ORF’s aim is to encourage voices from all quarters, geographies and gender, both those that fall in and those that question dominant narratives.

ORF seeks to lead and aid policy thinking towards building a strong and prosperous India in a fair and equitable world. It sees India as a country poised to play a leading role in the knowledge age — a role in which it shall be increasingly called upon to proactively ideate in order to shape global conversations, even as it sets course along its own trajectory of longterm sustainable growth.

ORF helps discover and inform India’s choices. It carries Indian voices and ideas to forums shaping global debates. It provides nonpartisan, independent, wellresearched analyses and inputs to diverse decisionmakers in governments, business communities, and academia and to civil society around the world.

Our mandate is to conduct indepth research, provide inclusive platforms and invest in tomorrow’s thought leaders today.