Institute for Studies in Industrial Development

Institute for Studies in Industrial Development
Former names
Corporate Studies Group (CSG)
Motto in English
Policy Research to Foster India's Industrial Transformation
TypeRegistered Society
ChairmanS. K. Misra
DirectorProf. Nagesh Kumar
Location
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
,
Delhi
,
India

28°32′36.9″N 77°08′53.2″E / 28.543583°N 77.148111°E / 28.543583; 77.148111
NicknameISID
Websiteisid.org.in
Indian Council of Social Science Research subsidiary

The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) is a public-funded, autonomous institution dedicated to conducting policy research, advocacy, capacity-building, and outreach activities to foster the industrial transformation of India.

Registered on October 7, 1986, under the Indian Societies Registration Act 1860, ISID in 1988, became one of the institutions that are supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), (Government of India), through grants-in-aid. Since 2006, the Institute operates from its own well-appointed campus located in the Vasant Kunj Institutional Area in South Delhi.

ISID is recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Government of India. It is also listed on DARPAN portal of NITI Aayog (India’s Planning Agency) as a recognized think-tank. It is also a member of the Asia-Pacific Research Network on Trade (ARTNet) and the South Asia Network on SDGs (SANS) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). ISID’s Databases and e-resources are accessed by the academic community across the country through the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre of the University Grant Commission (UGC).

ISID: Policy Research to Foster India’s Industrial Transformation

Manufacturing-led transformation has been an important pathway to prosperity globally—employed by developed countries such as the US, Germany, and Japan, as well as newly industrialised countries such as the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and China.

As India embarks on achieving its aspiration to achieve a developed country status by 2047, the manufacturing sector seems to be an answer to creating decent jobs for its youthful population and fostering inclusive prosperity.

ISID seeks to support India’s manufacturing-led transformation through its policy research, advocacy, capacity-building and outreach activities.

Research Themes & Key Projects

Theme Activity
Industrial Structure, Policies, Employment, and Statistics
  • The India Industrial Development Reports (IIDRs)
  • Future of Manufacturing in South Asia: Inputs for the UNIDO’s Industrial Development Report 2025-26
  • Strategies for Escaping the Middle Income Trap
  • Revamping the Industrial Statistics
  • Role of Public Sector in India in the Changed Global Context
  • Trends in Corporate Performance in the Manufacturing Sector
Leveraging MSMEs and Start-ups for Industrial Transformation
  • Envisioning the Role of MSMEs in India’s Industrial Transformation
  • Towards Resilient and Sustained Growth of the MSME Sector in India: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Job Creation: A Study of India’s Start-ups Ecosystem
  • Financial Accessibility, Institutional Environment and Participation of MSMEs in the GVCs
  • Informal Enterprises and MSMEs in Textiles and Clothing Value-chain
  • UK-India Bilateral Trade in Fintech and Fintech-Enabled Services: Emerging Trends and Potential for Growth
Globalization, FDI, Trade and GVC Participation
  • Deepening India’s Integration with the Japanese and Korean GVCs
  • Leveraging FDI for India’s Industrial Transformation: Magnitudes, Quality, Challenges and Opportunities
  • Liberalisation, International Trade, and Industrial Productivity in Indian Manufacturing
  • Enhancing the Effectiveness of India’s Trade Agreements with South Korea and Japan
  • Strategy for Leveraging ASEAN FTA and Trade Potential with the Middle East Countries for Pharma Sector in India
Technology, Innovation and Industry 4.0
  • R&D Scenario in Indian Pharma Industry to meet the Global Challenges
  • Emergence of a Leading Global Innovative Firm from India
  • Empowering MSMEs through IPR Awareness and Management
  • Technological Changes, Skill Requirement and Labour Demand in the Construction Sector
  • Determinants of Innovation by Indian Enterprises
Green Industrialization
  • Towards a Green Industrial Strategy for India and other Emerging Economies
  • Enhancing the Policy Space for Sustainable Industrialization: Issues for the G-20 Agenda
  • Identifying Enablers for Green Transition of MSMEs in India
  • Sustainable Industrialization and Innovation: Accelerating SDG-9 Achievement in South Asia
Spatial Dimensions of Industrial Development and Industrial Infrastructure
  • Trends in Inter-Regional Disparities in Indian Manufacturing
  • Exploring the Product Space Map of the Indian Manufacturing
  • Landscape of Regional Manufacturing in India: Reflections from Commodity Flow Analysis
  • Spatial Dynamics of Manufacturing Landscape in India: A District Level Comparative Analysis of Pre- and Post-Reform Contexts
  • Regional Disparities across States in India
Sectoral Studies on Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing
  • Rapid Growth of Labour-intensive Sectors in India-Textiles, Leather, Gems and Jewellery and Food Processing
  • Make-in-India: An Assessment of the Impact on Six Manufacturing Sectors
  • Fostering Medical Device Industry of India
  • Import Dependence, Technology Gaps and International Competitiveness of Indian Electrical Equipment Industry
  • Electrical Equipment Sector: Technology Gaps, Technology Transfer, and Import Dependence
  • Non-Electrical Machinery Industry: Technological Change and Competitiveness in Machine Tools Industry
  • Automobile Industry: Technology, Changing Product Lines and Policy Initiatives

Conferences Policy Dialogues and Research Seminars

National Conferences on India's Industrial Transformation[1]

ISID instituted, in 2023, an annual series of flagship conferences on India’s industrialization at which policy makers, industry leaders as well as young researchers from across the top institutions in the country present their insights and research.

Policy Dialogues[2]

ISID organizes policy roundtables with senior exports and policy makers on themes of contemporary relevance throughout the year.

Research Seminars[3]

ISID Seminar Series provides a platform to in-house as well as outside researchers to present their new research.

Capacity-Building Activities

ISID-JNU PhD Programme in Economics and Public Policy[4]

As an apex national institute focused on industrialization, ISID has launched a specialized PhD Programme. Started in 2024-25 in partnership with the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) which will provide degree, the programme focuses on industrial development and related public policy for creation of much needed expertise in the country in this area.  The two batches admitted so far, come from different parts of the country.

Capacity-Building Programmes for University Teachers and Researchers

ISID also organizes capacity-building and research methodology programmes focused on industrialization for faculty members and researchers of academic institutions, typically ranging for two-weeks but also shorter duration.

Publications

Source:[5]

  • Professor S.K. Goyal (2014). India's Policy Milieu: Economic Development, Planning and Industry. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  • Satyaki Roy (2013). Small and Medium Enterprises in India: Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters. Routledge, Oxon.
  • K.S. Chalapati Rao; Biswajit Dhar (2011). India's FDI Inflows: Trends and Concepts. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development.
  • Sunanda Sen; Byasdeb Dasgupta (2009). Unfreedom and Waged Work: Labour in India's Manufacturing Industry. Sage Publication India. ISBN 978-8178299402.
  • T.S. Papola (2008). Labour Regulation in Indian Industry (Volume 1–10). Bookwell Publishers.
  • S.R. Hashim; K.S. Chalapati Rao; K.V.K. Ranganathan; M.R. Murthy (2008). Indian Industrial Development and Globalisation: Essays in Honour of Professor S.K. Goyal. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development.
  • T.P. Bhat; Atulan Guha; Mahua Paul (2008). India and China: Building Complementarities and Competitiveness into WTO Regime. Bookwell Publishers.
  • Jaya Prakash Pradhan (2008). Indian Multinationals in the World Economy: Implications for Development. Bookwell Publishers.
  • S.R. Hashim; N.S. Siddharthan (2008). High-tech Industries, Employment and Global Competitiveness. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Jaya Prakash Pradhan; Partha Pratim Sahu (2008). Transnationalization of Indian Pharmaceutical SMEs. Bookwell Publishers.
  • Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (2006). ISID Index Series: Volume One (Revised ed.). Economic and Political Weekly (1966 - 2006).
  • T.S. Papola; D.N. Awasti (2004). Enterprise Development in Mountain Areas: Guidelines for Entrepreneurs, Promotional Agencies and Policy Makers. Himalaya Publishing House.
  • Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) and Indian Economic Association Trust for Research & Development (1998). ISID Index Series: Volume Two, Sixteen Economic Journals. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development.
  • Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (1998). ISID Index Series: Forty Years of The Indian Journal of Labour Economics Index: 1958-1997. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development & Indian Society of Labour Economics.
  • Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (1996). ISID Index Series: Volume One (Economic and Political Weekly 1966-1996). Institute for Studies in Industrial Development & Indian Economic Association Trust for Research & Development.
  • Delhi Atlas, 2d Edition. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development. 1996.
  • Pitou van Dijck; Rao K.S. Chalapati (1994). India's Trade Policy and the Export Performance of Industry. Sage.
  • Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (1994). Economic Liberalization and Indian Agriculture. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development.
  • Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (1993). Delhi Atlas: Colony and Area Maps. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development.
  • Chandra Sekhar (1992). Political Economy of India. Vikas.
  • Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (1989). Patterns in Indian Agricultural Development: A District Level Study. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development.
  • S. K. Goyal (1979). Monopoly Capital and Public Policy. Allied Publishers.

The Facilities

The Campus and Research Facilities

ISID is equipped with a well-stocked library, specialized in documentation and databases on industrialization and development. It maintains its own databases on industrial development which are accessed by other academic institutions through INFLIBNET of UGC. ISID also has state-of-the-art conferencing facilities and a guest house to facilitate residential academic activities.


See also

References

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