India Foundation

India Foundation (IF) is a New Delhi based think-tank started in 2009, that focuses on the Indian polity.^[1] Along with the Vivekananda International Foundation, it is considered to be a right-wing think-tank closely aligned with the Prime Minister Modi led Government of India.^[2]

Members

India Foundation's members include Union ministers Suresh Prabhu, Nirmala Sitharaman, Jayant Sinha; RSS leader Ram Madhav, BJP leader M.J. Akbar, along with NSA Ajit Doval's son, Shaurya Doval.^[3][4]

Centres

The IF has three Centres:^[5]-

• Centre for Study of Religion and Society (CSRS)
• Centre for Security and Strategy (CSS)
• Centre for Constitutional and Legal Studies (CCLS)

Events

The IF has four core events every year:^[6]-

• The "India Ideas Conclave" is an attempt to create a new 'ecosystem of the intellectual right'
• The "Counter Terrorism Conference" saw the cream of the security establishment and global experts participate
• The "Indian Economy Convention" was addressed by Narendra Modi just before 2014 elections
• The "Dharma-Dhamma conference" brought together 'oriental religions', Hinduism and Buddhism.

See also

• Vivekananda International Foundation
• List of think tanks in India
• Observer Research Foundation

External links

• Official website

References

1. About IF
2. Right-wing think-tanks eat into Left's mindspace
3. IF- Directors
4. How National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s son Shaurya reinvented himself into a key policy player
5. IF Centres
6. India's most influential think-tanks