Administrative Staff College of India started its Research Division in the year 1973 with support from Ford Foundation. Since then research on management issues in Indian
organizations, both public and private, has been one of the main activities at ASCI, with potential linkages between research and consultancy / executive training.
Research at ASCI emanates from two sources namely,
Research grants from external sources and
Competitive internal research grant programme.
The research projects culminate in
- Publication of papers in various International / National journals,
- Conference proceedings,
- Working and Occasional papers
- Presentations in research colloquiums, seminars etc.
In addition, ASCI publishes ASCI Journal of Management and monographs.
Several private and public research sector organizations have initiated endowment of chairs for supporting research at the College, apart from several efforts that are under consideration to increase research productivity at ASCI, including
- Effective implementation of competitive internal research grant programme.
- Establishment of Case-study Center,
- Recruitment of research fellows for projects.
Some of the topics on which Research has been carried out are:
Entrepreneurship and Innovativeness
Power System Modelling
Environmental Management
Privatization of Public Enterprises
Export Marketing
Public Policy
Health Care Management
Research and Development Management
Health Economics
Risk Analysis
Health Policy Process
Road Safety
HIV/AIDS
Service Marketing
Human Resources Development
Strategic Alliances
International Trade and Competitiveness
Technology Management
Irrigation and Watershed Management
Trends in Debt Market
Tuberculosis
ASCI offers research services to a wide variety of organizations including governments, public and private corporate entities, UN agencies and other foreign institutions, some of which are listed below.
International Organizations
Asian Development Bank
British Council
Department for International Development, British High Commission
Economic Development Institute
Ford Foundation
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP)
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, UK
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Royal Norwegian Embassy
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
World Bank
World Health Organization
World Resources Institute
National Organizations
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
Bombay Suburban Electricity Supply Ltd.
Department of Electronics, GoI
Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, GoI
Department of Women & Child Development, GoI
Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Orissa
Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Karnataka
Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
Ministry of Environment and Forests, GoI
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI
Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, GoI
Petroleum Conservation Research Association, Ministry of Petroleum, GoI
National Stock Exchange of India, New Delhi
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council,GoI
