Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai

The Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is an advanced research and teaching institution located in Mumbai, India, dedicated to multi-disciplinary research on developmental issues including economics, energy and environmental policy. Conceived by Prof. Jyoti Parikh and Prof. Kirit Parikh, and funded by the Reserve Bank of India, it was registered as an autonomous society in 1986 and as a public trust in January 1987. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi inaugurated its campus in Goregaon, Mumbai, on 28 December 1987, and it was later recognized as a deemed university under the UGC Act. Initially a research-only institution, IGIDR launched a Ph.D. programme in Development Studies in 1990 in agreement with Bombay University, and later obtained accreditation for its own Ph.D. programme in 1995, alongside starting a Master's programme in Economics. Dr. Kirit S. Parikh was the institute's first director, while Dr. Basanta Kumar Pradhan currently serves in that role. The institute has 26 full-time faculty, 25 non-academic staff, and hosts numerous M.Phil/Ph.D. and M.Sc. Economics students on its 14-acre campus, which includes research facilities, a library, and recreational amenities.