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Raison d'tre of the
Institute
To meet the challenges of emerging scenario in
the twenty first century and to optimally exploit the new (even
qualitatively new) opportunities, the country needs vigorous result
- oriented inter- disciplinary efforts, of a nature and scale,
rarely needed before. The efforts at the highest intellectual level
have to be directed towards research, leading to strategies for
growth with social justice and progress and understanding of
scientific processes, consultancy of an interdisciplinary in nature
on specific problems requiring a time bound solution and development
of a new breed of leaders (Managers, Technocrats, Population
Scientists etc.) equipped with appropriate knowledge and skills and
ability to acquire new knowledge/skills on their own, a vision of
things as they could be, a concern for fellow human beings and the
confidence to face unknown. Anticipating the potential unleashed by
the globalization and anticipating the future demand for personnel,
the Institute of Development Studies was established in September
1994 in the premises of Lucknow University, Lucknow. The Institute
envisages an educational mission of inter-disciplinary nature by
net-working the knowledge, efforts and expertise available in the
fields of various disciplines (in and outside the campus) for
providing the best technical advice to government executives,
policy-makers, planners and researchers. The Institute was
established in 1994 by the University of Lucknow, as the recognition
of the fact that development studies, encompass a wide spectrum of
disciplines, and hence inter-disciplinary institute provides a
natural habitat for the same.
In the realm of development
studies, isolated or independent application of any discipline is
neither feasible nor desirable. There is unanimity in academic and
policy-making circles that the process of development is related
with complex and conflicting sets of economical, social, political,
legal and other parameters. The mechanics, dynamics and problems of
the process of development can be meaningfully studied and analyzed
only by taking resource to a multi- disciplinary approach.
Accordingly, the usual obsession of traditional academicians for
maintaining separate identities of their respective disciplines by
keeping them separate and nurturing them only from within is being
fast replaced by an interactive model.
The Institute is
located on the bank of Gomti river in the heart of historic city of
Lucknow and operating under the auspices of one of the premier
academic centres of the country - "Lucknow University". The
proximity of Lucknow University, Baba Saheb Ambedkar University,
Indian Institute of Management, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate
Institute of Medical Sciences, centre of learning and research, the
seat of state government, growing industries all make the location
of such an Institute at Lucknow very appropriate. It is to be noted
that the Institute is getting financial assistance in terms of
non-plan grants from state government and also has received
development grants from the Ministry of Finance, Government of
India.
Objectives of Institute:
The main
objectives of the Institute are as follows:
(a) to undertake
research studies on economic development, management, social and
political environment;
(b). to undertake research studies on
population problems and health related issues in rural and urban
areas;
(c) to undertake studies on financial administration and
budgeting in the government system at all levels;
(d) to offer
Degree/Diploma courses;
(e) to offer Ph.D. Programmes in
inter-disciplinary areas;
(f) to provide consultancy service to
government and non-government organizations and to organise training
programmes;
(g) to organise seminars, conferences and workshops
on important issues relating to Planning, Development and
Administration;
And
(h) to publish journals, mimeographs,
technical paper etc.
Thrust Areas of the
Institute
(A) Population Studies
(B) Sustainable
Development
(C) Rural Development and Management
(D) Fiscal
Studies
(E) Planning & Development Studies
(F)
Mathematical Modeling
(G) Global Trade and Development
Challenges
(H) The Economy of UP: Development Challenges,
Constraints and Alternatives
Activities of the
Institute:
(a) Institute has innovatively ventured upon
two years full time Masters Degree Programme on Marketing Economics
and Management with synergic blending on Economics and
Marketing.
(b) Institute is actively engaged in research studies
and policy implications, evaluation of projects/ programmes and
formulation of plan, Institute also prepares pre-union budget
estimates for policy decisions and formulating the final union
budget. Institute has already prepared Pre-Union Budget Estimates
consecutively for the last six years.
(c) Institute is
academically engaged in promoting research activities through
contributing research papers, books and monographs by its faculty
members. Ever since its establishment, four books and several
research papers have appeared on the academic forums. It is also to
be noted that Institute has published several Technical Paper on
developmental Perspectives.
(d) Institute is actively imparting
skill development in entrepreneurship and training of needs in terms
of technical and managerial knowledge. Institute is seriously
planning to impart Management Development Programme for senior and
middle level Corporate Managers and Executives.
(e) Institute is
also promoting researches through its publication of a biannual
journal of Fiscal Economics, Annual MMEM Business Review,
Development Dialogue and project reports.
(t) Institute is
organising from time to time seminars, workshops and conferences on
development, population and other contemporary issues. Institute
also organized week and trade fair along with analytical market
research activities.
(g) Institute has already launched Ph.D.
programme in the field of inter-disciplinary research and
developmental Activities in Organisational Behaviour, Economics,
Management of Finance, Human Resource Development, Sociology,
Polity, Administration, etc. Knowledge professional are actively
engaged in Research and Development Activities.
(h) Institute is
also actively engaged in consultancies with Non-Government
Organisations as well as various departments of State Governments.
Research Projects
Studies
Undertaken
(a) Report on Fiscal
Crisis and Tenth Finance Commission in collaboration with the
Finance Deptt., Govt. of U .P.
(b) Qualitative Evaluation of
Million Wells Scheme in U.P., sponsored by the Deptt. of Rural
Development, Govt. of U.P.
(c) Financing of District Plans in
U.P., sponsored by Deptt. of Planning, Govt. of U.P.
(d) Fiscal
Reforms in the state of U.P., sponsored by the Deptt. of Finance,
Govt. of India.
(e) UP Human Development Report (UPHDR),
sponsored by UNDP.
(t) Assessment of the Need of Additional Upper
Primary Schools in Sitapur, sponsored by Directorate of Basic
Education, Govt. of U.P.
Ongoing
A study on
the Management of Fiscal Crisis in UP since 1980s with Special
Empahsis on Resource Mobilization and Expenditure Control, Deptt. of
Planning, Govt. of U.P.
Proposed
Financial
Administration of Rural Development Plans in UP (Planning
Commission)
Panchayat Level Management of RCH Services in UP
(USAID).
Utilization of RCH Services amongst Industrial. workers
in UP (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of
India).
Qualitative Evaluation of Higher Education in India
(NAAC).
Central Transfers to the States and the Twelfth Finance
Commission (Planning/Finance Commission).
Impact of Self-Help
Groups and Micro-Credit on Women Empowerment: A Study of UP.
An
evaluation of Poverty Alleviation and Employment Programme in UP
(Planning Commission).
Publication of the
Institute:
Seminars &
Workshops Held:
Seminar on 'Development Challenges Before
Uttar Pradesh " October 9-10, 2002
Seminar on 'Union Budget
2002-03 and Economic Reforms in Uttar Pradesh', February
19-20,2002.
Seminar on Model Union Budget 2001-02 entitled
'Political Arithmetic and Fiscal Calculus of Union Budget 2001-02',
February 24, 2001.
Seminar on Model Union Budget 2000-01
entitled, February 26, 2000.
Workshop on Management of University
Administration, organized by the Institute in collaboration with the
Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, October 25-29,
1999.
Seminar on "Financial Sector Reforms in India & Union
Budget' 99", at Yojana Bhawan, Lucknow on February 20, 21 & 22,
1999.
Seminar on 'Eleventh Finance Commission and Fiscal
Environment of Resourcelessness with Special Reference to UP',
organized by the Institute of Development Studies on August 31,
Sept. 1-2, 1999.
Seminar on "Emerging Trends in Indian Economy
/I, in collaboration with Deptt. of Economics, Lucknow University
held at Yojana Bhawan, on April 28, 29 & 30th, 1998.
Seminar
on 'Union Budget' 97 - Perspectives, Issues and Expectations ", in
collaboration with Deptt. of Economics, Lucknow University held at
Yojana Bhawan, on February 24, 1997.
Teaching
Master of Arts in Development Studies
(MA-DS) Programme, a two year, full time, professional post-graduate
programme designed for the social sector development.
Recent
development experiences have brought out four important lessons for
developing countries like India. These important lessons are:
(a) Macro-economic stability is sine qua non for the attainment
of the stipulated rate of economic growth,
(b) The strategy for
all-round prosperity should be formulated on the basis of a
comprehensive and holistic approach to development,
(c) The
strategy of development should cater to the basic needs of the
people at the grass - root level, and
(d) Sustained development
should be rooted in processes that are socially inclusive and
responsive to changing circumstances.
These important lessons
are strategically crucial so far as the development challenges
confronting the third world countries are concerned. However, the
development policies dictated by sophisticated growth models of the
developed countries characterized the heterogeneous and
disintegrated money markets, governments' prompt accountability to
be electorate in the grip of the revolution of rising expectations,
over - ambitious economic planning, unbridled growth of consumerism,
ready and generous availability of foreign aid and unstable polities
coupled with aggressive populism, inter alia, call for an
inter-disciplinary approach to the study of the problems of
development.
National Awards Earned/Distinctions Earned
by Teachers:
i. Prof. A.K. Sengupta
Jewel of
India Award, International Business Council, New Delhi.
National
Gold Star Award to the Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow
University, received by Prof. A.K. Sengupta as Director of the
Institute, International Business Council, New Delhi.
Consultant,
World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
Consultant, UNDP, Human
Development, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.
Member, State Planning
Commission, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.
Member, Advisory Committee,
Deptt. of Public Works, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Member,
Advisory Committee, Deptt. of Panchayati Raj, Uttar
Pradesh.
Member, Policy Formulation Cell, Deptt. of Planning,
Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.
Director, UPSRTC.
Member, Advisory
Committee, Deptt. of Rural Development, Govt. of Uttar
Pradesh.
ii. Dr. Kamna Sengupta
Academic Advisor,
Economics, ICFAI, Hyderabad.
iii. Dr. Aurnob
Roy
Academic Advisor, Global Strategic Management, ICFAI,
Hyderabad.
Academic Advisor, Economics, Jaipuria Institute of
Management, Lucknow.
iv. Dr. A.K. Singh
Academic
Advisor, Marketing & Management, ICFAI,
Hyderabad.
Development Consultant in PACS programme in Uttar
Pradesh launched by DFID, UK.
v. Dr. Nimish
Gupta
Academic Advisor, Marketing & Information
Technology, ICFAI, Hyderabad.
International
Seminars/Conferences attended by Teachers:
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Poverty in India -
Challenges in Uttar Pradesh, organized by World Bank, Washington,
DC.
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Human Rights and
Poverty, organized by Barakatullah University, Bhopal.
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NFHS-II, organized by
lIPS, Mumbai.
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Model Union Budget,
2003-04, Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow
University.
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Development Challenges
before Uttar Pradesh, sponsored by Deptt. of Planning, Govt. of
Uttar Pradesh.
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Opportunities and
Challenges of Higher Education in Uttaranchal, organized by Deptt.
of Higher Education, Govt. of Uttaranchal, Dehradun &
Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow.
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Employment Generation
and Poverty Alleviation in Uttar Pradesh, organized by Institute
of Development Studies, Lucknow University and Deptt. of Planning,
Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.
New Infrastructural
Development:
Well established Conference Hall and Computer
Lab in this year.
Candidates Awarded D.Litt/D.Sc.,
LLD/Ph.D:
One Ph.D. Awarded
One Ph.D.
submitted
Student Selected in NET/JRF/SLET etc. and
Selected in Civil Services: 03
New Courses of Study
Introduced in the Department/Institute
Master of Arts in
Development Studies (MA-DS) launced in 2003-04 session.
Master in
Population and Environment, (Passed by Governing Board of Institute
of Development Studies, Executive Council and Academic Council,
Lucknow University (to be
lanuched),
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