Institute for Studies in Industrial Development

Institute for Studies in Industrial Development
Former names
 Corporate Studies Group (CSG)
Type Registered Society
Chairman T. N. Chaturvedi
Location Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, Delhi, India
28°32′36.9″N 77°08′53.2″E / 28.543583°N 77.148111°E / 28.543583; 77.148111
Nickname ISID
Website Web Site
Indian Council of Social Science Research subsidiary
The countries in green are considered to be newly industrialising nations. China and India (in dark green) are special cases.

The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), formerly Corporate Studies Group (CSG), is a seat of higher learning, formed by under the umbrella of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, by the Government of India with an aim to assist the government in formulating national level policies. The Institute is located at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India and is headed by Padma Vibhushan winner, T. N. Chaturvedi.

Profile

The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) was started in the eighties, when the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) revamped the erstwhile Corporate Studies Group (CSG) by expanding the mandate to make the institute, a nodal agency in matters related to industrial policy development in India. It is a public funded, non profitable organization and acts as an advisory body to ICSSR.[1]

The activities of the Institute is broadly classified into various themes.[2]

Theme Activity
Industrialization Land acquisition, Special Economic Zones, Agricultural land, Manufacturing sector and Training and skill formation
Corporate Sector Structure, Corporate Governance, Internationalization
Trade, Investment and Technology Cross-border capital flows, Mergers and Acquisitions and FDI
Regulatory Mechanism Study of regulatory authorities in the light of India’s own and international experience, competition issues
Employment Employment growth, Non-farm employment, Distributional issues, Migrant labour and Workforce transitions
Public Health Healthcare financing, Health expenditure, Corporatisation, Pharmaceutical industry, Occupational health, Environment and Health communication
Media Studies Multimedia techniques and Dissemination of knowledge
Other Issues Educational policy and planning

Facilities

The effect of Industrialisation shown by rising income levels since 1500. The graph shows the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita between 1500 and 1950 in 1990 International dollars for selected nations.[3]

ISID Campus

ISID activities are housed at three main buildings, Academic Block, Office Block and Conference Block, extending to approximately 200,000 sq. ft, sitting on a land with an extent of 1.5 hectares, in the Institutional Area of Vasant Kunj, in New Delhi. The campus is home to:

It also holds recreational facilities for the staff and faculty of the Institute.

Library

The Library stocks an extensive collection of books, journals and reports in subjects such as industrial economics, foreign investment, employment and labour, media and corporate sector, including publications of GATT/WTO, Reserve Bank of India, World Bank, UNCTAD, CMIE (EIS), NSSO and CSO. Some pf the other notable collections are:

It also stocks reports, policy statements, committee reports, plan documents, statistical sources, government acts, rules and guidelines and a collection of prospectus of more than 6,000 companies. ISID Library maintains a digital database of CDs, films and online repository as well. It also subscribes to several journals and magazines.

The users of the library has access to JSTOR database, Elsevier Science Direct—Economics, Business and Finance, EconLit Full Text, Wiley- Blackwell Social Science and Humanities, CMIE Prowess, EPWRF On-line Data Series- 13 modules, SANSCO online annual reports and IMF e-library Statistics. It also provides user services such as reference queries, referrals, reprographics and inter-library loan.

Research Reference CD (RRCD)

ISID offers online referencing assistance[4] and in addition to that, has released a reference database on the subject in CD format, under the name, ISID Research Reference CD which contains index to articles, discussion notes, editorials, Union Budget Speeches, Sections of Economic Survey, key statistics on the Indian economy, Global Development Indicators, reports and web site addresses of institutions and scientists.[5]

Projects

ISID has carried out several important projects for the Government of India.[6]

Publications

ISID also offers full text downloading facility of select research studies on the Internet.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Inflibnet" (PDF). UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium. 2008. p. 5. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "ISID Home". ISID. 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Depicting data excerpted from Contours of the World Economy, 1–2030 AD. Essays in Macro-Economic History by Angus Maddison, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-922721-1, p. 382, Table A.7.
  4. ↑ "Online referencing". Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (2004). ISID research reference CD. New Delhi: Institute for Studies in Industrial Development. ISBN 9788190037778.
  6. ↑ "Projects". Retrieved July 6, 2014.

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