The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, was founded in February 1973, as an independent research centre devoted to the advancement of the social sciences in south Asia.
It is financed primarily by grants from the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the Government of West Bengal, and the Government of India with full academic autonomy.
In March 2000, the Centre moved to its new campus at Baishnabghata Patuli Township on the southern end of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass,in north east Calcutta. The new campus is 45 minutes from the city airport, and an hour from Howrah, the main rail station. It accommodates the library, the archive and rooms for seminars and lectures, as well as the administrative and faculty offices.
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