IGIDR is an Advanced Research Institute of the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI). It was conceptualized
by the present Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan
Singh, during his tenure as the Governor of the RBI, and was inaugurated in
1987 by Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minster of
India.
The institute focuses on development issues of national and
international importance through its various programs with inter-disciplinary
perspectives.
Some of the major academic and research
activities of the institute cover the following areas:
· environment and development – with
focus on sustainable development, natural resource accounting, greenhouse
emissions, tarde and environment linkages, global negotiations,
· energy and development – with
focus on energy, systems, demand and supply,
new and renewable energy
· macroeconomic, trade, monetary
and fiscal policies,
· infrastructure and urban
development,
· agricultural and rural
development,
· poverty and employment, and
· governance and policy.
To facilitate dissemination of its policy oriented research, the Institute
encourages work in collaboration with government departments and
international agencies. Several assignments have been completed for
international organizations such as UNDP, UNEP, UNCED, UNCTAD, ESCAP, CREED,
IIED, JETRO, ERIA, AIST, APO, the Asian
Development Bank and the World Bank.
Institute collaborates with reputed Indian organizations including the
Planning Commission, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Ministry of Power,
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy CSOs, NGOs and
Corporate Sector. In addition, the Institute frequently hosts several
national and international events such as conferences, seminars, training,
workshops, etc. The Institute also conducts academic programs at Masters’
level leading to Ph.D. These programs are designed to create professionals
who are capable of conducting policy analysis,
relating to national and international development issues in an
inter-disciplinary manner.
For more details
about the IGIDR, please go through
http:/www.igidr.ac.in/
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