| Name |
Global Rank (2019)[1] [failed verification] |
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) |
[4] |
| Central Sheep Breeding Farm (CSBF) |
|
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry |
Government |
Hisar (Haryana), India |
[5] |
| Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) |
29 - Top Defence and National Security Think Tank - Worldwide (2019)[citation needed]
78 - Top Think Tanks in China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (2019)[citation needed] |
Air Power, National Security, International Security |
Not-for-profit |
New Delhi |
|
| Centre for Civil Society (CCS) |
83[citation needed] |
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 Social and Economic Progress (CSEP - formerly Brookings India Centre) |
|
Energy, Climate, Economics, Social Science, International Relations |
Not-for-Profit [6] |
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 |
Government |
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 Delhi |
|
| Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health (ECIPH) |
|
Global Health, Public Health |
Not-for-profit |
Mangalore, 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 Bengaluru |
|
Public health, health policy and systems research |
Non-governmental |
Bengaluru (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 |
Government |
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 Delhi |
[7] |
| National Maritime Foundation (NMF) |
|
Matters related to Maritime |
Non-governmental |
New Delhi |
Indian Navy's Knowledge Partner |
| National 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 HAU |
| Observer Research Foundation (ORF) |
|
Geopolitics, Geo-economics |
Not-for-profit |
New Delhi |
|
| 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 |
|
| The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) |
|
Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Sustainable Habitat, Health & Nutrition, Resources and Sustainable Development |
Not-for-profit |
New Delhi |
[8] |
| 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[citation needed]
6 - Best transdisciplinary research think tank 2019[citation needed] |
Environment Policy, Climate Change, Urban Transport |
Not-for-profit |
Mumbai
New Delhi
Bangalore[9] |
|
| Wildlife Institute of India (WII) |
|
Ecology Policy |
Government |
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) |
|
