Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences-HISS

11/01/2026

📢 THREE-DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE 📢
RE-IMAGINING CENTRE–STATE RELATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA
Delimitation | Fiscal Federalism | One Nation–One Election | Digital Governance
📅 Dates: 9th, 10th & 11th February 2026
📍 Venue: Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad – 500007
Jointly Organised by
Department of Political Science, Osmania University &
Osmania University Centre for International Studies (OUCIS)
Sponsored by: ICSSR–SRC | TGCHE | RUSA 2.0
🎓 Convenors & Directors
Prof. M. Krishna Kumar
Head, Department of Political Science & Director, OUCIS
Co-Coordinators
Prof. V. Srilatha
Dr. Sabavath Ravi
Dr. Chalamalla Venkateshwarlu
Co-Coordinator & Organising Secretary
Cont No.9346312388
📌 For complete details, please refer to the conference brochure.
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeOEkXVbSasGt.../viewform

03/12/2025

Press Note: The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Sr. Prof. Kumar Molugaram has released the Brochure of the Three-Day National Conference on “Reimagining Centre–State Relations in Contemporary India: Delimitation, Fiscal Federalism, One Nation–One Election, and Digital Governance” from 07.01.2026 to 09.01.2026 in the V.C. Chamber, Administrative Building, Osmania University on 03-12-2025.
The event was attended by Prof. G. Naresh Reddy (Registrar), Prof. Jitendra Kumar Naik (OSD to the Vice-Chancellor), Prof. M. Krishna Kumar (Convenor of the Conference, HoD Political Science & Director of Osmania University Centre for International Studies (OUCIS)) and Dr. Chalamalla Venkateshwarlu, Asso. Prof., (Co-Coordinator and Organising Secretary of the Conference).
The Conference jointly organised by the Dept. of Political Science and the OUCIS will bring together leading academics, policymakers, and researchers to discuss evolving dynamics of Indian federalism, such as Delimitation, Fiscal Federalism, One Nation–One Election, and Digital Governance. This conference aims to revisit constitutional principles, explore contemporary challenges, and propose pathways for cooperative and inclusive governance.
Speaking on the occasion, Sr. Prof. Kumar Molugaram praised the department’s initiative and congratulated Prof. M. Krishna Kumar and his team for timely organising this important academic event. The conference will offer a lively platform for academic exchange, policy discussion, and knowledge sharing, strengthening Osmania University’s dedication to research and national progress.

Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences-HISS

10/06/2025

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We are pleased to inform you that HISS Publications, in collaboration with the Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences, has been publishing a high-quality research journal titled The Indian Journal of Social Sciences Research (IJSSR – ISSN 2277-2227) since 2012. This national, peer-reviewed journal is released quarterly—in the periods of January–March, April–June, July–September, and October–December—and focuses on scholarly work in the fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences.

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18/10/2024

𝙃𝒆𝙖𝒓𝙩𝒚 𝑪𝙤𝒏𝙜𝒓𝙖𝒕𝙪𝒍𝙖𝒕𝙞𝒐𝙣𝒔 𝒕𝙤 𝙖𝒍𝙡 𝙩𝒉𝙚 𝘼𝒑𝙥𝒐𝙞𝒏𝙩𝒆𝙙 𝙑𝒊𝙘𝒆- 𝘾𝒉𝙖𝒏𝙘𝒆𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒓𝙨

𝑻𝙚𝒍𝙖𝒏𝙜𝒂𝙣𝒂: 𝙂𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙧𝒏𝙢𝒆𝙣𝒕 𝒂𝙥𝒑𝙤𝒊𝙣𝒕𝙨 𝙑𝒊𝙘𝒆-𝑪𝙝𝒂𝙣𝒄𝙚𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙧𝒔 𝒇𝙤𝒓 𝒏𝙞𝒏𝙚 𝙎𝒕𝙖𝒕𝙚 𝙪𝒏𝙞𝒗𝙚𝒓𝙨𝒊𝙩𝒊𝙚𝒔

*𝙏𝒉𝙚𝒔𝙚 𝙖𝒑𝙥𝒐𝙞𝒏𝙩𝒎𝙚𝒏𝙩𝒔 𝒂𝙧𝒆 𝒔𝙚𝒆𝙣 𝙖𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝙧𝒆𝙖𝒕 𝒔𝙩𝒆𝙥 𝙞𝒏 𝒔𝙩𝒓𝙚𝒏𝙜𝒕𝙝𝒆𝙣𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝒉𝙞𝒈𝙝𝒆𝙧 𝙚𝒅𝙪𝒄𝙖𝒕𝙞𝒐𝙣 𝙡𝒂𝙣𝒅𝙨𝒄𝙖𝒑𝙚 𝙤𝒇 𝑻𝙚𝒍𝙖𝒏𝙜𝒂𝙣𝒂, 𝙬𝒉𝙞𝒄𝙝 𝙝𝒂𝙨 𝙗𝒆𝙚𝒏 𝒈𝙧𝒂𝙥𝒑𝙡𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝒘𝙞𝒕𝙝 𝙡𝒆𝙖𝒅𝙚𝒓𝙨𝒉𝙞𝒑 𝒈𝙖𝒑𝙨 𝙞𝒏 𝒔𝙚𝒗𝙚𝒓𝙖𝒍 𝒊𝙣𝒔𝙩𝒊𝙩𝒖𝙩𝒊𝙤𝒏𝙨. 𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝒏𝙚𝒘𝙡𝒚 𝒂𝙥𝒑𝙤𝒊𝙣𝒕𝙚𝒅 𝑽𝙞𝒄𝙚-𝘾𝒉𝙖𝒏𝙘𝒆𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒓𝙨 𝙖𝒓𝙚 𝙚𝒙𝙥𝒆𝙘𝒕𝙚𝒅 𝒕𝙤 𝙗𝒓𝙞𝒏𝙜 𝙛𝒓𝙚𝒔𝙝 𝙞𝒅𝙚𝒂𝙨 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙞𝒏𝙞𝒕𝙞𝒂𝙩𝒊𝙫𝒆𝙨 𝙩𝒐 𝒕𝙝𝒆𝙞𝒓 𝒓𝙚𝒔𝙥𝒆𝙘𝒕𝙞𝒗𝙚 𝙪𝒏𝙞𝒗𝙚𝒓𝙨𝒊𝙩𝒊𝙚𝒔, 𝙛𝒐𝙨𝒕𝙚𝒓𝙞𝒏𝙜 𝙖𝒄𝙖𝒅𝙚𝒎𝙞𝒄 𝒈𝙧𝒐𝙬𝒕𝙝, 𝒓𝙚𝒔𝙚𝒂𝙧𝒄𝙝, 𝒂𝙣𝒅 𝒊𝙣𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙖𝒕𝙞𝒐𝙣.

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08/09/2024

Call for Chapters

We are glad to announce that the Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences (HISS) is planning to bring out an edited book titled Emerging Geo Politics in the Context of Wars and Immigration Challenges”
The world is witnessing unprecedented geo political challenges and two full blown wars resulting in the fast changing geo political scenario and the grouping of nations.
The pro and anti-immigration protests, Russia-Ukrain war, Israel-Palestine conflict, Middle East Crisis, and Iran, conflicts, cross border terrorism, and other major issues like global recession are resulting in reshaping of the geo political order.
In this context, the Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences calls for contemporary, analytical, and original papers from the contributors for the publication in the proposed book with ISBN.
Sub-themes can include;
The Wars and the new Cold War: NATO expansion, Russia-Ukrain war, sanctions, oil and trade war, middle east crisis, Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Iran and its proxies’ war against Israel, crisis in trade through sea route.
Immigration: Immigration challenges and protests for and against the immigration, crisis in European countries, skilled immigration, illegal immigration, etc.,
US Presidential election: The US elections and implications for the world in general and India in particular
Global crises: Global debt crisis, regime change policies, unrest in emerging countries, coups, challenges to democratic institutions, Human Rights, displacement, child rights, humanitarian crisis, economic recession, food crisis, threat of nuclear war and the threat of Third World War
China’s expansionist Policies: Salami slicing, aggression on Philippines, Taiwan, and India etc., Policies that ensnare developing countries into debt trap, military bases, exploitation of mineral and other resources etc.,
Role and effectiveness of United Nations: Critical analysis of the role and functioning of the UNO, need for expansion of more countries as permanent members.

• Papers need not be limited to the above mentioned sub-themes.
• Papers should not be more than eight pages.
• Papers should be strictly original with proper citation and references and need to be free of plagiarism and AI similarity too.
Last date for submission of full papers is 15.09.2024. The edited book will be published by the end of September 2024.
• Editors decision is final in all the respects
• Those interested can send their papers to email: [email protected]
• Editors will contact the authors of the selected papers.
For further details, please write to [email protected] by mentioning the subject related to the call papers.

HYDERABAD INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (HISS) is an academic and research body aimed at promoting research and development in the fields of social sciences ,arts, and humanities. It is an academic and research wing promoted under the aegis of the Centre for Community Development Initiatives

08/09/2024

Call for Chapters

Dear academics/scholars/researchers/authors….

Greetings from the HISS Publications and the Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences (HISS)…

We are happy to inform you that the HISS PUBLICATIONS is planning to bring out an edited book with ISBN recognition. The proposed book will be brought out in September, 2024. In this regard, we invite original and quality research papers/chapters to publish in the forthcoming book.

Title: Understanding Agrarian Reforms in India: Policies, Perspectives and Future
Sub-Themes:
Indian agrarian crisis, food security challenges, technology-driven agriculture, AI in agriculture, corporate farming, schemes and policies to support farmers and agriculture sector, institutional lending, private lending, loan waiver, subsidised supply of fertilizers and pesticides, burden of imports related to agri products, tools, and technology, modern farming, possibilities for increase in agri output and other products, farming policies, legislations, controversies, challenges in implementation, su***de of farmers, organic farming, modern farming methods, minimum support price, effective marketing facilities, storage and cold storage facilities, supply chain challenges, diversity in farming, media perspective and projection of farmers and agriculture issues. India’s position in agriculture at the global level, food security challenges, soil fertility, conservation, issues, excessive use of fertilizers, pesticides, pesticide residues in agri products, processing challenges, export possibilities, need for intensified blue revolution, white revolution, pink revolution, agriculture reforms, agriculture and its contribution to GDP, employment and underemployment in agriculture sector, sustainable farming in India etc.,
Sub-themes are only suggestive, authors can also contribute their chapters on any other aspect related to the agriculture and allied sectors.
Guidelines for contributors/chapter writers:
-Papers need to be mailed to [email protected]
-Last date for submission of full papers/chapters is September 15th, 2024.
Publication of Book : September 30th, 2024 1
Font Size: Times New Roman -Paper Title : 14 font size Authors details : 12
Affiliation of Authors : 11 Content of Paper : 12 font size
-The papers/chapters should be strictly original (Without Plagiarism)
-Article should not exceed 8 pages-(A4 with 1.5 spacing)-Reference Citation in Text: APA Style
• Editors will contact the authors of the selected papers.
For further details, please write to [email protected] by mentioning the subject related to the call papers.

HYDERABAD INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (HISS) is an academic and research body aimed at promoting research and development in the fields of social sciences ,arts, and humanities. It is an academic and research wing promoted under the aegis of the Centre for Community Development Initiatives

22/08/2024

Call for Chapters

We are glad to announce that the Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences (HISS) is planning to bring out an edited book titled “Emerging Geo Politics in the Context of Wars and Immigration Challenges.”
The world is witnessing unprecedented geo political challenges and two full blown wars resulting in the fast changing geo political scenario and the grouping of nations.
The pro and anti-immigration protests, Russia-Ukrain war, Israel-Palestine conflict, Middle East Crisis, and Iran, conflicts, cross border terrorism, and other major issues like global recession are resulting in reshaping of the geo political order.
In this context, the Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences calls for contemporary, analytical, and original papers from the contributors for the publication in the proposed book with ISBN.
Sub-themes can include;
The Wars and the new Cold War: NATO expansion, Russia-Ukrain war, sanctions, oil and trade war, middle east crisis, Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Iran and its proxies’ war against Israel, crisis in trade through sea route.
Immigration: Immigration challenges and protests for and against the immigration, crisis in European countries, skilled immigration, illegal immigration, etc.,
US Presidential election: The US elections and implications for the world in general and India in particular
Global crises: Global debt crisis, regime change policies, unrest in emerging countries, coups, challenges to democratic institutions, Human Rights, displacement, child rights, humanitarian crisis, economic recession, food crisis, threat of nuclear war and the threat of Third World War
China’s expansionist Policies: Salami slicing, aggression on Philippines, Taiwan, and India etc., Policies that ensnare developing countries into debt trap, military bases, exploitation of mineral and other resources etc.,
Role and effectiveness of United Nations: Critical analysis of the role and functioning of the UNO, need for expansion of more countries as permanent members.

• Papers need not be limited to the above mentioned sub-themes.
• Papers should not be more than eight pages.
• Papers should be strictly original with proper citation and references and need to be free of plagiarism and AI similarity too.
Last date for submission of full papers is 15.09.2024. The edited book will be published by the end of September 2024.
• Editors decision is final in all the respects
• Those interested can send their papers to email: [email protected]
• Editors will contact the authors of the selected papers.
For further details, please write to [email protected] by mentioning the subject related to the call papers.

HYDERABAD INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (HISS) is an academic and research body aimed at promoting research and development in the fields of social sciences ,arts, and humanities. It is an academic and research wing promoted under the aegis of the Centre for Community Development Initiatives

22/08/2024

Call for Chapters

Dear academics/scholars/researchers/authors….

Greetings from the HISS Publications and the Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences (HISS)…

We are happy to inform you that the HISS PUBLICATIONS is planning to bring out an edited book with ISBN recognition. The proposed book will be brought out in September, 2024. In this regard, we invite original and quality research papers/chapters to publish in the forthcoming book.

Title: Understanding Agrarian Reforms in India: Policies, Perspectives and Future
Sub-Themes:
Indian agrarian crisis, food security challenges, technology-driven agriculture, AI in agriculture, corporate farming, schemes and policies to support farmers and agriculture sector, institutional lending, private lending, loan waiver, subsidised supply of fertilizers and pesticides, burden of imports related to agri products, tools, and technology, modern farming, possibilities for increase in agri output and other products, farming policies, legislations, controversies, challenges in implementation, su***de of farmers, organic farming, modern farming methods, minimum support price, effective marketing facilities, storage and cold storage facilities, supply chain challenges, diversity in farming, media perspective and projection of farmers and agriculture issues. India’s position in agriculture at the global level, food security challenges, soil fertility, conservation, issues, excessive use of fertilizers, pesticides, pesticide residues in agri products, processing challenges, export possibilities, need for intensified blue revolution, white revolution, pink revolution, agriculture reforms, agriculture and its contribution to GDP, employment and underemployment in agriculture sector, sustainable farming in India etc.,
Sub-themes are only suggestive, authors can also contribute their chapters on any other aspect related to the agriculture and allied sectors.
Guidelines for contributors/chapter writers:
-Papers need to be mailed to [email protected]
-Last date for submission of full papers/chapters is September 15th, 2024.
Publication of Book : September 30th, 2024 1
Font Size: Times New Roman -Paper Title : 14 font size Authors details : 12
Affiliation of Authors : 11 Content of Paper : 12 font size
-The papers/chapters should be strictly original (Without Plagiarism)
-Article should not exceed 8 pages-(A4 with 1.5 spacing)-Reference Citation in Text: APA Style
• Editors will contact the authors of the selected papers.
For further details, please write to [email protected] by mentioning the subject related to the call papers.

HYDERABAD INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (HISS) is an academic and research body aimed at promoting research and development in the fields of social sciences ,arts, and humanities. It is an academic and research wing promoted under the aegis of the Centre for Community Development Initiatives