The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has been holding its annual marquee event, the India Policy Forum (IPF) Conference every year since 2004. The IPF is a vital podium for carrying forward the rich legacy and historical traditions of promoting empirical evidence-based research that NCAER has always been known for. The IPF Conference is attended by a galaxy of eminent policymakers, scholars, practitioners, academics, and members of the research fraternity, thus providing an unparalleled platform and convening power for policy outreach. Apart from facilitating a dynamic interface between global experts and Indian policymakers, this one-of-a-kind event also mainstreams the economic challenges and persistent questions of the day while offering viable solutions for them. The IPF promotes rigorous empirical research on Indian economic policy through commissioned papers that are presented at an annual conference in New Delhi, discussed by leading researchers and top Indian policymakers, and then edited and published in the annual volume of the India Policy Forum. Besides the unique opportunity of interacting with top policymakers and scholars, the authors also receive peer reviewer comments and commentaries on their papers from the IPF participants. The IPF Editors invite prospective authors to submit their draft papers for IPF 2022 to ipf@ncaer.org. The submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The ideal empirical papers should feature topics of policy relevance to India on which either – (1) there is new empirical evidence that can be presented, or (2) useful Indian and global evidence can be reviewed and synthesised for policymakers. Original research papers from younger scholars that present new data, analysis, and evidence for shaping policy are particularly welcome. Important dates to remember: Draft paper submission deadline: April 30, 2022 Paper selection and notification of acceptance: May 15, 2022 Revised final drafts for Conference submission deadline: June 15, 2022 Presentation at the Conference: July 11-13, 2022 Papers presented at the Conference will go through a second round of editorial review post the IPF before eventual publication in the IPF Volume, which will be edited by Dr Poonam Gupta (NCAER), Dr Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego), and Dr Pravin Krishna (Johns Hopkins University). The authors of the selected papers will be paid return air airfare from their current place of work to New Delhi to present at the IPF 2022 conference and for their stay in New Delhi during the conference. For queries, please contact ipf@ncaer.org and amehta@ncaer.org.