Welcome to Indian Council of Social Science Research
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.
ICSSR provide grants for projects, fellowships, international collaboration, organizing seminar / conference, capacity building, survey, publications etc. to promote research in social sciences in India.
Documentation center of ICSSR - National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC) - provides library and information support services to researchers in social sciences.
ICSSR has developed ICSSR Data Service to serve as a national data service for promoting powerful research environment through sharing and reuse of data among social science community in India.
IN FOCUS
- ICSSR invites proposals for organising National and International Seminars to commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 150th birth anniversary
- PRESS RELEASE - ICSSR Participates in the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Launches "Lord Shiva in India and Abroad" on the Global Stage
- Call for project proposals under the scheme of Major & Minor Research Projects (2024-25) [Last date of submission extended to November 10, 2024]
- PRESS RELEASE: India Research Tour 2024 flagged off from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi [Media Coverage]
- Declaration of Results of Special call for Collaborative Research Projects on Vision Viksit Bharat@2047
- ICSSR-ERC Call for Research Collaboration Opportunity in Europe for ICSSR Awardees
- Call for Proposals on Indo-German Funding Opportunity for Joint Research Projects in the field of Social Science Research
- Announcement of Result of ICSSR grant for conducting Research Methodology Courses and Capacity Building Programmes
- Call for applications from research teams interested in leading a Doing Research Assessments (DRA) in India starting in October 2024
- ICSSR Empirical Projects Working Paper Series: Based on the Outcomes of the Empirical Studies on the Various Schemes/Public Policy Initiatives 2023-2024
- Amrit Kaal Vimarsh Lecture Series - अमृतकालाच्या उंबरठयावर आकांक्षावान भारत by Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe at Veer Savarkar Auditorium, IMDR., Fergusson College Campus, Pune, December 21, 2023 [Watch Video]
- Member Secretary ICSSR, Prof. Dhananjay Singh, participated in the debate in the Social and Human Sciences Commission at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference in Paris, November 16, 2023 [WATCH VIDEO]
- Events organized under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’