The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) is a captive body of the Ministry of Education, Government of India established by an Administrative Order. The body has provided financial assistance to historians and scholars through fellowships, grants, and symposia.
The objectives of the ICHR, as enunciated in the initial pamphlet published by the Department of Education, Government of India in 1972,[full citation needed] are as under:
to bring historians together and provide a forum for the exchange of views between them;
to give a national direction to objective and scientific writing of history and to have rational presentation and interpretation of history;
to promote, accelerate and coordinate research in history with special emphasis on areas that have not received adequate attention so far;
to promote and coordinate a balanced distribution of research effort over different areas; and
to elicit support and recognition for historical research from all concerned and ensure the necessary dissemination and use of results.
ICHR is funded by grants-in-aid received from the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. It also receives funds from the various state governments of India and from other Ministries of the government of India.
Organization
The ICHR is headed by an Honorary Chairman. The Member Secretary functions as the Secretary of the Governing Council during its General Body and special meetings and as the day-to-day Head of the Department in ICHR.
The Members of the Council of ICHR (Governing Body) are nominated for a period of three years. The Chairman of the Council of ICHR is nominated by the Department of Education in an honorary capacity and his term is not co-terminus with that of the members of the Constituted Council. The day-to-day functioning of the ICHR is looked after by the Director who acts as ex officio Member Secretary of the Council. In 1991, a trend was started to have a separate post of Member Secretary of the ICHR, with Professor MGS Narayanan being selected as the First Member Secretary of ICHR. The institution has been continually embroiled in intra-rivalries between the Chairmen, Member Secretaries, and the Directors, at the cost of historical research. The main reason, as per many, has been the deputing of persons from here and there as the Member Secretaries and the undermining the office of the Chairman and the Director of the institution.
Four persons to represent government who shall be nominated by the Government of India and which shall include one representative each of the Ministry of Education, the Department of Culture and the Ministry of Finance, and
the Member Secretary, who is appointed by the Council of the ICHR on a deputation basis for a period of three years, with the approval of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
Publications
The ICHR publishes online as well as on print media. It publishes two journals: the Indian Historical Review (bi-annually) and Itihas (in Hindi). It also provides publication subsidies to seminars, books, congress proceedings, and journals. The editing and publication has been outsourced to certain publishing houses.
References
^"The man who made history". The Times of India. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
External links
Official website
Indian Council of Historical Research - Sudhir Chandra - Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 7, No. 28 (Jul. 8, 1972), pp. 1311-1313
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Indian Council of Historical Research news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Indian Council of Historical Research ICHR is a captive body of the Ministry of Education Government of India established by an Administrative Order The body has provided financial assistance to historians and scholars through fellowships grants and symposia Logo of Indian Council of Historical Research The ICHR receives grants in aid from the Department of Higher Education grants in aid from various Indian states private donations and the proceeds of revenues from the sale of publications of the ICHR The ICHR is based in Delhi with regional centres in Pune Maharashtra Bengaluru Karnataka and Guwahati Assam Founded 27 March 1972Its first chairman was the historian Ram Sharan Sharma nominated as its first chairman 1 Historians who have served as members or functionaries of the ICHR include Irfan Habib Tapan Raychaudhuri and Barun De Contents 1 Objectives 2 Funding expenses and salaries 3 Organization 3 1 Chairmen 3 2 Directors 4 Composition of the Council 5 Publications 6 References 7 External linksObjectives EditThe objectives of the ICHR as enunciated in the initial pamphlet published by the Department of Education Government of India in 1972 full citation needed are as under to bring historians together and provide a forum for the exchange of views between them to give a national direction to objective and scientific writing of history and to have rational presentation and interpretation of history to promote accelerate and coordinate research in history with special emphasis on areas that have not received adequate attention so far to promote and coordinate a balanced distribution of research effort over different areas and to elicit support and recognition for historical research from all concerned and ensure the necessary dissemination and use of results Funding expenses and salaries EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message ICHR is funded by grants in aid received from the Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development It also receives funds from the various state governments of India and from other Ministries of the government of India Organization EditThe ICHR is headed by an Honorary Chairman The Member Secretary functions as the Secretary of the Governing Council during its General Body and special meetings and as the day to day Head of the Department in ICHR The Members of the Council of ICHR Governing Body are nominated for a period of three years The Chairman of the Council of ICHR is nominated by the Department of Education in an honorary capacity and his term is not co terminus with that of the members of the Constituted Council The day to day functioning of the ICHR is looked after by the Director who acts as ex officio Member Secretary of the Council In 1991 a trend was started to have a separate post of Member Secretary of the ICHR with Professor MGS Narayanan being selected as the First Member Secretary of ICHR The institution has been continually embroiled in intra rivalries between the Chairmen Member Secretaries and the Directors at the cost of historical research The main reason as per many has been the deputing of persons from here and there as the Member Secretaries and the undermining the office of the Chairman and the Director of the institution Chairmen Edit R S Sharma 1972 1977 A R Kulkarni 1978 1981 Niharranjan Ray 1981 1981 Lokesh Chandra 1982 1985 Irfan Habib 1986 1993 Ravinder Kumar 1993 1996 S Settar 1996 1999 K S Sarma acting 1999 1999 B R Grover 1999 2001 K S Lal 2001 2001 M G S Narayanan 2001 2003 Kumud Bansal acting 2003 2004 D N Tripathi 2004 2007 K M Acharya acting 2007 2007 Sabyasachi Bhattacharya 4 March 2007 3 March 2010 Sabyasachi Bhattacharya acting 4 April 2010 20 May 2011 Basudev Chatterjee 20 May 2011 2014 Yellapragada Sudershan Rao 28 June 2014 26 June 2017 A P Jamkhedkar 15 February 2018 14 January 2022 Raghuvendra Tanwar 14 January 2022 presentDirectors Edit B R Grover 1975 1986 T R Sareen 1986 1997 Sushil Kumar 1997 2010 Composition of the Council EditThe ICHR Council consists of the following members Nineteen historians nominated by the Government of India one being appointed as the Chairman of the Council Representative of the University Grants Commission Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India Director General of the National Archives of India Four persons to represent government who shall be nominated by the Government of India and which shall include one representative each of the Ministry of Education the Department of Culture and the Ministry of Finance and the Member Secretary who is appointed by the Council of the ICHR on a deputation basis for a period of three years with the approval of the Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India Publications EditThe ICHR publishes online as well as on print media It publishes two journals the Indian Historical Review bi annually and Itihas in Hindi It also provides publication subsidies to seminars books congress proceedings and journals The editing and publication has been outsourced to certain publishing houses References Edit The man who made history The Times of India 22 August 2011 Retrieved 19 September 2020 External links EditOfficial website Indian Council of Historical Research Sudhir Chandra Economic and Political Weekly Vol 7 No 28 Jul 8 1972 pp 1311 1313 Society Name Search at www delhi gov in Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Indian Council of Historical Research amp oldid 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