Himanshu & Associates

p prnpThe Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities CSH rnis part of a network of 27 research centres of the French Ministr of ForeignrnAffairs In 2007 it was accorded the status of Joint Entit of French ResearchrnInstitutes Abroad or UMIFRE no 20 of the Ministr and the French NationalrnCentre for Scientific Research CNRS The institution traces its origins torn1980 when the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan moved from Kabulrnto Delhi following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan It was renamed thernFrench Archaeological Mission in India The Centre de Sciences Humaines wasrnofficiall created in 1990 and initiall conducted research on histor andrnIndo Persian culture In 1995 there was a shift in the research focus and thernCSH became a centre specialising in the stud of issues related to therncontemporar d namics of development in India and South Asia p