Established in 1973 and located in New Delhi, it is one of 27 national social science research institutes recognized by the Indian Council of Social Science Research ( ICSSR ), the apex advisory body of the Government of India for the promotion of research in the social sciences.
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He was a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education, the Indian National Commission for Co-operation with UNESCO, the Indian Council of Social Science Research ( ICSSR ), the National Council of Educational Research and Training ( NCERT ) and the National Council of Teacher Education.
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The Faculty members undertake research projects from various agencies including University Grants Commission, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute and Ministries of Govt . of India, which include Indian Space Research Organisation, Department of Science and Technology and Planning Commission.
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Annual inter-disciplinary research methodology workshops were conducted for the Ph . D . scholars and guides; by an arrangement with Indian Council of Social Science Research, ( ICSSR ) annual meeting of the scientists of southern universities was conducted; and annual compilation of the census of social science research in the four southern states was undertaken.
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J . P . Naik, then Secretary of Indian Council of Social Science Research, proposed in 1975 that MIDS should be reorganized as a national research centre within the framework of ICSSR . After negotiations, Adiseshiah accepted the proposal and in Mar . 1977, MIDS was reconstituted as a national institute under the joint sponsorship of ICSSR and the government of Tamil Nadu.
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The establishment of the Centre was a direct outcome of the experiences of its founders some of them had been an integral part of the path-breaking Towards Equality ( Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India, 1974 ) while others had participated in the Indian Council of Social Science Research's introduction of women's studies ( 1976 80 ).
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The Government of India included him in the 1993 Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of the Padma Bhushan . and their daughter . " Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development " ( OKD ), Guwahati, an autonomous institution funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research ( ICSSR ), was named after Das, on his birth centenary in 1995.
