The Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH) (CSH, UMIFRE n°20) is part of a network of research units of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs (MEAE).

The CSH is a multidisciplinary research unit that covers all disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. The centre originates in 1980 when the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan moved from Kabul to Delhi, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The CSH itself was officially created in 1990. It initially conducted research on the history and Indo-Persian culture. In 1995, the CSH became a centre more largely devoted to the study of contemporary social and economic dynamics in India and South Asia. In 2007, it was put under the joint management of CNRS and MEAE and became a UMIFRE integrated with the USR n°3330 with IFP.