Think Tanks of India

India has a number of think tanks working on foreign policy and security issues. Many of these are based in New Delhi, the capital and a few are government sponsored. Others are independent and are free to voice views that may be at tangent with current Indian policies. These include the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), Centre for Land Warfare Studies that are associated with the Defence Ministry of the Indian government. There are also a few economics related think tanks such as ICRIER. Strategic Foresight Group, a think tank that works on global issues is based in Mumbai. Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is another famous independent organisation promoting public policy for change by their program with youth in India. Another think tank in India  is Apeejay Stya Education Research Foundation (ASERF) inspired by the educationist Dr. Stya Paul, whose objective is to study all aspect of "quality education". Following are the Think Tanks of India:- 

• Centre for Land Warfare Studies [1](CLAWS)
• Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)
• Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
• Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research (IGIDR)
• Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
• International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies (IINS)
• National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
• Business Consulting Group, Major & Minor (BCG)
• Centre for Civil Society (CCS)
• Observer Research Foundation
• Liberty Institute
• Centre for Asian Strategic Studies-India , CASSINDIA
• Strategic Foresight Group
• Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi
• National Institute of Public Finance & Policy, New Delhi
• Apeejay Stya Education Research Foundation (ASERF), New Delhi