Editing Think tank (section)

==== India ====
India has the world's second-largest [[List of think tanks in India|number of think tanks]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2018 |title=2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=think_tanks |access-date=10 March 2018 |website=Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programs Univ. of Pennsylvania |publisher=Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330003743/https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=think_tanks |url-status=live }}</ref> Most are based in New Delhi, and a few are government-sponsored.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} There are few think tanks that promote environmentally responsible and climate resilient ideas like [[Centre for Science and Environment]], [[Centre for Policy Research]] and [[World Resources Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CSE top environment policy think tank in India; 16th in the world: Global Index | date=7 February 2018 |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/cse-top-environment-policy-think-tank-in-india-16th-in-the-world-global-index-59641#:~:text=Last%20Updated%3A%20Thursday%2008%20February,at%20the%20University%20of%20Pennsylvania |access-date=24 June 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625193507/https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/cse-top-environment-policy-think-tank-in-india-16th-in-the-world-global-index-59641#:~:text=Last%20Updated%3A%20Thursday%2008%20February,at%20the%20University%20of%20Pennsylvania |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CPR retains spot as leading India climate think tank for third year in a row &#124; Centre for Policy Research |date=21 December 2021 |url=https://www.cprindia.org/news/6296 |access-date=24 June 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625060454/https://www.cprindia.org/news/6296 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About WRI India |url=https://wri-india.org/about |website=WRI INDIA |access-date=24 June 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707030645/https://wri-india.org/about |url-status=live }}</ref> There are other prominent think tanks like [[Observer Research Foundation]], Tillotoma Foundation and [[Centre for Civil Society]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

In Mumbai, [[Strategic Foresight Group]] is a global think tank that works on issues such as [[water diplomacy]], [[peace and conflict]] and [[foresight (futures studies)]]. Think tanks with a development focus include those like the [[National Centre for Cold-chain Development]] ('NCCD'), which serve to bring an inclusive policy change by supporting the Planning Commission and related government bodies with industry-specific inputs – in this case, set up at the behest of the government to direct cold chain development. Some think tanks have a fixed set of focus areas and they work towards finding out policy solutions to social problems in the respective areas.

Initiatives such as [[National e-Governance Plan]] (to automate administrative processes)<ref name="PDF1">{{Cite web |title=NeGP overview |url=http://www.nisg.org/knowledgecenter_docs/A03060004.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222224611/http://www.nisg.org/knowledgecenter_docs/A03060004.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> and [[National Knowledge Network]] (NKN) (for data and resource sharing amongst education and research institutions), if implemented properly, should help improve the quality of work done by think tanks.<ref name="Why think tanks struggle in India">{{Cite news |date=21 May 2013 |title=Why think tanks struggle in India |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/why-think-tanks-struggle-in-india-800929.html |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-date=29 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329082000/http://www.firstpost.com/india/why-think-tanks-struggle-in-india-800929.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Some notable think tanks in India include:

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* [[Association for Democratic Reforms]] (ADR)
* [[Centre for Civil Society]] (CCS)
* [[Centre for Development Studies]] (CDS)
* [[Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation]] (CDR)
* [[Centre for Land Warfare Studies]] (CLAWS)
* [[Centre for Policy Research]] (CPR)
* [[Centre for Public Policy Research]] (CPPR)
* [[Central Institute for Cotton Research]] (CICR)
* [[Council On Energy, Environment and Water]] (CEEW)
* [[Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health]] (ECIPH)
* [[Forum of Free Enterprise]] (FFE)
* [[Foundation for Democratic Reforms]] (FDR)
* [[Indian Council of World Affairs]] (ICWA)
* [[Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs]] (IICA)
* [[Institute for Social and Economic Change]] (ISEC)
* [[Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies]] (NCDS)
* [[National Council of Applied Economic Research]] (NCAER)
* [[National Institute of Advanced Studies]] (NIAS)
* [[Observer Research Foundation]] (ORF)
* [[The Energy and Resources Institute]] (TERI)
* [[Vivekananda International Foundation]] (VIF)
* [[Wildlife Institute of India]] (WII)
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