National Council of Applied Economic Research

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National Council of Applied Economic Research

Abbreviation	NCAER
Formation	1956; 69 years ago (1956)
Type	Non-profit think tank
Headquarters	11, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi
Location	New Delhi, India
President	Nandan M. Nilekani
Director General	Poonam Gupta
Website	https://www.ncaer.org

National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is India’s oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic policy research think tank.^[1] Established in New Delhi in 1956, it acquired considerable national and international standing within only a few decades of its founding. It is one of a handful of think tanks globally that combine rigorous analysis and policy outreach with deep data collection capabilities, especially for household surveys.