D Dhanuraj is the Founder-Chairman of the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), a non-profit, independent public policy think-tank based in Kochi, Kerala, India.
With two decades of experience in this sector, his interest areas lie at the intersection of research and policy analysis. He is a policy researcher and commentator on urbanisation, urban mobility and infrastructure, education, retail, health, livelihood, law, public expenditure, defense and security, geopolitics, and election analysis. He has collaborated with state, national and international governments, organisations, and institutions on several key research studies and policy recommendations.
Well-known in the international, national, and state public policy space, he is a noted speaker, panellist, and thought leader at several policy debates, discussions, panels, conferences, and roundtables. He also writes extensively for several leading media publications and contributes his expertise and opinion as a policy expert on news channels.
Currently, he is also the President of the Association of Public Policy Education in India (APPE), and was the Secretary General of Liberal Youth South Asia (LYSA) from 2008- 09 and Founder President and Trustee of Liberal Youth Forum of India (LYF) from 2008 to 2011.