ASIAN DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Introduction , , , Established in 1991, ADRI is now one of the most active social science research centres in Bihar. The name of the Institute attempts to reflect upon the long and integral relation Bihar has had with the rest of Asia. From the spread of Buddhism to the South, South-East and East Asia to the arrival of Sufism and other versions of Islam from the West Asia to Bihar, the state has been at the centre of major exchange of ideas. It is against this background that ADRI seeks to place itself in the context of Bihar, in particular, and Asia, in general. , , The genesis of ADRI can be traced to an economic and political millieu during the eighties, when a number of state-funded social science institutions were struggling to survive, following the weakening of the state itself.