School of Social Sciences
Research Projects:
Since its inception, the School of Social Sciences has undertaken a number of Institute Research Projects (IRP) and Externally Funded Research Projects (ERP), addressing key issues related to agricultural development, rural livelihoods, and socio-economic sustainability in the NEH region.
A. Externally
| Sl. No | Title of project | Duration | Total cost (Rs) | Funding Agency | |
| From | To | ||||
| 1 | Assessment of the consequences of extreme climate variability on men and women farmers in ensuring food security and sustaining livelihoods: A case study in rice based farming in Northeast India PI-Ram Singh |
2011 | 2012 | 6.2 Lakh | IFAD-IRRI |
| 2 | Functioning of Micro-Credit scheme of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh in North-Eastern states of India PI- S.M. Feroze |
2011 | 2012 | 5.94 lakhs | Planning Commission, GoI |
| 3 | Development and Deployment of Mobile based Agro-Advisory System in North East India PI-Ram Singh |
2012 | 2014 | 1.82 Crore +1.01 Crore | DeiTY, GOI, New Delhi |
| 4 | Costs and Return in Milk Production: Developing standardized methodology and estimates for various production systems PI- S.M. Feroze |
2012 | 2015 | 4 Lakh | DAHD, Govt. of India, New Delhi |
| 5 | Climate change impacts on Hill Agriculture in North East Himalaya: A Socio-economic analysis PI- S.M. Feroze |
2013 | 2015 | 20 Lakh | ICSSR, New Delhi |
| 6 | Development of expert system to diagnose rice diseases in Meghalaya PI- P.M. N. Rani |
2012 | 2014 | 2.5.00 Lakh | NABARD |
| 7 | Assessment of livelihood and income of System of Rice Intensification farmers in Tripura PI-Ram Singh |
2015 | 2017 | 9.0 lakh | ICSSR, New Delhi |
| 8 | Cost of Cultivation of 10 (ten) major crops in Meghalaya PI-Ram Singh |
April, 2015 | March2016 | 27.47 Lakh | DAC, GoI collaboration with DES, Govt. of Meghalaya |
| 9 | Value Chain Analysis of Ginger in NE Region PI-Ram Singh |
March, 2016 | April, 2017 | 19.40 Lakh | ICAR, New Delhi |
| 10 | Mapping of Socio-economic and Livelihood Patterns of Jhumias in North East Hill Region of India PI- D.K. Pandey |
March, 2016 | April, 2017 | 22 lakh | ICAR, New Delhi |
| 11 | Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Agricultural Education in India. PI- D.K. Pandey |
March, 2016 | April, 2017 | 15 lakh | ICAR, New Delhi |
| 12 | Policy Imperative for Promoting Value Chains of Agricultural Commodities in India PI-Ram Singh |
01.01. 2018 |
31.03.2021 | 33.62 Lakh | ICAR-NIAP, New Delhi |
| 13 | Preference for agricultural stream in Higher education in India: A gendered enquiry and initiatives to attract young talents. PI- S. M. Feroze |
2019-2020 | 31.03.2020 | 5 lakh | ICAR, New Delhi |
| 14 | Estimation of production and utilization pattern of milk and milk products in India. PI-Ram Singh |
27. 05. 2020 | 31.12.2021 | 3.69 Lakh | NDRI, Karnal |
| 15 | Integration and application of UAV for crop Health Assessment and Monitoring with IIDS in providing Evidence Based Agro-Advisory services to farmers of North- East India. PI-R. J. Singh |
August, 2020 – | August 2022 | 43.96 Lakh | Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and information Technology, Govt. of India. |
| 16 | Competitiveness and sustainability of organic agriculture in North East India PI-Ram Singh |
2022 | 2025 | 1.55 Crore | ICAR, NIAP, New Dehli |
| 17 | Establishment of model mushroom bio-resource complex for bio-entrepreneurship development of rural youth in aspirational district o fm Meghalaya. PI-L. Devarani |
2022 | 2025 | 36.2614 Lakh |
DBT, GOI. |
| 18 | Integration and application of UAV for crop Health Assessment and Monitoring with IIDS in providing Evidence Based Agro-Advisory services to farmers of North- East India. PI-R. J. Singh |
2025 | Till date | DIC, MEITY, Govt. of India. | |
| 19 | Reviving Millet Cultivation: Promotion of Millets among the Tribal farmers of Meghalaya PI- Dr. M. B. Tengli |
2025 | Till date | 10 lakh | ICAR- |
| 20 | Cultivating Health: Promoting Biofertified Rice under organic production system for food and Nutritional Security in Meghalaya. PI- Dr. Vennila M. |
2025 | 31.03.2026 | 05 lakh | IIRR, Hyderabad |
B. Intra-Mural Project
| Sl. No | Title of project | Duration | Total cost (Rs) | Funding Agency | |
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| 1 | Traditional institutions and Customary Laws of the Khasis of Meghalaya: Role in sustainable agriculture and livelihood PI-L. Devarani |
2012 | 2013 | 1.02 Lakh | CAU, Imphal |
| 2 | Database creation on information needs for rural and agricultural entrepreneurship for generating employment for youth in Meghalaya PI-R. K. Singh |
2013 | 2014 | 1.50 Lakh | CAU, Imphal |
| 3 | Economics of Rice Cultivation and Estimation of Producer Surplus of Rice in Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya PI-Ram Singh |
2014 | 2015 | 1.49 Lakh | CAU, Imphal |
| 4. | Raising awareness on IPM in vegetable cultivation to promote sustainable farming in Meghalaya PI-R. J. Singh |
2014 | 2015 | 1.40 Lakh | CAU, Imphal |
| 5. | Mapping of constraints in production and marketing of Major mandarin in North Eastern Hill Region of India: A prospective empirical study P.I- Anandkumar Singh |
2025 | Till date | 5 lakh | CAU, Imphal |