About CCS: The Centre for Civil Society, an independent, non-profit, research and a highly regarded public policy think tank based in Current Delhi, advances social change through market-liberal policy reforms. Our work in education, livelihood, and policy training promotes choice and accountability across private and public sectors. To translate policy into practice, we engage with policy and opinion leaders through research, pilot projects and outreach initiatives. Our mission is to promote social change through public policy by being a resource for the innovative community and market-based ideas for critical policy issues particularly in the areas of education, livelihood, governance, rule of law, environment, and globalization. Our unique focus on public policy and longer-term solutions makes our research outputs crucial feeders into policy-making and opinion formulation.
Examples of our research and outreach outputs
- In 2019 we studied the regulatory interface between government and private schools by analysing administrative data on licensing,
fee regulation and inspections to understand the challenges of starting and operating private schools in northern India.
- In 2019, we developed a quality of regulation checklist and are assembling a dataset to measure the volume and complexity of regulation across India.
- In 2018 we examined the ground realities of the ease of doing business effort at the state level in Delhi producing 7 distinct papers using a combination of primary surveys, time and motion studies and investigative journalism.
- In 2017 and 2019, we conducted a deep study of progress in implementing the Street Vendors Act using case law analysis and analysis of state-level data.
- We have conducted multiple pilot projects to test the design and application of vouchers for school and skill education, inclusive education using 25% RTE reserved seats, school quality improvement mechanisms etc.
- Over the years, we have produced over 250 research papers on
📌 Associate, Strategy and Development (New Delhi)
🏢 CCS
📍 New Delhi