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Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh
The Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), an autonomous research institute, was registered as a scientific and educational charitable society under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860, in the Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh in July, 1978. The CRRID Society was collectively conceived by a group of like-minded friends drawn from different disciplines and backgrounds to promote research, publication, development, training and similar creative activities in the northwest region. It is among the 27 research institutes in the country supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, and enjoys the distinction of being the only one of its kind in the northwestern states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and the UT of Chandigarh.

CRRID was accorded the “national status” in 1985 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, in recognition of its contribution to the cause of social science research in the broader national perspective. Since 1985 both the Government of India and the Government of Punjab have been supporting CRRID in its endeavors by providing regular financial grants on a matching basis through the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, and the Department of Planning, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh. In 1986, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, approved the setting up of a Population Research Centre at CRRID with 100 per cent grant from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. In addition to the above, CRRID has been granted recognition by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRD).

The Centre, founded by Dr. Rashpal Malhotra, as its Director, had the rare distinction of having a veteran diplomat, thinker and administrator, Shri P N Haksar, as Chairman of its Governing Body and also Editor-in-Chief of its International Quarterly, Man and Development. After the passing away of Shri Haksar in 1998, a leading economist and then Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Professor Manmohan Singh, was elected Chairman of the Governing Body and also President of the Society. He continued to guide the policies and programmes of the institute as its Chairman till he was elected to the highest office of the Prime Minister of India.

Currently leading industrialist and well-known educationist, Shri Keshub Mahindra is the Chairman of the Governing Body of the centre and also the President of the Society.

Objectives
The broad aims and objectives of the Centre are as follows:

• To provide environment suitable for academic research and to undertake, organize, guide and promote research in selected subjects in the humanities, Indian culture, comparative religion, social sciences, natural sciences, industry, agriculture and other fields as the authorities of the Centre may decide from time to time,

• To organize meetings, lectures, seminars, symposia, conferences and cultural activities, and

• To subscribe, print, publish and exhibit magazines, periodicals, newspapers, books, pamphlets, monographs or posters that may be considered desirable for the promotion of the objectives of the Centre.

Thrust Areas
The Centre’s primary focus has been on carrying out socially relevant research on rural and industrial development in the wider social and economic framework. In view of the needs of the region, its specific high priority areas are as follows: • Panchayati Raj Institutions and rural development

• Population, health and family welfare

• Technology for Industrial Development and Poverty Alleviation

• Urban Development and Governance

• Plastics and environment

• Agrarian structure and change

• Banking and finance

• Civil society and governance

• Educational studies

• Labour market studies

New Thrust Areas
CRRID primarily involved in looking at grassroots issues, is now also focusing on international issues, having an impact on national issues in the globalized world. The new thrust areas are:

• Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution

• Study of Two Punjabs Centres (India and Pakistan)

• International Migration in collaboration with ILO

• India-Caucasus Study Programme

• Role of Persons of Indian Origin in the development of Punjab

• Match-Making and Business Consultancy

Activities
CRRID’s activities are diverse, ever growing and can be placed in the context of its professed aims and objectives. CRRID plays an active role in promoting social science research in India, which meets the emerging challenges facing the country. Inter-disciplinary research is at the core of its activities, which have an emphatic policy orientation besides empirical grounding and theoretical base. In this backdrop, short as well as long-term projects sponsored by the International Agencies, Government of India, State Governments, and others are undertaken.

Of recent, on the advice of the funding agencies, policy makers and the government, CRRID has diversified its research programmes and brought interventional studies into its fold. The research profile of CRRID also reflects, individual concern and specialization of the faculty as well as contemporary challenges of society in general and the northwest region in particular. The geographical coverage of direct interest to CRRID includes, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Western Uttar Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Enriching public policy discourse is also prominent among CRRID’s activities, and the Centre is fast emerging as a think-tank at local and national level with active participation of academics, industrialists, jurists, the media, the bureaucracy, social workers and political leadership. Towards this end CRRID regularly organises national and international lectures, workshops, seminars and conferences in Chandigarh. Special lectures and discussions are regular features in CRRID’s attempt to broad-base research and knowledge, which are widely attended by local, national and international guests.

CRRID is undertaking training programmes in a host of socially and locally desired areas to add capacity building and there is a satisfying interface between research and training at the Centre. Major training programmes organized by the Centre are `Management Development Training Programme for top management of Banks’, `Training for Elected Representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions’ and `Training of the Local Self Government functionaries’

Population Research Centre
The Population Research Centre (PRC) at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, was established in 1986 on getting sanction from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi. It is one of the 18 Population Research Centres in India. Since its inception, the CRRID Population Research Centre has been engaged in various kinds of analytical, evaluative and interventionist demographic studies, with special focus on the northern region of India in general, and the state of Punjab, in particular. The studies of the PRC are largely guided and sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Centre for Caucasian Study
Founded by President of Armenian Republic His Excellency Mr Robert Kocharian, Centre for Caucasian Study on November 1, 2003 at CRRID aims to promote Indo-Caucasian relationship by making efforts to enhance socio-economic programmes including match making in agriculture, trade and industry. Supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, the Centre for Caucasian Study also works on international diplomacy and subjects of mutual concern with active collaboration of scholars from both the countries.

Two Punjabs Centre
The two Punjabs Centre was set up on February 9 and 10, 2005 at CRRID, Chandigarh. The Centre aims at generating awareness on socio-economic developments in the Indian Punjab and Pakistan Punjab, help in changing the mindset and promoting linkages at the people-to-people level. The work of the Centre is promoted through a Joint Steering Group, comprising of a group of eminent persons from both the sides.

HUDCO Chair
The Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), New Delhi, in consultation with Government of Punjab has set–up a HUDCO Chair, along with budget allocations, to CRRID for wider research and policy intervention in the area of urban basic services. Sanctioning of HUDCO Chair is recognition of CRRID’s unstinted work in USAID sponsored FIRE-D programme in association with National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi to train the officers in the Urban Local Bodies of the region in modern practices of urban management.

Publications
CRRID has an exhaustive publication programme aimed at strengthening the dissemination of research, advocacy and networking efforts undertaken at the grassroots. It focuses on coherent understanding of the facets and dynamics of contemporary development along with ideologies, perspectives, strategies, and people’s movements. Man and Development, an International Quarterly, which is being brought out by the Centre since 1979, has set itself the ambitious task of critically examining and analyzing the entire complex processes of our political, social, economic and cultural transformation. The Centre also brings out discussion papers, reports and books on regular basis. The publications of the Centre are priced and can be ordered from the Centre’s publication department directly or though leading book sellers in India.

Library
CRRID Library is a member of the DELNET (Developing Library Network), and is devoted to the research needs of the faculty and offers a wide range of choices to the readers and has a regional focus that recognizes the primacy of northwest India in particular. Collections in Demography, Gender Studies, Economics, Education, History, Biographies, Political Science, Psychology, Rural Development, Sociology, Environmental Studies, Banking, Computer Science, etc. running up to 25,000 titles characterize its thrust areas. Broad spectrum of social science journals also are available, which covers 122 periodicals; Indian and foreign. The library receives journals in the aforesaid disciplines on exchange as well as on complementary basis from India and overseas. The library also has a rich audio-visual collection and CD-ROM databases.

Computing and Data Processing
CRRID has a well-equipped computer centre that has all the relevant packages for social science data analysis, graphics, and the state of the art Internet connection. The computer Centre also has a data bank that maintains important data holdings on subjects that are relevant to research. The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi has also declared CRRID Computer Centre as a node for data consultancy and guidance for scholars from social sciences.

Academic Links
CRRID is professionally associated with a number of organizations, which have been stakeholders in its activities. Currently, the following are the major national and international academic links

• Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi

• Department of Planning, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India, New Delhi

• Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), New Delhi

• National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi

• Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI), New Delhi

• Kurukshetra University (KU), Kurukshetra, Haryana

• Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh

• Punjabi University (PBIU), Patiala, Punjab

• Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, Punjab

• Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi

• University of Pennsylvania, USA

• Stanford Centre for International Development (SCID), Stanford University, USA

• Economic and Social Council, United Nations, New York

• International Assessment and Strategy Center, New York

• Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Location and Facilities
CRRID is situated in the prime institutional locality of the City Beautiful and provides the right ambience for intellectual pursuits. The Centre is easily approachable from Chandigarh Railway Station (5 km.), airport (14 km.) and Interstate bus terminus (3 km.) and is well connected by all modes of transport, and has its own campus in 1.75 acres of land with open lawns, three terrace gardens lobbies, cafeteria and 24 well furnished air-conditioned guest rooms.

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