Our Misssion
The liberation of society and nature from the growth imperative is possible only when intergenerational equity is established by subjugating private interests to that of the community. We believe that indigenous ecological ethic contains the seed of subversion of the hegemony of developmentality. To countervail the ecocidal effects of industrial growth, it’s imperative to promote ecological agriculture, reinstate the intrinsic value of natural objects beyond their market price, and rebuild communitarian ethos.
A Brief Introduction
In 1993, ecologist and conservationist Dr. Debal Deb [CV here] founded the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS), with a view to establishing a forum for public discourse across various disciplines of knowledge – with zero institutional support. During the first 4 years, CIS conducted a series of formal and informal seminars on diverse topics – ranging from film theory to pentatonic music, from sociobiology to the politics of population, from Third World medicine to conservation biology – in the city of Kolkata, involving eminent scholars and students.