TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

The Council for Social Development carries out a number of training courses and workshops designed to enhance the capacity of the participants in these programmes to have a better understanding of social development problems and challenges, learn methodology for carrying out research on social issues through the survey method and other modern techniques. Participants in these training courses and workshops are drawn from researchers in universities and independent think tanks, policy makers and non-governmental organizations. Training on Research Methodology, conducted every year, is the flagship training programme and has some unique features. The programme aims at helping young social scientists and professionals. Apart from methods and updated techniques, including new software packages of field research and data analysis, it also provides a hands-on exercise in the stages of research project.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSES

Ten days Research Methodology Course on “Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences: Ethnography, Narratives and Social Stories” jointly organized by Council for Social Development and GB Pant Social Science Institute (GBPSSI), Prayagraj at New Delhi from 20^th  to 31^st  August, 2024.