The Centre for Civil Society (CCS) has been ranked among the top 100 think tanks globally as per the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2016 released annually by the Lauder Institute of Pennsylvania University, U.S.
Nine other Indian institutes figured among the top 175 for the year 2016.
The CCS is ranked 80 which is one lower than last year’s rank.
The CCS is a pioneering organisation in India in liberal thinking, said Atul Shah, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy and a scholar associated with the institute.
Concept of freedom
“CCS took initiatives on the rights of individuals and on the concept of freedom. In India we are gradually learning the importance of freedom and CCS has been an extremely important part of that journey,” he said.
Among the think tanks of China, India, Japan, and South Korea in Asia, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), which works closely with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and co-hosts the Raisina Dialogue, was the best ranked Indian think tank at fifth position.
There are 29 Indian think tanks among the list of 90.
Chatham House, U.K. was declared the top think tank of the world while Brookings Institution of U.S. retained the position as the top think tank worldwide in U.S. and Non-U.S. category.
In terms of numbers, the U.S. has 1,835 think tanks, the highest globally, followed by China with 435, and the United Kingdom has 288. India stands in 4th position with 280 think tanks.
