Seminar on

ICSSR

Presented by,S.ARUN JOSEPH.M.L.I.Sc 4th semester.

No : 1

D.L.I.S.University of Kerala.

Introduction

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) was established by the Government of India to promote research in social sciences in the country

It supports a network of 27 ICSSR research institutes

Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad Institute of Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), Delhi Madras Institute of Development Studies

Overview• Review the progress of social science research

• Sponsor social science research programmes and projects

• Institute and administer scholarships and fellowships for research in social sciences

• Indicate areas in which social science research is to be promoted

• Give financial support to institutions, associations, and journals engaged in social science research

• Arrange for technical training in research methodology and to provide guidance for research

• Co-ordinate research activities

• Develop and support centers for documentation services

• Organize, sponsor, and finance seminars, workshops and study groups

• Undertake publication and assist publication of journals and books in social sciences

• Advise the Government of India on all matters pertaining to social science research

Objectives• To provide opportunities to social scientists to engage themselves in full-time research

• To assist young scholars

• To support doctoral students

• To achieve these objectives, four categories of fellowships are offered

• National Fellowships are offered to eminent social scientists

• Senior Fellowships are awarded to social scientists

• General Fellowships are awarded to scholars

• Doctoral Fellowships are open to doctoral students

• ICSSR provides grants to scholars to conduct research in various fields of social sciences

Publications

The Council has already published, in addition to a number of journals, over 350 books, pamphlets and monographs

Survey of Research in Social Sciences; Studies on Alternatives in Development; Research Projects; Sponsored Programmes; Fellowships; Conferences, Workshops and Seminars; International Collaboration

Journals of Abstracts and Reviews

©Journals of Abstracts and Reviews, bi-annually, in five disciplines

©‘Documentation in Public Administration' and 'Vikalpa'

References ICSSR.(n.d).retrieved on July 10,2013 from,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Council_of_Social_Science_Research

ICSSR.(n.d).retrieved on July 10,2013 from, http://www.google.co.in/search?q=ICSSR&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=i9XcUd3DHsmsrAexlYGYCg&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=667

ICSSR.(n.d).retrieved on July 10,2013 from, http://www.icssr.org/