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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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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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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Announcements
Call for Book Proposals (Humanities, Social, Life and Health Sciences)
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Pre Ph.D. Course Work in Public Administration Session 2024-25
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IDC Internship Programme
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IDC and Chandigarh University Launches Courses in MBA & MA in Liberal Arts and Humanities
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THREE SHADES OF GREEN: Privatization, Pollution, Protest - Published
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The Idea of New India by Dr Pramod Kumar Published
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Road Safety Assessment of Existing Black Spots on NH-44 (Old NH-1)
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Atal Sehbhagita Kendra (Chandigarh Police)
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Saanjh Kendras
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latest news
Blue Star, 39 Years Later, Indian Express,08 June 2023
Prof. Randhir Singh Memorial Lecture 2023-24 (Lecture - I), Babushahi.com,27 April 2023
Prof. Randhir Singh Memorial Lecture 2023-24 (Lecture - I), Indian Express,27 April 2023
Prof. Randhir Singh Memorial Lecture 2023-24 (Lecture - I), Hindustan Times,27 April 2023
The alarm bell in Punjab, The Indian Express,23 March 2023
India is a reliable partner for the US,says Indian Ambassador to U.S., Babushahi,17 October 2022
'Limited opportunities at home, Punjab's youth want to move abroad', The HT,17 October 2022
Can a party grow nationally on a populist plank?, The Hindu,25 March 2022
D for ..., The Week,20 March 2022
AAP poised to replace Congress and out-compete BJP,11 March 2022
Insight of Punjab Polls 2022 : Game for Spoilers and Theatrics_Babushahi.com,14 February 2022
Punjabi Chona:Dang tapau siyasat di daldal, Punjabi Tribune Dastak,13 February 2022
The blurred Battle-Lines, The Indian Express,05 February 2022
The Choice for Punjab,02 December 2021
Rural–Urban Disparity in the Standard of Living across States of India (EPW),13 November 2021
The Politics of Injustice, The Indian Express,07 October 2021
Cong cracks and the old fissures of the Punjabi Suba, The Indian Express,27 September 2021
Conf. on "Road Safety & Socio-Economic Assessment of Nat'l Highways in Pb" ,27 August 2021
Ajit Punjabi,01 July 2021
The Indian ExpressFarmers so Far,23 June 2021
NHAI SIGNS MoU WITH IRTE & IDC TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY,14 January 2021
The Indian Express,With anger and a song,08 December 2020
CHALLENGES OF COVID 19:BACK TO THE BASICS,13 April 2020
Book Release and Prof. Randhir Singh Memorial Series Brainstorming Session,15 January 2020
Independence Day Celebration and Flag Hoisting Ceremony at IDC,15 August 2019
MOA Signed with Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan,27 June 2019
The Hindustan Times,25 May 2019
Why Punjab went the other way
The Hindustan Times,18 April 2019
Dehumanising Language: A new low in politics
Seminar on Contemporary Research Methods,11 February 2019
MOU signed with University College Stockholm, Sweden,25 January 2019
Dr Pramod Kumar, Punjab Youth Falling Prey to Drug Menace, CNN-News18 Exclusive,23 July 2016
Dr. Pramod Kumar, CM Punjab, CM Haryana & UT Administrator, TOI Summit,11 July 2018
Times of India,12 July 2018
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
Daleel with SP Singh - Faultlines in Politics, with Dr Pramod Kumar, IDC PTC News Streamed live,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-,06 February 2018
(Special Reference to South Asia)
International Conference on Governance for the Margins, 05,06 February 2018
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
Dr. Richa Walia
Assistant Professor
Dr. Shuchi Kapuria
Associate Professor
Dr. Anuradha Sekhri
Associate Professor
Prof. Pramod Kumar
Chairperson
Dr. Varinder Sharma
Director
Prof. Asha Sethi
Director – Research
Prof. H.S. Shergill
Director – Research
Prof. B. S. Ghuman
Director - Research
Dr. Jatinder S. Bedi
Director – Research
Mr. Ramesh I. Singh
Policy Research Adviser
Dr. Satyavir S. Malik
Associate Professor
Dr. Ravinder Paul
Associate Professor
Mr. Harsh Chopra
Associate Professor
Mr. Chandan Awasthi
Assistant Professor
Mr. Sunil Arora
Systems Manager(IT)
Mr. J.R. Kundal
Consultant (Hony.)