The Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is an advanced research institute established by the Reserve Bank of India for carrying out research on development issues from a multi-disciplinary points of views. After its registration as an autonomous society on November 14, 1986 and as a public trust in January 15,1987, subsequently, the Institute was recognized as a Deemed University under Section 3 of the UGC Act. At present the Institute has about 120 employees and M.Phil/Ph.D students that include about 30 full time faculty members, 24 non-academic staff and about 60 M.Phil/Ph.D. students.
IGIDR Library:
The IGIDR library is rapidly building up to be one of the leading professional research and reference libraries in the country. All bibliographic details of books, journals and CD-ROM databases are accessible through the campus-wide Ethernet network. The library has over 40,000 printed documents, and it subscribes to over 460 national and international journals. It has established contacts with over 100 national and international organizations for exchange of the Institute’s publications and inter-library loan arrangement.
The library of the Institute aims to be a leading research library in the fields of development studies, development economics, energy and environmental studies, general economics and Indian economy. It also aims to build a comprehensive collection of back volumes of journals in the field of Economics and related areas.
Few its innovative services are:
- Internet Browser Toolbar
- Kautilya Digital Repository
- Open Index Initiative (Online database for Indian Social Science Literature)
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