Institute for Social and Economic Change


The Institute has been ranked in Eighth Position among 32 Institutions as Centres of Excellence in a report prepared for Research Councils, UK “Arts and Humanities Research Mapping, India – An overview of the arts and humanities research landscape in India: Mapping the centres of excellence, potential funders, emerging themes, strengths and weaknesses” by India Foundation For The Arts, Bangalore, June 2010.

Centres of Excellence

  • Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (in Kolkata).
  • Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.
  • Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.
  • Department of History, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
  • Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
  • Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
  • Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi.
  • Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
  • Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum.
  • Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.
  • Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi.
  • School for Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
  • Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies, Hyderabad.
  • School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
  • Department of English, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
  • Department of English, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
  • Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
  • Centre for the Study of Society and Culture, Bangalore.
  • School of Cultural Text & Records, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
  • Department of Film Studies & Media Lab, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
  • School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
  • Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad.
  • Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture and Environmental Studies, Mumbai.
  • National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.
  • Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
  • National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
  • Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda.
  • Sarojini Naidu School of Performing Arts, Fine Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
  • Department of Music, University of Delhi, New Delhi.

Centres with Potential

  • Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata.
  • National Folklore Support Centre, Chennai.
  • Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi.
  • Sound & Picture Archives for Research on Women, Mumbai.
  • Centre for the Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
  • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
  • Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.
  • School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore.
  • PUKAR, Mumbai.
  • Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.

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