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Seema Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 6: Establishment of Social Science Research Institutions

Unit 6: Establishment of Social Science Notes

Research Institutions

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
6.1 Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

6.2 UGC-Inter University Centre for International Studies
6.3 UGC-Inter University Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences (IUCHSS)
6.4 Social Science Problems
6.5 Summary
6.6 Keywords
6.7 Review Questions
6.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
y Know the research institutions established by the Indian Government to develop the social
science disciplines
y Identify the key social science problems.

Introduction

The Government of India has recognising the importance of social science research in the national
development and introduced a number of programmes after independence. For example, the
Government set up the Indian Council of Social Science Research. The key disciplines recognized
by the council for supporting social science research in the country are: Economics (including
commerce), Education, Management (including Business Administration), Political Science (including
International Relations), Psychology, Public Administration, and Sociology (including Criminology
and Social Work). The Council also favours proposals on social science aspects of the disciplines of
Anthropology, Geography, History, Law, Library and Information Services and Linguistics, etc. The
Council accorded documentation, bibliographical services and publications, as a priority programme
for dissemination of social science information to the researchers in the country and set up National
Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC).

6.1 Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

In order to promote the social science research in the country the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India Indian established the Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

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