Sardar Patel Institute of Economics and Social Research, Ahmedabad

Just when the clock in 1969 was ticking, Sardar Patel Institute of Economics and Social Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, was founded. Situated near Doordarshan Kendra on Thaltej Road, it is an affiliated college, sprawling over 50 acres. SPIESR has made its mark in the fields of Economics and Social Research. It provides a Ph. D. program in Economics.

The institute is modest about its total enrollment of 2 students and has a dedicated faculty of 7 members for personalized attention and quality education. The Institution has a range of modern facilities that support academic pursuits. SPIESR's intellectual resources at core revolve around a well-stocked library with more than 50,000 books, including bound volumes.

It subscribes to about 30 Indian and 20 foreign journals. More than 100 journals come free or on exchange. This large collection acts like a treasure house for the researchers and scholars. The campus has state-of-the-art IT infrastructure. A computer center with the latest hardware, network equipment, and software is available in this campus.

The whole campus is Wi-Fi enabled, and therefore, students and staff can access the internet from any corner of the campus. The institute also provides comfortable hostel facilities to both male and female students, thereby making the environment very conducive to more focused study and research. A tutorial course, SPIESR has the academic programs that are research-based.

Its full-time PhD in Economics will take 6 years. The objective of this program is for developing future contributors in the field. Economists and researchers like them will be the products of the school. Admission in this course in SPIESR is highly competitive since the institution specializes in research.