ABOUT THE ORGANISER

Institute of Objective Studies (IOS), headquartered at New Delhi, India, established in 1986, is a non-political and non-profitable, public organisation, successfully completed 37 years of its existence with steady progress and widening the scope of its endeavours. The IOS which enjoys consultative status (Roster) with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN, has gained recognition at national and international plane for promoting research, conducting surveys on relevant themes, publishing books and journals in areas of national concern and pressing challenges of civil societies, awarding scholarships to meritorious scholars in India, actively participating in social welfare, educational and management fields. It is working on developing development models suiting to Indian masses particularly the poor, marginalised and deprived sections; initiatives to foster world peace, and strive hard to develop mechanisms and environment for conflict resolution. The IOS has always tried its best to uphold the ideals of secularism, democracy, rule of law and Constitutionalism.

The Institute so far, has completed and published around 450 research projects and there are still more to come. The Institute so far organized 1315 programmes—conferences, seminars, symposia, workshops and discussions at national and international levels in collaboration with prominent universities and organisation of India and abroad. More details about the Institute can be sought from its website www.iosworld.org.