Programs
The Center in Delhi is home to programs supporting the full UChicago community, grounding the University's unique approach to rigorous inquiry in a local context.
Provost's Global Faculty Awards (PGFA) India-South Asia
The Provost's Global Faculty Awards for India-South Asia comprise the Center in Delhi's flagship program. These internal grants support collaborative UChicago activities in India and South Asia with the goal of activating and amplifying relationships and research collaborations between individual researchers and institutions around the world.
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EPIC-India
In 2014, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago launched EPIC-India to address India’s energy and environmental challenges through cross-disciplinary research and partnerships across government, industry, and academia. Its work spans electricity markets, energy modelling, and efficient regulatory design to reduce air and water pollution. In 2024, EPIC joined the University’s new Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth.
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International Innovation Corps
IIC is a social impact program at the intersection of leadership development, governance, and systems change, built to close the gap between policy intent and on-ground delivery. They embed small, high-calibre teams inside government institutions and social impact organizations, driving change across Digital Health, Tech and AI, Education, WASH, and Social Innovation.
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Data, Policy and Innovation Centre
The Data, Policy and Innovation Centre (DPIC) is a pioneering partnership between the Government of Odisha and the University of Chicago Trust, advancing the frontier of data-driven governance. Based in Bhubaneswar and embedded within Odisha’s policy ecosystem, DPIC transforms everyday administrative data into intelligence that enables faster, smarter public decisions.
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Development Innovation Lab - India
The Development Innovation Lab - India (DIL-India), based at the UChicago Trust in India, brings together researchers from different fields with Indian government entities, firms, and non-profits to use the tools of economics developed by Nobel Laureate Professor Michael Kremer to identify, test, refine, and scale interventions with the potential to benefit millions of people in India