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An Autonomous Social Science Research Institute Supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Government of Gujarat (GoG)
 
PAST PROJECTS
 
Sr. Title Year of
Project Completion
Project Director/Faculty
1. The Vedchhi Movement: A  Sociological  Essay 1966 I.P. Desai
2. Study of Family Planning Programme of Amreli Districts. 1967 I.P. Desai
3. Functioning of Bureaucracy and Agricultural Development 1969 R. Roy
I.P. Desai
4. Primary School Teachers of Surat District: Adivasis - Non-Adivasis 1970 Y.D. Jadeja
5. A Preliminary Inquiry into the Slogan of Adivasi ‘Swayat Raj. 1970

I.P. Desai

6. Rehabilitation of Landless Adivasi Labourers: Impact of Ukai Dam. 1970 I.P. Desai
7. Untouchability in Rural Gujarat:A Report. 1971 I.P. Desai
8. Directory of Voluntary Organisations Among Tribal Talukas of South Gujarat.

1972

I.P. Desai
9. Surat Elite. 1972 I.P. Desai
10. Slums in Surat.

1972

G.S. Shah

11. Urban Tensions: A Case Study of Surat.

1974

G.S. Shah

12. Gujarat Agitation. 1974 G.S. Shah
13. Bihar Agitation. 1975 G.S. Shah
14. The Art Silk Industry of Surat. 1975 B.V. Mehta
P. Pathak
15. Integration through Political Participation: A Study of Adivasi and Harijan Leaders in Gujarat. 1975 G.S. Shah
16.

A Profile of Education Among the Scheduled Tribes in Gujarat.

1975 I.P. Desai
G.A. Pandor
17. Socio-Economic Conditions of Chodhras: A Restudy. 1975 G.S. Shah
18. Stratification Among the Scheduled Tribes in the Bharuch and Panchmahals Districts of Gujarat. 1975 G.S. Shah
19. Migration and Social Stratification: Case Study of Dhodias of Surat City. 1975 S.P. Punalekar
20. Education and Social Change in Malav  Village of Panchmahals District. 1975 G.A. Pandor
21. Fuel Consumption in Rural Gujarat. 1976 I.P. Desai
22. Weekly Markets in Tribal Talukas of Surat-Valsad Region 1976 S.P. Punalekar
23. Distribution of Primary Schools in the Tribal Talukas of Valsad and Surat Districts. 1976 I.P. Desai
24. Agricultural Labourers: Are They Bonded? 1977 G.S. Shah
25. Stratification Among the Scheduled Tribes in the Surat and Valsad Districts. 1977 G.S. Shah
26. Stratification Among the Scheduled Tribes in the Vadodara, Sabarkantha and Dangs  Districts. 1977 P.K. Bose
27. Socio-Economic Conditions of Adivasi Small Farmers of Surat District. 1978 G.A. Pandor
28. Aspect of Class and Caste in Social Tensions: A Study of Marathwada Riots 1978 S.P. Punalekar
29. Block Level Planning. 1978 S.P. Punalekar
30. A Socio-Economic Study of the Milk Producers of South Gujarat. 1979

B.D. Desai

31. Health Situation and Problems of Health Development: A Study of Village in Bengal. 1979 Sukla Bose
32. Scarcity and Market Dependence in Damka. 1979 Dipankar
Gupta
33. Traditional Craft in a Changing Society: Potters and their Craft in Gujarat. 1980 P.K. Bose
34. Social Input Plan for Bayad and Malpur Talukas of Sabarkantha District. 1980 S.P. Punalekar 
P.M. Patel
35. Development Plan with Social Inputs: Sabarkantha 1980-1985 1981 S.P. Punalekar
P.M. Patel
36. Supply of and Demand for Skilled and Unskilled Labour for the Construction of Sardar Sarovar. 1981 G.S. Shah
P.K. Bose
37. Gandhian Approach to Rural Development: Vedchhi Intensive Area Scheme (VIAS) 1981 G.S. Shah
H.R. Chaturvedi
38. Pattern of Unionism in Indian Railways. 1982 J. Parikh
Sujata S.V.
39. Treatment and Default in Tuberculosis Control Programme in Valsad District. 1982 K.A. Mankodi 
Klaas Van der
Veen
40. Social Strata Among the Tribes in the Tribal Region of Bengal 1982 P.K. Bose
41. Studies on Rehabilitation of Submerging Villages (Sardar Sarovar Project). 1982 Vidyut Joshi
42. Cost of Submergence (Sardar Sarovar Project) 1982 Biswaroop Das  
A.S. Charan
43. Socio-Economic and Bench-Mark Survey of Narmada Command Talukas in Vadodara District. 1982 A.S. Charan
P.Radhakrishnan
44. Socio-Economic Study of a village - Narsanda. 1982 A.S Patel
45. A Study of Voluntary Agencies Implementing Child Welfare Schemes. 1982 S.P. Punalekar  Anjana Desai
46. Tribal Education: An Inter-State Study. 1982 S.P. Punalekar 
Jyoti Ranadive
47. The Maithili Language Movement in North Bihar: A Socio-Linguistic Investigation. 1982 P.K. Bose
U.N. Singh
48. Democrary Within Trade Union Movement:  A Case Study. 1983 S.P. Punalekar
49. Communication Networks and Public Awareness: A Case of Cyclone. 1983 Mayur Rawal
50. Rehabilitation: The Ecological and Economic Costs. 1983 K.A. Mankodi Tanushree G.
51. Integrated Tribal Development Project, Dahod. 1984 P.M. Patel
52. Non-Enrolment of Tribal Girls in School (Poshina Region). 1984 H.B. Patel
53. Ethnic Minorities: A Look into the Indian  Kaleidoscope. 1984 A.N. Das
54. The Forgotten Art. 1984 D.H. Kopper
55. A Century of Tribal Education in Gujarat. 1984 Vidyut Joshi
56. National Service Scheme: An Evaluative Study. 1985 G.S. Shah
H.C. Doshi
57. Process and Impact of Bombay Textile Labour Strike 1981-83 1985 A.N. Das
58. Child Welfare Services: Constraints and Opportunities. 1985 S.P. Punalekar
59. Social Reform Amongst the Adivasis of South Gujarat. 1985 D.H. Hardiman
60. Social Forestry in Maharashtra. 1985 K.A. Mankodi
61. Mass Movements. 1985 G.S. Shah
62. Communal Riots in Gujarat. 1985 Sujata Patel
63. Statistical Profile of Surat District (1951 - 1981). 1985 Vimal Trivedi
Mayur Raval 
M.R. Mac
64. Monitoring and Evaluating of Rehabilitation Programmes. 1986 K.A. Mankodi
65. Survival and Struggles of Female Casual Labourers: A Study of Female Workers of Casual Labour Markets, Chakla Bazars in South and Central Gujarat 1986 S.P. Punalekar
Arjun Patel
66. Elite Politics and Manipulation of Masses: A Case of Baroda Riots. 1986 P.M. Patel
67. Development Perspective for the Disadvantageous Groups in Agriculture 1987 S.P. Punalekar
68. Study of Child Welfare Services in Baroda City. 1987 S.P. Punalekar
P.M. Patel
69. Voluntary Organisations and Development The Case of West Bengal. 1987 G.S. Shah
Biswaroop Das
70. History of Rural Credit in Western India. 1987 D.H. Hardiman
71. Public Utilities in an Urban Area - The Case of Surat City 1988 Biswaroop Das
72. Informal Sector in the Indian Environment. 1988 P.M. Mathew
73. Monitoring and Evaluation of the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Programme for the Sardar Sarovar (Narmada) Project - V Report 1988 Lancy Lobo
74. Social Support System for the Aged. 1988 Lancy Lobo
75. Mid-Day Meals Scheme in Gujarat: An Evaluation 1988 G.S. Shah
76. Female Workers in Jari and Embroidery Industry. 1988 S.P. Punalekar
77. Agricultural Profile of the Dangs District. 1989 S.P. Punalekar
78. Voluntary Organisations in Gujarat. 1989 G.S. Shah
Biswaroop Das
79. The Change and Challenges: Mahuva Reconsidered 1989 D.P. Pandit
80. Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation: An Overview 1989 S.P. Punalekar
81. Baseline Study of 9 Submerging Village M and E Report No. 14 1989 Jayshree Soni
82. A Comparative Study of Hindu and Christian Vankars of  Central Gujarat. 1990 Lancy Lobo
83. Literature and Social Consciousness. 1990 Sudhir Chandra
84. Migrant Labour in Urban Areas. 1990 Biswaroop Das
85. Class Formation and Dominance in Gujarat 1990 G.S. Shah
86. Survival and Struggles of Female Casual Labourers: A Study of Majoor Bazars in South and Central Gujarat. 1990 S.P. Punalekar 
Arjun Patel
87. An Evaluation of Development Scheme Introduced for Oustees of SSP. 1990

Arjun Patel

88. Women, Marriage, Family and the Colonial Law:  Interpenetrating Strategies of Social  Revitalization. 1991 Sudhir Chandra
89. Migrant Labour in Rural Gujarat. 1991 Arjun Patel
Kiran Desai
90. Religious Sects among the Tribals of  South Gujarat. 1991 Lancy Lobo
91. Assets and Demographic Characteristics of 1370 (M & E Report 18) 1992 D.C. Sah
92. Living Condition and Coping the Crop Failure (M & E Report 19) 1992 D.C. Sah
93. Migrant Labour in India. 1992 G.S. Shah
94. Perception of oustees about their  rehabilitation and resettlement at the new site (M and E Report No.  13) 1992 Arjun Patel
95. Baseline Study of 14 Submerging Villages  (M & E Report No. 15) 1992 D.C. Sah
96. Economic Integration of Oustees in New Sites (M and E Report No. 16) 1992 D.C. Sah
97. An Assessment of Integrated Tribal  Development Programme in Songadh, Surat District 1980-90 1992 Lancy Lobo
98. A Socio-Economic and Demographic Study of Villages Affected by Proposed Gandhar Gas Based Power Project 1992 S.P. Punalekar
99. Socio-Economic Condition and Agricultural finance (MandE Report 20) 1993 D.C. Sah
100. Socio-Economic Study of Slums in Surat City 1993 Biswaroop Das
101. Sree Niketan Rural Development Project 1993 D.C. Sah
102. The Labour Movement in Chota-Nagpur: 1928-1939 1993 Dilip Simeon
103. Seeds of Instability and Marginalisation: A Study of Street Children in Gujarat  Cities. 1993

S.P. Punalekar

104. Commercialisation in agriculture  and Living Condition.(M & E Report 21) 1994 D.C. Sah
105. Assets and Demographi Characteristics (M & E Report 22) 1994 D.C. Sah
106. Communalism and Communal Riots in Surat 1994 G.S. Shah
107. Socio-Economic and Demographic Survey of Project Affected Families of NTPC Project at Kawas (Surat) 1994 Arjun Patel
108. Living Condition and Leadership in New Sites (M & E Report 23) 1995 D.C. Sah
109. An Encounter with Urbanism: Coping Mechanism in Slum 1995 Lancy Lobo
110. The Nature and Conditions of Workers in Small Scale Units in Gujarat 1995 Kiran Desai
111. Empowering the Urban Poor in Surat Slum 1995 S.P. Punalekar
112. Women, Marriage Family and Colonial Law: Interpenetrating Strategies of Social Revitalization 1995 Sudhir Chandra
113. Panchayati Raj in Gujarat 1995 G.S. Shah
Satyakam Joshi
114. Urban Development and Public Health: A Study of Plague in Surat 1995 G.S. Shah
115. Socio-Economic Study of Sericulturists in Gujarat and Maharashtra 1995 Arjun Patel
116. Sociology of Dalit Literature 1995 S.P. Punalekar
117. Dehzado Records of Gujarat State 1995 Lancy Lobo
118. Development and Social Justice: A Select Bibliography 1995 S.P. Punalekar
119. Living Condition in 31 New Sites (M & E Report 24) 1996 D.C. Sah
120. Living Condition in 31 New Sites 1996

D.C. Sah

121. Tribal Society and Socio-Legal Interventions 1996 S.P. Punalekar
122. Ethnography of Malaria in Surat 1996 Lancy Lobo
123.

Ethnography of Malaria in Surat

1996 Lancy Lobo
B.T. Kazi
124. Scavengers of Village Ranpur: A Case Study 1996 G.S. Shah
Ramesh Parmar
125. Organizations Working with Women in Gujarat 1996 G.S. Shah
Seema Bhaskaran
126. Social History of Cloth Manufaturer and Marketing in Bombay Presidency, 1850-1947 1996 Douglas Haynes
127. Annakhed Satyagraha of Pardi 1996

Kiran Desai

128. Khuntali Experiment 1996 D.C.  Sah
Satyakam  Joshi
129. Social Justice Committee: An Evaluation 1996 G.S. Shah
130. Ethnography of Malaria in Surat District 1997 Lancy Lobo,
D.C. Sah,
Purendra Prasad,
B.T. Kazi
131. Rejecting India: Tribe, Insurgency and Nationalist Discourse in Post-Colonial North-East India 1997 Sajal Nag
132. Ethnography of Literacy Acquisition among Pastoral Nomads of Gujarat 1997 Caroline Dyer
Archana Desai
133. Human Rights and Question of Shelter and Livelihood 1997 Jai Sen
134. Concurrent Evaluation of Integrated Rural Development Programme (Vth round) - Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Diu and Goa 1997 Kiran Desai
135. Majiranas of North Gujarat 1997 Lancy Lobo
136. Environment Debate and Reality: A Bibliography 1997 S P Punalekar
137. Health, Society, State Interface: A Select Bibliography with a Special Focus on Malaria 1997 Lancy Lobo
Purendra Prasad
138. Sweepers and Scavengers in India: A Select Bibliography 1997 Pradeep Panchpeende
139. Floods in Mahesana: A Study of Natural Disaster 1998 Lancy Lobo
Babasaheb Kazi
140. A Socio-Economic Profile of Major Social and Religious Groups in the Slums of Surat City 1998 Biswaroop Das
141. Untouchability in Rural Gujarat 1998 Ghanshyam Shah
142. Atrocities against Adivasis of South Gujarat 1998 Pradeep Pachpinde
143. Crisis of Identity in a Traditional Society: An Explorative Study of Inter-Community relationship in Kutch 1998  N Mukhopadhya
144. Politics of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India 1998 Ghanshyam Shah
145. Land Struggle of Adivasis 1998 Ghanshyam Shah
D C Shah
146. Tribal Identity in South Gujarat 1998 Satyakam Joshi
147. Sociological and Ecological Dimensions of Tourism: A select Bibliography 1999 S P Punalekar
148. Socio-Economic Survey of Slum dwellers on the Sabarmati River Banks, Ahmedabad 1999 Satyakam Joshi
149.

Studies on Ambedkar: Thought and Praxis

1999 S P Punalekar
150. Dwelling Environment of Housing Needs of Rural Poor in Northern and Central Gujarat 1999 Biswaroop Das
151. Situation Analysis of Sexual Health in Surat 1999 B.T. Kazi
152. Ethnography of Leptospirosis in Surat 1999 Purendra Prasad
Lancy Lobo
153. Ethnography of Malaria (KABP Study) 1999 Lancy Lobo
Purendra Prasad
B.T. Kazi
154. Ethnography of Malaria
(Non-trial Validation Study)
2000 D.C. Sah
Purendra Prasad
B.T. Kazi
155. A Study of Tribal Migrants from Dangs and Dahod Areas 2000 Arjun Patel
156. Rural Livelihood Strategies: A Study on Drought 2000 in Surendranagar District, Gujarat 2000 Purendra Prasad
157. Communal Riots in South Gujarat Town of Navsari 2000 Jayshree Soni
158. Consolidated Monitoring and Evaluation report 2000

D C Sah

159. The Process of People’s Participation in the Post-Plague Situation 2001 Kiran Desai
160. Child  Labour in Home  Based  Industries  in  the Wake  of  Legislation: The  Case  of Diamond  Industry of Surat 2001 Kiran Desai
161. Dalits and Social Conflict Mitigation Process in India 2001 S.P. Punalekar
Satyakam Joshi &
Arjun Patel
162. Women's Participation in Income Generation in Hazira Area 2001 Akash Acharya
D.C. Sah
163. Workers  of Closed  Textile Mills 2002 Kiran Desai
164. Dalit Conflicts and Mitigation in Gujarat 2002 Arjun Patel
165. Benchmark Study of Surat City 2002 Babasaheb Kazi
Purendra Prasad
166. Tribal Development Vision 2010 2002 Vidyut Joshi
D C Sah
Arjun Patel
Satyakam Joshi
Babasaheb Kazi
Akash Acharya
Harshida Dave
167. Agricultural Power Subsidy: A Case Study of North Gujarat  2002 Vidyut Joshi
Akash Acarya
168. ums in Towns and Cities of Gujarat : The Case studies of Ankleshwar, Surat, Halol and Porbabdar 2002 Kiran Desai
Babasaheb Kazi
169. Child Labour in Textile Industry of Surat 2002 Kiran Desai
170. Privatisation of Higher Education: Issues and Problems 2003 Vidyut Joshi
Vimal Trivedi
171. Conflict and Violence against Dalits: Nature, Implication and Advocacy 2003 Satyakam Joshi
172. Socio-Economic Study of the Lodhva-Singsar Region 2003 Biswaroop Das
Ratnawali Sinha
173. Water Scarcity and People 2003 Vidyut Joshi
Jayshree Soni
174. Review-study of a Vocational training centre (VGTK) managed by a voluntary group-Sewa Rural, Jhagadia 2003 Kiran Desai
175. The Socio-Economic Impact of the Port Development Gujarat (PODEG) Project 2003 Arjun Patel
Jyothish S.
Vidyut Joshi
Kiran Pandya
176. Art and Aesthetics in Tribes of South Gujarat 2003 O P Joshi
177. A Study on Inclusion of Excluded Communities for Social Cohesion through Panchayati Raj in Gujarat 2003 Satyakam Joshi
178. Psycho-Social Aspects of Leadership 2004 Jayshree Soni
179. Geography of Gujarat Riots, 2002: Causatives and Spatial Spread Patterns of Related Factors 2004 Lancy Lobo
Biswaroop Das
180. Coastal Zone Development in South Gujarat: A Socio-Economic Base Line Study (Suvali-Hazira Area) 2004 Vidyut Joshi
Jyothis S.
181. Hindu-Muslim Relations: The Case Study of Surat and Vadodara 2004 Kiran Desai
Aparajita De
182. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Its Role in Supplementing family income – A Case Study   2004 Biswaroop Das
183. Imagined Geographies: Geographical Knowledge of Self and Others in Everyday Life Worlds – The Case of Ahmedabad 2005 Aparajita De
184. An Evaluation Study of Terre des Hommes Response to Gujarat Earthquake and Communal Riots 2005 Jyothis S.
Sudarshan
Iyengar
185. Micro Finance and Rural Credit Markets: A Study of Clients Using Micro Credit in Gujarat and Maharashtra 2005 Biswaroop Das
186. Solid Waste Management – Mid-Term Evaluation of Door-to-Door Garbage Collection (DDGC) Programme in Three  Municipal Zones of Surat 2006 Arjun Patel
Vimal Trivedi
187. Working of Anganwadis in Selected Tribal Talukas of Valsad District 2006 Ratnawali Sinha
S. Iyengar
188. Health Status, Health Needs and Health Care-seeking Behaviour of people living in 22 slums of Surat City 2006-2007 Akash Acharya
189. Surat 2006 Floods: A Citizens’ Report 2006-2007 Akash Acharya
Biswaroop Das
Kiran Pandya
Madhusudan Raj
190. Impact of Salinity Propagation and Ground Water Pollution on Rural Households in the Coastal Area of Gujarat State 2006-2007 S Jyothis
191. Mapping of Reproductive Health Care Seeking Behaviour of Women and Service Provisions in Selected Tribal Areas in Gujarat 2006-2007 Ratnawali
S Iyengar
192. Self-Help Co-operatives and Micro-Finance: Lessons from Orissa 2006-2007 G Sahu
Biswaroop Das
193. A Study on the Impact of Jyotirgram Yojana: A Case Study of Navsari District 2006-2007 Jayshree Soni
194. Education and Health Needs Assessment of some of the villages of Bharuch District 2007-2008 Ratnawali
195. Functioning of Panchayati Raj in Schedule Area of Gujarat 2007-2008 Satyakam Joshi
196. Study of the Economics of Dairy Production and Marketing in Gujarat: A Case study of Siddh Someshwar Kudiyana Vibhag Dudh ane hakbhajinu Vechan Karnari Sahkari Mandali Ltd, Village udiyana of Olpad Taluka, Surat District 2007-2008 Arjun Patel
197. Income, Remittances and Urban Labour Markets: Oriya Migrant Workers in Surat City 2008-2009 G Sahu
Biswaroop Das
198. The Aftermath of Tsunami in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2008-2009 Biswaroop Das
199. Learning to live with Floods in Surat City 2009-2010 B. Devi Prasad
 
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