Welcome to CRT
The Centre for Regional Trade (CRT), an autonomous Think-Tank, has been established recently by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India's. CRT is mandated to focus on policy-oriented research while viewing Indias economic engagements with the global economy through a regional lens. Broad areas of research, capacity building and outreach programmes cover Trade in Goods, Trade in Services, Investment, Technology and developmental issues.
CRT intends to bring out high quality publications focused on evidence-based policy research that combine theory, empirics and policy.
Furthermore, CRT aims at building on a trade-development narrative that is relevant to the policy making processes and other stakeholders such as private sector, academia and media across the regions and the world as a whole.
Policy Research
Themes
Trade in GoodsNon-Tariff Measures
SPS/TBT
Rules Of Origin
Trade Facilitation Trade in Services
Domestic Regulations
MRAs
Sectors
Investments(FDI)
Liberalisation
Facilitation
Protection
Technology
R & D
Intellectual Property Rights
Technology Transfer
New Technologies & Big Data Analytics
E-commerce
GVCs/RVCs
Pakistan allows use of Chinese Yuan for trade, investment
An Untold Story of India’s FTAs, by Rajeev Kher & Ram Upendra Das

Dr. Ram Upendra Das
Head CRT
Dr. Swati Shukla Singh
Consultant (Assistant Professor)
Deepali Kanwar
Research Fellow
Brahmleen Kaur Dua
Research Fellow
Navita Sharma
Research Fellow
Kanishka Chana
Research Fellow
Lipakshi Kapoor
Research Fellow
Mitul Kaushal
Research Fellow
Nisha Verma
Research Fellow
Bhanu Kalra
Research Fellow
Surbhi Qazi
Research Fellow
Garima Chawla
Research Fellow
Akanksha Sharma
Research Fellow
Ananya Khurana
Research Fellow
Gauri Kapoor
Research Fellow
Gautam Narayanan
Research Fellow
Jyotsna Chhikara
Research Fellow
Mehak Walia
Research Fellow
Rozi Kumari
Research Fellow
Sanya Dua
Research Fellow
Sumit Ptabhakar Swami
Research Fellow
Sheetal Thareja
Administrative Incharge
Manisha Gupta
Administrative Assistant
Amresh Kumar Mishra
IT Assistant