National Council of Applied Economic Research
Opinion: Poonam Gupta and S Priyadarshini. The real growth rate of the Indian economy in... Read More
Govindraj Ethiraj, financial journalist talks to Bornali Bhandari, Professor at the National Council of Applied... Read More
Nivedita V talks to Bornali Bhandari, Professor at NCAER about the gig economy, highlighting differences... Read More
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and the Society for Economics Research in India (SERI), in collaboration with Econometric Society (ES) and EconJobMarket.org (EJM), set up the Indian Job Market for Economists (IJME) in 2022. The collaboration has created a hybrid centralised platform... Read More
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and University of Melbourne organised an in-person event to launch their report, Health Seeking Pathways in Four Indian States (4IS) Study, at NCAER, on 27 September 2023. At this event, the team members shared findings from their... Read More
NCAER organised an in-person lecture on ‘Employment and Unemployment Statistics: Issues and Challenges’ by Dr Gurucharan Manna, Senior Adviser, at NCAER, on 6 September 2023, as part of its Dialogue Room Seminar Series. Details of the paper Abstract and the panellists at the seminar are... Read More
On its seventh Foundation Day, the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), in collaboration with the Institute of Company Secretaries in India (ICSI) and National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), held a conference on “Understanding the Psychology of Scams: How to Avoid Fraudulent... Read More
NCAER’s roots lie in Prime Minister Nehru’s early vision of a newly-independent India needing independent institutions as sounding boards for the government and the private sector. Remarkably for its time, NCAER was started in 1956 as a public-private partnership, both catering to and funded by the government and private industry. NCAER’s first Governing Body included the entire Cabinet of economic Ministers and the leading lights of the private sector, including names like C. D. Deshmukh, J.R.D. Tata, John Mathai, and Asoka Mehta. The Ford Foundation provided strong financial support in the early years, combined with support from the Finance Ministry and Tata Sons.
On October 31, 1959, Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone for the current iconic campus designed by Harvard-trained architect, A. P. Kanvinde. In doing so, he laid the foundation for a unique research institution that has stood the test of time in its service to the nation. More than five decades later on July 27, 2013, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the new NCAER India.
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