The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) is a non-profit, non-partisan and autonomous research institution and one of India's premier think tanks in public policy. Established in 1973 and located in New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

, it is one of 27 national social science research institutes recognized by the Indian Council of Social Science Research

Indian Council of Social Science Research

Indian Council of Social Science Research was established in the year of 1969 by the Government of India to promote research in social sciences in the country...

 (ICSSR), the apex advisory body of the Government of India

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

 for the promotion of research in the social sciences.

The objectives of CPR are to develop substantive policy options on matters relevant to the Indian polity, economy and society; to provide advisory services to governments, public bodies and other institutions; and to disseminate information on policy issues through various channels. The governing board of CPR consists of various public figures from Indian government, academia, and industry. Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is an Indian academic. He is currently the president of the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank. The Centre for Policy Research is one of India’s most distinguished think tanks. He is also a been appointed to NYU Law School’s Global Faculty...

, a prominent political scientist and public commentator, is President and Chief Executive of the institution.

Research Areas

Based on the profiles of its faculty members, CPR focuses on the following research areas.

• Urbanization and Infrastructure


• International Relations


• Internal and External Security


• Law and Society


• International Environmental Law


• Legislative Research (through PRS Legislative Research
  PRS Legislative Research
  PRS Legislative Research is a not-for-profit, non-partisan research initiative based in New Delhi, India. It aims to strengthen the legislative debate by making it better informed, more transparent and participatory. Founded in 2005, PRS is the first initiative of its kind in...
  
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• Political Economy and Governance


• Service Delivery


• Economic Development

Faculty Members

CPR's core faculty is composed of prominent academicians from various fields of public policy, including

• Navroz Dubash


• Bibek Debroy
  Bibek Debroy
  Bibek Debroy is an Indian economist. Since March 2007, he has been professor at Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He has also been Visiting Honorary Senior Research Fellow for Institute for South Asian Studies in National University of Singapore from May 2009.Debroy studied at Ramakrishna...
  
  


• Brahma Chellaney
  Brahma Chellaney
  Brahma Chellaney is a Professor of Strategic Studies at the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research, an independent think-tank; a Member of the Board of Governors of the National Book Trust of India; and an Affiliate with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization at King’s College...
  
  


• Bharat Karnad
  Bharat Karnad
  Bharat Karnad is a Research Professor in National Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He is the author of India's Nuclear Policy [Praeger, 2008], Nuclear Weapons and Indian Security: The Realist Foundations of Strategy [Macmillan India, 2002, 2005] and author-editor of...
  
  


• Lavanya Rajamani


• Nimmi Kurian


• Partha Mukhopadhyay


• CV Madhukar
  CV Madhukar
  C V Madhukar is Founder and Director of PRS Legislative Research, a research institution that focuses on making the legislative process in India better informed, more transparent and participatory. PRS publishes "Legislative Briefs" of Bills in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and other articles about...
  
  


• Michael Walton


• Jishnu Das


• Pratap Bhanu Mehta
  Pratap Bhanu Mehta
  Pratap Bhanu Mehta is an Indian academic. He is currently the president of the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank. The Centre for Policy Research is one of India’s most distinguished think tanks. He is also a been appointed to NYU Law School’s Global Faculty...
  
  


• Shylashri Shankar


• K.C. Sivaramakrishnan


• Shyam Saran
  Shyam Saran
  Shyam Saran was Foreign Secretary in the Government of India.He is a 1970 batch Indian Foreign Service officer. Before this, he has served as Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Indian Ambassador to Indonesia and Indian Ambassador to Myanmar, High Commissioner to Mauritius, Joint Secretary in the Prime...