Institute For Social and Economic Change - Specialization

Specialization

ISEC is equipped with the expertise in studying and analyzing the various aspects of Indian economy and society. It has vast experience in analyzing the institutions of local government and in capacitating them through training and research on governance issues. Policy formulation, efficient delivery of services, implementation of government projects and leadership are some of the areas which ISEC has trained Government officials at all levels (both from state and nation) and Ministers. ISEC endeavours to periodically update its research vision keeping in view the emerging challenges in social sciences. While attempting this, a good balance is maintained between pure and applied research at ISEC. Research activities are conducted under the various centres, which also match the thematic research areas and the requirements of the funding agencies. The various centres are: • Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre • Centre for Economic Studies and Policy • Centre for Decentralisation and Development • Centre for Human Resource Development • Centre for Political Institutions • Governance and Development • Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources • Population Research Centre The larger impact of ISEC has been through dissemination of the results of its research studies. In the past 38 years of its existence, the Institute has completed studies on wide-ranging topics in social sciences. The papers and publications have been shared widely with other social science research institutions and are well received by scholars in social sciences and policy makers alike. To list some of them: • 650 applied and policy-related studies on various economic, social, political and administrative issues. • 225 books. • Over 2,500 technical articles published by the faculty. Of these, over 1100 articles were published in refereed journals in India and abroad, 400 articles in various magazines and about 1,000 articles in various media. ISEC faculty members have made their presence felt in many national and international seminars, conferences and workshops. • Regular contributions by ISEC faculty and students appear in leading newspapers to raise the standard of public debate and influence public opinion on several contemporary issues. • 225 working papers and 20 monographs by the faculty have been published.