Institute of Development Studies (I.D.S)

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Mission and Scope

Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a multi-disciplinary unit of Faculty of Rural Social Sciences that assembles information, conducts studies and provides trainings, leading to sustainable improvement of resources use, productivity, and socio-economic well being. While particularly concerned with situations, potentials, and assistance needs of people in agricultural and rural areas, the expertise available through IDS is being utilized to help address broader aspects of development. The work relates not only to NWFP itself, but also to the tribal areas, neighboring economies, and national programmes and policies.

Origin and Growth:

The Institute began in 1953 as “The Board of Economic Enquiry”. In 1981 it was upgraded to Institute status, and merged with the NWFP Agricultural University. It has a staff of about 25 persons including 18 applied economists and sociologists including several women. IDS has a research programme that emphasizes local surveys and concerns for disadvantaged rural groups, and degree programmes in Rural Development, Economics, & Rural Sociology. The institute has professional links with leading institutions within the country as well as abroad.

More than half of the IDS professional staff have completed advanced studies overseas. They have returned with new skills in economic and sociological theory, statistical techniques, and computer use that are adding much to analytical capacities. The Institute has its own Journal i.e. Journal of Development Studies and a Seminar Library with a collection of 23,000 books and well maintained computer lab.

Current Activities:

The mandate of IDS is to undertake and promote research and teaching in selected development disciplines. Initially, it was planned to evenly distribute time and resources over these two broad functions. Brief introduction about research and teaching programme is presented as follows:

Research:

The institute’s research programme focuses on the following major areas of studies:

	Rural Development
	Economic Policy
	Tribal Areas Development
	Pakistan’s Neighboring Economics
	Women Studies

The Institute can, however, define the contents of the areas, enlarge the list, and also alter the priority pattern in the matter of resource allocation. Presently, research effort is concentrated mainly on the rural sector. So far there have been 247 research reports published by the IDS.

Teaching:

The teaching programme provides for long term academic training as well as short courses. Currently, the Institute offers the following degrees:

	B.Sc. (Hons) Rural Development
	M.Sc. (Hons) Rural Development
	Ph.D. Rural Development
	M.A./M.Sc. Economics
	Ph.D. Economics
	M.A. Rural Sociology
	Ph.D. Rural Sociology

Short Term Training:

The programme provides for in-service training for the Institute’s own faculty and also far that of other organizations. The Institute has so far held 14 courses of this kind with a large number of participation from different parts of Pakistan and abroad. This programme is being revised to provide for a larger number of short courses, to be held more regularly and admitting more trainees than before.

Faculty Members
1.	Prof. Dr. Humayun Khan (Ph.D. UK), Director
2.	Prof. Dr. Farman Ali (Ph.D. UK)	( Website: http://individual.utoronto.ca/farman)
3.	Prof. Dr. Himayatullah, (Ph.D. Pakistan) (Website: http://www.h.khan.arianeg.com)
4.	Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jamal
5.	Mr. Mohammad Aurangzeb, Assistant Professor (M.Phil UK)
6.	Mrs. Shaheen Shaukat, Assistant Professor (M.A Peshawar)
7.	Miss Raheela Begum, Assistant Professor (M.A Peshawar)
8.	Dr. Shahnaz Arifullah, Assistant Professor (M.S USA)
9.	Mr. Naeem Shah, Assistant Professor
10.	Dr. Tariq Rahim, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Peshawar)
11.	Mr. Munir Khan, Lecturer (M.A Peshawar)
12.	Mr. Intikhab Alam, Lecturer (M.A Peshawar)
13.	Mr. Naushad Khan, Lecturer (M.Sc Peshawar)
14.	Mr. Shafi Muhammad Malik, Lecturer/JRS

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