Under the current chairperson Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, ICRIER has continued has continued the pursuit of its original vision as well as significantly expanded its research activities. The board of governors comprises of leading policy makers,academics and well known representatives of the corporate world. Led by Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director of ICRIER, the organization’s research team consists of highly qualified professors, senior fellows, …show more content…
Isher Judge Ahluwalia is Chairperson, Board of Governors, the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). The present members of ICRIER include- Tarun Das, Janaki Kathpalia, Vijay Laxman Kelkar, Chanda Kochar and Kiran Mazumdar …show more content…
there will have to be a constant endeavour to generate more employment opportunities and reduce inequalities across the board and this is where ICRIER’s work becomes useful in giving tools to the policy makers to achieve these challenges. By 2025, India will be the most populous country in the world. Immense urbanisation would have taken place and food, energy requirements will increase commensurately. To achieve the objective of creating productive employment for these projected millions, ICRIER has launched a major initiative as part of the “net work of jobs and development” initiative of the world bank. This project will go hand in hand with another study with the ADB that looks at short listing limitations in the domestic investment environment.
The special economic zones study of ICRIER for the Ministry of Commerce, GOI seeks to look at how these zones will impact employment. Another study, this time on mega food parks aims to look at employment opportunities created direct and indirect, that would come about due to the creation of modern infrastructural facilities in the process of creating a value chain from “farm to the