04-27-2006, 02:14 AM
Indian Sociological Society
The Indian Sociological Society, the professional association of sociologists in India, shifted to the Institute of Social Sciences in 1989 from the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. Earlier the Society had functioned from University of Bombay, University of Delhi; Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; University of Poona, Pune, and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
The Indian Sociological Society is the only organization of sociologists in India, which was founded in December 1951 in Bombay with the initiative of G. S.Ghurye. It started publishing the bi-annual journal Sociological Bulletin in 1952. Its location in the Institute has provided a much-needed stability and continuity to the activities of the Society.
The Society has about 2,000 life members from all parts of the country. Although not a very large number considering the size of the profession, it is quite significantly large if compared with other social science associations in the country. Following the practice in International Sociological Association, the Indian Sociological Society adopted the Research Committee system in 1998 to encourage more focussed and meaningful discussions. There are 24 such research committees and members can choose to join up to three of them.
D. N. Dhanagare (Pune) is the President, J. J. Kattakayam (Thiruvananthapuram) is the Secretary and Harish Doshi (Surat) is the Treasurer for the period 2002-2003. N. Jayaram (Goa) is the Managing Editor of Sociological Bulletin. Krishnan Namboodiri is the Indian Sociological Society office in-charge.
The Indian Sociological Society, the professional association of sociologists in India, shifted to the Institute of Social Sciences in 1989 from the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. Earlier the Society had functioned from University of Bombay, University of Delhi; Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; University of Poona, Pune, and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
The Indian Sociological Society is the only organization of sociologists in India, which was founded in December 1951 in Bombay with the initiative of G. S.Ghurye. It started publishing the bi-annual journal Sociological Bulletin in 1952. Its location in the Institute has provided a much-needed stability and continuity to the activities of the Society.
The Society has about 2,000 life members from all parts of the country. Although not a very large number considering the size of the profession, it is quite significantly large if compared with other social science associations in the country. Following the practice in International Sociological Association, the Indian Sociological Society adopted the Research Committee system in 1998 to encourage more focussed and meaningful discussions. There are 24 such research committees and members can choose to join up to three of them.
D. N. Dhanagare (Pune) is the President, J. J. Kattakayam (Thiruvananthapuram) is the Secretary and Harish Doshi (Surat) is the Treasurer for the period 2002-2003. N. Jayaram (Goa) is the Managing Editor of Sociological Bulletin. Krishnan Namboodiri is the Indian Sociological Society office in-charge.