Centre for Development Studies | Under the aegis of Govt. of Kerala & ICSSR, Govt. of India

WP 520- From Protection to Competition: Assessing the Impact of De-reservation on India’s MSMEs and Exporting Enterprises’

Souvenir commemorating Prof Raj’s Centennial Celebrations

WP 519 : Impact of Digitalisation on Financial Inclusion and Firm Performance of Informal Sector in India: Pre and Post COVID analysis

25-26 September 2026

Last date: 30 June 2026

The deadline for PhD application submission has been extended till 30th June 2026

CDS invites applications for admission to its PhD programme in Economics
New Research Articles Published

Amartya Paul, Ishan Anand & Sarika Chaudhary, "Chronic Unemployment in India", The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 04 May 2026, Volume 69, pages 53–81 (2026)

Choorikkadan, Veeramani. “Indiaʼs Integration Into Global Value Chains: Policy Approaches to Growth and Industrial Upgrading.” Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 13, no. 3, 2026. Wiley Online Library

Mani, Sunil. “The Guarantee Bridge : How Loan Guarantees Fuel India’s Corporate Global Ambitions.” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 61, No. 21, May 2026, pp. 18–21.
New Books Published

Sunil Mani, India's High Tech Leap, Industrial Policy and Future of Innovation, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, Mass.,: USA,

Santhakumar, V., Ritika Jain, Muralee Thummarukudy. Land Restoration: A Rational, Grounded and Pragmatic Approach. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026.

The K N Raj – CDS Research Fellowship
The Fellowship seeks to strengthen research linkages, promote joint scholarly work, and provide opportunities for collaboration between faculty members in Kerala and the academic community at the CDS. Fellowship Provisions Each fellowship will be awarded for a duration of one year and will provide support under the following heads: • Reimbursement of expenses: Travel between the Fellow’s […]
Endowment for Award on Adaptation to Climate Change
The Ramesh and Tara Mody Endowment on Climate Change at the Centre for Development Studies represents a significant initiative to foreground one of the most urgent yet under-addressed challenges facing India today: adaptation to climate change. Established through a Memorandum of Understanding between Dr Ashoka Mody—a distinguished alumnus and former Research Associate of CDS—and the […]