The Society for Legal and Policy Research (SOLPO Research) is a New Delhi-based not-for-profit research centre dedicated to addressing critical legal, regulatory, and policy issues. Our approach is independent, non-partisan, and grounded in rigorous legal research, focusing on areas such as energy, infrastructure, utilities, urbanisation, transportation, climate, environment, water, forests, health, food security, long-term funding, and technology.

Vision

To be India’s trusted independent platform for thought leadership in law and public policy.

Mission

  • Serve as a centre for legal research, capacity building, and advisory services.
  • Provide independent research insights and policy solutions to decision-makers across governments, regulatory bodies, investor communities, business sectors, and civil society.
  • Support lawmakers and regulators in the analysis and creation of laws, rules, and regulations that drive India’s growth and development.

Values

  • Autonomy: We are an independent, non-partisan, impartial, non-governmental, and not-for-profit organisation.

  • Excellence: We strive for the highest standards in legal research and analysis.

  • Effectiveness: We deliver practical and implementable legal research and policy solutions.

  • Balance: We promote economic, environmental, and social progress through our work.

  • Collaboration: We believe in synergistic partnerships that bring together diverse resources, groups, and perspectives.

Logo

Our logo symbolises our commitment to legal research and programmes that facilitate economic growth, environmental protection, and social progress. The overlapping lines forming a lotus flower represent the intersectionality of our work across sectors and its impact on both urban and rural development. The lotus signifies knowledge, learning, wisdom, discretion, prosperity, progress, and evolution – attributes we strive to bring to society through our legal research and academic work.

Key Documents

The Society for Legal and Policy Research (SOLPO Research) is registered under the “Societies Registration Act, of 1860” as applicable to the NCT of Delhi.