About RGICS
The Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies is a 25 year old independent national policy think tank promoted by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. RGICS carries out research and policy development on contemporary challenges facing India.
Our Vision
A just social order – local, national and global — based on the values that inspired India’s freedom struggle and are codified in the Indian Constitution:
Equality of status, opportunity and of political, economic and social rights; liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; democracy; secularism; socialism; fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation; world peace and fellowship.
Our Mission
Enhancing the effectiveness of democratic politics as an instrument of social change towards a just social order.