Indian Council of Social Science Research
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| Established | 1969 |
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Chairman | Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan[1] |
Member Secretary | Prof. Virendra Kumar Malhotra[2] |
| Website | icssr |
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) is the national body overseeing research in the social sciences in India. It was established in New Delhi in 1969.[3]:3606
Council[]
The Council is currently chaired by Bhushan Patwardhan. Current members include Deena Bandhu Pandey, P. Kanagasabapathi, Sanjay Kumar, H.S. Bedi, Harish Chandra Singh Rathore, Panchanan Mohanty, Amita Singh, , T. Subramanyam Naidu, Rakesh Sinha, Aswini Mohapatra, P.V. Krishna Bhatta, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, J.K. Bajaj, M.P. Bezbaruah, D.D. Pattanaik, and Madhu Purnima Kishwar.[4]
Activities[]
It provides funding to scholars and to a network of twenty-seven research institutes, among them: [5]
- Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Bhubaneswar
- Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi
- Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
- Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
- Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
- Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
- Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research
- Centre for Women's Development Studies, Delhi
- Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad
- Indian Institute Of Economics, Hyderabad
- Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
- Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
- Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi
- Madras Institute of Development Studies.
- Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati
A large proportion of its budget is spent on its own administration; in 1996–1997, this amounted to 23% of total expenditure.[3]:3607 It has been described as an "oversized, unimaginative and inefficient bureaucrac[y]".[3]:3604
See also[]
References[]
- ^ http://icssr.org/chairman
- ^ http://icssr.org/member-secretary
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Partha Chatterjee (2002). Institutional Context of Social Science Research in South Asia. Economic and Political Weekly 37 (35): 3604–3612. (subscription required).
- ^ "ICSSR - Council Members". Indian Council of Social Science Research.
- ^ https://www.icssr.org/research-institute
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- Ministry of Education (India)
- Social sciences organizations
- Organizations established in 1969
- Research institutes in India
- Research and development organizations
- Government agencies of India
- Members of the International Science Council