Evidence first
Sector studies, Indian and international comparisons, and the fiscal and regulatory arithmetic behind each option — before a recommendation is written.
ASMI Research · public policy research and governance advisory
From evidence to outcomes.
ASMI Research helps Union ministries, state governments and public institutions make informed decisions, design effective policies and deliver lasting improvements in people’s lives. We support the whole policy cycle: identifying the challenge, consulting the people it touches, designing the programme, helping it run, and measuring what it changed.
How we work
Research, ground truth, data and sector expertise, in one team.
Good policy needs all four. A sector study without a field visit misses the queue outside the office. A dashboard without a domain expert counts the wrong thing. We combine them on every engagement, and we show our working.
Citizens and frontline workers in the room
Surveys, interviews, field visits and community consultations, so the experience of the people who use a scheme and the people who run it shapes its design.
Measured, not assumed
Baselines, outcome indicators and evaluations agreed at the start, so a programme can show what it changed and what to do next.
What we do
Ten kinds of work, across the policy cycle.
Policy research and advisory
Sector studies, emerging-challenge reviews and analysis of Indian and international approaches, delivered as policy briefs, recommendations and strategic roadmaps for ministries and departments.
Policy formulation and programme design
Draft policies, government schemes, operational guidelines and reform proposals, each with clear objectives, budgets, institutional responsibilities, timelines and outcome indicators.
Field research and citizen insights
Surveys, field visits, interviews and community consultations that surface public needs and service-delivery gaps, and bring citizen and frontline-worker experience into policymaking.
Stakeholder consultation
Consultations, roundtables and working groups that bring government, industry, academia, civil society and subject experts together to weigh policy options and address implementation concerns.
Economic and regulatory analysis
The economic, fiscal and social implications of a proposed policy; the regulatory barriers, administrative overlaps and compliance burdens in its way; and practical reforms to remove them.
Data analytics and decision support
Dashboards, district profiles, geographic analyses and performance indicators for planning and resource allocation, built with AI and analytical tools under appropriate data protection and human oversight.
Implementation support
Dedicated policy support units and programme management teams inside a department: action plans, interdepartmental coordination, pilot projects, progress monitoring and the problems that only appear once a scheme is live.
Monitoring and evaluation
Baseline studies, programme reviews, outcome assessments and impact evaluations that establish what works, what to improve, and whether to expand, redesign or stop.
Policy communication and public awareness
Clear, multilingual policy explainers, scheme guides and outreach material that tell citizens what an initiative is, who is eligible and how to access it.
Capacity building and knowledge partnerships
Training for government teams in policy analysis, programme design, data interpretation and evaluation, and collaborations with universities, research institutions and sector specialists.
Focus areas
Eight sectors where the evidence is thin and the stakes are not.
- Agriculture and rural development
- Health and nutrition
- Education, skills and employment
- Industry and MSMEs
- Urban development and infrastructure
- Environment and energy
- Social protection
- Digital governance, AI and emerging technologies
Engagements and deliverables
Commissioned, embedded or in partnership.
How we are engaged
Commissioned studies. Ministry advisory assignments. State and district development programmes. Thematic research partnerships. Dedicated implementation support units placed inside a department for the life of a programme.
What we hand over
Research reports. Policy briefs. Draft policy frameworks. Implementation roadmaps. Decision-support dashboards. Evaluation reports. Each one written to be acted on, with its evidence, its assumptions and its limits on the page.
Our commitments
Independent, transparent, and clear about who paid.
Transparent methods
Every report states how the evidence was gathered, what was sampled, what was excluded and why. A finding that cannot be traced to its data is not published.
Analytical independence
The commissioning body sets the question. It does not set the answer. Where the evidence points away from a preferred option, the report says so.
Responsible data practices
Field data is collected with consent, held under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and reported in aggregate. AI tools are used with human oversight and never as the final word on a person.
Disclosure of funding and conflicts
Every published piece of work names who funded it and declares any interest that could bear on it.
ASMI Research is a unit of Ashayam Group and is operated separately from ASMI’s political-intelligence services. Work for a government body is not shared with, and does not draw on, any political client’s data.
Work with us
Start a conversation.
Tell us the question your ministry, department or institution is trying to answer, and the decision it will inform. We reply within one working day.