National Training Workshop on Content Management System and Social Science Research (March 15-18, 2016)

The training workshop will focus on the renewed role of technologies in promoting research in social sciences by using/browsing different information resources. In view of the ICSSR/NASSDOC’s emphasis on training and skill development of researchers in the country, this workshop will serve the purpose of improving the quality of research in social sciences and also to provide effective information services to the wider network of social science researchers in India. Click here for more details

राष्ट्रीय सेमिनार : भारत में राज्यों की राजनीति की उभरती प्रवृत्तियाँः पुनरावलोकन एवं सम्भावना (Emerging Trends of State Politics in India: Retrospect and Prospect) – जनवरी 21-22, 2016

National Seminar on Affirmative Action and Social Inclusion of Marginalised: Conundrums and Opportunities in India

After Independence, the Indian state took various steps to establish an egalitarian society in the socio-economic and political spheres. The main challenge before Indian state was to uplift the people belonging to the lower strata of society who were discriminated against and denied basic human rights. The Constitution of India has given special privileges, including reservation in government jobs, seats in parliament and in legislative bodies to these marginalised and vulnerable groups.