RESEARCH DIVISION

 The role of social institutions in accelerating the process of social change, by intervening at various levels, is crucial to our society in India. To affect such interventions it is necessary to relate theory to practice by combining research with action programmes.

 CSR is an interface between academic inquiry and social action. The research division of CSR is motivated by the belief that the pursuit of knowledge should be a socially relevant activity. It should not limit itself to seminar rooms, professional journals, and unread official documents. We believe that social science research can be made meaningful to society at large, by linking it with programmes of sustained social action.

 CSR’s research and survey studies have led our organization and many others to undertake constructive action programmes.Since its formation, CSR has been able to achieve recognition in the field of social research. Our research projects and surveys have been appreciated for their scientific rigor, policy-level recommendations and action-oriented insights. Our monographs, books, and reports have been well received by social activists, universities, and policy-making bodies.

 During the initial period, CSR concentrated its research on localised problems and lives of the underprivileged - Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women, and the unorganised urban poor. In the latter period, while we remained focussed on issues concerned with the underprivileged, the scope of our research widened to national and South Asian-level issues. The issues that currently concern us are health, gender, violence against women, environment, education, governance, political participation, labour, industry, and trade.