Mar
06
50th Foundation Year Lecture by Rohini Somanathan
Webinar on Public Spending for Gender Equality by Rohini Somanathan, Professor of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics
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Feb
26
Discussion on Economic Survey 2020-21 and Union Budget 2021-22
The annual discussion on Economic Survey and Union Budget was held at the Centre on Friday, the 26th of February at 3 PM. Following was the list of topics and the resource persons: 1. State of the Economy: R Nagaraj 2. Inequality and Growth: Thiagu Ranganathan 3. Health Care: U S Mishra 4. Social Infrastructure, Employment and Human Development: [...]
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Feb
26
Teaching Innovations Programme in Economics (TIPE)
Teaching Innovations Programme in Economics (TIPE) aims to improve the curriculum and teaching of Economics in Colleges and University Departments across India. Professor K.N. Raj, the founding father of CDS, was a builder of institutions and a visionary who strived to improve the quality of teaching and research in economics in Kerala and elsewhere in [...]
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Feb
18
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Jayaseelan Raj
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Jayaseelan Raj for being a recipient of the 10th New India Foundation Fellowship to write a book, The Egalitarian Paradox, Dalits and the state in Kerala.
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Feb
18
50th Foundation Year: Brochure to be released
As part of the Centre’s 50th Foundation Year celebrations it is proposed to bring out a brochure which will be released at the valedictory function to be held on March 22, 2021. The brochure will trace out some historical facts and photographs of CDS over the years. It will also highlight reflections of the alumni [...]
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Feb
18
The long term teaching and research strategy
A committee to draw up the long term teaching and research strategy for CDS has been set up. The committee will recommend the changes that CDS will have to make in terms of its teaching programmes and research priorities and adopt them in the light of the New Education Policy, 2020. The committee is to [...]
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Feb
17
Collaboration with IIST
The Centre is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum to complement each other’s teaching and research activities in humanities and social sciences. Under this collaboration the Centre’s faculty will take lectures at IIST and also do joint research projects. Currently a research project ‘Mapping the contours of India’s [...]
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