MITIGATING CHILD POVERTY IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS: POLICY PROMISES AND PERFORMANCES
(Project proposal submitted to Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan )
By: Prof.
Navaneeta Rath
Department of
Sociology,
Odisha
ABSTRACT
Child poverty is not only a developmental challenge, but
also a social reality of great concern today. Often the development planners
and academia talk about adult poverty missing the thrust on child poverty.
However, economists like Stigliz and Sen visualise adult poverty has its
foundations in child poverty. Child poverty is basically estimated in terms of
the deprivations experienced by a child and its ramifications have a far
reaching impact on the personality development of the child. This finally
culminates in increasing the rate of delinquency, non conformist behaviour and
violent acts undertaken by a child which negate peace and harmony in the
society.
Child poverty impacts the immediate well being and the later
well becoming of the child. This challenges his enjoyment of child rights. When
the society fails to ensure child rights, the future human capital of the
society is weakened. When the society fails to groom superior quality human
capital, the generation of social capital and intellectual capital becomes
impracticable which are the real drivers of development and progress.
Keeping such significance of child poverty for nation
building and national development, peace and harmony, the present study intends
to take up the issue from a different angle. The study proposes to view child
poverty not only as a deprivation of life chances but a deprivation of vital
life resources like social, cultural, emotional, moral resources. The study
makes an assumption that child poverty is not only a syndrome of economically
marginalised families, but it is also ingrained in the economically better of
families. The study will focus on the urban city of Bhubaneswar and a peripheral village. A
plethora of public policies have been initiated to combat child poverty and to
ensure an enabling environment to the children in India , but the results are not
spectacular.
The major aim of the proposed study will be to identify the
parameters of child poverty, its dimensions, its causes and its impact
assessment on the quality of life, well being status and security matrix of a
child. The study will make special effort to trace out the gender orientation
of child poverty. It will make a gap
analysis between policy promises and policy performances and the factors that
defeat the policy intentions and implementations. Finally, the study will try
to develop mitigating strategies to
combat such an issue which endangers peace and harmony in the society.
PROPOSED
CONTENTS OF THE STUDY
v Introduction
v Review of Literature
v Methodology Adopted
v Public Policies
Relating to Children: Propagations and Implications
v Area Description
v
Socio Economic
Profile Depiction of the Sample Population
v
Identification of
Child Poverty Parameters with Depth and Dimensions
v
Gender Dimensions
of Child Poverty
v
Ramifications of
Child Poverty with Case Analysis
v
Conclusion and Suggested
Mitigation Mechanisms
PROPOSAL IN DETAILS
INTRODUCTION: Child poverty is not only a
development challenge, but a social reality .Peace and harmony in the society
are always conditioned by economic conditions and as such, poverty negates
social peace and harmony. The high growth rates recorded by the national
economies have failed to arrest poverty. Rather poverty is in a process of
escalation without any break and check. However, most of the analysis of
poverty project it as an adult issue and interpret it in terms of purchasing
power parity and deprivation of consumer goods or material comfort. But since
recent past, economists like Stigliz(2005) and Sen (2013) assert that adult
poverty has its foundations in child poverty whose depth and dimensions are
increasing everyday. Child poverty affects the physical, cognitive and
personality development of a child. It contributes for personal disorganisation
in the child and subsequently makes his synchronization with the family and
larger society difficult.
Child poverty is multidimensional. Its effects are trans generational. It affects the enjoyment
of “child rights”, the recent cry of the globe. Child poverty is detrimental to
the survival, protection, participation and development of the future human
resource of the country. When the human resource of the country becomes weak,
the quality of human capital becomes poor, and the generation of social and
intellectual capital becomes difficult. Without adequate quality of human
capital, social capital and intellectual capital nation building and national
development become myth.
Child poverty is often interpreted in terms of severe
deprivations experienced by the child in terms of life chances. UNICEF(2005)
observes “Children living in poverty experience deprivation of material,
spiritual and emotional resources needed to survive, develop and thrive,
leaving them unable to enjoy their rights, achieve their full potential or
participate as full and equal members of society.” UNICEF has chalked out seven
areas of deprivation severely experienced by children who are designated as
poor. They are:
- Adequate
nutrition
- Safe
drinking water
- Descent
sanitation facilities
- Health
- Shelter
- Education
- Information
Minujin, et.al(2005) quotes some
interpretations o child poverty made by leading agencies. Among them the
prominent are mentioned here.
The Christian Children’s Fund
(CCF) has endeavoured to define child poverty.
For children, CCF has found that
poverty is a deeply relational and relative, dynamic and multi-dimensional
experience.
Poor children are deprived of
essential materials conditions and services; they are excluded on the basis of
their age, gender, class, caste, etc.; and they are vulnerable to the
increasing array of threats in their environments. Thus, CCF views child
poverty as comprising three inter-related domains:
Deprivation: a lack of
material conditions and services generally held to be essential to the
development of children’s full potential.
Exclusion: the result of
unjust processes through which children’s dignity, voice, and rights are
denied, or their existence threatened.
Vulnerability: an
inability of society to cope with existing or probable
threats to children in their
environment.
The Childhood Poverty Research
and Policy Center (CHIP) suggests
Childhood poverty means a child:
• Growing up without an adequate
livelihood
·
Growing up without opportunities for human
development
·
Growing up without family and community
structures that nurture and protect them
·
Growing up without opportunities for voice.
Accordingly, it is estimated
today that 600 million children world wide live in a state of absolute poverty
and 1 child in every four children is poor. A recent survey(Shah,2013) notes
out of 2.2 billion children of
the world, 1 billion (every second child) are in poverty. For the 1.9 billion
children from the developing world, there are:
- 640 million without adequate shelter (1
in 3)
- 400 million with no access to safe water
(1 in 5)
- 270 million with no access to health
services (1 in 7).
- 121 million children world wide are
without education.
Survival for children is also not uniform. 1.4
million children world wide die each year from lack of access to safe drinking
water and adequate sanitation. 2.2 million children of the world die each year because they are
not immunized. 15 million children orphaned due to HIV/AIDS .
Child poverty is affecting the lives of
millions of children worldwide. It is a problem present in both poor and rich
countries, and needs to be acknowledged and dealt with directly. Conventional
poverty reduction strategies that concentrate on generating economic growth to
reduce poverty do not recognize that children experience poverty differently
from adults and that children have specific and different needs. Thus,
conventional poverty reduction strategies are inadequate to address child
poverty.
Poverty has its gender dimension. The incidence
of poverty is higher among the girls than the boys. The UNICEF in 2012 notes girl
child poverty is a major menace the world faces today. Marginalized conditions,
social exclusions and gender dimensions heighten the rate of poverty among
girls whose share is about 50% of the child population. Further, poverty among
the girl children make them vulnerable to various atrocities like trafficking, fake marriages, prostitution,
health hazards like HIV /AIDS, malnutrition, drop out from schools which
finally render them disempowered.
Traditionally, there are two approaches to
measure child poverty. The first is the monetary approach, which uses an
income-based poverty line to identify
poverty. The second approach is the deprivation
approach, which establishes a set of basic services and capabilities and then
measures the number of children who do not have access to the basket of
services and capabilities.
RATIONALE OF THE STUDY: The rationale of the study lies with
the fact India India
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IMR (Death of child before 12 months)
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62
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NNMR (Death of child within 28 days)
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40
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Child Sex Ratio
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934
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Malnutrition Status (Either category of malnutrition)
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48.37%
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Underweight (New Born Children)
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Drop Out Rate (Primary)
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2.83
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Drop Out (Primary - ST)
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6.46
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Dropout Rate (Upper Primary)
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8.19
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Hardly, the planners have undertaken studies on
child poverty. Rather, every occurrence is attributed to be the resultant of
adult poverty. Further, poverty is viewed in economic terms. Poverty among
children of better economic rung of the society is hardly taken into account.
The present study intends to make a divergence from the conventional studies on
poverty. The fundamental points of departure will be:
Ø
The study of poverty should basically start
from analyzing child poverty which creates a vicious circle of poverty.
Ø
Child
poverty should not only be viewed as a deprivation of life chances but from the
angle of deprivation of life resources which includes emotional, social,
cultural and moral resources. So, along
with the economic dimension, the other dimensions of child poverty are to be
analysed.
Ø
Child
poverty cuts across class barriers. It is not only a syndrome present with the
marginalized economic classes, but with the economically affluent classes which
affects the development, protection and
participation of children of higher economic order.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS RAISED: The proposed study is propelled by
the following research questions.
·
To
document the policies initiated by the Government to protect and promote the
child population of the country. This would include the Constitutional
provisions relating to children, the legislative measures , the programmes and
the institutional support systems created for the children.
·
To
trace out the socio economic profile of the sample child respondents and to
establish their linkage with the type and nature of poverty they suffer from.
·
To
identify the type of poverty suffered by the sample group by Multiple
Overlapping Deprivation Analysis.
·
To
bring out the causative factors of such child poverty.
·
To
locate the position of the poverty ridden children in the Quality of Life
Index, Security Index and Well Being Measures.
·
To
assess the gender dimensions of child poverty.
·
To
note the impact of poverty on the children and the way it affects their
immediate well being and future well becoming.
·
To
innovate mitigation mechanisms to arrest child poverty or to reduce its depth
and dimensions.
·
To
locate the gap between policy intentions and outcomes.
METHODOLOGY: The
proposed study will be of empirical in nature. It will take recourse to both
primary and secondary methods of data collection. So far as the secondary
methods of data collection are concerned, the desk review of the existing
literature will be given stress. Added to that the available statistical data
base will be explored to measure the degree of child poverty in terms of
deprivations and neglects. Content analysis will strengthen the secondary data
input to the topic under investigation.
So far as the primary methods of data collection is concerned, the study
will make a judicious blend of quant- qual analysis to bring out statistical
representation with case substantiation. For the purpose, a well designed
interview schedule will be prepared to derive standardized data for statistical
analysis. Case analysis will be supplemented to get qualitative information.
Observation will be a continuous process during the research study. The geographical scope of the proposed study
will be confined to the city of Bhubaneswar
Universe and sample: The study will rely on sampling
method. For the purpose of the study children from 6-18 age group will be
selected. It has been decided to take 100 children from an urban area i.e. from
the city of Bhubaneswar and 100 children from a
peripheral rural area i.e. from a village adjoining Bhubaneswar
REVIEW
OF LITERATURE: The
study has made a few review only for the purpose of preparing the proposal.
Once the study is launched, detail reviews will be made from spatial and
longitudinal perspectives. A few reviews which need a mention here are:
Dickens(2011)
focuses on the reformative and welfare measures undertaken by the
British labour Government to abolish child poverty. To the author, this attempt
of the government had a positive yield on arresting the increasing trend and virulence of child
poverty. The preparation of the Child
Poverty Act of 2010 made it a mandate for all future Governments in Britain
Bradbury(2013) notes that
that child poverty is much more complicated than just looking at income
levels. He discovers a definite and
determinate link between child’s needs, resource sharing and resource utilisation
within the family and the value of other services like child care, education
provided to a child in the family and the value of parental care with the
deprivation experienced by the child which is usually termed as child poverty.
The review addresses five main questions which include definition of child
poverty, a focus on policy concern, its measurement, causes, policy strategy to
combat it.
Shaw(2007) visualises child
poverty is not only an economic issue, but a social challenge of measure
concern. To him though serious efforts are made for policy introduction to
eradicate child poverty, most of them have a missing link for which complete eradication of child poverty remains
a myth. Professy against child poverty has gained a momentum, but putting them
into practice needs to be strengthened.
Minujin et.al.(2005) make a mapping of child poverty trends, talk
about the initiation of various policies, the prominent among which are the
human rights perspectives and capability approach to reduce child poverty. They basically see the impact of child poverty
in terms of exclusion, deprivation , increasing vulnerability and denial of
equality and justice.
TheYoung Lives study in India is
being carried out in Andhra Pradesh, the fifth largest state in India, with a
total population of 84.66 million (Census 2011). The Young Lives sampling
strategy was based on randomly selecting 150 children within 20 clusters or
geographic sites, spread across Andhra Pradesh. Overall attrition by Round 3
was 2.2% over the eight-year period. The Young Lives study has also carried out
three rounds of qualitative fieldwork, in
2007, 2008 and 2010, The study delivers some of the determining
characters through which child poverty can be determined. They include,
consumption pattern, shocks and adverse events encountered, access to services
like health, education, nutrition, from the work input given by the children,
their time utilisation pattern and subjective well being realised by them.
Thus, the available literature on
child poverty clearly provides an impression that
Ø Studies
on child poverty is quite scanty.
Ø Studies
have basically an international character.
Ø Studies
on child poverty in India
is very few and absolutely absent in the context of Odisha.
RELEVANCE
OF THE STUDY: The
proposed study is expected to yield deep research insight and can serve as an
eye opener to many development issues. It will not only help in the process
of recognition, reduction of child poverty, but will be able to devise
solid response mechanisms to arrest the same. Added to this,
Ø
The
study can enable us to reduce deprivation, exploitation and vulnerability of
the child population at a tender age and make the realization of child rights a
reality.
Ø
It
can reduce gender based violence on girls, excluded, marginalized groups
emanating from poverty.
Ø
It
can tap the potentialities of the child population and strengthen the future
human resource of the country.
Ø
The
study can bring out priority areas which require urgent attention and enable
the policy planners to prepare a better child protection plan and policies for
the state.
Ø
The
institutional and individual role players in protecting and promoting the child
population can be earmarked and can be sensitized to make children vital
resources for building a healthy and prosperous society.
REFERENCES
1.
Stigliz E. Joshef(2005) The
State of World’s Children, UNICEF
2.
Sen, Amartya(2013) Who is
Poor ?, Harvard Magazine
3.
UNICEF(2005) Childhood
Under Threat: The State of World’s Children
4.
Minujin, Alberto and
et.al.(2005) Children and Poverty: Global Context, Local Solutions, Desk Review
Paper for UNICEF Conference on “Children and Poverty”
5.
Shah, Anup(2013) Causes of
Poverty, Global Issues,www.globalissues.org
6.
UNICEF(2012) The State of
World’s Children
7.
UNICEF(2011) The State of Children
8.
Dickens, Richard(2011)
Child Poverty in Britain
9.
Bradbury, Bruce(2013) Child
Poverty: A Review
10.
Shaw, Jonathan(2007)
Eradicating Child Poverty in Economic Review,vol.24 No. 4
11.
Young Lives(2011) The
Impact of Growth on Childhood Poverty in Andhra Pradesh,www.younglives.org.uk
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CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Name : NAVANEETA
RATH
2. Date of Birth : 7th
May 1965
3. Sex : Female
4. Marital
Status : Married
5. Mailing Address : C/o –
Prof. S. N. Rath,
118, Saheed Nagar,
Bhubaneswar-751 007
Tel: (0674) 2545144
6.Residential Address : C/o- Mr. S. K. Mishra
Qrs. No.-510, IMMT Campus
Bhubaneswar-751 013
Tel: 91-674-2582958/91-9437211588
Email: navaneeta.rath@gmail.com
7. Office Address : Professor, P. G. Department of
Sociology,
Utkal University, Vani Vihar,
Bhubaneswar-751004
8. Academic Qualification:
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Examination
Passed
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University/Institution
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Year
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Class/
Division
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% marks
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Distinction
if any
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H.S.C.
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Board of Secondary Education,
Orissa
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1981
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1st
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80.3
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Awarded National Scholarship
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I.A.
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Utkal University
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1983
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1st
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70.4
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B. A.
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Utkal University
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1985
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1st Class Hons. With
Distinction
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72.0
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Stood first in order of merit
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M. A. in
Sociology
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Utkal University
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1987
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1st
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69.0
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Stood first in order merit
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M. Phil. in
Sociology
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Utkal University
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1989
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1st
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71.0
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Stood first in order merit
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Ph.D. in
Sociology
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Utkal University
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1994
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Degree
Awarded
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9. Areas of Specialization : -Gender Studies
-Tribal
Studies
-
Sociology of Development & Change.
10. Work/Teaching Experience : P.
G. Teaching experience: Teaching Sociology
Subjects in
Master Programme in Social Work (NSW) at B. J. B. College, Bhubaneswar and
guidance of dissertation – 6 years (as on June, 2010) and 3 years in the P. G.
Department of Utkal University with effect from 9th June, 2010.
-
Selected
for Orissa Education Service (O.E.S.) by O.P. S.C. in 1989:
(Stood first in the order of merit)
Service Antecedents:
|
Name of the
Institution
|
University
|
Designation
|
Nature of post Temporary/
Permanent
|
Classes taught
UG/PG
(Pass/Hons.)
|
Period (Give dates)
|
Length of experience (years/
months)
|
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Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar
|
Utkal University
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Lecturer
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Permanent
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+2 & UG Pass
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06.07.1989 to 31.10.1993
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4 years 3 months
|
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Department of
Sociology
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Wuppertal University
Germany
|
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On study leave
from OES
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Post doctoral
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01.11.1993 to 31.10.1994
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1 year
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NKC Institute of Development
Studies, Bhubaneswar
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ICSSR/
Govt. of
Orissa
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Research Associate
|
On deputation from OES
|
World bank
Project on social assessment
study
|
10.01.1994 to 31.05.1997
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3 years 5 months
|
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R.D. Womens College,
Bhubaneswar
|
Utkal University
|
Lecturer (Senior scale)
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Permanent
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+2 & UG Pass & Hons
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08.07.1997 to 31.10.1999
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2 years 4 months
|
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N.C. College, Jajpur
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Utkal University
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Lecturer (Senior Scale)
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Permanent
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+2 & UG Pass & Hons
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10.11.1999 to 05.07.2001
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1 year 8 months
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B.J.B. Junior College
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CHSE
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Lecturer (Senior Scale)
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Permanent
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+2 & UG Pass & Hons
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06.07.2001 to 09.11.2001
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4 months
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B.J.B. Autonomous College
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B.J.B. Autonomous College
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Lecturer (S.Scale) & Reader
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Permanent
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+3 Hons & Elective
PG Class in Social Work
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10.11.2001 to 8.6.2010 since 2005
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8 years 7 months
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PG Department of Sociology
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Utkal University
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Professor
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Permanent
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PG Teaching & Research
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9.6.2010 till date
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Continuing
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School of Women Studies
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Utkal University
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Director
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Permanent
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PG Teaching & Research
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Continuing
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11. Research Experience:
M. Phil Thesis
: Employment & Income Generation among Rural
Women:
A study of Two Villages in the District of
Balasore, 1988-1989
Ph.D.
: Development Programmes and Rural Women: A study
of Five Villages in Orissa, Utkal University, 1989-1992
Post Doctoral : The Situation of Women in Germany
since 1942 till 1992, with focus on the role of social legislations.
University of Wuppertal, Germany, from
1.11.1992-30.09.1993 (On study leave from Government)
Research Association : NKC Institute of Development
Studies, Orissa Chapter of Indian Council of Social Science Research
Social Assessment
Study (of Gajapati, Rayagada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Dhenkanal and Bargarh districts
of Orissa, funded by World Bank)
Duration: 10.01.1994-31.05.1997
(On
deputation from Government)
Research : International
Labour Organization (UNDP)
Consultant : Action Research Project on Urban
Informal Sector
Duration: 23.02.2000 – 25.09.2001
(On special
leave from Government)
12. Research Guidance : Recognized as Research Supervisor in the
subject
of Sociology by Utkal University
since September,1997.
Two scholars have been awarded Ph. D. in
Sociology by Utkal University under my supervision and guidance on the
following subjects:
1.
A
study of the Functioning of Pre-School Systems in Orissa through the ICDS
(2005)
2.
Participation
of Women in the PRIs in Orissa (2008)
3.
Quality
Assurance, Work Culture & Its Social Relevance (2012)
Scholars in continuation: (Name of the
topics)
1.
Women Workers
in the Corporate Sectors of Odisha.
2.
A
Study on the Farmer Suicide in the Coastal Districts of Odisha.
3.
A
Study on the Special Economic Zone of Odisha.
LIST OF PROJECTS, BOOKS PAPERS IN
JOURNALS & PROCEEDINGS
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
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Sl. No.
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Title of Project
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Funding Agency/Year
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1.
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Social Assessment Study (Phase-I) in Gajapati & Rayagada
Districts of Orissa for DPEP
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World Bank, 1995
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2.
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Social Assessment Study (Phase-II) in Bolangir, Kalahandi &
Dhenkanal Districts of Orissa for DPEP
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World Bank, 1996
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3.
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Social Assessment Study (Phase-III) in Bargarh District of Orissa
for DPEP
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World Bank, 1997
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4.
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A pilot Project on the Micro-enterprises engaged in the Traditional
Handicraft Sector of Orissa
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ILO, 2000
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5.
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Status Report on Health and Education of Seventeen Watershed Villages
of Orissa
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German Agro Aid, 2002
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6.
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Quality education among Marginalized & Weaker Sections : A Study
of the Fisher folk community
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PREM PLAN, 2006`
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7.
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Status report on elementary education in the capital city of
Bhubaneswar
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German Agro Aid, 2009
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8.
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A Reflection On The Challenges Elementary Education in KBK Districts
of Odisha
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CRY, Kolkota, 2010
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9.
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MIS Review in the State of Odisha
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An European Union Project,
Sponsored by Bal Rakshya Bharat, 2011
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10.
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Women’s in the Corporate House of Odisha
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A UGC sponsored project to the
SWS, 2012
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11.
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Institutional Supports for Women in Odisha
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A UGC sponsored project to the
SWS, 2012
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12.
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Women in Cooperatives: A Study on Women in Dairy Cooperatives in
Odisha
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A Core project of the SWS, 2012
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13.
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Situational Analysis of Children Under Aftercare
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A Project sponsored by Task
Force, Govt. of Odisha
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BOOKS:
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1.
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Women in Rural Society: A Quest for Development
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M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi, 1996, ISBN: 81-855880-89-1
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2.
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Women in India: A Search For Identity (Co-editor)
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Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi, 1999, ISBN: 81-261-0450-3
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3.
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Contributed to N.C.E.R.T. Text Book on Sociology at +2 level
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2001
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4.
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Gender and Social Exclusion: Some Reflections (edt. With co-editors)
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Abhijit Publications, New
Delhi, 2012, ISBN: 978-93-5074001-9
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5.
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A Module on Non-Institutional Child Care (Co-authored)
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Task Force, Govt. of Odisha,
2012. Accepted by the UNICEF for Publication
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6.
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A Training Manual for Gender Training in Oriya Language (Co-authors)
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Published by OPEPA, Govt. of
Odisha, 2012
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RESEARCH PAPERS IN JOURNALS:
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1.
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Women in Rural India, Vision, Vol. VIII, No.3 & 4, 1989,
Journal of the Institute of economics & Social Studies, Bhubaneswar.
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2.
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Planned Proposal for Employment and Income Generation among Rural
Women: A Historical and Analytical Study, Journal of Historical and
Social Analysis, Vol. IV, No.6, 1991, Journal of the Centre of Advance
Studies in History and Culture, Bhubaneswar.
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3.
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Women specific Social Legislations in India and Germany: A Comparative Study. Occasional Paper
No.: 10, N.C.D.S., Bhubaneswar, 1994.
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4.
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Development Scenario of Women in Orissa, Occasional Paper No. 18,
N.C.D.S., Bhubaneswar, 1995.
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5.
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Women Social Movements in India, Occasional Paper No.20,
N.C.D.S., Bhubaneswar, 1995
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6.
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Rural Development Programmes and Awareness of Rural Women, Women
& Dev elopement, Edited by Dr.(Mrs) B. Mohanty, Mayur Publications, 1996
|
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7.
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A Study of the Promises and Performances of Mahila Banks in Orissa, Occasional
Paper No. 30, NCDS, 1996.
|
|
8.
|
Alternative Approaches to Poverty Eradication among Rural Women in
India: The role of Welfare Economics in Public Policy. The Journal of
Public Policy Studies, Vol.6, 1999.
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9.
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Health for All by 2000 AD with Special Reference to Drug Abuse: Role
of Women, The Journal of Public Policy Studies, Vol.7, 2000.
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10.
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Reservation of Seats for Women in the Panchayati Raj Institutions in
Orissa: The Existing Problems and The Emerging Tasks, Vision, 1996.
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11.
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Rural Development Programmes and Awareness of Rural Women in Bedabati
Mohanty (edt.) Development of Women: Present Status and Future Strategy, Mayur
Publications, 1996, ISBN: 81-86040-56-0
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12.
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The Paradox Women Empowerment: Expectations and Experiences of the
Tribal Women in an Urban Slum in Mandakini Das and Pritirekha Daspattanayak
(edt) Empowering Women: Issues, 13 Challenges and Strategies, Dominant
Publishers and Distributers Pvt. Ltd., 2009 ISBN: 978-81-908492-1-0
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13.
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Reducing Child Poverty in Tribal Areas: The Need for Health Reform in
ICMR Research Forum Journal, 2012.
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14.
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The Realities of Women Rights in the Craft Sector: Some Observations
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15.
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Farmer Suicide in India: Scenario and Solution accepted for
publications in Current Development Reporter
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PAPERS IN PROCEEDINGS:
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1.
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Economic Emplowerment & Human Rights of Women Workers in the
Handicrafts Sector of Orissa, CDI – Seminar Report, 2001.
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2.
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Revamping Primary Education in Tribal Areas for Tribal Development (Co-author),
Tribal Culture in Transition, Utkal University of Culture, 2001
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3.
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The paradox of women empowerment: Expectations and experiences of
tribal women in an urban slum: UGC sponsored seminar on “Empowering women
in India” organized by Women’s Forum, Ravenshaw Autonomous College, Cuttack,
2006
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4.
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Impact of globalization on women workers in handicraft sector: A
study of appliqué workers of Orissa: UGC sponsored seminar on “Political
empowerment & socio-economic resilience of women” organized by the
Department of Political Science, BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, 2008
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5.
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Policies, programmes and institutional supports for women in Orissa:
A critical review: UGC sponsored seminar on “Gender issues and problems
of women in India” organized by the Department of Sociology, Sri Satya Sai
College for Women, Bhubaneswar
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6.
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The Challenges to Women’s Empowerment in the New Millennium, UGC
sponsored seminar organized by Nayagarh Autonomous College, 2011
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7.
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National Initiatives for Protect ion of Consumer Rights: The Indian
Experience, in the IIPA organized National Seminar on “Globalization and
Consumer Rights at F.M. University, 2011
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8.
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Development of the Marginalised in India: The Role of Inclusive
Development, in the UGC sponsored national seminar on “Challenges to
Administration in India organized by the Department of Public Administration,
Utkal University in 2012
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LITERARY ARTICLES:
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1.
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Attitude of Rural Women in Balasore towards Employment (Co-author),
Social Welfare, Vol. XXXVII, No.7, 1990, Journal of the Central Social
Welfare Board, New Delhi.
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2.
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Women’s Empowerment : A Need for Innovations, Utsarg, Vol:1,
Published by I.C.D.S., 2003
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Membership of : Life Member, Indian Sociological Congress
Academic Bodies Life
Member, All India Women Studies
Association
Association with other : Member in AROHAN, an Association for the Study of Tribal
Social Organizations Women
Member in the
Governing Body of SIKSHYA SANDHAN,
An organization dedicated to generation and spread of awareness for primary
education.
Advisor
on Gender to OPEPA, Govt. of Odisha
Advisor
to Prachesta
Visit to Foreign Country : Visited University of Wuppertal,
Germany.
Resource Person : Guest Faculty at Reserve Bank of
India, Bhubaneswar
(Training
of Staff Members)
Guest
Faculty at the University of Culture, Bhubaneswar
Guest
Faculty at ICFAI, Bhubaneswar
Guest
Faculty at Tribal & Harijan Research Institute,
Bhubaneswar.
Participation in Seminars : Globalization and impact on women
workers in the
urban
informal sector, Centre for Women Studies, Utkal University, Nov.2000
Marginalized
Women – A human right perspective, Centre for Women Studies and CDI Project,
Utkal University, July 2001.
International
Seminar on Social Security and the urban informal sector, ILO, New Delhi,
December, 2001
Plight of
tribal education, Sikshya Sandhan, Konark, April, 2002
Domestic Violence, OXFAM, Bhubaneswar, June 2003
International
Seminar on Multiculturalism and democracy, Dept. of Political Science, Utkal
university & Indiana State University, USA, Bhubaneswar, Dec. 2003
Human rights
in India, Institute for Public Policy Studies 7 Research Bhubaneswar, July,
2004
Refresher Courses: UGC Refresher course in
Sociology, Academic Staff College, Utkal university, Bhubaneswar, Mar 2002
UGC Refresher
course in Sociology, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management,
Bhubaneswar, Aug 2003
UGC Refresher
Course on “Values in Higher Education” organized by Utkal University Academic
Staff College in November-December, 2010
(NAVANEETA RATH)
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