The Council for Social Development has the proud privilege and honour of inheriting the legacy of Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh, a pioneer in the field of social development. CSD was one of the several institutions she built to integrate the dimensions of social development into the planning process for India’s development.
The goal of ‘wiping every tear from every eye’ articulated so powerfully for the nation by Mahatma Gandhi is the philosophical core of the Council. Through our research, advocacy and training activities, we have tried to contribute to the formulation of policies and designing of programmes and build capacity in the areas of social development, particularly education, health, rural development and human rights.
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Title: Decoding and Delivering Public Health
Speaker: K. Srinath Reddy
Founder (Past) President of the PHFI and former head, Department of Cardiology at AIIMS
Health is an essential requirement for the development and welfare of individuals as well as populations. Health is often viewed as a domain which is distinctively divided into two separate worlds
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The seminar on Union budget 2023-24 was organised by Council for Social Development (CSD), New Delhi in hybrid mode on 6th February 2023. The speakers were Prof (retired) C P Chandrasekhar from JNU, Dr Satyaki Roy from ISID, Prof Muchkund Dubey, President CSD
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Social Change is a quarterly journal brought out by CSD since 1971. A multi- disciplinary journal with a wide-ranging readership it publishes empirically grounded, analytical papers, theoretical essays and policy discussions related to the field of social change and development.
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SDF invites you on a Discussion on “Agricultural Marketing in Africa and India: Some Reflections”
Date: 11th October 2023
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Previous Events
Seminar on Environmental Protection in India from the Perspective of the Poor
Date: 21-22 September 2023
Social Development Forum invites you to a Discussion on Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2023 and Biological Diversity Act 2002: A Comparison
Date: 18th August 2023
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SDF discussion on “Galvanising the Ship of the Indian State: An Agenda for Research and Dialogue”
Date: 31st July 2023
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Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2023
Topic: Decoding and Delivering Public Health
by Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
Date: 15th July 2023
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SDF invites you to a talk Academic Autonomy Needed a Holistic Societal Perspective
Date: 27th June 2023
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Bandung Day Symposium 2023
Date : 24th April, 2023
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Title: Training Programme on Research Methodology in Social Sciences
Dates: 11-22 April 2023
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SDF Women’s Day special
Title: Minority Women’s Movements and Struggles Against Gender Unjust Religious Personal Laws in India and Bangladesh”
Date: 9 March, 2023
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Title: Workshop on Capacity Building for Resettlement Management
Dates: 27th February 2023 to 28th February, 2023
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Dr. Tajamul Haque, Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development passed away on 2nd May, 2021. It is a deep and irreparable loss to the CSD family and the agriculture fraternity at large. He had been associated with CSD since 2008 and worked in the capacity of Director till 2015. He was an active academician who took positions as policy maker at various points in life. At the heart of all his policy recommendations was the welfare of the small and marginal farmers.
He has worked at various capacities with Government of India and also with many International Organisations for over more than 2 decades. He served as a consultant to several international organizations such as the International Labour Organisation, Food and Agricultural Organisation and the World Bank. Dr. Haque also worked as member/chairman of several professional societies, working groups and advisory boards of Planning Commission, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, CII, ICAR, NIRD, HIRD, member of several expert committees of the Government of India, and the State Governments of Punjab and Andhra Pradesh. He also served as Chairperson, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, -Government of India and was appointed National Fellow of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research at the National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research.
Recently, he had been appointed as Honorary Chairperson of the Special Cell on Land Policy in the Niti Aayog. Dr. Haque is also known as a land expert in India and abroad. He has been associated with land-related issues in South Asian countries for quite a long time. He has been working as an Advisor to Landesa, which works in more than 40 countries. He is presently heading the ten-member committee constituted by NITI Aayog to review the tenancy laws of various states.
He has authored, co-authored, and edited more than 100 publications including books like “Land Policies for inclusive Growth”. His writings are largely on rural development, agricultural policies to facilitate inclusive policy works for developing countries like India. Empowerment of Rural Women in Developing Countries, Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of Bt. Cotton in India, Land Policies for Inclusive Growth, Agrarian Reforms and Institutional Changes in India, Impact of Land Reforms on Agriculture and Rural Development, Transfer of Technology to Small Farmers and Impact of Tenancy Reform on Agricultural Productivity and Socio-economic Status of Tenants and Sustainability of Small Holder Agriculture.
He was a very humble person who was loved and respected by political leaders, academicians, bureaucrats, media persons, colleagues, as well as a number of farmer leaders from all over the country. On Thursday, 13th May, 2021, CSD organized an online Memorial Meeting to pay tribute to Dr. Tajamul Haque. It was attended by a large number of Academics, Close friends, Colleagues and representative of numerous institutions from all walks of life who had the privilege of being benefited by his in-depth knowledge, expertise and kind hearted nature.
https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/21/commentary/tajamul-haques-life-crusade-inclusive-land-rights.html
Ambarish Rai: The Untimely Demise of an Activist Extraordinaire
The Council for Social Development is deeply grieved by the untimely demise of Ambarish Rai, an extraordinary activist who spearheaded many movements for the cause of the marginalised and the under privileged. The sudden loss of such a dynamic, inspiring and compassionate leader who was at the heart of the right to education movement in India will leave a vacuum in the movement for the right to education and universalisation of education.
From its very inception in 2010, the secretariat of the Right to Education (RTE) Forum was located in the premises of CSD with Ambarish Rai the life force behind it. The linkage between the Forum and CSD was organic. In 2005, CSD used to host the PCCSS (People’s Campaign for Common School System), a network of social activists and educationists working towards the right to education through a common school system.
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Praveen Kumar, of the Council for Social Development passed away on 3rd May, 2021. It is a deep and irreparable loss to the CSD team and his family. He was appointed as Driver with CSD since August 2012 and was assigned the duty to Drive the vehicle allocated to the President. He has been one of the most punctual, hardworking and dedicated staff member.
He is survived by his wife and two young children aged 13 and 12 years.
CSD organised an online memorial meeting on May 15, 2021 to pay tribute to this young colleague who passed away too soon. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President CSD and was attended by the Senior Faculty and entire staff of CSD, who bid him a tearful tribute.
Baku, 5th July 2023
Mister Chairman,
Exellencies,
ladies and gentlemen,
dear friends,
I am here today with you as one of the few still living witnesses of the birth of the Nonalignment, if not the only one. I am here as somebody whose professional life was determined by the policy of nonalignment. I actively participated in most of the actions of our Movement since its formal beginning in Belgrade 1961.
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Designation: Managing Editor-cum-Communication Advisor
(The appointment contract, initially for one year, will be subsequently renewable biennially)
Qualifications: A good academic record with a post graduate degree in a social science discipline, (b) command over English language, (c) editorial experience in publishing / media houses, and (d) a good network within the media world.
Job Profile: (a) Preparing and executing a quarterly publication plan for Social Change; communicating with the authors, reviewers and publishers; copyediting the manuscript if necessary, working as a channel between the publishers and the authors; and working with the publishers to proofread and finalise the journal volumes up to the printable stage, (b) preparing CSD’s Annual Report, and producing and circulating write-ups to publicise in the media CSD’s completed projects and events.
Applications (cover letter and CV) addressed to the Director, CSD should be emailed to director@csdindia.org latest by 8 August 2023.
