_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NAAC_reportCenter_Overview List_of_courses_being_offered_in_Winter_Semester_2026 List_of_courses_offered_for_Ph.D-1st_Semester_in_Monsoon_2025 List_of_courses_being_offered_in_Monsoon_Semester_2025 The_Centre_for_the_Study_of_Social_Systems_(CSSS)_was_established_in_1971_with_an_objective_of_conducting_teaching_and_research_on_problems_related_to_the_processes_of_social_change_in_the_context_of_development_and_modernization._From_its_inception_and_in_keeping_with_the_mandate_of_the_JNU_Act,_the_core_thematic_concerns_of_the_Centre_included_questions_of_national_development_and_problems_of_the_marginalized_social_groups_such_as_the_scheduled_castes,_the_scheduled_tribes_and_the_others._This_thrust_has_been_a_persistent_feature_of_the_CSSS_ever_since_and_it_is_not_surprising_that_our_teaching_and_research_show_engagement_with_pressing_questions_of_development,_marginalization,_social_justice_and_social_movements_to_name_a_few.Our_teaching_and_research_programs_have_been_conceptualized_with_an_aim_to_develop_systematic_and_comparative_approaches_to_the_analysis_of_social_phenomena._Drawing_upon_the_extant_social_anthropological_and_sociological_perspectives_and_combining_them_with_interdisciplinary_orientations_facilitate_such_approaches. Read_more..
