January 25, 2012
For Immediate Release

[New Delhi] – [Centre for Civil Society]

Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania annually ranks think tanks around the world through an intensive 8 month long process through expert and peer institution feed back on the scope, performance and influence of global think tanks. This year, Centre for Civil Society (CCS) has featured in the list of top-50 global think tanks outside of the US. Ranked 34th, CCS is the only Indian think tank to make it to this list of top 50 non-US think tanks. In addition, it also features among the Top 30 think tanks in Asia from among 1198 nominated from the continent.

CCS was included in the top 50 in the world based on several criteria such as efforts in a particular area leading to significant changes in quality of life, academic, political and media reputation, usefulness of information produced in advocacy work and to policy makers, ability to produce new knowledge or alternative ideas on policy, ability to bridge the gap between academic and policy communities and policymakers and the public. CCS takes a multi-sector, multi-disciplinary approach, spanning research and analysis, policy reform, proofs of concept, and advocacy in education, livelihoods, governance, and rule of law. This is the third year in a row that CCS features on these rankings, a remarkable testament to the power of ideas.

The 2011 Global Go To Think Tanks Rankings report points invited 6,545 think tanks from 182 countries to participate in the process, with over 1,500 individuals from 120 countries participating in the nominations and rankings process. Click here to see top 50 Think Tanks world wide (non US).

Centre for Civil Society is an independent, non-profit, research and educational organisation devoted to improving the quality of life for all citizens of India by reviving and reinvigorating civil society. To know more about CCS, please visit www.ccs.in or contact us at ccs@ccs.in.

For more information, or to view the 2011 Global Go To Think Tanks Rankings in its entirety, please visit http://www.gotothinkank.com

CONTACT:
Bhuvana Anad
Centre for Civil Society
A-69, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi 110016 India
Phone: +91 11 2653-7456 / 2652-1882 Fax: +91 11 2651-2347
Email: bhuvana@ccs.in Mobile: +91-9953988304
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