Indian institute for interdisciplinary research and training in the social sciences established in 1972. Activities include running PhD and training courses; hosting conferences; and offering prizes for social science research. It has departments in:
- agricultural development and rural transformation
- development administration
- ecological economics
- economics
- education
- population research centre
- decentralisation and development unit
- sociology
The website has more information about the Institute, its research and its library; lists of publications, including working papers and the Journal of Social and Economic Development; and information on how to order publications. Abstracts of the publications can be viewed online.
ISEC incorporates two ‘Centres of Excellence’: the Centre for Decentralisation and Development and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development (CISED – see separate entry).