Organising Institutions

The Institute for Human Development (IHD), an ICSSR Recognised Social Science Research Institution, has a strong track record in research on livelihoods, employment, gender, health, education and other human development domains across India. IHD has an Eastern Regional Centre located at Ranchi with focus on tribal and Jharkhand development issues and has extensively worked in the state as well as other states of the region like Bihar and Odisha (www.ihdindia.org).

The Shri Krishna Institute of Public Administration (SKIPA) is Jharkhand's apex government training institute located in central part of Ranchi (www.lms.skipa.co.in).