ICSSR invites proposals for organising National and International Seminars to commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 150th birth anniversary

Call for Rashtriya Ekta (National Unity) Seminars

ICSSR invites proposals from Indian academicians, researchers and scholars for organising National and International Seminars to commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 150th birth anniversary. Twenty-one outstanding Rashtriya Ekta (National Unity) Seminars will be shortlisted and funded by the ICSSR in this series as a tribute to Independent India's first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

Link to apply: https://app.icssr.org

Click here for Concept note of Rashtriya Ekta (National Unity) Seminars

Applicants are required to read the guidelines carefully before submitting their online application forms.

After submitting the online application, a hard copy of the same, along with all enclosures, must be sent to:

The Deputy Director,
National and International Seminars Division,
Indian Council of Social Science Research,
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg,
New Delhi 110067

Guidelines for Rashtriya Ekta (National Unity) Seminars:

1. The general guidelines of ICSSR regarding National and International Seminars will apply to Rashtriya Ekta Seminars.

2. ICSSR may suggest the names of experts/speakers/panellists to the individual convenors in case additional inputs are required to address the theme of the seminar.

3. Full-length proceedings with complete research papers (having incorporated comments and feedback received during the seminar) are required along with the seminar report before the release of the second instalment.

4. The Seminar Convenor shall bear the responsibility of selecting high-quality research papers for the proposed theme.

5. ICSSR will publish a multi-volume collection of selected research papers from these seminars on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

6. ICSSR will constitute an editorial board to select and publish a multi-volume collection of research papers on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

7. ICSSR shall hold the copyright for the final report and outcomes of the Rashtriya Ekta (National Unity) Seminars. Any publication or dissemination of research findings shall solely be at the discretion of ICSSR.