‘Grant Not Suspended Even During Emergency’: CSDS Faculty Breaks Silence on Funding Threat
Ritika Chopra | 11 July 2026 | The Indian Express
Breaking their silence for the first time since the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) came under scrutiny over alleged irregularities, the institute’s faculty on Friday expressed “deep concern” over the possibility of losing government funding, saying that “never in the past” had its faculty and staff been denied salaries.
“Even in the years of the Emergency, which most CSDS faculty opposed, the ICSSR grant was not suspended,” the CSDS faculty said in a resolution passed at a meeting on Friday. The Indian Express reported on Friday that an inquiry committee appointed by the ICSSR had recommended action against the institute under its grants-in-aid rules, a move that could jeopardise funding that accounts for over 83 per cent of CSDS’s income and nearly 90 per cent of its salary bill…