Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) is the oldest research and training institute in Economics in India. Established in 1930, it is a non-profit public higher-education institution dedicated to research in the socio-economic dimensions of the Indian society. Named after Gopal Krishna Gokhale who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905. GIPE is renowned for its initiatives in qualitative research in diverse areas of economic theory and practice. The Institute is credited with pioneering contributions by way of surveys, research, informed debate, analysis and critique, which have shaped public discourse on major socio-economic initiatives and in formulating economic plans at the regional level, as well at the national level.
Campus: One campus located in the urban setting of the metropolis Pune. The residential campus of the institute comprising faculty and staff houses, guest houses, and the student dormitories, is built on a separate in close proximity to the institute.
Population: ca. 350 students
Faculties/Centres : The major research areas of the institute are Agricultural Economics, Population Studies, Economic History, Input-output analysis for planning and development, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Monetary economics, Financial Economics, Public Economics, International Economics and the study of economics of East European countries.
Interesting fact:  Its library, the Dhananjaya Rao Gadgil Library has one of the largest collections of social science documents in India, as well as a large number of rare books published before the advent of twentieth century, which may not be available elsewhere. There is a cottage in the campus where Gandhi met Gokhale for the first time and it is said, that that unleashed his journey of India’s freedom struggle.