The School of Conflict and Security Studies, has three programmes - Conflict Resolution and Peace Research Programme (CRPRP), International Strategic and Security Studies Programme (ISSSP), and the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme (STIR). The three programmes of the School complement each other in terms of research focus and activities. While ISSSP looks at larger security issues, CRPRP looks at conflict resolution and peace research, and STIR adds value by merging S&T with diplomacy and global politics. The School works closely with various departments of the government, from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to Department of Science and Technology (DST). The School also maintains links with several international institutions and scholars.
Despite the COVID situation during 2020, the School organised numerous events, lectures and workshops. They include the following: Dialogue with CISAC, K Subrahmanyam lecture; workshops on COVID, gender, protests, swaraj; and events and lectures on global events including the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan etc. School faculty also offered several courses during the year, varying from a foundation course on conflict security, and introduction to social conflict, to maritime security concepts, securitization of maritime, peace research, conflict resolution, and qualitative methods in social science research etc.
