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GENESIS
The Institute was established in 1973 as an autonomous research institute on the initiative of some leading social scientists and eminent personalities. In 1977 the Institute was brought within the umbrella of the Indian Council of Social Science Research and was accorded the status of an institution of national importance. Since then it has been regularly receiving financial support from the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the Government of Uttar Pradesh on a matching basis. The management of the Institute is vested in a Board of Governors comprising eminent persons, distinguished scholars and nominees of the Government of U.P. and the ICSSR.
 
OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of the Institute are:
   
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To undertake, aid, co-ordinate and promote research on development with special emphasis on the problems of India and her regions, particularly the promotion and growth of the weaker and poorer sections of the people with a view to bringing about social equality and removing economic disparity.

   
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To provide academic and professional guidance, advice and consultancy to agencies, institutions and individuals in the field of research and action on development.

   
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To offer programme of advanced training to researchers and practitioners in the field of development with a view to improving the quality of research, programme formulation and implementation.

   
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And to collaborate with other agencies, institutions and organisations in their research and training activities.