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[email protected] Compiled by J.S. Punia ii I NCAER Annual Report 2010–11 About NCAER | Quality . Relevance . Impact he National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is an T independent policy research institute that supports India’s economic development through empirical economic and sociological research. It is India’s oldest and largest policy think-tank. NCAER was inaugurated by the President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, on December 18, 1956. NCAER’s original Governing Body included leading post- Independence figures from both the public and private sectors: John Mathai, C.D. Deshmukh, T.T. Krishnamachari, V.T. Krishnamachari, Ashoka Mehta, J.R.D. Tata, John F. Sinclair, and N.R. Pillai. The Ford Foundation provided much of the initial financial support, including for NCAER’s Sector Management for Europe and Central campus for which Prime Minister Jawaharlal Asia, Governance Adviser, and Lead Nehru laid the foundation stone. The bulk of Economist and Country Coordinator for NCAER’s revenues today come from research Bangladesh. Before joining the World Bank, studies done for the government and the pri- he was the Ford Foundation’s Programme vate sector. This is supplemented by internal Officer for International Economics for resources from NCAER’s endowment income South Asia.