From the Director's Desk
IDC's struggle has been characterised by a critical appraisal of the existing social processes for the transformation of the society. It also involved tremendous effort to find direction between opposing claims of market i.e. efficiency, growth and social equity and justice.
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Our Striving
Societies have their own dynamism and are always in struggle to find answers to pertinent questions to make living more humane. There is an increasing trend to reinforce the assumption that efforts to realise 'other utopias' are counterproductive.
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Objectives
To undertake research on socially relevant issues such as social conflict and peace studies; literacy and quality education; emerging trends in rural development and industrialisation; technology up-gradation; environment; women and gender sensitisation.
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latest news
Times of India,31 July 2018
Justice for Anissia: Its must be done.
CNN-News18 Exclusive,23 July 2016
Punjab Youth Falling Prey to Drug Menace
Times of India,11 July 2018
Dr. Pramod Kumar, Chief Minister of Punjab, Chief Minister of Haryana & UT Administrator at TOI Summit
Deccan Chronicle,24 June 2018
Time for rhetoric of Justice
The Indian Express,23 June 2018
A Spectre not yet laid to rest
Chandigarh Times,22 June 2018
Capital Gain? Sharing Chandigarh fiscal loss for Pb, Hry, but no one keen to seek viable solution
PTC News,29 April 2018
Daleel with SP Singh-Faultlines in Politics, with Dr Pramod Kumar, Director IDC.
The Tribune,10 March 2018
The Election debate
International Conference on Governance for the Margins,05 February 2018
(Special Reference to South Asia)
Recent Projects
- Punjab and haryana development reports
- A comparative study on citizen centric governance
- Justice indicator index: a case study of punjab
- Evaluation of infrastructure development in punjab
- Study on inter-regional disparities in haryana
- Performance of healthcare in mewat districts of haryana
- Saanjh: a collaboration of community and punjab police
MEET OUR TEAM
Prof. J.N. Joshi
Chairman
Pramod Kumar
Director – Research
Asha Sethi
Director – Research
Prof P.S. Verma
Director – Research
H.S. Shergill
Director – Research
Prof. S.L. Sharma
Director – Research
Dr. Jatinder S. Bedi
Director – Research
Pmr. P.K. Chaudhery
Director - Research Hony.
Mr. Ramesh I. Singh
Policy Research Adviser
Dr. Satyavir S. Malik
Social Communication Expert
Dr. Ravinder Paul
Sr. Research Fellow
Dr. Varinder Sharma
Sr. Research Fellow
Mr. Harsh Chopra
Sr. Research Associate
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
Research Fellow
Mr. Chandan Awasthi
Research Fellow
Mr. J.R. Kundal
Consultant (Hony.)
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