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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 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 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 Auditor’s Report Auditor’s Organisational Structure &Staff Faculty Activities Faculty CSD &thePublicSphere Publications Training Seminars & Workshops Memorial Lectures Advocacy Research Note Director’s Legacy & Vision Contents H D Y EL DERA HI B AD 91 85 72 59 56 53 47 43 41 33 20 8 7 5 4 3 4 COUN C IL FORSO C IAL DEVELOPMENT endeavour. andsocialactionbasedonacademic about changesinitsagenda forresearch tobring timetoinorder thevisionof itsfoundersfrom CSD hasbeenrenewing is its chairperson. Dr PushpaMittraBhargava, theeminentscientist, governed byamanagingcommitteeofitsownandpresently, TheSRCis (ICSSR)andthegovernment Social ScienceResearch ofTelangana. fundedbytheIndianCouncilof Deshmukhwhichiscurrently 1967 byDrDurgabai States, aSouthern (SRC)ofCSDwassetupinHyderabad RegionalCentre inthesouthern tostudyandmonitor thesocialdevelopmentprocess In order constitutional goals. of especially inthecontextofglobalisationandinadequacies intherealisation ofthemany challengesthatlieahead oftheworkithasdone, itisalsoaware proud andstrategiesdesignedtobringaboutsocialchange.WhileCSDis approaches implementation andfostercriticalideas shape planning,policyandprogramme governance, havehelped humanrightsandsocialjustice.Itspioneeringefforts suchasdevelopment, education, health,ruraldevelopment, activities inkeyareas development inIndia.Itpursuesitsvisionbyundertakingstudiesandadvocacy and otherinitiativesCSDactivelyparticipatesinpolicydiscoursesonsocial seminars,publications,capacity-building ofresearch, itsprogrammes Through ofCSD. scholar andformercivilservant,isVicePresident Sujaya,feminist andMsC.P. MuchkundDubeyisPresident educationist, Prof. thedistinguisheddiplomatand Presently, Chairperson andHonoraryDirector. DeshmukhasExecutive andDrDurgabai Dr C.D.DeshmukhasPresident asasocietywith India International andinApril1970,itwasregistered Centre ofthe bytheCouncilasanaffiliate aformalstatuswasacquired yearslater, Two Deshmukh. DrDurgabai socialworkerandindefatigableinstitution-builder, fighter, social workersandscientists,undertheleadershipoflegendaryfreedom began itsjourney consistingofafewprominent in1962asaninformalstudygroup, CSD ofthemarginalised. in issuesofsocialdevelopment,especiallythewelfare andadvocacyinstitutionengaged research non-partisan,vibrant as anon-profit, For overfivedecades,theCouncilforSocialDevelopment(CSD)hasfunctioned Legacy & Vision ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT ADIVASIS EQUITY SOCIAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT GENDER EMPOWERMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TRIBALS MINORITIES DALITS HUMAN RIGHTS LABOUR LAND RIGHTS EDUCATION CHILDREN HEALTH 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 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 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 GENDER Director’s Note Director’s laws andrightsforAdivasis constitutesomeoftheseactivities. co-curricular legaleducation, ashortdocumentaryfilmandworkshopon rightseducation, Rightsadvocacy, inthisarea. advocacy andactionfronts raised animportantmethodological issue.CSDwasequallyactiveon participation indecliningfemalelabourforce commitment. Ourresearch this in2015-16,reflect communities. Anumberofourstudiesinthisarea, andothermarginalised Schedule CastesandScheduledTribes concern A core oftheCouncilhas been theempowermentofwomen, forasustainablecourse. process localandtraditionalknowledgewith amodern development to synergise amongruralwomen inUttarakhand.Thisemphasisestheneed awareness economics, ecologyanddevelopmentunderlinesthe environmental numbers.Anongoingstudyon farming ingreat have optedfororganic than80percent ofoperationalholdings farmers whocultivatemore asilverlining.Smallandmarginal in2010-11—provided 44 lakhhectares in2006-07to fivelakhhectares farminginIndia—from oforganic spread conductedbytheCouncilonuseand At thesametime,research concerns environmental tomaintain foodsecurityinthecountry. address needto marine fisheriesinAndhraPradesh—bothunderliningtheurgent on Bengal andanother, impact ofclimatechangeonricecultivationinWest conversation, theCouncilundertooktwosignificantstudies:one,on asakeyglobalchallenge.Continuingthis human civilisationhasemerged degradationon The adverseimpactofecologicalandenvironmental disadvantaged members of society we continue to share today. today. disadvantaged membersofsocietywecontinuetoshare laid bythefoundersofCSDwhosevisiontoempowermost multidimensional activitiescollectivelybuildonthesolidfoundation and thepublicationofourbiennialSocialDevelopmentReport.Allthese ofanumberseminars,workshops,trainingprogrammes organisation studies,thestartofmanynewones, of someusefulresearch note ofsatisfaction,seeingacademicachievementinthecompletion endedthe yearona Report oftheCouncilforSocialDevelopment.We youthe2015-16Annual toplacebefore pleasure t givesmegreat 5 Education