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VKRV Rao Prizes |
V K R V Rao Prizes in Social Science Research VKRV Rao prizes in Social Science Research were instituted by the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore in grateful recognition and appreciation of Professor Rao's contribution and services for the development of social science research in India in general, and for the establishment of the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, in particular. As an economist of international repute, he has served the country as Member of the Planning Commission and as a Central Cabinet Minister. By establishing three important institutions - The Delhi School of Economics, The Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, and the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, Professor Rao has provided a solid foundation for social science research in India.
The prizes are awarded to persons who have made significant original contributions to human knowledge and progress, applied or fundamental, who are citizens of India, below the age of 45 years, in the year for which the award is made, and engaged in research in any one of the social science disciplines listed below:
The list of Awardees of Dr V K R V Rao Prizes
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The Board of
Governors of the Institute for Social and Economic Change at its meeting held on 19th
January 1977 approved the regulations governing the institution and award of VKRV Rao
Prizes for research in social sciences. Three prizes of Rs. 25,000 each and a
citation/certificate are awarded annually for high quality research in social sciences.
The main object of the prizes is to encourage young social scientists to undertake
original research and to recognise the contributions made by them to the development of
knowledge.
One prize is awarded every year in Economics. The remaining two
prizes are rotated among the ten groups of disciplines as mentioned above. The rotation is
repeated in the same order from sixth year onwards. The Indian Council of Social Science
Research, New Delhi, administers the awards.