ICSSR NEHU Shillong

Please give me detailed information about ICSSR NERC (Indian Council of Social Science Research - North Eastern Regional Centre), NEHU (North Eastern Hill University) Campus, Shillong, Meghalaya including its Programs?

Can you tell me about the aim and objectives of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), develop in collaboration with North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) at Shillong?

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The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) was set up by the Government of India in 1969 as an autonomous organization in order to review, promote, encourage, assist and coordinate social science research in India.

The North Eastern Regional Centre of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR-NERC) was established on March 2, 1977 in collaboration with North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) at Shillong. The Centre has its office complex at the NEHU Campus and an Advisory Committee headed by the Vice-Chancellor, NEHU, Shilling.

Aims & Objectives
The Aims of NERC are:
to act as the mediator of the ICSSR within the region
to act as the representative of the social scientists of the region and to bring their ideas and problems to the ICSSR
to provide a platform for the social scientists of the region to come together for formation of social science research; and
to serve as the link between the social scientists of the region and the national and international community of the social scientists.

The ICSSR - NERC covers states of region - Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. The main objectives of NERC are:
to render essential bibliographical and documentation service for research work;
to organize and/or support the organization of seminars, workshops, research methodology courses, conferences at different universities, colleges and other institutions in India's northeast;
to award study grant for research scholars in order to visit libraries anywhere in India;
to organize lectures by distinguished scholars on issues pertaining to the North-East India; and
to distribute information about the programme of the ICSSR.

Advisory Committee

Vice-Chancellor
Chairman
NEHU, Shillong

The Member Secretary
Vice - Chairman
ICSSR
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi 110 067

Professor L S Gassah
Honorary Director
Department of Political Science, NEHU

Professor S M Sungoh
Member (NEHU)
Department of Education, NEHU

Professor Lanu Ao
Member (Nagaland)
Dean, School of Social Science & Department of Sociology, Nagaland University

Professor Monirul Hussain
Member (Assam)
Department of Political Science, NEHU
Gauhati University

Professor J L Dawar
Member
Department of History, Mizoram University (Mizoram)

Professor Amar Yumnam
Member (Manipur)
Department of Economics, Manipur University

The Director
Member (ICSSR Research Guwahati Institute)
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Professor Temsula Ao,
Member (Ex-officio) (Council Member)
Professor of English Literatur
NEHU

Professor D. R. Syiemlieh
Member (Ex-officio)
UPSC, New Delhi

Professor L S Gassah
Honorary Director
Department of Political Science, NEHU

Dr. C. J. Thomas
Member Secretary (Ex-officio)
Deputy Director
NERC
Shillong