www.icssr.org Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) was established in the year of 1969 by the Government of India to promote research in social sciences in the country. It supports a network of 27 ICSSR research institutes, including:
- Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore
- Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
- Institute of Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi
- Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad
- Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
- Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi
- Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research
- Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), Delhi
- Madras Institute of Development Studies
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