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Greetings!
The Institute for Human Development (IHD) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) are pleased to invite you to a book launch event on June 30, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (tea at 5:30 PM) at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
The book titled "75 Years of the Indian National Sample Survey: Evolution of Sample Design, Key Challenges and Way Forward" has been authored by Dr G. C. Manna, currently Professor at IHD and Senior Adviser at NCAER (former Director-General of CSO and NSSO).
This book, published by Springer Nature, gives an overview of the Indian National Sample Survey (NSS), which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. It summarises the key features of the survey methodology, highlights the strengths and limitations of the data collected through the NSS, and outlines the way forward to address critical data gaps to further strengthen the NSS database. The book also highlights some global / best survey practices so that it can be used as a reference material by the survey practitioners across the globe. For more details, please click
About the Book
The Launch of the Book will be followed by a Panel Discussion on "Strengthening National Sample Survey: Experiences and Future Perspectives" which will be chaired by Professor S. Mahendra Dev, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). Dr Saurabh Garg, Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India; Professor TCA Anant, Visiting Professor, IHD and former Secretary and Chief Statistician of India; Dr Sudipto Mundle, Chairman, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum and non-resident Senior Fellow at NCAER; and, Dr Radhicka Kapoor, Senior Employment Specialist for South Asia, International Labour Organization, will be Panelists. A copy of the Programme of the event is attached
View Program
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the launch event and enrich the deliberations of the Panel Discussion. Please click here to confirm your physical participation.
If you are unable to join physically, you are welcome to join the event virtually. For virtual participation please click here to register. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email along with information for joining the event.
The event will also be available live on IHD's and NCAER's Youtube channels: https://www.youtube.com/@IHDINDIA and https://www.youtube.com/user/NCAER.
Please join us for Tea at 5.30 pm
With warm regards,
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Professor Alakh N. Sharma
Director
IHD,
New Delhi
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Professor Anil K Sharma
Secretary and Operations Director
NCAER,
New Delhi
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