Adhyayan Foundation for Policy and Research
Evidence for the Republic. Ideas for the world.
An independent, not-for-profit institute of public policy research. We study governance, the Constitution, the economy, security and society with scholarly rigour, and we write for those who must decide.
The Morning Brief
Every weekday, before 8 AM
The day's developments in governance, law, the economy and security, distilled by AFPR's researchers before the working day begins.
Read the latest briefRecent scholarship
The Research LibraryPolicy reports
All reportsSix centres of study
Each centre is a community of scholars, practitioners and fellows devoted to one domain of public life, with its own agenda of research, convenings and publications.
A monthly journal
The Democratic Line
Essays on policy, law and governance from AFPR's scholars and invited contributors, published each month by AFPR Publishing House. The November 2026 issue is in preparation.
The AFPR Academy
Certificate programmes
No programme is open for enrolment at present. Leave your email on the Academy page and you will be the first to know when the next one opens.
Programmes we have offered
- Arbitration
- International Security and Defence Management
- Course on Legal Writing
The Chief Executive's Message
India's next decade will belong to those who solve problems, not those who merely describe them. AFPR exists to be among the solvers.
Shashank Shekhar Singh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
In his message, AFPR's Chief Executive sets out the convictions that guide the institute: that evidence must precede argument, that institutions are the instruments of durable change, and that India's questions deserve answers of global quality.
Read the messageThe AFPR flagships
Three institutions that carry AFPR's ideas beyond the research paper: to the reading public, to the printed page and to the communities that policy is meant to serve.
Leadership and Counsel
Counsel of distinction
AFPR is guided by a Board of Directors and counselled by a Board of Advisors drawn from the highest levels of national service and scholarship. Its members include the Director General of the Centre for Land Warfare Studies, a Designated Senior Advocate of the High Court at Lucknow, an Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India, senior officers of the Indian Army, and professors and scholars across the disciplines. Their experience informs the questions we ask, and the standards to which we hold our answers.
Meet our leadership and counselInstitutions we have worked with
Sustain independent research
Your gift preserves the independence of AFPR's research and carries its work to the ground. Donations are eligible for tax exemption under Section 80G.