Centre for Studies in Civilizations
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The Centre for Studies in Civilizations (CSC), founded October 12, 1995, is a non-governmental organization
(NGO) based in India
. According to their website, the center "aims at conducting, promoting and facilitating studies and research in the broad areas of history, philosophy, culture, science and technology", and "undertakes and promotes research in relation to the past, the present and the future courses, contents, and trends of civilizations in general, and Indian civilization in particular." While its office is located in Delhi
, the ten members of its governing body live throughout India. In addition to its literary work, the Center organizes symposia and talks by eminent scholars, politicians, writers and spokespeople.
The center's most extensive projects include:
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
(NGO) based in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. According to their website, the center "aims at conducting, promoting and facilitating studies and research in the broad areas of history, philosophy, culture, science and technology", and "undertakes and promotes research in relation to the past, the present and the future courses, contents, and trends of civilizations in general, and Indian civilization in particular." While its office is located in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, the ten members of its governing body live throughout India. In addition to its literary work, the Center organizes symposia and talks by eminent scholars, politicians, writers and spokespeople.
The center's most extensive projects include:
- Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and CultureProject of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and CultureProject of History of Indian science and civilization under the general editorship of Professor D. P. Chattopadhyaya. The series also contains 20 monographs....
(PHISPC) - supervised and administered by the Center, entirely funded by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development. Coordinating efforts to publish fifty volumes of books and anthologies, thirty of which will be major volumes, and twenty of which are to be monographs. According to the last update on the projects website, seven volumes and eleven monographs have been published, and in the financial year 2001-02, 7-8 more volumes were to be published, and one monograph
- Consciousness, Science, Society and Value (CONSSAV) - part of PHISPC - approved by the Department of EducationDepartment of Higher Education (India)Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Human Resource Development, that oversees higher education in India.The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission of India, under...
, Ministry of Human Resources Development. According to its brief description, CONSSAV will "explore the role of consciousness in its various levels of awareness, in understanding and expounding the development of science, society and values. Consciousness as has been conceived and theorized in different traditions, or rather civilizations, will be studied and explored in detail." The project will consist of four volumes consisting of six parts.
- Sandhan - interdisciplinary journal