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Programme Duration: 28^th February – 9^th March 2024

Concept Note

The council for Social Development (CSD) came into being in 1962 under the leadership of Durgabai Deshmukh as an informal group of scholars with the objective of conducting seminal research in the area of social development. It was formally registered in 1970. Over the last five decades, the research undertaken by the scholars in the Council has not only expanded the contours of research in the domain of social development but has also helped policy makers and development practitioners in formulating people-centric policies.

The CSD has been hosting training workshops on research methods in social sciences for the last over 40 years. Over these years, more than a thousand research scholars and development practitioners have immensely benefitted from this training workshop.

This year, the CSD with the funding support from Indian Council for Social Science Research New Delhi is conducting this workshop for research scholars from 28^th February – 9^th March 2024. The content of the workshop is designed in a way that it equips scholars of different social science disciplines with critical understanding of theoretical and philosophical foundations of social science research as well as empirical tools and techniques required for conducting research in social sciences. While the focus of the workshop is tilted towards the quantitative methods, the participants of the workshop will also be introduced to qualitative and mixed method approach. The curriculum of the workshop is designed in congruence with the guidelines provided by the ICSSR.

The following themes will be covered in the training workshop over a period of 10 days:

• Meaning and aspects of research
• Research Design
• Field Research
• Observation and Case Study
• Interview
• Survey Method and Sampling, Basic Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative and Quantitative Research
• Ethics in Social Science Research
• Elementary probability theory and probability distributions and their usage, Large and small sample Tests based on Normal, Students’ t and Snedar’s F distributions
• Training in STATA
• Academic Writing
• Ethics in Academic Writing
• Structure of Paper, Report and Book
• Elements of writing
• Research Proposal
• Publication Process

Pedagogy of the Workshop

Different topics of research methodology shall be taught through different pedagogical tools like lectures, hand-on training on computer software, assignments to write research proposal, designing instrument for data collection and field work for data collection. The participants will be required to present presentations and submit a report at the end of the workshop.

Thirty participants for the training workshop will be shortlisted by the CSD.

Application Procedure

Interested candidates will be required to apply to Course Director along with the duly filled registration form and a write-up on their research area in 300 words on or before 6^th February 2024. Registration form (enclosed with this concept note) is available on the institute’s website www.csdindia.org. The candidates will be required to send the registration form to Course Director either in hard or soft copy duly forwarded by their Ph.D. supervisor and Head of the Department with following enclosures:

• Duly filled in prescribed Registration Form
• A write-up on your research area in 300 words

Registration Fee, TA and Accommodation There will be no registration fee for the Course. Boarding and lodging to outstation participants will be provided by the Council. Important Dates

Contact Addresses:
Ms Jaya Nair,
Sr. Research Associate
Council for Social Development, New Delhi 110003
Contact Nos. 011/24615383, 9868612087
Email: csd_rmc@csdindia.org