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Indian research institute for the social sciences
Indian Council of Social Science Research
Established 1969; 55 years ago (1969 ) Location Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan
[1] Member Secretary
Prof. Virendra Kumar Malhotra
[2] Website
icssr .org
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.
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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 , Kshamadevi Shankarrao Khobragade, 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 .
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Activities
It provides funding to scholars and to a network of twenty-nine
research institutes , among them:
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A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna (ANSISS Patna)
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]".
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See also
References
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