The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) is the national body overseeing research in the social sciences in India.

Current members include Deena Bandhu Pandey, P. Kanagasabapathi, Sanjay Kumar, H.S.

Bedi, Harish Chandra Singh Rathore, Panchanan Mohanty, Amita Singh, Kshamadevi Shankarrao Khobragade, T. Subramanyam Naidu, Rakesh Sinha, Aswini Mohapatra, P.V.

Krishna Bhatta, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, J.K. Bajaj, M.P.

[4] It provides funding to scholars and to a network of twenty-nine research institutes, among them: [5] A large proportion of its budget is spent on its own administration; in 1996–1997, this amounted to 23% of total expenditure.