Center Overview
List of courses being offered in Monsoon Semester 2026
The Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS) was established in 1971 with an objective of conducting teaching and research on problems related to the processes of social change in the context of development and modernization. From its inception and in keeping with the mandate of the JNU Act, the core thematic concerns of the Centre included questions of national development and problems of the marginalized social groups such as the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the others. This thrust has been a persistent feature of the CSSS ever since and it is not surprising that our teaching and research show engagement with pressing questions of development, marginalization, social justice and social movements to name a few.
Our teaching and research programs have been conceptualized with an aim to develop systematic and comparative approaches to the analysis of social phenomena. Drawing upon the extant social anthropological and sociological perspectives and combining them with interdisciplinary orientations facilitate such approaches. Read more..
Event Calendar
"Deliberate Ambiguitty: Mode of labour control and urban exclusion among informal workers in Delhi", Dr Akriti Bhatia, 27 August 2026.
"Indo Japanese Web Conference", on "Society and civil Society in the neoliberal era. Adaptive and alternative approaches", 18 March 2026.
"Emancipation through Gift-giving: The circulation of donations in Territorial Societies", Prof. Paulo Henrique Martins, 30 January 2026.
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