CSDC’s intellectual activities are based on the premise to progressively unfold cultural and democratic processes by intensive discussions and researches. CSDC believes scholars, thinkers and academics should not be confined to activities related to ideas, research and thoughts. They should engage themselves with common people, frequently interact both formal and informal levels and also mobilised resources to help and empower them. The social action becomes important to remain organically linked with grassroots. Scholars, researchers and thinkers neither feel alienated nor consider masses unworthy of being the part of ideas generation. Actions and ideas together generates transformative capacity. CSDC has picked up an issue which has remained much neglected or ignored, the use of sanitary napkins.
Professor Rakesh Sinha is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. He is a professor at the Motilal Nehru College (Eve.) University of Delhi. Prof Sinha has served as a member of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust Board (2019-2021) and is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Home affairs. He has authored several books including a biography of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder K. B. Hedgewar. He has frequently appeared in debates on national news channels. His expertise and work on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has established him as an RSS ideologue within the Indian culture. Prof Sinha was presented the Deendayal Upadhyay award by President Pranab Mukherjee on 30 May.
