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Established in 1956, NCAER is India’s oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic policy research institute. Six decades in the life of a nation is a long time. It is even longer in the life of an institution. But the promise of NCAER—to ask the right questions, gather good evidence, analyse it well, and share the results widely—has endured. India has achieved much, and much remains undone. As the economy has changed, so too has NCAER, to continue to help understand India’s rapid economic and social transformation. As newer and more complex economic challenges emerge, NCAER will have to do more to keep its promise. To do this well, that is NCAER’s promise renewed. NCAER’s work falls into four thematic areas: Growth, Macro, Trade, and Economic Policy Investment Climate, Industry, Infrastructure, Labour, and...
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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 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...
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Over nearly six decades, NCAER’s member-elected Governing Body has included almost every prominent Indian economist and industrialist, including former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as a member during 1976-82, and Ratan Tata as President during 1994-98. NCAER’s current Governing Body is headed by Mr. Nandan M Nilekani, ex- Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India and former CEO of Infosys Ltd. At present, Dr Poonam Gupta is the Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research.
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Dr Poonam Gupta joined the NCAER its new Director General on July 1, 2021. Prior to joining NCAER, she was Lead Economist, Global Macro and Market Research, International Finance Corporation (IFC); and Lead Economist for India at the World Bank. Her erstwhile appointments include the Reserve Bank of India Chair Professor at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP); Professor at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER); Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics; and Economist at the International Monetary Fund.
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The Research Advisory Board of the National Council of Applied Economic Research includes eminent research and policy practitioners and academics. The Board is headed by Dr Surjit Bhalla, Executive Director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bhutan at the IMF and NCAER Governing Body member. ...
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NCAER seeks highly qualified candidates with deep interest in evidence-based policymaking, a high level of flexibility, self-motivation, and passion to provide solutions to economic policy challenges. NCAER provides unparalleled opportunities to work on complex policy problems, use NCAER’s datasets and collect new data, engage with policymakers at the highest levels, and publish professionally. NCAER is an equal opportunity employer. Current Openings: Research Associate Accounts Executive Apart from the advertised positions, we seek researchers at all levels from early-career faculty to Professors. The broad guidelines for appointing researchers at different levels are as follows: Professors provide intellectual and technical leadership; develop, oversee, and execute a portfolio of projects and research...
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NCAER's legacy, data-capacities and high-quality research work have been built on the strength of its people. As the landscape for think tanks in India changes with the entry of newer not-for-profit and for-profit players, new private universities, consulting firms, rating agencies, data firms, and international think tanks wanting to establish an onshore presence in India, NCAER is committed to investing in its human capital.
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The NCAER Library is one of India’s premier research libraries in applied economics. Set up in 1956 when NCAER was established, the library has provided solid research support for almost 60 years to NCAER’s researchers and to policy makers, researchers, consultants, students and others from all over India and overseas. The NCAER Library’s physical collections include approximately 28,000 printed volumes and over 34,000 Government of India and state government official reports,15,000 other documents, and an increasing collection of resources in electronic format. NCAER subscribes to more than 270 serial and periodical titles. It also provides access to multiple online databases. NCAER’s collection of Indian economics documents and economic data, going back to soon after India’s independence, is unparalleled in its depth and breadth. The library...
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Our newsletter keeps you informed about our work: studies, publications, Op-Eds, events, other research engagements and discussions on various topics. You will find the back issues of the NCAER Newsletter below:
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