MIDS has an active publication programme and all the works published by the institute since its inception in 1971 are available for reference in the Institute library. 

Books

MIDS has embarked on a publication cycle that focuses on bringing frontier research in the area of economic, cultural and social development to the public, with equal importance on quality and reach as well as in both English and Tamil. A list of recent publications by the institute can be found here 

Journel

The MIDS Journal Review of Development and Change (RDC) is the successor to the monthly Bulletin: Madras Development Seminar Series started by Malcolm Adiseshiah. The last regular issue of the Bulletin was published in December 1994, and the journal RDC was launched in 1996. It is a biannual peer-reviewed journal and its objective is to examine diverse aspects of the changes taking place in our society and encourages multidisciplinary theoretical and applied scholarship that perceives problems of development and social change in depth, documents them with care, interprets them with rigour and communicates the findings in a way that is accessible to readers from diverse backgrounds. The journal focuses on multidisciplinary scholarship pertaining to issues related to industry, agriculture, urbanisation, environment, social sector, and poverty and inequality.

Working Papers

The MIDS Working Papers Series comprises papers reporting on the work of faculty, students, affiliates and visiting scholars of the institute and may also include papers co-authored by MIDS faculty and students with external scholars.

Other Publications

Other publications: The Institute has published a number of occasional papers, various lecture series, reports, monographs, discussion papers over the years.

For more details please contact:

The Publication Officer, MIDS E-mail: publicationofficer@mids.ac.in / pub@mids.ac.in