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SujayaisVicePresident andMsC.P. MuchkundDubeyisPresident Prof. themembersofCouncil.Presently, elected from were bearers demise, office Aftertheir DeshmukhasExecutiveChairpersonandHonoraryDirector. Durgabai andDr(Smt.) Registration Actof1860withDrC.D.DeshmukhasPresident undertheSocieties India InternationalandinApril1970,itwasregistered Centre ofthe Deshmukh. In1964,aformalstatuswasgiventotheCouncilasanaffiliate renowned academician,Dr(Smt.)Durgabai social workerand fighter, freedom undertheleadershipoflegendary scientists, describedasaStudyGroup, ofsocialworkersand In 1962,CSDwasconceivedasaninformalgroup andsocialdevelopmentthinktank. research independent,vibrant as anon-profit, For overfivedecades,theCouncilforSocialDevelopment(CSD)hasfunctioned ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 ANNUAL REPORT RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY 2014 ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH ADVISASIS ADVISASIS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE 2015 TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN CRISIS AGRARIAN MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES SCHEDULE DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY Director’s Director’s of Andhra Pradesh; and Food Security in Telangana. 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