List of think tanks in India

The following is a list of notable Indian think tanks

India has the second-largest number of think tanks in the world, with the country's total hitting 509 in 2018 behind 1871 in the United States of America and ahead of the People's Republic of China (507), the United Kingdom (321), and Argentina (227).* (29 January 2019). 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report, University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 30 October 2019. Many of these are headquartered at its capital New Delhi and range from government aided organisations to privately funded ones.- James McGann, TTCSP Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2018, University of Pennsylvania

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.Observer Research Foundation named 'highest ranked' Indian think tank, Business Standard, 1 February 2019.

Name Global Rank (2019) Specialization Funding Type City (State) Notes Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) Politics, Election, Governance Not-for-profit New Delhi Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) Agriculture Government Nagpur (Maharashtra); Sirsa (Haryana) Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Government Hisar (Haryana) Central Sheep Breeding Farm (CSBF) Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Government Hisar (Haryana), India 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, National Security, International Security Not-for-profit New Delhi Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS) Research on Education, Public Finance, Gender, Governance Not-for-profit Bengaluru Centre for Civil Society (CCS) 83 Politics Not-for-profit New DelhiCentre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR)PeacebuildingNot-for-profitNew Delhi Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Politics, Infrastructure, Social Science Government Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP - formerly Brookings India Centre) Energy, Climate, Economics, Social Science, International Relations Not-for-Profit https://csep.org/ New Delhi Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) Strategic Studies, Regional and National Security, International Relations Not-for-profit New Delhi Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) Economic Statistics and Database, Economic Policy For-profit Mumbai Centre for Policy Research (CPR) Politics, Policy, Governance Not-for-profit New Delhi Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) Politics, Policy, Governance Not-for-profit Kochi (Kerala) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Environment Non-Governmental Organization New Delhi Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) Policy, Science and Technology Not-for-profit Company Bengaluru (Karnataka) Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S) China, International Relations, Strategy Not-for-profit Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Council On Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) Energy, Environment, Water Not-for-profit New DelhiEdward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health (ECIPH)Global Health, Public HealthNot-for-profitMangalore, India 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, Diplomacy, 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, Security, Geopolitics 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 Public Health BengaluruPublic health, health policy and systems researchNon-governmentalBengaluru (Karnataka) 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 Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS) Economics, Sociology and Anthropology Government Bhubaneswar 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 Not-for-profit New Delhi National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) Science, Social Science Government Bengaluru (Karnataka) National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) Business, Finance, Policy Government New DelhiNational Institute of Public Finance and Policy. Government of India, Department of Finance. Accessed 21 May 2012.National Maritime Foundation (NMF)Matters related to MaritimeNon-governmentalNew DelhiIndian Navy's Knowledge PartnerNational Research Centre on Equines (NRCE) Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Government Hisar (Haryana) National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Hisar (NRCPB) Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Government Hisar (Haryana) At CCS HAUObserver Research Foundation (ORF)Geopolitics, Geo-economicsNot-for-profitNew Delhi PRS Legislative Research (PRSLR) Politics, Constitution Not-for-profit New DelhiPublic Affairs Centre (PAC)Development, Economics, Governance, Social PolicyThink tankBengaluruPart of IDRC's Think Tank Initiative (TTI) Website: pacindia.org 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 DelhiThe Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Sustainable Habitat, Health & Nutrition, Resources and Sustainable DevelopmentNot-for-profitNew Delhi Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) Culture, Civilization, Politics, Policy Not-for-profit New Delhi World Resources Institute India (WRI India) 3 - Top Environmental Policy think tank 2019 6 - Best transdisciplinary research think tank 2019 Environment Policy, Climate Change, Urban Transport Not-for-profit Mumbai New Delhi Bangalore Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Ecology Policy Government Dehradun (Uttarakhand)Foundation for Economic DevelopmentEconomic PolicyNot-for-profitNew DelhiCentre for Effective Governance of Indian StatesState capacityNot-for-profitNew Delhi

List of think tanks in India

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