issc 2015 - Indian Social Science Congress

Indian Academy of Social Sciences (ISSA) in association with Andhra University will hold 38th session of Indian Social Science Congress on ‘Knowledge Systems, Scientific Temper and The Indian People’ between March 29 and April 02, 2015 at Visakhapatnam (Earlier notification regarding holding of XXXVIII ISSC between December 27-31, 2014 at B.B. Ambedkar University, Lucknow stands cancelled).
Major objectives of XXXVIII ISSC are:
To explore the definitional parameters of ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Scientific Temper’ and reflect upon their epistemology
To obtain a correct and comprehensive picture of quality of knowledge being delivered and generated through education and research in Indian Universities, Colleges, Research Institutes, IITs, IISER, AIIMs, IISc, TIFR IARI, ICSSR Institutes and national and regional laboratories.
To determine the usability/or use-value of the knowledge being thus generated in India for self-reliant development and for improving the quality of life of Indian people.
To prepare a status Report on the 65 years of application of S&T development in India.
To investigate congeniality of organizational structures and processes of universities, colleges, research institutes, national laboratories for development of desired quality of Knowledge System/S&T.
To investigate impact of hierarchical structures and disparities between and among central universities, IITs, AIIMS, IIITs, IISER, IISc, TIFR, CSIR, ICAR, ICHR etc on the generation of new Knowledge systems/Creativity/Innovations.
To determine the connection between generated Knowledge System/S&T and economic growth, unemployment and production of skilled labour.
To assess the social demand for generation of the knowledge system in India.
To investigate ‘Who uses Indian Knowledge System/S&T for what purpose and how’?
To prepare a road map for improving production of new Knowledge/S&T in consonance with the peoples and national needs/aspirations.