About us Deft Advisory and Research Private Limited (DEFT) is one of the few research-based advisory firms in India focusing on public policy and development sectors. DEFT’s main objectives can be summarized as: - To provide research-based policy advisory to Governments, multi-lateral, bi-lateral agencies. - To support implementation of its advisory, assist clients achieve their objectives. DEFT’s areas of consulting service focus are: • Energy, climate change and sustainability • Labour markets, technical and vocational education sector • Trade facilitation processes, transaction cost economics, logistics and infrastructure. Our subsidiary Deft Education and Learning Institute (DELI) is a not-for-profit company.