Answer» What is Centre for Development Studies mean?
The Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India was a civil service training institution. But now it is a higher education institution providing M.A Course in Applied Economics and PhD course in Economics. It is a very reputed institution internationally also. Its main objective is to promote research, teaching and training in disciplines relevant to development.
The institute was established on October 9, 1970 by the economist Professor K. N. Raj.