Social Work: An Overview Social Work and Development ii CD001: SOCIAL woRK AND DEVELOPMENT Module 1 Social Work: An Overview State Resource Centre, Kerala iiii Credits and Copyright CERTIFICATE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Programme Advisory Committee y Prof. A. Sukumaran Nair, Former Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (Programme Chair). y Mr. V. S. Senthil IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, General Education Department, Government of Kerala. y Mr. Palode Ravi, Member, Governing Body, State Resource Centre, Kerala. y Dr. Alison Mead Richardson, Education Specialist - Skills Development, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada. y Prof. Santosh Panda, Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi. y Prof. S. Y. Shah, Professor of Adult Education, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. y Dr. V. Mohankumar, Director, Indian Adult Education Association, New Delhi. y Dr. Asha Balagangadharan, Former Director, State Resource Centre, Kerala. y Dr. T. Sundaresan Nair, Programme Coordinator, State Resource Centre, Kerala. y Dr. N. B. Suresh Kumar, Director, State Resource Centre, Kerala. y Mr. C. Swaraj, Associate Programme Coordinator, State Resource Centre, Kerala, (CCD Programme Coordinator) Module Development Team Writers y Ms. Arya B. Raj, Resource Person, State Resource Centre, Kerala, e-mail:
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