The Hindu : New Delhi News : Professor Gail Omvedt Joins IGNOU

The Hindu : New Delhi News : Professor Gail Omvedt joins IGNOU

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● For a greener tomorrow NEW DELHI: Professor Gail Omvedt has joined Indira Gandhi National Open ● Quit India Day University as Prof. B. R. Ambedkar Chair on Social Change and Development ● Veteran journalist passes away ● Professor Gail Omvedt joins IGNOU Born in Minneapolis, U.S., and with an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the ● Inter-school festival University of California, Berkeley, Prof. Omvedt has been living in India since ● Conference on skills 1978, settled in the village of Kasegaon in southern Maharashtra. She has been development an India citizen since 1983 and works as a sociologist and writer. ● Sheila inaugurates canteen

● ‘BSES violated several Prof. Omvedt has worked actively with social movements in India, including the government directions’

Dalit and anti-caste movements, environmental movements and farmers ● Scene of tragedy

movements. She has been active in the Stri Mukti Sangarsh Chaval (“Women’s ● Woman allegedly assaulted Liberation Struggle Movement”), which works on issues of abandoned women ● Three arrested for looting in Sangli and Satara districts of southern Maharashtra, and the Shetkari Mahila passengers Aghadi (“Alliance of Women Farmers”), which works on issues of women’s land ● Police teams sent to Gorakhpur, Jammu rights and political power. ● Two-year-old killed by mini-truck

● Man arrested on charge of She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Indian Institute of Dalit drunken driving Studies (New Delhi) and the National Institute of Dalit Studies (Ahmedabad). ● Milk to cost more

● Cabinet reviews swine flu Before joining IGNOU, she was working as Visiting Professor and Coordinator, situation in the Capital

School of Social Justice, University of Pune. ● ‘Contribute to innovative use of science’ The objectives of the B. R. Ambedkar Chair on Social Change and Development ● Power cuts again are to work towards dissemination of ideas and thoughts of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar ● ‘Withdraw fee hike’ ● Last date extended on issues of concern and areas of administration, constitutional studies, human ● NDMC steps up awareness drive rights, religion, philosophy including the studies in economic, history and ● Puzzling political science. ● In the capital today

The other objectives of the Chair include undertaking research and Archives development programmes in these areas for the benefit of society, working on Yesterday's Issue developing appropriate methodologies for paving the way for Dr. Ambedkar’s Datewise idea as a policy instrument and to work towards development of exclusive courses. Features: Magazine Printer friendly page Literary Review Send this article to Friends by E-Mail Metro Plus Open Page Education Plus Book Review Business

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