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Our Founder
Founder and President, Centre for Research on Governance and Development (CRGD)
About the Founder
Amal Chandra is an author, public policy analyst, political commentator, and columnist whose work focuses on democracy, governance, strategic affairs, accountability, and public policy.
He serves as National Affairs Editor at The Open Tab and as The Statement Fellow and South Asia Coordinator at Students For Liberty (SFL). His debut book, The Essential (2023), features a foreword by Adv. Salman Khurshid, former Union Minister of External Affairs, and was launched by Dr. Shashi Tharoor alongside Adv. V.D. Satheesan, the current CM of Keralam.
His professional experience spans government, public policy research, development programmes and parliamentary affairs. He previously worked with the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC), the PMPY–UNICEF programme at the Central University of Gujarat, and the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) through a youth leadership fellowship in collaboration with Atlas Network, USA. He has worked closely with Dr. Shashi Tharoor and served as a Policy Officer of the Congress party and a Research Associate to Adv. Dean Kuriakose, Member of Parliament. He has also held student leadership positions at University College, Thiruvananthapuram, and Pondicherry Central University.
A Gold Medallist in Political Science and a participant in international liberty and public policy forums, Chandra contributes extensively to national and international policy discourse. His writings and research contributions have appeared in publications and platforms including the American Institute for Economic Research, Observer Research Foundation, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Global Policy, Modern Diplomacy, South Asia Voices, East Asia Forum, SAGE and The UnPopulist.
Read the Founder’s Message or view Amal Chandra’s profile.