Centre for Social Research

Delhi India

NGO / Public Service

Established in 1983 in New Delhi, India, the Centre for Social Research (CSR) is dedicated to creating a violence-free, gender-just society through social research, capacity building and advocacy. Originally named The Centre for Social Research and Action, CSR was founded by a group of social scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru University: Radhakrishnan, Anand Kumar, Ranjana Kumari, N. Rajaram, Renuka Singh and Sudhindra Bhadoria. CSR's founders were inspired by the dream of a truly democratic society, the ideologies and strategies of individuals such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jayaprakesh (J.P.) Naran, and the perspectives of feminist thinkers such as Betty Friedan and Simone de Beauvoir. In the