Madurai Institute of Social Sciences has been recognized as a centre for research by Madurai
Kamaraj University in the year 1990. The purpose of the research centre is to synergize the
theory and practice into research and vice-versa. The centre has initiated and carried out
many activities to imbibe the art of doing scientific research among budding scholars in
social work in particular and social sciences in general. The centre focuses on doing research
on various social phenomena in order to fulfill academic social needs and to evolve policies
leading to the betterment of various stakeholders.
The research centre strives to inculcate the culture of research among faculty members and
students. Many workshops, seminars, conferences have been organized by the research centre
to orient the faculty and scholars on the recent trends in research. In addition to that, the
faculty members and scholars were also induced to participate in the aforesaid events
organized by different educational institutions in the regional and national level to understand
the art of doing research adhering to the ethical norms. The research centre enunciates the
importance of disseminating the research acumen through publishing the papers in the journal
of national and international repute which were approved by UGC and other such bodies. The
faculty members and students of the institute had published many research papers in the
approved journals and authored books pertaining to their discipline.
The research centre received funding support from various organisations function under the
central and state governments and completed many minor and major research projects. The
centre carried out research studies on various social issues such as beggary, effects of tobacco
consumption, problems faced by street vendors, child rights, menstrual hygiene management
among women, child marriage, COVID-19, learning disability among school students and so
on. Through its research project, the centre worked tirelessly for the vulnerable sections of
the society such as children, women disabled and elderly. The centre has collaborated with
several departments/organisations such as industry, agriculture, banking, education, police,
non-governmental organization and Information and Communication Technology for doing
need based research studies benefitting those organisations and the institute. Consultancy
services were also done based on demand.
Madurai Institute of Social Sciences offers M.Phil in Management and Social work and PhD
in Social Work to serve the needs of society and produced innumerable numbers of scholars
who work in different capacities in the institutions across the world.
