Gateway House and the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), organised a roundtable for Mumbai-based think tanks to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing policy research institutions in the city.
The opening session of the roundtable, led by Jim McGann, Director at TTCSP, with Steven Bennett, COO at the Brookings Institution, included a presentation and discussion of national, regional and global research and policy trends, and how they impact think tanks in Mumbai.
The discussion focused on how think tanks can meet the challenges of operating in an information-rich, highly competitive and resource-constrained environment. It also explored Mumbai’s potential to become a national, regional and global knowledge and policy hub.
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About TTCSP
Established in 1989, TTCSP conducts research on the role policy institutes play in governments and civil societies around the world. The program maintains a database and network of over 6,600 think tanks in 152 countries. Often referred to as the “think tanks’ think tank”, TTCSP examines the evolving role and character of public policy research organizations. The Global Go To Think Tank Index published annually by the TTCSP is supported by UPENN’s School of Arts & Sciences, PennGlobal and the Lauder Institute at the Wharton School. To learn more, please visit http://gotothinktank.com/.
In the Global Go To Think Tank Index published in 2014, Gateway House was ranked among the top think tanks in the categories of Top Think Tanks in China, India, Japan and the Republic of Korea (#29 out of 50), Think Tank to Watch (#53 out of 80), Best Use of Social Networks (#32 out of 60), and Think Tanks with the Best Use of the Internet (#38 out of 40).
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