Annual-Report-2015-1

Council for Social Development RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE GLOBALISATION RESEARCH LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

POVERTY 2015 ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY LEGISLATION LEGISLATION GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS

LAND GOVERNANCE 2016 TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

Annual Report Reports Working PapersReports Journals CDs Journals Reports Books Working Papers Books Reports CDs Journals CDs Working Papers Journals Books Books Working Papers Reports Working PapersReports Journals CDs Journals Reports Books Working Papers Books Reports CDs Journals CDs Working Papers Journals Books Books Working Papers Reports Working PapersReports Journals CDs Journals Reports Books Working Papers Books Reports CDs Journals CDs Working Papers Journals Books Books Working Papers Reports Working PapersReports Journals CDs Journals Reports Books Working Papers Books Reports CDs Journals CDs Working Papers Journals Books Books Working Papers Journals Working Papers

Council for Social Development Journals Working Papers

Annual Report Journals Working Papers RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE GLOBALISATION RESEARCH LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

LAND GOVERNANCE 2016 TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY Journals Working Papers Photo Credit: Dev Dutt, Prashant Mishra and Gitesh Sinha Design and Print: Macro Graphics Pvt. Ltd. | www.macrographics.com

2 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

Contents

Legacy & Vision 4

Director’s Note 5

Research 7 Delhi 8 Hyderabad 20

Advocacy 33

Memorial Lectures 41

Seminars & Workshops 43

Training 47

Publications 53

CSD & the Public Sphere 56

Faculty Activities 59

Faculty & Staff 72

Organisational Structure 85

Auditor’s Report 91

3 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

For over five decades, the Council for Social Development (CSD) has functioned as a non-profit, non-partisan, vibrant research and advocacy institution engaged in issues of social development, especially the welfare of the marginalised. CSD began its journey in 1962 as an informal study group, consisting of a few prominent social workers and social scientists, under the leadership of the legendary freedom fighter, social worker and indefatigable institution-builder, Dr Durgabai Deshmukh. Two years later, a formal status was acquired by the Council as an affiliate of the India International Centre and in April 1970, it was registered as a society with Dr C.D. Deshmukh as President and Dr Durgabai Deshmukh as Executive Chairperson and Honorary Director. Presently, the distinguished diplomat and educationist, Prof. Muchkund Dubey is President and Ms C.P. Sujaya, feminist scholar and former civil servant, is Vice President of CSD.

Through its programmes of research, seminars, publications, capacity-building and other initiatives CSD actively participates in policy discourses on social development in India. It pursues its vision by undertaking studies and advocacy activities in key areas such as development, education, health, rural development, governance, human rights and social justice. Its pioneering efforts have helped shape planning, policy and programme implementation and foster critical ideas approaches and strategies designed to bring about social change. While CSD is proud of the work it has done, it is also aware of the many challenges that lie ahead especially in the context of globalisation and inadequacies in the realisation of constitutional goals.

In order to study and monitor the social development process in the southern States, a Southern Regional Centre (SRC) of CSD was set up in Hyderabad in 1967 by Dr Durgabai Deshmukh which is currently funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and the government of Telangana. The SRC is governed by a managing committee of its own and presently, the eminent scientist, Dr Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, is its chairperson.

CSD has been renewing the vision of its founders from time to time in order to bring about changes in its agenda for research and social action based on academic endeavour.

4 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

POVERTY 2015 ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH ADVISASIS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS

LAND GOVERNANCE 2016 TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT

Director’s Note RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

t gives me great pleasure to place before you the 2015-16 Annual Report of the Council for Social Development. We ended the year on a note of satisfaction, seeing academic achievement in the completion of some useful research studies, the start of many new ones, the organisation of a number of seminars, workshops, training programmes and the publication of our biennial Social Development Report. All these multidimensional activities collectively build on the solid foundation laid by the founders of CSD whose vision to empower the most disadvantaged members of society we continue to share today.

The adverse impact of ecological and environmental degradation on human civilisation has emerged as a key global challenge. Continuing this conversation, the Council undertook two significant studies: one, on the impact of climate change on rice cultivation in West Bengal and another, on marine fisheries in Andhra Pradesh — both underlining the urgent need to address environmental concerns to maintain food security in the country. At the same time, research conducted by the Council on the use and spread of organic farming in India — from five lakh hectares in 2006-07 to 44 lakh hectares in 2010-11 — provided a silver lining. Small and marginal farmers who cultivate more than 80 per cent of operational holdings have opted for organic farming in great numbers. An ongoing study on economics, ecology and development underlines the environmental awareness among rural women in Uttarakhand. This emphasises the need to synergise local and traditional knowledge with a modern development process for a sustainable course.

A core concern of the Council has been the empowerment of women, Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes and other marginalised communities. A number of our studies in this area, in 2015-16, reflect this commitment. Our research in declining female labour force participation raised an important methodological issue. CSD was equally active on advocacy and action fronts in this area. Rights advocacy, rights education, co-curricular legal education, a short documentary film and a workshop on laws and rights for Adivasis constitute some of these activities.

5 Education and health form another important area demographic dividends. The 2015 C.D. Deshmukh of concern for CSD. India: Social Development Memorial lecture in Hyderabad was delivered by Report 2014, Challenges of Public Health, Professor Ashwini Deshpande who spoke on Being published in 2015, looked at the state of health Adivasi in India — the Changing Economic Status policies and examined the health policy discourse of Tribal Communities. and practise in India. Another detailed study on The year was also full of training programmes, the relationship between calorie consumption and seminars and workshops organised in Delhi wellbeing questioned the established wisdom that and Hyderabad. Besides the two regular high calorie consumption indicates better levels training programmes, one on resettlement of health. CSD remains at the forefront of the all- and rehabilitation and another on research India campaign for the Right to Education (RTE). In methodology that took place in Delhi, a number addition, it is also engaged in a number research of specialised training programmes like the ones projects related to education. Important among on quantitative techniques in social sciences and them is the role and reach of private schools in capacity building for young faculty members were India as their numbers escalate throughout the conducted at CSD-SRC, Hyderabad. Important country. This ongoing study looks at inter alia the seminars such as the ‘Private Sector Participation demand and supply side factors that have pushed in Public Services’; ‘Best Practices in Food and the growth of private sector in school education. Livelihood Security and Agricultural Administration The loss of traditional knowledge, especially of the and Governance Structure in India’ drew attention tribal community, has not drawn attention that it to the changing role of government. deserves. Their rich linguistic and cultural tradition, The year was rather a challenging one for the RTE their sense of ecology and sustainable way of Forum. The Draft of the New Education Policy living are considered obsolete by many although was placed in the public domain. The budget they are extremely valuable. An ongoing project allocation on education was not encouraging. The on documentation of oral tradition and knowledge 500 participants, who gathered for the National of tribal community is a pioneering effort in this Stocktaking Convention that was addressed, direction. among others, by the Vice President of India, The issue of participatory democracy and reiterated the commitment of the RTE Forum governance constitutes an important concern towards universalisation of education. The towards which CSD has taken up a few studies Social Development Forum took also some new during the year. A study of women’s participation in initiatives. It organised a discussion on human forest governance, especially the Forest Rights Act, rights on Human Rights Day. It also published shows a qualitative difference in forest governance. a paper based on the discussion on the Union Another study on measuring capacity of institutions Budget 2016-17. SDF, in collaboration with the involved in resettlement points out the gap due to Institute of Chinese Studies, organised a talk by the lack of participation of the local community. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India on, ’Dealing with the Rise As always, the Council annually holds two of China: What Should the World and India do?’. signature events dedicated to the memory and vision of its legendary founders. The 2015 For making the year such a productive one, I Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial lecture in Delhi, wish to record my sincere gratitude to all CSD was delivered by the eminent economist Professor colleagues and well wishers who provided financial Abhijit Sen who spoke on the Demographic support to this institution. Drivers of India’s Growth — the Role of Human Capital. He emphasised that investment in human capital shoud be the key strategy for India to reap November 2016 Ashok Pankaj

6 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

HIGHLIGHTS

Completed Projects Findings

Declining numbers of women in labour participation has pushed many towards home-based work. Farmers withdraw from paddy cultivation. Organic farming requires consistent State support. Essential elements of food rather than a diversified diet promotes food security. Reasons behind unsatisfactory resettlement policies, Climate change and economic pressures negatively impact marine fishing. Emerging challenges to Adivasi’s constitutional rights. The neglect of the rich oral tradition of Adivasis. Problems faced by under privileged school children in Telegana’s welfare hostels in Telangana

Ongoing Projects Key Area of Inquiry Why institutional credit does not reach marginalised farmers? Critical assumptions underlying women’s development policies in Uttarakhand. Comparing wage employment with self- employment as a mode of women’s empowerment. Challenges faced by trade unions. Livelihood and employment issues facing OBCs, STs and sub-castes among Dalits.

7 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

POVERTY 2015 ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY Delhi OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE 2016 TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

Completed Projects

Gender G E N D E R Female Labour EXPLORING WOMEN HOME-BASED WORKERS IN THE PARADOX OF Environment MAPPING INFORMAL LABOUR AND Climate Change DECLINING FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE Agricultural Development Organic Farming Sponsoring Agency Indian Council for Social Health Science Research, New Delhi Food and Nutrition Project Directors Dr T. Haque, Distinguished Professor and Dr Anamika Priyadarshini, Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) Associated Faculty Prashant Mishra, Research Officer (Projects) Date of Completion July 2015

Introduction

Against the backdrop of a declining female labour force participation rate in India, the project made an attempt to scrutinise the processes of measuring women Home-based Workers (HBWs) as a group of unorganised workers.

Methodology

The research used two key methods to attain its goal. First, a review of available literature on the following issues — approaches to defining labour and work; informal labour and its measurement; women’s movement and issues of women HBWs and mapping

8 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 projects of HBWs. And second, by gathering data E N V I R O N M E N T through an ethnographic study, that is, interviewing women HBWs associated with organisations CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRARIAN lobbying for HBWs’ rights, interviewing concerned CRISIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR RICE personnel from SEWA and ADITHI and other CULTIVATION IN WEST BENGAL concerned organisations of women HBWs, and

GENDER other stakeholders such as concerned academics and activists, media personnel and so on. Sponsoring Agency Council for Social Objectives Development, New Delhi Project Director Susmita Mitra, Associate The goal was to evaluate the role of government’s Fellow (Assistant Professor) statistical operations in the marginalisation of Associated Faculty Srija Sanyal, Assistant the informal sector and study mapping projects Date of Project Completion August 2015 of women home-based workers against the backdrop of a declining female labour force participation rate. Analysing the role of HBWs pioneering organisations, like SEWA and ADITHI, Introduction in underscoring the challenges being faced by Climate change has a negative effect on women home-based workers was also an aim of agriculture, particularly in tropical countries. the project. This project has attempted to capture the direct and spill-over effects of climate change on rice Recommendation and Findings cultivation in West Bengal. It was found that the decline in the female labour force participation rate was not captured Objective adequately by the NSSO surveys. The increasing The aim was to study changing patterns of numbers of HBWs, from 2.3 million in 1999-2000 meteorological data; farmers’ perception about to 37.4 million in 2011-12, established that the that change and its effect on the quantity of home was the ultimate destination for workers rice cultivation and on the quality of this staple. who were being pushed out of the formal sector. The study also examined the socio-economic impact of climate change and the role and Women workers’ organisations could have played reach of institutional support in dealing with this a crucial role by lobbying for the formulation of phenomenon. The project addItionally took note of tools and initiatives to facilitate the ‘visibilisation’ farmers’ suggestions, outlining their expectations of these ‘unmeasurable’ workers but the new and concluded with some important policy millennium started with the ‘de-glamourisation’ implications. and ‘de-feminisation’ of women workers’ organisations. It was therefore important to Methodology envision gender-sensitive policies and consider the specific needs of women HBWs. Maternity The study was based on a survey of secondary benefits, consideration of reproductive health literature; an examination of government and children’s health was essential for any policy documents; district-level secondary data sources geared towards HBWs. Support of the HBWs of West Bengal and primary data (both qualitative marketing efforts was something that these and quantitative) from two blocks (Memari 1 and women required for their wellbeing. It was also Memari 2) of Bardhaman district, and two blocks seen that the definition of work and production (Dinhata 1 and Cooch Behar 1) of Cooch Behar should be revised and designed for the integration district (covering a total of 372 farmers). Apart of the majority of the workforce. from filling questionnaires, interviews were also conducted with farmers, officials in cooperative banks and local people.

9 Findings Introduction

While temperature increased, becoming extreme The study, Impact of Organic Farming, examined in nature, rainfall too declined with patterns the productivity and profitability of organic farming in India and its associated policy implications. becoming erratic. Although the exact negative impact of climate change on yield was difficult to ascertain because of the presence of High Yield Objectives Variety (HYV) seeds, farmers were able to give The aim of the project was to study the extent their opinions cogently on the direct and indirect of the use of organic manure in the cultivation effects of climate change on the quantity and of various crops and assess its impact on farm quality of rice. The primary survey also exposed productivity and profitability. Additionally, the study socio-economic challenges such as the increase analysed the social and ecological benefits of in yield, with HYV seeds, at the cost of a variety organic farming. loss; decline in soil fertility due to the excessive use of chemical fertiliser; increasing input costs overtaking output price; declining profitability; Methodology seasonal unemployment; lack of employment The study was based on both secondary and opportunities and institutional credit. All these primary data as well as a comprehensive review of factors cumulatively resulted in farmers either available literature on the subject. The secondary withdrawing or shifting away from growing paddy. data was compiled from the National Centre for Organic Farming, Ministry of Agriculture, Recommendations Government of India and the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Government of Learning from the farmers’ insights and assessing India. Besides, a farm-level survey was conducted the ground reality, various socio-economic in three States, Bihar, Kerala and Telangana. Two problems were identified which were further districts were selected from each State randomly aggravated due to climate change. The paper and blocks and villages were selected based on suggested the setting up of a small organic the concentration of organic farmers. A total of 600 fertiliser factory either by the government, private farmers was interviewed, that is, 100 farmers from companies, NGOs or cooperative groups covering each district. two to three villages which would help solving multiple problems in a comprehensive and effective manner. Findings The area under organic farming in India increased A G R I C U L T U R A L from about 5 lakh hectare in 2006-07 to 44 lakh D E V E L O P M E N T hectare in 2010-11 with Madhya Pradesh leading in organic farming with 28.7 lakh hectare. Other IMPACT OF ORGANIC FARMING ON States with substantial areas under organic farming AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, include Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: A Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Karnataka with the CASE STUDY OF BIHAR, KERALA AND green revolution regions of Punjab, Haryana and Telangana western Uttar Pradesh showing a relatively poor performance. Farmers practicing organic farming recognised its benefits — the restoration of soil health, prevention of water pollution due to the use Sponsoring Agency Council for Social of chemical fertilisers and overall a positive impact Development, New Delhi of organic farming on environment and human Project Director Dr T. Haque, Distinguished health. The results of logistic regression showed Professor that younger, less educated farmers with low non- Academic Team Nivedita Sharma, Research farm incomes and small sizes of land holding were Officer, Jaya Lekshmi Nair, Senior Research more likely to adopt organic farming. While shifting Associate, Mr Gitesh Sinha, Research Officer to organic practices, farmers initially faced loss of Date of Completion August 2015 productivity, higher costs and low returns in several

10 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 crops but once soil and water health was restored, at the State-level), the other crucial advantage productivity and profitability improved. Therefore, a is that the concept of nutrition itself can be wider promotion of organic farming would require disaggregated into several key components like initial support or subsidy by the State so that calorie, fat, protein, vitamin, micro-nutrients and farmers don’t get discouraged seeing an initial so on. Moreover, NSSO collects a whole range of drop in productivity and profitability. other information like assets of each household, expenditure (widely used as a proxy of income), H E A L T H individual level information such as the profile of individual household residents which includes details of work status. FOOD AND NUTRITION STUDY Findings and Recommendation

Sponsoring Agency Council of Social The findings of the study question the existing Development, New Delhi wisdom that diversification in diets, the Project Director Imrana Qadeer, technological revolution and improved health has Distinguished Professor reduced the need for essential elements of food Academic Team Arathi P.M., Associate and there is an improvement in nutrition levels Fellow (Assistant Professor) and across the country. Findings indicate rising distress Sourindra Mohan Ghosh, Research and evidence that questions the above wisdom Consultant on the basis of which low RDAs (Recommended Date of Completion April 2015 Dietary Allowances) are being justified. Our recommendations stress that attention should be given by the government to food security, a universal Public Distribution System, Integrated Methodology Child Development Services and school nutrition programmes. The decline in calories is a reflection The Nutrition Surveys of the National Sample of economic stress and indicates the urgency Survey Organisation (NSSO) have a rich collection of addressing issues of wages, livelihoods and of data on this subject. Apart from the obvious employment. The concentration of the deprived sampling advantage of having representative data and their increase in rural areas is highly significant. at a national level (which can be disaggregated RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

11 Ongoing Projects

Education E D U C A T I O N Private Schools REACH AND ROLE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS Digital Literacy IN INDIA Agricultural Development Sponsoring Agency Cambridge Malaysian Institutional Credit Education and Development Trust Gender Project Advisor Muchkund Dubey, Professor and President, Council for Social Development Ecology & Development Project Director Ashok Pankaj, Health Senior Fellow (Professor) Academic Team Poornima M., Associate Fellow Food Intake (Assistant Professor), Susmita Mitra, Associate Labour Fellow (Assistant Professor), Gitesh Sinha, Research Officer, Ramandeep Kaur, Research Migration Officer (Projects), Srija Sanyal, Assistant Political Development Date of Completion March 2017 Democracy Introduction

Over the past few years, private schools in India have been expanding at a rapid pace. It is widely believed that they provide better education than government schools. Current indications show that even central and State governments seem to be relying more on private schools for achieving goals in the sphere of school education. It is, therefore, both timely and necessary to study the reach and role of private schools in India with a view to presenting the ground reality and make policy recommendations, based on data and analysis, to policy makers, parents, scholars and civil society organisations.

Objectives

The study will examine the reach of private schools both from the supply and demand side, that is, what is the proportion of private schools as compared to total schools across India; and what is the proportion of children attending these schools across selected States? The study will also outline reasons behind the preference for private schools based on the perception of parents and children and will assess the quality of education provided by them as compared to that provided by government schools. It will further look at the economic status of households sending children to private schools, examining fee structures and how these effect the economic conditions of parents belonging to the lower

12 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 segment of society. Above all, the project will look at Objectives the extent private schools have been able to comply with norms set out in the Right to Education Act The study intends to analyse the demographic for schools imparting education to children in the dividend available for India, up to the year 2030, in age group of 6-14 years and the implications of the its overall extent as well as specific dimensions such growing number of private schools on the objectives as social and religious distribution. It will also identify cited in Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution. gaps in terms of key indicators which must be filled so as to fully harness and leverage the dividend qualitatively as well as quantitatively. Ultimately, the Methodology research will suggest a detailed road map of policy The study will use both analytical and comparative measures with respect to school education, higher methods. Both primary and secondary data education, vocational education, and technical sources will be used for the study. Firstly, the education — all critical elements for achieving the available secondary data will be desk-reviewed desired level of key measures identified. in order to assess the status, reach and quality of private schools in comparison to government DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING TO schools across India. Based on the desk-review, NON-IT LITERATE CITIZENS: IMPACT various hypotheses related to the objectives ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL of the study will be developed which will be DIGITAL LITERACY MISSION, THE tested through the sample survey. The source DIGITAL SAKSHARTA ABHIYAN of secondary data will be various reports of the NSSO, Ministry of Human Resource Development, NUEPA, ASER and other official publications. Sponsoring Agency CSC E-Governance Primary data will be collected from both rural and Services India Ltd., Ministry of urban areas from the selected States. Tentatively, Communications and Information Technology at least one State from each geographical and Project Director Poornima M. Associate socio-cultural region of India will be covered Fellow (Assistant Professor) by the survey. These will be Uttar Pradesh, Research Team Susmita Mitra, Associate Himachal Pradesh from the north, Rajasthan Fellow (Assistant Professor), Gitesh Sinha, and Maharashtra from the west, Tamil Nadu and Research Officer, Ramandeep Kaur, Telangana from the south, Odisha or West Bengal Research Officer (Projects) from the east and Assam from the Northeast. Date of Project Completion July 2016

Status

The review of literature is in progress and survey Introduction instruments have also been prepared. The The National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) which secondary data for the study has been computed rolled out in 2014 has provided digital literacy to and is in the process of tabulation while the field one million non-IT literate citizens and CSD has survey will be initiated in July 2016. been assigned the responsibility of assessing its impact and recommend improvements, HARNESSING AND LEVERAGING suggestions and best practices. THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND THROUGH INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE Objective EDUCATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT The basic objective of the assessment is to make an evaluation of the outcome of the NDLM training Sponsoring Agency Indian Council for Social and provide feedback to the CSC on aspects such Science Research, New Delhi as beneficiary coverage; training infrastructure; Project Director Narendra Jadhav, training components and overall benefits of NDLM Distinguished Professor training, based on the telephonic responses of the Date of Completion March 2016 beneficiaries.

13 Methodology and a common school system through the implementation of the RTE Act, 2009. Through an An Impact Assessment Framework covering the umbrella platform, the RTE Forum brings together dimensions and indicators was developed and organisations working for marginalised sections; a sample of 30,000 was proposed, that is, three as well as teachers unions and mass movements per cent of the total population trained. Stratified to work for the effective implementation of the random sampling has been undertaken in all the RTE Act and in the process making it a part of States to see whether adequate representation the national political agenda. Through raising the has been given to various sub-groups of the target issue of inadequate financing of education and population. The survey is to be undertaken for a by advocating enhanced financial allocation, the period of three months, covering approximately Forum hopes to ensure quality education for all. 10,000 samples each month, adding to a total By supporting the process of capacity building of of 30,000 by the end of three months. Keeping School Management Committees (SMCs), it is also in mind key factors such as budget, time enabling their emergence as a strong force in the constraint and quality, a telephonic survey was implementation of the RTE Act. considered to be the most appropriate method to elicit information from respondents. The survey Status Ongoing instrument and the coding format to fill the data were designed and pilot tested. After pilot testing, the process of carrying out the telephonic survey A G R I C U T U R A L was outsourced to a third party agency. Statistical D E V E L O P M E N T methods such as frequencies, percentages and so on have been used to describe, summarise and ACCESS TO INSTITUTIONAL CREDIT BY interpret the findings of the study. FARMERS IN EASTERN INDIA

Status

The survey has been completed in 15 States and Sponsoring Agency National Bank for two monthly reports have been submitted. The Agriculture and Rural Development survey in the remaining States is in progress and Project Director T. Haque, the national report will be submitted in July 2016. Distinguished Professor Research Team Ankita Goyal, Associate NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE Fellow (Assistant Professor), Gitesh Sinha, INCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF RIGHT Research Officer, Jaya Lekshmi Nair, Senior TO EDUCATION ACT, 2009 Research Associate Date of Completion April 2016

Sponsoring Agency Oxfam India, UNICEF Introduction and Terre des Hommes, Germany - India Programme (TDH) There has been a sharp increase in the credit Partner Agency Right to Education Forum/ flow to the agriculture sector over the last Council for Social Development decade, revealing perhaps a major dimension of Project Director Ambarish Rai, National the government’s agricultural policy. However, Convenor, RTE Forum an increase in the credit flow to agriculture and Academic Team Aparajita Sharma, Research its allied activities does not necessarily mean a Coordinator, Mitra Ranjan Kumar, Media and uniform increase all over India — some regions Documentation Coordinator have received far less institutional credit than others. Some differences can also be seen in the amount of credit disbursed to different categories Objective of farmers, namely, those with different sized land holdings, tenant farmers or sharecroppers and The project is working towards ensuring women farmers. This research project was primarily universal, equitable, quality elementary education

14 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 undertaken to closely look at these discrepancies Introduction with a special focus on the economically backward eastern region of the country. It has been observed that though farm credit has significantly expanded in recent years, its outreach has not. There appear to be significant Objective regional disparities in accessing institutional credit To study class, gender and regional disparities especially in the States located in the eastern and in accessing institutional credit as well as the Northeastern regions of the country. Further, it dependence of small and marginal farmers, was also important to examine the proportion of sharecroppers, informal tenants, landless farmers credit, from both institutional and non-institutional and women farmers on informal sources of credit sources, received by different categories of like moneylenders and arhtias. farmers in India. This study is focussed on finding out whether the low supply of agricultural credit Methodology in some eastern States, as well as to certain categories of farmers, is due to their low credit The study is based using both secondary and absorption capacity and/or to the region’s low primary data for the States of Bihar, Odisha and level of agricultural development and whether the West Bengal. For the purpose of primary data, two non-availability of institutional credit constrains districts from each State and one block from each agricultural growth. district and 150 farm households of different-sized groups from each district were selected. A total Objectives of 450 farmer households have been interviewed with the help of a duly structured questionnaire The aim of the study includes documenting trends schedule. A few Focus Group Discussions were and patterns of utilisation of institutional credit for also conducted in various villages to get an agriculture in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and overview of the situation. Odisha. We will look at analysing the extent of discrimination in institutional credit towards small Status and marginal farmers, especially Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, through field surveys and While analysing the data, some gaps were found also document the nature and purpose of loans and subsequently a few villages were revisited taken from various sources and their end use, and Focus Group Discussions were held to get through a primary field survey. a clearer picture. These discussions have been analysed in the light of earlier findings and the final Methodology report is now being written. The study is based on both secondary and primary STUDY ON ACCESS TO INSTITUTIONAL data. The secondary data has been compiled CREDIT by SMALL AND MARGINAL from NABARD, RBI, Directorate of Economic & FARMERS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE Statistics and other relevant government sources. TO SC/ST FARMERS Besides, a duly structured questionnaire schedule was canvassed in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, covering two districts from each State. One block/cluster of villages from each district Sponsoring Agency Indian Council for Social formed the sample, 50 farm households of different Science Research, New Delhi size groups and social categories were selected Project Director Ankita Goyal, Associate from each selected cluster and interviewed. A few Fellow (Assistant Professor) Focus Group Discussions with farming households Associated Faculty Gitesh Sinha, were also conducted and interviews were held Research Officer with officials of banks operating in these Date of Completion May 2016 selected villages.

15 Present Status and Talla Bhainskot village in Pithoragarh district and Uttarkashi town; and Maneri, Deedsaari The literature survey as well as secondary data and Bhatwari villages in Uttarkashi district. The analysis has been completed. The final report is rationale behind this selection was because being written. Uttarkashi had been severely affected during the 2012-13 floods while Pithoragarh had not seen G E N D E R a major natural disaster for the past 50 years. As for the choice of Deedsaari and Bhatwari, they were located in a seismic zone and were severely ECONOMICS, ECOLOGY, AND affected during the 2012-13 floods and by also DEVELOPMENT: WOMEN’S ROADMAP earthquakes. As for Maneri’s selection, no major in UTTARAKHAND natural disaster had occurred there since 1990 and though no major natural disaster had occurred in Talla Bhainskot village over the past two decades, Sponsoring Agency Indian Council for Social it had been completely cut-off and was thus Science Research, New Delhi severely affected during the rains. Project Director Anamika Priyadarshini, Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) Status Associated Faculty Prashant Mishra, Research Officer (Projects) Data collection and analysis is complete and report Date of Completion May 2016 is being written.

WAGE EMPLOYMENT VERSUS SELF- Introduction EMPLOYMENT: OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS AND IMPACT ON WOMEN’S The devastating floods of 2012-13 underscored EMPOWERMENT the need for a specific approach to development in the ecologically fragile state of Uttarakhand — a concern repeatedly raised by women from Sponsoring Agency Indian Council for Social the region. It is in that context that this research Science Research, New Delhi intends to document womens’ perceptions and Project Director Ashok Pankaj, their vision of development for Uttarakhand. Senior Fellow (Professor) Date of Completion November 2016 Objectives

The project includes documenting womens’ Introduction space in the socio-political and economic life of Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh districts, specifically The search for an effective instrument of social looking at their vision of development and and economic empowerment of women in India contextualising the experience of women in has been an important element of policy discourse rural and urban Garhwal and the Kumaon region since the 1970s. Various instruments of social and of Uttarakhand within the larger development economic empowerment of women have been discourse of the State. experimented with at different periods of time. Based on the performance evaluation and success Methodology of these measures, the thrust of policy discourse has been changing. For a constructive output it The research began with a survey of 1,600 research is important to look at the limitations and gains participants followed by an ethnographic study of some of these initiatives programmes, in this and some PRA (Participatory Rapid Appraisals). case, wage employment as compared to self- The research was conducted in Pithoragarh town employment.

16 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Objectives H E A L T H

The project aims at a comparative study of access, opportunity and impact of wage employment FOOD CONSUMPTION, SHIFTS IN versus self-employment of women with a view PATTERNS OF INTAKE AND WORK to exploring some vital questions: What are the LOAD AMONG THE POOR social, cultural and economic barriers to women’s participation in wage and self-employment? Which of the two results in greater empowerment? Sponsoring Agency Council for Social Is there any specific type of wage employment Development, New Delhi which invites greater participation of women? Is Project Director Imrana Qadeer, there any significant difference in degree, quality Distinguished Professor and long-term gender development impact of Associated Faculty Sourindra Mohan Ghosh, wage employment vis-à-vis self-employment? Research Consultant What policy lessons can then be learnt from a Date of Completion October, 2016 comparative examination of the two instruments of economic empowerment? Introduction Methodology This work is an ongoing analysis and interpretation The study will be carried out in a comparative of four rounds of NSSO, through which food framework in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. The consumption patterns are being analysed against former has made remarkable progress in the the monthly per capita income of the population to economic mobilisation of women through study trends of change in the quantity and quality Self-Help Groups (SHGs) thus ensuring greater of diet and its relationship to work patterns. participation of women in employment guarantee schemes. In contrast, the latter has not been Objective successful in the economic mobilisation of women through SHGs or in their participation The first phase looked at declining calories and in employment guarantee schemes. This their interpretation and some common academic comparative study is significant as the pace of interpretations were questioned. In the second poverty reduction has been slower in Bihar and, phase, the apparent revival of falling calories in it is argued, that the successful mobilisation of the year 2011- 2012 has been explored by using women through SHGs in Andhra Pradesh has Engel’s curves as the analytical tool. And the third helped it in the rapid reduction of rural poverty. phase proposes to study the relationship of intakes The study will be largely based on a primary and work load in the working population to assess survey although it will make use of secondary if work and calorie needs have declined. sources to contextualise problems and findings of the study. The primary survey will be conducted in Methodology one district each from Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, The NSSO Data Rounds at the unit level have been selected on the basis of the level of agricultural used. Data of the four rounds of NSSO (between development, the presence of SHGs and women’s 1993-94 and 2011-2012) on food consumption participation in the Mahtama Gandhi National have been analysed for basic and high value foods Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. and consumption per-capita, per-day has been calculated. Time trends are then studied for shifts Status in each component of diet to see which foods are The survey of literature, field work and data being affected most by the shifts. The first level scrutiny is complete and data processing is of analysis uses average intakes of fat proteins, currently in progress. oils and total calorie in each MPCE quintile. The second uses the Engel’s curve to study intake of calories and foods for the total distribution of all MPCE values.

17 Status categories of migrants. The respondents/research participants will include: labour migrating from The second phase of writing has been finalised and five to seven villages from the various taluks of we will be starting on the third phase of analysis Koppal and Yadgir to Bengaluru or Mysore; labour looking at work and the diet required. One paper is migrating from one village to another in Koppal and already published the other is being finalised. We Yadgir; labour migrating to Goa and Solapur from will now be working on the third paper for which the three villages of Joida taluk in Uttarakannada the analysis is in progress. district and three villages of Belgaum district; and lastly, labour migrating to Bengaluru from other States like Bihar and Odisha. In-depth interviews L A B O U R will be held with about two per cent of the total research participants, out of which one per cent will be women. There will be six FGDs with men, STUDY OF MIGRATION OF LABOUR TO women and mixed groups along with interviews AND FROM KARNATAKA of 25 concerned personnel, such as, local leaders, activists, mediapersons, academics and government officials. Sponsoring Agency Karnataka Evaluation Authority (KEA), Government of Karnataka Present Status Project Director Anamika Priyadarshini, Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) A pilot study with about 50 respondents has been Academic Team Arathi P.M., Associate completed and its report has been submitted to Fellow (Assistant Professor) and KEA and their response is awaited to initiate field Prashant Mishra, Research Officer (Projects) research. The constitution and orientation of the Date of Completion November 2016 core research team and field research team for Bengaluru has been completed.

Introduction TRANSFORMATION IN AGRARIAN RELATIONS IN TIMES OF AGRARIAN The goal of the research is to study the various CRISIS IN INDIA AND WELL-BEING push and pull factors that shape labour mobility OF SMALL MARGINAL FARMERS AND and, most importantly, the lives of labour in LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL LABOUR: Karnataka as well as Kannadiga labour that is A STUDY OF FOUR STATES — KERALA, migrating from the State. MADHYA PRADESH, ODISHA AND RAJASTHAN Objectives

The objectives of the study include examining Sponsoring Agency Indian Council for Social reasons behind this migration; detailing the social Science Research, New Delhi and economic profile of migrant labourers and their Project Director Akhil Alha, Associate Fellow families; formatting a typical movement annual (Assistant Professor) calendar for three categories of migrant labour; and Date of Completion January 2017 working out a comparative analysis of facilities in terms of better income, housing, food, access to health care and education. Introduction The study explores changes in agrarian structures Methodology in four States, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan over the last two decades. It attempts to The main research tools for gathering primary situate the reasons for the agrarian crisis in these data will be: a survey, in-depth interviews and States as well as its impact on changes in agrarian Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). To elaborate: a relations with a special emphasis on land-lease questionnaire-based survey of over 500 research arrangements and tenancy agreements. participants will be used, representing various

18 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Objective Introduction

To explore changes that have taken place in the Deepening democracy, upholding human rights, agrarian structure in the period of agrarian crisis reducing inequalities and improving the quality of and its effect on the socio-economic well-being education are the key ideas framing the contours of small and marginal farmers, and agricultural of social development discourses across the world labourers in four chosen States. These changes in recent years. The project, which will result in a pertain to processes, causes and consequences book, attempts to examine the status of education of this transformation through the exploration of as a fundamental human right in India within the land-lease patterns, tenancy relations, production global human rights framework on the one hand relations, changes in the rural labour market and its interface with equality and justice on the in times of agrarian crisis, emergence of new other, in a constitutional democracy. The project migration streams and changes in cultivation also examines the place of education as a human patterns and land usage. right in the constitutions of selected countries.

Methodology Agitation to Legislation: Negotiating Justice in Fifty agricultural households from two villages in Contemporary India each district in each State are to be interviewed. The households have to be picked through simple stratified random sampling. The survey takes Sponsoring Agency Indian Council for place through structured questionnaire and semi- Social Science Research structured interviews. Zoya Hasan, Distinguished Professor, Council for Status Social Development, National Fellow, ICSSR

The literature review is complete as is the field survey in Rajasthan. The field survey in Madhya Introduction Pradesh is in progress. The project will result in a book which will explore the varied impact of public protest, mobilisation and campaigns in the making of social legislations such as the rights legislation and Lokpal in P O L I T I C A L contrast to legislative reservations for women D E V E L O P M E N T which has been stalled despite major campaigns in its support. DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND EDUCATION

Sponsoring Agency Indian Council for Social Science Research Date of Fellowship January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017

R. Govinda, Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development, National Fellow, ICSSR

19 Hyderabad Completed Projects

Development D E V E L O P M E N T Institutional Capacities MEASURING INSTITUTIONALISED CAPACITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT Environment PROJECTS IN INDIA Climate Change

Adivasi Studies Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Law and Rights Science Research, New Delhi Academic Team Kalpana Kannabiran, Professor & Tribal Traditions Regional Director, Sujit Kumar Mishra, Education Associate Professor Date of Completion January 2016 Disabilities and Higher Education

Introduction

The inter-generational uprooting of millions of people as a result of ‘development’ has resulted in their complete socio-economic and cultural disruption. This report describes the path taken by them in different stages of the development process and points to the regulatory mechanisms available as safeguards.

Objectives

The main objective of the study was to examine what went wrong in converting the resettlement policies of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh into practice; and to study key factors, like policies, institutions and information, that determine differences in outcomes of rehabilitation.

Methodology

The study has been carried out in the Mahanadi Coal Field, Jharsuguda, Odisha; National Thermal Power Corporation, Korba, Chhattisgarh; and Singareni Collieries, Khammam, Telangana. The study involves a four-pronged approach for the collection of information: conducting a field survey; collection of data from secondary sources; discussions with officials and local leaders; and Focus Group Discussions. Finally, 543 households were selected from 14 displaced/affected villages. Three sets of instruments were used to collate information for this study. For the assessment of the

20 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 income and equality aspect among the displaced zones, namely, northern, central and southern. communities, a Coefficient of Variation (CV) (A central zone was chosen for this study based on measure was used. a Coastal Vulnerability Index.)

Findings and Recommendations Findings and Recommendations

Throughout the course of the study, it was A negative relationship was found In Andhra found that there was a weak link between the Pradesh between temperature and the quantity of community and the State in terms of participation catch. For instance, a change in the wind pattern in the development process, and the capacity to was not conducive to fishing especially traditional negotiate with the State to determine levels of methods of fishing. The impact of climate variation acceptance and so on. The present monitoring on fishing communities had fishermen having system was found to be extremely outdated. to sail greater distances for their catch because And also, it was not an in-built process within of changes in near-shore fishing, resulting in a the overall process. Therefore a need was felt for much higher cost. Fish merchants were also not creating a system which would negotiate with extending credit to fishing households due to the the State after exploring how the community’s smaller catches. Fishing nets too were getting perception and concerns were reflected in India’s damaged due to changes in wave patterns and development policy and also what mechanisms sea currents. Climate variations also had an were required to make current policies sustainable impact on the village economy. The traditional with a special focus on social justice and equity. fishing sector was getting affected severely; changes were seen in ownership patterns — owners were becoming workers in the village. E N V I R O N M E N T Additionally, women previously working in the traditional fishing sector as sellers of fish were CLIMATE VARIATIONS AND ITS IMPACT turning to agricultural labour. Keeping such ON MARINE FISHING COMMUNITIES OF significant changes in mind, a need to create ANDHRA PRADESH awareness amongst fishing communities about the effect of climate variation was seen. Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi Associated Faculty S. Surapa Raju, A D I V A S I S T U D I E S Assistant Professor REALISING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC Date of Completion March 2016 RIGHTS OF ADIVASIS

Objectives Sponsoring Agency Ford Foundation, New Delhi The main objectives of the study were to review Associated Faculty Kalpana Kannabiran, climate variations in Andhra Pradesh and its Professor and Regional Director impact on the marine fishing sector over the last Date of Completion July 2015 thirty years; also to study the perceptions of fisher people on factors like climate variation and its effect on marine fisheries; examine the probable Introduction causes of climate variation affecting the marine fisheries of Andhra Pradesh; and find out the The project, Realising Human Rights for Adivasis, impact of climate variation on the village economy. was aimed at developing a multi-layered programme that would address the complex issues nested Methodology in the term, ‘Adivasi Rights.’ Over four years, unprecedented collaborations were initiated— A multi-stage sampling method was used for the rights advocacy, rights education and co-curricular selection of sample households by classifying the legal education; producing a documentary film in entire coastal area of Andhra Pradesh into three dialogue with local communities; providing open 21 access to a corpus of materials compiled, classified Volunteers Scheme (PLVS). Directed towards and catalogued for use by students of law and the imparting legal training to volunteers selected social sciences in higher education; and strategic from different walks of life. It was organised to litigation. Underlying these many layers was a ensure that legal aid reached all sections of society concern for the sustainability of work and capacities by removing barriers that prevented access to of persons and groups that were part of these justice. PLVs are intermediaries bridging the gap numerous collaborations. between people and legal services institutions thus removing impediments to accessing justice. Schooling in Nallamalla Ultimately, the process aimed at legal services institutions reaching out to people at their This documentary film was the result of intense doorsteps rather than people approaching such community engagement and dialogue on the organisations. To that end, legal volunteers were crisis in schooling faced by a particular vulnerable selected from among educated youth belonging tribal community, the Chenchus of Nallamalla. The to Scheduled Tribes on the basis of applications 24-minute short on the Right to Education (RTE), sent in response to a notification circulated at dedicated to the memory of Shri S.R. Sankaran, the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) was directed by Kalpana Kannabiran (with Madhu level. The trainers for the PVLS programme, in Mahankali and Raj Mohan Tella) and was both in compliance with NALSA standards, were ST English and Telugu. It focussed on the Chenchus members of the Bar who had participated in of Srisailam Integrated Tribal Development Agency the Training of Trainers programme designed (ITDA). The film, entirely planned and discussed at specifically for the PLVS training programme. The the community level had its unstinting participation. training programme in Bhadrachalam ITDA from This made it a powerful tool of advocacy for the October 26, 2014 till February 20, 2015, consisted RTE with enormous potential. of a one-week orientation programme covering all the areas specified by NALSA. This was followed One-Day Workshop on by a two-month placement with the Project Officer, Constitutional Law and Adivasi ITDA for assistance in the documentation of Rights for Adivasi Lawyers claims related to Forest Rights Act followed by a refresher course in February thus concluding the programme. Date July 9, 2015 Academic Team Kalpana Kannabiran, DEMOCRACY AND THE TRIBAL VOICE Professor & Regional Director, IN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN POLITICS: Kriti Sharma, Junior Legal Researcher A STUDY OF ANDHRA PRADESH

A one-day workshop to discuss the constitutional Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social scheme for the protection of Scheduled Tribes Science Research, New Delhi took place on July 9, 2015. It focussed on the Associated Faculty Sunkari Satyam, constitutional foundations of special legislations Assistant Professor and discussed litigation strategies in terms of Date of Completion September 2015 interlinking legislations.

Para Legal Voluntary Training at Introduction Srisailam and Bhadrachalam The basic purpose of the study was to find how much importance the voice of tribal communities Date April 25-Jul 15, 2015 had been given in contemporary politics, especially Academic Team Coordinated by Kalpana by the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of Kannabiran with Tokala Guruvaiah and Murali India, under the provision of Article 244 (1), for effective political participation, governance and During 2009, the National Legal Services Authority administration. Citizens’ participation in elections (NALSA) initiated a programme, the Para Legal was of great importance. It was the only tool in the

22 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 system through which peoples’ views could be Introduction reflected, expressed their consent or rejection which gave people the right to express their agreement or India is marked by a rich traditional heritage of disagreement with the government’s approach. tribal oral literature. Jharkhand State is especially known for two things — its abundant mineral wealth and its variegated tribal oral tradition. Methodology More than 30 tribal communities live in the The study used both qualitative and quantitative State. Important tribes like Asur, Birjiya, Sabar tools for a micro-analysis based on the data which all have a legacy of a rich oral tradition. These was collected from ten villages of two ITDAs in collectively include various ceremonies, thousands Utnur in Adilabad district of Telangana and Paderu of narratives, songs, and dialects which can be in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. subdivided into categories such as creation stories, trickster and hero stories, chants, ceremonies, and Objectives other rituals.

The study set out to examine Adivasi party Objectives politics, the voice of the people in the system and democratic issues based on empirical examination. The collection and preservation of such rich It aimed to look at the people’s voice in the current oral forms of literature formed a major part of system of democratic functioning at the grassroots the research and generated unique primary level and political systems, understood from a data. The core aspect of this project was to theoretical framework based on how people’s create an overview of the literature available. voice could be heard and examined in specific Keeping this in mind, the study tried to collect, area studies. document and analyse oral tribal literature through multidimensional perspectives. Findings and Recommendations Findings The study found that people were politicised through popular welfare programmes, such as the Rich oral traditions could be used as a multi- Land Rights Act, Subsidised Rice Scheme, housing purpose source material for the reconstruction of schemes, as these programmes, along with past histories of non-literate tribes. Oral traditions other political instruments, made them politically were also a tool to understand the evolution of conscious. Participation in popular developmental cultures of non-literate tribes and the study was activities in a village, most local people believed, an attempt to address methodological issues was an essential part of democracy. The results and explore the possibility of using traditional showed that an overwhelming majority of customs as an alternative tool to undertake women and men responded that the purpose of historical research. It was observed that oral participation in elections was to elect a government traditions gave a greater scope to situate the followed by the response that this process was a socio-economic and political life of tribal people citizen’s right and responsibility. Most respondents with a correct historical perspective. Increasingly, agreed that both elections and participation oral traditions were becoming a branch of in elections were indispensable elements of a specialised knowledge to understand indigenous functioning democracy. music, dance, culture, customs, art, religion and political institutions of non-literate people. There STUDY OF SELECT TRIBAL ORAL was a growing interest generated among local TRADITIONS IN EASTERN INDIA WITH researchers to record various oral traditions and SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JHARKHAND other important cultural customs maintained by tribes.

Sponsoring Agency CSD – CORE Associated Faculty Suresh Jagannadham, Assistant Professor Date of Completion July 2015

23 DOES PRESENCE MATTER? GENDER, of women in institutions of forest governance did CASTE AND TRIBE IN INSTITUTIONS OF have a significant impact on the articulation of PARTICIPATORY FOREST GOVERNANCE interests of other women and their representation IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FOREST in the process of forest governance, besides RIGHTS ACT increasing participation and levels of involvement in decision-making. Another important conclusion of the study was that since women and other Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social members of vulnerable groups, such as SCs Science Research, New Delhi and STs, exhibited differential patterns of forest Associated Faculty Pratyusna Patnaik, dependency, it became even more pertinent that Assistant Professor they should have a specific representation in Date of Completion September 2015 institutions of forest governance.

Introduction E D U C A T I O N Forests are widely recognised as a global public THIRD PARTY EVALUATION OF good; serving as a source of biodiversity and WELFARE HOSTELS AND RESIDENTIAL carbon sink with a notable impact on climate SCHOOLS IN TELANGANA STATE change. Forests are also crucial for the every- day needs and the livelihoods of millions of communities living within their vicinity. In a Sponsoring Agency Department of Planning, departure from previous studies on development Government of Telangana and resource management, which considered Research Team L. Reddeppa, Associate communities as a hindrance to progress, social Professor, Coordinator, change and resource conservation, now local Sujit Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor, communities and their role in bringing about S. Surapa Raju, Assistant Professor, Soumya decentralised and meaningful participation for Vinayan, Assistant Professor, Sunkari Satyam, sustainable use and management of natural Assistant Professor, Chirala Shankar Rao, resources have been given much importance in Assistant Professor, R. Balaji, Research most current movements. Associate, K. Srinivasa Reddy, Research Associate Bansilal Mallekedi, Research Objectives Associate, K. Jafar, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sivakumar Danyasi, The research included the study of differential Post-Doctoral Fellow patterns of dependency of groups based on Date of Completion March 2016 gender, caste and ethnicity in forests; an analysis of the implications of the presence and/or absence of groups based on gender, caste and ethnicity Introduction on forest governance, especially in terms of better forest conservation and equitable benefit The Telangana State government commissioned a distribution; and an exploration of exclusionary study — a third party evaluation of welfare hostels practices that affected the involvement of groups and residential schools for their better functioning based on gender, caste and ethnicity in forest and to address effectively the welfare and governance. educational needs of students in the State.

Findings and Recommendations Objectives

The study concluded that women’s (quantitative) The study looked at understanding the governance inclusion in the institutions of decision-making and structure in welfare hostels and residential schools participatory governance of local forest resources and to ensure effective delivery system. The in terms of numbers generated qualitative study also examined the status of infrastructure difference of experience. The greater presence and human resources in hostels and residential

24 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 schools; and assessed facilities available to DISABILITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION: students besides analysing the accessibility to AN INVESTIGATION OF UNIVERSITY quality education and other facilities. The project SPACES IN SELECT STATE AND also aimed to suggest actionable guidelines for CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA the effective functioning of welfare hostels and residential schools. Sponsoring Agency CSD-CORE Academic Team Kalpana Kannabiran, Methodology Professor & Regional Director, The study was based mainly on primary data that Soumya Vinayan, Assistant Professor was collected from ‘stay’ hostels and residential Date of Completion March 2016 schools operated by the department of Social Welfare (SC), Tribal Welfare (ST) and Backward Classes Welfare (BC) of Telangana. In addition, Introduction hostels were physically examined, especially with regard to infrastructure and other services available Inclusive education for all is the key concern of to students. Primary data was collected on the policy makers in the realm of education, given the basis of a census from ‘stay’ hostels and on a intersecting axes of discrimination on grounds of sample basis (above 50 per cent) from residential caste, gender, tribe, language, and region. schools. Accordingly, data was collected from 1,394 ‘stay’ hostels and 112 residential schools — Methodology all SCs, STs and BCs. The composition of sample In this study, the exclusion and barriers persons from each hostel was five students, two parents, a with disabilities face in the realm of higher education warden and the headmaster/principal. is explored through a self-selecting survey (both online as well as through field investigators) in Recommendations and Findings select Central and State Universities in India. The study empirically found that the ‘stay’ hostels Various facets of discrimination — incidence of were suffering from inadequate and inefficient use attitudinal and physical barriers, absence of and/ of funds and resources; poor infrastructure facilities or inefficient institutional support mechanism, such as dirty bathrooms and toilets; poor quality non-inclusive evaluation and assessment, non- of food and shortages of both drinking and normal representative curriculum have emerged from the water; a lack monitoring of the student’s studies; narratives of around 700 sample respondents who absence of an inflationary adjustable food budget; have taken part in the survey. delayed provisions, like, clothes, notebooks and stationary; a lack of transparency in tenders and Findings a non-implementation of tender agreements; poor Accounts of negotiating transition from schools governance structure; corruption; an absence of to higher education and particularly from special coordination between warden, school teachers schools to spaces of higher learning indicate and parents; no special care for adolescent girl the importance of special education being part students; low student strength and a high rate of general education to promote inclusivity and of dropouts. It was found that the educational recognise diversity. The study highlights the need conditions were relatively better in a majority of the to focus on enabling conditions at a societal level residential schools. rather than individualising and restricting disability to the medical definition of disability to ensure equity in access to higher education for persons with disabilities.

25 Ongoing Projects

Economic Development E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T Globalisation FINANCIAL GLOBALISATION AND INDIA: Trade Unions INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS Micro-Finance Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Social Groups Science Research, New Delhi Exclusion Associated Faculty Rohit, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University Livelihood Date of Completion June 2016 Disparities

Food Security Introduction

Rice Production High rates of growth experienced in the last decade Health has renewed the debate on the impact of reforms on economic growth, with some proponents of reforms Malnutrition arguing that liberalisation of external trade and investment has resulted in economic growth taking off dramatically which, in turn, has led to a significant decline in poverty.

Objectives

The present study takes a different view regarding India’s integration with the global economy by focussing on the financial aspects of the growth process. The study concludes with an analytical exposition depicting the fault lines of such a growth trajectory.

Findings

The study suggests that while trade and financial opening may have triggered faster growth almost a decade after the initiation of economic reforms, a crucial role was played by the State in sustaining the boom by generating a credit bubble through the public sector banking system, complemented by an external debt finance. This has resulted in an increased financial fragility manifested in an unprecedented rise in corporate indebtedness and mirrored in the accumulation of bad debts in the banking system, alongside enhanced external vulnerability. The study concludes with an analytical exposition depicting the fault lines of such a growth trajectory.

26 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 UNIONS, NEW FORMS OF COLLECTIVES Introduction IN KUTTANAD, ALAPPUZHA AND DIVERSE NARRATIVES OF DEVELOPMENT The project focusses on the pattern of savings and IN KERALA: REPRESENTATION, borrowings across households belonging to different migration status, cultural affiliation and geographic NEGOTIATION AND AGENCY regions in the Malappuram district of Kerala.

Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Objective Science Research, New Delhi Associated Faculty Meera Velayudhan, The primary objective of the research project is Post-Doctoral Fellow to understand the effects of remittances, culture Date of Completion October, 2016 and geographic diversity on local financial arrangements. While looking at different types of formal and informal practices, it aims to Introduction understand the way these financial arrangements function in different regions of the district. Since the 1980s, unions, new forms of organisations in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, alongside the institutionalisation of major trade unions as political Methodology entities and other forms of labour organisations, The study is largely based on primary data have emerged. This has led to a range of localised collected from selected regions in Malappuram. discourses in these social and cultural organisations, For this, we are conducting micro-level case NGOs, women’s collectives, co-operatives, other studies in different regions which reflect the basic institutions of labour mediation even as the meta socio-economic and geographic features of the narrative has shifted to the ‘ Kuttanadu Package’ district. A structured questionnaire survey in 450 directed at all sections of the people. Caste and sample households provides information on the community forums have also been transformed, savings and borrowing pattern of households playing a more modern social and political role in from different cultural, economic and geographic the lives of workers, union members, party activists features. This will be supported by qualitative or office bearers, impacting political mobilisation information collected though detailed interviews and shaping the multiple identities of workers and and observations in the fields. their world views and aspirations. The emphasis on class has been replaced by a governmental discourse on development, initiated by the People’s Status Planning Campaign, with notions of ‘development, Currently, two-thirds of the household surveys and self reliance, individual capacities, collective interviews have been completed. The remaining part local response and empowerment to address of the data collection should be completed by May opportunities and challenges. 2016 followed data analysis and writing of the report.

Status

A detailed study of few institutions of labour S O C I A L G R O U P S mediation are ongoing. OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES: EXCLUSION, EMPOWERMENT AND THE IMPACT OF REGIONAL DIVERSITY, MODERNISATION REMITTANCES AND CULTURE ON LOCAL FINANCE: A STUDY OF Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, KERALA Science Research, New Delhi Academic Team S. Simhadri, Professor Sponsoring Agency Post-Doctoral Fellowship of Geography, Osmania University, of Indian Council for Social Science Research, P.L. Vishweshwer Rao, Professor of New Delhi Communications & Journalism, Maulana Azad Associated Faculty Jafar K. Post-Doctoral National Urdu University Fellow Date of Completion June 2016 Date of Completion December 2016 27 Methodology Introduction

Several activities were initiated as part of the Historically, the drum beater’s community has project in order to get insights into issues relating been earning its livelihood by performing at various to OBCs. They include a national-level seminar social functions such as marriages, child births, to develop the methodology for studying relevant idol immersion processions, welcome ceremonies, issues; a national-level workshop for an interface political rallies and other administrative occasions. with various resource persons working on different But the use of modern technology in music has themes and to share their perspectives relating to brought about a radical change in the lifestyle of OBCs; resource persons from different disciplines these drum beaters, placing their livelihood at risk. were identified and assigned studies on thinkers, In the districts covered by the study, it is the including, Buddha, the Bhakti saints, Jyotirao Ganda community which earns its livelihood as Phule, B. R. Ambedkar and B. P. Mandal; field drum beaters thus they are the main focus of studies were conducted to study the grassroots this research. leadership among OBCs in Andhra Pradesh, also for examining the status of OBC women, the socio- Objectives economic conditions of the Denotified Tribes (DNT) who were included in the BC ‘A’ list and to explore From the studies done earlier, it was noticed that the identity formation among OBCs in the post- most of the literature on drum beaters focussed Mandal era; field studies were conducted in (former on their locations and techniques of drum united) Andhra Pradesh relating to occupational beating. Their socio-economic lives was hardly communities, political marginalisation, caste mentioned. This report is an attempt to understand interface, gender and modernisation, mass media the different livelihood patterns and the gradual and social exclusion, status of Muslim OBCs; changes being faced by this community in Odisha Focussed Group Discussions were held with caste since the early 20th century. leaders, activists and caste organisations both in Hyderabad and in towns of Telangana State and Status in Guntur city of Andhra Pradesh; studies based on secondary sources were commissioned in The proposed study is continuing in Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra covering districts of western Odisha, extending Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka; addtionally from Kalahandi district in the south to Sundargarh studies were commissioned on 40-odd themes and district in the northwest. Western Odisha includes almost all have been submitted. the districts of Balangir, Bargarh, Boudh, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Sundargarh, and Aathamallik sub-division Status of Angul district. The project is complete having covered most issues that were identified for research and SCHEDULED CASTES AND analysis. The final editing of the report is underway LIVELIHOODS: A STUDY IN TELANGANA and it is expected to be completed soon. Sponsoring Agency CSD-CORE DALIT DRUM BEATERS IN ORISSA: Academic Team Sujatha Surepally, Principal, CHANGE AND CONTINUITY SINCE Arts, Social Science, Commerce College, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Satavahana University; M. Ramesh; Ch. Jagan Mohan Das Date of Completion October 2016 Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi Associated Faculty Sujit Kumar Mishra, Introduction Associate Professor Date of Completion September 2016 Some sub-castes of Scheduled Castes (SCs) are amongst the most vulnerable social groups in India. Their social and economic inequalities are diverse

28 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 in nature revealing a fragile institutional societal Introduction structure. This study tries to understand the social, economic and even political marginalisation of While official affirmative action, which includes sub-castes such as the Gurrapu Mallu, Chindula, reservation policy and development programmes Dasari, Masitla, Yerukala and others showing the and schemes for the upliftment of SCs, have vulnerable environment in which they exist from the helped some sub-caste groups of SCs to improve perspective of imbalance and inequality. their standard of living substantially other groups have been left behind. Keeping this perspective in mind, an attempt has been made to understand Methodology this process through this study which focusses on With this specific point of view in mind, the study inequalities among the sub-caste groups of SC in examines the conditions of Scheduled Castes, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. analysing livelihood patterns of families and documenting their changing scenarios. The data Objectives has been collected from 800 families, covering four districts of the State — Adilabad, Nizamabad, This study aims to examine the social, economic Karimnagar and Warangal— with 200 sample and political differences of inequalities among sizes having been selected from each district. sub-caste groups of SCs in the light of affirmative From each district, two mandals and four villages action that includes reservation policies and from each mandal, and in each village, 25 families various development schemes (State or centrally (samples) have been covered so as to understand sponsored) which have been directed towards them. comprehensively the livelihood patterns of these SC families. In order to make a comprehensive Methodology livelihood assessment of the SC in Telangana This study will be carried out in two States, State, a three-pronged approach has been Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and explores undertaken. The three components included, an regional as well as administrative zonal variations administering questionnaire; group discussions; by using secondary and primary data. For and a critical analysis of field observations along analysis, descriptive statistics, chi-squire and with an analytical approach of secondary literature. T-tests, correlation and regression techniques will The study has been designed and conducted by be used. an internal team comprising research scholars with the objective of capturing key research objectives. Status

Status For the first chapter, an in-depth literature review has been carried out. Objectives, a hypothesis, Currently, data entry and tabulation is being carried conceptual framework and methodology of the out. The writing of the report will start by the proposed study has been developed. Currently, second week of May, 2016. The data analysis will collected socio-economic data through a census be completed by August, 2016. of sub-caste groups of SCs has been analysed and interpreted partially. A household survey INEQUALITIES AMONG THE SUB-CASTE questionnaire for a field survey has been prepared. GROUPS OF SCHEDULED CASTE IN ANDHRA PRADESH AND TELANGANA: CULTURAL DISPARITIES AMONG SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TRIBES IN INDIA: EXPLORING PERSPECTIVES THROUGH ORAL LITERATURE

Sponsoring Agency Post-Doctoral Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Fellowship of Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi Science Research, New Delhi Associated Faculty Suresh Jagannadham, Associated Faculty Sivakumar Danyasi, Post- Assistant Professor Doctoral Fellow Date of Completion May 2017 Date of Completion December 2016

29 Introduction coastal districts. Some feared that after the State’s bifurcation, Telangana will face a food India is home to a large number of indigenous insecurity problem; others feel that these fears are people, still untouched by the lifestyle of the unfounded. Against this background, it is useful to modern world. These tribal people, also known as examine the food security situation in Telangana. Adivasis, are the poorest in the country, dependent on hunting, agriculture and fishing. Some of the Objectives major tribal groups in India, include the Gonds, Santhals, Khasis, Angamis, Bhils, Bhutias and The main goals of the project are to examine Great Andamanese. All these people have their whether Telangana is self-sufficient in the own distinct culture, tradition, language and production of food grains and additionally to lifestyle. Adivasi’s play a key role in constructing identify the surplus and deficit districts; also to the cultural heritage of India. They occupy a major study the contribution of the public distribution part in the history of India as they are considered system to household consumption; and examine the original and true habitants of India. Indian the seasonality in food consumption. The study tribal people reside in approximately 15 per cent focusses on the production of rice, cereals and of the country’s area. They primarily live in various pulses in Telangana during the last two decades. ecological and geo-climatic conditions ranging Based on official data, the study’s analysis will be from the plains, forests, hills and inaccessible areas both at the State and district level. that lie dotted in the panoramic Indian terrain. Methodology Objective Using unit-level data of various Rounds of This research is an attempt to understand the rich NSSO (National Sample Survey Organisation) on cultural, traditional heritage of tribal oral literature. Consumer Expenditure, an analysis of consumer It is the oral tradition that has kept a people’s expenditure will be made. It has been proposed culture alive through generations narrating the that a sub-round data of NSSO 1993-94 Round memorised stories of their history, beliefs, values on Consumer Expenditure will be used to study and practices. The spread of knowledge of their seasonality in food consumption. The study will way of life and thought, has bound people together also examine the impact of MGNREGS on the and strengthened them. This practice flourished reduction in seasonality in consumption. An inter- when written literature was sparse and large districts and inter-temporal analysis will also be families were necessary to support the agrarian made. It is also proposed to visit some villages in way of life. The collection and preservation of such Tamil Nadu where wages are paid in cash. Focus literatures forms a major part of the research and Group Discussions will be held with wage-seekers thus generates unique primary data. and functionaries of the MGNREGS to know their opinion and experience.

F O O D S E C U R I T Y Status FOOD SECURITY IN TELANGANA Some secondary data on production and area under principal crop by districts has been collected Sponsoring Agency RBI Chair-Core Project and some tables relating to per capita food grain Academic Team S. Indrakant, RBI Chair production at the district-level has been generated. Professor, assisted by D. Sunder Raj, While the Consumer Expenditure Tables, based Research Associate on NSSO unit level data, has been generated Date of Completion December 2016 discussions with wholesale traders in rice in Hyderabad and rice millers in Miryalguda have already been held. Visits to the Amma canteens in Introduction Chennai and Thiruvarur and to Raipur to study the Undivided Andhra Pradesh has a surplus procurement and public distribution policy pursued production of rice mostly contributed by the in Chhattisgarh have been made.

30 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 H E A L T H Objectives HEALTH REPORT: UTNOOR AND This report seeks to establish the negligence RAMPACHODAVARAM on the part of the government in providing health care to the tribals, particularly the PVTGs residing in remote hills and forest areas. Poor Sponsoring Agency CSD-CORE access to health care, enmeshed with issues Associated Faculty Kriti Sharma, of poor sanitation and unavailability of food Legal Researcher Date of Completion May 2016 and nutrition, places the tribals in a precarious situation. Lack of medical facilities, including, a lack of permanent ground staff, no specialised doctors especially gynaecologists, a lack of Introduction education and awareness, an unavailability of The tribal population in Utnoor and basic medicines and test kits, and poor preventive Rampachodavaram Integrated Tribal Agency measures before the start of the rainy seasons Areas (ITDA) of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, are some of the concerns raised. A special focus respectively suffers from malnutrition, anaemia is on the new mandals added to East Godavari- and high maternal and neo-natal deaths. Further, Vararamachandrapuram, Kunavaram, Chintoor and diseases like malaria (the highest incidence in the Bhadrachalam where, despite an ongoing legal country) typhoid, dengue and tuberculosis have dispute and protests against the Polavaram Dam, spread as epidemics reflecting a grave developmental work, including increasing access health crisis. to health care, has been halted by the government on the specious premise that the area will be sub- merged later. RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

HIGHLIGHTS

Right to Education Forum (RTE Forum) is a platform of national education networks, teachers’ unions, peoples’ movements and prominent educationists with a combined strength of 10,000 NGOs from all over India. It forms a significant part of CSD’s advocacy efforts.

Social Development Forum organised 15 interactions with leading academics and activists through the year. The subjects covered ranged from discussions on the Union Budget, from which emerged a working paper that was widely disseminated, to discrimination against Dalits in institutes of higher learning to a lecture by the Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Subramanium.

Consultations on agricultural administration and governance structures aimed to sensitise bureaucrats from India and Nepal associated with the field of agriculture on issues of social justice.

33 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

LAND GOVERNANCE 2016 TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY Right to Education Forum… Consultation… Social Development Forum...

New Delhi RTE Stocktaking Interaction with Members of the Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) National Council Meeting Date April 16, 2015 Privatisation of Education Venue Durgabai Deshmukh Hall, CSD Agricultural Administration Participants 30 participants, including Governance Structures Mr Ashish Khetan, Mr Anurag Kundu from Education Task Force Commission and Prof. Poonam Batra, Union Budget Discussion Prof. Anita Rampal, Sh. R.C Dabbas from ADPSS Discrimination in Higher Education (Akhil Delhi Prathmik Shikshak Sangh). Key Issues

How to improve the condition of schools in Delhi?

Challenges being faced in the implementation of the RTE Act

Challenges facing private/low-cost school

Concerns of teachers

Outcome A blueprint will be prepared shortly on how create a model school in Delhi. A team comprising Prof. Poonam Batra (Delhi University), Prof. Anita Rampal (Delhi University), Ms Radhika Alkazi ( Arth Aastha), Ms Annie Namala (CSEI), Mr Ambarish Rai and Ms Sneha Palit (RTE Forum) was formed to write the document and submit it on behalf of the Forum. Members of the DDC affirmed the creation of a model school once they received the relevant template. 2nd State-Level Stocktaking Convention in Assam

Venue Sudmerson Hall, Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam Date May 26-27, 2016

Participants Civil society organisations, educationists, policy makers, politicians, educational institutions,

34 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 including TISS Guwahati and RTE Forum Convener Consultation With Parliamentarians and policy and research coordinator. on RTE

Key issues Place New Delhi Poor implementation of RTE in the tea garden Venue Deputy Chairperson’s Hall, Constitution areas Club Availability and working conditions of GENDER teachers Date July 30, 2015

Provision of accommodation to school Participants 120 representatives including 17 MPs teachers on count of the difficult terrain from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Outcome Continuously highlighting an agenda for Issues Discussed equitable and quality education and strategising The focal point of the discussion included the a campaign to strengthen the public system of implementation of the RTE Act, 2009 after education. the passing of its second deadline (March 31, 2015); the proposed review of the RTE Act National Council Meeting with regard to the No Detention Policy and other provisions. Date June 8-9, 2015 School closures/mergers taking place all Venue Dayal Paradise, 5-Vipul Khand, Gomti over the country, privatisation of schools, Nagar, Lucknow especially with regard to the recent Draft Policy on Public Private Partnership in School Participants There were 60 participants, including, Education, 2015 by the Government of State conveners from Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan; inadequate budgetary allocation in Jharkhand, Odisha, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, the Union Budget 2015-16 and amendments Telangana, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Haryana, to Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Outcome A press conference was also organised focussing on the Forum’s key concerns at the national and A presentation was made by the RTE Forum on the all-India status of implementation State-level. The press interaction received wide of the Act. During the deliberations, MPs coverage in English and Hindi newspapers. made a commitment to work collectively to protect children’s right to education by Key Decisions strengthening the public system of education RTE Forum to conduct regional consultations and implementing the RTE Act, 2009. on the New Education Policy, mirroring the Participants expressed concern at the process already being undertaken by the closure/merger of government schools and States. These would culminate into a national mushrooming of low cost private schools consultation in Delhi, following which a formal and the different types of private schools that submission would be made to the Ministry of were replacing government schools. Human Resource Development on behalf of the Forum. It was resolved that a charter of demands would be prepared on the basis of a common The Forum to engage with Parliamentarians consensus and that a delegation of MPs, this year taking up numerous issues with along with civil society organisations, would them including the implementation of the RTE meet the Prime Minister shortly. Act, review of the RTE Act, and amendments to the child labour law. Participation and Advocacy It was agreed to enhance networks and bring April 3, 2015 The RTE Forum participated in in more committed people especially those a media strategy meeting organised by the working on the same focus areas as the Mobile Crèche on budget cuts for the social Forum. sector.

April 20, 2015 The RTE Forum met with Mr Oscar Fernandes, MP, Congress following the National Stocktaking Convention. Mr Fernandes congratulated the Forum on

35 a successful convention and ensured the October 17, 2015 A meeting was organised Forum that he would extend his full support in in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh to take stock mobilising Parliamentarians and advocating of the implementation of the RTE Act in for the right to education among them. Himachal Pradesh.

June 4, 2015 A State-level SMC Convention For the formalisation of the Maharashtra RTE in Lucknow was organised by PACS. The Forum, the national secretariat held three Basic Education Minister, Mr Vasim Ahmed consultative meetings in Pune (October 22), participated in the meeting. Mr. Ambarish Mumbai (October 30) and Nagpur (November Rai made a presentation on the progress in 2) with the participation of educationists, NGOs school education after the implementation of and social activists. Mr Madhukar Gumble, RTE Act, 2009. Mr John Kurrien and Ms Hemangi Joshi were given the responsibility to co-ordinate June 25, 2015 Colloquium on Rethinking Teacher Development: Approaches Maharshtara RTE Forum as conveners. Challenges and Possibilities at Lucknow organised by CARE India. Mr Ambarish Rai Regional Meeting on Privatisation of participated as a panelist. Education

June 26-27, 2015 Meeting at Ravindra Place New Delhi Sadan, Kolkata with 60 civil society organisations working on education in West Venue CSD Bengal. A youth convention organised by SPAN and Press conference on RTE was Date September 19, 2015 also held. Participants RTE Forum, CSD and July 3, 2015 A meeting was organised at the Mr Sylvian Aubury. Oxfam office in Delhi to discuss the Draft Policy on PPP in school education ushered in Key Issues by the Rajasthan government. Mr Sylvain Aubury, Research and Advocacy August 21, 2015 A press meet was Adviser, Global Initiative for Economic, Social organised by the Delhi Equity Forum and and Cultural Rights shared his experiences CSEI on August 21, 2015 at the Indian of conducting research in various African Women’s Press Corps on the Implementation countries, especially Ghana and Nigeria. of the RTE Act, Section 12. 1-C. The issues The presentation reflected on how growing included the Status of Seats Allotted, privatisation of education was adversely Applications Received, Seats Filled and affecting the goals of universal education Seats Vacant under Section 12-1.C in Private and educationists and how one could Unaided Schools. Mr Ambarish Rai, National easily draw parallels between two different Convenor, RTE Forum participated in the geographical areas. press conference as one of the panelilsts.

September 15, 2015 Consultation on Outcome

Allahabad High Court Verdict/Retention of The Forum would conduct desk-based, the No Detention Policy by the Uttar Pradesh secondary research to present a status report State chapter of the RTE Forum. of privatisation of education in India.

September 16, 2015 RTE organised a one- day consultation at Jayshankar Prasad Consultation on PPP Policy/No Detention Hall, Kaiserbagh, Lucknow. It was resolved Clause of RTE Act that a campaign would be organised and memorandum should be submitted to the Place Jaipur, Rajasthan appropriate officials. Venue Institute of Development Society, IDS September 18. 2015 Convention organised campus, Jaipur at Raipur on the implementation of RTE Act. 150 participants from different district Date September 28, 2015 participated. Participants RTE Forum, BGVS and Institute September 30, 2015 Workshop on Fact- of Development Society at IDS campus. It was Based Advocacy Work organised by Video addressed by Prof. Muchkund Dubey President Volunteers in Goa. Video Volunteer organised CSD, Kunjilal Meena, Secretary GOR, Ambarish a National Workshop on different thematic Rai RTE Forum, Mahabir Singh State President issues for promoting fact based advocacy Teachers Union (Shekhavat ), Ms Komal, BGVS, across the country. 200 participants came Shipra from Rajasthan Patrika and other civil from different States participated. society organisations.

36 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Purpose The meeting was organised as a Ahmedabad. Mr Imran from CfD shared a reaction to attempts being made by the Rajasthan PPT identifying the challenges. government to privatise school education and Mr Ashish Ranjan, RTE Resource Centre, IIM, review the RTE Act. Ahmedabad; Mr Dilip Mer, DCPO, Ahmedabad; Key Issues Mitra Ranjan, RTE Forum; Mujahid Nafees, Gujarat RTE Forum along with members from several The Rajasthan government recently come up with a draft PPP policy to hand over organisations, SMC members, parents and government schools to private entities for teachers participated in the meeting. their overall management. Time and again members of the government had spoken Outcome

about reviewing of the RTE Act; especially, A memorandum was submitted to the its no-detention provision. However, a Rajasthan Government demanding the review of the no-detention clause was withdrawal of the PPP policy as well as the detrimental to the fundamental principles retention of the detention policy mandated of the Act and hence a consultation was within the RTE Act. organised in Rajasthan to oppose the move of the government to stop such RTE Forum Meeting in Himachal regressive processes. Pradesh Outcome Place Himachal Pradesh A memorandum was submitted to the Rajasthan Government demanding the Venue Mandi, Himachal Pradesh withdrawal of the PPP policy as well as the Date October 17, 2015 retention of the detention policy mandated within the RTE Act. Participants National RTE Forum, different stakeholders working on education in the State, Consultation on RTE and the Role of SMCs Himachal Pradesh State RTE Forum including Place Ahmedabad, Gujarat teachers, SMC members and government officials. Venue AMA (Ahmedabad Mangement Association), Ahmedabad Purpose Implementing the RTE in Himachal Pradesh and reflecting on learnings from both the Date September 29, 2015 State-level and the national experience. Participants 70 participants including members of the Gujarat RTE Forum, the National RTE Forum, Issues Discussed representatives from the RTE Resource Centre, Functions of the new RTE Forum In the State government officials, representatives from the and its work to be coordinated with SMCs, Centre for Development and SMC members and teachers unions, Jan Sunwai (Public Hearing), preparation of a charter of demands, status parents: paper on private schools and a status paper The participants outlined the crucial role on RTE. played by the SMC in realising the goals of A Google group to be formed for the better the RTE. They said that it had a tremendous sharing of work and information on aspects potential to transform the existing system of of children’s education. education, characterised by a general feeling of cynicism and a defeatist outlook by the system’s functionaries and stakeholders, National SMC Convention including teachers and parents. Place New Delhi Through positive action and a constructive dialogue with other stakeholders, the Venue Constitution Club SMC can work towards reinstating a well Date November 30-December 1, 2015 functioning school system. Participants 450. Participation of leaders from NGOs and CSOs can contribute in making SMCs functional through strengthening the different social movements and representatives participatory process. Mr Rafi from CfD working for forests’ rights, land rights, rights of shared some experiences while working with children with disabilities, right to food and water SMCs in Bavla and Dhandhuka blocks of and sanitation.

37 Issues Discussed Outcome

Hearing critical issues raised by SMC The Forum has successfully identified local members related to the quality of education partners who will support its work at the in their local schools. The members of the grassroots level and prepared a roadmap SMCs expressed their concern about the to engage members of the SMCs. Certain recent budget cuts in school education meetings have been conducted at the block and demanded adequate funding for the level and district level. implementation of the RTE Act. National Council Meeting Participants The Convention also witnessed Place New Delhi participation of leaders from different social movements and representatives working for Venue Vishwa Yuva Kendra, Chanakyapuri forests’ rights, land rights, rights of children with Date 7-8 January, 2016 disabilities, right to food and water and sanitation. Participants 60 participants including State Outcome A charter of demands was Conveners from Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, prepared which was later handed over to the Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Bihar, Himachal Parliamentarians who attended the meeting. Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Assam. Three eminent Initiatives on the New Education Policy speakers, Prof. Geetha Nambissan (JNU), Dr Dinesh Abrol (Delhi University) and Prof. Biswajeet Place New Delhi Dhar (JNU) led this discussion.

Date December 2-18, 2015 Key Issues

Outcome The National SMC Convention conducted by the Forum was discussed in detail along with On December 18, 2015, the Forum presented the merits and demerits of forming a national its submission to the Drafting Committee of SMC federation. the New Education Policy. Discussions were also held regarding the The Forum was asked to submit some Stocktaking Convention, Stocktaking Report additional notes on its recommendation and mechanisms to strengthen the RTE Forum. on issues pertaining to the implementation of the 25 per cent of the EWS clause, Outcome recommendations on improving the grievance redressal mechanism, quality of education, Threats/challenges to the implementation of reasons to retain the no detention clause the RTE Act were outlined and measures for and so on. mitigation were analysed. Cuts in the budgetary allocation towards SSA Working with SMCs in Bihar Under TDH and decreasing allocation continued to remain Project a challenge. The government’s silence on the RTE’s implementation was outlined as was the Place Patna, Gaya and East Champaran in Bihar lack of a roadmap or implementation timeline. Contractual Teachers: Despite the RTE Act Date November 2015 onwards clearly prohibiting recruitment of contractual Purpose From November, the RTE Forum has teachers, contractual teachers were being recruited in many States of the country. started working in two districts of Bihar, Gaya and East Champaran. The aim of this initiative Follow-up Consultation with Teachers’ is to create awareness among the SCs with Association on Increasing Privatisation in respect to the RTE Act, capacity building of School Education the SMCs with respect to school development plans and developing frameworks to strengthen Place Bhubaneshwar, Odisha the component of community monitoring of Venue Hotel Sheetal, Bhubaneshwar locals schools. Date January 11, 2016 Key Issues Purpose Due to growing privatisation and

Ways to create awareness and build commercialisation of education, the focus of capacity of the SMCs with respect to School this meeting with teachers was on the impact of Development Plan. privatisation on education.

38 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Participants RTE Forum members, All India Important Resource Persons Federation of Teachers Organisations, parents. Mr J.N.L. Srivastava, Dr P.K. Joshi, Dr T. Haque, Key issues Mr Alok Sinha, Dr Mruthyunjaya, S. Mr Narendra Discussions were focussed on emphasising Bhooshan, Dr A.K. Singh, Dr Kirit N. Shelat and the importance of joining hands and Dr Anjan Kumar uniting to strengthen the public system of education. Participants 30 The challenge of low fee schools imparting poor quality education and exploiting people was highlighted. Social Development Forum 6th National Stocktaking Convention on Back from Hell. Marked Forever? A Trajectory of a Dalit Caste in south India the Status of Implementation of the RTE Speaker: Prof. Staffan Lindberg, Lund Act, 2009 University. March 21, 2016.

Place New Delhi Discussion on the Union Budget to assess its macro-economic and social sector Venue Constitution Club dimensions The one day session was chaired Date March 21, 2016 Prof. Muchkund Dubey and had the following speakers; Prof. Atul Sarma, Prof. Biswajit Participants 650 people attended, including, Dhar, Prof. Imrana Qadeer, Prof. R. Govinda, educationist, teachers, researchers, parents, Prof. K. B. Saxena, Mr Ambarish Rai, students, parliamentarians and others. Vice Prof. Praveen Jha, Prof. Ashok Pankaj and President of India, Hon’be Hamid Ansari was the Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty. March 18, 2016. Chief Guest. From ‘Feminisation’ to ‘Defeminisation’: Decline in Female Labour Force Participation Key Issues in India by Dr Anamika Priyadarshini, Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor), CSD The Vice President in his keynote address New Delhi. February 25, 2016. expressed his concerns regarding the slow implementation of the RTE Act, 2009 and Tributes to the late Prof. Randhir Singh, the need to strengthen the public system of legendary political scientist and former education. The session was chaired by Prof. Professor of Political Theory, University of J.B.G Tilak, Vice Chancellor, NEUPA and Delhi. February 18, 2016. other speakers included Prof. Muchkund Dalit Students, Discrimination and Higher Dubey, President, CSD, Mr Louis George Education in India by Prof. N. Sukumar, Arsenault, Country Representative, UNICEF Department of Political Science, University and Mr Ambarish Rai, Convener, RTE Forum. of Delhi. February 1, 2016. Prof. Manoranjan

Other sessions included a plenary on Mohanty chaired the session. the status of implementation of the RTE Protection of Child Rights by Dr L. Mishra, Act, 2009 and three parallel sessions former Secretary, Ministry of Labour, on community and inclusion, teachers Government of India. January 28, 2016. and quality of education, privatisation Harnessing and Leveraging the of education and its impact on the new Demographic Dividend in India through education policy. Inclusive and Equitable Education and Skill Development by Prof. Narendra Jadhav, CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ON January 14, 2016.

AGRICULTURAL ADMINISTRATION AND Prof. Ashok Pankaj presented his field GOVERNANCE Structures IN INDIA survey findings of the ICSSR sponsored project Wage-employment Versus Self- Sponsoring Agency Council for Social employment: Opportunity, Access and Development in collaboration with IFPRI, Women’s Empowerment. December 29, New Delhi 2015.

Date February 22, 2016 Celebration of Human Rights Day. The Venue Conference Room-I, India International meeting also mourned the sad demise of Centre (Main). New Delhi Shri B. D. Sharma on December 6, 2015. Seminar Coordinator Dr T. Haque Shri Sharma was an activist-scholar-civil

39 servant, the great champion of democratic recently completed study by the same title. rights of Adivasis and an inspiration to all the November 5, 2015. social movements of contemporary India. SDF, in association with the Institute of December 10, 2015. Chinese Studies, collaborated for special Discussion on the findings ofFood lecture by Dr Arvind Subramanian, Chief and Nutrition, a study undertaken by Economic Advisor, Government of India CSD’s public health team. The study was on Dealing with the Rise of China: What presented by Sourindra Mohan Ghosh, Dr Arathi P.M. and Prof. Imrana Qadeer. The Should the World and India Do? August 31, session was chaired by Prof K. B. Saxena. 2015. November 26, 2015. Discussion on The Impact of Economic

Presentation by Dr Susmita Mitra, on Growth on Social Development Climate Change and Agriculture: Dimensions in India: A State-level Analysis Implications of Rice Cultivation in West by Dr Surajit Deb. August 13, 2015. Bengal. This presentation is based on her RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

40 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

POVERTY 2015 ADVOCACY RIGHTS

Memorial CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS

HIGHLIGHTS

Delhi 14th Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture Date July 15, 2015 Dr Abhijit Sen, former member, Planning Commission, Government of India and Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University delivered the Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture. He spoke on Demographic Drivers of Economic Growth — the Role of Human Capital. Mr Soli Sorabjee eminent jurist and President, India International Centre, presided over the event.

Hyderabad 14th C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture Date July 31, 2015 Dr Ashwini Deshpande, Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, delivered the C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture. She spoke on, Being Adivasi in India: The Changing Economic Status of Tribal Communities. Dr P.M. Bhargava, chairperson of CSD-SRC presided over the lecture. 41

RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

POVERTY 2015 ADVOCACY RIGHTS

Seminars & CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH ADVISASIS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS

HIGHLIGHTS

CSD organised seminars and workshops on topics of current relevance and interest. They included:

Best Practices in Food and Livelihood Security – Lessons in Future Agricultural Policy Direction which focussed on the management of PDS; promotion of organic farming and the effective implementation of MNREGS.

Workshop on Community Forest Rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) looked at the need for capacity building of local level government officials and the implementation of FRA as a strategy to enable sustainable livelihood outcomes.

Private Sector Participation in Delivery of Public Services discussed whether the government had provided adequate public resources to fulfill its human rights and constitutional obligations, and whether private sector involvement had achieved levels of efficiency.

43 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

Food and Livelihood Security NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BEST PRACTISES IN FOOD AND LIVELIHOOD Community Forest Rights SECURITY IN INDIA: LESSONS FOR Agricultural Administration UPSCALING AND FUTURE AGRICULTURAL POLICY DIRECTION IN INDIA Governance Structures Private Sector Participation Sponsoring Agency International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Public Services Dates July 14-15, 2015 Venue India International Centre (Annexe), New Delhi Coordinators Dr T. Haque and Ms Jaya Lekshmi Nair

Objectives

The main objective of the seminar was to discuss the following issues:

The processes and impact of such innovative schemes such as the implementation of the Public Distribution System (PDS) of Food in Chhattisgarh, involving digitisation of all transactions.

The management of PDS outlets by co-operatives or Self-Help Groups of Women.

Lease Farming by landless women In Kerala (under Kudumbashree) and in Andhra Pradesh (APMSS).

The allocation of small homestead plots to poor landless women in West Bengal and Odisha.

The promotion of high value organic farming in Telangana under SERP.

The effective implementation of MGNREGA in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan so that one can explore the feasibility of replicating such schemes on a wider scale in other places.

44 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Resource Persons Conclusions and Recommendations

Prof. Muchkund Dubey. President, CSD, There is need for capacity building of local level government officials to implement the Mr Shyam Kadka, FAO Representative in India, FRA, 2006 effectively. Prof. Abhljit Sen, JNU, New Delhi, Dr P.K. Joshl, IFPRI, New Delhi, Prof Reetika Khera, IIT, New There is a need for a sustained campaign among the Gram Sabha and forest Delhi, Prof. Swarna Sadasivam Vepa, Madras

GENDER dwellers to create a demand for a proper School of Economics, Chennai, Dr Dlvya Kashyap, implementation of the law. Swiss Development Corporation, New Delhi, Dr The proper implementation of the FRA in Biraj Patnaik, Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi, LWE districts may be the most effective way Dr Dipa Sinha, Right to Food Campaign, New to deal with conflicts and violence. Delhi, Mr J.K. Mohapatra, Secretary, MoRD, The government should view the Govt, of India, Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy, ICSSR implementation of FRA as a strategy to National Fellow, Hyderabad, Prof. K.B. Saxena, enable tangible and sustainable livelihood CSD, Prof. S. Indrakant, RBI Chair, Professor, outcomes for tribals and other forest CSD, Hyderabad, Prof. D.K. Marothia, Member, dwellers. Chhattisgarh State Planning Commission, Raipur, Dr D.V. Raldu, Advisor, Farm Livelihoods, NRLM, NATIONAL SEMINAR ON PRIVATE MoRD, Gol, Ms Prasanthl, State Programme Director, APMSS, Hyderabad, Dr Indu Agnihotri, SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN DELIVERY CWDS, New Delhi, Dr Anjani Kumar, IFPRI, OF PUBLIC SERVICES New Delhi.

Participants 65 Sponsoring Agency Council for Social Development, New Delhi in collaboration with Action Aid NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON Dates 28-30 March, 2016 COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS UNDER Venue Conference Room-ll, India international THE FOREST RIGHTS ACT (FRA), 2006 Centre (Main), Delhi Seminar Coordinator Prof. K.B. Saxena Sponsoring Agency Council for Social Development, New Delhi Date July 22. 2015 Venue Council for Social Development, Objectives New Delhi To discuss whether the government has Coordinators Dr T. Haque and provided adequate public resources and their Ms Jaya Lekshmi Nair equitable allocation to fulfill its constitutional and human rights obligations and public policy commitments. Objectives Where resources constraint and inefficiency To share experiences and priorities regarding have been cited as reasons for private sector participation in production (including the implementation of the FRA, especially its maintenance) and distribution of public community forest provision and discuss ways services and utilities, whether this shift forward. has achieved efficiency of investment in comparison with the public sector, in terms Resource Persons of the following parametres: production (and maintenance), cost, time, quality Mr Arvind Khare, Chairperson, RRl, Washington and saving of public resources and net DC, Mr Kundan Kumar, RRI, Washington DC, additional financial inputs. In respect of distribution, availability, access cost, quality Mr Oomen Kurian, Oxfam India, Ms Renu Bhogal, and affordability to the users and coverage director, Oxfam, Mr Tushar Dash, Vasundhra, of difficult areas and disadvantaged groups. Bhubaneshwar, Mr Vikram Raghavan. IBRD, and Effectiveness of regulatory mechanisms Mr Vincent Darlong, IFAO. in achieving its mandatory objectives with

45 particular reference to the pricing of services Resource Persons and their quality. Accountability of service providers to the service users. Prof. Prabhat Patnaik, Prof. Syeda Hameed,

How do alternatives to privatisation practiced Prof. Deepak Nayyar, Prof. Anita Rampal, in some States, adopted mainly as a result Prof. Janaki Rajan, Prof. Kiran Bhatty, Prof. of social movement, compare with both Jyotsana Jha, Prof. Amitabh Kundu, Prof. Satish public and private production and distribution Deshpande, Prof Gauri Kishore Das, Prof. Imrana of services and utilities in terms of the Qadeer, Prof. R. Govinda, Prof. M. Mohanty, parameters outlined above and what is their potential for replication? Shri M. Ramachandran, Shri K.T. Ravindran, Prof. Geetha Namblssan, Dr S.R. Hashlm, Dr Ashok Parthasarathy, Shri Pankaj Jain, Prof. Jamal Ansan, Format Prof. Rama Baru and Dr Amit Sengupta. There were altogether 11 sessions. Besides the inaugural and the concluding sessions, Participants the other nine sessions related to an exclusive discussion on a specific public service, such as, There were altogether 121 participants with on an Health, Education (school), Higher Education, average of 40 participants per day. The participants Municipal Waste Management, Drinking Water, included academics, researchers, social activists, Sanitation, Urban Development, Urban Housing students, retired government, officials, private and Electricity. Each session had a minimum of sector executives and faculty members of CSD. three paper presenters/speakers. In each session, discussions followed the presentations with concluding remarks by the Chairperson. RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

46 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

HIGHLIGHTS

The Council of Social Development has designed a series of unique training courses and workshops with a view to critically engage researchers, students, scholars, policy makers and the NGOS sector. Realising that these specialised courses may not have been part of a student’s graduation or post-graduation curricula they have been initiated to introduce an in-depth study of various aspects of social development covering both academic and theoretical perspectives. Key themes cover vulnerability, social exclusion, poverty gender, social analysis economic development and research. The courses have been structured and are taught by senior members of the CSD faculty and experts from different social science disciplines.

The courses this year included the following: Resettlement Training Workshop on Capacity Building of Resettlement Management; Research Methodology, Quantitative Techniques for Research Scholars, Capacity Building and Research Methodology for PhD Scholars.

47 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

New Delhi Capacity Building WORKSHOPS/TRAINING PROGRAMMES Resettlement Management Research Methodology RESETTLEMENT TRAINING WORKSHOP ON ‘CAPACITY BUILDING FOR RESETTLEMENT Basic Quantitative Techniques MANAGEMENT’ Research Scholars Social Sciences Date November 16-20, 2015 Venue India International Centre, Annexe and Durgabhai Deshmukh Hall, CSD Seminar Coordinators Prof. Hari Mohan Mathur and Dr Poornima M.

Objectives

The objectives of the training workshop are to develop resettlement planning, implementation and monitoring skills and to familiarise participants with the following: the resettlement issue in development, methodology of assessing impacts and planning, implementing and monitoring of resettlement and lessons learned from various ongoing as well as completed projects.

Format

The resettlement training workshop has now become an annual feature as part of CSD’s Capacity Building Programme for Resettlement Management. While objectives of the workshop remain unchanged, this year its content saw a new emphasis on good practices in resettlement. Presenters were advised that wherever possible they should bring in examples of a ‘good practice’ in their interactions with the participants. The feedback from participants was very positive on all

48 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 counts. They found the course was well designed like GIS (Geographical Information System), and met their needs. The course coverage was STATA (Data Analysis and Statistical Software) termed comprehensive and well thought out. and interpret results in order to effectively write a About presenters, the participants were of the view research report. that CSD selected top-of-the-line experts who fully engaged them all. Finally, some participants Resource Persons

GENDER expressed the desire that they should be kept informed about such CSD programmes in the Prof. Vinay Kumar Srivastava, Delhi University; future as well. Dr Upendra Choudhury, Director, ICSSR; Prof. Prem S. Vashishtha, NCAER; Prof. M. R. Resource Persons Saluja, India Development Foundation; Prof. Manoj Panda, Director, Institute of Economic Mr Afroz Ahmad, Mr Subash Bakshi, Dr Asmita Growth; Prof. Milap Punia, Jawaharlal Nehru Kabra, Ambedkar University, Mr M. Nityanand, University; Dr. Krishna Ram, Shivaji College. The Mr Shekar Singh, Prof. Vinay Kumar Srivastava, resource persons also included faculty from CSD: Mr Enakshi Ganguly Thukral, Prof. T.K. Oommen Prof. Muchkund Dubey, Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, and Mr Shankar Venkateswaran. Prof. K. B. Saxena, Prof. Ashok K. Pankaj, Prof. Surajit Deb, Dr Akhil Alha and Dr Susmita Mitra Participants Participants Nine participants, including, four officials from the Department of Irrigation, Land Records, Revenue & 17 in number, including four Assistant Professors Forest Department and Central Coalfields and five from different universities, one Post-Doctoral students. For the first time participants came from Fellow, one Programme Officer and remaining were Bihar and Telangana. PhD research scholars.

TRAINING COURSE ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES Hyderabad

Date December 8-9, 2015 Workshop on Basic Quantitative Venue Durgabai Deshmukh Hall, CSD, Techniques for Research New Delhi Scholars and Faculty Members in Sponsoring Agency Council for Social Social Sciences Development, New Delhi Coordinator Dr Susmita Mitra Dates June 1-11, 2015 Venue CSD, Hyderabad Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Objectives Science Research, New Delhi Coordinator Prof. S. Indrakant The workshop is designed to help academic researchers/teachers in research institutions/ universities/colleges as well as professionals in Objectives government organisations and NGOs to develop a The main objective of the workshop was to remove systematic plan while doing research. The two- the phobia against quantitative techniques from day course looks at how to select and formulate the minds of research scholars and make them a research issue, review relevant literature, build a comfortable with the use of quantitative techniques conceptual framework, select a research design, and to interpret the results more meaningfully. formulate targetted research questions/testable hypothesis, select sampling methods, prepare interview schedules/questionnaires for data Resource Persons collection, choose suitable techniques for data From various universities like Osmania University, analysis, analyse data through software package Central University of Hyderabad and research

49 institutes like the Centre for Economic and Social Resource Persons Studies, Hyderabad, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad, Eminent professors were invited to deliver lectures Directorate of Economics and Statistics, to the participants. They included Professor K. Hyderabad and Academic Staff College of India, L. Krishna, Chairman, MIDS, Chennai, Professor Hyderabad were invited to deliver lectures to the S.N. Yogish, Kuvempu University, Professor participants. The services of faculty member of S. V. Rangacharyulu, Senior Consultant, NIRD Council for Social Development, Hyderabad were & PR, Hyderabad, Professor P. Durgaprasad, also utilised for the workshop. Chairperson, National Council for Rural Institutes, Hyderabad, Professor E. Hari Babu, University of Hyderabad, Professor C. Ravi, Centre for Format Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad. In the practical classes, participants were trained in Dr Ch. Krishna Reddy, Central University of Tamil the preparation of schedule and questionnaires and Nadu. The services of faculty member of Council in methods of interview. The technique of drawing for Social Development, Hyderabad were also a random sample from a population using random utilised for the workshop. They delivered lectures number tables was taught to the participants. on important topics like ‘Total Factor Productivity’ They learnt the method of presenting data in a and Growth Accounting’, E Views, SPSS, Bar and Pie Diagram. A large number of numerical Probability and Probability Distribution, Schedule problems were worked out in the practical Preparation and Interview Methods, Theory of classes. The participants were provided with Sampling, Correlation and Regression, Scaling useful research material for use in the future. The Techniques and Focus Group Discussions. participants expressed their happiness regarding the content of the workshop. The participants Format shared their feelings that due to large number of practical classes their confidence in application of The morning sessions dealt with theoretical aspects quantitative tools in their research work had been while afternoon sessions were devoted to practical enhanced. work. The participants manually worked out small numerical examples and compared the results Participants 18 obtained from computer using statistical packages. It was encouraging to note that all the participants WORKSHOP ON QUANTITATIVE took practical assignments given to them in TECHNIQUES FOR RESEARCH the right spirit and fully involved themselves in SCHOLARS AND FACULTY MEMBERS solving them. Participants were also provided with IN SOCIAL SCIENCES useful research material for use in the future. The participants expressed their happiness regarding the content of the workshop and Resource Persons Dates September 29 - October 9, 2015 invited for the workshop. They felt that their Venue Council for Social Development, confidence in application of Quantitative Tools in Hyderabad their research work has been enhanced. Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME Coordinator Prof. S. Indrakant FOR FACULTY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

Objectives Dates February 9-22, 2016 Venue Council for Social Development, The objective of the workshop was to build Hyderabad confidence and capacity among research scholars Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social in the area of quantitative techniques and to Science Research, New Delhi interpret the results more meaningfully. Coordinator S. Surapa Raju

50 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Objective Introduction

The primary objective of the course was to develop In the realm of social science, it’s important to capabilities among faculties and to turn completed understand the complexities of events unfolding research into publishable material in the form of in society. Social science research is a melting journal articles/books. The workshop also made point of social, cultural, political and economic faculty participants familiar and friendly with aspects of society. This needs to be reflected the basic concepts of research methodology by in its research and often requires an effective, brushing up their basic knowledge of research focussed collection and analysis of social data. methodology; conceptualise and write research Most researchers are, however, unable to design proposals; improve their skills of conducting robust their studies effectively and find themselves ill- research through an in-depth exposure to various equipped to present their findings in a systematic stages of the research- formulation of research manner which can help policy makers as well question, data collection using various tools and as reach a wider audience. To bring a qualitative methods, data processing and interpretation and effectiveness to research studies it is essential analysis; guide participants to become comfortable to build capacity among young scholars on with Statistical Software like SPSS; and train appropriate and scientific research methods that them in writing a research paper for peer reviewed suit their focussed studies. Such scientifically publications under the supervision of CSD faculty. designed training programmes enhance the abilities of scholars in executing rigorous research Resource Persons which in turn will further strengthen social science studies and policy in India. Against this backdrop, They were invited from Jawaharlal Nehru this training programme has been initiated to University, University of Hyderabad, Centre introduce young scholars to the basic principles for Social and Economic Change, Hyderabad; of research and encourage them to undertake National Institute of Rural Development and meaningful research studies. Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad; Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad; Centre for Development Format Studies, Thiruvanthapuram; Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru; Indian Institute of The course covered both quantitative and Technology, Roorkee; Tata Institute of Social qualitative approaches to research. The inaugural Sciences, Mumbai and Hyderabad; Indian address was delivered by Prof. K.S. James, Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi; Director-in-charge, Institute for Economic and Safai Karamchari Andolan, New Delhi and CSD, Social Change, Bengaluru. The programme was Hyderabad faculty. attended by 24 students enrolled in State and central universities in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSE Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and FOR PHD SCHOLARS IN SOCIAL Maharashtra from the disciplines of economics, SCIENCES anthropology, political science, law, rural development and sociology.

Date March 9-18, 2016 Venue Council for Social Development, Hyderabad Sponsoring Agency Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi Coordinator Soumya Vinayan

RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

HIGHLIGHTS

India: Social Development Report 2014: Challenges of Public Health presents an extensive analysis of the condition of health in India, as well as the policy lacunae. Editor: Imrana Qadeer. Published by Oxford University Press.

Social Change is a refereed quarterly journal in the field of social sciences. Now in its 46th year, it is published by SAGE Publications.

Violence Studies presents interdisciplinary readings of violence drawing on the historical and contemporary experience in India. Author: Kalpana Kannibaran. Published by Oxford University Press.

Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of BT Cotton in India is a comprehensive study of the impact of BT cotton in nine major cotton producing States of India. Authors: T. Haque, Mondira Bhattachraya, Ankita Goyal. Concept Publishing.

Empowerment of Rural Women in Developing Countries. Challenges and Pathways The contributors are internationally known experts who have done extensive research and advocacy in the field of empowerment of women. Editor: T. Haque. Concept Publishing.

53 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

New Delhi In-House Publications In-House Publications Social Change SOCIAL CHANGE

Books Social Change is a quarterly social science journal brought Occasional Papers out by the Council for Social Development published by SAGE Publications. The following volumes were published: Other Titles Vol. 45 (2) June 2015; Vol. 45 (3) September 2015; Vol. (4) December 2015; Vol. 46 (1) March 2016.

Occasional Papers

Discussion on Union Budget 2016-17: Social Development Forum.

BOOKS

India Social Development Report 2014: Challenges of Public Health. New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2015. (Ed.) Imrana Qadeer.

Empowerment of Rural Women in Developing Countries: Challenges and Pathways.Challenges and Pathways (ed.) by T. Haque. New Delhi: Concept Publishing. 2015.

Socio-Economic impact assessment of BT Cotton in India by T. Haque, Mondira Bhattacharya, Ankita Goyal. New Delhi: Concept Publishing. 2015.

54 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 K. B. Saxena, Contemporary Practices of Hyderabad Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Insights From Districts, In-House Publications SAGE Publications. New Delhi, 2015. Violence Studies (Ed.) Kalpana Kannibaran published by Oxford University Press: Occasional Papers New Delhi under Oxford India Studies in GENDER Contemporary Society, 2016. Hyderabad Social Development Papers: Volume 3, Hari Mohan Mathur, Assessing the Social Numbers 1-3, December 2015 Impact of Development Projects: Experience (Edited by Kalpana Kannabiran). in India and other Asian Countries. (Ed). Soumya Vinayan: Willingness to Pay for GI Springer: Cham, Heidelberg, New York, Products in India: The Case of Darjeeling Tea Dordrecht, London. (2016)

and Pochampally Ikat. Hari Mohan Mathur, Displacement and K. Jafar: Status of Muslim Women in Kerala: Resettlement in India: The Human Cost of A Study of Female Age at Marriage in Development (Reprint) Special Indian Edition, Malappuram District. First Published in 2013 Routledge: UK: London and New York. 2016. Ch. Shankar Rao: Housing for the Urban Poor: A Study of Slums in Hyderabad City. Poornima M. Enhancing Community Participation in School Management: Manual on School Management Committees (SMCs). BOOKS Co-authored with Sneha Palit; Mitra Ranjan. RTE Forum: New Delhi. 2016. Written/Edited by CSD Faculty

Red and Green: Five Decades of the Indian Maoist Movement, Manoranjan Mohanty. RTE Publications (Kolkata: Setu Prakashan. 2015. 5th Annual Status Report of RTE Forum on the Implementation of RTE Act, 2009 Building a Just World: Essays in Honour of Muchkund Dubey (Co-Ed.), Manoranjan across the country was released during 5th Mohanty. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan. 2015. National Stocktaking Convention held on March 25-26, 2015 in Delhi. Uddipta Odisha, Ebe bi Daridra Kahinki? (Awakened Odisha, Why Still Poor?) Transforming School Education: Role of Manoranjan Mohanty. Cuttack: Odisha Book Teachers was released during National Store. 2015 (In Odia). Council Meeting of RTE Forum held at Lucknow. Performance of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, S. Indrakant. SMC Manual launched during National SMC Paramount Publishing House, Convention. Hyderabad. 2015. Demands for Right to Education was published in English and Hindi. Muchkund Dubey, India’s Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World, Pearson. 6th Annual Status Report of RTE Forum Revised. 2015. on the Implementation of RTE Act, 2009 across the country was released during Zoya Hasan, Congress after Indira: Policy, Power and Political Change (1984-2009), the 6th National Stocktaking Convention Oxford University Press, 2012, Paperback held on March 21 2016 in Delhi and will be Edition, 2015. published shortly. RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

55 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH

CSD & the FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

New Delhi Memorial Lecture BOOK Release Social Development Forum Date September 21, 2015 Book Releases The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of Building a Just World, Essays in Honour Panel Discussions of Muchkund Dubey at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The book Poet-Scholar-in Residence was released by eminent cultural historian and scholar, Shrimati Kapila Vatsyayan who presented the book. Public Seminars Published by Orient BlackSwan, Building a Just World has been edited by Manoranjan Mohanty, Distinguished Open House Professor, Council for Social Development, Vinod C. Film Festival Khanna, Emeritus Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies and former Ambassador and Biswajit Dhar, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University former Director-General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries.

Hyderabad BOOK Release Date July 11, 2015

Appalling Silence poems by Dr Neal Hall Translated into the Telugu by Ms Volga, Urdu by Ms Jameela Nishat. Released by Uzramma at SRC-CSD.

PANEL DISCUSSION Date October 5, 2015

Constitution in Action: The Life and Work of S.R. Sankaran

Shri T.L. Sankar chaired the session and delivered the Inaugural Address on, The Constitution in the Life of S.R. Sankaran.

56 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Speakers: Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy on Society, August 26, 2015. Prof. K. Suman Rural Lives and Livelihoods; Ms Vasanti Chandra, Professor & Head, Centre for Kannabiran on, Securing Peace and Deliberative Agrarian Studies & Disaster Mitigation, Democracy, Shri Bezawada Wilson on, Dignity National Institute of Rural Development of Labour and the Safai Karamachari Andolan; & Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad chaired the Prof. V. Ramakrishna on, Administering Social lecture. GENDER Justice – The Nellore Initiatives. Dr Shashank Shekhar Sinha, Routledge India: The Return of the Witch, September POET-SCHOLAR-IN RESIDENCE 16, 2015. Prof. K. Suneetha Rani, Professor, Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Dr Neal Hall, M.D. visited CSD as Poet-Scholar-in Hyderabad chaired the lecture.

Residence from June 15 – July 15, 2015. Dr Soumya Vinayan, Assistant Professor, CSD, Hyderabad: Disability Rights in Higher Objectives of the Residency Education: A Preliminary Investigation of The translation of 20 -25 selected poems Exclusion and Barriers in Indian Universities, written by Neal Hall into Telugu and Urdu October 19, 2015. Prof. S. Najam Hasan, The creation, publication and launching of the Dean (Academics), Professor & Head, trilingual book, Appalling Silence, containing Department of Mathematics, Maulana Azad the above mentioned poems in English, National Urdu University, Hyderabad chaired Telugu and Urdu. the lecture. Reading poetry to and engaging Dr Ch. Shankar Rao, Assistant Professor, organisations, institutions and academia CSD, Hyderabad: Housing for the Urban in Q&A discussions related to the poems’ Poor: A Study of Slums in Hyderabad central messages of inequality and discrimination. City, October 28, 2015. Bro. Varghese Theckanath, Director, Montfort Social The composing of new poems, some of Institute chaired the lecture. which spoke of the experiencing of India. Prof. Martin Fuchs, Max Weber Centre Public Seminars for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany: Recognition Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran, Regional across Difference: Conceptual Considerations Director, CSD, Hyderabad: Storytelling in the against an Indian Background, March 4, Time of Hate: Deciphering Law(s) Through 2016. Literature, April 2, 2015. Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty, Professor of English, University of Sumanta Banerjee, Senior journalist: When Hyderabad chaired the lecture. Crushing of Civil Liberties Masquerades as Nationalism, March 30, 2016. Professor D. Narasimha Reddy, ICSSR National Fellow, CSD, Hyderabad: Towards Understanding the Greek Tragedy July OPEN HOUSE 23, 2015. Prof. Padmini Swaminathan, Professor of Economics, Tata Institute of FREE SPEECH & THE SCIENTIFIC Social Sciences, Hyderabad chaired the TEMPER lecture. Led by Dr P.M. Bhargava

Prof. Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor Date November 12, 2015 of Anthropology & Director of the Center for South Asia, Stanford University: From Speakers Communalism to Community Capitalism: A Perspective from Aurangabad, August Mahtab Bamji, Director Grade Scientist, NIN; 10, 2015. Prof. Sujata Patel, Professor of INSA Honorary Scientist, Savitri Sharma, Director, Sociology, University of Hyderabad chaired Laboratory Services, LVPEI, Gopal Pande, Senior the lecture. Scientist, CCMB, Padmaja Shaw Professor, Dept. Dr Aseem Prakash, Associate Professor of Communication & Journalism, OU, Harjinder & Chairperson, School of Governance Singh Laltu , Professor, IIIT, Chitra Kannabiran, and Public Policy, Tata Institute of Social Scientist, LVPEI, Rajat Tandon, Professor, Dept. of Sciences, Hyderabad: Caste and Capitalism: Mathematics, UoH , Vasanth Kannabiran, writer Adverse Inclusion, Social Network and Civil and poet. 57 FILM FESTIVAL following three films were screened: Khoon Diy Baarav (93 minutes directed by Iffat Fatima). The Date December 4, 2015 film was followed by a discussion moderated by the director. Femnists of the 70s (39 minutes The International Association of Women in Radio directed by Kristine Ramm). The film was and Television (IAWRT) India in collaboration with followed by a discussion moderated by Kalpana the Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, Kannabiran. Rebel Menopause (26 minutes; held a one-day mini film festival titled, December directed by Adele Tulli) The film was followed Film Festival at Hyderabad. The event was hosted by a discussion moderated by Padmaja Shaw. by CSD at the CD Deshmukh Auditorium on its The films were screened to an audience of about premises on December 4, 2015. The festival was fifty people largely comprising academicians, organised primarily as a film screening event with filmmakers, feminist activists, writers, research each screening followed by discussion of the scholars in social sciences and students from issues raised in the films and its significance for various institutions like the Tata Institute of Social Indian conditions, unlike the earlier festivals held Sciences, Council for Social Development and in Hyderabad by IAWRT, which were interwoven Telangana Academy for Rural Development. with seminar sessions on selected themes. The RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

58 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

POVERTY 2015 ADVOCACY

Faculty Activities RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH ADVISASIS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS

LAND GOVERNANCE 2016 TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY Delhi R. GOVINDA Distinguished Professor, ICSSR National Fellow

LECTURES Panel Discussion on Praful Bidwai’s book: The Phoenix Moment: Challenges ‘Education as Human Right: Examining the Confronting the Indian Left, Praful Bidwai case of Right to Education in India, keynote Memorial Trust, India International Centre, address in the National Policy Seminar New Delhi. November 8, 2015. on Right Based Approach to Education and Development: Policy, Premises and Practices held at NUEPA, New Delhi. LECTURES February 15-16, 2016. ‘Democracy and Growing Inequalities in India’, Uma Shankar Joshi Memorial ZOYA HASAN Lecture, Uma Shankar Joshi Memorial Trust. December 7, 2015, Ahmedabad. Distinguished Professor, ICSSR National Fellow ‘Mapping Research and Muslim Women (Professor Emerita, Centre for Political Studies, Retrospect and Prospects,’ International Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) Seminar on Mapping Research and Muslim Women Retrospect and Prospects, CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… Keynote Address at Jamia Millia Islamia, REVIEWS… September 22, 2015. ‘Media and Minorities’, Centre for Media ‘Tokenism or Empowerment? Policies and Institutions for Disadvantaged Communities’ Studies, Keynote Address at Jamia Millia in Wendy Donniger and Martha Nussbaum Islamia October 16, 2015. (eds.) Pluralism and Democracy in India: ‘Indian Government and Politics’, introductory Debating the Hindu Right, Oxford University lecture delivered at the Foreign Service Press, New York, 2015. Institute, MEA, October 20, 2015.

‘India: Situation Report’, Tony, Blair Faith ‘Crisis of Higher Education in India’, Foundation, July 1, 2015. conference on education organised by the Dr Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational ‘Disparities in Access to Higher Education: Studies, School of Social Sciences, Persistent Deficit of Muslims’, in Avinash Jawaharlal Nehru University. Kumar Singh, (ed.) Education and March 19, 2016. Empowerment in India: Politics and Practices, Routledge India, New Delhi, 2016. ‘Democracy in India’, International Summer School 3rd Edition, Jamia Millia Islamia, ‘Collapse of the Congress’, in Making Sense of New Delhi. June 25, 2015. Modi’s India, Harper Collins, New Delhi, 2016.

SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… BOOKS CONFERENCES Congress after Indira: Policy, Power and Political Change (1984-2009), Oxford ‘Diversity and Democracy’, panel discussion, University Press, 2012, Paperback Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Edition, 2015. Islamia, November 2015. 59 Awards Panellist at the Consultation on Land Acquisition Policy organised by Bar Council Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Academy, of Supreme Court at the Constitution Club, Bi Amma Award, New Delhi, 2015. New Delhi. April 23, 2015.

T. HAQUE PAPERS PRESENTED Distinguished Professor ‘Land Reforms in India: Past, Present and Future’, Keynote address at meeting of SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries CONFERENCES of Revenue and Land Reforms of various States organised by NITI Aayog, New Delhi. Delivered the Presidential Address at the August 24, 2015. 29th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing held in Maharana ‘Challenges of Food and Livelihood Security Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, in India’ – presented at the National Udaipur. October 28-30, 2015. Workshop on Best Practices in Food and Livelihood Security in India: Lessons for Resource person at international conference, Upscaling, organised by CSD, New Delhi. From Rhetoric to Action: Scaling Up July 14-15, 2015. Community and Indigenous Land and Resources Rights held in Berne, Switzerland. ‘Future Road Map for Accelerated and September 30 - October 1, 2015. Inclusive Agricultural Growth in India’ – paper presented and discussed in a meeting Participated and chaired a session at the chaired by Shri Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of workshop on Gender Equitable Land Agriculture, President, BJP and several other Governance in Odisha, organised jointly dignitaries. June 10, 2015. with NRMC, Bhubaneswar. August 4, 2015.

Participated in the workshop Potential of Community Forest Rights and Media Implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006 Regular participation in discussion on issues as a co-organiser with RRI, in New Delhi. July relating to agriculture, rural development, 22, 2015. Inflation and food security on Lok Sabha TV, Rajya Sabha TV, Doordarshan, India T.V., Panellist in the National Workshop on Women, Land and Property Rights. NDTV, Aaj Tak, ABP News, India News, 24 organised by OXFAM India and Women News and All India Radio. Power Connect, New Delhi. July 18, 2015.

Conference on Commission on Inclusive MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC and Sustainable Agricultural Development ACTIVITIES in Andhra Pradesh at CESS, Hyderabad. Member of Selection Committee for the post June 13, 2015. of Professor/Registrar in Nalanda University. Participated and chaired a session at Member of Selection Committee for the Post the National Consultation on Policy of Director, Communication, Landesa, Perspectives and State Response to New Delhi and State Director, Landesa, U.P. Agrarian Crisis and Farmers Distress, organised by NIRD, Hyderabad. Special Invitee in several meetings on May 21, 2015. Agriculture and Rural Development called by Union Govt./NITI Aayog. ‘Inclusive Agricultural Growth’ lecture at the Training Workshop on Capacity Building for Social Science Faculty HARIMOHAN MATHUR members organised by Jamia Millia Islamia. May 15, 2015. Distinguished Professor

‘Land Governance Assessment Framework’ presentation at workshop on National Land CHAPTERS…. ARTICLES...REVIEWS…

Records Modernisation programme, ‘Thirty Years of World Bank’s Involuntary Land Use Policy and Land Governance Resettlement: Gulf Between Promise and Assessment Framework organised by the Performance’, in Manoranjan Mohanty, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of et al (Eds.) Towards a Just Society: Papers in Rural Development, Government of India, Honour of Professor Muchkund Dubey, New New Delhi. May 12, 2015. Delhi: Orient BlackSwan. (2015).

60 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 BOOKS ‘RIC’s Possible Role in Multilateral Organisations’, Fourteenth Russia-India- Assessing the Social Impact of Development China Trilateral Academic Forum, China Projects: Experience in India and other Asian Institute of International Studies, Beijing. Countries. (Ed.) Springer: Cham, Heidelberg, June 1, 2015. New York, Dordrecht, London, (2016). ‘Anti-corruption Campaign in China and India: Displacement and Resettlement in India: Some Comparative Reflections’, International The Human Cost of Development (Reprint) Conference on Disciplining the Party, Special Indian Edition, First Published in 2013 Contemporary Centre for China Studies, Routledge: UK::London and New York, (2016). Beijing. September 8, 2015.

‘Bandung, Panchsheel and Global Swaraj’, MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC plenary session of the International Seminar ACTIVITIES at LIPI (Indonesian Academy of Sciences),

Coordinated Resettlement Training 60th Anniversary of Bandung Conference, Workshop. (Details in Training). Djakarta. October 26, 2015. ‘Bandung Legacy and Challenges of Global Restructuring, International Conference on MANORANJAN MOHANTY In Search of Sovereignty: the Legacy of Distinguished Professor the 1955 Asia Africa Conference, Bandung, Indonesia. October 29, 2015.

CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… ‘Right to Education as Political Affirmation’, REVIEWS … paper at the NEUPA seminar on Rights-based Approach to Education. February 15, 2016. ‘Federalism as Self-Determination in the 21st Century’ in Identity and Struggle: ‘Changing Character of State in Contemporary Telangana and Adivasis. Hyderabad: MRK Times: Tezpur Notes, Valedictory address at Publications, 2015. the international seminar on Governance, Development and State in Contemporary ‘Reconceptualising Social Development’ Times, Sociology Department, Tezpur in Ash Narain Roy and George Mathew University. March 12, 2016. (Eds.), Decentralisation, Democracy and Development: Essays In Honour of M. A. Oommen. New Delhi: Orient LECTURES BlackSwan, 2015. ‘India-China Relations: Some Future ‘History Challenges Modi in China,’ Scenarios’, International Institute of Trade Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. L No. 22 and Finance, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. May May 30, 2015. 20, 2015.

‘Bandung Spirit and the New Indian Regime,’ ‘Development Experiences of China and in ALAI: Latin America in Movement India: Comparative Reflections,’ School of (Special issue on Bandung Conference 60th Law, Shaanxi Jiaotong University. May 21, Anniversary). June 3, 2015. 2015.

‘Bandung’s New Global Agenda’, Economic & ‘Democratic Theory: Twenty First Century Political Weekly, Vol. 51 No. 2. January, 2016. Discourses’, School of Humanities, Renmin University, Beijing. May 29, 2015. ‘Randhir Singh (1922-2016): Teacher, Philosopher, Revolutionary,’ Economic & ‘Discourse on ‘ The Rise of China and Political Weekly, Vol. 51.No: 8. Feb 20, 2016. India’ — Global Implications. Institute of Political Science, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. May 28, 2015. SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… CONFERENCES ‘Impact of the Eastern Economic Corridor on Adivasis, Farmers and Workers of Andhra and ‘Problematising the Contemporary Discourse Odisha,’ Keynote address at the Convention, on Odia Culture’, National Seminar on Vishakhapatnam. February 28, 2016. Odia in Indian Culture and Literature, Institute of Odia Studies, Bhubaneswar. April 2, 2015. BOOKS (In English) ‘Studying Creativity: Some Theoretical Issues,’ International Seminar on Creativity Red and Green: Five Decades of the Thrives under Pressure, Jadavpur Indian Maoist Movement Kolkata: Setu University, Kolkata. April 10, 2015. Prakashani, 2015.

61 Building a Just World: Essays in Honour of Keynote Address in the session on Local Muchkund Dubey (Co-Ed.), New Delhi: Orient Governments and the Scheduled Tribes’ in BlackSwan, 2015. the International Conference on Deepening of Democracy in Thiruvananthapuram. (In Odia) May 16, 2015.

Uddipta Odisha, Ebe bi Daridra Kahinki? Good Practices in MNREGS panelist in a (Awakened Odisha, Why Still Poor?) Cuttack: National Seminar on Good Practices in Social Odisha Book Store, 2015. Sector Programmes, CSD. July, 14, 2015.

Keynote address in a National Conference K.B. SAXENA on Addressing Discrimination and Exclusion in Mahatma Gandhi National Distinguished Professor Rural Employment Act, Chandigarh. October 7, 2015.

CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… ‘Problematising Social Security: Why Schemes REVIEWS … still don’t work?’ In Round Table Conclusion

‘Resetting the Agenda of Land Reforms’, on a Right Based Approach to Poverty preface to the book, Land to the Tiller: Reduction at IIC, New Delhi. October 13, 2015. Revisiting the Unfinished Land Reforms ‘Land, Labour and Migrant Workers,’ in a Agenda, (Ed.) by Prashant K. Trivedi, Books National Workshop on Labour Laws and for Change: Bangalore. 2016. Migrant Worker, organised by Centre for

Looking into Injustices in India, review article Women’s Development Studies, IIC New on the book, Looking Away by Harsh Mander, Delhi. March 14-15th, 2016. Speaking Tiger, New Delhi. Social Change. Panellist in seminar on Challenges of

‘Agrarian Crisis, Farmers’ Distress and Sustainable Agriculture in Bihar and Exclusionary Growth’ in India Social Jharkhand, CSD. March 5, 2016. Development Report, 2014: Challenges of Public Health, (Ed). by Imrana Qadeer, BOOKS Oxford, New Delhi. Contemporary Practices of Mahatma Gandhi ‘Private Sector Participation in Public Health National Rural Employment Guarantee System: Flawed Assumptions, Disastrous Scheme: Insights From Districts, SAGE Outcomes’ in M. Mohanty et al (Eds.) Building Publications. New Delhi, 2015. a Just World, Orient BlackSwan, New Delhi.

‘National Food Security Act, 2013: Challenges in Securing Right to Food for IMRANA QADEER the People’ (Recommendations of the Distinguished Professor seminar), in Social Change Vol. 45, Number 3, September 2015. CHAPTERS…. ARTICLES...REVIEWS… ‘Ordinance Amending the Land Acquisition ‘India’s Declining Calorie Intake: Law (2013) : Farmers Lose Out in the Development or Distress? Authors: Imrana Unequal Contest For Power,’ Social Change Qadeer, Sourindra Mohan Ghosh, Arathi P.M. Vol. 45(2). June, 2015. In Social Change March 2016, Vol. 46 No. 1. Introduction to the book, Weapons of the ‘Words, Ideas and Ideology in the Shifting Oppressed (Hindi). Sand of Markets’. Co-authors: Imrana Qadeer, Arathi P.M. In Indian Journal of Gender Lectures Studies. SAGE Publications February 2016.

‘Sovereignty and Public Interest’ in a seminar ‘Myopic Approach Authors. Authors: Imrana on Acquisition, Sovereignty, Public Interest Qadeer and Arathi PM. Frontline. October and Land Acquisition: Land Acquisition 16, 2015. Amendment Bill, 2015 at Delhi School of Public Health in the Infirmary. Authors: Imrana Economics. April 8, 2015. Qadeer and Sourindra Mohan Ghosh. Inaugural Address at the seminar on Land Titling, in LBSNAA, Mussoorie. April 24, 2015. SEMINARS..WORKSHOPS… CONFERENCES Valedictory Address in a Seminar on Forest Rights Act in LBSNAA, Mussoorie. Rearch Methodology Workshop for Senior April 22, 2015. Programme Officers. Objectives: Training

62 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 of senior official for change and action. ‘Dharma Ka Samajshashtra and Samajshashtri Participants included regional programme Ka Dharama:’ An Interview with T.N. Madan, officers and the editorial staff of the Bharatiya Samajshashtra Sameeksha, Vol. 2(2) government’s publication division. Key June-December 2015, pp.88-110. recommendations included emphasis on ‘Contemporary Practices of Mahatma Gandhi conceptualisation, and the need to let design National Rural Employment Guarantee flow from conceptualisation Equity in Health. Scheme: Insights from Districts by October 28, 2015. K.B. Saxena’. In Social Change Vol. 46. No.1, pp.155-158.

LECTURE The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi

‘How to Achieve Equity in Health, Which Way Years by Pranab Mukherjee, book review to Go? And Associated Research Priorities. in Contemporary South Asia (Routledge, Valedictory Address: Sri Chitra Institue of London, Vol. 22. No. 4, pp.498-500. Health Sciences, Achhota Menon Centre, Nehru: A troubled Legacy by R.N.P. Singh. Thiruvananthapuram. August 10-12, 2015. book review in South Asia Research, Vol. 36,

‘Tracing the History of Comprehensive Primary No. 1, pp.129-131. Health Care in India and its Contemporary Incarnation, the UHC. Lecture at CSMCH, PAPERS PRESENTED Jawaharlal Nehru University. Participants included 20 senior regional officers. Delivered the keynote address in the inaugural session of national symposium on MGNREGA: Interrogating Development Books Perspectives in India, Department of

Social Development Report 2014, Challenges Sociology, BHU,Varanasi. August 10-11, of Public Health, published in 2015 July (Ed.) 2015. by Imrana Qadeer. Oxford University Press. Chaired a session in a national symposium on MGNREGA: Interrogating Development MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC ACTIVITY Perspectives in India, Department of Sociology, BHU, Varanasi, August 10-11, 2015. Attended Scientific Advisory Committee ‘The Political Economy of Subaltern meeting, ICMR. Reproduction’, national seminar on Dalits in Member of, Selection Committee, Dept of India: Debating Subalternity and Exclusion, Health Research. Department of Sociology and PACS, BHU, Varanasi. November 28-29, 2015. ASHOK PANKAJ Presented a paper on ‘Dynamics of Social Exclusion in India’ in a national seminar on Senior Fellow (Professor) Caste and Social Exclusion: Issues and Challenges in Haryana at Chaudhary Ranbir CHAPTERS…PAPERS….ARTICLES… Singh Institute of Social and Economic REVIEWS Growth, M D University, Rohtak, Haryana, on January 20, 2016. ‘The Public Distribution System in Bihar: An Assessment of the Coupon System’, Social ‘Public or Private: Housing Matters a Lot for Change Vol. 45. No. 4, pp. 534-560. the Urban Poor: A Field View from Ratlam (MP)’, national seminar on Private Sector ‘Mahatma Gandhi Rashtriya Gramin Rojgar Participation in Public Services, Council Guarantee Yojana (MGNREGS and Inclusive for Social Development in collaboration with Development)’, Bhartiya Samajshashtra South Solidarity and Action Aid. March Sameeksha, Vol. 2(1) Jan-June 2015, 28-30, 2016, New Delhi. pp. 47-75.

‘Governor In Indian Federal Constitution—I: Constituent Assembly Debates Revisited’. ARATHI P.M. In Indian Journal of Public Administration, Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) October-December 2015, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 611-632. CHAPTERS…PAPERS….ARTICLES… Foreword to Gandhi Ambedkar and REVIEWS Dalit’s Emancipation by Jitendra Prasad and Sangeeta Thakur. Delhi: Academic ‘India’s Declining Calorie Intake : Excellence. 2015. Development or Distress?’ Co-authors;

63 Imrana Qadeer, Sourindra Mohan Ghosh and MONDIRA BHATTACHARYA Arathi P.M. In Social Change Vol. 46 No.1 Sr. Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) published by SAGE Publications. March 2016.

‘Words, Ideas and Ideology in the Shifting Sand of Market’ Co authors; Imrana Qadeer CHAPTERS…PAPERS….ARTICLES… and Arathi P.M. In Indian Journal of Gender REVIEWS

Studies Vol. 23, No.1. February 2016. ‘Nature and Extent of Yield Gaps in Principal

‘Mutterschaft als Saisonarbeit: Gespräche Crops in India’ In (Ed.) Pramod Kumar mit Leihmüttern im indischen Bundesstaat and S. Mohankumar, Indian Agriculture: Kerala[German] (Renting Wombs and the Performance, Growth and Challenges. Essays Question of Labour: Narratives of Surrogate in Honour of Ramesh Kumar Sharma. London From State of Kerala India)’ & New York Routledge (Taylor & Francis [https://www.wzb.eu/sites/default/files/ Group). February 2016. publikationen/wzb_mitteilungen/s32-35arathi. pdf ] Published by Mitteilungen No:149, pp.32-35 September, 2015. POORNIMA M. Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) ‘Myopic Approach’, [http://www.frontline.in/ cover-story/myopic-approach/article7698057. ece] Co-authors, Imrana Qadeer and Arathi CHAPTERS…PAPERS….ARTICLES… P.M. Published by Frontline. October 15, 2015. REVIEWS

Paper in the volume, Unaccountable Deaths ‘Teacher Involvement in Policy Making and Damages: An Analysis of Socio-Legal for a Successful Reform in Education’. In Implications of Sterilisation Camp Deaths in Transformation of School Education: Role of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. Teachers. Phoneme & RTE Forum: New Delhi.

‘Challenges of Reclaiming the Public Health August 2015.

System: Experiences of Community Based ‘Role of Non-Governmental Organisations Monitoring and Planning in Maharashtra ‘ (NGOs) in Public Administration. In Public co-authored with Abhay Shukla. Administration in India: Approaches and Applications. Pearson. April 2016.

SEMINARS…CONFERENCES… Book review of Ethnographies of Schooling in WORKSHOPS Contemporary India by Meenakhi Thapan. In Social Change, SAGE Publications. “Ethics, law and patient care: What can March 2015. we expect from the ART bill?” Panellist in discussion at the Kasturba Gandhi Medical College, Manipal. Sponsoring Agency: Indo- PAPERS PRESENTED German Conference on Current Trends in Elementary Education in Rural India: Assisted Reproduction. March 18-20, 2016. Challenges of Privatisation. Organised Resource Person on session on Assisted by National Council for Rural Institutes Reproductive Technologies for National (NCRI), Hyderabad at National Academy for Seminar on Access to Health Care in Agriculture and Rural Management (NAARM), Modern Era: Changing Dimensions. Hyderabad. October 19-20, 2015. Mahatma Gandhi University, School of Indian Participation in Summer School Legal Thought, Kottayam, Kerala. ‘Innovative Financing in Education: March 13-15, 2015. Arguments, Options and Opportunities 13-17, July 2015. Organised by the Central Web Publications European University, Budapest, Hungary at Lecture Room 7, Central European University, Memoir of Praful Bidwai [in Malayalam] Budapest, Hungary. 13-17, July 2015. June 25, 2015. http://www.azhimukham.com/news/5911/ praful-bidwai-died-arathipm-memoir Books

Response to a doctor’s blog, with Dr Sylvia Enhancing Community Participation in Karpagam[In Malayalam] May 26, 2015 School Management: Manual on School http://www.azhimukham.com/news/5488/ Management Committees (SMCs). replay-to-drradhakrishnans-blog-why-i-will- Co-authored with Sneha Palit; Mitra Ranjan. never-allow-my-child-to-become-a-doctor-in- RTE Forum: New Delhi. November 2015. india-silvya-karpagam

64 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC JAYA LEKHSMI NAIR ACTIVITY Senior Research Associate

Coordinated Resettlement Workshop (Details in Training section). Research Papers/Articles

SUSMITA MITRA CHAPTERS…PAPERS….ARTICLES… REVIEW Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) Sustainability of Small Family Farms in Asia – Pacific Countries: Challenges and CHAPTERS…PAPERS….ARTICLES… opportunities, in edited volume by MSSRF, REVIEW Chennai-FAO, Rome. (Under publication).

‘Sukhpal Singh and Tarunvir Singh, Producer Challenges of Accelerated Diversified and Companies in India: Organisation and Inclusive Agricultural Growth in India, in Performance, New Delhi, Allied Publishers. special volume of the Platinum Jubilee by Book Review in Social Change, Vol. 45, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, No. 2, SAGE Publications. Mumbai (Under publication).

‘Agrarian Distress in India – Causes and Papers Presented Remedies’, in edited volume on Agrarian Distress in India. Technology and Management Solutions to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change on Indian ‘Kisanon Ke Acchhe Din Kab Ayenge’? In Agriculture: A Case Study of Bardhaman. Money Bhaskar, New Delhi. May 26, 2015. 2nd International Conference on Recent ‘Food Security Concerns of Small Family Developments in Science, Engineering and Farms in Developing Countries’ In Deep Technology (REDSET 2015), Scientific and Roots, published jointly by FAO, Rome and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Tudor Rose, U.K. 2016. Development, School of Engineering, G. D. Goenka University, Gurgaon. October 31, 2015. MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC ACTIVITY Helped coordinated the following. (Details in Awards Seminar section).

Best paper award in the 2nd International National Seminar on Challenges of Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Agriculture in Bihar and Science, Engineering and Technology Jharkhand, held in CSD, New Delhi, March (REDSET 2015) titled “Scientific and 05, 2016. Technological Innovations for Sustainable National Consultation on Land Leasing Development”, Organised by School of Policy (in collaboration with NITI Aayog) in Engineering, G. D. Goenka University, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on March 8, 2016. Gurgaon, India (October 30-31, 2015). Gender Equitable Land Governance in Odisha, held on August 4, 2015 jointly with MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC ACTIVITY NRMC, Bhubaneswar and supported by the Coordinated Research Methodology Course World Bank. (Details in Training section). RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

65 ‘Judges and Citizens in a Constitutional Hyderabad Democracy,’ The Hindustan Times, March 11, 2016.

KALPANA KANNABIRAN ‘Urgent Notes from a University in Crisis’, The Professor & Regional Director Wire, March 24, 2016. ‘Regimes of Legality: Ethnography of Criminal Articles Cases in South Asia,’ (Ed.), Daniela Berti and Devika Bordia, New Delhi: Oxford University ‘Storytelling in the Time of Hate: Deciphering Press, 2015. A book review In Contributions Law(s) through Literature,’ Economic & Political to Indian Sociology, Delhi. Weekly, L: 20, May 16, 2015, pp. 76-83. ‘Queering the Norm,’ – a combined book ‘Autobiography of Revathi: Transgender review of The Phobic and the Erotic: The Rights and Constitutional Morality,’ Politics of Sexualities in Contemporary Veekshanam Telugu Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 5, India (Ed.) Brinda Bose and Subhabrata May 2015, pp. 52-53. Bhattacharyya, Seagull Books (London, ‘The Complexities of the Genderscape in New York, Calutta), 2007 and Sexualities India,’ Seminar, No. 672, August 2015, (Ed.) Nivedita Menon, Women Unlimited (An pp. 46-50. associate of Kali for Women, New Delhi, th ‘Disability-Based Discrimination in India,’ 2007 for The Book Review’s, 40 Anniversary Disability, Rights Monitoring and Social Issue, January 2016. Change: Building Power out of Evidence (Ed.), Marcia H. Rioux, Paula C. Pinto and BOOKS Gillian Parekh, 2015, Canadian Scholars Press Inc., pp. 139-156. Violence Studies (Editor) published by Oxford University Press: New Delhi under Oxford India Studies in Contemporary Society, 2016. Media ‘Something is Rotten in the States of…,’ The LECTURES Hindu, Op-Ed, April 13, 2015. Keynote Address at the Graduate Seminar ‘Autobiography of Revathi: Transgender on, Wellbeing, Growth and Development Rights and Constitutional Morality,’ [in Telugu] organised by TISS, Hyderabad. April 27, 2015. Nava Telangana, June 10, 2015. Keynote Address on ‘Bangaru Telangana: ‘Free Speech is the Cornerstone of India’s The Way Forward’, Centre for Economic Constitution,’ the New Indian Express, July and Social Studies, Hyderabad organised 22, 2015. by Telangana State Remote Sensing ‘Constitutional Conversations on Adivasi Applications Centre (TRAC). June 52015. Rights,’ The Hindu, Op-Ed, July 24, 2015. Valedictory Address at the Research ‘No Constitutional Ground to Deny Right to Methodology Course in Social Sciences Privacy,’ edit page, The New Indian Express, for PhD research scholars, organised by July 24, 2015. the ICSSR-Southern Regional Centre, Hyderabad. September 21, 2015. ‘An Apology to Mohammed Akhlaq,’ The New Indian Express, October 16, 2015. ‘Historical and Philosophical Foundations of the Education of People with Disabilities’. ‘Hyderabad & Amaravati: The Tale of Two Cities,’ The New Indian Express, October 28, Workshop on Perspectives on Disability 2015. and Inclusion in Educational Settings, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. ‘Bihar Voters have Spoken Truth to Power,’ February 25, 2016. The New Indian Express, November 25, 2015. ‘Trajectory and Interface of Feminism and ‘Disability is not Divinity,’ The Hindu, January the Women’s Movement/Studies with 12, 2016. the Law in India’ in a two-day event on, ‘The Annihilation by Caste,’ The Hindu, Celebrating Feminisms: Achievements February 3, 2016. and Contentions at the School of Gender Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, ‘What is a University?,’ The Hindu, February 16, 2016. Hyderabad. March 9, 2016. Guest Speaker, Disability, ‘Law and Women’, ‘When Professional Associations Start Promoting Narrow, Sectarian Agendas,’ The International Women’s Day on Legal Wire, March 2, 2016. Awareness for the Deaf organised by the

66 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Deaf Enabled Foundation at Andhra Mahila LECTURES Sabha. March 11, 2016. ‘ANOVA with SPSS,’ Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S. INDRAKANT Department of Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, and participated RBI Chair Professor as Chief Guest at the inaugural function. April 18, 2015.

CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… ‘Theories of Consumption Function, Central REVIEWS … University of Tamil Nadu, Five-Year Integrated

‘Bank Linkages through MGNREGS,’ M.Sc. Course in Economics, Thiruvarur. Sher Singh Sangwan and Gagan Deep August 4, 2015. (Eds.), Panchayat’s Role in MGNREGA and ‘Theology and Sampling’, Diploma Students Financial Inclusion,’ CRRID, Chandigarh, at Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad. July 2015. August 11, 2015.

‘Financial Inclusion Through MGNREGS ‘Macro Economics,’ training programmes in Andhra Pradesh,’ in Satish Verma and for junior college lecturers in economics, Kulwant Singh (Eds.), Slow Down, Banks Intermediate Staff Training Academy, and Role of Apex Banking Institutions in the Telangana State, Hyderabad. August 14, 18 Market Economy of India: The Way Forward, and 25, 2015. CRRID, Chandigarh, October 2015, ‘Understanding Size Determination,’ pp. 241-262 (Co-author: Upender Kataria). National Seminar on, Sampling in Nursing ‘Impact of the Election Environment on Research: A Myth, Reality or an Actual MGNREGS in Telangana,’ Indian Economic Distant Dream, Apollo College of Nursing, Journal, Special Issue on Economy of Hyderabad. August 26, 2015. Telangana, December 2015, pp. 231-240. ‘Food Security,’ Indira Priyadarshini Government Degree College for Women, Media Hyderabad. September 3, 2015.

‘Potential of Indian Youth: Today and ‘Value Based Education,’ Sandeepini Degree Tomorrow’ The Hans India, October 5, 2015 College, Kamareddy along with Prof. Rahul (Co-author: Mahendran A). Mukherji, National University of Singapore. September 7, 2015. ‘Two Sides of Chennai Floods ‘The Hans India, December 7, 2015 (Co-author: Extension lectures on, ‘Why Should I Do Mahendran A). Research?’ and ‘Correlation and Regression,’ Research Methodology Course, UGC– Academic Staff College, Osmania University. SEMINARS…WOrKSHOPS… January 20, 2016. Conferences ‘Concept of Rural Employment and ‘Lessons from Experiments with MGNRES in Unemployment in Developing Economies,’ Andhra Pradesh,’ National Workshop on Best International Training Programme on Practices in Food and Livelihood Security Management of Rural Employment in India: Lessons for Upscaling, Council for Projects for Poverty Alleviation, National Social Development, New Delhi and IFPRI. Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati July 14, 2015. Raj, Hyderabad. February 5, 2016.

‘Does MGNREGS Ensure Right to Work?: ‘Correlation and Regression,’ Ten Day Evidence from Andhra Pradesh’ 57th Annual Training Programme on Research Conference of Indian Society of Labour Methodology in Social Sciences, Economics, Central University of Kashmir, Department of Economics, CKM Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. October Arts & Science College, Warangal. 10-12, 2015 (Co-author: D. Sunder Raj). February 10, 2016.

‘Food and Nutritional Security of Women ‘Sampling Techniques’ ICSSR Sponsored and Children through ICDS’, two day Ten Day Workshop Research Methodology National Seminar on Food Security for Course in Social Sciences for PhD Women and Children in India – Challenges Scholars, Department of Law, Osmania and Opportunities, Centre for Women University. March 23, 2016 Studies, Kakatiya University, Warangal. ‘Chi-Square Test and ANNOVA, Two day March 21-22, 2016. workshop on Application of Quantitative

67 Techniques in Economics, Department of Management (Sage Publications), 17(03), Economics, Kakatiya University, Warangal. September 2015. March 29, 2016. SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… BOOKS Conferences Performance of MGNREGS in Andhra ‘Mining Closure and the Issue of Livelihood Pradesh and Telangana, Paramount in India,’ International Conference on Publishing House, Hyderabad, 2015. Promoting Socio- Economic Equity in South Asia: Challenges and Prospects, MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC National Science Foundation, Colombo, Sri ACTIVITIES Lanka. July 15-16, 2015.

Member of panel discussion on Union ‘Muslim Minorities in Urban Space: A Basti- Budget 2016-17, RG Kedia College of Level Study in Hyderabad City,’ National Management, Hyderabad. March 3, 2016. Seminar on Urbanisation in India: Emerging Issue, Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Discussant, three day seminar on Dynamics Hyderabad, December 10-11, 2015. of Rural Labour Relations in India, S.R. Sankaran Chair, NIRD & PR, 10 March 2016. ‘Development and Development Communities: Focus on Odisha Experience,’ Conference on Development Induced Displacement L. REDDEPPA and Migration, Land Acquisition and Associate Professor Resettlement, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… March 3-4, 2016. REVIEWS … LECTURES ‘Efficiency of the Government in Promotion of Small Enterprises for Self-Employment ‘Training Programme on Monitoring of Educated Youth.’ In Krishnaveni (Ed.) & Evaluation of Rural Development Business Competitiveness, Perspectives and Projects,’ National Institute of Rural Challenges & Strategies, Allied Publishers: Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad. Hyderabad, 2015. August 27, 2015.

SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… S. SURAPA RAJU Conferences Assistant Professor

‘Health Care through Government Sponsored Health Insurance: A Case Study of Aarogyasri CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… in United Andhra Pradesh,’ National Seminar REVIEWS … on The New Rural Paradigm: Policies and Governance, National Institute of Rural ‘Climate Variations and its Impact on Marine Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad. Fishing Communities of Andhra Pradesh’. February 3-4, 2016. In P. Subba Rao (Ed.) Climate Change and Sustainable Livelihoods, The Associated Publishers: Ambala Cantt. 2015. LECTURES ‘SWOT Analysis on Continuing Education ‘Concept and Issues of Inclusive Growth in Programme: A Study in Andhra Pradesh,’ India,’ Research Methodology Course for P. Viswanadha Gupta (Ed.) Adult Education PhD Scholars, Takshasila Mahavidyalaya, as New Educational Frontier, The Associated Amravati, Maharashtra, February 20, 2016. Publishers: Ambala Cantt, 2015.

SUJIT KUMAR MISHRA SOUMYA VINAYAN Associate Professor Assistant Professor

CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… REVIEWS… REVIEWS…

‘Putting Value to Human Health in Coal Comments on the chapter co-authored by Mining Region of India’. In Journal of Health Alexis Buettgen, Rachel Gorman, Marcia

68 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Rioux, ‘Employment, Poverty, Disability and SURESH JAGANNADHAM Gender: A Rights Approach for Women with Assistant Professor Disabilities in India, Nepal and Bangladesh,’ in Nazilla Khanlou & F. Beryl Pilkington, (Eds.), Women’s Mental Health: Resistance and CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… Resilience in Community and Society, Cham, REVIEWS… Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London: ‘Bharat Mein Adivasi Shiksha Pranali,’ Abdul Springer International Publishing. (2015) Ghani Dav Prakashan (Ed.) Janajatiya Bhasha ‘Willingness to Pay for GI Products in India: Aur Sahitya Chintan, Shaik, Delhi. The Case of Darjeeling Tea and Pochampally ‘Maukhikh Sahitya Bachane mein Adivasinyon Ikat,’ Hyderabad Social Development Papers, ka Yogdaan,’ Adivasi Sahitya (Weekly 3(1-3): 1-21, 2015. published by the State Govt. of Jharkhand), Volume 4, pp. 14, June 2015.

SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… ‘Asur: Jeevan se Maran Tak,’ Journal Forward Conferences Press, Monthly from Delhi. April 2016, Vol. VIII, No - 4. ‘Geographical Indications as a Tool for Rural Development: Issues of Governance,’ National Seminar on The New Rural SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… Paradigm: Policies and Governance, Conferences National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad. (Co-authored ‘Warriors of the Rainbow: Ek Aathmasamman with N. Lalitha). February 3-4, 2016. ka Vidhroh,’ National Seminar on Hindi Cinema: Dalit-Aadivasi Vimarsh, Department of Hindi, Pondicherry Central LECTURES University, October 5-6, 2015.

‘Referencing and Bibliography,’ Research ‘Purakha Sahitya Aur Uska Mulyankan,’ Methodology for Students of Post National Seminar on Aadivasi Bhasha, Graduate Diploma in Islam and Interfaith Sahitya Aur Samaaj, Centre for Indian Relations (Second Semester) 2015- Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 16, Henry Martin Institute, Hyderabad. New Delhi, February 6-7, 2016. October 8, 2015. ‘Disability and Higher Education,’ Workshop LECTURES on Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Educational Settings, session Chaired Session, ‘Adivasi Bhasha, Sahitya on Exploring Educational Opportunities for Aur Samaaj,’ National Seminar, Aadivasi Persons with Disabilities, Tata Institute of Bhasha, Sahitya Aur Samaaj,’ Centre Social Sciences (TISS). February 26, 2016. for Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. February 6-7, 2016.

Key Note Address, ‘Adivasi Sahitya: Samajik MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC ACTIVITY Arthik Dristikon,’ National Seminar on Resource Person, One-Day National Samajik Aur Arthik Vikas ki Avadharana: Education Policy 2015 Consultation Adivasi Samaj, Department of Hindi, Daulat Workshop on Theme X: Bridging Gender and Ram College, University of Delhi, Social Gaps in Higher Education, Maulana March 9-10, 2016. Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. August 24, 2015. SUNKARI SATYAM 3rd SARNET (South Asia Research Network), Training Programme on ‘Labour Economics: Assistant Professor Theories, Methodologies and Research Issues’ Institute for Human Development in CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… collaboration with ILO and IDRC-Canada. REVIEWS … October 27- November 7, 2015. ‘Understanding Contemporary Rural Resource Person, Stakeholder’s Meeting Structure: A Study from Telangana State,’ for Survey of Secondary Schools under Asian Journal of Development Matters, 9(1): Young Lives Project, Centre for Economic 21-33, June 2015. and Social Studies, Hyderabad. November 25, 2015.

69 ‘Challenges and Operational Issues of Tribal Economic Journal, Special Issue, December Rights under Forest Rights Act, 2006 in 2015, pp. 242-255. Andhra Pradesh’ Indian Journal of Dalit and ‘Access to Banking Facilities and Credit to Tribal Studies and Action, 2015. Muslims in Telangana State,’ submitted to ‘Food Security through Good Governance: Commission of Inquiry on Socio-Economic Looking from Indian Public Policy Context,’ and Educational conditions of Muslims Chavva Sheela Reddy (Ed.) Food Security in the State of Telangana, Government of and Food Production: Institutional Telangana. Challenges in Governance Domain, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… Conferences ‘Policy of Forest Development and Participation of Forest Dependent Tribal People: A Study ‘Quality Housing in Telangana: A Sub-District th in Andhra Pradesh,’ Nupur Tiwari (Ed.), Tribal Level Study,’ 98 Annual Conference Development and Violent Manifestation, New of Indian Economic Association, Prof. Delhi: Mittal and Concept Publishers, 2016. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, December 27-29, 2016. Media ‘Neecha Raajakeeyalanu Tharimikottale,’ LECTURES Namasthe Telangana (Editorial Page). May 23, 2015. ‘Types of Data and Tools of Data Collection, Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad, ‘Raajakeeyamante Vyatirekinchadamena?,’ September 2015. Namasthe Telangana (Editorial Page), October 28, 2015. JAFAR K. LECTURES Post-Doctoral Fellow

‘Preparation of Questionnaire in Social Science Research,’ Research Methodology CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… for Students of Post Graduate Diploma REVIEWS … in Islam and Interfaith Relations (Second ‘Pattern of Public Expenditure and Social Semester) 2015-16, Henry Martin Institute, Development: Implications on Education- Hyderabad, October 13, 2015. Led Development in Kerala, India,’ Amal ‘Digital Governance of Poverty Reduction International Journal of Economics & Social Strategy in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh,’ Sciences, Vol.1, Issue 3, p.18-27, March 2016. National Seminar on Social Welfare Administration in India – Linking with Digital India, Dr B.R. Ambedkar Chair in Social SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… Justice, Institute of Public Administration, New Conferences Delhi, November 26-27, 2015. ‘Mass-Education, Migration and Development ‘Issues and Challenges of Good in Kerala: Alternative Narratives and Governance: A Study of Grassroots’ Concerns,’ Fourth International Congress Welfare Administration,’ National Seminar on Kerala Studies, sector-wise Seminar on The New Rural Paradigm – Policies and (vii) Migration and welfare of NRIs, AKG Governance, Centre for Human Resources Centre for Research and Studies, Trivandrum Development, National Institute of Rural Malabar Christian College, Calicut. Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, May 24, 2015. February 3-4, 2016. ‘New Patent Regime and Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Revisiting the Public Health Concerns,’ International Conference CHIRALA SHANKAR RAO on The Evolving Regime in Intellectual Assistant Professor Property Protection, jointly organised by CESP-JNU, Public Health Foundation of CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… India (PHFI), Third World Network (TWN) REVIEWS … under the umbrella of the Health Economics Association of India (HEAI), Jawaharlal ‘Measuring ‘Quality Housing’ in Telangana Nehru University, Delhi. (Co-author: P. Sajna). State: A Sub-District Level Study,’ The Indian November 2-4, 2015.

70 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 ‘Pattern of Public Expenditure: Implications D. SUNDER RAJ on Kerala’s Development Experience,’ Research Associate National Seminar on Planning and Budgeting for 2016 in India: Problems and Prospects, Amal College of Advanced SEMINARS…WORKSHOPS… Studies, Nilambur, Malappuram: March 8-9, Conferences 2016. ‘Does MGNREGS Ensures Right to Work?: ‘Migration and Process of Human Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, 57th Annual Development: Revisiting Kerala’s Experience,’ Conference of Indian Society of Labour National Seminar on Development Economics, Central University of Kashmir, Experience of Kerala: Issues and the Way Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. (Co-author: Forward, Government College Malappuram, S. Indrakant). October 10-12, 2015. Kerala. February 28-March 2, 2016. KRITI SHARMA LECTURES Legal Researcher ‘Book Review: ‘Reader’ emerges as ‘reviewer’,” Research Methodology for Post Graduate Diploma in Islam and Interfaith CHAPTERS…PAPERS…ARTICLES… Relations, Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad, REVIEWS… November 17, 2015. ‘Santhara: Jains’ Right to Exit with ‘Book Review: ‘Reader’ emerges as Dignity’, Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog. ‘reviewer’ (Practical Session),” Research September 7, 2015. Methodology for Post Graduate Diploma in Islam and Interfaith Relations, Henry Martyn Institute. Hyderabad, November 24, 2015. RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

71 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

POVERTY 2015 ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE

CSD ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS

Prof. Muchkund Dubey President, CSD

Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President of CSD, a former foreign secretary, Government of India and Chairperson, Commission of Common School System, is an economist and educationist having taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University. His area of research includes international economic relations and social and economic development. He writes prolifically, broadly following the themes of international security and disarmament, international development cooperation, world order and development and education. He has authored two books, Unequal Treaty: World Trading Order after GATT and India’s Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World; he has also edited three books, including, Indian Society Today: Challenges of Equality, Integration and Empowerment; and has co-edited six other volumes. [email protected]

D E L H I

Dr T. Haque Director (Up to November 2015) Ms Anita Kaul Distinguished Faculty Director (From November 2015)

An agricultural economist, Dr Haque’s specialisation Out of a 35-year career in the civil services, Anita Kaul lies in the area of agricultural development and policy. spent over 25 years in the social sector, giving her an Author of a dozen books and numerous research papers opportunity to understand the multiple deprivations that his most recent publications include Empowerment of marginalised sections, especially women and children, Rural Women in Developing Countries, Socio-Economic face in the areas of education, health and nutrition. Impact Assessment of Bt. Cotton in India, Land She retired as Secretary to the Union Government, Policies for Inclusive Growth and Agrarian Reforms and Department of Law and Justice in September 2014. Institutional Changes in India. [email protected] [email protected]

72 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Prof. R. Govinda Prof. Zoya Hasan

GENDER Distinguished Faculty Distinguished Faculty

R. Govinda is a former Vice Chancellor of National Zoya Hasan is Professor Emerita, Centre for Political University of Educational Planning and Administration Studies and former Dean of the School of Social specialising in policy analysis, literacy and elementary Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Published education. His most recent publications include, Who widely in the area of Indian politics, State, democracy, Goes to School? Study of Exclusion in Indian School development and political parties, she is the author/ Education. He is currently working on a book titled, editor of 18 books, including most recently, Congress Democracy, Human Rights and Education as part of a After Indira: Policy, Power, Political Change (1984-2009) National Fellowship from ICSSR. and Politics of Inclusion: Caste, Minority and Affirmative [email protected] Action and a collection of essays, Democracy and the Crisis of Inequality. [email protected]

Prof. Narendra Jadhav Prof. Hari Mohan Mathur Durgabhai Deshmukh Chair Distinguished Faculty (October 2014-April 2016)

Narendra Jadhav is a former Member, Planning Hari Mohan Mathur is a former member of the Commission, former Vice Chancellor, University of Pune Indian Administrative Service and a development and former Chief Economist, Reserve Bank of India. anthropologist. His publications include, India He has written or edited 37 books in three languages, Social Development Report 2008: Development and English, Marathi and Hindi, and is the author of 31 Displacement (ed.); Displacement and Resettlement in reports on public policy. His area of special interest India: The Human Cost of Development; and Assessing covers the life and writings of Dr Ambedkar and the Social Impact of Development Projects: Experience Rabindranath Tagore. in India and other Asian Countries. [email protected] [email protected]

Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty Prof. Deepak Nayyar Distinguished Faculty Distinguished Faculty

Manoranjan Mohanty is a former professor of political Deepak Nayyar is Emeritus Professor of Economics science, University of Delhi and a China scholar. His at Jawaharlal Nehru University and a former Vice most recent publications include Red and Green: Five Chancellor, University of Delhi. His most recent Decades of the Indian Maoist Movement; Building a Just publications include Catch Up: Developing Countries World, Essays in Honour of Muchkund Dubey (co-ed), in the World Economy, Faces And Places and and Ideology Matters: China from Mao Zedong to Macroeconomics and Human Development. Xi Jinping. [email protected] [email protected]

73 Prof. Imrana Qadeer Prof. K. B. Saxena Distinguished Faculty Distinguished Faculty

Imrana Qadeer is a public health professional, a former K.B. Saxena taught political science in the University professor of Social Medicine and Community Health of Delhi before he joined the Indian Administrative Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her areas of Service. He was also a principal adviser to the Planning interest range from health service organisation, women’s Commission. K.B. Saxena has prepared the report on health, maternal and child health, political economy of Atrocities against Scheduled Castes for the National health and social determinants of health as reflected in Human Rights Commission and has contributed a her publications such as Public Health in India — Critical number of articles and papers and edited several books. Reflections. [email protected] [email protected]

Prof. Ashok Pankaj Dr Reba Som Senior Fellow (Professor) Senior Fellow ICSSR

Ashok Pankaj is a Professor at the Council for Social Reba Som is a historian, writer and classical singer Development. He specialises in law and political and a Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science economy with a focus on public policy, institutions of Research. She is currently working on a book, Sister governance and development and interface between Nivedita’s Engagement with India. She has authored democracy and development. His most recent many books, notably, Differences within Consensus: publication is Subalternity, Exclusion and Social Change The Left-Right Divide in the Congress 1929-39; Gandhi, in India (edited). Nehru and Bose: The Making of the Modern Indian Mind; [email protected] Jawaharlal Nehru and the Hindu Code Bill – Victory of Symbol over Substance; and Subhas Chandra Bose and the Resolution of the Women’s Question. [email protected]

Dr Mondira BhattAcharya Dr Akhil Alha Sr. Associate Fellow Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor Sr. grade) (Assistant Professor)

Mondira Bhattacharya specialises in agriculture and Akhil Alha has been with the Council for Social rural development studies. She has presented papers Development since June 2014 and his areas of research in national and international seminars and has various are labour economics, rural development, agrarian research publications to her credit. One of her recent distress, inequality and caste discrimination in labour books is Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of BT markets. Cotton in India co-authored with Dr T. Haque and [email protected] Dr Ankita Goyal. [email protected]

74 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Dr Ankita Goyal Dr Anamika Priyadarshini Associate Fellow Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

Ankita Goyal holds a PhD from the Centre for Economic Anamika Priyadarshini is a PhD in Global Gender Studies Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, from State University of New York, Buffalo. Her research New Delhi. Her area of specialisation broadly covers interests are unrecognised women workers, gender agriculture, food security, sustainable farming and rural and development. She has published articles in leading development. Dr Goyal has presented papers in many journals and has received fellowships from prestigious national and international seminars and has many institutions like the Margaret McNamara Foundation, research publications to her credit. She has co-authored SUNY Buffalo, Ford Foundation and Packard a book, Socio-economic Impact Assessment of BT Foundation. Cotton in India. [email protected] [email protected]

Dr Arathi P.M. Associate Fellow Dr Poornima M. (Assistant Professor) Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor)

Arathi’s academic work at CSD covers issues of Poornima M. holds a PhD on ‘Educational Reforms’ from public health law, women’s health, nutrition and social Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal determinants of health. She was WZB-ISSC Global Nehru University. She has recently completed two of Fellow 2015 at the Berlin Social Science Centre. her evaluation studies on ‘Impact Assessment of the [email protected] National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM)’ and ‘’Legal Awareness and Access of Justice to the Marginalised in Rajasthan’. Her current assignments include research projects on ‘Reach and Role of Private Schools in India’ and ‘Barriers to Children’s Education in Chhattisgarh’. [email protected]

Dr Susmita Mitra Associate Fellow Ms Jaya Lekhsmi Nair (Assistant Professor) Senior Research Associate

Susmita Mitra has been the recipient of Junior Visiting Ms Jaya Lekshmi Nair has over ten years of research Fellowship at HTW, Berlin, Germany; Junior and Senior experience in the field of rural development, agriculture Research Fellowship in NET; and the Ford Foundation and gender studies. She has co-authored a paper Scholarship. She is the coordinator of the short-term with Dr T. Haque entitled, ‘Ensuring and Protecting the course on Research Methodology in CSD; and has 14 Land Leasing Rights of Poor Women’ in the volume, peer-reviewed publications to her credit. Developing Countries: Challenges and Pathways. [email protected] Presently, she is working as a coordinator on a project on Land Governance Assessment Framework India. [email protected]

75 Mr Sourindra MOHAN Ghosh Mr Gitesh Sinha Research Consultant Research Officer

Sourindra Mohan Ghosh is pursuing his PhD from the With his expertise in the data analysis of various Centre of Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal agricultural and rural data sets, Gitesh Sinha has worked Nehru University. His research interests cover socio- as a Research Associate (Database) at the International economic development. His recent published articles Livestock Research Institute for worked on various projects include, ‘An Analysis of State of Education in Gujarat’ in sponsored by national and international organisations like Poverty Amidst Prosperity: Essays on the Trajectory of the World Bank, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Development in Gujarat (Ed. Atul Sood) and ‘Declining the TATA Trust and the Gates Foundation. Calorie Intake in India Since 1993-94: Development or [email protected] Distress?’ in Social Change. [email protected]

Mr Prashant Mishra Research Officer (Projects)

Prashant Mishra currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University is looking at the rise of the new urban bourgeoisie within the key industrial sectors of Bihar, post-2005. His research covers agrarian relations, land reforms, caste and development and rise of OBC as a Ms Ramandeep Kaur political category in north India. Research Officer (Projects) [email protected] Ramandeep Kaur, experienced in handling evaluation studies, data analysis and index making, was associated with the United Nations Global Compact Network India and the Indian Institute of Public Administration. Some of the studies handled by her include: ‘GoI-UNDP Project on Access to Justice’, ‘National Digital Literacy Mission’, Mr Santosh Verma and ’Promoting Transparency in Smart City Plan’. Research Assistant [email protected] Santosh Verma holds a PhD from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. His areas of interest are the political economy of agriculture and food, international trade and development, agricultural economics and microeconomics. [email protected]

Mr Chetan Khanna Research Assistant Ms Gurmeet Kaur Librarian With an MBA in marketing and a keen interest in digital communication, Chetan Khanna’s area of interest veer Gurmeet Kaur, librarian at the Prof. Amar Kumar Singh towards using media as an instrument of change. He has Library at CSD is also editorial assistant in CSD’s worked on strategies for the Indian leg of Stop. Think. quarterly journal, Social Change. Her areas of interest are Connect, a global online awareness campaign to keep library management, collection development in digital digital citizens safe. environment, digitisation, digital libraries and e-learning. [email protected] [email protected]

76 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Social Change Samajik

Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty Editor Prof. Apoorvanand Editor

Apoorvanand teaches Hindi at the Department of Hindi, University of Delhi. He is a literary and cultural critic. Has two books of essays in criticism and several articles published in major literary journals. [email protected]

Ms Mannika Chopra Managing Editor

Mannika Chopra is a journalist, having been associated with many leading papers in senior editorial positions. A media activist and a practitioner, she has also been a founder-member of media collectives. She has taught journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School Mr Dhruva Narayan of Journalism and was a Media Fellow at University of Managing Editor/ Pittsburgh. Communications Adviser [email protected] Dhruva Narayan is publisher, writer, translator and social activist. He was formerly publisher and Managing Editor of Rainbow Publishers Ltd and Daanish Books. He was part of editorial team of Alternative Survey Group bringing out Alternative Economic Survey from 1998 to 2012. [email protected]

Dr GhazalA Jamil Book Review Editor

Ghazala Jamil is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University. A former Associate Fellow at CSD she taught at the Department of Social Work, University of Delhi and School of Planning and Architecture Her core research interests are materiality and spatiality of culture; urban poverty and governance; and research methodology [email protected]

Ms Gurmeet Kaur Editorial Assistant

77 Administration and Finance

Ms Sheela Sabu Mr Izhar Ali Administrative Officer Finance Officer

Mr Harpal Singh Ms Reeta Khurana Mr Parveen Bhardwaj Executive Secretary to Senior Admin and Admin and Accounts Assistant the President Accounts Assistant

Ms Premlata Puri Mr Suraj Pal Keer Mr Dev Dut Receptionist Assistant System Manager Technical Assistant (Computer)

Ms Chinmoyee Sanyal Ms Sirja Sanyal Office Assistant Assistant

78 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Administrative Support Staff

Mr Praveen Kumar Mr Vijay Driver-cum-Peon Messenger-cum-Peon

Mr Rattan Singh Rana Mr Roshan Lal Mr Harshmani Kukreti Security Electrician Peon

Mr Khadak Singh Mr Vinod Kumar Mr Sanjay Kumar Peon Cleaner-cum-Peon Cleaner-cum-Peon

Mr Ashwini Kumar Mr Radhey Shyam Driver-cum-Peon Mali-cum-Peon

79 CSD – SRC H Y D E R A B A D

Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran Prof. S. Indrakant Regional Director RBI Chair Professor

Kalpana Kannabiran is a sociologist and as a lawyer she Professor Indrakant, an economist with four decades has combined research, teaching (law and sociology), experience, has independently directed several research activism, pro bono socio-legal counselling and rights projects and has been associated with several others. advocacy in her work. Her latest works include: Violence Earlier, he headed and was chairperson, Board of Studies and India Social Development Report 2016: Studies, Department of Economics, Osmania University, Disability Rights Perspectives. Hyderabad. Most recently, he has published a book [email protected] titled, Performance of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana based an earlier research study. [email protected]

Dr L. Reddeppa Dr Sujit Kumar Mishra Associate Professor Associate Professor

L. Reddeppa, is a PhD in economics from Sri Venkateswara Sujit Kumar Mishra is a development economist. University. His broad areas of research cover State His most recent publications include, ‘Putting Value interventions and development policy focussing on small to Human Health in Coal Mining Region of India’ in industry and self-employment; and land and agriculture. Journal of Health Management; and ‘Dispossessed He was project director for several studies/assignments, by Development: Mining, Habitations, Lives and mostly sponsored by various government departments Livelihoods’ in India Social Development Report 2016. and ICSSR. He has published various research papers and [email protected] written a book on food security in India. [email protected]

Dr S. Surapa Raju Dr Soumya Vinayan Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Surapa Raju’s recent publications include Development An economist with a doctoral degree from the University of Fishermen Community through Technology: of Hyderabad, Soumya Vinayan’s research interests Economics of Motorized Crafts in Fishing. He has cover intellectual property rights, higher education and recently completed a research study on ‘Climate disability rights. Recent publications include, Disablement Variations and its Impact on Marine Fishing Communities in Higher Education: Mapping Barriers and Access in of Andhra Pradesh’ sponsored by ICSSR. Indian Universities (with Kalpana Kannabiran) and ‘Urban [email protected] Employment for Persons with Disabilities: A Study of Telangana’ in India Social Development Report 2016. [email protected]

80 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Dr Suresh Jagannadham Dr Satyam Sunkari Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Suresh Jagannatham holds a PhD in Hindi from Satyam Sunkari is a doctorate from the University of the University of Hyderabad and has worked on Hyderabad in political science and has been engaged representation of Adivasi lives in Hindi Literature. An in researching areas of public policies. His recent accomplished translator, he has written a book in Hindi publications include Poverty Elimination in Rural India – A and has published several papers in reputed journals. Study of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and Women in [email protected] Gram Panchayats. [email protected]

Dr Chirala Shankar Rao Dr Jafar K. Assistant Professor Post-Doctoral Fellow

Shankar Rao holds a PhD in economics from Jawaharlal Jafar K. has a doctoral degree in economics from the Nehru University and has specialised in developmental National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru studies. His current research focusses on issues of and his research interests broadly fall in the area land, agriculture, labour and social development and he of development studies, particularly focussing on is working on an ICSSR’s sponsored project entitled, issues related to education, migration, local finance, ‘Land Markets, Rising Agricultural Land Prices and decentralisation, human development and gender. As Implications for Agricultural and Allied Productive part of his post-doctoral research project, he is exploring Activities: A Comparative Study of Andhra Pradesh and the role of remittances, culture and geographic diversity Maharashtra.’ on the systems of local finance and household’ and [email protected] borrowings in the Malappuram District of Kerala. [email protected]

Dr Siva Kumar Danyasi Mr D. Sunder Raj Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Associate

Sivakumar Danyasi has completed his PhD in economics Sunder Raj holds a Master’s degree in economics from from the University of Hyderabad. His research interest Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi and has three and current focus pertain to development studies edited books and published several research articles and including health, education, livelihoods and agriculture. papers to his credit. [email protected] [email protected]

81 Mr R. Balaji Mr Bansilal Mallekedi Research Associate Research Associate

R. Balaji has completed his M.A in political science and M. Bansilal has a Masters degree in political science an MPhil in social exclusion and inclusive policy from from Osmania University. He has worked on projects the University of Hyderabad. His research areas are rural related to watershed management, Employment development, education and tribal rights. He worked on Guarantee Scheme, self-help groups, health, education, the PESA Act in Bhadrachalam ITDA Area for his MPhil agriculture and Vana Samrakshna Samiti. programme. [email protected] [email protected]

Mr B. Srinivasa Reddy Ms Kriti Sharma Research Associate Legal Researcher

B. Srinivasa Reddy holds a Master’s degree in Kriti Sharma is a law graduate from NALSAR University economics from Sri Krishna Devaraya University, of Law, Hyderabad. She works on human rights and Anantapur. His area of interests cover rural development, policy issues. poverty alleviation, and women’s empowerment through [email protected] capacity building and human resources development at various levels.

Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy ICSSR National Fellow

D. Narasimha Reddy, a noted economist, was Professor of Economics and Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, where he taught for over two decades. His areas of research interest include science policy studies, political economy of development and labour economics.

Adhoc Research Staff

Mr Akash Kumar Prasad Ch. Mohana Murali Krishna Mr T. Guruvaiah Research Associate Project Assistant Project Assistant Affiliated Scholars

Dr Meera Velayudhan Dr Prasenjit Bose Post-Doctoral Fellow Senior Research Associate

Mr Saroj Ranjan Padhi Mr Sushant Kumar Singh Research Associate Research Associate

82 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Library & Information Services

Mr Satya Nagesh Mr P. Kumar Assistant Librarian Assistant Programmer

Administrative Staff

Mr K. Sanjiva Rao Mr B. Laxminarayana Mr YSS Prasad Accts. & Admn. Officer Rao Secretary to Director Manager (Services)

Ms K. Mahalakshmi Ms P. Lalitha Kumari Ms N. Prasanna Rani Ms K. Arun Jyothi Stenographer Typist-cum-Clerk Accts & Admn Assistant Accts & Admn Assistant

Maintenance and Support

Mr B. Pratap Reddy Mr D.L. Sunil Kumar Mr P. MariyaDas Electrician-cum-Driver Office Assistant Office Assistant

83 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

POVERTY 2015 ADVOCACY

Organisational RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS

GENERAL BODY Professor Muchkund Dubey President Council for Social Development

Ms C. P. SUJAYA Vice President

LIFE MEMBERS Prof. Amit Bhaduri Shri D. Bandyopadhyay (Up to December 8, 2015) Dr P.M. Bhargava Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty (From February 5, 2016) Prof. Deepak Nayyar (From February 5, 2016) Dr Shantha Sinha Director General The Energy Research Institute (Up to December 8, 2015)

REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIA Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE Life Trustee of the Board of Trustees, India International Centre Air Marshal (retd.) Naresh Verma (ex-officio) Director, India International Centre

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MINISTRY Ms Anita Agnihotri (ex-officio) OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Secretary to the Government of India, DEALING WITH SOCIAL WELFARE Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment A REPRESENTATIVE NOMINATED Dr Ramesh Dadhich (Up to August 31, 2015) BY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING Member-Secretary (Indian Council for Social Science INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS Research) Dr G. S. Saun (From September 1, 2015) Member-Secretary (Indian Council for Social Science Research) Dr R. R. Prasad Prof. and Head, Centre for Equity & Social Development National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad Prof. Jayanta K. Das Director, National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi Dr (Ms ) Padma Velaskar Professor, Unit for Research in Sociology Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

84 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 MEMBERS NOMINATED BY Dr Suma Chitnis (Up to January 14, 2016) THE COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL Prof. Biswajit Dhar (From January 15, 2016) DEVELOPMENT Dr V. Vasanthi Devi Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty (Up to February 4, 2016) Shri K.R. Venugopal GENDER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Prof. Muchkund Dubey President Council for Social Development Ms C.P. Sujaya Vice President, CSD Dr P. M. Bhargava, SRC, Chairperson, Shri D. Bandyopadhyay (Up to December 2016) Dr Shantha Sinha Dr Ramesh Dadhich (Up to August 31, 2015) Member-Secretary (Indian Council for Social Science Research) Dr G. S. Saun (From September 1, 2015) Member-Secretary (Indian Council for Social Science Research) Dr. T. Haque (Member-Secretary —up to November 2015) Director, CSD Anita Kaul (Member Secretary — from November 2015) Director, CSD

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION Dr P. M. Bhargava, Chairperson COMMITTEE Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President Ms C.P. Sujaya, Vice President Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, Editor, Social Change Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran, Regional Director, CSD-SRC Dr T. Haque, (Member-Secretary—up to November 2015) Director, CSD Ms Anita Kaul, (Member-Secretary — from November 2015) Director, CSD Mr Izhar Ali, Finance Officer

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE Ms C.P. Sujaya Chairperson COMMITTEE Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, CSD Dr P. M. Bhargava Dr Ramesh Dadhich (Member-Secretary, Indian Council for Social Science Research) (Up to August 31, 2015) Dr G. S. Saun (Member-Secretary, Indian Council for Social Science Research) (From September 1, 2015) Dr T. Haque (Member-Secretary — Up to November 2015) Director, CSD Ms Anita Kaul (From November, 2015) Director, CSD Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran, Regional Director, CSD-SRC Ms Sheela Sabu, Administrative Officer, CSD Mr Izhar Ali, Finance Officer, CSD

85 RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS

Prof. MUCHKUND DUBEY President CSD

Dr T. Haque Director (up to November 2015) Ms Anita Kaul Director (from November 2015)

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY Prof. R. Govinda Distinguished Professor Prof. Zoya Hasan Distinguished Professor Prof. Narendra Jadhav Durgabhai Deshmukh Chair (From October 2014) Dr Hari Mohan Mathur Distinguished Professor Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty Distinguished Professor Prof. Deepak Nayyar Distinguished Professor Prof. Imrana Qadeer Distinguished Professor Prof K. B. Saxena Distinguished Professor

Prof. Ashok Pankaj Senior Fellow (Professor) Prof. Reba Som Senior Fellow ICSSR)

Dr Mondira Bhattacharya Sr. Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor Sr. grade) Dr Akhil Alha Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) Dr Ankita Goyal Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) Dr Poornima M. Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) Dr Susmita Mitra Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) Dr Arathi P.M. Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor) Dr Anamika Priyadarshini Associate Fellow (Assistant Professor)

Ms. Jaya Lekshmi Nair Senior Research Associate Mr Gitesh Sinha Research Officer Mr Sourindra Mohan Ghosh Research Consultant Ms Ramandeep Kaur Research Officer (Project) Mr Chetan Khanna Research Assistant Mr Prashant Mishra Research Officer (Project) Mr Santosh Kumar Verma Research Assistant Ms Gurmeet Kaur Librarian

86 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Social Change Manoranjan Mohanty, Editor Mannika Chopra, Managing Editor Ghazala Jamil, Book Review Editor Gurmeet Kaur Editorial Assistant GENDER SamAjik Apoorvanand Editor Dhruva Narayan Managing Editor

ADMINISTRATIVE AND Ms Sheela Sabu Administrative Officer FINANCE STAFF Mr Izhar Ali Finance Officer Mr Harpal Singh Executive Secretary to the President Ms Reeta Khurana Senior Admin and Accounts Assistant Mr Parveen Bharadwaj Admin and Accounts Assistant Ms Premlata Puri Receptionist/Tel. Operator Mr Suraj Pal Keer Assistant System Manager Mr Dev Dutt Technical Assistant ( Computer) Ms Chinmoyee Sanyal Office Assistant Ms Sirja Sanyal Assistant

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Mr Harshmani Kukreti Peon STAFF Mr Ashwini Kumar Driver-cum-Peon Mr Praveen Kumar Driver-cum-Peon Mr Sanjay Kumar Cleaner-cum-Peon Mr Vinod Kumar Cleaner Mr Roshan Lal Electrician Mr Vijay Pal Messenger-cum-Peon Mr Rattan Singh Rana Security Mr Khadak Singh Peon Mr Radhey Shyam Gardener-cum-Peon RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

87 CSD - hYDERABAD TEAM

MANAGING AND FINANCE Dr P.M. Bhargava COMMITTEE Chairperson

Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran Regional Director, CSD Member-Secretary

Prof. Ramesh Dadhich (Upto August 31, 2015) Member-Secretary, ICSSR Dr G.S. Saun (From September 1, 2015) Officiating Member-Secretary, ICSSR Representative of ICSSR Shri B.P. Acharya, I.A.S. Principal Secretary, Planning Department Government of Telangana, Member The Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, Member Shri S.M. Vijayanand, I.A.S., Director General, NIRD, Hyderabad, Member Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy, Member Prof. Y. Saraswathy Rao, Former Vice Chancellor, Shri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Member Prof. S. Indrakant, RBI Chair Professor CSD, Hyderabad, Member Dr S. Surapa Raju, Assistant Professor CSD, Hyderabad, Member Dr Sujit Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor CSD, Hyderabad, Member

Faculty, Research Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran, Regional Director Prof. S. Indrakant, RBI Chair Professor and Projects Team Dr L. Reddeppa, Associate Professor Dr Sujit Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor Dr S. Surapa Raju (retired on December 31 2015 and on contract from January 11, 2016) Assistant Professor Dr Soumya Vinayan, Assistant Professor Dr Suresh Jagannadham, Assistant Professor Dr Satyam Sunkari, Assistant Professor Dr Chirala Shankar Rao, Assistant Professor Dr Jafar K., Post Doctoral Fellow Dr Siva Kumar Danyasi, Post Doctoral Fellow Mr D. Sunder Raj, Research Associate Mr R. Balaji (from April 15, 2015) Research Associate Mr Bansilal Mallekedi (from May 15, 2015) Research Associate Mr B. Srinivasa Reddy (from June 1, 2015) Research Associate Mr Akash Kumar Prasad (from June 15, 2015 to February 29, 2016) Research Associate Ms Kriti Sharma Legal Researcher Mr Ch. Mohana Murali Krishna (Upto November 2015) Project Assistant Mr T. Guruvaiah (upto November 2015) Project Assistant

88 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Faculty, Research Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy, ICSSR National Fellow and Projects Team

Affiliated Scholars Dr Meera Velayudhan, Post Doctoral Fellow Dr Prasenjit Bose, Senior Research Associate Mr Sushant Kumar Singh, (Upto November 2015) Research Associate Mr Saroj Ranjan Padhi, Research Associate

Library and Mr P. Satya Nagesh, Assistant Librarian Information Services Mr P. Kumar, Assistant Programmer

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Mr K. Sanjiva Rao, Administrative & Accounts Officer Mr B. Laxminarayana Rao, Manager (Services) Mr Y.S.S. Prasad, Secretary to Regional Director Ms K. Mahalakshmi, Stenographer Ms P. Lalitha Kumari, Typist-Clerk Ms N. Prasanna Rani (from May 18, 2015) Accounts-Administrative Assistant Ms K. ArunJyothi (from June 1, 2015) Accounts-Administrative Assistant

ADMINISTRATIVE Mr Ch. Shanker Reddy (retired on June 30, 2015) SUPPORT STAFF Driver-cum-Office Assistant Mr B. Pratap Reddy, Electrician-cum-Driver Mr D.L. Sunil Kumar, Office Assistant Mr P. Mariyadas, Office Assistant RIGHTS MICRO-FINANCE TRIBALS GLOBALISATION LAND RIGHTS SOCIAL GROUPS SCHOOLS HEALTH FARMERS WOMEN DALITS POVERTY ADVOCACY RIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADVOCACY EQUITY EQUITY LEGISLATION GENDER GENDER LABOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOOD SECURITY PLANNING NUTRITION DISABILITY EDUCATION CONTINUITY DEMOCRACY TRADE UNIONS IMPACT ADIVASIS ADIVASIS VILLAGES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN EMPOWERMENT SCHEDULE CASTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS CHANGE GOVERNANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CHILDREN ECOLOGY OPPORTUNITY ACCESS LAND GOVERNANCE TRADE FACILITATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION AGRARIAN AGRARIAN CRISIS MINORITIES SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TRIBES DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT DISPLACEMENT INEQUALITY

ADIVASIS EQUITY SOCIAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT GENDER EMPOWERMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS RESEARCH MINORITIES DALITS HUMAN RIGHTS LABOUR LAND RIGHTS EDUCATION

CHILDREN HEALTH Auditor’s Report RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS INCLUSION POVERTY EMPLOYMENT FOOD SECURITY NUTRITION LAND GOVERNANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING VILLAGES SOCIAL GROUPS INEQUALITY ECOLOGY WOMEN OPPORTUNITY ACCESS IMPACT SCHOOLS ADVOCACY RIGHTS CONTINUITY CHANGE FARMERS SCHEDULE CASTE 2016 2015 SCHEDULE TRIBES CLIMATE CHANGE AGRARIAN CRISIS GLOBALISATION TRADE UNIONS MICRO-FINANCE DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT ADVOCACY SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RESEARCH TRADE FACILITATION DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING DEMOCRACY GOVERNANCE LEGISLATION ADIVASIS EQUITY SOCIAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT GENDER 92 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 93 94 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 95 96 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 97 98 Council for Social Development ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 99

Images ... 2015-2016 Images ... 2015-2016

AGRARIAN CRISIS GLOBALISATION TRADE UNIONS MICRO-FINANCE DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT ADVOCACY SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RESEARCH TRADE FACILITATION DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING E T R Sangha Council forcial So Development DEMOCRACY el: +91-11-24615383, 24611700,24618660 mail: [email protected] GOVERNANCE LEGISLATION achna, 53L ADIVASIS EQUITY

odhi Estate, N SOCIAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT GENDER | www.csdindia.org EMPOWERMENT

ew Delhi -110003,India ew Delhi RURAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS RESEARCH MINORITIES DALITS | F HUMAN RIGHTS ax: +91-11-24616061 LABOUR LAND RIGHTS EDUCATION CHILDREN HEALTH RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS INCLUSION POVERTY EMPLOYMENT FOOD SECURITY NUTRITION E T 5-6-151, R Southern Regional Centre

el: +91-40-24016395 LAND GOVERNANCE mail: [email protected] |www.csdhyd.org SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ajendranagar, H VILLAGES SOCIAL GROUPS INEQUALITY ECOLOGY WOMEN OPPORTUNITY ACCESS

| IMPACT SCHOOLS F ax: +91-40-24002714 yderabad -500030,India ADVOCACY RIGHTS CONTINUITY CHANGE FARMERS SCHEDULE CASTE SCHEDULE TRIBES CLIMATE CHANGE AGRARIAN CRISIS GLOBALISATION TRADE UNIONS MICRO-FINANCE DISPLACEMENT AND SETTLEMENT ADVOCACY SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION RESEARCH TRADE FACILITATION