Our Verticals
Social Innovation
The Social Innovation Hub at PIC is dedicated to nurturing products and services that address unmet social and developmental needs. By fostering a robust innovation ecosystem, we not only create sustainable solutions but also generate employment opportunities and cultivate a thriving entrepreneurial spirit.
We prioritize empowering communities, supporting local talent, and developing scalable solutions that effectively address the unique challenges within our environment.
Geopolitics and Geoeconomics
The Center for Geopolitics and Geo-Economics Vertical of the Pune International Centre serves as a dynamic platform dedicated to facilitating dialogue, collaboration, and understanding among different stakeholders.
Comprehensive Centre for National Security
The Comprehensive Centre for National Security Vertical of the Pune International Centre (PIC) serves as a strategic platform dedicated to advancing informed dialogue and delivering actionable insights on the subjects concerning national security. With a focus on key areas- governance, geopolitics, economics, and technology, National Security vertical plays a vital role in shaping security discourse in India.
Centre for Federalism & Multilevel Governance
Centre for Federalism & Multilevel Governance vertical at Pune International Centre engages with the evolving architecture of India’s public institutions and urban transformation. Its work bridges theory, practice, and policy design to strengthen democratic decentralisation, institutional accountability, and inclusive economic growth.
The vertical adopts an interdisciplinary lens to address governance challenges across tiers—local, state, and national—while foregrounding data, evidence, and citizen-centricity in reform processes.
Centre for Sustainable Energy & Mobility
The transportation sector is the second major contributor to the energy sector’s CO₂ emissions and environmental concerns, and is heavily dependent on imported oil, leading to an annual import burden of approximately $158 billion, impacting both economic stability and energy security.
Globally, energy and mobility are undergoing an unprecedented transformation.
