The Institute
 

The Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) is an All India Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Training in the Social Sciences, established in 1972 by the late Professor V K R V Rao. It is registered as a Society under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960, to create a blend of field-oriented empirical research and advances in social science theories leading to better public policy formulation.
  

Management

The Governor of Karnataka is the President of the ISEC Society. ISEC is governed by the Board of Governors consisting of eminent academicians and social scientists elected from among founder / life members and representatives of Government of India, Government of Karnataka and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). The Director of ISEC is a member of the Board of Governors as well as the chief executive of the Institute.
 

   President

Board of Governors  

Chairman
Professor G Thimmaiah No.22, B.H.C.S. Layout Bannerghatta Road BANGALORE - 560 076 (India) Tel: 91-080-6686695 E-mail: kunnikere@gmail.com
Director
Professor R S Deshpande Institute for Social and Economic Change Dr. V K R V Rao Raod Nagarabhavi Bangalore 560072 Email: director@isec.ac.in
Members
Professor Abdul Aziz 328, Teachers’ Colony, Near ISEC Gate, Nagarbhavi PO, BANGALORE 560 072 Phone: 080-23215378 Email: abdulaziz@nls.ac.in
Professor Sudarshan Iyengar Vice-Chancellor Gujarat Vidyapeeth Ashram Road Ahmedabad – 380 014 Email: sudarshan54@gmail.com
Professor Gopal K Kadekodi Honorary Professor Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad “Chetana”, Ist Main Road, 4th Cross, Srinagar Dharwad – 580 003 Phone: 0836-2472827 (Res.) Email : gkkadekodi@gmail.com
Professor Kalpana Kannabiran Director, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad “Nivedita”, #10-3-30/8 Plot 314, Street 7, East Marredpalli, Secunderabad – 500 026 Andhra Pradesh, Phone: 040-27733853 Email: kalpana.kannabiran@gmail.com
Professor K P Kannan Chairman, Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies Vilappilsala, Trivandrum 695573, Kerala, India Email : kannankp123@gmail.com
Professor C T Kurien #004, ‘D’ Block, Raheja Residency 7th Cross, 3rd Block Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034 Email: ctkurien@gmail.com
Professor Meenakshisundaram S S Visiting Professor Rural Development and Decentralized Governance National Institute of Advanced Studies IISc. Campus, Bangalore – 560 012 Email: meenakshi54@hotmail.com
Professor Surendra L Rao D/1, Chartered Cottage 8 Langford Road Bangalore 560025 Email: surendral.rao@gmail.com
Dr. Ravindra A, IAS (Retd.) Former Chief Secretary, Gok No. 678, Indiranagar I Stage I Main Road, Bangalore – 560 038 Phone: 080-25297852 (Res.) Email: dra.ravindra@gmail.com
Academic Staff Representatives
Dr. R Mutharayappa Associate Professor Population Research Centre ISEC Nagarbhavi Bangalore 560072 Email: mutharayappa@isec.ac.in
Dr. T N Bhat Assistant Professor Population Research Centre ISEC Nagarbhavi Bangalore 560072 Email: tnbhat@isec.ac.in
Co-Opted Members
Professor Sheik Ali B Former Vice-Chancellor Mangalore & Goa Universities #59, III Cross, VII Main Road Saraswathipuram Mysore – 570 009 Phone: 0821-2543439 Email: mazadbedcollege@yahoo.com
Professor Anitha Kurup School of Social Sciences National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus Bangalore – 560 012 Phone: (Off.) 080-22185144/22185000 Email: bkanitha@gmail.com
Professor Sujata Patel Department of Sociology Central University of Hyderabad Gachi Bowli Hyderabad Email: patelsujata09@gmail.com
Dr. C Rammanohar Reddy Editor, Economic & Political Weekly #320-321, A to Z Industrial Estate Ganpatrao Kdam Marg, Lower Parel Mumbai – 400 013 Phone: 022-40638282 Email : edit@epw.in
Nominee of the ICSSR
Professor Ramesh Dadhich Member Secretary Indian Council of Social Science Research  (Ministry of Human Resource Development)  JNU Institutional Area, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg  New Delhi-110067  E-mail: ms@icssr.org
Ex-Officio Members
The Secretary/Addl. Secretary Joint Secretary Ministry of Finance Dept. of Economic Affairs Government of India New Delhi	.
The Secretary/Addl. Secretary Joint Secretary Ministry of Human Resource  Development Dept. of Education, Shastry Bhavan Government of India New Delhi	..
Shri. L V Nagarajan, IAS Additional Chief Secretary Finance Department, Government of Karnataka Room No. 255, II Floor Vidhana Soudha Bangalore 560001 Email: prs-fd@karnataka.gov.in	..
Shri. Rajneesh Goel, IAS Principal Secretary to Govt. (Higher Education) Department of Education Government of Karnataka Room No.,546, 5th Floor, 1st stage, M S Building, Dr Ambedkar Veedhi Bangalore 560 001 Email: prshigh-edu@karnataka.gov.in	.
Ms. Anita Kaul Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Statistics Government of Karnataka IV Stage, III Floor, M S Building Dr Ambedkar Veedhi Bangalore 560 001 Email: prs-plg@karnataka.gov.in	.
Prof.  B. Thimme Gowda Vice Chancellor Bangalore University Jnanbharathi Bangalore 560056

Life Members

List of Life Members

Functions and Objectives

• To conduct interdisciplinary research in analytical and applied areas of social sciences, encompassing diverse aspects of development.

• To assist both central and state governments by undertaking systematic studies of resource potential, identifying factors influencing growth and examining measures for reducing poverty.

• To establish fruitful contacts with other institutions and scholars engaged in social science research through collaborative research programmes and seminars, and to conduct training courses and refresher programmes for university and college teachers and public functionaries.
   
   
    

Funding

ISEC receives annual grant-in-aid from Government of India (Ministry of Human Resources Development through ICSSR and Ministries of Agriculture and Health and Family Welfare), Government of Karnataka (Departments of Education and Finance) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Institute also receives grants for specific research assignments from various India, international and bilateral agencies.
 
  

Location and Infrastructure

ISEC is located in a sylvan 16-hectare campus at Nagarbhavi, abutting the Bangalore University's 'Jnanabharati' premises on the south-western outskirts of the city. Besides the academic and administrative complex, the hostels for the students and guesthouse for the visiting scholars, the campus has a residential facility for 77 faculty and staff of the Institute. It also has well-equipped seminar halls and a 300-seater auditorium. The Institute's campus is well maintained with sprawling gardens and lawns and a variety of flora and fauna. The Bangalore Urban Arts Commission has judged the Institute's campus as one of the best maintained campuses in the city of Bangalore consistently for three years