Annual Report 2014-15 ICSSR Annual Report 2014-15 ICSSR Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110067 Tel No. 26741849/50/51 Fax : 91-11-26741836 Ministry of Human Resource Development e-mail : [email protected] Website : www.icssr.org Government of India Annual Report 2014-15 Indian Council Of Social Science Research Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, J.N.U. Institutional Area, New Delhi-110067 Contents Programmes 1-48 1. Overview 1-3 2. Research Promotion 4-12 3. Documentation 13-16 4. Research Survey and Publications 17-18 5. International Collaboration 19-31 6. Regional Centers 32-37 7. Research Institutes 38-47 Appendices 49-480 1. List of Members of the Council 51-53 2. ICSSR Senior Officials 54-55 3. Research Projects 56-107 4. Research Fellowships 108-193 5. Financial Assistance Provided for Organising 194-200 Capacity Building Programmes and Research Methodology Courses. 6. Financial Assistance Provided for Organising 201-244 International / National Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops in India. 7. Publication Grants 245-250 8. Financial Assistance Provided to Scholars for 251-268 Participation in International Conferences / Data Collection Abroad. 9. Major Activities of ICSSR Regional Centres 269-296 10. Major Activities of ICSSR Research Institutes 297-475 11. Theses Purchased / Bibliographies Prepared in 476-479 the NASSDOC Statement of Accounts 481-580 Programmes 1 Overview Social science research, which presupposes launched in May 1969. It was considered a freedom of intellectual choice and opinion, significant achievement of evolving Indian needs to be encouraged by a developing democracy. nation. India has not only encouraged it, but also promoted it with state patronage. Objectives of the Council are: Following the Independence of India in 1947, • To review the progress of social science as part of our nation-building programme research and give advice to its users; there were efforts to make social science a • To sponsor social science research holistic knowledge system. India’s problems programmes and projects and administer were unique and the tools available to study grants to institutions and individuals for them were all invented in the West, which research in social sciences; did not always prove useful. A strong need was felt to develop a methodology relevant • To institute and administer scholarships for understanding Indian complexities in the and fellowships for research in social field of social science research. Integrating sciences; our intellectual traditions with the forces of modernisation was a challenge that had its • To indicate areas in which social science own positive and negative connotations. The research is to be promoted and adopt State came forward with its interventionist special measures for development of role to take up the daunting task. It could not research in neglected or new areas; have been taken up by any other agency both • To give financial support to institutions, for financial and operational reasons. associations and journals engaged in Towards this pursuit, on 12th December 1968, social science research; the Ministry of Education (now known as • To arrange for technical training in Ministry of Human Resource Development), research methodology and to provide Government of India, established the Indian guidance for research; Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) • To coordinate research activities as an autonomous organisation. The chief and encourage programmes of inter architects of this endeavour included disciplinary research; Professor V.K.R.V. Rao, Professor D.R. Gadgil, Professor M.N. Sriniwas, Professor • To develop and support centres for P.N. Dhar, Dr. S.K. Mitra and Shri J.P. Naik, documentation services and supply of among others. The ICSSR was formally data; 1 Indian Council of Social Science Research • To organise, sponsor and finance of the Government of India nominated by seminars, workshops and study groups; the Government and Member Secretary appointed by the ICSSR with the approval of • To undertake publication and assist the Government of India. The list containing publication of journals and books in members of the Governing Council is given at social sciences; Appendix – 1. • To advise the Government of India on all matters pertaining to social science The ICSSR secretariat is headed by the research as may be referred to it from Member Secretary and has 25 officers and time to time; and other officials. The ICSSR’s professional staff, apart from official duties, is academically • To take such measures generally as may active and have also contributed a number of be necessary to promote social science seminar papers and research reports during research and its utilisation. the year. This is the 46th Annual Report of the Indian The Council has four 'Standing Committees' Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) covering the period from 1st April 2014 to comprising members drawn from the Council 31st March 2015. The ICSSR’s decision and from outside (not more than three). Table making body, known as the Council, has 1.1 shows the number of meeting the Council 26 members, which includes Chairman, and its Standing Committees held during the 18 Social Scientists, six representatives year 2014-15. Table- 1.1 Meetings of the Council / Committees S.No. Council / Committees Total Date of the Meeting Meetings 1. Council Meeting 4 126th on 16.6.2014, 127th on 23.8.2014, 128th on 24.09.2014 & 129th on 28.01.2015. 2. Policy, Planning & 2 76th on 23.9.2014 & 77th on 27.1.2015. Administration Committee (PPAC) 3. Research Committee (RC) 2 163rd on 23.09.2015 & 164th on 27.01.2015. 4. Research Institutes 2 65th Meeting on 15.06.2014 & Committee (RIC) 66th Meeting on 22.08. 2014. 2 Overview During the year 2014-15, the ICSSR provided work on a variety of issues of their interest financial support to 258 research projects and having policy relevance (Table 1.2). and awarded 1064 fellowships to scholars to Table- 1.2 Year at a Glance Sl.No. Name of the Programme/ Scheme/Service Number 1. Research Projects Sanctioned a) Research Projects (Responsive) 198 b) Research Projects (Sponsored) 60 2. Final Reports of earlier Research Projects Received 277 3. National Fellowships 12 4. Senior Fellowships 35 5. Post-Doctoral Fellowships 252 6. Doctoral Fellowships 765 7. Publication Grant to Doctoral Theses/ Research Projects/ 30 Fellowship Reports/Conference Papers 8. Adhoc Grant for Publication/ Running of Journals 64 9. Adhoc Grant for Supporting Professional Organisations/ 8 Associations of Social Scientists for their Development. 10. Library and Documentation Services 9160 11. Exchange of Scholars under International Collaboration 27 Programme 12. Data Collection and Participation in Seminars/ Conferences 194 Abroad 13. Training Courses in Research Methodology and capacity 79 Building 14. Proposals Approved for Organising International/ National 480 Seminars/ Conferences 15. Research Output from ICSSR Research Institutes a) Books 171 b) Working Papers/Monographs 257 c) Articles 700 3 Indian Council of Social Science Research 2 Research Promotion Research Projects (Responsive) 11. National Security and Strategic Studies The funding of research projects is one of the 12. Any other Social Science Discipline most important activities of Indian Council of Social Science Research. Under its programme Objective of Research Projects (Responsive), it provides grant to social science scholars for conducting The broad objective of the Research Project research on specific themes. In general, grants Programme is to support research, to achieve under this head are awarded to a study which excellence in research activities in the social proposes to contribute at a theoretical and/or sciences. conceptual level or aimed at generation of new field work based data and policy implications The specific objectives of the Programme are: thereof. The studies could be both macro and 1. to support high quality independent micro in nature. The broad disciplines of study may belong to anyone of the following social programmes of research; science disciplines or may be interdisciplinary 2. to provide opportunities for training of in nature: future researchers; 1. Sociology and Social Anthropology 3. to contribute to the development of 2. Political Science/Public Administration elaboration of new theoretical or methodological approaches to research; 3. Economics 4. to maintain and sustain varied 4. International Studies disciplinary research activities; 5. Social Geography and Population 5. to foster and promote collaborative, Studies multidisciplinary research activities 6. Commerce and Management among researchers in the social sciences and; 7. Social Psychology 6. to facilitate communication of research 8. Education outputs both within and beyond the 9. Social Linguistics/Socio-Cultural academic community as well as to provide policy inputs to administrators 10. Law/ International Law and policy makers. 4 Research Promotion The year-wise position of research projects, the ICSSR on a wide range of issues. These since the inception of ICSSR, sanctioned/ included 19 projects to SC and 11 to ST cancelled/withdrawn/closed and reports scholars respectively. The final reports of received till 31st March 2015 is furnished 252 research projects sanctioned in the past herewith in Table 2.1. were received during the year. The details of Research Projects sanctioned and final project During the year 2014-15, 198 research reports received during the year have been projects (responsive) were sanctioned by given in Appendix-3. Table 2.1 Status of the Sanctioned Research Projects Year Sanctioned Cancelled/Closed Final Reports Received From inception till 2023 215 1765 1990 1990-2000 597 46 471 2000-01 36 02 32 2001-02 32 04 26 2002-03 88 06 76 2003-04 138 09 114 2004-05 81 07 51 2005-06 --- --- --- 2006-07 38 01 37 2007-08 93 04 53 2008-09 142 --- 120 2009-10 182 03 123 2010-11 185 --- 141 2011-12 74 05 69 2012-13 530 02 174 2013-14 187 40 2014-2015 198 --- Ongoing Total 4624 304 3292 5 Indian Council of Social Science Research Research Projects (Sponsored) 4.