| Centre for Development Studies | |
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| Established | 1971 |
| Type | Research Institution |
| Director | Professor Pulapre Balakrishnan |
| Location | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.cds.edu |
The Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum, Kerala, India is a premier social science research institution. Over the years it has established a tradition of interdisciplinary research on development problems in India. Its main objective is to promote research, teaching and training in disciplines relevant to development. Today, it is considered to be one of the foremost development economics research centers in the country.
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The institute was established in 1971 by the noted economist Professor K. N. Raj.
Centre for Development Studies offers M.Phil Programme in Applied Economics and Ph.D. in Economics. The Centre used to conduct a one year course on Population and Sustainable Development in 1990s, which used to be sponsored by UNFPA. Presently the centre offers various other short courses related to development.
Research at CDS is organized into six distinct themes:
There is a seventh cross cutting theme, analysing the impact of globalisation on each of the six themes.
The institute has a faculty of about 28. The core activities of the CDS are research, teaching and training.
CDS is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for its M Phil Programme in Applied Economics. The Ph D Programme in Economics is affiliated to both Jawaharlal Nehru University and Kerala University.[1]
The core financial support to the Centre comes from the Government of Kerala and the Indian Council of Social Science Research. Reserve Bank of India and the Planning Commission of India have instituted endowment units for research in selected areas at CDS. The Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has established a migration unit at CDS to study issues relating to international migration from India.
The governance of CDS rests with the Governing Body consisting of academicians from across India. It follows a unique style of decentralization in governance through various bodies assisting the Director in the management.
The present chairman of the Governing Body is Professor N.R. Madhava Menon. The current Director is Professor Pulapra Balakrishnan.
CDS located in a quiet residential area in the northwest part of the City of Thiruvananthapuram, called Prasanthnagar. The 10-acre (40,000 m2) campus, designed and constructed by the famous architect, Dr Laurie Baker, epitomizes his unique style and philosophy of adaptive building methods. The CDS Library is now one of the biggest in South India with over 1,25, 000 titles in Economics and allied disciplines and subscribing to about 400 professional journals.The library is in the process of being automated.