Society (CCS) | 83 | Politics | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | |
Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR) | Peacebuilding | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Centre for Development Studies (CDS) | Politics, Infrastructure, Social science | Government | Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | ||
Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) | Strategic Studies, Regional and National Security, International Relations | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Centre for Policy Research (CPR) | Politics, Policy, Governance | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Centre for Public Policy (CPP) | Politics, Policy, Governance | Not-for-profit | Bangaluru (Karnataka) | ||
Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) | Politics, Policy, Governance | Not-for-profit | Kochi (Kerala) | ||
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) | Environment | Government | New Delhi | ||
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) | Policy, Science and Technology | Government | Bangaluru (Karnataka) | ||
Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S) | China, International relations, Strategy | Not-for-profit | Chennai (Tamilnadu) | ||
Council On Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) | Energy, Environment, Water | Government | New Delhi | ||
Forum of Free Enterprise (FFE) | Entrepreneurship, Business | Not-for-profit | Mumbai (Maharashtra) | ||
Foundation for Democratic Reforms (FDR) | Politics, Policy, Governance | Not-for-profit | Hyderabad (Telangana) | ||
Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) | International relations, Strategy | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) | Business | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) | 42 | Military | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | |
Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) | Business, Industries | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) | Business, Economy | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Institute of Food Security (IFS) | Food, policy | Government | Gurgaon (Haryana) | ||
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) | Politics, Policy, Terrorism | Government | New Delhi | ||
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) | Economy, Social science, Policy | Government | Bengaluru (Karnataka) | ||
International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) | Free Software | Government | Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | ||
International Growth Centre (IGC) | Business, Economy | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) | Politics, Policy, Governance, Strategy | Government | Bengaluru (Karnataka) | ||
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) | Agriculture | Government | New Delhi | ||
National Centre for Cold-chain Development (NCCD) | Food, Agriculture | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) | Business, Economics | Government | New Delhi | ||
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) | Science, Social science | Government | Bangaluru (Karnataka) | ||
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) | Business, finance, policy | Government | New Delhi | [6] | |
National Knowledge Commission (NKC) | Politics, Policy, Governance, Strategy | Government | New Delhi | ||
National Maritime Foundation (NMF) | Maritime, Military | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE) | Agriculture, Animal husbandary | Government | Hisar (Haryana) | [7] | |
National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Hisar (NRCPB) | Agriculture, Animal husbandary | Government | Hisar (Haryana) | At CCS HAU | |
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) | Politics, Policy, Social sciences | Not-for-profit | New Delhi; Mumbai (Maharashtra) |
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PRS Legislative Research (PRSLR) | Politics, Constitution | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) | Health, Science, Policy | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Research Foundation for Governance in India (RFGI) | Politics, Policy, Governance | Not-for-profit | Ahmedabad (Gujarat) | ||
South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) | International relations, Strategy, Politics, Policy, Governance | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) | Strategy, Politics, Governance | Not-for-profit | Mumbai (Maharashtra) | ||
The Takshashila Institution (TTI) | Politics, Policy, Governance, Strategy | Not-for-profit | Bangaluru (Karnataka) | ||
United Service Institution (USI) | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | |||
Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) | Culture, Civilization, Politics, Policy | Not-for-profit | New Delhi | ||
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) | Ecology policy | Government | Dehradun (Uttrakhand) |
See also
References
- ^ a b * (29 January 2019). 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report, University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ - James McGann, TTCSP Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2018, University of Pennsylvania
- ^ Observer Research Foundation named 'highest ranked' Indian think tank, Business Standard, 1 February 2019.
- ^ "About CIRB". Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Central sheep breeding farm". Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, GoI. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. Government of India, Department of Finance. Accessed 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Vision 2030" (PDF). National Research Centre on Equines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.