Centre for Gender Studies and Development, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

“E-repository on Gender Responsive Governance (GRG)”

State-wise List of Research and Training Organizations

working in the area of GRG (Registered)

State Institutes/ Organizations

Assam National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development Regional Centre - Guwahati

Bihar Anugrah Narayan Sinha Institute of Social Studies (ANSISS)

The Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI)

Anugrah Narayan Sinha Institute of Social Studies (ANSISS)

Bihar Institute of Public Administration & Rural Development

Chandigarh The Institute for Development and Communication(IDC)

Chhattisgarh Thakur Pyarelal State Institute of Panchayat & Rural Development (TPSIPRD) Delhi All India Institute of Local Self Governance Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University

Centre for Civil Society Centre for Social Research

Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University

Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) Centre for Policy Research (CPR)

Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS) Development & Research Services Institute of Economic Growth The Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) Institute of Social Sciences

Institute For Human Development International Centre for Research on Women Asia Regional Office International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Jawaharlal Nehru University

National Institute of Disaster Management National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development National Law University, Delhi

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

National Institute of Urban Affairs Gujarat Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research Gujarat Institute Of Development Research Centre For Social Studies (CSS) Centre for Public Policy and Governance, Institute of Rural Management

Gender Resource Centre State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW-NMEW) Gujarat National Law University

Haryana Haryana Institute Of Rural Development

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration

Lok Kalyan Mandal

Jharkhand State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD)

Karnataka Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS)

Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC)

National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development Regional Centre - Bangalore

VIKASANA-Organization for Education and Social Development Kerala Centre for Development Studies State institute of Rural Development, ARSHABHARATH (Arshabharath Bahujana Bodhavalkarana Grama Vikasana Samithy) Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) Madhya Pradesh M.P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development Regional Centre - Indore

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences

Maharashtra Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS Tuljapur Campus Research Centre for Women’s Studies (RCWS), SNDT Women’s University

CEHAT Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM)

Odisha State Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (SIRD & PR Centre for Advocacy and Research Centre for Youth and Social Development

Institute for Women's Development Puducherry Institute of Social Sciences

Rajasthan Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj & Gramin Vikas Sansthan Astha Sansthan Tamil Nadu The Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) M S Swaminathan Research Foundation SIRD, Tamil Nadu Telanagana Telangana State Institute of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (TSIPARD) National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) Council for Social Development, Southern Regional Centre

The Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) School of Gender Studies, TISS Hyderabad Campus Sikkim Participatory Research In Asia (PRIA)

Tripura State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (SIPARD) Uttar Pradesh V.V. Giri National Labour Institute Giri Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) Uttarakhand Centre for Rural Studies

Uttarakhand Institute of Rural Development (UIRD) National Centre of Gender Training Planning and Research West Bengal B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Panchayats & Rural Development

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Institute of Social Sciences Eastern Regional Centre

School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University

Assam

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Interest Organization Number Organization

National Jawahar Regional [email protected], www.nipccd.nic.in National Institute of Nutrition; Violence Institute of Nagar Director [email protected] Public Cooperation and against Women ; Public PO Child Development, Disaster Management; Cooperation Khanapara Guwahati popularly known as Laws; Children; and Child Guwahati Dr. Dip NIPCCD, is an Women organisation devoted to Development – 781022 Kumar promotion of voluntary Regional Saikia action research, training Centre - and documentation in Guwahati1 (0361) the overall domain of 2301519 women and child Fax : development. Regional 2301649 Centre, Guwahati covers the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim Tripura and West Bengal.

1 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Bihar

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organization Number Organization Interest Anugrah North West Contact [email protected] www.ansiss.res.in The research Economy; Polity; Narayan Gandhi Maidan No.: 0612- interest of the Non- Violence; Patna - 800 2219395 [email protected] institute broadly Peace; rural poor, Sinha focuses on Institute of 001 Fax No.: Scheduled Castes; Website: 0612- development and the Scheduled Social Studies change, with 2219226, Tribe; Women; (ANSISS)2 special reference 2219138 Research; to Bihar and the Eastern region. Training; Bihar; Special attention Statistics. is paid to the study of the under-privileged and the rural poor, especially the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and women, and other socially and economically disadvantaged groups, within the disciplines of Economics, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Social Psychology, Political Science

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and Public Administration, Social Geography, Non- Violence and Peace and Statistics. The Asian ADRI, BSIDC Phone: [email protected] www.adriindia.org The Asian Research; Gender; Development Colony, Off +91-612- [email protected] Development Self Help groups; Research Boring 2575649 Research Governance; Institute Patliputra (O) Institute Economic Policy; (ADRI)3 Road, Patna Fax: +91- (ADRI) was Public Finance 800 013 612- established and

2577102 registered as a Society by a group of social scientists in 1991. It is a non-profit civil society organization, dedicated to social science research. ADRI's current research agenda is focused on India within a comparative approach to studying Bihar and Jharkhand. Research areas

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includes, Gender, Self Help groups, Governance, Economic Policy and Public Finance Bihar Institute Walmi Telephone: E-mail: [email protected], www.bipard.bih.nic.in BIPARD is an Land; Water; of Public Campus, 91-612- apex Institute Rural Administration Phulwarisharif, 2452585; [email protected] of Training and development; & Rural Patna 801 505. Telefax: Research in the PRIs; Capacity Development4 91-612- field of Public Building; 2452586 Administration, Training; Rural Research Development, Disaster Management, Panchayati Raj, Non- Government Organisation, Urban Development, Land, Water Management and Sanitation etc. It has been developed as a centre of excellence to provide the necessary support to the National and

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State governments and other agencies concerned in these fields in the areas of policy formulation, programme initiatives, implementation strategies, training, research evaluation, documentation and dissemination of information.

Chandigarh

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organization Number Organization Interest The Institute for Sector 38- +91-172- [email protected] www.idcindia.org IDC is an Governance; Development and A, 2625941 autonomous Gender; 5 Chandigarh +91-172- research, training Development; Communication(IDC) and evaluation - 160014 , 4660038 Public; Affairs; India +91-172- organisation of Economic; Policy; North-West of India. 2625942 It is a non-profit Peace; Conflict; making Policing. Research; professionally Training; managed Evaluation; organisation registered under the Societies Act in 1992. It concerns itself particularly with the following areas: Governance, Gender, Development, Public Affairs and Economic Policy, Peace, conflict and Policing.

5 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 21st December, 2017.

Chhattisgarh

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Organization Areas of Interest Organization Number Thakur Pyarelal Nimora, Contact [email protected] www.cgsird.gov.in Thakur Pyarelal State Governance; PRI; Research; State Institute Raipur No. Institute of Panchayat & Capacity building; of Panchayat & (C.G.) : 0771 Rural Development Rural Post Office 2473204 (TPSIPRD) is the premier Development : Mana / 6 Institute under the Basti, Fax No. department of Panchayat & (TPSIPRD)6 Tahsil - : 0771 Rural Development, Abhanpur, 2473214 Government of District - Chhattisgarh. The main Raipur, objective of the institute is Pin - to build the capacity of the 492016 Panchayati Raj Institutions, functionaries and members of the civil society organizations engaged in rural development. TPSIPRD, Raipur along with 6 Regional Panchayat and Rural Development Training Centres (RPRDTC) are engaged in enhancing the governance capacity of these actors and also of the civil society organizations.

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Delhi

Name Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Interest of the Number Organization Organi zation

All India Bharat Ratna 011-2852 www.aiilsg.or The AIILSG is a national Urban governance; Rural Institute Sardar 5465 / 1783 delhi@aiilsg g level institution that works governance; Elected principally on urban of Local Vallabbhai .org Representatives; Self governance and public Patel, Bhavan, Research; Training Governa administration but also has some interest in rural nce7 22-23, Institutional governance. The institute maintains and information Area, D Block and documentation center on decentralization, Pankha Road, conducts research on a Janakpuri, range of devolution issues, New Delhi and networks with elected 110058 Delhi representatives, NGOs, and government officials. It also runs training and refresher courses through its centers across the country

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Bharat AUD Tel : +91- [email protected] www.aud.ac.i Established in 2007 by the Research; Gender justice Ratna Kashmere 11- c.in n Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Dr. B.R. Gate Campus, 23863740/4 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Ambed 3 University Delhi (Ambedkar Lothian Road, University Delhi or AUD) is a kar Kashmere Fax : +91-11- public University with a Univers Gate, Delhi - 23863742 multi campus, unitary ity 110006 structure with research, postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in the social sciences and the humanities.

Centre A-69 Hauz +91-11- [email protected] www.ccs.in; Centre for Civil Society Education; Livelihood; for Civil Khas, New 26537456/ www.schoolc works in education, Research; Advocacy; Society8 Delhi 110 016 26521882/ hoice.in; livelihood, and policy Policy; 41607006/ www.jeevika. training promotes choice 41629006 org; and accountability across private and public sectors. www.azadi.m To translate policy into e; practice, we engage with www.righttoe policy and opinion leaders ducation.in through research, pilot projects and advocacy.

Centre Plot No - 2, +91 (0)11 info@csrind http://www.g Founded in 1983, Centre for Gender Justice ; VAW; for Nelson 26899998 ia.org endertraining. Social Research (CSR) is a Social Media; Water; Social Mandela +91 (0)11 in/ non-profit organisation Disaster; Governance; Researc Road, Vasant 26125583 based in New Delhi. Political Action Research; They have four h9 Kunj, New Training; interdependent Delhi, Delhi-

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110070 departments; Action Research, Capacity Building, Development Division and Policy and Law Change that work together on gender related issues including engendering governance. Centre B-7 +91 (11) info@cbgai www.cbgaind Centre for Budget and Gender; Budgeting; for Governance Accountability Extn/110A 4920 0400, ndia.org ia.org (CBGA) is an independent Policy; Advocacy; Budget and (Ground 4050 4846 non-profit organisation Research Governa Floor) working with the mandate to promote transparent, nce Harsukh accountable and Account Marg, participatory governance, ability Safdarjung and a people-centered (CBGA) perspective in preparation 10 Enclave, New and implementation of Delhi - budgets in India. CBGA 110029 carries out in depth research on a range of sectors and issues – focusing on the policy framework and budgetary priorities, the design of budgets at a disaggregated level, and the bottlenecks in implementation. They work on dissemination of the research findings and policy asks through its in-house publications, external publications, website, consultations, panel discussions and roundtables. Also, CBGA aims to foster people’s

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participation in public policy processes by demystifying the technicalities in fiscal policy and budgetary processes, developing Primers and Manuals, and conducting Capacity Building Workshops.

Centre Dharma Marg, +91 (11) Cprindia@C http://www.c The Centre is a non-profit, Research; Economic for Chanakyapuri 26115273- prindia.Org prindia.org/ non-partisan independent Policy; Environmental Policy , New Delhi - 76 (4 Lines) institution dedicated to law; Governance; Researc 110021 Fax: +91 conducting research on International Relations; h (11) Economic Policy; Food Security; Gender; Environmental Law and 11 (CPR) 26872746 Governance; International Urbanization Relations and Security; Law, Regulation, and the State; and Urbanisation. Gender and Governance is one of their focus areas. Centre 2157/A, 3rd 011- admin@csei www.csei.org. Since its inception, CSEI Education; Livelihood; for Floor, Sarthak 25705650 india.org.in in has undertaken different Research; Policy; Social Building, policy advocacy Advocacy; Equity Guru Arjun researches on issues of and Nagar, Near children and young people from socially excluded Inclusio Shahdipur communities in accessing 12 n Metro Station, Right to Education and New Delhi – decent 110008 employment/livelihood [India] opportunities.

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Centre 25, Bhai Vir 91+11- cwds@cwd http://www.c In 1985, the CWDS was Gender Justice; Research; for Singh Marg 23345530/ s.ac.in; wds.ac.in recognised as one of the Training; Policy; Women’ (Gole Market) 23365541/ cwdsorg@c research institutes Advocacy; Women; s New Delhi – 23366930 wds.ac.in supported by Indian Council Develop 110001, India Fax: +91-11- of Social Science Research (ICSSR). CWDS undertakes, ment 23346044 promotes and coordinates Studies both fundamental and (CWDS) applied research on women 13 and development; Organises and assists training Researc programmes for scholars, h planners, administrators, Institute development agents, Recogni communicators, members of zed by women’s organisations/ cooperatives etc.; Promotes ICSSR and collaborates with academic institutions, grassroot level organisations and individuals engaged in allied activities; Provides advisory and consultancy services on allied issues to institutions and organisations, within and outside the Government, including development agencies and cooperatives; Develops and promotes (in collaboration with other agencies) educational training and action programmes for women, especially under- privileged women.

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Develop A1/19, First Phone : +91- contact@dr www.drsindia It is a research organization Research; Gender; ment & Floor, 11- sindia.org .org whose focus areas includes Governance; E- Researc Safdarjung 26161061, Gender Studies, Governance Governance; Public h Enclave 41694846 & e-Governance Studies and service delivery Services New Delhi - Fax : +91-11- Public Service Delivery Appraisal among others. 14 110 029, 26172045 INDIA Extn.116

Institute University +91-11- system@iegi http://iegindi The Institute of Economic Agriculture; Rural; of Enclave, 27666364/63 ndia.org a.org/ Growth (IEG) is an Environment; Economi University of 67, autonomous, Globalization; Industry; c Delhi (North 27667101/72 multidisciplinary Centre for Research; Training; Policy Growth Campus), 88/7365/742 advanced research and 4 training. 15 Opposite Fax: +91-11- IEG's research falls into nine Kirori Mal 27667410 broad themes: Agriculture College and rural development, Delhi 110 environment and resource 007, India economics; globalization and trade; industry, labour and welfare; macro- economic policy and modeling; population and development; health policy; and social change and social structure. In addition, the Institute organizes regular training programmes for the trainee officers of the Indian Economic Service and occasional courses for officers of the Indian Statistical Service, NABARD,

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and university teachers. The Institute's faculty members also supervise doctoral students from India and abroad, provide regular policy inputs, and engage with government, civil society and international organisations. The U.G. Floor, +91-11-4768 isstdel@isst www.isstindi The Institute of Social Gender; Women; Institute Core 6A 2222 india.org a.org Studies Trust (ISST) is a Research; Policy of Social India Habitat Fax : +91-11- non-profit, non- Studies Centre, Lodhi 4768 2220 governmental organization Trust Road head quartered in New Delhi, India. ISST's overall 16 (ISST) New Delhi- aim is research for social 110003 change with focus on livelihood, work and well- being of the vulnerable communities from a gender perspective. ISST undertook a large number of evaluative studies seeking gender transformative development through various government and non-government initiatives. ISST organizes seminars and workshops with the purpose of involving experts to discuss issues of contemporary concern and also to share and disseminate research findings among scholars and policy makers. The documentation centre at ISST head office aims to

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provide information and documentation support to researchers and scholars. Institute No.8, Nelson +91-11- issnd@issin www.issin.or Since its inception, Research; PRIs; Gender; of Social Mandela 43158800, .org g democratic decentralisation Political participation; Sciences Road, Vasant 43158801 has been a major area of Women 17 Kunj Fax: +91-11- research of the Institute. It New Delhi- 43158823, includes the studies of the growth, development and 110 070 43158850 performance of Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) and urban local bodies, which have been constitutionally designated as 'institutions of self-government.' At regular intervals the Institute publishes status of Panchayats in the States of India. The Institute is also engaged in studies and research on gender justice in the overall context of Women's Studies, for the last several years. Specific studies under this area include: gender justice and role of women in participatory democracy; political empowerment of women; and awareness building among the women representatives. It is also engaged in a sustained programme of awareness raising and training for capacity building and

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women's political participation in several Indian States. Institute Plot No. 84 +91-11- mail@ihdind www.ihdindia. The Institute for Human Research; Human For Functional 2215- ia.org org Development (IHD) is a non- Development; Policy; Human Industrial 9148/49; profit autonomous Employment; Livelihoods; Develop Estate (FIE) +91-987- institution that undertakes Social Security; ment18 Patparganj, 117-7540 studies in human Governance; Gender; Food Delhi- 110092 development and related security; Poverty issues. It has established itself through its corpus of research, analysis and policy recommendations, and made contributions in a range of areas such as labour, employment and livelihoods, social security and social protection, poverty, marginalization and exclusion, food security, gender, markets, governance and decentralisation. Internat C-59, South 91.11.4664.3 Info.india@i www.icrw.org ICRW is the research Adolescents; Youth; ional Ext, Part II, 333; Fax: crw.org institute focused on tackling Violence against Women; Centre New Delhi, 91.11.2463.5 challenges faced by women Men and Masculinities; for India-110049 142 and girls worldwide. Energy; Capacity Building; Researc Thematic issues ICRW Research engages on: Adolescents and h on Youth; Child Marriage; Women Economic Empowerment; Asia Sexual and Reproductive Regional Health Rights; Violence Office19 against Women; Men and Masculinities and Clean

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Energy. Services offered by ICRW are Advisory practice; Research and Analysis; Monitoring and Evaluation; Capacity Building and Advocacy and Policy Engagement. ICRW recently did study on Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in South Asia—Evidence for interventions in the health sector, women’s collectives and local governance mechanism. Internati Courier and Phone: +91 Email: ifpri- www.ifpri.org IFPRI provides research- Food Security; Research; onal Mailing 11 NewDelhi@ based policy solutions to Hunger; Poverty; Gender; Food Address: 66166565 cgiar.org sustainably reduce poverty Governance Policy NASC Fax: +91 11 and end hunger and Research Complex, CG 66781699 malnutrition in developing Institute countries. One of the

(IFPRI20) Block strategy is strengthening Dev Prakash institutions and governance. Shastri Road IFPRI’s research on (Opp. institutions centers on Todapur) collective action in Pusa, New management of natural Delhi 110012 resources and farmer Annex Office: organizations. Its Aggarwal governance-focused Corporate research examines the political economy of Tower, 9th agricultural policymaking, Floor the degree of state capacity 23 Rajendra and political will required Place for achieving economic New Delhi transformation, and the 110008 impacts of different

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India governance arrangements. Research on gender cuts across all areas because understanding the relationships between women and men can illuminate the pathway to sustainable and inclusive economic development.

Jawahar New Mehrauli Phone: 011- [email protected] www.jnu.ac.in Jawaharlal Nehru Research; Social Justice; lal Road, 26704090 nu.ac.in, University was Law; Governance; Nehru Munirka, New established by an act of Disaster Research; Universi Delhi, Delhi pkudaisiya Parliament in 1966. Environment; Gender ty21 110067 @mail.jnu.a c.in

National 5-B, IIPA 011-2370 http://nidm www.nidm.go Under the Disaster Disaster; Management; Institute Campus, IP 2432, 2370 .gov.in/PDF v.in Management Act 2005, Women; Capacity of Estate, 5583, 2376 /directory.p NIDM has been assigned Building Disaster Mahatma 6146 df nodal responsibilities for Manage Gandhi Marg, TeleFax - human resource development, capacity ment New Delhi - 011-2370 building, training, research, 110 002 2442, 2370 documentation and policy (INDIA) 2446 advocacy in the field of disaster management. NIDM provides Capacity Building support to various National and State level agencies in the field of Disaster Management & Disaster Risk Reduction. They provide Training of Trainers on Gender Needs in Disasters.

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National 5, Siri 26964373, Progu@yah www.nipccd.n The Institute functions as an Children; Women; Institute Institutional 26515579 oo.co.i ic.in apex institution for training Nutrition Gender; VAG; of Public Area, Hauz functionaries of the Disaster; Laws; Coopera Khas, Integrated Child Programmes; Policies tion and New Delhi - Development Services (ICDS) programme. As a Child 110016. nodal resource agency, it has Develop India. also been entrusted with the ment22 responsibility of training and capacity building of functionaries at the national and regional level, under the new scheme of Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS). It has also been designated, by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the nodal institution for imparting training on two important issues of Child Rights and Prevention of trafficking of women children for SAARC countries. Areas of interest includes, Prevention of child marriage, female foeticide and female infanticide; Counselling and support services for women in distress; Formation and management of self help groups ; Prevention of trafficking of women and children; Prevention of Gender Based

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Violence;Gender Budgeting; Gender sensitisation of law enforcement agencies and Partnership initiatives of Government/social organisations in the area of child development. National Sector 14, VC office: www.nludelhi National Law University, Legal research Law Dwarka, New 011- .ac.in Delhi is a law university in India, offering courses at the Universi Delhi – 28034253PP undergraduate and ty, Delhi 110078 S: 011- postgraduate levels. 28034991, INDIA (FAX: 011- 28034256)

Administrati on011- 28034993

National 18/2, Satsang 011- Aka.matta@ http://www.n National Institute of Public Research; Capacity Institute Vihar Marg, 26569303, nipfp.org.in ipfp.org.in/ho Finance and Policy is an Building; Gender-budgeting of Public Special 26569780, Arunoday.k me-page/ autonomous research in India; Gender Taxation; Finance Institutional 26569784 umar@nipf institute under Ministry of Fiscal Decentralisation; and Area (Near p.org.in Finance. Local Level Governance; Founded in 1976, the Gender Responsive Policy JNU), Fax: 91-11- institute undertakes New Delhi 26852548 Budgeting. research, policy advocacy 110067 and capacity building in areas related to public economics. One of the major mandates of the institute is to assist the Central, State and Local governments in formulating and reforming public policies by providing an analytical base. Their work includes projects on

Gender-budgeting in India; Gender and Taxation; Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Level Governance; and Gender Responsive Budgeting.

National 1st and 2nd (+91 11) niua@niua. https://www. National Institute of Urban Governance; urban policy; Institute Floor, Core 24643284/2 org niua.org/ Affairs (NIUA) is an institute Livelihoods; Environment; of Urban 4B, 4617517 for research, capacity Urban planning; Research Affairs23 India Habitat Fax: (+91 building and dissemination Centre, 11) of knowledge for the urban sector in India. It conducts Lodhi Road, 24617513 research on urbanization, New Delhi - urban policy and planning, 110003 municipal finance and India governance, land economics, transit oriented development, urban livelihoods, environment & climate change and smart cities.

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Gujarat

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organization Number Organization Interest

Sardar Patel Thaltej Road, Phone: +91 79 [email protected] http://www.spiesr.ac.in Sardar Patel Research; Institute of Near Door 26850598, Institute of Women; Darshan 26851428 Economic and Environment and Economic and Social Social Kendra, Fax: +91 79 Climate change; Ahmedabad, 26851714 Research is a disaster Research24 Social Science 380 054 Research preparedness; Gujarat, Institute in India Education Health India. and is an sector; Human autonomous Development organisation registered as a Trust and Society under the relevant statutes in 1965. The Institute is also a centre for the Data Consultancy Scheme of ICSSR. Gujarat Near Gota Phone: [email protected] www.gidr.ac.in The broad Research; Institute Of Flyover, +91-02717- thrust areas of Training; Development Sarkhej 242366, 242367, research at the Governance; Research25 Gandhinagar 242368 Institute include Trade; Human

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Highway, Fax : Natural Development Ahmedabad, +91-02717- Resource Gujarat 242365 Management, 380060 Agriculture and Climate Change, Industry, Infrastructure, Trade and Finance, Employment, Migration and Urbanisation, Poverty and Human Resource Development and Regional Development, Institutions and Governance. Centre For Veer Narmad Phones : + 91- [email protected] www.css.ac.in Centre for Social PRI; Governance; Social Studies South 261-297 7172 / Studies (CSS) is Urban; (CSS)26 Gujarat 297 7174/ an autonomous Environment; University 2255298 social science Rural; Micro- Campus, Fax: +91-261- research finance institute. In Udhana 297 7017 recent decades, Magadalla CSS has moved Road, into some more Surat - 395 areas covering 007. public health, Gujarat, Panchayati Raj India institutions, micro finance, rural credit markets, waste

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management and the city governance, visual culture, urban society, impact analysis of projects on people of coastal areas, studies of ground water depletion and salinity ingress, marine fishery resource management, impact of land acquisition for industries on the rural population, pastoralism and natural resource use as well as gender issues in water resource management. CSS also conducts training programmes on Panchayat Raj for local elected representatives. Centre for Post Box No. Contact: 02692 - www.irma.ac.in IRMA's PRI; Governance; Public Policy 60, Anand 260 391 / 260 engagement Training; 388001. 181 with and Capacity building and contribution to Governance, Gujarat. Fax: 02692 - India. 260188 Panchayati Raj, Institute of NREGA Landmark

Rural Ganesh dairy implementation, Management27 opp Euro governance and school management of natural resource and conflict resolution is well established. This Centre will undertake research in policies and issues in governance relating to resources and institutions. The centre would also undertake training and capacity building programmes in relation decentralization, conflict resolution, and management issues related to local level governance, and decentralized planning.

Gender Block no. 1, Phone: +91-79- [email protected] www.grcgujarat.org Gender Gender; Resource Polytechnic 26301043 Resource Centre Training; Campus, (GRC), Women;

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Centre State Ambavadi, established in Documentation Resource Ahmedabad - March 2004, is promoted by the Centre for 380 015 Department of Women Women and (SRCW- Child NMEW)28 Development, Government of Gujarat to provide support for incorporating gender equity and equality in overall development process and plans of the State. GRC is a Society registered under Societies Registration Act 1860 and Bombay Public Trust Act 1950. GRC coordinates efforts of different sections of society and the government and to serve as a nodal agency for all gender related

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initiatives in the state. GRC attempts to develop and make available the resources at a single place to share them across organizations in order to make their efforts in the sector more streamlined, efficient and effective. GRC aims to sensitize and facilitate Government Departments, NGOs, Academic Institutions, International agencies and Independent experts in planning, implementing and evaluating gender sensitive programs, policies, laws and schemes

Gujarat Attalika 91-79-23276611 [email protected] www.gnlu.ac.in Gujarat Law; National Law Avenue, National Law Governance; University29 Knowledge Fax: University is Research Corridor, +917878186624, the statutory Koba (Sub +91-79- university P.O.), 23276613 established by Gandhinagar- the Govt. of 382426 Gujarat Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003. The University is recognized by the Bar Council of India and the University Grants Commission (UGC) (2F &12B)

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Haryana

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organizatio Number Organizatio Interest n n Haryana Nilokheri, Phone/Fax: ‐ [email protected] www.hirdnilokheri.co The emphasis Research; Institute Of District‐Karnal (01745)‐24603 [email protected] m of the Social Rural (Haryana)‐13211 9 m Institute is on development Development 7 (01745)‐24564 human ; Education; 30 9. resource Health; development Sanitation; by promoting Gender innovations in grassroots governance and empowermen t of rural community. An overall development of rural sector would remain elusive without focussing on the various indicators of social development, i.e., Literacy & Primary

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Education, Health, Sanitation, Gender issues, etc. To cause an everlasting awakening, training of various sections of Rural society and its administrator s remains one of the most important activities of the Institute. The Institute also undertakes Research and Case studies in the entire gamut of Rural Development.

Himachal Pradesh

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organization Number Organization Interest

Himachal HP Institute Of Phone no: Email id: hipa- www.himachal.nic.in HIPA is a training Research; Pradesh Public 0177- [email protected] institute having dual Training; Institute of Administration 2734777, role as an ATI and PRI; Rural Public Fairlawns, 0177- SIRD. SIRD, HP has Development Shimla 171012 2734666 been imparting Administration31 Fax: 0177- training and 2734679 undertaking research activities with its skeleton faculty and manpower support, however, the work has increased manifolds especially after 73rd constitutional amendment since training is to be imparted to more than 26,000 Elected Representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions and functionaries involved in the implementation of

31 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

rural development programmes at the cutting edge level.

Lok Kalyan Theog- Telephone Email : www.lkmtheog.org Lok Kalyan Mandal is a Gram Mandal 32 171201, : 01783- [email protected], research and training Sabhas; District 201661, [email protected] organization active in Panchayats; Shimla, Cell : several districts. Its Trainings; Himachal 098160- training work focuses Research on encouraging civic Pradesh 02341, participation and on Telefex : energizing gram 01783- Sabhas. The 201661 organization also conducts action- research projects on ways to make Panchayats more accountable and effective in service delivery.

32 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 18th December, 2017.

Jharkhand

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Interest Organization Number Organization State Hehal , +91- [email protected] www.sirdranchi.nic.in SIRD, Training; Rural Institute of Ranchi 651- Jharkhand provides development; Local Rural Jharkhand 2511383 training and engages governance Development -834005 in research for Rural India Fax Development. SIRD (SIRD)33 +91-651- also organizes 2510173 various training programmes for elected members of 3-tier PRIs, NGOs and different levels of officials of PR and other line departments both through in-house and off-campus mode. It also develops necessary training curriculum for the participants and develops training modules for various training programmes undertaken in SIRD. It has also undertaken various case-studies,

33 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

research programmes and action research projects. Many seminars, workshops are organized regularly in different fields for the awareness of people and to motivate them to engage in different schemes of central government for rural developments.

Karnataka

Name of Address Phone Number E-mail id Website About the Areas of the Organizatio Interest Organizatio n n Centre for Maitri +91 80 2656 0735 [email protected] www.cbps.in Centre for Research; Budget and Bhavan, +91 80 6590 7402 Budget and Education; Policy Number 4, Fax: +91 80 2656 0734 Policy Studies Health; Studies M.N.Krishna (CBPS) is a Governance (CBPS)34 Rao Road, research based and Basavangudi institution that Accountabilit , Bangalore – was y; Gender; 560004 established in Sanitation; Bangalore, Water; India, in Karnataka January 1998, as an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit society, registered under the Societies Registration Act. It was formed as an off-shoot from a research programme in

34 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

the Development Research Foundation (DRF), a part of Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE), also a non-profit society in Bangalore. Institute for Dr. V.K.R.V. Phone: 91-080- Email: www.isec.ac.in ISEC is a Panchayati Social and Rao Road, 23215468, 23215519. [email protected] research Raj; Rural Economic Nagarabhavi Fax: 23217008. institution development Change , Bengaluru - Phone : 080-23217010 housing a ; Research (ISEC) 560072, Panchayati Raj India. wing that Nagarbhavi conducts Bangalore- research 560072 studies on the Karnataka history and status of Panchayati Raj in south India. It is also engaged in monitoring and evaluating a Panchayati Raj training project being conducted by Karnataka’s State Institute

of Rural Development. ISEC also publishes periodic reports on devolution and decentralizatio n. National 18 New 28462818/28461355/2 [email protected] www.nipccd.org National Child; Institute of Town 334 2035 Institute of Women; Public (Opp. Fax: 28461793 Public Nutrition Cooperation Escorts Cooperation and Gender; VAG; and Child Child Disaster; Ltd.) Development, Development Yelahanka popularly Laws; Regional Bangalore known as Programmes; Centre - – 560078 NIPCCD, is an Policies. Bangalore organisation 35 devoted to promotion of voluntary action research, training and documentation in the overall domain of women and child development. Regional Centre, Bangalore cover s the States of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil

35 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Nadu and Union Territories of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.

VIKASANA P.B.No.23, Phone : 08261-222500 [email protected] www.ngovikasana.o Strengthening Training; Organization Galihalli Fax : 08261-222570 om rg federation and Capacity capacity for Education cross Mr. A.M.Varghees Cleatas [email protected] Building; and Social Tarikere m building of Chairman/Project elected women PRIs; Development taluk 577 Director leaders towards Women; 36 228 09448224872, advocacy and EWRs Chikmagal action was the ur district, 9741953245 main Karnataka programmatic state, objective to India. involve the elected women representatives in the development process. This initiative was financially supported by the HUNGER PROJECT, Bangalore. The series of workshop, trainings and short meetings called and strengthened the voice of 327 elected women

36 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 26th December, 2017.

representative in the radius of 129 Gram panchayats from 09 working blocks of Chikmagalur, Shimoga, Hassan and Davangere districts.

Kerala

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organization Number Organizati Interest on

Centre for Prasanth Nagar, +91-471- [email protected] http://www.cds.edu/ The Research Research; Development Medical College 2774200, Unit on Local Gender; Studies37 P.O, Ulloor, 2448881-2 Self- Budgeting; Thiruvananthapur Government at Panchayats am 695 011, FAX : +91- CDS has been ; SHGs; carrying out Kerala, India. 471- research on Kerala 2447137, agriculture +91-471- and local self- 2448942 government and on environmental challenges in urban areas. Gender has been a key theme in research on local government at CDS. This has included research on elected

37 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

women leaders in Kerala’s rural and urban local bodies, gender budgeting in Panchayats, and the state- wide network of women’s self-help groups under the Kerala State Poverty Alleviation Mission, the Kudumbashre e. State institute ETC P.O, 91-0474- [email protected] www.sird.kerala.gov.in The State Research; of Rural Kottarakara, 2454618, Institute of Rural Development, Kollam District, 2454169, Rural Developme Kerala38 Pin code: 691531, 2454768 Development nt Kerala, India Fax : 91- , 0474- Kottarakkara 454169 was established as an autonomous body under the auspices of the Government of Kerala in 1987 with

38 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

the objective of developing managerial skills, organisation al abilities, leadership qualities and decision making skills among different categories of Government officials, elected representativ es of Panchayats and members of non- governmenta l organisations who are engaged in development al activities in the State. It is also a major research and consultancy center on various facets of

rural development.

ARSHABHARA Nathamkuni P.O, Fax: 04936 arshabharathmail@gmail. www.arshabharathindia Arsha PRIs; TH Meppadi, – 282700 com .org Bharath Trainings; (Arshabharath Wayanad, Kerala, Phone:049 focuses on Capacity Bahujana India - 673 577 36 282500 micro Building Bodhavalkaran planning and participation a Grama in several Vikasana Kerala Samithy)39 districts. It conducts capacity building programs for NGOs and Panchayats to address local development needs. The organization also conducts training and orientation programs for elected members and awareness generation campaigns about PRI’s. Kerala Sastra Parishad Bhavan Tel: 0471- www.kssp.org KSSP has Gender;

39 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Sahitya Vanchiyoor 460256 been Education; Parishad Trivandrum involved in Health; (KSSP)40 695035 building up Developme models for nt and sustainable and equitable development; campaigning for decentralised planning and local level planning; initiating a large number of field experiments in local level planning; empowering the local communities through volunteer based resource mappings, socio- economic survey, data analysis etc; formulation of people's structures

40 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

like "Neighborho od groups" and village committees for transparent democracy; analyzing the "Kerala Model" of development to arrive at general conclusions and seeking its improvement .

Madhya Pradesh

Name of the Address Phone Number E-mail id Website About the Areas of Interest Organization Organization M.P. Institute of 6, Ramsakha Phone: +91 734 [email protected] www.mpissr.org The M.P. Institute of Research; Panchayati Social Science Gautam Marg 2510978, Social Science Raj and Rural Research, Administrative 2524645 Research (MPISSR) is Development; Ujjain41 Zone, Fax: +91 734 an autonomous, Education; Gender; Bharatpuri 2512450 multidisciplinary Caste and Tribe; Centre for research Development and Dewas Road, and training located Deprivation; Social Ujjain - 456010 in Ujjain, Madhya Justice; Information (M.P.) INDIA Pradesh. MPISSR has Technology and been working in the Society and areas of Panchayati Environment Raj and Rural Development; Education; Gender; Caste and Tribe; Development and Deprivation; Social Justice; Information Technology and Society and Environment since last two decades.

41 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

National Gomat Giri Regional rdnipccdin@rediffmai www.nipccd.nic.in National Institute of Child; Women; Institute of (Opposite Director(I/C) l.com Public Cooperation Nutrition Gender; Public MPSEB Office), Indore and Child VAG; Disaster; Cooperation Hathod Road, Dr. Aneel V.B. Development, Laws; Programmes; and Child Gandhinagar, popularly known as Policies. Babu: (0731) NIPCCD, is an Development Indore-452005 2882111-12 organisation devoted Regional Telefax : to promotion of Centre - 2882110 voluntary action Indore42 research, training and documentation in the overall domain of women and child development. Regional Centre, Indore covers the States of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Dr. B.R. Dr. Ambedkar Phone : (07324) [email protected] https://brauss.in/ Activities : SOCIAL Social Welfare; Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow) - 274377, 273186 m index.html WELFARE; Research Institute; University of 453 441, Distt.- Fax : (07324) RESEARCH Social Welfare; Social Indore (M.P.) 273645 INSTITUTE; SOCIAL Sc/St; Rural Sciences43 WELFARE; SC/ST; Development; Prof. R.D Maurya: BACKWARD Panchayati Raj 9826167575 CLASSES; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; PANCHAYATI RAJ

42 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 27th December ,2017. 43Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Maharashtra Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organizatio Number Organizatio Interest n n Advanced Chairperso Phone- E-mail id: [email protected], www.tiss.edu Research has Gender planning Centre for n & +9122255253 [email protected] been one of and Gender; Women’s Professor, 10 (Direct), the strongest Mainstreaming Studies44 Advanced Board: areas of the in Rural Centre for 25525000/Ext. ACWS. The Development; Women's 5310 faculty of the Gender Studies, Centre have Budgeting and School of undertaken Policy Developme several Development; nt Studies, research Rural Women 702, 7th projects and and Livelihoods; Floor, Prof. commissione SHG; Gender M. S. Gore d assignments Mainstreaming Academic for national in Health, Block-1, and Nutrition, New international Education, Academic funding Employment; building 2, agencies on Women Naoroji various issues Empowerment Campus,Tat like and Poverty; a Institute environment; Policies and of Social agriculture Programmes of Sciences, development; Social Justice for V.N. Purav issues of Gender Equality Marg, Opp. water and Deonar Bus women’s

44 Information provided by Prof. Vibhuti Patel, Chairperson ACWDS.

Depot, rights to Deonar, natural Mumbai- resources; 400088 health; migration; new reproductive technologies; urban and rural poverty; macro policies and micro level impacts with respect to gender; women’s empowermen t; violence; feminist theory and methodology etc. Hence, the Centre is fairly well placed in terms of credibility for raising some funds for research in addition to the support of the UGC.

Tata Institute V.N. Purav 91-22- [email protected] www.tiss.edu Areas of Research; of Social Marg, 25525000; research Training; Sciences45 Deonar, Fax: 91-22- include Capacity Mumbai- 25525050 children and Building; 400088 youth; climate Gender; change; Governance; community Education; Food development; security; Health; corporate Human Rights; social Urban issues; responsibility Policy; ; dalits and Advocacy tribals; disaster management; education; food security; governance; human rights; labour and migration; mental health; natural resources management; rural development; urban issues; and women and gender.

45 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

TISS Tuljapur Tata 9270105222 [email protected] www.tiss.edu Areas of Research; Campus46 Institute of Fax: 02471- research Training; Social 242061 include Capacity Sciences, children and Building; School of youth; climate Gender; Rural change; Governance; Developme community Education; Food nt Tuljapur- development; security; Health; 413 601, corporate Human Rights; District- social Urban issues; Osmanabad responsibility Policy; , ; dalits and Advocacy Maharashtr tribals; a, India disaster management; education; food security; governance; human rights; labour and migration; mental health; natural resources management; rural development; urban issues; and women and gender.

46 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Research Sir Tel : [email protected]; http://www.rcwssndt. The RCWS Social Welfare; Centre for Vithaldas +91-22-2661 [email protected] org has Research Women’s Vidyavihar, 0751, 2660 undertaken Institute; Studies Juhu Road, 4001 (D) several Women's (RCWS), Juhu, +91-22-2660 research Studies; SNDT Mumbai - 8462, 2660 projects with Outreach Women’s 400 049, 8493, 2660 generous Programme; University47 India 6648 (Ext. 227, grants from Gender Budget; 228, 297) national and Monitoring; international Prevention FAX : +91-22- donor Sexual 2660 4001 agencies, with a very broad- based research focus, which has led to theoretical studies (some with policy implications) and action based projects.

47 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

CEHAT 48 Survey Tel: +91-22- [email protected] www.cehat.org CEHAT Health; VAW; No.2804 & 26673571/ [email protected] (Centre for Human Rights; 2805, 26673154 Enquiry Into Aaram Fax: +91-22- Health and Society 26673156 Allied Road, Themes) is Vakola, the research Santacruz centre of East, Anusandhan Mumbai - Trust. They 400 055 are involved in research, training, service and advocacy on health and allied themes. CEHAT runs two courses every year the Health and Human Rights Course and the national Course on Violence against Women and the role of Healthcare Providers. Now 2011 onwards CEHAT is

48 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 14th December, 2017.

going to start two other National courses on Developing a Comprehensi ve Health Care Response to Survivors of Sexual Assault and another is Responding to Violence against women through Feminist Counselling. Mahila B-1, Flat No. 91-020- [email protected] www.masum- MASUM Women; VAW; Sarvangeen 42, 26995625/33, om india.org.in works SHGs; Utkarsh Kubera 26997031 towards Panchayati Raj Mandal Vihar, strengthening Institutions; (MASUM) 49 Gadital, political Village Panchay Hadapsar Tel:- 02488- participation at; Gram-Sabha; Pune 411 240515 of women in Health; Children 028 village Maharashtr governance. a Along with India this they work on Gramin women’s Mahiti right to

49 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 14th December, 2017.

Kendra physical and (MASUM), emotional At Post health, Ralegan violence free Sidhi, life, economic Parner empowermen Taluka, t and rights of Ahmednaga children. r District, Maharashtr a India.

Odisha

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organization Number Organization Interest

State Institute Unit – 8, Tel. 0674- sirdorissa[at]gmail[dot]c www.sirdodisha.ni SIRDPR is a nodal Training; for Rural Gopabandhunag 2562645,2560 om c.in institute for Research; Development ar, 059 Fax : ,sirdodisha[at]nic[dot]in training, research, Capacity building; and Panchayati Bhubaneswar – 2562453 evaluation and Panchayati Raj; Raj (SIRD & 751 0 12. consultancy in the Rural field of rural 50 PR development under Development the aegis of Panchayati Raj Department, GoO. SIRD & PR organizes various training programmes for elected members of 3-tier PRIs and NGOs.

Centre for N-1/204, IRC 0674-6552266 [email protected] www.cfar.org.in The Centre for Media; Girl child; Advocacy and Village, Advocacy and Urban poor; Research51 Nayapalli, P Research (CFAR), a HIV/AIDs; Health; O/PS Nayapalli, non-profit Hygiene; Dist. Khurda, organization, Sanitation; founded in January Bhubaneswar, 1998, is committed Gender-based Odisha to advancing the Violence; Legal rights of a cross- activism

50 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017. 51 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 19th December, 2017.

section of marginal communities such as the urban poor, the girl child, unorganized workers, transgender persons and sexual minorities, single women, People Living with HIV, sex workers, people who inject drugs (PWID) and those living with disabilities. Centre for E-1, Institutional Phone: (0674) [email protected] / www.cysd.org CYSD trains PRIs; Health, Youth and Area, Gangadhar 2301777 / [email protected] Panchayat members Water; Sanitation; Social Meher Marg, 2301725 and NGOs on issues Women; Child of Panchayati Raj Development52 Bhubaneswar- Rights; Capacity 751013 and community Building development. It maintains a network of centers throughout Orissa that organize district-level training programs, disseminate non-formal educational materials on PRI’s, and conduct research on local governance and civic participation issues.

52 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 18th December, 2017.

Institute for At/Po. Hilpatna, Tel. +91 680 [email protected], http://iwdorissa.o Institute for Women Women; PRIs; Women's Berhampur 2233462 [email protected] rg/ Development (IWD) EWRs; Development53 Ganjam District, Mobile No.+91 as a Secular, Non- Federation; Food Odisha - 760 9437066362 / Profit and non- Security; Capacity 001 9556594377 political Building organization was India formed in the year 1993 by a group of women activists in Odisha. With support from The Hunger Project India, IWD has been working with Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) in Rayagada and R.Udayagiri Blocks of Gajapati district .

53 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 18th December, 2017.

Puducherry

Name of the Address Phone E- Website About the Organization Areas of Interest Organization Number mail id Institute of Regional +91-413- [email protected] Since its inception, democratic Research; PRIs; Gender; Political Social Centre 2278802 decentralisation has been a participation; Women Sciences54 Puducherry (fixed line) major area of research of the Plot No. 07- +91- Institute. It includes the studies 10, F-401, 7708703802 of the growth, development and performance of Panchayati Raj 04th Floor (mobile) institutions (PRIs) and urban Akshayaa local bodies, which have been Towers constitutionally designated as MGR Street, 'institutions of self-government.' VP Singh At regular intervals the Institute Nagar publishes status of Panchayats Mettupalayam in the States of India. Village The Institute is also engaged in Puducherry – studies and research on gender 605009 justice in the overall context of Women's Studies, for the last several years. Specific studies under this area include: gender justice and role of women in participatory democracy; political empowerment of women; and awareness building among the women representatives. It is also engaged in a sustained programme of awareness raising and training for capacity building and women's political participation in several Indian States.

54 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Rajasthan

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organizatio Number Organizatio Interest n n Institute of IDS, 8B, TELE: 0141- [email protected] www.idsj.org The Institute Research; Development Jhalana 2706457, 0141- has been Economic Studies Institutional 2705726, Fax: pursuing Policies; (IDS)55 Area, Jaipur 0141-2705348 research studies Women; 302 004, and organising Gender development India. dialogues, Studies; training and Social interactions in Policies; five main areas, Governance; viz., Human (1) Economic Rights; Policies and Human Strategies, Developmen (2) Women and t; Urban Gender Studies, poverty. (3) Social Policies: Institutions and Governance, (4) Civil society, Human Rights and Social Movements, (5) Human Development, Urban Poverty and Social Security. Indira Gandhi Jawahar Lal Phone :0141 - [email protected] igprgvs.rajasthan.gov.i Indira Gandhi Research; Panchayati Nehru Marg , 2706577 - 78 n Panchayati Raj PRI; Rural

55 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Raj & Gramin Jaipur Fax : 0141 - & Gramin Developmen Vikas Rajasthan , 2706575 Vikas t Sansthan56 India - Sansthan 302004 (I.G.P.R. & G.V.S.) is an autonomous organization promoted by the Government of Rajasthan as an Apex Institute of the State with a view to develop human resources in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and the Rural Development Sector. Astha Address: 39, Ph: 91 294 245 [email protected] www.astha.ngo Strengthening Women; Sansthan57 Kharol 1348 Panchayati Raj PRIs; EWRs; Colony, Old Tele-fax: 91 Institutions Trainings Fatehpura, 294 2451391 and capacity Udaipur building of Rajasthan, women India Pin- elected 313 004 representative s is one of the

56 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017. 57 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 15th December, 2017.

several issues taken up by the organization. UDAIPUR Ph: Email: www.jatansansthan.or Jatan Women; 5, Tirupati +91766521177 [email protected] g facilitates Local Jatan Vihar, 7 [email protected] Women’s governance; Sansthan58 Bhuwana m Leadership Leadership; Road, Workshops, Elections NGO Near with Celebration respective Mall preparation Udaipur(Raj and follow-up ), 313001 meetings, to enhance the skills of the women leaders. Jatan also works to improve the system of village-level Gram Sabha meetings, by engaging and informing women on the processes and functions of their local government and elections.

58 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Tamil Nadu

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organization Number Organization Interest

The Madras 9, Second 0091-44- [email protected] http://www.mids.ac.in/ Research thrust areas Research; Institute of Main Road, 2441289 include gender bias in Demography; Development Gandhinagar, 2411574 demographic planning and Education; Studies (MIDS) Adyar, 24412295 policy making and in Employment; Chennai - 24419771. employment, education, Science; science and technology; 600020, Fax: 0091- gender and reproductive Technology; Tamil Nadu, 44- rights. Women in urban Women; INDIA 24910872 employment sector; Fertility; Tamil women and the law; Nadu fertility patterns as in southern Tamil Nadu; women and education; sexual division of labour; and social construction of sexuality. M S 3rd Cross Tel: +91 http://www.mssrf.org/ MSSRF is carrying out Gender Swaminathan Street, (44) research and and Grass Root Research Institutional 22541229, development in six Institutions; Foundation59 Area, +91 (44) major thematic areas, Coastal Systems Taramani 22541698 besides special projects Research; Chennai 600 and cross-cutting areas Climate Change; 113, India and themes: Gender Biodiversity; and Grass Root Biotechnology ;

59 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Institutions; Ecotechnology; Coastal Systems Food Security ; Research; Climate Information, Change; Biodiversity; Education and Biotechnology ; Communication Ecotechnology; Food Security ; Information, Education and Communication

SIRD, Tamil Maraimalai Fax: +91 [email protected] www.sird.tn.nic.in SIRD-TN offers training Training; Nadu60 Nagar 44 programmes in several Capacity Tamilnadu 27452506 thrust areas of rural Building; PRI; Phone development and Rural :+91 44 decentralized development 27452507, governance for the 27453892 elected representatives of PRIs, functionaries of rural development and sectoral (line) departments, NGOs, bankers and rural micro credit institutions.

60 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Telangana

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organizatio Number Organizatio Interest n n Telangana Rajendranagar, Phone: 040- [email protected] http://tsipard.gov.i It is the Apex Training; State Institute Hyderabad , 500 24015959, m n Training Capacity of Panchayat 030 24014027, Institute in building; Raj and Rural Telangana, India 24015337 , Telangana for Panchayati Development 24018656 , Panchayat Raj Raj; Rural and Rural 61 (TSIPARD) Fax: +91 40 Development. It Development 24017005 caters Capacity Building Programmes for 1.04 Lakhs Panchayat Raj Elected Representatives , Functionaries and for around 50,000 Officials of Rural Development. The Institute also extends its capacity building services to various other government departments. The main core functions are Capacity

61 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 21st December, 2017.

Building, Research and Consultancy Services. National Rajendranagar, Phone: 91-40- www.nird.org.in It is an Research; Institute of Hyderabad - 24008526 | autonomous Training; Rural 500030, T.S, Fax:91-40- organisation Capacity Development INDIA 24016500 under the Union Building; and Ministry of Panchayati Rural Panchayati Raj Development, is Raj; Rural 62 (NIRD&PR) a premier Development; national centre Gender of excellence in rural development and Panchayati Raj. Recognized internationally as one of the UN-ESCAP Centres of Excellence, it builds capacities of rural development functionaries, elected representatives of PRIs, bankers, NGOs and other stakeholders through inter- related activities of training, research and

62 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 21st December, 2017.

consultancy. Council for 5-6-151, 91-40- [email protected], http://csdindia.org/ Capacity Social Rajendra Nagar 24016395 [email protected] Building; Development, Hyderabad – Fax No: 91-40- Livelihoods; Southern 500030. 24001958 Women; Rural Regional development; Centre63 Poverty; Health; Education The Centre for Begumpet, Tel No: +91-40- [email protected] www.cess.ac.in The Centre for SOCIAL Economic and Hyderabad - 2340 2789, Economic and WELFARE; Social Studies 500016, 2341 6780, Social Studies RESEARCH (CESS)64 Telangana,INDIA 2341 (CESS) was INSTITUTE; . 6610/11/12/13 established as TRAINING; an autonomous RURAL . research Centre DEVELOPMENT Fax: 91-40-2340 in 1980. ; SELF HELP 6808; GROUPS; SOCIETIES; PANCHAYATI RAJ; EDUCATION; HEALTH; POVERTY; FOOD; LIVELIHOOD School of U.Vindhya, Ph.D. Tel. 040- tisshyd[at]tiss[dot]edu www.tiss.edu Research; Gender Professor of 24017701-2-3 Gender; Public Studies, Psychology (work) policy; TISS School of Gender Mob. Development; Hyderabad Studies 9949037472 Education; Social Justice; Campus Tata Institute of Social Sciences 2nd Floor,

63 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017. 64 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

S.R.Sankaran Block TSIPARD Campus Rajendranagar Hyderabad 500 030

Sikkim

Name of the Address Phone Number E-mail id Website About the Organization Organization Participatory PRIA, C/O Office of 918420823894 www.pria.org PRIA’s work is focused Research In Asia- 5th State Finance, on empowerment of Sikkim65 Commission, Old the excluded through West Point School capacity building, Compound, Near knowledge building and policy advocacy. Taxi Stand, Gangtok Over three decades PRIA has promoted ‘participation as empowerment’, capacity building of community organisations, and people’s participation in governance. Initiatives are undertaken in the overall perspective of ‘making democracy work for all’ – in the political system; democratic culture in families, communities, and society; and participatory democracy with active citizenship.

65 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 19th December, 2017.

Tripura

Name of the Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Organization Areas of Organization Number Interest

State Institute Arundhuti Phone : [email protected], www.sipard.nic.in SIPARD is an autonomous Training; of Public Nagar, (0381)237- training institute registered Capacity Administration Agartala, 4048, [email protected] under the Registration of building; and Rural West (0381)237- Societies Act, 1860 and it PRIs; Rural Development Tripura, 4933, enjoys financial and Development (SIPARD)66 PIN : (0381)237- functional autonomy. Main 799003. 4326 activity of the institute E-mail : Tele-Fax : relates to training of State (0381)237- Government officials, PRI 0613 representatives, NGOs etc. in the relevant areas of their activity, comprising public administration, accounts and finance, office procedure, legal & judicial matters, RTI Act along with training on computer and other educational and research activities, including evolution studies and publication of newsletter, books, compendium etc on various subjects.

66 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

Uttar Pradesh

Name of the Address Phone Number E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organizatio Organizatio Interest n n V.V. Giri Sec-24, Noida, 0120- [email protected] Awareness on Labour; National PIN Code - 2411533/34-38 om policies, skill women; Labour 201301 Fax : 0120- development, Research; Institute67 Uttar Pradesh 2411536, 0120- capacity Capacity India 2411471/474 building, building; training, research and training; advocacy on various dimensions of gender and the labour market are some of the activities undertaken by the Centre for Gender and Labour Studies, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute.

67 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 27th December, 2017.

Giri Institute Sector - O, Phones : (0522) [email protected] http://ww GIDS research Research; of Aliganj 2321860, [email protected] w.gids.org. covers a wide Gender; Child; Development Housing 2325021 in range of issues, Government Studies Scheme, Telefax : (0522) which includes programmes; Gender and (GIDS)68 LUCKNOW - 2332640 Policies; Child Studies, 226024, (U.P.) Evaluation of Health; INDIA government Education; schemes and Agriculture; programmes, Rural Social development infrastructure particularly health, education and basic amenities and Agricultural and rural development.

68 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 27th December, 2017.

Uttarakhand

Name of Address Phone E-mail id Website About the Areas of Interest the Number Organization Organizati on Centre for Lal Bahadur Phone: crs.lbsnaa@ni The Centre for Rural Land reform; Gender; Rural Shastri 0135- c.in http://centre.lbsnaa.g Studies is involved Poverty; Research; Studies69 National 2630844 ov.in/crs/index.php research and training Training; Policy Academy of (direct) http://centre.lbsnaa.g of Land Reform Advocacy; PRI; Central Administrati EPABX: ov.in Management, Wage government; State on 0135- Employment, Common governments; Women; Mussoorie - 2632405, Property Resources, Rural Women 248 179 2632489, Displacement and (Uttaranchal 2632374 Rehabilitation, ) Extension: Contemporary 2318, 2278 Agrarian Movements, Gender studies, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes etc. Uttarakhan Rudrapur, Phone : uird_rudrapur www.uird.in UIRD has been Rural Development; d Institute Udhamsingh 05944- 02@ designated as the apex Panchayati Raj; of Rural Nagar 241546,247 yahoo.co.in capacity building Training; Capacity Developmen 798 institute in the Rural Building t (UIRD)70 Fax : 05944- Development and 247798 Panchayati Raj sector of the state. National National Contact: ngc.lbsnaa@ni www.rcentre.lbsnaa.g Lal Bahadur Shastri Gender Responsive Centre of Gender 0135- c.in ov.in National Academy of Governance; Gender Gender Centre, 2633295 Administration being Budgeting; VAW;

69 Information verified from the website. 70 Information verified from the website.

Training Lal Bahadur the nodal agency in Health; Economic Planning Shastri imparting development; Political and National administrative training Participation; Central Research71 Academy of has join hands with government; State Administrati NCGTPR to delivers governments; Women; gender training through on, courses and Trainings Mussoorie- sensitization inputs for 248179 understanding the conceptual and analytical gender relations framework, for the Officer Trainee's of All India Service, and Central Services in the Foundation Course, Phase-I, Phase-II.

71 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

West Bengal

Name of the Address Phone Number E-mail id Website About the Areas of Organization Organizatio Interest n

B.R. Ambedkar Government Gandhi Bhavan: www.siprd.org.in The Rural Institute of of West Phone: Benoy Bhavan B.R.Ambedkar Development Panchayats & Bengal 033-25828161 Institute of ; PRIs; Rural B-18/204, 033-25825975 Email: Panchayats and Research; Rural Development72 Kalyani, 033-25825641 (1) dir.braiprd- Training Development P.O.Kalyani, Fax: [email protected] (BRAIPRD) District- 033-25828257 (2) Kalyani, West Nadia, [email protected] Bengal is an West Benoy Bhavan apex state level Bengal, Phone: training & India 033-25829641 research PIN – 033- /25929642 Institute in the 741235 Fax: field of 033-25829640 Panchayats & Rural Development. Institute of DD/27/D, Tel: +91 (33) 2321 [email protected] www.idsk.edu.in Institute of Education; Development Sector-1, 3120/21 [email protected] Development Health; Studies (IDS)73 Salt Lake Fax: +91 (33) 2321 Studies Kolkata Employment; Kolkata- 3119 (IDSK) is an Technology; 700064 autonomous Women; centre devoted to advanced Research; academic Policy research and Advocacy informed policy

72 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017. 73 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 22nd December, 2017.

advice in the areas of literacy, education, health, women, employment, technology, communication human sciences and economic development. Institute of CF-149, Tel: 033 – [email protected] Since its Political Social Sciences Sector 1 23592684/2334023 inception, participation; Eastern Salt Lake 3 democratic Gender; Regional City decentralisation Women; PRIs; has been a Research Centre74 Kolkata- major area of 700064 research of the West Bengal Institute. It includes the studies of the growth, development and performance of Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) and urban local bodies, which have been constitutionally designated as 'institutions of self- government.' At regular intervals the Institute

74 Information based on telephonic interviews conducted on 20th December, 2017.

publishes status of Panchayats in the States of India. The Institute is also engaged in studies and research on gender justice in the overall context of Women's Studies, for the last several years. Specific studies under this area include: gender justice and role of women in participatory democracy; political empowerment of women; and awareness building among the women representatives. It is also engaged in a sustained programme of awareness raising and training for capacity building and women's

political participation in several Indian States.

School of 188, Raja Director Of School : [email protected] www.jaduniv.edu.i School of Research; Women’s S.C. Mallick Dr. Samita Sen n n Womens Gender Studies, Studies, Rd, Jadavpur Jadavpur Kolkata - University, University 700032. formed as a Ph: 2414-6531 (D), centre for 2414-6666 (O) developing Extn.2445 Womens Studies in India, was a pioneering effort. Beginning its journey in January 1988 with Professor Jasodhara Bagchi as founder- director, the School was recognised by the UGC in February 1989.