Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
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| Established: | 1973 |
| Type: | Research Institution |
| Director: | Professor Sugata Marjit |
| Location: | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | www.cssscal.org |
The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) is an autonomous research centre devoted to the research and advancement of the social sciences in South Asia. In addition, it runs the Research Training Programme (RTP) for M.Phil. level students. Ph.D. students of Calcutta University and Jadavpur University are also associated with it. It is one of the leading social science think tanks in India.
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[edit] History
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In 1972 a national level committee, headed by Professor Sukhomoy Chakravarty, then Member, Planning Commission, and constituting of Professor Surajit Sinha and Professor J.P.Naik recommended the setting-up of social science research institutes in India, under the aegis of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, with one located in Calcutta. Within one year of the recommendations, immediately after the General Elections, this plan was implemented by the Government of India. The then Union Minister of Education, Social Welfare and Culture, Professor Saiyid Nurul Hasan, on assuming office, gave full support to the cause, both financially and intellectually, and was instrumental in founding the Calcutta Centre. Professor Bhabatosh Datta was appointed as the First-Chairman of the Executive Council, and Professor Barun De was appointed as its First-Director.
[edit] Academics
The Centre has always had a strong faculty, boasting of several very well known scholars. It has regularly organised and published the R.C.Dutt Memorial Lecture in economics and S.G.Deuskar Lecture in history. Some of its most well known academics include Professor Amiya Bagchi, Professor Barun De, Professor Partha Chatterjee, Professor Tapati Guha Thakurta and Professor Gautam Bhadra among the long term scholars and Professor Dipesh Chakravarty, Professor Gyanendra Pandey, Professor Rudrangshu Mukherjee and Dr. Amitav Ghosh among its short term scholars.
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It is financed primarily by grants from the ICSSR, New Delhi, the Government of India, and the Government of West Bengal, with full academic autonomy. The present Chairman of the Board of Governors is Professor Sabyasachi Bhattacharya. The other members of the Board include the Director, Member Secretary of the ICSSR, Higher education Secretary of the Government of West Bengal, Vice-Chancellors of premier universities of West Bengal, especially the University of Calcutta, one eminent academic and senior Professors of the Centre. Shri Susanta