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Top 25 Policy research organizations based in India
RevenueBase identified 101 policy research organizations headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 2,128 professional contacts across them, including 266 with verified work emails. New Delhi is the largest hub.
This list covers policy research organizations headquartered in India, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest policy research organizations based in India
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 290 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Populus Empowerment Network (PEN) is a distinguished socio-political research organization committed to upholding democracy with a social scientific approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 180 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NCAER is India's oldest and largest national, non-profit, economic research institute.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “PRS Legislative Research is a non partisan independent research institute that provides research support on legislative, public policy and budgets to Members of Parliament and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Takshashila Institution is an independent centre for research and education in public policy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “About Us Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) is a think tank dedicated to extensive and in-depth research on current economic, social, and political issues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) has been one of India’s leading public policy think tanks since 1973.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ADRI was established and registered as a Society by a group of social scientists in 1991.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NFPRC undertakes extensive, peer-reviewed research for long-term projects, as well as incisive, quick-turnaround research for actionable agendas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “CPRG is an independent research think-tank that aims to improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We work at the intersection of Public Policy Advisory, Research and Data Solutions, and Strategic Communications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Global Village Foundation (GVF) is a policy research institute that works on framing, implementing, and assessing public policies in India at both state and national levels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “New Delhi based think-tank that combines rigorous academic research with policy advocacy and strategic consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Peninsula Foundation (TPF) is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, public policy research think tank, established to promote innovative thinking and stimulate critical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a non-profit research organization located in Mumbai, India.'XKDR' stands for 'Cross Disciplinary Knowledge Data Research'.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Centre for Development Policy and Practice is an independent research organisation working to influence public policy with a focus on the development of vulnerable populations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “National Centre for Advocacy Studies (NCAS) is a premiere policy research institution in India and South Asia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Policy Advisory and Network for Joint progress (PANJ) Foundation is a research think-tank based out of Punjab, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pragmatix carry out high-quality academic and field-based research for the development sector to document implementation experiences in the field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CMSR Consultants Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Public Policy Research Centre (PPRC) is a research organization established under the Dr Mookerjee Smruti Nyas, a public charitable trust.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “is an autonomous research initiative mainly engaged in the pursuits of generating new knowledge and analysis in social science based on original research, attempting at catering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Centre for Integrated and Holistic Studies (CIHS) is an non-partisan, independent, research think tank headquartered in New Delhi, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Political Consulting, Advocacy, Communication and Socio-Economic Research” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: policy research organizations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names policy research organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of policy research organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name policy research organizations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Policy research organizations based in India at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for India, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for India, over 101 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among policy research organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in India whose own description of what they do matches “policy research organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names policy research organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among policy research organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside India are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 266 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Policy research organizations by metro
- Policy research organizations in New Delhi29
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names policy research organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many policy research organizations are there based in India?
RevenueBase identified 101 policy research organizations headquartered in India as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Populus Empowerment Network, headquartered in Chennai, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most policy research organizations?
New Delhi leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Delhi (16) and Chennai (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 266 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 101 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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