INDIAN COUNCil OF SOCIAl SCIENCE RESEARCH ANNUAL REPORT 1979 .. 80 I. Programmes IIPA HOSTEL BUILDING, INDRAPRASTHA ESTATE RING ROAD, NEW DELHI-110002 Publication No. 122 1981 Non-Priced Printed at Rakesh Press, A-7 Naraina Industrial Area Phase II New Delhi-110028 on behalf of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. CONTENTS General 1 Research Promotion 2 Documentation 15 Publications 19 Data Archives 22 International Collaboration 24 Research Institutes 30 ICSSR Regional Centres 31 Other Programmes 43 Advisory Role 48 APPENDICES Members of the Council 50 Research Projects Sanctioned 53 Fellowships 62 Completed Research 71 List of Journals Indexed 78 Publication Grants Sanctioned 79 Social Scientists Given Financial Assistance to Attend Conferences/Seminars 80 Research Institutes 82 ANNUAL REPORT 1979-80 I General 1.01 This is the Eleventh Annual Report of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) pertaining to the year Aprill979 to March 1980. Composition of the ICSSR 1.02 The ICSSR, which is an autonomous organization established by the Government of India in 1969, is composed of 26 members : a Chairman, 18 social scientists, six represen­ tatives of the Government (all nominated by the Government) and a Member-Secretary (appointed by the ICSSR with the approval of the Government). 1. 03 During the year under review, the term of the following members came to an end : (1) Professor Y. K. Alagh, (2) Professor Abad Ahmed, (3) Professor A. K. Singh, (4) Professor V.P. Dutt, {5) Professor C. Parvathamma, and (6) Professor Iqbal Narain. · 1.04 The Government of India renominated Professor Iqbal Narain for a second term and nominated the folLowing new members to the vacancies : (1) Dr. J.B.P. Sinha, (2) Dr. Surajit Chandra Sinha, (3) Shri K.R. Narayanan, (4) Dr. Hiten Bhaya, and (5) Professor C.T. Kurien. The Ministry of Finance was represented by Shri S. Vasudevan in place of Shri J.P. Kacker. 1.05 The composition of the ICSSR as on 31 March 1980 is given in Appendix 1. Council and Committee Meetings 1.06 The fo Bowing table shows the number of meetings of the Council and its functional Committees held during the period under review. 2 Council/Committee No. of Meetings Indian Council of Social Science Research 3 Policy Planning and Administrative Committee 3 Research Committee 5 Research Institutes Committee 3 Committee on Documentation Services and Research Information 2 Committee on Data Archives 1 Committee on Training 3 Committee on International Collaboration 1 1.07 Audited statements of the receipts and payments of the Council is given in Part II of the Report. II Research Promotion 2.01 Promotion of research is the most important responsi· bility of the Council. This is being pursued through a number of schemes aimed at building the infrastructure for researcl1, financing research projects, awarding research fellowships, providing grants to meet research expenditure, assisting training programmes, etc. Survey of Research in Social Sciences Oi'o~'""""''.,.""~""",_,..._... --....,,,....._,"',.,.....""'".. ~#"'.u""-""""'-'-"'"'"' .,><),•> ''"~"""'"'"'"""'"'•>"'"''.. ~ "'""'""•~" 2.02 Under the major project undertaken by the ICSSR soon after its inception to conduct a survey of research in social sciences (covering broadly the period up to 1969) the sixth volume in Economics and the first volume in Political Science were published during the year. The second volume in the field of Political Science was in press, and three remaining volumes were under finalization. Survey of Research in Physical Geography 2.03 A Survey of Research in Physical Geography covering tl1e period 1968-77 has been taken up under the joint auspices 3 .of the ICSSR and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. A number of papers commissioned in the various sub-fields have been received, others are awaited, and the report is expected 'to be finalized shortly. Research Surveys : Second Series 2.04 The ICSSR has decided, as part of its programme for the Fifth and Sixth Five Year Plans, to continue this scheme of research surveys beyond 1969 and to bring out a second series. The work accomplished till the end of 1979-80 is as follows : Psychology 2.05 The second survey of research in Psychology is being published in two parts. It is edited by Professor Udai Pareek . .Geography 2 06 The second survey ( 1969-72) edited by Professor Moonis Raza.has been published. The volume for the period 1973-75 is being edited by Professor S. Manzoor Alam and is under finalization. Sociology and Social Anthropology 2.07 A second survey of research in Sociology and Social Anthropology has been commissioned and the reports are under preparation under the editorship of Professor J.V. Ferreira. Draft reports of some of these papers were received during 1979-80. ' Public Administration 2.08 An Advisory Committee under the Chairmanship of Professor Kuldeep Mathur constituted for the second survey of research in Public Administration to cover the period 1970-77 has identified the following themes, viz, ( l) Administering Rural Development ; (2) Public Sector Administration : A Development Perspective; (3) The Indian Bureaucracy : Its Organization and Behaviour ; (4) Organization of the Govern­ ment Researches, Reforms and Trends; (5) Citizen, the Law and the Police; and (6) Growth of Tow .1s and Administration of Urban Area. 4 Management 2.09 An Advisory Committee under the Chairmanship of Professor B.L. Maheshwari constituted for the second survey of Research in Management to cover the period 1970-77 has identified the following themes, viz , (1) Business Policy ; (2) Organization Behaviour; (3) Personnel Management; (4) Indus~ trial Relations ; (5) Marketing Management; (6) Financial Management; (7) Operations Management; and (8) Public Management. Other Research Surveys 2.10 The ICSSR has commissioned a set of studies on "Inequality with Special Reference to Indian Conditions". Professor Andre Beteille is the coordinator of this survey. Most of the papers have been received. 2.11 The survey commissioned on "Educational and Social Change in India with special reference to the Post-Independence Period" was completed by Professor M.S.A. Rao of the University of Delhi. 2.12 An Annotated and Classified Bibliograhy of Indian Demography completed by Professor P.B. Desai is in press. 2.13 The report on the survey of research in Criminology commissioned under the supervision of Dr. D.P. Jatar, Department of Criminology and Forensic Sciences, Saugar University, Sagar, is being edited. 2.14 A scheme to publish a volume on "Survey of Research in Indian History (Social and Economic)" has been taken lip. Six trend reports have been commissioned on the following themes, viz., (1) Economic History of Ancient India; (2) Social History of Ancient India ; (3) Social History of Medieval India; (4) Economic History of Medieval India ; (5) Social History of Modern India; (6) Economic History of Modern India. Three of these have already been received. Research Projects 2.15 At the beginning of the year, 148 research proposals received from social scientists were under consideration. During the year, 352 fresh proposals were received. Of the total 500 research proposals, 100 were sanctioned (details are given in 5 Appendix 2), 139 were rejected or recorded for various reasons and 261 were still under consideration at the end of the year. 2.16 Eighty-four completed reports of research projects were received during the year (Appendix 4). The progress of the research projects sanctioned till 1978-79 is shown below: Sanctioned Research Projects Year Research Projects Final reports Reports Reports projects cancelled rece=::-iJ'.;;.;ecc:,.i __ .for e....:a- yet to be sanctioned Total Accepted mination received or evafua· tion Research 45 45 45 Projects Transferred from RPC 1969-70 13 1 12 12 1970-71 74 7 67 67 1971-72 103 4 97 94 3 2 1972-73 104 6 94 79 15 4 1973-74 88 1 70 57 13 17 1974-75 69" 1 53 44 9 15 1975-76 105 2 7l 50 21 32 1976-77 107 2 52 35 17 53 1977-78 154 49 23 26 104 1978-79 131 ~·· 2 29 24 5 100 Total 993 27 639 530 109 327 Fellowsl!ips 2.17 Following the decision to award Doctoral Fellow­ ships either through the research i11Stitutes funded by the Council or under the sponsored programmes, the Council has allocated 30 Doctoral Fellowships to 12 research institutes during 1979-80. It was also decided tl1at the scheme of Short­ term Fellowships and Contingency Grants would continued. A list of fellowships and contingency grants awarded during the year is given in Appendix 3. 6 2.18 During the year under review, the ICSSR awarded 67 fellowships under the following scl1emes : (1) National Fellowships Nil (2) Senior Fellowships 15 (3) Post-Doctoral Fellowships 1 (4) Doctoral Fellowships (a) Institutional Fellowships 16 (b) Foreign Scholars 5 (c) Sponsored Research Programme Nil 5. Short-term Fellowships 30 Total 67 2.19 The total number of fellowships sanctioned since the establishment of the ICSSR is given in the following table: Fellowships 1969- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978· 1979- To tal u ~ u n n ~ M National Fellowships 5 2 3 5 15 Senior Fellowships 39 6 7 14 20 12 15 113 Post- Doctoral Fellowships 7 4 2 9 2 2 27 Fellowships for Young Social Scientists 11 12 Doctoral Fellowships 182 50 56 71 67 1 16 443 ShorHerm Fellowships 7 20 17 26 30 100 7 2.20 Fellowships (Other than Doctoral and Short-Term Fellowships) sanctioned under the programme till 1979-80 is shown below : Research under Fellowships Sanctioned Cancdled/ !11 progress Fully Reports resigned/ utilized recei1·ed not joined National Fellowships 15 5 i 9 6 Senior Fellowships 113 10 28 75 39 Post-Doctoral and Fellowships for Young Social Scientists 39 17 8 14 Contingency Grants 2.21 During the year under review, 77 Contil1gency Grants have been sanctioned for research scholars, making a total of 461 such grants since the inception of the Council.