Centre for Social Studies

The Centre for Social Studies (CSS) is an autonomous social science research institute financially supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GoI) as well as Department of Education, Government of Gujarat (GoG). Founded as the Centre for Regional Development Studies by late Prof. I.P. Desai in 1969, it is located on the campus of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU), Surat.

Address: Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Campus,Udhna-Magdalla, SURAT – 395 007Gujarat State, India

Tel: (0261) 2227173-74, 2255298

Fax: 2223851

Email Id: css_surat@satyam.net.in

Website: http://www.css.ac.in

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From Hills to Plains: Some Missing Aspects of Socio-Cultural Life of the Displaced Population of Sardar Sarovar Project, Gujarat

This paper describes the process of displacement of tribals from the hills to resettlement in the plains.

Section: Working Papers

by Arjun Patel | On 01 Jun 2016

Development Planning and 'Urban' Context: Reflections on the Indian Scene

Through a broad portrayal of character of its development, changing urban patterns, nature of urban economic structure and contents of urban development policies, this paper takes a political econom...

Section: Working Papers

by Biswaroop Das | On 01 Apr 2016

Nonviolent Resistance in 1916-1947

The speech talks about the nationalist struggle against the British rule led by Gandhi, as well as a range of other contemporary protest campaigns. In particular, this movement is examined in the ligh...

Section: Lecture

by David Hardiman | On 01 Jan 2014

Call Centre as an Emerging Work Space – A Study of its Workers in Indian Context

An attempt is made in this paper to understand the different dimensions of the call centre as an emerging workspace. The paper provides a critical narrative of the profile of respondents (N=22), natur...

Section: Working Papers

by B.Devi Prasad | On 01 Sep 2011

Addressing Agricultural Power Subsidy: A Case Study of North Gujarat

This paper on the basis of fieldwork in the region of North Gujarat tries to analyze the perceptions among various sections of the farmers and examines whether the subsidy is pro-poor in nature. The...

Section: Working Papers

by Vidyut Joshi | On 07 Jun 2010

Many Worlds of Dak Vachan: Proverbial Knowledge and the History of Rain and Weather

This paper is about deconstructing the middle class perception of the domain of the ‘folk’ in this region. With these questions, the paper sets out an agenda for writing the history of rain and weat...

Section: Working Papers

by Sadan Jha | On 16 Oct 2009

Negotiating Placeness:Tribal Communities in Western Ghats

The paper discuses the differences tribals and government have in understanding of and perception about the forest. It also discuses the outcomes of these differences.

Section: Working Papers

by M. Suresh | On 15 Sep 2009

Negotiating Placeness: Tribal Communities in Western Ghats

By way of this contact, communities have re-constituted their relation with the forest, their identity and relations with others.

Section: Working Papers

by M. Suresh | On 01 Sep 2009

Rural Health Services at Cross-Roads: Insights from Gujarat

The objective of the paper is to i) understand and document the morbidity profile, ii) examine utilisation of health services, and iii) estimate approximate expenses on health care by th...

Section: Working Papers

by Ratnawali Sinha | On 07 Jul 2009

Door-to-Door Garbage Collection Program in Surat city

This paper focuses on the evaluation study of door-to-door Garbage Collection (DDGC) program carried out by the Centre for Social Studies, Surat in 2005. The study was based on the information gath...

Section: Working Papers

by Vimal Trivedi | On 06 Jul 2009

Self-help Co-operatives, Deposit Mobilisation and Supply of Credit

The paper is aimed at exploring as to how such co-operatives (i) function and deal with members while delivering micro finance; (ii) mobilise funds, and (iii) get shaped and reshape the contents of me...

Section: Working Papers

by Gagan Bihari Sahu | On 09 Sep 2008

Access and Utilisation of Health Care Services in Urban Low-income Settlements in Surat, India

This paper investigates a range of aspects including socio economic status,morality, morbidity requiring inpatient as well as outpatient care, health care-seeking behavior etc.

Section: Working Papers

by Akash Acharya | On 10 Jan 2008

Access & Utilisation of Health Care Services in urban low-income settlements, Surat, India

The report says that the urban poor constitutes nearly one-fourth of India’s urban population and is growing at three times of the national population growth rate.

Section: Working Papers

by Akash Acharya | On 01 Jan 2008

Surat 2006 Floods: Citizen's Report

The paper is a study with the purpose of exploring the flood time position of citizens in Surat city and to check aspects associated with flood warning system of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC). The...

Section: General

by Akash Acharya | On 21 Oct 2006

Decentralisation and Issues in Self Governance in Tribal Areas of South Gujarat

To examine the functioning of Gram Sabha and participation of tribal communities therein to asses the status of self governance under the “Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) A...

Section: Working Papers

by Ratnawali Sinha | On 14 Jun 2006

‘Urban Bias’ in the Flow of Funds and Deposit Mobilisation:Evidence from Karnataka, India

Until banking sector reforms were introduced in India in 1991, the emphasis in the credit provision through formal banking system was to meet the targets at the expense of the quality of credit and vi...

Section: Working Papers

by Gagan Bihari Sahu | On 01 Sep 2005

'Urban Bias' in the Flow of Funds and Deposit Mobilisation: Evidence from Karnataka, India

The paper argues that as bankers consider deposits a means for security, easy and attractive deposit schemes should be introduced in rural areas.

Section: Working Papers

by Gagan Bihari Sahu | On 01 Sep 2005

Gandhi’s Economic Thought and Modern Economic Development: Some Reflections

A fresh wave of globalisation since the early 1990s has created both hope and despair. Failure of state has reaffirmed faith in market based institutions. Expansion in trade across national borders an...

Section: Working Papers

by Sudarshan Iyengar | On 01 May 2005

Gandhian Economic Thought and Modern Economic Development

The report says that a fresh wave of globalisation since the early 1990s has created both hope and despair.

Section: Working Papers

by Sudarshan Iyengar | On 01 May 2005

Costs of Resource Degradation Externalities: A Study of Groundwater Depletion in Andhra Pradesh

This paper looks in to the process of environmental degradation and the resultant externalities in the context of groundwater depletion in drought prone regions. The main objective here is to estima...

Section: Working Papers

by V. Ratna Reddy | On 08 Mar 2003