Sociology and Social Anthropology in India

FOREWORD

As an organization committed to the promotion of research in various fields of social sciences, it is the task of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) to continually monitor trends of research and identify fresh set of priorities in tune with the changing times and emerging needs of the profession. The idea of carrying out a survey of research done in various fields until the time of the founding of the ICSSR was mooted by its first Chairman, Professor D.R. Gadgil, in 1969. Following that directive, the ICSSR commissioned a series of surveys in seven major areas of social science research, namely (1) economics, commerce, and demography; (2) political science and international relationsa; (3) public administration; ...