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To undertake,
aid, promote and co-ordinate research in social sciences, with special emphasis
on the problems of the eastern region and West Bengal
To provide academic
and professional guidance to agencies, institutions and personnel engaged in
research in social sciences
To offer, on
request, consultancy services to the Government of India, the Government of West
Bengal and other State Governments and Union Territory Administrations,
universities, colleges and other educational institutions and organizations in
business, industry or trade
To act as a
clearing house of ideas and information or research in social sciences, with
special emphasis on the problems of eastern region in general and West Bengal in
particular, and to maintain a data bank on the eastern region or West Bengal or
any aspect of national life
To collaborate
with other agencies, institutions and organizations, including universities,
colleges, management institutes and other institutes in India and abroad, in
such manner as may be necessary for the promotion of the objective of the
Centre
To offer
fellowships and scholarships as and when applicable in furtherance of research
in social sciences
To provide
programmes of advanced training to teachers in universities and colleges with a
view to improving the quality of teaching and research in social sciences
To develop close
working relations in teaching and research in social sciences with universities
and colleges, especially with those in the eastern region and in West Bengal
To prepare, print
and publish papers, periodicals and books in furtherance of the objectives of
the Centre and the promotion of social science research
To secure and
accept, endowments, grants-in-aid, donations or gifts on mutually agreed terms
and conditions
To acquire by
gift, purchase, lease or otherwise any property, movable or immovable, which may
be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the Centre and to construct, alter
and maintain any building or buildings for the purpose of the Centre
Generally to
undertake all such activities and programmes as may assist in promoting research
in social sciences in India, especially in the eastern region and West Bengal.
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