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      <JournalTitle>ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 7 Special Issue 1</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
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      <Season>July 2026</Season>
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      <ArticleTitle>Preface __ampersandsign Editor__ampersandsign#39;s Note: Volume 7 Special Issue 1 Praghna Research Prize 2026 Edition</ArticleTitle>
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          <FirstName>Dr R</FirstName>
          <LastName>Srinivasan</LastName>
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      <DOI>10.47362/EJSSS.2026</DOI>
      <Abstract>Preface &#13;
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Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies (EJSSS) and its parent institution Praghna Centre for Research were founded in 2020 and 2021 respectively. The journal is an OA peer reviewed platform for publishing scholarly works in social sciences and strategic studies. Praghna undertakes capacity building programs for undergraduate and postgraduate students and research scholars through research methodology and research writing workshops and orientation programs.&#13;
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Pragya means the highest and purest form of wisdom, intelligence and understanding. The name and therefore the Centre for Research aim to facilitate greater understanding in various fields of knowledge through research. The way we have spelt it, PRAGHNA, is also an acronym for the subjects that the Centre will deal with:&#13;
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P __ampersandsignndash; Polity __ampersandsign Governance R __ampersandsignndash; Regionalism A __ampersandsignndash; Area __ampersandsign Country Studies G __ampersandsignndash; Geopolitics __ampersandsign International Relations H __ampersandsignndash; History __ampersandsign Human Rights N- Nature __ampersandsign Environmental Studies A __ampersandsignndash; Allied subjects</Abstract>
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      <Keywords>Praghna Research Prize 2026,Special Edition,IKS,Political Science,Maritime Studies,Sociology</Keywords>
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Praghna Research Prize 2026 Edition</Abstract>
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