Policy Consensus Centre:
Igniting Policy Innovation

Policy Consensus Centre:
Igniting Policy Innovation

ABOUT US

The Policy Consensus Centre:

WHERE INFORMED RESEARCH DRIVES TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE

The Policy Consensus Centre (PCC) emerges with a distinct mission: to conduct impactful policy research and drive policy transformations. Our focus encompasses pivotal sectors crucial for India’s advancement, along with those that have been underexplored. In the intricate landscape of India, divergent opinions often hinder consensus-building for policymakers amidst diverse stakeholders.

PCC stands dedicated to comprehensive, evidence-driven research, promoting inclusivity and rigor. Our objective resides in cultivating accord among stakeholders through independent, data-centric analysis, a catalyst for meaningful policy shifts. In a climate where some research entities avoid unconventional subjects, PCC remains resolute in advocating thorough exploration across all sectors. Our belief underscores the necessity to scrutinize seemingly unconventional domains, an approach vital for identifying accurate risks and formulating sound policies.

PCC champions the synergy of economic rationale and empirical data, pivotal in fostering consensus and enabling effective policymaker engagement. In essence, PCC embodies a pioneering spirit committed to navigating uncharted territories, propelling well-informed policy decisions for India’s holistic growth.

ABOUT US

The Policy Consensus Centre:
WHERE INFORMED RESEARCH DRIVES TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE

The Policy Consensus Centre (PCC) emerges with a distinct mission: to conduct impactful policy research and drive policy transformations. Our focus encompasses pivotal sectors crucial for India’s advancement, along with those that have been underexplored. In the intricate landscape of India, divergent opinions often hinder consensus-building for policymakers amidst diverse stakeholders.

PCC stands dedicated to comprehensive, evidence-driven research, promoting inclusivity and rigor. Our objective resides in cultivating accord among stakeholders through independent, data-centric analysis, a catalyst for meaningful policy shifts. In a climate where some research entities avoid unconventional subjects, PCC remains resolute in advocating thorough exploration across all sectors. Our belief underscores the necessity to scrutinize seemingly unconventional domains, an approach vital for identifying accurate risks and formulating sound policies.

PCC champions the synergy of economic rationale and empirical data, pivotal in fostering consensus and enabling effective policymaker engagement. In essence, PCC embodies a pioneering spirit committed to navigating uncharted territories, propelling well-informed policy decisions for India’s holistic growth

MOTTO

The Policy Consensus Centre is dedicated to driving impactful change through rigorous data-based empirical research, consensus building, and stakeholder engagement. Our mission is to catalyse policy formulation by providing reliable evidence-based analysis and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Through our research, we aim to bridge the gap between research and practice, translating complex information into actionable strategies that bring about tangible results. We actively engage policymakers, industry, community leaders, and experts across various fields to ensure that policy decisions are informed by diverse knowledge and experiences. Our commitment to consensus building allows us to navigate contentious policy issues, finding common ground and developing solutions that benefit all stakeholders. We are driven by a vision of creating a more equitable and sustainable society, where policymaking is evidence-based, participatory, and inclusive.

MOTTO

Policy Change Starts with Building Consensus

VISION

Policy Consensus Centre aims to shape policy and inspire transformative change through rigorous research and collaborative consensus building.

MISSION

The Policy Consensus Centre is dedicated to driving impactful change through rigorous data-based empirical research, consensus building, and stakeholder engagement. Our mission is to catalyse policy formulation by providing reliable evidence-based analysis and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Through our research, we aim to bridge the gap between research and practice, translating complex information into actionable strategies that bring about tangible results. We actively engage policymakers, industry, community leaders, and experts across various fields to ensure that policy decisions are informed by diverse knowledge and experiences. Our commitment to consensus building allows us to navigate contentious policy issues, finding common ground and developing solutions that benefit all stakeholders. We are driven by a vision of creating a more equitable and sustainable society, where policymaking is evidence-based, participatory, and inclusive.

MOTTO

Policy Change Starts with Building Consensus

VISION

Policy Consensus Centre aims to shape policy and inspire transformative change through rigorous research and collaborative consensus building

MISSION

The Policy Consensus Centre is dedicated to driving impactful change through rigorous data-based empirical research, consensus building, and stakeholder engagement. Our mission is to catalyse policy formulation by providing reliable evidence-based analysis and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Through our research, we aim to bridge the gap between research and practice, translating complex information into actionable strategies that bring about tangible results. We actively engage policymakers, industry, community leaders, and experts across various fields to ensure that policy decisions are informed by diverse knowledge and experiences. Our commitment to consensus building allows us to navigate contentious policy issues, finding common ground and developing solutions that benefit all stakeholders. We are driven by a vision of creating a more equitable and sustainable society, where policymaking is evidence-based, participatory, and inclusive.

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Nirupama Soundararajan

Co-Founder & CEO

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Nirupama Soundararajan is a Co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Policy Consensus Centre (PCC). Prior to setting up PCC in 2023, Nirupama was the CEO at Pahle India Foundation. Before that, Nirupama was the Additional Director and Team Lead of the Financial Sector at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), where she was the lead author of the landmark report titled “Why India Needs a Gold Policy” that suggested major reforms in the business of gold in India. Prior to FICCI, she had worked as Assistant General Manager – Economist in the Department of Strategy and Economic Intelligence with Bank of India Head Office in Mumbai. In the past Nirupama had also worked with ICRIER where she worked extensively on impact of organised retail on farmers. She had also worked with Standard Chartered Bank.

With more than two decades of experience in research and policy advocacy, Nirupama has worked on several research reports in various sectors including financial sector, different formats of retail and e-commerce, gems and jewellery, ease of doing business, defence economics, and, digital technology. She has published numerous opinion editorials and articles in leading newspapers, magazines, and online journals. In 2009, Nirupama co-authored she co-authored the book “Retail In India” (July 2009) published by Academic Foundation. Nirupama is frequently invited by prime news networks to comment on economy and on sectoral policy issues.

Nirupama has been part of several high-profile discussions and crucial government committees. She was part of the Working Group on Gold Issues under the sub-committee of FSDC Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance in 2017. Nirupama also headed the Sub Group on Regulatory Framework for Gold under the Committee to Transform India’s Gold Market has been constituted under the chairmanship of Shri Ratan P. Watal, Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog in 2018. She also contributed to the Expert Committee on Integration of Commodity Spot and Derivatives Markets formed by the Department of Economic Affairs (MoF), under the Chairmanship of Prof Ramesh Chand, Member – NITI Aayog in 2018. She is currently a part of the Gems and Jewellery Task Force at Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Nirupama is a macroeconomist by training and her academic achievements include an MSc in Financial Economics and an MBA (Finance) from Cardiff University, UK, as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Finance and Financial Law from the Centre for Financial and Management Studies (CeFiMS), University of London.

Nirupama is an animal lover and volunteers at Blue Cross India as an animal rescuer and para vet. She also loves to read and is a bibliophile. 

Arindam Goswami

Co-founder and Partner

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Arindam Goswami is a Co-founder and Partner at the Policy Consensus Centre (PCC). He has over fifteen years of experience, majorly working in the area of policy research and advocacy. Prior to setting up PCC in 2023, Arindam was a senior researcher with Pahle India Foundation working as a Senior Fellow. Before that, he had worked as a Research Associate at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), where he co-authored, the landmark report titled “Why India Needs a Gold Policy” (2014), which suggested major reforms in the business of gold in India. Arindam had earlier worked as a Research Analyst with CIANS Analytics and as an Operations Manager with HDFC Bank Ltd.

As a researcher and a public policy professional, Arindam has more than twenty research reports and white papers spanning across different sectors to his credit. His areas of work include BFSI, domestic trade, sustainable financing and ESG, digital trade and economy, gems and jewellery, e-commerce, direct selling, tourism, and, Indo-Vietnam bilateral trade. He has several opinion pieces and research articles to his credits which had been published in numerous leading newspapers, magazines and online portals.

Arindam has been part of several high-profile industry discussions and crucial government committees in past. He has contributed and was part of the Working Group on Gold Issues under the sub-committee of FSDC Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance in 2017. Arindam was also contributing member in the Sub Group on Regulatory Framework for Gold and the Sub Group on Current Industry Profile, Market Segmentation and Estimating Trends for Gold Market under the Committee to Transform India’s Gold Market has been constituted under the chairmanship of Shri Ratan P. Watal, Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog in 2018. He also contributed to the Expert Committee on Integration of Commodity Spot and Derivatives Markets formed by the Department of Economic Affairs (MoF), under the Chairmanship of Prof Ramesh Chand, Member – NITI Aayog in 2018. In October 2018, Arindam was invited by the State Government of Tripura as an expert on tourism and agriculture processing to present his views at the 1st meeting of NITI Forum (Chintan Shibir), jointly organised by the NITI Aayog and Government of Tripura. He was further invited in the 2nd meeting of the NITI Forum by the Government of Assam to present his views on promoting tourism in the State of Assam in December 2018. Following this, he has also created a draft tourism policy for the Department of Tourism on the request of Government of Arunachal Pradesh in 2019.

Arindam has a background in statistical economics and holds a degree of Master of Business Economics with a major in Econometric Techniques from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He also obtained an MSc in Finance and Financial Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies under University of London.

Arindam has an interest in linguistics, reading and travelling. 

Anil Gupta

Director (Administration & Events)

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Anil Kumar is the Director (Administrations and Events) at Policy Consensus Centre. Anil brings over 25 years of invaluable work experience across government agencies, think tanks, consultancies, and chambers of commerce. He has worked with premiere organisations such as the Agricultural Economics Research Association, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, ICRIER and FICCI. Prior to joining Policy Consensus Centre, he was working as the Manager (Administration) at Pahle India Foundation, handling different verticals of administration department.

At Policy Consensus Centre, Anil works across several domains including human resource, event coordination, and office management. He is proficient in Management Information Systems (MIS) and handling different Database Management Systems (DBMS). He is adept at conceptualising, formatting and designing research reports, presentations and event banners.

Anil holds a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University. He has also completed several certifications courses including Certificate in Fundamental Courses (Windows 95, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access & MS Power point) from NIIT, Certificate in MS Access 2000, Photoshop, Corel Draw, InDesign among others.

Anil likes technology and has a knack for online designing tools. He loves travelling and listening to music. 

Ajit Paswan

Finance Comptroller

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Ajit Paswan is the Finance Comptroller at Policy Consensus Centre. Ajit has more than a decade long experience in compliance, book keeping, and, representation related to direct and indirect taxation.

Ajit is a Senior Tax Associate with M/s. KAMB & Co. Chartered Accountants. In the past, he had worked with M/s. KR & Co. Chartered Accountants and M/s. Integrated Capital Services Private Limited. Ajit has experience handling clients in various sectors including engineering, food and beverage, real estate, manufacturing, trading, steel, civil construction, travel and tourism among others.

Ajit holds a BCom degree from the University of Delhi.

Ajit is an avid cricket player and is the captain of his office cricket team.