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Annual Report 2012-13 2012-13 Annual Report simran enterprises 9810137159 Indian Council of Social Science Research Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU, Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110067 Tel No. 26741849/50/51 Fax ; 91 11 26741836 E-mail: [email protected] Website : www.icssr.org Indian Council of Social Science Research Annual Report 2012-13 Indian Council Of Social Science Research Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, J.N.U. Institutional Area, New Delhi-110067 Contents Programmes 1-43 1. Overview 1-3 2. Research Promotion 4-12 3. Documentation 13-17 4. Research Survey and Publications 18-19 5. International Collaboration 20-28 6. Regional Centers 29-35 7. Research Institutes 36-43 Appendices 45-400 1. List of Members of the Council 46-48 2. ICSSR Senior Officials 49-50 3. Research Projects 51-108 4. Research Fellowships 109-161 5. Financial Assistance Provided for Organising 162-172 Capacity Building Programmes and Research Methodology Courses. 6. Financial Assistance Provided for Organising 173-203 International / National Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops in India. 7. Publication Grants 204-207 8. Financial Assistance Provided to Scholars for 208-217 Participation in International Conferences / Data Collection Abroad. 9. Major Activities of ICSSR Regional Centres 218-244 10. Major Activities of ICSSR Research Institutes 245-393 11. Theses Purchased / Bibliographies Prepared in 394-400 the NASSDOC Statement of Accounts 401-500 Programmes 1 Overview Social science research, which presupposes in May 1969. It was considered a significant freedom of intellectual choice and opinion, achievement of evolving Indian democracy. that a developing nation must encourage. India has not only encouraged it, but also promoted Objectives of the Council are : it with state patronage. • to review the progress of social science Following the Independence of India in 1947, research and give advice to its users; as part of our nation-building programme, • to sponsor social science research there were efforts to make social science a programmes and projects and administer holistic knowledge system. India’s problems grants to institutions and individuals for were unique and the tools available to study research in social sciences; them were all invented in the West, which did not always prove useful. A strong need • to institute and administer scholarships was felt to develop a methodology relevant and fellowships for research in social for understanding Indian complexities in the sciences; field of social science research. Integrating our intellectual traditions with the forces of • to indicate areas in which social science modernisation was a challenge that had its research is to be promoted and adopt own positive and negative connotations. The special measures for development of State came forward with its interventionist research in neglected or new areas; role to take up the daunting task. It could not have been taken up by any other agency both • to give financial support to institutions, associations and journals engaged in for financial and operational reasons. social science research; Towards this pursuit, on 12th December 1968, • to arrange for technical training in the Ministry of Education (now known as research methodology and to provide Ministry of Human Resource Development), guidance for research; Government of India, established the Indian 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 Professor disciplinary research; V.K.R.V. Rao, Professor D. R. Gadgil, Professor M. N. Sriniwas, Professor P.N. Dhar, • to develop and support centres for Dr. S. K. Mitra and Shri J.P. Naik, among documentation services and supply of others. The ICSSR was formally launched data; 1 Indian Council of Social Science Research • to organise, sponsor and finance six representatives of the Government of India seminars, workshops and study groups; nominated by the Government and Member- Secretary appointed by the ICSSR with the • to undertake publication and assist approval of the Government of India. The list publication of journals and books in containing members of the Governing Council social sciences; is given at Appendix-1. • to advise the Government of India on The ICSSR Secretariat is headed by the all matters pertaining to social science Member –Secretary and has 43 officers research as may be referred to it from (Appendix-2) and other officials. The time to time; and ICSSR’s professional staff, apart from official • to take such measures generally as may duties, are academically active and have also be necessary to promote social science contributed a number of seminar papers and research and its utilisation. research reports during the year. This is the 44th Annual Report of the Indian The Council has five standing committees Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) comprising members drawn from the Council covering the period from 1st April 2012 to 31st and from outside (not more than three). Table March 2013. The ICSSR’s decision making 1.1 shows the number of meeting the Council body, known as the Council, has 26 members, and its Standing Committees held during the which includes Chairman, 18 Social Scientists, year 2012-13. Table- 1.1 Meetings of the Council/Committees Sl.No. Council/Committee Number and Date of Meeting 1. Council Meeting 120th and 121st Council Meeting held on 17th July 2012 and 22nd January 2013 respectively. 2. Policy, Planning and 73rd PPAC Meeting held on 16th July 2012. Administration Committee (PPAC) 3. Research Committee (RC) 158th Research Committee Meeting held on 21st January 2013. 4. Research Institutes Com- 62nd RIC Meeting held on 7th March 2013. mittee (RIC) 2 Overview During the year 2012-13, the ICSSR provided on various issues of their interest and having financial support to 501 research projects and policy relevance (Table 1.2). awarded 751 fellowships to scholars to work Table- 1.2 Year at a Glance Sl.No. Name of the Programme/ Scheme/Service Number 1. Research Projects Sanctioned a) Research Projects (Sponsored) 43 b) Research Projects (Responsive) 458 2. Final Reports of earlier Research Projects Received. 109 3. National Fellowships 13 4. Senior Fellowships 40 5. Post-Doctoral Fellowships 200 6. Doctoral Fellowships 498 7. Publication Grant to Doctoral Theses/ Research Reports/ 20 Conference Papers. 8. Ad hoc Grant for Publication/ Running of Journals 61 to Professional Organisations/ Associations of Social Scientists. 9. Ad hoc Grant for Maintenance and Development to 13 Professional Organisations/ Associations of Social Scientists. 10. Library and Documentation Services 6935 11. Exchange of Scholars under International Collaboration 31 Programme 12. Training Courses in Research Methodology 146 13. Research Output from ICSSR Research Institutes a) Books 113 b) Working Papers/Monographs 186 c) Articles 738 3 Indian Council of Social Science Research 2 Research Promotion Research Projects (Responsive) x) Law, International Law and Allied. The funding of Research Projects is one of the xi) National Security and Strategic Studies. most important activities of Indian Council of xii) Any other Social Science Discipline. Social Science Research. Under its programme of Research Projects (Responsive) it provides Objectives grant to social science scholars for conducting The objective of the Research Project research on specific themes and issues as Programme is to support research, to achieve proposed by the applicants. In general, grants excellence in research activities in the social under this head are awarded to a study which sciences. proposes to contribute at a theoretical and / or conceptual level or aimed at generation of new The specific objectives of the Programme field work based data and policy implications are: thereof. The studies could be both macro • to support high quality independent and micro in nature. The broad disciplines of programmes of research; study may belong to anyone of the following social science disciplines or may be inter- • to provide opportunities for training of disciplinary in nature : future researchers; i) Sociology and Social Anthropology. • to contribute to the development of elaboration of new theoretical or ii) Political Science/ Public Administration methodological approaches to research; and Allied. iii) Economics and Allied. • to maintain and sustain varied disciplinary research activities; iv) International Studies. • to foster and promote collaborative, v) Social Geography and Population multidisciplinary research activities Studies. among researchers in the social sciences; vi) Commerce and Management. and vii) Social Psychology and Allied. • to facilitate communication of research outputs both within and beyond the viii) Education and Allied. academic community as well as provide ix) Social Linguistics/ Socio- Cultural and policy inputs to administrators and Allied. policy makers. 4 Research Promotion The year – wise position of research projects projects to SC and 10 to ST scholars. Under the sanctioned since the inception of ICSSR, North-East programme, a total of 72 projects projects cancelled/ withdrawn/closed and including seven to SC scholars and three to reports received till 31st March 2013, is ST scholars were sanctioned during the year. furnished herewith in Table 2.1(a). Separate The final reports of 106 research projects progress is shown in Table 2.1(b) for the including 16 reports sanctioned under North- research projects