Ministry of Tribal Affairs has identified and recognized the following Non-Governmental Organizations/ Institutions / Universities etc. as Centres of Excellence (CoE):
| Sl. No | Name of the Centre of Excellence | Located in the State |
| 1 | Bhasha Research & Publication Centre, Vadodara | Gujarat |
| 2 | National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad | Telangana |
| 3 | BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra | Maharashtra |
| 4 | Visva Bharati,Santiniketan | West Bengal |
| 5 | Department of Humanities and Social Science, National Institute of Technology,
Rourkela, Odisha |
Odisha |
| 6 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Clappanakollam | Kerala |
| 7 | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi – Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad | Telangana |
| 8 | Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak. | Madhya Pradesh |
| 9 | Vanjeevan National Scheduled Tribe Finance and Development Corporation, New Delhi | Delhi |
| 10 | Institute of Human Development | Delhi |
| 11 | Indian Institute of Public Administration | Delhi |
| 12 | Council of Analytical tribal Studies (COATS), Koraput | Odisha |
Financial support is provided to these Organisations by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) for following activities based on the project proposal received from them with the approval of duly Constituted Committee chaired by Secretary (Tribal Affairs):
- Conducting qualitative, action oriented and policy research ontribal communities.
- Evaluation studies,
- Workshops / Seminars helpful in orienting developmental programmes for the Scheduled Tribes and disseminating knowledge and experience concerning tribal people and their areas, and
- Publication of literature on tribal development.
Details regarding CoEs working in tandem with Civil Society Organisations is not maintained in the Ministry.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs has provided funds to the 12 CoEs for undertaking studies related to Scheduled Tribes. So far, no proposal has been received in this Ministry from these CoEs to carry out research work in Andhra Pradesh during last four years. The details of research work carried out by these CoEs outside the grant given by MoTA is not maintained in the Ministry.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Jaswantsinh Bhabhor in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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