National Council of Applied Economic Research

National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is a New Delhi based non-profit think tank of economics.[1][2] Nandan Nilekani is president of the governing body and Dr Shekhar Shah is current director general of NCAER.[1]

History

It was established in 1956 with financial support from the Ford Foundation, Finance Ministry and Tata Sons. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of NCAER campus on 31 October 1959.[3] From 2001 to 2011, Suman Bery served as the director general.[4]

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