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OUR FOCUS
- Undertaking and supporting action based participatory research studies in such areas as women's empowerment, child rights, inclusive education,entitlements of marginalized groups and ecologically sustainable livelihoods.
- Serving as a Nodal Centre for documentation, publication and consultancy on social development themes.
- Designing and imparting training programmes on development issues for members of state institutions, civil society groups, people’s representatives, educational institutions and youth.
- Organizing guided educational tours to regions and communities known for initiatives for biodiversity conservation, traditional health care practices, indigenous knowledge mapping and protection of local cultures.
- Conducting ‘Understanding India’ programmes for visiting international groups through class room sessions, internships and field trips.
- Working with government schools in enhancing their infrastructural and achedemic capabilities.
- Conducting Workshops on Research Methodology and Academic Writing for students and faculty and Organizing Invited Lectures.
- Building research capacities of young research scholars and faculty by organizing training programmes in research concepts and processes, use of statistical and computer based applications and methodologies in humanities and social science research.
- Creating a forum for sharing research outputs and research concerns and identifying new research areas.
- Undertaking sponsored research projects, training field support staff and offering consultation and guidance to project teams.
- Creating data bank on social development themes from a multi disciplinary perspective.
- Organizing lectures by experts in various fields with a special focus on themes relating to social development.