The GRFDT is an international platform to facilitate, cooperate, collaborate and engage with scholars, diasporic communities, development organizations, businesses and governments worldwide. Though launched and based in India, GRFDT’s vision, objective and activities are global in nature. GRFDT is a platform to synergise and make use of the existing global intellectual, cultural and institutional expertise. In addition, the emphasis is on bridging the limitations posed by the so called boundaries. GRFDT brings together a large network of professionals and experts focusing specifically on issues related to migration, diaspora and transnationalism.