What's New:
Events/Notifications
- WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND GENDER (2-4 AUGUST 2023) | (New)
- WORKSHOP ON LARGE DATA PROCESSING (11-21 JULY 2023) | (New)
- TWO DAY NATIONAL SEMINAR ON LISTENING TO FREEDOM FIGHTERS (21-22 FEBRUARY 2023)
- ICSSR-SRC GOLDEN JUBLIEE CELEBRATIONS
- 7th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF TELANGANA ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (TEA) 2023, CSD-SRC, HYDERABAD, FEBRUARY 11-12, 2023
- Capacity Building Programme on Quantitative Data Management and Analytical Writing in Labour Research in collaboration with VV Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA (9 – 13 January 2023) |
- 19th C.D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE
- Collaboration and Joint Organisation of National Conference by GSHS, GITAM University, Hyderabad & CSD-SRC, Hyderabad | GITAM ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ECONOMICS 2022-23
- ADVERTISEMENT FOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE / RESEARCH ASSISTANT / FIELD INVESTIGATOR
- Announcement of Online Research Methodology Course
- ADVERTISEMENT FOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
- Three day Online Workshop on Sustainable Development Goals and Disability (July 13-15, 2022)
- Online Collaborative Capacity Building Programme on Quantitative Data Analysis in Labour Research in collaboration with V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida (March 14-16, 2022)
- Two Weeks Academic Writing Workshop for Research Scholars in Social Sciences (March 21-April 1, 2022)
Recent Completed Studies
Founders
Dr. (Smt.) Durgabai Deshmukh & Dr. C.D. Deshmukh
The Council for Social Development (CSD) was founded by the eminent social reformer Dr. (Smt.) Durgabai Deshmukh, with the active support of Dr. C.D. Deshmukh, a distinguished civil servant, economist, educationist and scholar, as an affiliate of the India International Centre in 1962. In 1970 the organisation was registered as an autonomous institution under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 in Delhi.
President
Prof. Muchkund Dubey
The current President of CSD is the distinguished former diplomat Prof. Muchkund Dubey.
He had an illustrious career in the Indian Foreign Service, serving, among others, as India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh and the Permanent Representative to U.N. Organizations in Geneva. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service after occupying the post of Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. He then joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University as Professor where he taught for close to eight years. As an international civil servant, he served at the headquarters of both the United Nations and the UNDP. He was the Indian Member on the Executive Board of UNESCO, Chairman of the Common School System Commission, Bihar, and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Sikkim. His areas of specialization have been international economic relations, India's social and economic development, international security and disarmament, international development cooperation and world order issues.
Chairperson
Prof. Shantha Sinha
The CSD-SRC enjoys functional autonomy through its own Managing / Finance Committee. Currently, Prof. Shanta Sinha is the Chairperson of the Managing Committee, a Retired Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad and Raman Magsaysay Awardee for her distinguished work on elimination of Child Labour.
Regional Director (In-charge)
Prof. Sujit Kumar Mishra
Prof. Sujit Kumar Mishra is currently the head of the institute as Regional Director (In-charge).
A skilled practitioner and teacher of research methods and skills include impact assessment, economic analysis and statistics. The other areas of his research interests include interrogating the equity aspects of development - access to education, health, livelihoods - along several axes of marginality - caste, tribes, gender and minorities.
EVENTS
- Two Days National Seminar on Status of Health in Telangana Since 2014 (November 25-26, 2021)
- Justice AlladiKuppuswami Centenary Seminar, Alladi Family and CSD, Hyderabad, 26-27 September 2019.
- One-Day Brainstorming Session on 'Financial Inclusion Through PMJDY', 23 August 2017
- National Seminar on Disability, Labour& Society (as part of 58th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Labour Economics, IIT, Guwahati), Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, at IIT, Guwahati, 25 November 2016
- National Seminar on 'Labour Market and Issues of Adivasis' (in collaboration with SR Sankaran Chair, NIRD, Hyderabad), 22-23 January 2015
- National Consultation on Disabilities Legislation, 15-18 April 2014
- National Seminar on "The Impact of MGNREGS on Rural Development" in collaboration with Government Degree College, Gajwel, Medak district, 6-7 September 2013
- National Seminar on Law and Literature (In Honour of K.G. Kannabiran) in collaboration with ChityalaAilamma Centre for Interdisciplinary Research-Asmita, 12-14 February 2012
- National Seminar on 'Regulatory Aspects of Financial Inclusion, 23-24 August 2012
- International Conference on 'The Political Fate of Egalitarian Programmes: A Comparison between India and Brazil' In collaboration with International Centre of Advanced Studies: Metamorphoses of the Political (ICAS:MP), 19-20 March 2018.
- National Conference on "Social Exclusion and Rights of Persons with Disabilities", 19-20 October 2012
- National Conference on "Social Exclusion and Rights of Persons with Disabilities", 19-20 October 2012
- Fourth National Bioethics Conference on "Ethical and Regulatory Challenges in Health Research", 6-8 December 2012
- South India Consultation Towards Preparation of IV and V Periodic NGO Alternative Report on CEDAW (in association with National Alliance of Women and Asmita), Hyderabad, 12-13 July 2011
- National Consultation on Women and Human Trafficking on 29 August 2011
- Conference on "A Perspective Paper on Education: A Discussion on the Rama Murthy Committee Report on National Education Policy 1986" (Indian University Association for Continuing Education),1990
- Researching Everyday Lives: Workshop on Ethnography, CSD, December 20-23, 2021
- Workshop on Social Development in Telangana, CSD-Core, 4-13 February2019
- National Workshop on FRA Case Study Documentation, CSD-SRC &Vasundhara, Bhubaneswar, 9-10 July2019
- Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods and Advanced Writing for Doctoral Scholars in Social Sciences and Humanities, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, 22-31 March 2018.
- Workshop on Quantitative Techniques and Basic Econometrics, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, May 16-30,2016
- Workshop on Statistics and Basic Econometrics, Corpus Fund of Reserve Bank of India, 12-17 December2016
- Workshop on Basic Quantitative Techniques for Research Scholars and Faculty Members in Social Sciences, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, June 01 ? 11,2015
- One Day Workshop on Constitutional Law and Adivasi Rights forAdivasiLawyers,September 29 - October 9, 2015.
- State Level Capacity Building Workshop for Adivasi Youth, January 18th2012
