Annual Report
50th YEAR OF THE COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
annual report
2012-13
Council for Social Development Sangha Rachna, 53, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi – 110003, India Tel: 91-11-24615383, 24692655, 24611700, 24618660 Fax: 91-11-24616061
COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013
Sangha Rachna, 53, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi – 110003, India Tel: 91-11-24615383, 24692655, 24611700, 24618660 Fax: 91-11-24616061
Southern Regional Centre 5-6-151, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500030 Tel: 40-24016395 Fax: 91-40-24001958 [email protected] www.csdhyd.org CONTENTS
DIRECTOR’S NOTE 03
ABOUT US 05 Origin 06 Vision 07 Objectives 07
RESEARCH 09 Projects Completed 10 Projects Ongoing 20
ADVOCACY 36 Seminars/Workshops 37
TRAINING 51
PUBLICATIONS 61 Books 62 India: Social Development Report (SDR) 62 Journal 63 Papers 63
DURGABAI DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 65
LIBRARY 67
FACULTY ACTIVITIES 69 Publications Lectures Seminars Training Programmes
ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE 96 Organisational Structure 97 Faculty 99 Staff 110
AUDITOR’S REPORT 112
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Traditional Subsistence to Means of Livelihood. DIRECTOR’S NOTE Besides, there were important on-going The Council for Social Development research projects, namely (i) The Crisis successfully completed its 50th year in of the Indian Left and Social 2012. During the past 50 years, the Development Issues, (ii) National Council continued to engage in Campaigns for an Inclusive research and advocacy to influence Implementation of Right to Education, government policy, social action and (iii) Institutional credit, Farm public discourse for the advancement of Productivity and Farm Distress, (iv) the socially disadvantaged, Mining closure and the Issues of marginalized and oppressed sections of Livelihoods, (v) Socio-economic the Indian society. Analysis of Geographical Indications in Indian Handloom Sector, (vi) Gender, The important research studies Caste and Tribe in Forest Governance, completed during 2012-13 include (i) (vii) Combating Child Marriage and Role of the National Food Security Gender Based Discrimination, (viii) Mission in Improving Agricultural Urban Employment of Persons with Productivity in selected districts, (ii) Disabilities, (ix) Educational Socio-economic conditions of Muslims Attainment and Challenges Faced by in India, (iii) Socio-economic Benefit of De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi- TEGRATM Technology in Rice Nomadic Tribes in India, (x) Economic cultivation in selected districts of Tamil and Social Empowerment of Adivasis Nadu, (iv) Centrally sponsored and (xi) Mapping Positive and Negative Schemes on Marine Fisheries and its Compliance to Civil and Political Effect on Development of Fisheries (v) Rights: Documentation from villages An Evaluation of Central Sector within Bhadrachalam ITDA. Scheme on Market Development of Tribal Products/produce, (vi) Impact of During 2012-13, the Council organized Land Distribution to the Landless in several important conferences, Andhra Pradesh, (vii) valuation of seminars and workshops, including (i) Health Cost of the People Affected from National Conference on Ten Years of Mahanadi Coal Field Ltd. Odisha, (viii) Bt. Cotton in India, (ii) National Financial Inclusion of the Chenchus in Seminar on ‘Strengthening of Public Andhra Pradesh, (ix) Crimes and Sector Health System for Universal Atrocities against Scheduled Tribes in Access to Health Care, (iii) Seminar on India, (x) Adivasi Art: From the Indian Left: Social Development Visions and Political Challenges, (iv) National Seminar on Urban Development and Exclusion of poor, (v) Council’s Social Change Journal Seminar on Understanding Land improved quite significantly. The Investment in East Africa, (vi) Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture National Seminar on Regulatory for 2012 was delivered by Dr. Narendra Aspects of Financing Inclusion, (vii) Jadav, a distinguished educationalist National Conference on Social and Planner. He spoke on Reforms in Exclusion and Rights of Persons with Higher Education System and 12th Five Disabilities and (viii) National Year Plan. Finally several faculty Conference on Ethical and Regulatory members of the council enhanced its Challenges in Health Research. In prestige by publishing research papers addition, training courses on (i) Social in noted Journals and also by Science Research Methodology, (ii) participating in seminars and Data Processing and Analysis in Social conferences as resource persons. Sciences and (iii) Social Impact of Resettlement and Rehabilitation, were I would like to take this opportunity to organized. thank Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President and all other members of the The important publications brought out Council for their guidance, unwavering during the year were (i) Towards Just support and commitment towards the and Equitable Development: Durgabai organisation’s goals and vision. Deshmukh Memorial Lectures, (ii) The Integrated Child Development Services; A Flagship Adrift and (iii) T. Haque India Social Development Report, titled Director Minorities at the Margin. Moreover, the quality of papers included in the
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ABOUT US
BEGINNING and AIM THEN AND NOW
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ABOUT US – ORIGIN, VISION & to the Southern Regional Centre (SRC) to expand its activities. The OBJECTIVES support of the Reserve Bank of India to establish an Integrated Micro Projects Applied Research and ORIGIN Training (IMPART) Centre in the name of Dr. C. D. Deshmukh under its The Council for Social Development Endowment Scheme in 1985 further (CSD) completed its Golden Jubilee strengthened the Council in this year. Since its inception in 1962, diversifying its activities. The SRC has it has functioned as an informal adequate financial and managerial group of social workers and social autonomy to work independently. scientists under the chairmanship of the legendary freedom fighter, social From the very beginning, CSD’s main worker, academic and planner, Dr. preoccupation is to obliterate the lack Durgabai Deshmukh. The preamble of of focus on social development by the the CSD Constitution clearly Indian planners. Durgabai’s articulates the objectives: “the need introduction to the Planning for a systematic study of the play of Commission volume on Social Welfare social dynamics in the process of in India (1964) and her lectures at the growth, to bring the social aspects of Asian Institute of Economic development into focus and to relate Development in Bangkok (1964) give them properly to economic growth at ample evidence of her focus on the various stages.” need to counter the neglect of women, children and the disadvantaged In 1964, a formal status was given to sections in the planning process. This the Council as an affiliate of the India vision acquires critical significance International Centre and in April, today because the growth 1970, it was registered under the preoccupation of the Indian policy- Societies Registration Act of 1860 makers has become so over-powering with Dr. C. D. Deshmukh as that the agenda of social development President and Dr. (Smt.) Durgabai gets only lip service. It also Deshmukh as Executive Chairperson encourages a healthy debate on and Honorary Director. After their whether the right-based laws, that demise, office bearers were elected have of late inspired policy discourse, from among the members of the actually constitute substantial Council. Presently, Prof. Muchkund policies to uplift the deprived people Dubey is the President and Ms C. P. and seriously address the problems of Sujaya, the Vice President. the disadvantaged sections.
For more comprehensive coverage in In the fifty years since the Study the South, a branch of the Council Group was founded in 1962 and while was set up in 1967 in Hyderabad we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the which was later upgraded to a CSD, the vision of the founders Regional Office. In 1980, the ICSSR continues to inspire the Council’s sanctioned a recurring annual grant engagement in intellectual efforts to influence government policy, social OBJECTIVES action and public discourse for the advancement of the socially The Council’s brainstorming session disadvantaged. at Surajkund, Haryana on April, 2, 2013 resulted in identifying the following new thrust areas and objectives in addition to the Council’s VISION prescribed role of focusing the public and policy discourse on a social The Council continues to be inspired development vision aimed at uplifting by the vision of its founding fathers to the quality of life of the poor, build a just society on the guiding oppressed and marginalized sections principles of secularism and equality, of the Indian society: identity and justice at the core of all its intellectual and practical work. 1. CSD will study the continuing The attainment of the goal of trend of the retreat of the State “Antyodaya” or “wiping every tear from the broad field of social from every eye” set before the Nation development and the resulting by Mahatma Gandhi is the privatization of social services that philosophical foundation of the has led to further decay and council. The best route towards dismantling of the public sector achievement of this vision is to infrastructure built for sustaining contribute to the amelioration of the social development and dispensing plight of the poorest, deprived and social goods and services. The marginalised sections of the impact of the absence of long term population. As part of the events to objectives and commitment of mark the Golden Jubilee of the CSD, resources for achieving social a critical brainstorming session was targets and abandonment of held at Surajkund on April 2, 2013 to structural and systemic recalibrate the Council’s approaches to dealing with social programme/projects and fine-tune its problems will be new focus area of modalities for implementation taking investigation and debate for the into account the changes over the Council. years in the field of social 2. CSD will formulate ideas about development. The Council renewed how to bring the focus back on the the vision of the founders in the disadvantaged sections at a time Surajkund session and reiterated that when the State seems to be it shall continue to engage in serving the interest of the few. intellectual efforts to influence 3. CSD will study the impact of the government policy, social action and erosion of bureaucratic structures public discourse for the advancement on account of the retreat of the of the socially disadvantaged, State and the simultaneous marginalized and oppressed sections adoption of the PPP mode of of the society. building infrastructure and setting up institutions.
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4. CSD will closely examine whether approaches to bring about a the right-based approach to social change in the situation. development is really different 8. CSD will continue its research and from the entitlement approach advocacy work designed to and where these two approaches improve the conditions of the differ from welfare and charity socially disadvantaged groups – approach. A study of this problem dalits, adivasis, minorities, has acquired urgency in view of women, children, marginal and the serious problem of poor farmers and workers in the implementation that has arisen in unorganized sector the implementation of the Right to 9. CSD will intensify its activities in Education. its core areas of – education 5. CSD will build capacity as a ‘brain health, agriculture, rural trust’ for the people and will development and human rights consistently undertake national especially of the weaker sections. stocktaking of the direction in 10. CSD will build capacity for which the country is moving in research, advocacy and training in the social field and present the areas of – a) sustainable alternatives before the government development (water, energy, and the people. environment, climate change, land 6. CSD will study and evaluate the use and agriculture). b) Poverty in efficacy of the numerous the process of urbanization experiments that are under way (exclusionary character of the as attempts by people to cope with cities; marginalization of the poor; the distress reality through self- institutionalization and help measures. This includes the standardization of inequality in revival of the cooperatives. urban areas through institutions 7. CSD will study the implications of of local self-government especially the absence of people from the resident welfare associations; heart of policy-making or the lack social dynamics of small cities and of involvement of the beneficiaries towns and how they are being in conceptualization, formulation, marginalized in the policies and evaluation and implementation of programmes for urban the programmes meant to development; and urban-rural ameliorate their socio-economic divide. C) Impact of science and conditions and suggest alternative technology on social development.
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RESEARCH One of the major activities of the Council since Its inception has been conducting meaningful research in the area of social development. Researches have been conducted in crucial areas of development, such as literacy and education, health and population, agriculture, rural development, environment and weaker sections of society – dalits, adivasis, women and children
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development scheme aimed at restoring PROJECTS soil health and achieving additional production of rice, wheat and pulses by A brief account of the Council’s the end of the year 2011-12. The study research work through project activities was also aimed at suggesting during 2012-2013 is given below. appropriate strategies for improving crop yields for sustainable food security at the macro and micro levels. RESEARCH PROJECTS
COMPLETED Methodology
The research was mostly empirical, AGRICULTURE based on secondary as well as primary data. Secondary data were used for all Role of the National Food Security the selected 480 districts of 18 major Mission (NFSM) In Improving states in the country. As for primary Agricultural Productivity in Selected data, five NFSM states were selected, Districts viz., Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. A household Project Team : Dr. T. Haque and survey was conducted in all five Ms Ankita Goyal selected states for the agricultural year 2011-12. Sponsoring Agency : Planning Commission, Government of India Key Findings
The study revealed that area, production and yield of rice, wheat and pulses have shown considerable growth in the period 2000-01 to 2010-11. Rice production increased by 11 million tonnes, wheat production increased by 17 million tonnes and Pulses production by 7 million tonnes.
From the policy implication perspective, it can be said that there is still huge
scope for improvement so as to achieve the targets that the Mission set out Objectives with. It was seen that a lot of farmers in many areas are not familiar with such a This study was conducted essentially to Mission being implemented or even if analyse the impact of the National Food they are, not many are informed about Security Mission (NFSM), launched by all the interventions and the provisions the Government of India, Ministry of under the NFSM. There is need for Agriculture in 2007-08 as a crop publicizing the features of the Mission more widely. As farmers mostly depend on the state agriculture departments, it is important for them to be involved in imparting training, organizing the Farmers’ Field Schools and the Demonstration Plots. Besides, the demonstration plots should be so chosen that maximum farmers can attend the training and get benefitted. It is also important to guarantee timely supply of quality seeds to avoid delay in sowing.
Finally, the study observed that the NFSM can achieve its desired objectives only if the other infrastructural facilities like proper irrigation, availability of agricultural inputs and credit on time and at reasonable rates of interest, better roads connecting villages to markets, better transportation facilities, adequate supply of electricity etc are provided. Objectives
This study was conducted to analyse Socio-economic Benefit Survey of the impact on rice productivity of TEGRATM Technology in Rice TEGRA™, a new seedling technology Cultivation in Selected Districts of launched in response to the challenges Tamil Nadu faced by the planters in terms of the way the rice seedlings are grown and Project Team: Dr. T. Haque, planted. The study was also aimed at Dr. Prashant Trivedi, Mr. Gitesh Sinha conducting a cost of cultivation analysis of both non-adopters and adopters of Sponsoring Agency: Syngenta the technology which has been introduced as a solution for small-scale rice growers by way of planting high quality seed. The objectives of this research also included probing the net benefits to farmers, communities and rural economy of adopters and analyse whether the net benefits are resulting in social benefits like education and health of farming families of adopters
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vis-à-vis non-adopters of the TEGRATM One of the most important effects of the technology. technology that the study revealed was that farmers, who had earlier been Methodology considering quitting agriculture altogether, were re-thinking the The study was carried out with the help decision. of a primary survey. Currently, the TEGRATM technology is in use by 856 farming households spanning 292 Centrally Sponsored Schemes on villages across 7 districts of Tamil Marine Fisheries & Its Effect on Nadu. A household survey was Development of Fisheries conducted in Kanchipuram, Vellore, Thiruvanamalai and Thiruvarur Project Director: Dr. S. Surapa Raju districts of the state. These districts were selected as they have the largest Sponsoring Agency: Socio-Economic number of farmers practicing the Research Division, Planning TM TEGRA technology. A decomposion Commission, Government of India analysis was undertaken to assess the role of different factors such as yield Objectives improvement, price and cost reduction on income from rice cultivation using The study was mainly focused on the said technology. ascertaining how far the schemes for promotion of marine fishing activity Key Findings have been impacting livelihood of fishing households. Among Centrally The research findings pointed to a Sponsored Schemes (CSS), motorization considerable enhancement in the yield of traditional fishing craft and high for farmers who followed TEGRA Speed diesel (HSD) oil schemes were agronomy protocol. It helps them taken up for the study with the two overcome acute labour shortage where main specific objectives. These are: (i) to diversification of employment study the policy and procedures in opportunities has taken place. In accessing the benefits of the schemes, traditional transplanting method, and (ii) to analyze the impact of maintenance of nursery and motorization and HSD oil schemes on transplanting consumes around one fish catch, income of the beneficiary month. TEGRA saves time and reduces households. drudgery. Qualitative observations
revealed that by adapting TEGRA
technology, farmers save almost a Methodology month of their time. Some of them use
this time to generate additional income The study was mainly based on primary from other sources. Another set of data collected from 400 households farmers reported to have enjoyed better both control and non-control group socio-cultural life than ever before. The (300 beneficiaries and 100 non- time saved allows them to visit their beneficiaries) through a field-based relatives and attend social gatherings. survey conducted in two sample
12 districts, Nagapattinam district of Tamil Objectives Nadu and East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The first systematic study of issues relating to the socio-economic and Key Findings political status of India’s Muslim community was conducted by the The results from the study indicated Sachar Committee constituted by the that the motorization and HSD oil UPA government with primary focus on schemes have benefited to the fishing identity, security and equity. However, households in terms of increased fish even this report did not study land catches, incomes and livelihood. The ownership pattern, a critical economic schemes opened up employment and political asset in rural India where opportunities in fishing activity as well majority of Muslims live. In this as in marketing by the women folk. All background, the present study was these have multiplier effects on socio- undertaken to study asset ownership economic status of the fishing including land ownership by Muslims communities in marine villages. The as well as taking a comprehensive look perceptions from the field clearly at the socio-economic and cultural indicate that the subsidy benefits and conditions of Indian Muslims at the incentives have induced the fishing grassroot level. It was also an attempt community for excessive fishing activity to investigate power structures at the and this has a bearing on local level to examine the dynamics that environmental pollution. However, there leave Muslims marginalized despite is a need to continue the schemes for state’s initiatives to ameliorate their some more time for poor fishing conditions, though limited in their households for achievement livelihood nature and scope. security and there is need to take up long term measures for alternative Methodology livelihoods for them. To get an idea of spatial variations in
terms of development indicators and also to represent maximum possible Muslim population, this study was conducted in four states of India that
WEAKER SECTIONS house large number of Muslims - Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Project Title: Socio-economic Bihar. In all the four states, one district conditions of Muslims in India- A was chosen for the study from the list of Study of Four states Minority-Concentrated Districts (MCDs) Category A. These districts are Project Director: Dr. Prashant Trivedi identified by Government of India for development intervention on a priority Sponsoring Agency: CSD basis as they were found to have below national average infrastructure facilities. Barabanki from Uttar
Pradesh, Murshidabad from West
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Bengal, Nagaon from Assam and modified, significant transformation in Katihar from Bihar were chosen for the the society and in the lives of poor survey. Muslims would remain only a noble goal. Equity on the lines of religion Key Findings would not be overemphasized if a comprehensive, multifaceted approach It was found that there is an for the progress of Muslim community intersectionality of class and other is developed. This would not happen relationships that characterizes the axis with minor modifications in existing of deprivation of Muslims in India. In development paradigm but would entail most of the cases, social discrimination an alternative path of development. plays a role in their marginalization with varying intensity. Exclusion of Muslims from government schemes reflects faulty design and consequent TRIBAL PRODUCTS erroneous implementation of these initiatives that gives room to local power An evaluation of Central Sector elite for manipulation. Universalisation Scheme on ‘Market Development of of social development schemes would Tribal Products/Produce’ justifiably deal with the problem of Project Director: Dr. Sonali Mukherjee exclusion and inclusion. But this might not suffice as throughout this study, it Sponsoring agency: Ministry of Tribal has come out very clearly that the Affairs interests of the privileged class lie in continuation of poverty among the downtrodden. The strategy should be such that the programme is immune from the influences of dominant group to ensure participation of all the intended beneficiaries. It was found that while madarsas are used as a political issue against Muslims, almost all the Muslims prefer modern schools for their children. In rural India, majority of the Muslims belong to either of these categories, landless-marginal peasant, wage labour and self employed. A comprehensive strategy to facilitate transfer of labour from unorganized labour into organized employment is required. And simultaneously investment is needed to be diverted to informal sector to sustain its growth and to enhance labour productivity. Until the highly skewed structure of resource ownership is
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Objectives communities. In short, profit-making in TRIFED itself constituted a welfare The purpose of this study was to assess measure. the effectiveness of the strategy and implementation of the Action Plan The research showed that the focus in adopted by the Tribal Cooperative TRIFED has shifted to showcasing Marketing Development Federation of numbers and sales rather than India (TRIFED) during the 11th Five ensuring socio-economic empowerment Year Plan period and suggest ways to of tribals. While at one level, this improve their functioning for the 12th approach undermines the welfare Plan as well as to understand the aspect of the scheme, at another level, outreach of the programme. the anxiety to achieve results in terms of absolute numbers has resulted in Methodology very scattered and ad-hoc efforts during the 11th Plan period to cover as much The study was planned at the policy population as possible. Field research level, which is detailed in the Roadmap indicated that a modest beginning in of TRIFED, and at the field level where the 11th Plan by way of a concentrated TRIFED is actually functioning. effort within a limited area would have Fieldwork was conducted in the three shown more positive results in terms of states – Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and ensuring the desired empowerment of Andhra Pradesh. the targeted population. This targeted approach could have then been Key Findings gradually upscaled in the 12th plan. As per the roadmap, tribal artisans and The study showed that limited but Minor Forest Produce (MFP) gatherers focused efforts would be far more are to be provided a sustainable effective in satisfying the desired goals livelihood strategy through skill of TRIFED. A key recommendation is upgradation and a platform to sell their that a raw material bank should be set goods. TRIFED is the only body at the up to provide material on credit at national level to directly market tribal concessional rates. This will help solve products and produce. It has advanced the problem of working capital for the and expanded gradually but not at a poor tribal groups to a large extent as pace that was envisaged. they will then be able to The primary problem, as was located procure/borrow the basic resources during the course of the research, was from this bank and start producing that profit-making has somewhat marketable products. This will enable distorted the stated original aim of these groups to enhance their skills and TRIFED in providing a retail platform capacity and graduate to newer for the tribals. As the TRIFED roadmap livelihood strategies and will achieve clearly suggests, marketing tribal TRIFED’s desired objectives. products and produce was the means to ensuring social and economic empowerment of the targeted
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LAND REFORM very meager though the paid out cost was two to three times lower than that Land Distribution to the Landless in of the imputed cost of cultivation in Andhra Pradesh major crops cultivated by them. Thus, they were hardly generating any
surplus or profit in majority cases. Project Team: Dr. L. Reddeppa, Mr. B. Hence they were dependent on small Ramesh, Mr. Ch. Appa Rao, Mr. D. loans for matching their simple Sudhakar consumption pattern even after pooling
their income from multiple sources for Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR livelihood. Thus, there is need for
special budget and action plan for land Objectives development and irrigation for sustenance of agriculture in assigned The study was focused to answer two lands. research questions: whether assigned lands were really distributed to landless by the Government? If so, how far the PUBLIC HEALTH lands are contributing to the livelihood of the poor? Issues in policy and Valuation of Health Cost of the utilization of land in terms of cropping People Affected from Mahanadi Coal pattern and income to the landless, Field Limited (MCL), Angul in Odisha: particularly SC, ST and BCs have also A Cost of Illness Approach been analysed. Project Director: Dr. Sujit Kumar Mishra Methodology Sponsoring Agency: Social Statistics The study was mainly based on primary Division, Ministry of Statistics and data collected from 476 households Programme Implementation which received assigned lands in Medak and Adilabad districts through a Objectives methodological survey. This project report assessed the economic valuation of coal mining in the rural communities in the vicinity of Key Findings MCL, Angul, Odisha, in terms of losses to human health. The results from the study indicate that 15 per cent of the beneficiaries did neither access land nor cultivated the Methodology assigned land due to poor quality of Data were collected from 250 soil; and about 10 per cent cultivated households from five mining villages their land, but lost crops or not even and 50 households from two control recovered their paid out costs; and 7 villages. Cost of Illness (COI) was used per cent leased out their land. Of the to analyse health impact of the affected remaining, the income generated was
16 communities. Evidence based on review Objectives of documents and reports, interviews with coal mining officials, doctors, This project examined the extent of government department officials and financial inclusion of the Chenchus. field observations pointed to different The report of the Srisailam ITDA on the types of health hazards in the mining Action Plan for 2011-2012 revealed villages in comparison with the control significant gaps in credit disbursement villages. The illnesses commonly found and recovery. were fever, headache, malaria, eye allergy, skin diseases and arthritis. Methodology Livelihoods and welfare of households can be adversely affected by this type of The study covered 624 households in illness. The livelihood of most of the six villages in six districts: farmers in the mining area was highly Chenchugudem (Mahabubnagar), brittle, even a minor shock could Chaitanyanagar Colony (Ranga Reddy), jeopardize the security of farm Mekala Banda (Kurnool), Chintala households. Merely providing (Prakasam), B V K Palem (Guntur), compensation for the health impact in Kambalapalli (Nalgonda). the present context will not be sufficient to address the problem. What is required is strict regulation of mining Key Findings companies and requirement of adopting pollution mitigating technologies. Also The study found that although there the jurisdiction of the regulatory are schemes with budgetary allocations, authority should not be limited to the grounding these projects has posed area under mining but it should extend several difficulties, one of them being to the radius that demonstrates direct lack of cooperation from banks. The impact of mining. insurance scheme, Janashree Bima Yojana with 12,000 members, Rs. 75 lakhs paid as premium and 709 claims TRIBAL WELFARE filed has faced obstacles in payment of claims due to discrepancies in personal records of claimants. Insurance Financial Inclusion of the Chenchus coverage was also low at 30%. Of the in Andhra Pradesh families that owned land (52%), expenditure for cultivation was
mobilized through Mahila Sanghas Project Research Team: Dr. N. (39%), banks (26%) and money lenders Vasanthi, Mr. Ch. Mohana Murali (24%). The study found variations in Krishna, Mr. Cheemala Narasimha Rao the participation in NREGA with
Nalgonda and Guntur showing high Sponsoring Agency : Reserve Bank of participation (90%) and Mahabubnagar India (RBI) and Ranga Reddy showing negligible
participation. A large majority of households were members of Self Help Groups which provided financial
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In terms of financial inclusion only 35% Crimes and Atrocities Against respondents (or members of their Scheduled Tribes in India households) had bank accounts or membership in Self Help Groups which Project Research Team: Ms Smriti had bank accounts. Possession of bank Sharma accounts was found to be directly related to access to banking, i.e. Objectives availability of a bank within a radius of 5 kilometres. Mahabubnagar, Kurnool This paper aimed at documenting and Ranga Reddy showed better figures trends and patterns at the national, with respect to persons with bank regional and state level in the incidence accounts while Nalgonda where the of crimes against Scheduled Tribes for nearest bank is 60 kilometres away is the period 2001-11 using official data only 5% of persons with bank accounts. from the National Crime Records However there are instances where Bureau. Additionally, it explored the despite access to banking, no attempts key legislations targeting such have been made to include all persons atrocities, as they existed in writing and of the village. Only 13% of respondents the actual implementation of these acts, were able to access credit through based on field evidence collected by banks, the major hurdle being the NGOs and human rights organizations. practice of labeling them as defaulters. Further, the paper analyzed responses of the various agencies such as the The textbook definition of financial police, courts and the state inclusion would be to look at debts, governments in dealing with such accounts and lending, distance and crimes. physical accessibility. By this measure alone the Chenchus are financially Key Findings excluded with a bank account presence of just 35% inspite of targeted The study shows that the most frequent interventions by the State through perpetrators of atrocities and injustices SHG’s and the ITDA. Although a are often the state agencies and substantial number of accounts were security personnel. Their response has opened to facilitate government been highly inadequate, in terms of payments like crop insurance, NREGA filing of reports and apathy on the part or other loans, the study found that the of the policing system and high specter of default loomed large with pendency rates and low conviction rates both the villagers and the banks. by the courts. Moreover, the execution Remittance facilities and other bank of the anti-atrocity legislations by state related activities were not accessible as governments has been far from 18 satisfactory and most of the mandatory Methodology provisions have still not been properly implemented. The study concludes with The researcher classified adivasi art the observation that the lackadaisical broadly into traditional and non- attitude of the state machinery traditional art. Traditional art consisted concerning anti-tribal crimes is likely to of the making of objects for have detrimental effect not only on the everyday/regular use by families and individuals affected in each instance of communities. This again could be violence, but more broadly on the viewed in two parts – the first consisting Adivasi communities in general by of those objects that were created for disempowering them and by eroding their own use utilizing simple their trust in the legal system. techniques, for instance, visual art, ornaments, and clothing (including traditions of embroidery appliqué); the second consisted of objects made for Adivasi Art: From Traditional the use of adivasi communities by rural Subsistence to Means of Livelihood artisans – these for the most part included work with metal and clay. Project Director: Mr. Mushtak Khan While providing vivid details of the Objectives various forms and traditions of adivasi art across the country, the study This study was intended to trace the reflects on the historical development of development of adivasi art and crafts these forms and the influence of and their linkages to everyday life in urbanization as well as the rural adivasi communities. Acknowledging economy on adivasi life and creativity. the contribution of W G Archer, Verrier Elwin, Stella Kramrisch and Key Findings Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya towards bringing international recognition to It was observed that adivasi youth and Indian adivasi art, this study traced the women are now increasingly engaged in interconnections between adivasi and pursuing artistic vocations as non adivasi rural communities and livelihoods, especially in communities their historical interdependence that have traditions of visual art and through an examination of the handicrafts. This development brings intermingling of rural artisans with with it questions related to the market tribal art in everyday life as well as on for these art forms. To what extent ritual occasions. Alongside the should the demands of the market intermingling, however, there were determine artistic production? What are clearly discernible particularities not the spheres that must be protected just in adivasi art generically, but from the pressures of the market? What particularities of each community – that may be the basis for classification of distinguished them from each other. adivasi creative forms into “art” and “handicrafts”? The researcher observes in conclusion that it is important to safeguard adivasi creativity from
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market forces that put pressure on basic foundations. them to transform their essence and
explorations where it would be RESEARCH PROJECTS possible to look at change over the NGOING past 30 years (in two states). This O will be village based study to see how inequity impacts people's perception PUBLIC HEALTH and attitudes towards their health and health services in rural areas and has equity improved per se over Social Determinants of Health time; based on these, there will be a critique of the present approach to Date of Project Submission: social determinants in India both at November, 2013 policy level and at the level of
academic analysis and research; this Project Research Team: Prof. Imrana will be followed by looking at the Qadeer, Ms Arathi P. M. Mr S. Ghosh experimental efforts that are being
made both by the state as well as Sponsoring Agency: CSD non state actors to mitigate the
situation and see which ones hold a
promise. Objectives
The purpose of this research project As a part of the larger objective, a is to highlight and unravel vision sub-objective of this project is – complexities and their implications analysis of NFHS Rounds to explore for health by writing chapters on the caste, class and gender perspective review of the historical experience of of inequalities in health using the the west and the direction of variables of wealth index, decoding research in SDH; the understanding them and reconstructing class and of SDH in Indian policy; academic consumer categories. literature on India; achievements in selected areas such as drinking water, sanitation, housing etc. POLITICS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Methodology
Primary analysis will focus on a The Crisis of the Indian Left and search of these relationships in Social Development Issues macro level data bases such as NFSH (National Family Health Date of Project Submission: Survey and AHS (Annual Health September, 2014 Survey) if possible; to do some field
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Project Director: Prof. Praful basic needs and entitlements Bidwai including the rights to food, employment, health and education. Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR/CSD The Left stands at a fork in history. It confronts a choice between a wrenchingly painful change of direction, and continuing erosion, growing marginalization and historic decline. The project will attempt to comprehend how, and through what processes, the Left has reached the present point.
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The project will result over three
years in a full-length book, with references, a bibliography and other Objectives components of a standard work to be published by a reputed publisher. This project will try to comprehend The project will generate new the crisis the Left faces in all its information and primary material depth, to analyse its origins and on the subject through personal causes, and make an assessment interviews with Left party leaders of the Left's ability to undertake and independent scholars and the necessary painful analysts of Left-wing politics, as introspection and course well as systematic compilation and correction--all in the context of the analysis of secondary material. It development models that the Left will examine the Left's has espoused and the changes interventions in development these have undergone. strategies, public education, culture, campaigns on social The project will explore the issues, the women's movement, relationship between the Left parties the environment, and so on. The and the non-political party Left, interviews and discussions will be including progressive civil society conducted in field visits to West movements which practise vigorous activism based on an acute Bengal, Kerala and some other perception of the need to relate to states. people’s contemporary livelihood concerns. The non-party Left is particularly active against predatory industrialization and displacement caused by destructive “development” projects. It seeks to voice popular aspirations for the fulfillment of
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EDUCATION well as content analysis approach to look into the implementation framework. Data will be obtained A Study of the Rashtriya from different govt. and other Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan independent agencies including (RMSA) of the Ministry of Human schools, related technical support Resource Development (MHRD), groups, policy documents, and Government of India related reports, education reports, surveys, related books, statistical Date of Project Submission: index and previous research. December, 2013 Drawing on the Secondary Education Management Information System Project Director: Dr. Gopal Thakur data capture format of NUEPA, a data collection format will be Sponsoring Agency: CSD developed as the research tool for the study. The data so collected and collated will be subjected to appropriate statistical analysis.
National Campaign for an Inclusive Implementation of Right to Education (RTE), 2009
Date of Project Submission: March 2014
Objectives Project Research Team: Mr. Ambarish Rai, Ms. Parul Gupta This study is undertaken to analyse the objectives of the Rashtriya Objectives Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA); the strategy and framework The Right to Education (RTE) Forum for the implementation of this is a unique collective of about 10,000 flagship programme; to make an organisations that has been housed assessment of the extent to which in CSD to undertake the task of the RMSA will succeed in its right-based advocacy for the purpose objectives and to examine the status of accelerating the process of of quality interventions in the universal implementation of the RTE secondary education as set out by Act and systemic reform in RMSA. education.
Methodology Methodology
The proposed work is a descriptive The Forum employs critical study and adopts survey method as engagement with the government to 22 make it a political agenda and builds for Education, SCORE - UP, up synergy among various state-level Uttarakhand RTE Forum, Jharkhand organizations. For community RTE Forum, Delhi RTE Forum, mobilization and awareness, RTE Odisha RTE Forum, West Bengal Forum has brought together people’s RTE Forum, RTE Forum-AP, networks, agencies and organizations Rajasthan State Consortium, TN & working in the field of education both Pondicherry RTE Forum, PAFRE- at state and national level to Karnataka, Chattisgarh RTE Forum, strengthen the movement for UNESCO, AKF, World Vision, Wada effective implementation of RTE. The Na Todo Abhiyan, Room to Read, effort is to create a platform to bring AIF, Welthungerhilfe, Action Aid equitable and quality education for India, NEG FIRE, CCF, CARE, all children; starting with the Christian Aid, VSO, Water Aid, Skill realization of the Right of Children to share International as Free and Compulsory Education Act, members. RTE Forum is closely 2009 in its true letter and spirit. working in collaboration with the Council for Social Development that Given the federal nature of India, also offers administrative and RTE Forum has State Chapters that operations support. RTE Forum work in collaboration with National office is also located in the premises Forum to fulfill the common mission. of CSD. These are currently in place in twelve states including Delhi, Rajasthan, In the year 2013-14, the Forum aims Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West to consolidate and formalize its Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra operations and management, Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and strengthen the existing state Pondichery, Karnataka, Odisha and chapters and expand in six more Chattisgarh. The Forum is in process states. A major activity will be to of expansion into other States engage with the grassroots-level including Maharashtra, Gujarat, activists, community mobilization Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and and spreading awareness to Assam for deepening the advocacy strengthen the struggle nationwide. and mass mobilization for the The Forum will be moving towards implementation of the Act. The state formation of National Federation of chapters in turn are also collective School Management Committees alliances of organizations and (SMCs) which are the primary networks working for the child rights stakeholders in the process of and for bringing in equitable and improving access to education. quality education at the State level. Besides a National Federation of SMCs, the efforts of the Forum to A Collective of Education Networks strengthen its engagement with the and Civil Society Organizations All India Primary Teachers’ including, but not limited to, CACL, Federation (AIPTF) will gain CRY, NAFRE, NCE, Oxfam India, momentum as will advocacy with PCCSS, Plan-India, Save the Parliamentarians and the Media so a Children, UNICEF, Voluntary Forum 23 momentum is built towards ensuring and thus were specifically selected to effective implementation of the RTE. help understand the credit-related problems of farmers. One block/cluster of villages was selected from each of the four districts in AGRICULTURE consultation with local district level officers. 100 farm households of Institutional Credit, Farm different size groups from each of the Productivity and Farm Distress selected block/cluster were chosen forming a sample of around 400 farm Date of Project Submission: households for the study. Further, farming households in each block Project Research Team: Dr. T. was divided into three categories Haque, Ms. Ankita Goyal, Ms. based on their net cultivated area Purtika Kalra & Mr. Gitesh Sinha (NCA) into small (less than 2 hectares), medium (between 2 and 4 Sponsoring Agency: Bharat Krishak hectares) and large (above 4 Samaj, New Delhi hectares). A detailed questionnaire schedule was prepared for the Objectives collection of primary data. Information was also gathered from This study is undertaken with the banks and agricultural credit objectives of analysing the trends in institutions where majority of the credit disbursed to agriculture and farmers in a selected block took allied activities in India, examine credit from. Results of analysis of farm size category-wise credit both secondary and primary data availability from various sources would be used to arrive at (institutional and non-institutional) conclusions. Literature review for the in selected states and to find out the project has been done and secondary credit-related problems of farmers in data is being collected and areas where there is high incidence processed. Primary data has been of suicides by farmers. collected from the four districts and data cleaning is under process. Methodology
The study is based on secondary and primary data. For the purpose of LIVELIHOOD farm-level data, a household survey was conducted in the States of Mining Closure and the Issue of Maharashtra and Punjab. Ludhiana Livelihoods and Sangrur in Punjab and Buldhana and Yavatmal in Project Status: Ongoing Maharashtra were selected for the purpose of primary survey. These Project Research Team: Dr. Sujit districts have shown relatively high Kumar Mishra incidence of suicides by the farmers
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Mine closure can have serious Objectives impacts on communities that rely on mining for their livelihoods. The A few studies on WTP for GI products objective of the study is to analyse from India such as Palakkadan the shift in the livelihood pattern in Matta Rice (Rose and Umesh 2012) pre, during and after the mining and Darjeeling Tea (Datta 2010) operation in the Lead Mine, indicate the consumer’s willingness Sargipalli of Orissa. Preliminary to pay premium for GI labeled goods. survey in 10 villages in the vicinity of The primary objective of this the Lead Mine, Sargipalli of Orissa research study is to determine how gives an indication of a special the respondents WTP are influenced voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) of by GI labeling. The products bid the employees which was a functions dependent on the conspiracy and some middlemen respondents’ socio-economic- were confusing the common man. demographic profile and the type of All this happened because of the lack the product (agricultural vs. non- of transparency between the agricultural, GI vs. non-GI, GI with planners and the villagers. To this, logo vs. GI without logo) would be the preliminary survey finds the loss estimated econometrically. The study of livelihood of small businessman is relevant because, unlike in the like cycle repairing shop, kirana shop European Union, non-agricultural and hotels. The major impact is products lead in registering under GI found among the temporary in India and juxtaposing the WTP of employees of the mine and on the consumers for agricultural and non- weekly market. Apart from this, agricultural products would help the misappropriation of money (fraud policy makers, academicians and cases) received from the VRS and legal experts to understand this mismanagement of the school are trend and streamline legal and two other important aspects of the institutional framework for GI closure of Lead Mine, Sargipalli of implementation. Orissa. Methodology
INTERDISCIPLINARY LAW In this context, the present study makes use of the tools of survey design, statistical experimental Willingness to Pay for GI Products design, experimental economics in India: Darjeeling Tea and theory and the random nth price Pochampally Ikat auction to elicit consumers’ willingness to pay for products of Project Director: Dr Soumya Vinayan geographical origin with respect to Darjeeling Tea and Pochampally Ikat. Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR
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Socio-Economics of Geographical horizontal and vertical network and Indications in Indian Handloom linkages within the production Sector: A Case Study of process. The study will be based on Pochampally interview of the producers under the registered users (the Pochampally Project Director: Dr. Soumya Cooperative Society and the Vinayan Pochampally Handloom Tie and Dye Manufacturers Association) to Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR understand their level of arrangement of the registration and Objectives its use or benefit. Constraints faced by them. Geographical Indications (GIs) convey information on the source of the goods and other characteristics Gender, Caste and Tribe in Forest such as quality of the product owing Governance in the Context of to natural or human factors which Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 are peculiar to a locality or region. The first piece of relevant legislation Project Director: Dr. Pratyusna was passed in India in 1999 known Patnaik as the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR Act). Handloom products from India are region-specific and are often Objectives highly influenced by the natural and human factors attributed to the Forests are widely recognized as region or locality such as the skills of global public goods serving as the weaver, process of weaving, sources of biodiversity and carbon dyeing of the yarn and so on. In view sink, with a notable impact on of this, GI offers immense potential climate change. But forests are also for handloom products as a crucial for the every-day needs and marketing tool to enhance their livelihoods of millions of market access. In view of this, the communities living in their vicinity. study explores the socio-economic These dual benefits of forest, i.e. impact of the registration of meeting global environmental and Pochampally Ikat under the GI Act. local survival needs, make conservation and sustainable Methodology extraction simultaneously necessary goals. In the contemporary The study analyses the production development thinking and policy system in Pochampally, the frameworks for involving local emergence of institutional communities in natural resource mechanism and governance governance, advocates of structure for GI implementation participatory forestry now agree that through consolidation of existing women and tribes should be full
26 participants in forest protection for the low age at marriage among activities, and the research study is girls in the state of Andhra Pradesh. trying to examine the issues of The main goal of the study is to differences in dependency, and the enable young women and girls to potential implications of presence of secure their fundamental right to life, women, tribes and other liberty, non-discrimination and marginalized groups on forest equality under the Indian protection outcomes in the context of constitution. This project was Forest Rights Committees (FRCs) as initiated in 2012 through a series of constituted under the Forest Rights consultations at the district and Act (FRA), 2006. The study attempts state level with representations of to explore the different exclusionary government, elected representatives practices that affect the involvement and CBOs. In the month of February of groups based on gender, caste and 2013, based on the outcomes of the ethnicity in forest governance, consultations, a research study was bringing out a comparative initiated in Konapapapeta marine perspective on differential interests village of East Godavari district of and dependency based on gender, Andhra Pradesh. caste and ethnicity. Preliminary findings indicate that early marriage of girls in these Methodology fishing villages are driven by traditional views of unmarried girls A detailed primary will be conducted being burdens; the insecurity and to arrive of the conclusions. The fear of leaving adolescent girls at methodology is being worked out. home while parents are away at work; fear of social censure and moral policing of young girls by communities. The preferred form of Combating Child Marriage and marriage is with maternal uncles and Gender-Based Discrimination (In there is village endogamy or alliances partnership with Asmita Resource in neighboring villages. Inter Centre for Women) community marriages, although rare, appear to depend on possession of Project Research Team: Dr. Kalpana assets and are confined to similarly Kannabiran, Dr. Sujit Kumar placed backward class communities Mishra, Dr. S. Surapa Raju such as washermen, toddy tappers, etc. For boys the capacity to Sponsoring Agency: Government of undertake fishing and earn an Andhra Pradesh income is what determines the eligibility to marry, and it is not Objectives uncommon to find boys in the minority being married off by A three year research-cum-advocacy families. programme investigates the causes
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at Shaanagar for the Visually Methodology Impaired.
The study involves sector specific Methodology case studies as well as a state wide In preparation for this study, which survey across the communities and will have a major policy dimension, districts. an attempt has been made to gather Baseline Data on Disability with particular reference to Greater Hyderabad Zone. In this report on DISABILITY STUDIES status of disability in Hyderabad, CSD make use of two data sets. First refer to the data on disability Urban Employment of Persons available in the Census of 2001. with Disabilities Based on this data an overview of disability is presented for India, Project Research Team: Dr. Kalpana Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad Kannabiran, Dr. SoumyaVinayan, (city-urban). Second data set refer to Dr. Sandhya Maliye data on Self-Help Groups (SHGs) of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) Objectives from Government of Andhra Pradesh. The analysis is limited only to the “Disability is complex and the city of Hyderabad. intervention required to overcome disability disadvantage are multiple, systemic, and will vary depending on DALIT STUDIES context” (World Report on Disability, 2011: p 261). To understand this complex and multidimensional Dalits and Christianity concept of Disability in relation to Urban Employment, a Pilot Survey Project Director : Dr. Sambaiah on “Urban Employment for Persons Gundimeda with Disabilities” has been initiated. Hence the survey has been carried Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR on from Employment Exchange, VRC, Corporate Representative Objectives Interaction to Universities and Colleges on a random basis in and This study aims at theoretical and around Hyderabad and empirical understanding of caste as Secunderabad. Apart from these, for an aspect that permeated into the a general understanding of the field, socio-economic and cultural lives of Special Training Institutes have been Christians in India. It examines the visited like Deaf Enabled way in which discourses of caste and Foundation, Sweekar-Upkaar, NIMH, religion intersect, so as to throw new Devnaar Foundation and Jiyar light on the nature of caste itself, not Swami Foundation’s NetraVidyalaya just as a continuing source of
28 exclusion and subordination of those ADIVASI STUDIES Christians who come from the lower strata of the Indian social hierarchy, but as a vehicle for the assertion and Educational Attainment and domination of those Christians that Challenges Faced by De-Notified, belong to the upper strata in the Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes caste hierarchy. Specifically, the in India: A Study of 10 States research aims to understand the rise of Dalit Christian activism in India in Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR general and Andhra Pradesh in specific, for rights, resources and Research Team: Dr. Suresh dignity. The project aims to Jagannadham, Assistant Professor, understand the impact of religious CSD-Project Director for the study of conversion among the Dalits. For, the states of Maharashtra, Goa, one of the main aims of religious Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and conversion of Dalit is that of Chhattisgarh. Dr. Vijay Korra, emancipating themselves from the Assistant Professor, CSD - Project practice of untouchability and social Director for the study of the states of discrimination against them. In Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil practice, however, this did not Nadu, Puducherry & Kerala. happen. They are continued to be treated as Dalits by the caste-Hindu Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran and Prof. society and continued to be the Ghanshyam Shah are the National victims to the practices of Coordinators for this study. untouchability and social discrimination. In such a context, Objectives study on the interactions between caste and Christianity and the The Council for Social Development, latter’s impact upon the socio- Hyderabad is currently coordinating economic conditions of Dalit two sponsored research programmes Christians would through new light for the ICSSR that attempt to study and facilitate initiation of necessary educational attainment among De- policy measures for the socio- notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic economic development of the Dalit communities in the states of Andhra Christians. Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, As part of the project, interviews, in Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and two phases, have been conducted Maharashtra. among the Dalit Christians in Tenali, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry and The DNT communities are recognized Ramachandrapuram. as being the most underprivileged, destitute and stigmatised of all the tribal communities in India. Women and girls of these communities fall prey to trafficking, bonded labour and child labour. In general, the
29 right to personal liberty under Article regional variations and internal 21 of the Indian Constitution is diversities in these communities. virtually nonexistent with several The main study is in progress. communities being confined in “settlements” and the remainder being either evicted from forests or Economic and Social held in illegal custody on charges of Empowerment of Adivasis: An petty crime. The high incidence of Initiative with Chenchus (pvtg) in homelessness and grossly Srisailam ITDA area inadequate shelter exacerbates collective insecurity. Existing Project Research Team: Mr. D. settlements of Denotified Tribes lack Sunder Raj, Mr. J. Veeraswamy, Mr. basic amenities like roads, schools, T. Guruvaiah electricity, safe drinking water, access to public health facilities etc. Objectives Harassment, discrimination and violence are routine and go Andhra Pradesh government is unnoticed and unpunished. On the implementing the widely known other hand illegal detention and MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi torture perpetuates stereotypical National Rural Employment attitudes that assume the “inherent Guarantee Scheme) programme since criminality” of members of these May, 2009 for the marginalized communities. Anti-Begging laws, chenchu community with special prevention of cruelty to animals’ component of increased days of work laws, wildlife protection laws and throughout the year with unique fifty laws like the Habitual Offenders Act percent advance payment. The particularly target these Special Project is under communities. This national level implementation with the aim of study is the first that attempts to improving livelihood security of each systematically investigate the Chenchu household, whose members obstacles to accessing education, are willing to do unskilled manual and the patterns and variations in work and also to create desirable educational attainment across assets. different communities across different states in India. In spite of implementing of MNREGS as ‘special project’, it is often observed that majority of the Methodology chenchus are not covered by the project. Chenchus who are working Pilot studies have been completed for in the special project are unaware of all states. A national review the importance of MGNREGS and workshop held at CSD in March facilities provided to wage seekers at 2013 discussed the scope of the various stages. This pilot study study and developed the detailed involved a strong training questionnaires through intense component, with capacity building discussions, keeping in view the
30 workshops for NREGA Field Level exceed 26 percent. What are the (Chenchu) Workers at Achampet, factors that inhibit the realization of Yerragondapalem, Dornala, the right to education for the Atmakur, Appapur, Mannanur, Chenchus? This study attempts a Pullalacheruvu, Veldurthy, Lingala, comprehensive survey of the 34 Kollapur and Macherla respectively ashram schools followed by detailed Village and Mandal level for the ethnographic fieldwork to investigate NREGA Jr. Technical Assistants, the root causes for low literacy levels Mates, Village Organisation leaders among Chenchus and aims at and Wage Seekers. informing policy through a more nuanced understanding of obstacles to educational attainment.
Study of Ashram Schools for Chenchus Methodology
Project Research Team: Mr. B. The survey was carried out between Ramesh, Mr. M. Bansi Lal, Mr. D. December 2012 and March 2013. Subba Rao, Mr. D. Nitin Kumar, Mr. Preliminary findings indicate serious K. Kishore Kumar gaps in delivery at various levels, ranging from classroom needs and Objectives poor student-teacher relations to stigmatization, practices of exclusion Adivasi communities in India are and lack of sustainable livelihoods quite unique in culture, life styles necessitating long period of and in all other ways. Since migration and therefore interrupted habitations are scattered and located schooling. in the dense forest, health, education and the civic facilities remain largely inaccessible. As a measure that would go a long way in enhancing Age at Marriage Among Chenchus access to primary goods, the government of India introduced the Project Research Team: Mr. D. concept of ashram schools for Sunder Raj, Mr. J. Veeraswamy, Mr. vulnerable tribal communities. The T. Guruvaiah major objective behind this measure was to impart education to tribal by Objectives preserving their culture. As a part of this mission 620 ashram schools Oral accounts of the high incidence were established across Andhra of child marriage among Chenchus Pradesh. Of these, 34 ashram led us to initiate a small exploratory schools in Nallamalai forests are study covering 113 Chenchu dedicated to the Chenchus. Despite households in Srisailam ITDA. this concerted policy focus, literacy Broadly, the study revealed that it is levels among chenchus did not not uncommon for both boys and
31 girls to marry soon after they attain migration, the traditional livelihoods, puberty, with the mean age at current livelihood status, access to marriage being 16.58 years for boys forest rights, and human rights and 13.88 years for girls. violations, as all these are connected intrinsically to access to civic In a follow up study, on access to amenities and schooling. education, one of the aspects under investigation is the relationship Methodology between low age at marriage and completion of schooling both among A pilot study in 5 IDP hamlets from 5 boys and girls. Mandals under the jurisdiction of Bhadrachalam ITDA has been completed. The study focuses on 20 Access to Education Among Gutti hamlets in different Mandals in the Koya Migrants in Andhra Pradesh Bhadrachalam ITDA.
Project Research Team: Dr. Vijay Korra, Mr. Cheemala Narasimha Rao, Mr. Illa Chinna Reddy, Mr. Diagnostic Study of Itdas in Chanda Hanumantha Rao, Mr. Ch. Andhra Pradesh Mohana Murali Krishna, Mr. P. Ravi Varma, Mr. B. Chandu Lal Project Director: Dr. Sunkari Satyam Objectives Objectives Prolonged conflict has serious repercussions on communities Integrated Tribal Developmental ranging from loss of life and Agencies is an institutional set-up livelihood and forced migration, to framed under the Tribal Sub-Plan as loss of civil and political rights. The a specific component for the situation of Gutti Koya migrants development of Adivasis during the from Chhattisgarh into Andhra Fifth Five Year Plan as part of the Pradesh raises several questions with planned economic model of the respect to the situation of Internally Government of India. Adivasis Displaced Persons and their access perceived ITDA is the central to basic rights. The study aims at argument of the study? This study examining questions related to attempts to map the state’s access to education and the interventions concerning Adivasi realization of the constitutional right entitlements, and attempts to to education in IDP settlements on identify the gaps in the state’s the Andhra Pradesh – Chhattisgarh institutional interventions and the border. In the course of examining needs and aspiration of Adivasis. access to education, particularly schooling for Gutti Koya children, the study also focuses on reasons for
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Methodology chapters, working papers, etc., is The ITDAs in Andhra Pradesh are compiled with hyperlinks to names of located in Seethampet (Srikakulam authors arranged in alphabetical district), Parvathipuram order. (Vizianagaram district), Paderu (Visakhapatnam), A review of literature on three broad Rampachodavaram (East Godavari), themes pertaining to tribal studies is Kota Ramachandra Puram (West in progress along with an annotated Godavari), Badhrachalam bibliography with an online search (Khammam), Eturunagaram interface using open source and (Warangal), Utnoor (Adilabad), cloud based technologies. Srisailam (NSTR) and Nellore (Nellore). Since the present study is intended to cover all the ITDAs of Honey Gathering in the Forests of Andhra Pradesh the pilot study Nallamalai: An Eroding Economy selected five villages from each ITDA, of the Chenchus for intensive group discussion and canvassing the questionnaire. The Project Director: Mr. Thokala main study is in the preparatory Guruvayya stage and will be completed by December 2013. Objectives
Chenchus, among the oldest adivasi International Resource Guide to communities in the country, have a Adivasi Studies in India reputation for being forest conservators. Their major Project Director: Dr. Rama Patnaik occupations derive from honey collection apart from other forest Objectives produce. In modern times however, The main objective of this project is collection of minor forest produce to create a database on tribal studies has drastically declined due to and bring out together several several reasons, forcing Chenchus datasets in form of statistical reports, away from their traditional livelihood research articles, policy notes, to choose other livelihoods instead. working papers published in leading Despite the government efforts, and reputed publications to provide development for Chenchus, has the requisite impetus in triggering remained a mirage. interest among prospective scholarly Honey gathering is a highly skilled community. form of labour. In a hamlet there are
few persons who have the expertise Methodology in this. The others assist them. This
study, involving travels across the six During the first phase, a districts of the Nallamalai, bibliography (offline format) of documents the process of honey research articles, books, book gathering among Chenchus by a
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barefoot anthropologist. It details single major issue faced by adivasi five different varieties of honey found families and villages. Cases in Nallamalai: Peddaperathene documented involve resettlement [found in high altitude sites, from hills to foothills [six villages in especially big rocks, usually available Venkatapuram mandal]; eviction in summer]; thodidhithene [produced from forest lands [Wazedu mandal]; in captive conditions from bees bred appropriation for temple in boxes]; Junnu (Putakapera) thene construction [Aswapuram mandal]. [a farmer friendly variety found on small bushes near streams and the Cases under Land Transfer most expensive variety]; Regulation Act 1/1970: A detailed Kannegullathene [a Chenchu documentation of cases filed under favourite found in the deep forests]; the LTR Act in Bhadrachalam ITDA and Mosari [an abundant variety, the is underway, and the record of wax of which is used in medicines]. disposal in favour of adivasis and in favour of non-tribals is being Methodology compiled. Appropriation of tribal land by non-tribals is still very The study details the rituals, tools common, as also false records and traditional practices showing tribal lands to belong to surrounding the gathering of honey non-tribals on paper and cases of and its use in medicine, courtship, this nature have been documented. and as a treatment for speech disorders. Compensation: Compensation claims filed by adivasis in this area range from compensation for the Mapping Positive and Negative unnatural death of earning member Compliance to Civil and Political of household, to compensation Rights: Documentation from claims of women whose husbands Villages Within Bhadrachalam have been killed by Maoists. ITDA Arrest and Detention: The problem of Project Director: Mr. Ch. Mohana arrest under the Arms Act, arbitrary Murali Krishna arrest and detention and “bind over” cases have been very troublesome for Objectives adivasis in this region, located as it is on the Chhattisgarh border, and This project, which is part of a larger witnessing a constant influx of project of documenting cases for people across the state boundary. strategic litigation by adivasi lawyers, This has an immediate negative has put together live cases from impact on democratic protest and across the region, that fall in demands for positive compliance to different categories. civil and political rights.
Displacement and inadequate Forced in-migration and out- relocation: This continues to the migration is search of livelihood
34 throw up several cases of missing Methodology persons, eviction, displacement, discrimination, lack of medical care, This project aims at a detailed absence of school facilities etc. mapping on a case-by-case basis of the situation of adivasis in Khammam district and the Bhadrachalam ITDA.
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Seminars/Workshops central and southern regions. In northern states such as Punjab, (CSD, New Delhi) Haryana and Rajasthan, cultivation began later i.e. from 2005-06 National Conference on ‘Ten Years onwards. In the last ten years, the of Bt cotton in India’ area under cotton increased at the
rate of 4.91 per cent, per year while June 11-12, 2012 production and yield increased at the
rate of 9.25 per cent and 4.15 per Organised by Council for Social cent respectively. However, Development (CSD), Centre for instability in area, production and Environment Education (CEE) and yields increased in the Post-Bt cotton Centre for Sustainable Agriculture era. Further, the average cotton (CSA) yields has shown a decline since
2008-09, presumably under the
impact of marginal land (shallow soil, rain-fed areas) that was being brought under cotton cultivation, erratic weather conditions and increased attack by sucking pests not sufficiently controlled by insecticides or current Bt technologies.
At the same time, farm-related suicides were reported by families of about 1 to 5 per cent cotton farmers in states like Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. These are mainly The Council for Social Development, rain-fed areas without proper along with the Centre for irrigation facilities. Both yields and Environment Education (CEE) and returns of Bt cotton were lower in the Centre for Sustainable rain-fed areas. Besides, due to high Agriculture (CSA) organized a cost of production, low output price national conference on June 11-12, and high level of farm indebtedness, 2012 to debate the experience with cotton growers in some parts of Bt Cotton cultivation in India; a Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh highly contested issue that witnessed were in depressed condition. As animated discussions among timely availability of institutional participants who ranged from credit was a challenge, farmers staunch supporters of the technology depended more on non-institutional to experts who were vehemently sources of credit with very high rates opposed to Bt Cotton. of interest.
Commercial cultivation of Bt cotton Participants discussed these factors in India had started from 2002-03 in especially in the light of the fact that data received from the Ministry of that the total government health Agriculture shows that the average expenditure will be increased to 2.5 per hectare cost of cultivation per cent of GDP by the end of the increased by 67.68 per cent in the 12th Five Year Plan. The expenditure Post-Bt cotton period (2002-2009) actually stands at around 1.4 per from the Pre-Bt cotton period (1996- cent. The debate was triggered by the 2001). It was pointed out that high reports of the High Level Expert cost in Bt cotton was mainly due to Group (HLEG) on health as well as human labour, followed by cost of the steering committee of the fertilizers, seed and mechanization. Planning Commission2 that have However, this does not undermine spelt out the proposal for actualising the fact that the average net returns UAHC. The crux of the debate per hectare has also increased stemmed from the thrust on – a) significantly from the Pre to the Post- Access and not provisioning (b) and Bt cotton period by as much as 375 that too of “managed and “packaged” per cent. UAHC which has been defined by HLEG3 as well as the steering committee.
National Seminar on The central question debated in the ‘Strengthening of Public Sector seminar was whether providing Health System for Universal universal access to a “package” will Access to Health Care (UAHC)’ achieve the desired results i.e. provide access adequate and quality July 16-17, 2012 “health care” to each citizen. The consensus that emerged among a majority of the participants was that actualising UAHC is not possible without re-building public sector health care systems. The crux of the discussion was when the very definition of UAHC highlights the role of the government not as the sole “provider” but as only a “guarantor and enabler”, how can it ensure Primary Health Care? It was noted
that health was a political issue. So when India was a believer in welfare, there was an effort to use a certain The Council for Social Development planning process. Over time, there (CSD) organised a seminar on July has been a shift in the process. Neo- 16-17, 2012 to discuss the various liberal policy process implies that contours of the proposal to provide growth becomes the primary focal Universal Access to Health Care point and everything else is (UAHC) after the announcement by secondary. Now when there is a the government in February, 2012 renewed focus on UHC, there is a
38 need to reclaim the process of not worked. It has only pushed scientific planning; of using people away. There is a need to epidemiological data to forecast and understand the private sector change the planning process. UHC in structure. With regard to financing itself is nothing new. India always and provisioning of health care, it had the concept of universal health was felt that there is enough care. What is new now is that we are evidence that the best performing undermining the public health care. systems are those that are publicly There is a need to look at states financed and provisioned. Public where public health system is doing provisioning needs to be located in a well and it needs to be replicated. range of other social protection measures while public financing has Boundaries between public health, to be located in a progressive tertiary care are not defined properly taxation system that is premised on and the planners make use of this the notion of equity. confusion of definitional clarity. There seems to be a hurry to provide universal access with a focus on Seminar on ‘The Indian Left: putting public and private as one Social Development Visions and system. An unfortunate development Political Challenges’ is that in the process, health system has been opened to private sector. August 8, 2012
It was emphasized that commercialisation and privatization The Council for Social Development of health sector is a barrier to organised a day-long seminar on strengthening public health. It was August 8, 2012 to clarify and felt that the only viable, effective and understand the social development functional health systems, as has vision of the Left and relate it to its been proved by the international political programmes and policies. experience, are created when the The seminar, in which the general state alone bears the sole secretaries of all the mainstream Left responsibility to ensuring universal parties viz Mr Prakash Karat of the health. The participants asserted CPI (M), Mr Sudhakar Reddy of the that the Planning Commission has to CPI, Mr Dipankar Bhattacharya of keep up the scientific system of the CPI (ML) (Liberation) besides a planning, of using epidemiological host of scholars, progressive data to plan complex processes in intelligentsia and political activists health. This process, reflected in participated, made a sharp analysis earlier Plan documents, needs to be of the causes of the Left’s inability in reclaimed. There should be no hurry providing alternative visions and and undue haste in planning to outlining a distinctly emancipatory ensure universal access to health and egalitarian vision of development care. There is no space for corporate and social transformation; offering a care in health sector as its regulation cogent alternative to the neoliberal cannot be ensured. PPP model has economic and retrograde social
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The seminar was aimed at opening a dialogue between the leaders of the Left, progressive scholars, and civil society activists in a spirit of free inquiry, candid debate, and constructive criticism. It focused on
the contemporary visions of social development essential for a Right to Education (RTE) Forum transformative politics and aim to had year-round engagement with generate programmatic perspectives activists, scholars and policy- and strategies that can fulfil those makers concerned with effective visions, including a charter of and expeditious implementation of people’s rights that combats the the RTE Act. Some of the Forum’s influence of entrenched bourgeois nation-wide activities are described interests in corrupting Indian briefly here: democracy.
The seminar provided a perspective i) Meeting on ‘Early Childhood on a host of social development Care and Development and issues besides eliciting refreshing Right to Education’ candour from the leaders of the Left September 28, 2012 parties. Mr Prakash Karat spoke ii) Joint Consultation On openly about the corruption that ‘Children in areas of Civil Strife plagues the electoral system and how in the context of the RTE Act, the Left is being edged out in the 2009’ process. Feminist scholars, Dalit October 3, 2012 activists and environmentalists iii) National NGO Consultation on questioned the Left’s passive ‘Post-2015 Education Agenda’ response for a long time to issues October 15, 2012 concerning gender rights, the caste iv) Seminar on ‘Management of question in India as well as its Elementary Education and stance on the debates surrounding Ways to Improve the System in large developmental projects and the the Context of Right to accompanying environmental Education Act’ degradation as well as the mass November 10, 2012 scale displacement that have been v) Education Symposium on caused thereof. ‘Right to Education’ Patna, November 23-24, 2012 Seminars/Workshops and vi) Roundtable on ‘Muslims, Consultations Conducted by the Inequality and Post MDGs’ RTE Forum: November 22, 2012
40 vii) Round table on ‘Status of February 26, 2013 Education in Civil Strife’ xix) Roundtable on ‘Strategies for Bhubaneswar, November 24, Strengthening Legal 2012 Entitlements for Children viii) Andhra Pradesh State Annual Under Six’ Stocktaking on the ‘Status of March 7-8, 2013 the Implementation of the Act’ xx) Discussion and release of the December 14-15, 2012 report titled ‘Status of RTE Act’ ix) Stocktaking on ‘25% March 14, 2013 reservation of seats for EWS in xxi) National Stocktaking Delhi’ Convention on ‘RTE January 11, 2013 implementation’ x) A National Workshop on April 3, 2013 ‘Disability and WASH’ January 29, 2013 xi) Consultation on ‘Justiciability National Seminar on ‘Urban as an instrument for enforcing Development and Exclusion of the the Right to Education’ Poor’ January 15, 2013 xii) Seminar on ‘Quality of ECCE -- February 12-13, 2013 Issues and Initiatives at CIET, NCERT’ The Council for Social Development January 28, 2013 (CSD) organized a seminar on xiii) Think Education Conclave on February 12-13, 2013 to discuss ‘Public Education: Is RTE the ‘Urban Development and Exclusion Way Out?’ of the Poor’ with a view to identify February 7, 2013 factors responsible for exclusionary xiv) Meeting on ‘Education, 12th and inequitable nature of urban Five Year Plan’ growth and suggest measures to February 15, 2013 transform this process into becoming xv) Task Force Meeting on more migrant friendly, equitable and ‘Structure and Formalization of inclusive especially in terms of caste, RTE Forum’ religious communities and ethnic February 15, 2013 groups. xvi) State Level Consultation on ‘Role of NGOs in making SMCs The debate acquires significance in effective and School Nurturing’ the light of the upcoming launch of February 16, 2013 the second phase of JNNURM and xvii) ‘Education in the Post-2015 the Twelfth Five year Plan besides Development Agenda: Regional continuation of RAY. While the Thematic Consultation in the seminar focused on the various Asia-Pacific’ contours of urban planning – trends February 28-March 1, 2013 in migration, evolution of urban xviii) Seminar on ‘Right to planning and patterns of governance Education: Debates and in the pre and post-reform period, Challenges’ changes in the social environment 41 and their influence on the pattern of Council for Social Development urban growth and improvement in organised this seminar along with the condition of the rural poor, the US-based research organisation scrutiny of major programmes of Oakland Institute and Kalpavriksha urban development and poverty to understand and discuss a new alleviation with particular reference form of creation of conditions of to JNNURM and RAY and how far massive exploitation of resources and they have achieved their stated violation of human rights in objectives and critical issues in Ethiopia, ranked as 171 out of 178 poverty alleviation with particular countries in terms of its Human reference to access to land, Development Index. Ethiopia has employment generation and access been focusing on leasing its land as a to urban amenities – certain specific strategy towards economic progress; themes emerged from the two-day- leasing out huge areas of land to long deliberations. foreign investors at low prices for agricultural activities. India is one of There was a clear indication that the the largest investors in the Ethiopian mega city ideology that evolved in the economy with approved investments last 100 years in the advanced worth nearly $5 billion and land capitalist countries has now become lease agreements for over 440,000 the dominant ideology governing hectares. development in general and urban development in particular. With Though this may make economic urban planners, architects and sense for investors and a few geographers dominating the urban beneficiaries in Ethiopia, it often planning discourse without much comes at a serious social and inputs from sociologists, environmental cost with negative anthropologists or even economists, consequences especially for the poor. the dominant paradigm was focused Commercial agricultural firms, in on how to “manage” the poor, the collusion with the discredited local dissident and the marginalized as government in Ethiopia, have caused opposed to organically thinking displacement of at least 1.5 million about society as a whole. This was Ethiopians from their homes. These the focus reflected on policy oustees have no forum of redressal measures such as JNNURM and nor any effective medium for RAY. The challenge, felt participants, highlighting their plight. This great was about how to contest the mega humanitarian crisis by way of city ideology in order to promote a displacement of people on a massive more organic, inclusive and pro-poor scale in Ethiopia has gone largely model of urban development. unnoticed. As one of the stakeholders in the ongoing process of land acquisition in Ethiopia, it is a Seminar on ‘Understanding Land responsibility of India as a nation, to Investment in East Africa’ ensure that the activities of its companies and citizens abroad do February 5, 2013
42 not violate international codes of Seminars/Lectures organized by social and environmental justice. Social Development Forum (SDF), CSD, New Delhi: SDF is a fortnightly The participants in this seminar forum in CSD, Delhi to discuss highlighted that this process is issues related to social development. linked to India’s bid to emulate the It was set up in November, 2007 as rich industrialised countries of the part of CSD’s endeavour to discuss west, using the very same macro- contemporary social, political and economic strategies that promise economic issues especially from the rapid growth of GDP. Since 1991, stand point of the marginalised. This India’s economic reforms have is an open platform where people increasingly integrated it into the from different walks of life including global economy, as also generated academics, activists and policy massive demands on natural makers come together to appreciate resources within and outside India, current development paradigms and including land and water. In discuss alternatives. In the last one countries like India and Ethiopia, year, SDF’s activities have acquired a land and other natural resources new thrust with activists, scholars, already have traditional dependence journalists and policy-makers on them; there is no such thing as meeting on a regular basis to discuss land lying unused to be given for new issues ranging from making an investments and acquisitions. assessment of the social development Inevitably, then, such strategies lead perspective reflected in the Union to dispossession and displacement, Budget, 2013 to child rights and the and their justification as socio-economic condition of the ‘development’ becomes suspect. unorganized workers. Following are the details of seminar series It was noted that the production on organized by SDF in the last one these leased lands is for export; there year: is little evidence that this is benefiting Ethiopian citizens in i) “Union Budget 2013: A Social general, other than those involved in Development Assessment” On brokering or processing the deals. April 11, 2013, after the The process is quite evidently for the presentation of the Union Budget profit maximisation of elites in India 2013-2014, the SDF organised a and Ethiopia, and in no way helping discussion on the social to address the dire situation of development sector allocations poverty and food insecurity in either and the vision reflected in the country. The causes for concern are treatment of Health, Education, insufficient rights recognition before Rural Development with CSD land acquisition, absence of due President Prof. Muchkund democratic process in land Dubey, Prof. K B Saxena, Dr. acquisition without any meaningful Arathi P.M. and Prof Imrana consultations and compensation Qadeer and the Director General, packages and violations of human IAMR Dr Santosh Mehrotra rights. dissecting each of these aspects 43
as well as providing a general v) “Koodankulam: Nuclear Power perspective on the Budget. or People's Power?” ii) “Implementation of Nine-Year On October 18, 2012, SDF Compulsory Education Law in invited Ashwin Gambhir of the China” Prayas Energy group, Pune and On March 14, 2013, SDF invited Prof. Praful Bidwai who has Prof. Sreemati Chakravarti, been actively writing and Professor of Chinese Politics, working with the Coalition for University of Delhi for a Nuclear Disarmament and discussion on the Chinese Peace for a discussion on experience in the implementation nuclear power with the specific of the Nine-Year Compulsory focus on the protests that have Education Law. The Discussion been continuing with regard to was chaired by the CSD the Koodankulam nuclear power President Prof. Muchkund station. Prof. Imrana Qadeer Dubey. chaired the discussion. iii) “Human Rights vi) “Women, Family, the State Perspectives” On January 17, and Children in the making 2013, SDF invited former Chief of Childhoods: The Justice of the Delhi High Court Hyphenated Child-State and eminent human rights Relationship” activist Justice Rajinder Sachar, On September 27, 2012, the the Director of the Asia Centre for SDF invited the author of the Human Rights, Suhas Chakma book “Growing Up & Away” and the Head of the Department (OUP, 2011) Vijayalakshmi of Political Science in Delhi Balakrishnan to make a University, Prof. Ujjwal Singh to presentation on child rights and discuss the state of human rights the role of the state. The then in India. Chairperson of the Nation iv) “Screening of the award- Commission for Protection of winning documentary Child Rights (NCPCR) Shantha Pestering Journey” Sinha chaired the discussion On December 27, 2012, Prof. that followed Ms Balakrishnan’s Praful Bidwai chaired a presentation. discussion that followed the vii) “Recent Violence in screening of ‘Pestering Journey’, Assam” On September 13, a film that documents the 2012, SDF invited Sanjoy devastating health effects of the Hazarika, Director of the indiscriminate use of pesticide Centre for Northeast Studies Endosulfan which had to be and Policy Research in Jamia subsequently banned in Kerala. Millia Islamia, Monisha Behal, The researcher and film-maker K. Chairperson of the North East R. Manoj answered questions Network and Banajit from students and activists who Hussain, Fellow in the Nehru joined the discussion. Memorial Museum and Library to discuss the subliminal 44
causes and effects of the mass- away on June 26, 2012. In the scale violence and riots meeting, Prof. Muchkund Dubey, between the indigenous Bodos Prof. Ashis Nandy, Prof. Manoranjan and Muslims that reportedly Mohanty, Prof. Nandini Sundar and left 77 people dead and over Ms Beena Roy Burman reflected on 400,000 people displaced in Prof Roy Burman’s immense Assam in July, 2012. Prof. scholarship and contribution to the Manoranjan Mohanty chaired larger understanding of different the discussion. cultural sensibilities among tribals viii) “Issues Arising Out of communities. Manesar - July Incidents in the Maruti Plant"On August Seminars/Workshops 23, 2012, SDF organised a discussion on the reasons and (CSD, Hyderabad) ramifications of the violence
that erupted in an industrial plant in Manesar, Haryana. A) Public Seminars Prof. Prabhu Mahapatra provided historical insights 1. The Grammar of Caste: and explanations for the state Economic Discrimination in of unorganised labour force in Contemporary India India while trade union April 4, 2012 activists D. L. Sachdeva, Ashim The main speaker was Prof. Roy, Satbeer Singh described Ashwini Deshpande, Professor, the actual state of the workers Department of Economics, Delhi especially with regard to non- School of Economics, University implementation of the existing of Delhi. Prof. D. Narasimha labour laws. Senior journalist Reddy, Visiting Professor, and Executive Editor, Hard Institute of Human Development, News Amit Sengupta and New Delhi chaired the seminar. Principal Correspondent, Outlook Panini Anand 2. Tools Of Justice: Non- described their experiences Discrimination And The Indian while reporting on the incident. Constitution Prof. Praful Bidwai chaired the April 26, 2012 discussion. The main speaker was Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran, Professor & A meeting and discussion on Regional Director, CSD. Prof. “Vision and Contribution of Prof. Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, B. K. Roy Burman (1922-2012)” NALSAR University of Law chaired the seminar. On July 12, 2012, the Council for Social Development organized a 3. Educational Travails of Tribes meeting of scholars and friends of in Modern India the doyen of Indian anthropology August 21, 2012 Prof. B. K. Roy Burman who passed 45
Dr. Joseph Bara, Editor, Educational B) Public Discussions Records Research Units, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru 1. Role of Intellectuals in University spoke while Dr. Suresh Resisting Violence Against Women Jagannadham, Assistant Professor, December 31, 2012 CSD, chaired the seminar The discussion focused on the 4. Innovation in the Informal responsibilities of intellectuals and Economy their contribution to the current November 15, 2012 (jointly organized debates around sexual assault. by CSD & S R Sankaran Chair Starting from the view that (NIRD)) intellectuals bear responsibilities to advance human freedom and the The main speaker was Prof. Barbara cause of justice, participants in the Hariss-White, Emeritus Professor of discussion debated the gaps and Development Studies, Oxford silences around the question of University and Prof. R. sexual assault both in the public Radhakrishna, Former Chairman, domain and among the intelligentsia. National Statistical Commission Several scholars present pointed to chaired the seminar. significant gaps in the reporting and responses to grave sexual assault on 5. Trust and the Indian an everyday basis against women Pharmaceuticals Industry from vulnerable communities – December 5, 2012 (jointly organized particularly dalits, adivasis and by CSD & S R Sankaran Chair minority women and underlined the (NIRD)) need to view crimes against women from vulnerable groups in more The main speaker was Prof. Roger responsive and sensitive ways. Jeffery, University of Edinburg and There was a debate on why the Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy, SR recent incident in Delhi evoked a Sankaran Chair, NIRD chaired the response of that magnitude. Some seminar. participants felt that although ordinarily rape is often viewed as 6. Hunger and Dispossession in normal, this time the horror at the India extent and brutality of the violence March 1, 2013 triggered an unanticipated response. The main speaker was Dr. Binayak The responsibilities of the Sen, National Vice President, Peoples intellectuals must focus on shifting Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). Prof. the parameters of understanding Kalpana Kannabiran chaired the sexual violence against women – seminar. moving it outside the traditional “honour” framework into a framework of crime and assault. The concern with social bias in the media reporting and registering of cases
46 was widespread in the group. There C) Seminars/Conferences was also a view that while institutions of higher learning National Seminar on ‘Regulatory needed to engage more directly with Aspects of Financial Inclusion’ questions of violence against women particularly and women’s oppression August 23-24, 2012 more generally in the curricula and pedagogic practices, it is also Council for Social Development necessary to deconstruct our own (CSD), Southern Regional Centre, assumptions about gender and Hyderabad, organized a National attitudes towards it. Seminar on ‘Regulatory Aspects of Financial Inclusion’ to focus on The meeting ended with a discussion issues related to (i) challenges to on punishment. Although the recent financial inclusion in India; (ii) debate has advocated “strict and regulatory challenges and reforms; harsh punishment”, there has been (iii) understanding financial inclusion no informed debate on what the in a broad and integrated manner; limits of strict and harsh and (iv) sector specific challenges to punishments should be, and no inclusion. This seminar invited informed discussion on what is researchers to a journey through unacceptable even in punishment for some narratives of Financial crimes like aggravated sexual Inclusion as an important aspect of assault. International standards on Inclusive growth as it addresses the need to eliminate degrading and economic discrimination as inhuman forms of punishment fade manifested in the unequal access to from view as the debate slides financial support among different quickly into the “retribution and sections of society. Financial revenge” mode. Can we even match Inclusion represents reliable access the brutality of the crime in the to affordable savings, loans, award of punishment? Should that remittances and insurance services. be the aim of the criminal justice The sectors that are involved are system? Should we respond to Government organizations dealing brutality with more brutality? Or with social security, Banks, should we move towards a more Insurance Companies, Micro Finance humane and just social order? In Institutions and regulatory bodies. general all participants felt that while The Financial Inclusion Plan so far effective laws are necessary and non- has focused on banks alone. It is negotiable, the solutions lie in important to bring the other players transforming the social fabric at an involved, in a holistic approach to everyday level. It is no longer Financial Inclusion, to discuss their possible for intellectuals to live in role in facilitating greater financial ivory towers that are shielded from Inclusion. In light of this, it was the barbarities that women are decided to discuss many of these subjected to every day. issues in this two days Seminar. Around thirty academicians
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across the country took part in this national symposium on Telugu National Seminar. The papers literature and politics at the Council presented in this seminar cover a for Social Development (CSD), wide spectrum of issues relating to Southern Regional Centre, understanding financial inclusion in Rajendranagar, aimed to capture broad and integrated manner, these recent trends and challenges to financial inclusion, nuances. The symposium had been regulatory challenges and reforms organised around four overarching and sectors specific challenges to themes: (a) Hegemonies, (b) inclusion. Livelihoods, (c) Resistance, and (d) Utopias.
National Symposium on ‘Telugu The idea and the themes of the Literature: Contemporary Politics symposium are well received by the and Socio-Economic Movements’ academics, activists and writers, who are engaged on Telugu literature, August 30-31, 2012 social movements and state politics across the country. Some of the Since the late 1990s and beginning notable participants of the of the 2000s, politics in the state of symposium includes: Gogu Andhra Pradesh has taken a Shyamala, B.S. Ramulu, Krupakar different course, and so has Telugu Madiga, Jupaka Subadra, Koyi literature. There has been a strong Koteswararao, Darla demand and movement for Venkateswararao, Kakani Sudhakar, bifurcation and sometimes even G. Kanakaiah, Katti Kalyan, Sridevi trifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. In Kinnera, Khasim, Javvaji Neeraja, recent years, Telangana writers and Uday Bhanu and others. While Prof. also the non-Telanganites, who are Yendluri Sudhakar, one of the supporting the demand of separate famous Telugu poets and scholar Telangana movement, have from Telugu University, Dr. M M sharpened their pens and produced Vinodini, feminist scholar from Yogi a great body of literature in support Vemana University, Kadapa, gave of Telangana state. In addition to key-note addresses, Mr. G. Kalyana this, in recent years some writers are Rao, a well-known activist and writer focusing on the issues concerning of the famous novel, the Untouchable the Adivasis, and also on livelihoods, Spring, delivered a special lecturer forms of discrimination, such as during the symposium. discrimination against the beef consumers. Apart from this, there National Conference on “Social has always been women and Exclusion and Rights of Persons minority-focused literature. Thus, with Disabilities” these new additions have enriched the arena of the Telugu literature, October 19-20, 2012 and they, in turn, have inspiring both politics and socio-political The National Conference on Social movements in our times. A two-day Exclusion and Rights of Persons with 48
Disabilities had seven sessions citizenship. Though confirming the encompassing various themes, right to dignity and equality, the RPD issues and debates with regard to Bill 2012 restricts its scope by rights of PWDs. These included: providing that discrimination may be Discrimination; Social Exclusion; practiced if it can be shown that the Gender Dimension; Rights of impugned act, provision, criterion children with Disabilities and Legal practice, treatment or omission is a Framework – the Rights of PWD proportionate means of achieving a (RPD) Bill 2012. The main concerns legitimate aim. In addition, the bill of the RPD bill is to mainstream the does not comply with several non- struggle for recognition and rights of negotiable especially issue of persons with disabilities. The main livelihoods in informal sector, rural aim of the bill is to replace the areas, vocational training and so on medical model of disability with the for PWDs. Right to education for social model of disability which children with disability also require focuses on the environment and not attention since lack of investment in the person; which can be teacher training even by apex bodies strengthened through rights based in education is not conducive to approach. Through presentations realizing inclusive education for and deliberations in the conference, children with disabilities. Gender it was brought out that the PWDs along with caste has been a continue to be assessed in the norms significant vector missing from the set by the able bodies without disability discourse. Care giving is an reference to barriers and hostile integral issue in the gender environment. Cultural constructs of dimensions of disability which has disability need to be addressed not received enough mention in the through engaging the issue not only new bill. While women are perceived in the public but also in the private as care-givers, men are viewed as sphere. In this context, it is receivers making women with necessary to draw parallels from the disability more vulnerable. Moreover, women’s movement and feminist there exist various provisions under engagements with discrimination personal laws which provides for and exclusion. Social exclusion of insanity as a ground for divorce, PWDs is highly significant in the marriage of women with intellectual private sphere which is best reflected and psychosocial disabilities by in the absolute negation of any right guardians as legal, which are against ability based selection of discriminatory to PWDs. unborn children. The silence in the new law on this regard highlights the Fourth National Bioethics acceptance of disability as a state not Conference on “Ethical and to be lived in. This also leads to the Regulatory Challenges in Health necessity of creating more space for Research.” legal activism where in legal imagination needs to be expanded December 6-8, 2012 beyond the reasonable accommodation and cultural 49
IJME Fourth National Bio-Ethics Maithreyi M R, Centre for Studies in Conference organized by the Forum Ethics and Rights, Mumbai. for Medical Ethics Society (FMES), Mumbai was co-hosted by Council for Social Development, Hyderabad and University of Hyderabad, The topics of papers presented in Hyderabad. The Conference held parallel sessions covered wide during December 6 to 8, 2012 at the ranging issues - socio-political and University of Hyderabad was cultural dimension of research attended by 370 participants from ethics, empirical and public health various parts of the country and ethics, research ethics and the across the globe. The health importance of methods. The practitioners, researchers, social conference also had a separate scientists, activists, policy makers session on ethics and traditional and students deliberated for 3 days medicine. The eight workshops dealt on the theme of the conference – with different yet relevant issues – Ethics and Regulatory challenges in intervention research in maternal Health Research. health, challenges and complexities of working within an ethics The Inaugural address to Conference committee, role of the IEC, ethics of was chaired by Dr. G.N. Rao and Dr. biomedical and health GVS Murthy, Director, Indian experimentation. The relatives of Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad clinical trial participants also spoke delivered the inaugural address. in one of the workshops and Professor P M Bhargava, Chairman, narrated the exploitation of patients. CSD, Hyderabad gave special A short film on publication ethics, address. He focused on the need to Publish or Perish by the Centre of distinguish between ethics, morality Biomedical Ethics and Culture, and law. Prof Ramakrishna Sindh Institute of Urology and Ramaswamy, Vice Chancellor, Transplantation, Karachi was University of Hyderabad released a screened. It highlighted the perils publication on ethics ‘Towards a associated with publishing for the history of bioethics in India (1980- sake of advancement in career, 2010): mapping the field’ by namely, plagiarism, fabrication of data and bogus co-authorship.
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CSD was a pioneer institution in applied science and pure, applied & imparting training on social science action research; b) Formulate and research methodology with the test a research support of the Indian Council for questions/hypotheses; c) Describe Social Science Research (ICSSR) different types of sampling since the early 70s. though this had techniques; d) Discuss the come to a halt for some time in the techniques of data collection, 1990s, the training activities were processing and analysis through revived again and are now being Participant Observation, Focused taken up on a regular basis. Group Discussion (FDG), Case Study, Participatory Rural Appraisal Training courses were also takne (PRA) and Rapid Rural Appraisal up in Data Processing. These (RRA); Questionnaire & interview courses were conducted by CSD techniques and Statistical methods; at Delhi and the Southern and Computer Applications – Statistical Package for Social Science Regional Centre at Hyderabad. (SPSS) and Geographical Information The Council also conducted System (GIS). training for persons engaged in providing relief and rehabilitation Target participants of the course for persons displaced by projects. were research students/ academicians/ professionals from any social science background CSD, DELHI coming from universities, research institutions, government
departments and Non-Governmental Training Course on Social Science Organizations. The participants were Research Methodology September trained in interactive class-room 3-15, 2012 sessions, lectures and A common challenge faced by almost demonstrations by experts from the all social science researchers is that field, exercises, assignments, case of choosing an appropriate studies, preparation & testing of methodology for their research and questionnaire, interview evaluation work. This training schedule/guide, field visits, course was designed to enhance the conducting pilot studies, report knowledge of some of the widely writing in small groups and applied survey research methods, presentation of research findings. basic statistical techniques and scientific report writing. The course addressed the needs of academic researchers and of the practitioners of development in the field. The objectives of the course were to a) Explain the difference between social and natural science; pure and
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Training Course in Data Processing and Analysis in Social Sciences – The broad objective of this workshop January 7-12, 2013 was to build capacity and awareness of resettlement planning and Training course in data processing management issues confronting and analysis in social sciences was development projects that involve organized between January 7-12. land acquisition and resettlement of The course was designed to help the affected population. It had been young researchers/teachers in planned keeping in view the training universities/colleges, research needs of senior/middle level institutions as well as professionals government officials, industry in government organizations and managers, NGOs, academics, and NGOs to develop their skills in data also those working on processing and analysis through the internationally-funded projects. use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The course included theoretical as well as practical National Stocktaking Study 2013: sessions and provided opportunity Regional Training of Trainers for hands-on practice. (ToTs) at Hyderabad, Raniketh, Ahmedabad and Kolkata (Sponsored by Oxfam India and UNICEF) Training Workshop on Social Impact of Resettlement and The RTE Forum organized Training Rehabilitation, November 26 - 30, of Trainers (TOT) in Hyderabad (to 2012 cover Southern Region – October 19- 20, 2012), Ranikhet (to cover Northern Region – October 26-27, 2012), Ahmedabad (to cover Western Region – October 29-30, 2012 and in Kolkata (to cover the Eastern Region – November 6-7, 2012) with the purpose of imparting background 53
knowledge, skills and practical extensively on issues. Among the experience to the Master trainers. speakers were senior activists, young The programme facilitated the scholars, senior academics and process of data collection for the community based organisers. The National Stocktaking Study on issues that were covered in these Status of the implementation of the sessions were: Forest Rights Act, Act in the year 2013. Master trainers PESA, Environment issues, mining, were prepared at four zones namely displacement, sovereignty and North, South, East and West and autonomy in tribal areas, mass time schedule was prepared for mobilisation, education, settlements collecting, cleaning and entering and in non scheduled areas and the sharing with National forum for interpretation of law, order and the analysis. During the training, the constitution. tools for the study were discussed in great length, important notes for Dr. Kalpana Kannabiran opened the collection data and case studies, workshop with an outline of the sample of number of schools for each constitutional framework within state were shared. which adivasi rights must be located. The session on Autonomy, livelihoods and governance in tribal areas featured Philip Kujur (Campaigner, BIRSA MMC, Jharkhand), Vasavi CSD Hyderabad Kiro (State Women’s Commission, Jharkhand), Kunjam Pandu Dora National Workshop on Tribal (Adivasi Aikyavedika), Sagari R. Question in India Ramdas (Anthra); and N. Madhusudhan (Yakshi); the session Training Programme for Prime on Adivasi Communities outside Ministers' Rural Development Scheduled Areas: nomadic and Fellows (conducted by TISS), April denotified tribes and problems of 19, 2012 development featured Malli Gandhi (Sr. Lecturer, NCERT Mysore) and This workshop explored different Dr. Suresh Jagannadham aspects of the adivasi question in (Independent Researcher, Schedule V areas of the country and Hyderabad); in the concluding of tribes living in non-scheduled session, Mr. Prafulla Samantara areas. The one-day workshop (Convenor, National Alliance of focused on Schedule V areas. The Peoples’ Movements) spoke on speakers and panelists, all people Adivasi Rights and Popular who are closely involved with issues Mobilisation in Orissa. The sessions on the ground, outlined issues were marked by animated discussion underscoring the complexity that and debate. It also provided the must be addressed in developing an Fellows with opportunity to interact integrated action plan. The session with people known for their featured speakers from adivasi commitment to these issues and in communities who have worked some states like Jharkhand, AP and
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Orissa, provided Fellows with critical to the politics of feminism. It contacts and information that will is also critical to dignity of women prove useful during their placements and sexual minorities. Two sessions in those states. on Gender and the Writing of History attempted to address the wide range of concerns in this field over while providing a window to the stunning Gender Studies Workshop January corpus of feminist historiography. 2-8, 2013 An important part of the workshop The Gender Studies Workshop held was the screening of films – “Morality at CSD from 2-8 January 2013 TV aur Loving Jehad: Ek Manohar aimed at opening out the vast and Kahani” directed by Paromita Vohra growing field of gender studies to and “Invoking Justice” directed by research scholars – providing them Deepa Dhanraj. The Gender Studies with interdisciplinary and historical Workshop organised at a time when perspectives on gender as a category debate around sexual assault were at of analysis and as location. a peak in India, ended with an open Beginning with an open discussion session on Gender and Violence. on why gender should be a subject of Faculty was invited from Universities study, the workshop had sessions and institutes from across the that looked at women’s work and country: labour, gendering plans and budgets and gendered workplaces. The discussions around “Embodiments” examined question of reproductive Research Methodology Course in politics, sexuality, sexual orientation, Social Sciences sexual diversity, sexual choice and very importantly disability. That January 21-30, 2013 gender is a category and location that is intersectional by definition The Research Methodology Course was opened out through sessions on for doctoral scholars was held at “Gendered Intersections” which CSD from 21-30 January 2013. focused on caste and tribe. The Twenty-four scholars from different question of representation has a twin disciplines from the states of Andhra echo – in the realm of literature and Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Orissa, law. Sessions on Representing Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Women, Representing Gender Delhi attended the ten day examined the realms of law and programme. Designed to introduce literature. The erasure of women young researchers to and the erasure of sexual diversity interdisciplinary perspectives in the from public discourse and its social sciences, the course delegitimation have been possible commenced with an introductory through the practice of partisan lecture on “Methodological Questions historiography. Recovering the craft in the Social Sciences” by Prof. of history writing, history itself is Kalpana Kannabiran. The course
55 featured sessions on: Methods in Development Research introduced by Research Methodology Course in noted economists, Prof. K.P. Kannan, Social Sciences for Scholars from Visiting Professor, Institute of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Human Development, New Delhi and Tribes Prof. Padmini Swaminathan, Tata Institute of Social Sciences; Methods February 11-20, 2013 in the Study of History by well known historian of ancient India, The Research Methodology Course Prof. Aloka Parasher Sen, Dean, for scholars belonging to Scheduled School of Social Sciences, University Castes and Scheduled Tribes was of Hyderabad and historian of held in CSD with support from modern India Dr. Bhangya Bhukya ICSSR from 11-20 February 2013. of English & Foreign Languages Twenty-six research scholars drawn University; Psychology in Social from the disciplines of Economics, Survey by Prof. Nagaraju Sociology, Political Science, Gundemeda of University of Psychology, Philosophy and History Hyderabad and Prof. Hussain attended the course. They came Siddiqui, Professor of Social Work, from the states of Andhra Pradesh, MANNU. Prof. C. Ravi from CESS, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Dr. Sujit Kumar Mishra from CSD Bengal, and Delhi. The course, and Dr. P. Satish Chandra from designed by ICSSR, to build capacity NIRD took sessions on computer for independent research consisted of applications and SPSS. A high point five units that focused on basic of the course was an orientation and concepts, instruments and field visit using PRA techniques techniques of data collection, coordinated by Dr. Sunny Jose, research design and statistical TISS, Hyderabad. Mr. Anindo analysis. Adding to this basic Banerjee from PRAXIS, Patna and framework, the course commenced Mr. Amar Jyoti Nayak from Action with an inaugural address on Aid, Bhubaneshwar were part of the Interdisciplinary Social Science training team. Research Methods by noted Political Scientist and ICSSR Council Member, Professor Kancha Ilaiah. The valedictory session on “The Several senior scholars with rich Value of Critical Interdisciplinary experience in conducting research Approaches to the Social Sciences” came in as faculty for the course – featured Prof. Kancha Ilaiah, like Prof. S. Indrakant, RBI Chair Director, Centre for Studies in Social Professor, CSD; Prof. K. Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Hanumantha Rao, Professor of MANNU, Hyderabad and Prof. D. Economics, NIRD; Prof. E. Revathi, Narasimha Reddy, S.R. Sankaran Centre for Economic & Social Chair Professor, NIRD. The feedback Studies; Dr. Bhangya Bhukya, from participants about this course English and Foreign Languages was very positive on all counts. University; Dr. Nagaraju Gundemeda, University of 56
Hyderabad and Dr. Sunny Jose, Tata perspectives on development in the Institute of Social Sciences, context of the Polavaram dam Hyderabad. CSD faculty took several project; and situating dalit politics sessions in the course. within the larger Indian mainstream politics. Speakers included Dr. In terms of content, the broad Kalpana Kannabiran, Ms. Jhansi contexts of research were outlined Geddam (Dalit Stri Shakti), Dr. through sessions on the Sujatha Surepally (Satavahana philosophical foundations of social University, Karimnagar), Dr. science research, colonial Bhangya Bhukya (English and ethnography and anthropological Foreign Languages University), and perspectives and discourse analysis. Dr. Sam Gundimeda (CSD). The course included two full sessions on Mining Library Resources and Online Databases by Dr. K. Rama Advanced Writing Course Patnaik, Librarian, IIM, Bangalore. February 22-March 7, 2013 An important part of the course was the field visit to the old city of The Advanced Writing Course was Hyderabad and interviews with the conducted for research scholars in domestic workers union and the the social sciences primarily to housing rights campaign organised provide a basic understanding about by the Montford Social Institute. The various nuances of writing ranging participants, in their evaluation of from dissertations to research the programme, expressed their deep articles and larger context of writing satisfaction with the rigour of the project proposals. The course course as well as the congeniality involved both an evaluation and and warm hospitality provided at active participation method in order CSD. to engage the scholars throughout the duration of the two weeks. The Graduate Students’ Workshop on evaluations were based on different India’s Development Experience activities, which ranged from reading Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and presenting the texts to writing a Hyderabad, February 21-22, 2013 paper during the course. In the beginning of the course, the research A two day workshop on India’s scholars were assigned a set of development experience aimed at research articles according to their providing an introduction and disciplinary orientation and the perspective to graduate students of evaluation was based on the TISS and visiting students from the comprehension and articulation University of Keele, UK. Sessions skills of the scholar. Technical focused on constitutional framework sessions were taken to discuss the to understand the rights of the craft of reviewing of books, structure marginalized; gender based violence of academic writing, using library against dalits and the perpetration of resources for bibliography, citation atrocity; rights of adivasi formats and online databases, and to communities; dalit and indigenous discuss the different aspects of
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survey of literature in research. Tribes an exposure to contemporary Special classes were also taken to issues, fresh developments in law, improve the skills in English update their knowledge and skill sets language. The research scholars were as well as create a network of given assignments on reviewing lawyers that the community can books, writing abstracts for research draw upon to address issues of papers, using appropriate citation justice. With a balance of interactive formats and writing reviews of lectures, case discussions, journal articles. Finally, the course presentations by participants, moot enabled the research scholars to courts, special classes in English work towards developing a concrete communication, this course covered plan and writing a 3000-word paper areas of constitutional law, by the end of the course. While giving procedural laws, environmental laws, importance to specific disciplinary labour laws, family law, torts, special boundaries, the course also had a legislations, child rights as also a strong orientation towards discussion on the issues of justice interdisciplinary methods. that confront adivasi communities today. Refresher Course for ST Lawyers March-July, 2012 The course was inaugurated by Mr. Somesh Kumar, Commissioner of The course was triggered by the Tribal Welfare, Government of national workshop on legal clinics Andhra Pradesh. The Valedictory and adivasi rights in January – session featured Ms. Vasavi Kiro, February, 2012 which witnessed noted journalist and Member, State some very detailed discussions on Women’s Commission, Jharkhand. the issues lawyers need to address. While exploring the possibility of Given the poor quality of training developing practice guides and and unevenness in delivery and manuals in partnership with the pedagogic practice in legal education, lawyers who have completed the we decided to conduct a 21-day course, we have also been engaged in Refresher Course for Advocates from some research activity and all our the Scheduled Tribes, instead of lawyers have standing advice to short two-day workshops for gather cases and case studies from different batches of lawyers. This their districts even while they go course, which spanned all branches through the course. We have daily of public law and communication diary entries that are rich in detail skills commenced in March and on the spin offs of the course, which concluded in July 2012, and had is the first of its kind in Andhra enrolment of 22 lawyers representing Pradesh – a course for adivasi different tribes and 2 law students – lawyers on adivasi rights and social all from Andhra Pradesh – of whom justice lawyering. On the final day of 15 lawyers completed the course. the course in July, the lawyers formed the Adivasi/Tribal Advocates The objective of the course was to Forum, and elected office bearers provide lawyers from Scheduled representative of different tribes. We
58 hope to be able to run one course Internships every year and work to strengthen the ATAF both through training Kurli Varnitha successive batches of lawyers from tribal groups and acting in an During her internship with Dr. Sujit advisory capacity. Kumar Mishra, Ms. Varnitha created a framework for performing a social audit on Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY), which was launched in the year Related Academic 2000-01 under the ambit of Activities (SRC, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). The framework for a Hyderabad) social audit on the KSY by Ms. Varnitha was highly appreciative as it has enabled us to review the Doctoral Programme program in a comprehensive manner.
The Ph.D Programme, offered in collaboration with Tata Institute of Amanda Stephens and Justin Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, Schwemmer commenced in June 2012, with five students, two in Social Sciences and Amanda Stephens and Justin three in Women’s Studies. Three Schwemmer, from Indiana University ICSSR research fellowships have Maurer School of Law, completed a been awarded to Rimi Tadu (Social six-week internship under Sciences), Lata P Madhukar (Women supervision of Prof. Kalpana Studies) and Vaishali Sonavane Kannabiran. They worked on the (Women Studies). Ranjana Das child marriage project that looks at (Social Sciences) and Bhanumathi the causes for the drop in female age Kalluri (Women Studies) have opted at marriage in AP. The interns for off campus registration. The developed content and templates for students of women’s studies a web portal on child marriage - a completed two semesters of course major part of content formulation work at TISS Hyderabad, while the involved international human rights students in social sciences have law frameworks and social science completed two modular courses in research findings. Justin and research methodology as per the Amanda also spent two weeks in stipulations of TISS, Mumbai. Four Shaheen, a centre for adolescent of these students have registered girls and women in the old city of under the supervision of Prof. Hyderabad, assisting the centre in its Kalpana Kannabiran and one under ongoing documentation. the supervision of Dr. Sujit Kumar
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Sanika Gokhale Publications, Delhi. In addition to this, Sanika spent a week at Sanika Gokhale, a student of law at Shaheen, a centre for adolescent National University of Juridical girls and women in the old city of Sciences, Kolkata completed a four Hyderabad, contributing to the week internship with Dr. Kalpana ongoing work of the centre and Kannabiran, assisting her in the learning about issues related to preparation of a manuscript on women, especially violence against women and Law for Sage women on the ground.
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PUBLICATIONS
Important concerns in social development are addressed in books, monographs and the quarterly journal of the Council
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BOOKS change benefiting not only the recognized dimensions of human development but also the conditions The Council has published of the marginalized-dalits, women, more than a hundred books since its and children. India: Social inception. These books are on Development Report 2012, titled ‘Minorities at the Margins’ has various topics of central concern to been edited by Prof. Zoya Hasan the Council. These include and Prof. Mushirul Hasan. The education and literacy, social report seeks to evaluate the life development, issues related to the conditions of Indian citizens by weaker sections, such as tribals and assessing social developmental scheduled castes, slums and urban indicators - political, social, and cultural. Instead of focusing solely on development and so on. economic growth, it treats social development as a function of During the year 2012-2013 the economic growth, social policy, and following books were published : effective poverty reduction measures. It deals with key issues of social Towards Just and Equitable development and interrogates the Development: Durgabai Deshmukh concept of development, as well as its meaning for those who are deprived Memorial Lectures, ed. and disadvantaged. The papers Balakrishnan Rajiv, Konark included in this report, besides Publisher, 2012 giving an overall picture of social development, focus on the minorities in India with respect to certain key The Integrated Child Development sectors such as education, poverty, food security, and health. These Services: A Flagship Adrift, factors play an important role in the Venugopal K.R., Konark Publishers betterment of the conditions of the and Distributors, New Delhi, 2012 deprived and minority communities and their life chances. The contributions combine empirical India: Social Development studies and critical analysis to Report (SDR) explain the impact of policy interventions on social development A flagship publication of the Council and the challenges that remain. On is the bi-annual ‘India: Social the whole, the Report addresses the Development Report’. This report is a relationship between India's collection of analytical studies based developmental process and social on concrete evidence showing the policy discourse. record of social development in India.
It strongly posits that development has to be a comprehensive process of Journal: Social Change PAPERS
‘Social Change’ is the quarterly The Hyderabad Social journal of the Council for Social Development Papers Development. It publishes problem- oriented, empirically-grounded A peer reviewed Working Paper analytical papers, theoretical essays Series, the Hyderabad Social and policy discussions in the field of Development Papers, featuring social change and development, in as ongoing faculty research was non-technical language as possible. inaugurated by Prof. S.K. Thorat, A multidisciplinary journal with a Chairman, ICSSR on December 24, wide-ranging readership including 2012. people in academia, social movements, NGOs and policy- The inaugural volume consisted of making sectors, Social Change seeks the following four papers: eminent thinkers and researchers as well as innovative young writers as Volume 1: Numbers 1-4 its contributors. The first volume of Social Change was brought out in 1. Sujit Kumar Mishra: “Coal 1971. Since then, it has continued Mining Externalities: A Study of its journey to complete the fourth Basundhara Coal Field in India” decade of its publication. With the December 2012 issue, Social Change 2. Soumya Vinayan: “Student Loans journal completed 42 years of its in Financing Higher Education: uninterrupted publication by the Levels of Indebtedness among Council. The publication of the Student Borrowers in Kerala” journal has been taken over by SAGE since March, 2010. It now has a new 3. Pratyusna Patnaik: “Does look and is available not only in the Political Representation Ensure print form but is also available Empowerment? Scheduled Tribes online. Social Change was published in the Panchayats of Orissa” as scheduled and the June, 2013 volume was a special issue based on 4. Sam Gundimeda: “In Search of papers presented in CSD’s National Equality: Caste and Dalit Seminar on ‘Strengthening of Public Strategies in Contemporary Sector Health System for Universal India” Access to Health Care (UAHC)’.
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OTHER ACTIVITIES Some of the other important activities of the Council are taking part in events, networking with other organizations, organizing memorial lectures and providing library facilities
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MEMORIAL LECTURES better targets in higher education and skill enhancement. The Council organizes a lecture every year in the memory of its Founder Executive Chairperson, Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh and Founder President, Dr. C.D. Deshmukh.
Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture
The Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial lecture on “Reforms in the Higher Education System and 12th Five He said the targeted growth rate of Year Plan” was delivered by Dr 12th Five Year Plan has been revised Narendra Jadav, Member, Planning but India can bounce back and Commission and ex-Vice-Chancellor, sustain high growth provided we are University of Pune on July 15, 2012. able to tackle the main constraints in The session was chaired by eminent the Indian economy namely jurist and IIC President Soli J. education and skill development. He Sorabjee. The lecture was preceded said the demographic dividend can by the release of the book titled turn into a demographic nightmare if ‘Towards Just and Equitable there are no jobs, more mouths to Development’ feed and fewer hands to get the jobs Dr Jadhav spoke on reforming higher done. Dr Jadhav said immediate education system in relation to the focus needs to be placed on the four 12th Five Year Plan. He said higher main flaws in the higher education education and skill development are system in India: 1) Very low GER critical and examined whether India (Gross Enrollment Ratio): 2) Poor would be able to reap what is Quality, 3) Inadequate equity referred to as “demographic considerations; and 4) Poor dividend” in the light of the level of Employability. skill development that has been Besides these four constraints, Dr achieved. He said the window of Jadhav said focus is needed on skill demographic dividend will be enhancement and the 12th Five Year available only for 15 to 20 years and Plan recognizes this need. Dr Jadhav India will need to harness this to its listed access, excellence and equity advantage while sustaining high with more specific and rigorous growth rate only through achieving approach as some of the strategies
65 adopted in the Plan in the case of individual university/colleges and higher education. He stressed on departments of various universities. accreditation as a pre-requisite for He said with regard to skill bringing the focus on quality and development, the PM has given the said the Accreditation Regulatory Commission a target that by 2022 Authority Bill, which has been India must have a total 500 million pending in the Parliament, will technically trained skilled persons to appoint a regulator who will have the work. authority to give out accreditation to
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is getting their publications in LIBRARY exchange for CSD publications. The Council will be glad to
establish exchange relations with Professor Amar Kumar Singh more such institutions in future. Library, New Delhi All faculty members and employees
of the Council are eligible for The Professor Amar Kumar Singh membership of the library. The Library (PAKSL) in CSD, Delhi has a library issues bar-coded library total of 9681 books. It acquired 176 identity cards for members. It also new titles including books, reports, provides the following services: open reference documents, monographs, access system, inter-library loan newsletters and CD Roms, during the facility through DELNET, OPAC/ year 2012-2013. The Library DELNET; CSD has enrolled as an subscribes 36 periodicals, 14 daily institutional member of NASSDOC newspapers and one online database. and now has access to approximately More than 13 journals are received 40,000 books/journals and other e- on complimentary or exchange basis. resources in the NASSDOC network The final reports of all projects including JSTOR. A suggestion from carried out by CSD both in Delhi and the library committee about Hyderabad are also available in the approaching SRC Hyderabad, which library. The library is a repository of has access to JSTOR on account of Government publications and ICSSR sponsorship, is being publications of some very important followed. Furthermore, a book international agencies, like The procurement policy is now in place World Bank, United Nations, etc. A which lays down that the books will searchable computerised catalogue of be purchased taking into account 1) all the books and reports has been faculty recommendations 2) book compiled that enables networking reviews in reputed with the Union Catalogue and journals/magazines and newspapers enhances resource-sharing between and 3) after perusing book institutions. The Library is an announcements from publishers. Institutional member of DELNET
and a corporate member of the In the last one year, a number of Central Secretariat Library. It now steps have been taken for making the provides opportunity for access to Library more accessible and DELNET databases through instructive. Under the overall Internet and offers resource- supervision of Prof. Manoranjan sharing. Library software Mohanty, a committee of faculty LIBMAN-7.13 has made the library members is going through books and more accessible to users. publications for a final decision on
whether to weed out certain books The library has an exchange and/or free distribution of the books. relation with many Indian and Similarly, effective steps have been international agencies and national taken for digitization of CSD’s own libraries throughout the world and publications that include books, project reports, seminar, workshop computer has been installed in the and training programme reports, library and basement space monographs, working papers, adjoining the library is being cleared articles, Durgabai Deshmukh for making it more accessible. lectures and annual reports. A
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Besides their research work, the faculty members of the Council are involved in delivering lectures, attending seminars and writing articles for journals and books
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India, organized by GIZ in New Faculty Activities Delhi on September 26, 2012. 4. Participated as a resource person CSD, DELHI in a National Consultation on the T. Haque, Director, CSD Delhi Post-2015 Global Development Agenda, organized by RIS on Publications January 31, 2013, in New Delhi. Papers 5. Delivered a keynote address at the National Seminar on 1. Impact of Globalisation on Rural Challenges Facing Development Development in Afro-Asian of Bihar and Jharkhand Countries, Journal of Rural organized by the Council for Development, AARDO, July, Social Development of Bihar and 2012. Jharkhand, on March 23, 2013 2. Challenges of Food Security in at IIPA, New Delhi. India, India Social Development 6. Participated as a resource person Report, 2012. at the Policy Dialogue on India’s 3. Transforming Bihar Agriculture – zero Hunger Challenges, presented at the Brainstorming organized by Navdanya in New Session on Bihar Agriculture, Delhi on March 19, 2013. organized by IFPRI, New Delhi, 7. Participated as a Discussant in July, 2012. the conference on Generating 4. Impact of AP Licensed Cultivators Employment during the 12th Five Act, proceedings of the Year Plan and beyond, organized International Conference on Land by FICCI and IAMR on February and Poverty, organized by the 21, in New Delhi. World Bank at Washington D.C. 8. Participated as a resource person April 8-12, 2013. (Chairman & Discussant) at the Policy Dialogue on Rural Policy Dialogue on Rural Labour Markets and Agriculture, Seminars/Papers Presented organized jointly by CESS, ICRISAT, NAARM and NIRD, on 1. Participated as a resource person January 18, 2013 at Hyderabad. at the seminar on AP Licensed 9. Participated as a Discussant at Cultivator’s Act, organized by the the International Workshop on Centre for Economic and Social Decentralisation and Rural Studies, Hyderabad on Governance, organized by NCAER September 16, 2012. & IDRC, at Alwar, Rajasthan on 2. Participated as a resource person December 17-19, 2012. in the Panel Discussion on FDI in 10. Participated as a resource retail, organized by the Amar person at the Workshop on Ujala in Constitution Club, Land Related Legal Needs of the October 7, 2012. Poor and Need for Legal Aid, 3. Participated in the Brainstorming organized by NALSAR University session on Land use Planning in of Law, Hyderabad on 2011 having focus on Challenges September 8, 2012. of Food Security and Poverty. 11. Participated as a Discussant at 2. Helped in the preparation of the the Annual Conference of the proposed National Homestead Agricultural Economics Right Bill and participated in Research Association on several rounds of Discussion with Agricultural Inputs and Service Govt. Officials and Ekta Delivery System for Accelerating Parishad. Agricultural Growth and Improving Farm Income, at IARI, New Delhi on October 10, 2012. Manoranjan Mohanty, 12. Participated as a Key Speaker at Distinguished Professor the National Workshop on Income Security Policy for Publications: Farmers, organized by ASHA at CSD, Hyderabad on March 8- Book 10, 2013. 1. The Political Philosophy of Mao 13. Participated as a key speaker at Zedong ( New Delhi: Aakar the National Seminar on Books, 2012, first published by Restructuring of Regional Rural Macmillan in 1978 this is the Banks at Kolkata on May 11, second edition with a new 2012. Introduction)
Evaluation Articles
1. Evaluated Ph.D. Thesis entitled 1. “Reconceptualising Rights in a ‘Variations in Food Intake and Creative Society”, Social Change Nutritional Status in India, Vol. 42, No.1 (2012) submitted to JNU by Anoop 2. “China is again at a fork in the Satpathy and also conducted the road”, The Hindu (3 September viva-voce on October 8, 2012. 2012) 2. Evaluated Ph.D. Thesis entitled 3. “A Global Sarai”, Seminar, No. ‘Land Security of the Tribals’ by 639 (Nov. 2012 ) Special issue on B.K. Sinha submitted to Jamia the Golden Jubilee of CSDS Millia Islamia, New Delhi. 4. “Ghinua Santhal and Structural 3. Evaluated M. Phil Thesis titled Violence”, Frontier Vol. 44, No. 47 ‘An Economic Analysis of Land (Jun 3 -9, 2012) Use Pattern in India’ submitted to 5. ‘Harmonious Society’: Hu Jintao’s JNU by Sushant Sudan. Vision and the Chinese Party Congress, Economic and Political Training/Workshops Weekly, vol XLVII no. 50 (December 15, 2012) 1. Coordinated the Preparation of 6. “Political Discourse and Public SAARC Development Report, Sector Reforms in India and China” in Kjeld-Erik Brodsgaard
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(Ed), Public Sector Reforms in Husain College, University of China and India (forthcoming) Delhi, 12 February 2013 7. “Maoism”, Encyclopedia of Race 7. “Look-East Policies of India and and Racism, 2nd edition. 4 China”, Department of Political vols.(Macmillan Reference USA, Science, Manipur University, 26 an imprint of Gale / Cengage February 2013 Learning. Detroit, MI,2013) 8. “Social Movements in Northeast 8. New Chinese leader faces tough India : The Contemporary choices in seeking breakthrough Challenges”, Department of reforms Political Science, Guwahati University, 2 March 2013 Global Times (Beijing, 13 March 9. “Approaches to understanding 2013 ) and eradicating Poverty”, Satyavati College, University of Lectures Delhi, 6 March 2013 10. “Social Movements and the State 1. “Social Movements in in the Post-Globalisation Age”, Contemporary India”, Institute of Department of Political Science, South Asian Studies, Peking Calcutta University, 8 March University, 25 September 2012 2013 2. “Alternative Visions of Global Future in India and China”, School of Agriculture and Rural Seminars/Papers Presented Development, Renmin University, Beijing, 26 September 2012 1. “India, China and the BRICS 3. “India, China and the Emerging Vision of Global Future”, Process of Global Restructuring”, International Conference on Orfalea Center of Global and Asian Diplomacy, Sichuan International Studies, University University, Chengdu , 17-19 of California, Santa Barbara, 18 September 2012 October 2012. 2. “Land Rights Movements in India: 4. ”India, China and the The Odisha Experience”, Sicuan Civilisational Process of Global University- University of Restructuring”, P C Bagchi Washington Joint Workshop, Memorial Lecture, Visva-Bharati, Chengdu, 20 September 2012. Santiniketan, 17 December 2012. 3. “CPC’s 18th Congress- the 5. “Social Basis of the Political ideological issues”, ICS-IIC Leadership in Odisha”, Keynote Seminar on the 18th Congress of address at the 19th annual the CPC, India International conference of Odisha Gabeshana Centre, New Delhi, 4 December Chakra, Fakir Mohan University, 2012 Balasore, 21 January 2013 4. “India, China and the Emerging 6. “Minority Rights in Contemporary Process of Global India”, Chair and Speaker, Zakir Transformation”, Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Oxford, 26-27 March 2013 72
February 12 – 13. Around 50 Miscellaneous participants of the seminar included academics, activists, 1. Social Change journal coming out government officials, researchers on schedule. and experts. The subjects 2. Helping in the organisation of the covered in the seminar were: Social Development Forum, Migration, Poverty, Policies And CSD’s fortnightly seminar Programmes Of Urban Development, Informal Sector, Slum Improvement, Access to Prof. K.B. Saxena, Visiting Basic Services, Exclusion and Professor Resistance etc. The recommendations of the seminar Publications have identified measures to promote inclusive urban growth Papers and are in process of being sent to the Minister of Urban 1. ‘Land Acquisition and Peasant Development and Housing and Resistance: No Respite For Poverty Alleviation. Tribals From Displacement and Impoverishment’ - Paper Lectures submitted for a commemoration volume to ISI, New Delhi. 1. ‘Farmers and the law on Land 2. ‘Political Undercurrents in the Acquisition’ in a consultation Climate Change Discourse: organized by Bharat Krishak Development, Negotiation, and Samaj, January 9, 2013. Mitigation’, paper submitted for a 2. ‘Land Acquisition Act’ – in a book to Fakir Mohan University, training Programme organized by Balasore, Orissa. CSD, November 26, 2012. 3. ‘Introduction’ to a forthcoming 3. ‘Current Policies on Land book in honour of late S R Reforms & Land Acquisition’ – in Sankaran. a workshop organized by Centre 4. Revised Paper on ‘Security for Policy Analysis, November 22, Centric Approach to Naxalite 2012. Movement’ for the forthcoming 4. ‘Land, State and People: A book edited by Dr Santosh historical overview’ at a workshop Mehrotra. organized by Action Aid at 5. ‘Political Economy of the Budget Bhopal, 16th December 2012. 2013-14’, Voice of Resistance, 5. ‘Critique of Government Vol. 2 No. 5, March, 2013 Response to Land Reforms Movement’, in National Seminar consultation on Land Rights, organized by EKTA Parishad 11th Organized a National Seminar March 2013. on ‘Urban Development and 6. ‘Land is Central to Agrarian Exclusion of the Poor’ on crises’ at a workshop organized 73
by Joshi – Adhikari Institute – marginalized. The project 13th March, 2013. explores their strengths and the 7. ‘Agenda of Dalit Land Rights’, at possibilities if using the same in a National Consultation on Dalit formal public health system. The Land Rights, January 22, 2013. project is based in CWDS and is 8. ‘MNREGS in perspective’ – in funded by Department of Indian Satyawati college, March 6, 2013. Systems of Medicine and ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth
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1. ‘Healthcare in Bombay Publications Presidency – A Review’, Economic 1. Manuscript submitted to and Political Weekly, June 25, Routledge (Park Square, Milton 2013 Park, Abingdon, Oxon 14 4RN 2. ‘Universal Healthcare: The Trojan United Kingdom) for publication Horse of Neoliberal Policies’, in mid-2013 Social Change, June, 2013 3. Editing the papers for a 2. Displacement and Resettlement forthcoming book on Universal in India: The Human Cost of Healthcare with additional papers Development, Routledge UK added to the seminar papers (forthcoming) presented at the CSD seminar ‘Strengthening of Public Sector 3. Contributed an article entitled Health System for Universal ‘Thirty Years of the World Bank Access to Health Care (UAHC)’ in Policy on Involuntary July, 2012 Resettlement: The Gap Between Promise and Performance’ for a Seminars/Papers Presented Volume in Honour of Professor Muchkund Dubey. Edited by 1. Paper titles ‘Perspectives in Professor Manoranjan Mohanty, Public Health and the Concepts et al (forthcoming) of Coverage and Care in Universalisation of Services’ 4. Review of the book ‘Out of this presented at a workshop on ‘Role Earth: East India Adivasis and of the State in Universal Health the Aluminium Cartel’ by Felix Coverage’ organized by Azim Padel and Samrendra Das, Orient Premji Foundation at Azim Premji Blackswan in Social Change, University on May 30-31, 2013 Volume 42 Number 3, 2012 (pp 2. Participated in research team 425-429) working in four states on traditional birth attendants’ role 5. Review of the book The Politics of in providing maternity care to the Protection: The Limits of
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Humanitarian Action by to the Council. As stipulated by Elizabeth G Ferris Washington the ICCSR, this national seminar DC: The Brookings Institute 2011 will take place as an activity in Social Change Vol 43 No 2 under a collaborative programme March 2013 of the CSD/ICSSR.
Seminars/Papers Presented 4. Expert Group on SIA: Dr Mihir Shah, Member, Planning 1. Participated in India Policy Commission convened a meeting Forum 2012 held at the India on November 7, 2012 to discuss International Centre, New Delhi a proposal of the Ministry of on17 July 2012.This was Rural Development to establish organised by the National Council an autonomous cell for Social for Applied Economic Research Impact Assessment (SIA) at the (NCAER), New Delhi and the National Institute of Rural Brookings Institution, Development (NIRD), Hyderabad. Washington DC It was a small group to which I was invited in view of my Workshops/Training Programmes involvement in a CSD research project on SIA Guidelines, which 1. Organized the annual was earlier funded by the Resettlement Training Workshop Ministry of Rural Development. A under its programme ‘Building core group will oversee the Capacity for Resettlement establishment of NIRD’s SIA Cell. Management’ November 26-30, Its basic function, as envisaged 2012 in the meeting, would be to 2. Organized a Training Programme provide training in conducting on ‘Social Research Methodology’ SIA to hundreds and thousands of project personnel across the in September 2012, I took one session on ‘Social Impact country. This has become necessary because SIA is now Assessment’ (SIA) mandatory for all new projects 3. CSD/ICSSR National Workshop that cause displacement. The on Social Impact Assessment first activity will be to develop a (SIA): Prepared a proposal to core curriculum and training organize a National Workshop on materials for a Training of ‘Assessing Social Impacts of Trainers (ToT) programme, and Proposed Development then to organize training in Interventions: The Case of selected training institutions. We Projects with Resettlement’. This should expect to be a significant was submitted to the Indian part of this major training project Council of Social Science on a subject in which CSD has Research (ICSSR) for financial built up assistance. ICSSR sanctioned the project and transferred the funds
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Praful Bidwai: Professor, Durgabai symposia, conferences and meetings Deshmukh Chair in Social on subjects relevant to the project in Development, Equity and Human Mumbai, Kolkata, Security Thiruvanthapuram, Thrissur, Dehra Dun, Pune and Ahmedabad, besides Delhi. These meetings focused on a Since joining the Council for Social critical analysis of the Left parties’ Development on September 15, practices and their performance in 2011, collation, careful reading and government, their ideological, making of notes have been done on a political and organisational strengths wealth of primary and secondary and weaknesses, an audit of their material pertaining to the project social development perspectives and titled “The Crisis of the Indian Left performance, and an assessment of and Social Development Issues” their future political prospects. which focuses principally on India’s mainstream Parliamentary Left Regularly taken part in and made parties. A great deal of this material presentations at Social Development has been analyzed, several different Forums and other seminars and cities visited, more than 120 conferences organised by CSD on interviews conducted. Numerous matters such as healthcare, collateral activities such as seminars education, rural development, and conferences have been poverty alleviation, labour rights, attended. climate change, environmental degradation, etc. I contributed an Recorded the statements of and article to Social Change September conversations between Left party 2012: 42(3). leaders and independent analysts, scholars and activists at a seminar organised for CSD on August 8, 2012 Prashant K. Trivedi, Associate in Delhi. The seminar, attended by Fellow (On Lien) the general secretaries of the Communist Party of India, Projects Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India 1. Completed a project titled “Socio- (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, and economic conditions of Muslims eminent scholars, social critics and in India- A Study of Four states” activists, attracted more than 100 with the objectives of participants. It was a unique event, investigating inequality between and perhaps the first such Muslims and other socio- interaction between party leaders economic groups in terms of and unaffiliated intellectuals in many access to social development years. facets such as education and health, patterns of asset Collateral activities: Besides the ownership including land above seminar, participated as a ownership, difference between speaker or discussant in several poverty and unemployment,
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perceptions of Muslims about Prof K. B. Saxena, Project Director: state institutions and organs and Prashant K Trivedi social dynamics within Muslim community remain only a noble goal. Sonali Mukherjee, Associate 2. Completed a project titled “Socio- Fellow economic Benefit 1.Survey of TEGRATM Technology2. in Rice Publications Cultivation in Selected Districts of Tamil Nadu with the objectives 1. “Skewed sex ratio and Migrant of analyzing the impact of brides in Haryana: Reflections TEGRATM technology on rice from the field” in Social Change, productivity, to conduct a cost of Vol. 43, No. 1. 2013. cultivation analysis of rice 2. Review of the book, Broken cultivation of both adopters and Mirrors: The Dowry Problem in non-adopters of the TEGRATM India by Wyatt Robin with Nazia technology and to find the net Wasood. 2010, New Delhi: Sage. benefits to farmers, communities In Social Change, Vol. 42, No. 4. and rural economy of adopters 2012. vis-à-vis non-adopters of the TEGRATM technology. Project
Completed a project titled “Quick India Social Development Report evaluation study of Central Sector Scheme ‘Market Development of “Rural Power Structure, State Tribal Products/Produce”. Initiatives, and the 3. Muslims- Divergent Experiences in Four Seminars Organised States”, chapter contributed to India Social Development Report 2013 1. Urban Development and edited by Zoya Hasan and Mushirul Exclusion of the Poor with Prof Hasan, OUP K B Saxena on 12th and 13th February 2013 at IIC (main) Journal 2. Wrote the concept note for the Edited book review section of four seminar Economic issues of Social Change Empowerment of Rural Women: Issues and Challenges in South Projects Submitted Asia, jointly organised by CSD and AIWC in September 2013 Project titled “Shelterlessness among rural poor in India-A study of 3. Organised a series of lectures government intervention in five as part of Social Development states” submitted to the Ministry of Forum: Rural Development, GOI, total budget: 14.97 lakhs, Project Advisor: 77
i. Issues arising out of Participation in consultations/ Manesar - July Incidents workshops/ seminars in the Maruti Plant on 23th August 2012 1. Presented research paper titled ii. Recent Violence in Assam Impact of informal land leasing on 13th September 2012 on women farmers at the iii. Women, Family, The State international conference on and Children in the Anthropology of Global issues making of Childhoods: The organised by World Council of Hyphenated Child-State Anthropological Associations and Relationship on 27th Indian Anthropological September 2012 Association at University of Delhi, iv. Koodankulam: Nuclear Delhi, from 1st to 3rd April 2012 power or People’s power? 2. Invited to moderate a discussion on 18th October 2012 on ‘Management of Forest v. Screening of ‘Pestering produce/ Natural resources’ by Journey’ on 27th December the Ministry of Panchayati Raj for 2012 the National Conference on 24th vi. India 2012: Human Rights April 2012 at Vigyan Bhawan, Perspectives on 17th New Delhi. January 2013 3. On 29th November 2012, vii. Implementation of Nine- delivered a talk on “Gender Year Compulsory Issues in Resettlement” in a Education Law in China on training workshop on Capacity 14th March 2013 Building for Resettlement viii. Union Budget 2013: A Management, organized by Social Development Council for Social Development. Assessment on 11th April 4. Invited to a brainstorming 2013 meeting “Narrowing Gender ix. State versus People: Inequalities: A Possible India’s Northeast on 25th Framework for Post-2015”, on April 2013 January 15, 2013 from 1:00-5:30 pm. The meeting was jointly organized by Oxfam India, UN Papers presented at International Women and WNTA at Conference Seminars/ venues Room, UN Women, 19 A Rajdoot Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. 1. Presented research paper titled ‘A 5. Participated in a National Study of the Impact of Adverse Consultancy on Post-2015 Sex Ratio on the Pattern of Development Agenda organized Marriage’ from 14 – 16 November by RIS on January 31st2013 at 2012 at Asia Research Institute, Habitat Centre, New Delhi. National University of Singapore, Singapore. Ankita Gupta, Associate Fellow
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1. Working on a project titled “Role purusha idam], in Sanghatitha, of National Food Security Mission Anweshi, Calicut, Vol.5, No.3 in Improving Agricultural March 2013, pp17-21 [Co- Productivity in Selected Districts” authored with Adv. Athira PM] to analyse the trends and 3. Guest Editor[ with Prof. I Qadeer patterns of area, production and and Prof. KB Saxsena,] Social yield of rice, wheat and pulses in Change Special Issue on the selected 480 districts Universal Health Care delineated by the National Food 4. “Regulating Reproductive Body: Security Mission. The Politics of Technology, Motherhood and Market in “Science, Technology and Seminar/Workshop Organised / Medicine in India, 1930- 2000: Attended The Problem of Poverty”, 3. Helped organize the ‘National Workshop Proceedings Seminar on the Review of 10 [Upcoming], The Warwick years of Bt Cotton in India’ University, British Academy and conducted on the 11th and 12th JNU. June, 2012, in collaboration with 5. “People are reclaiming the Public CEE and CEA Health System Community based 4. Attended the C.D. Deshmukh monitoring and planning in Memorial Lecture, ‘Grassroots Maharashtra”,Co- authored with welfare schemes and Abhay Shukla in upcoming macroeconomic choices: India’s volume on UHC edited by Prof. I dilemmas’ by Prof. Kaushik Basu Qadeer and KB Saxena on 4th January 2013 5. Attended the National seminar on Seminars/Papers Presented Urban Development and Exclusion of the Poor at IIC on 1. “Science, Technology and 12-13 February 2013 Medicine in India,1931-2000: The 6. Attended the 6th Economic Problem of Poverty” organised by Theory and Policy Conference, at University of Warwick, British NIPFP on 20-22 March, 2013 Academy and JNU on March 28- 29, 2013. Presented a paper titled “Regulating Reproductive Arathi P M, Research Associate Body: The Politics of Technology, Motherhood and Markets” Publications 2. “New Reproductive Technologies 1. And Justice for Suryanelli organised by Gender Studies Girl” in Hard News, New Delhi, Department, Ambedkar Vol.10 No. 4 March 2013, pp.6- University, New Delhi on October 8.http://www.hardnewsmedia.co 8-9, 2012. Presented a paper m/2013/03/5833 titled “New Reproductive 2. “Court rooms as Male Space” Technologies: Understanding [Malayalam: Kodathi enna Production and Reproduction,
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New Reproductive Technologies: Orleans, LA, US on November 12- Understanding the Theoretical 23, 2012. Debates” 2. Part of Library Committee and 3. “The Suryanelli Case: PW3, The helping librarian to choose new Willing Journey of a Misguided books and collecting materials Girl” organised by the Centre For related to Social Determinants of the Study of Developing Health for the library. Societies(CSDS), New Delhi on April 29. Presented a paper titled 3. Presented a note on CSD vision “Understanding the Violated document by comparing 2003 Bodies: Question of Resistance Goa Vision document and 2013 and Consent”. Surajkund Vision document at faculty meeting, 13.05.2013. 4. Consultation on WATSAN organised by JAGORI, New Delhi Gopal Thakur, Education on September 27, 2012. Specialist
5. Attended “Tracking Hunger and Papers presented Malnutrition for Food and Nutritional Security in India: A Policy Consultation” organised by 1. Paper presented at National the Centre of Social Medicine and Seminar on “Education and Community Health, JNU, New Rehabilitation of Children with Delhi on February 25-26, 2012. Special Needs”, March 22 & 23, 2013, Centre for Disability 6. Presented a Paper titled “A Studies, Department of B. Ed. response to Union Budget 2013- /M. Ed. (IASE), M.J.P. 14: Health Perspective” with Prof. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly I. Qadeer on a Roundtable (U.P.).The Paper is titled “Right to discussion on Union Budget: A Education of Children with Social Development Special Needs: Issues and Assessment, Social Development Concerns”. Forum, at Council for Social Development on April 11, 2013 2. Paper presented at National Conference on “Quality Concerns in Teacher Education”, February 7 & 8, 2013; Department of Training/Workshops Education, Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab),.\The Paper is 1. Attended “Training titled “Teacher Education Programme: Forums on Curriculum in India – An Transnational Strategies to Unguided Missile, an Address Issues of International Uncommitted Agenda”. Contract Labour” in the United States organised by the National 3. Presented a paper at National Guest Worker Alliance, New Seminar on “Education and 80
Rehabilitation of Children with 6. Essay titled “The Lotus Eaters of Special Needs”, March 22 & 23, Hindutva”, Hard News, July, 2013, Centre for Disability 2012 Studies, Department of B. Ed. http://www.hardnewsmedia.com /M. Ed. (IASE), M.J.P. /2012/07/5433 Rohilkhand University, Bareilly 7. Report on “Gadkari’s second term (U.P.) . The Paper is titled as BJP Chief in jeopardy”, Hard “Pedagogy for Education and News, September, 2012 Rehabilitation of Children with http://www.hardnewsmedia.com Special Needs”. /2012/09/5624 8. Essay on “BJP: The War Within”, Hard News, June, 2013 Poornima Joshi, Associate Editor http://www.hardnewsmedia.com /2013/06/5940 Publications 9. Interview with I&B Minister 1. Essay on “Stage Set for Narendra Manish Tiwari, Hard News, May, Modi’ 14” India Today, June, 2012 2012 http://www.hardnewsmedia.com http://indiatoday.intoday.in/stor /2013/05/5899 y/2014-polls-narendra-modi-bjp- 10. Seminar Report “Strengthening of prime-ministerial- Public Sector Health System for candidate/1/197764.html Universal Access to Health Care 2. Essay on “Health Versus Wealth”, (UAHC), Council for Social The Hindu, July 26, 2012 Development Seminar, New Delhi http://www.thehindu.com/sci- (July 16-17)”, Social tech/health/policy-and- Change December 2012 42: 539- issues/health-versus- 557, doi:10.1177/004908571246 wealth/article3682928.ece 8196 3. Review of the book “Durbar” in http://sch.sagepub.com/content Biblio, January, 2013 /42/4.toc http://biblio- 11. Essay on the BJP’s inner india.org/archives/13/JF13/tocJ dynamics “Stratagems and F13.asp?mp=JF13 Spoils”, Caravan Magazine, July, 4. Essay on “No Mask, Nothing, 2013 Unmasked”, Hard News, July, http://www.caravanmagazine.in/ 2012, reportage/stratagems-and-spoils http://www.hardnewsmedia.com 12. A monthly column for literary /2012/07/5430?page=show magazine Kindle published from 5. Review of the book “The Istanbul Kolkata Passage” Simon & Schuster http://www.kindlemag.in/ (2011), Hard News, November, 13. Essay on “Advani-Modi clash: 2011 Secular vs Communal Twist http://www.hardnewsmedia.com Astonishing” in the news website /2012/11/5704 http://www.rediff.com/news/col umn/column-advani-modi-clash-
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secular-vs-communal-twist- 2012) and 2) “Urban astonishing/20130610.htm Development and Exclusion of the Poor” (February 12-13, 2013) Seminars/Papers Presented
1. Presented a paper titled “Rape, SRC, HYDERABAD Media and Titilation: The Growing Business of News as Kalpana Kannabiran, Director, Entertainment at “The Suryanelli SRC, Hyderabad Case: PW3, The Willing Journey of a Misguided Girl” organized by Achievement: Dr Kannabiran was the Centre for the Study of awarded the prestigious Amartya Sen Developing Societies (CSDS) on Award for Distinguished Social April 29, 2013 Scientists, 2012 for Law 2. Participated in a panel discussion on “National Rehab Policy: A Re- Publications: look Needed” with Prof. Radha Kumar and Arun Bhagat (ex IB Articles and CBI Director) organized by Rajya Sabha television. 1. “A Cartography of Resistance: The 3. A panelist for NDTV and Rajya National Federation of Dalit Sabha TV for the last one year. Women” in Raka Ray (ed.), Handbook of Gender, Delhi: Journal Editing Oxford University Press, 2012 (republished). Associate editor for the CSD journal ‘Social Change’ for the 2. “Disability, Constitutional last one year and have brought Communications and the out the quarterly on schedule. It Interrogation of Normativity”, in is published and distributed by Ranabir Samaddar and Suhit Sen Sage. (ed.), Political Transition and Development Imperatives in India, Miscellaneous New Delhi: Routledge, 2012.
Prepared the CSD annual report 3. "State Policy and the Twelfth Plan for 2012-2013 and has been through a Gender Lens", Economic preparing the minutes for the & Political Weekly (Co-author), 28 CSD’s quarterly AFC, RPC, EC April 2012. meetings as well as the General Body meetings. Also prepared the Popular Press (English) seminar reports for the two national seminars organized by 1. “Regulating cultures through food the CSD – 1) “Strengthening of policing”, The Hindu, edit page, 1 Public Sector Health System for May 2012. Universal Access to Health Care 2. “Girl punk, interrupted”, The (UAHC)” New Delhi (July 16-17, Hindu, edit page, 24 August 2012
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3. “Why focus on child marriage?”, Conference on ‘Adivasi Rights’, The Hans India, edit page, 14 Centre for Dalit & Adivasi Studies October 2012. and Translation, University of 4. “A moment of triumph for Hyderabad, 17 October 2012. women”, The Hindu, edit page, 25 6. “Women and Justice in South January 2013. Asia” 4th Pranab Ghosh Memorial 5. “Moving towards a Bill of Rights Lecture, Pakistan India Peoples’ for Women”, The Hans India, edit Forum for Peace and Democracy, page, 3 February 2013. West Bengal Chapter, Kolkata, 2 6. “UPA Strays off Sonia’s Course”, November 2012. The Hindu, edit page, 10 February 7. “Understanding Disability in the 2013. Social / Human Rights Context” Inaugural Address, International Lectures/Papers presented Conference on Community Based Rehabilitation, The Catholic 1. “Creating an Inclusive Society for Health Association of India, People with Disabilities and their Secunderabad, 18 December Role in Social Development” Key 2012. Note Address, National Workshop 8. “Role of Constitutional Bodies and on “Networking with Disabled Parliamentary Standing Peoples Organizations and Committees in Democracy” Guest Parents Associations in Andhra Lecture, International Training Pradesh”, National Institute of Programme for the Rural Development, Hyderabad Parliamentarians and on 2 April 2012. Parliamentary Secretariat officials 2. “A Rights Perspective on Adivasi of Bhutan, AMR-Andhra Pradesh Society”, Training Programme for Academy of Rural Development, Prime Ministers' Rural Hyderabad, 19 December 2012. Development Fellows, Tata 9. “Non-Discrimination and Liberty: Institute of Social Sciences, 19 Reflections on Social April 2012. Vulnerabilities and Constitutional 3. “Sensitising the Criminal Justice Interpretations”, International Machinery to issues concerning Conference on ‘Beyond Structures Vulnerable Sections,” Sardar Patel of Discrimination’, Centre for National Police Academy, Study of Discrimination & Hyderabad, 7 May 2012. Exclusion (CSDE), School of 4. “Constitutional Framework for Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Understanding Informal Sector University, New Delhi, 10-11 Worker’s Rights”, Consultation on January 2013. Problems of Labourers in Informal 10. “No Country for Women”, Panel Sector with a focus on Seasonal Speaker, Hindu Lit for Life Migrant Workers in Brick Kilns, Festival, Chennai, 16 February Action Aid, Hyderabad, 25 July 2013. 2012. 11. “Indian Constitution: Rights, 5. “The Rights to Non-Discrimination Justice and Constitutional and Liberty for Adivasis”, National Morality”, Two-day Workshop on 83
India’s Development Experience, Women, 19-20 January 2013. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, 21-22 February 2013. 8. Winter Meeting of Sociologists for 12. “Beyond the Death Penalty for Women in Society Editorial Board Rape: Necropolitics and Human Meeting of Gender and Society, Rights”, Mukta Salve Memorial New Mexico, 7-10 February 2013. Lecture, University of Pune, 22 March 2013. 9. “Social Security for Unorganized Workers: The Way Ahead”, National Consultation on Seminars/Workshops ‘Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act: Implementation 1. Work in Progress Workshop on Concerns’, SR Sankaran Chair, “Measuring the Materiality in National Institute of Rural Informal Production-Distribution Development, Hyderabad, 25-26 Systems: Rice in India”, Centre for February 2013. Agrarian Studies and Disaster Mitigation, National Institute of 10. International Meeting of ISA Rural Development, Hyderabad, Programme Committee Annual 16 November 2012. Meeting for 2014 World Sociology 2. National Consultation of the Congress and International Tribal Research and Training Seminar of International Institutes, Bhasha Centre, Sociological Association, Baroda, 23-24 November 2012. University of Basque Country, 3. South Asian Meeting of Women’s Bilbao, Spain, 11-15 March 2013. Groups held at Madurai from 26- 29 November 2012. 11. Advisory Committee Meeting, ICSSR sponsored study 4. Workshop on “Strengthening of ‘Educational Achievements of Research in Social Sciences”, Scheduled Tribes in Andhra ICSSR-SRC, Hyderabad on 1 Pradesh: Issues and Challenges’ December 2012. presented by Dr. Ramdas Rupavath & Dr. Bhangya Bhukya 5. Member, Court of University of at University of Hyderabad, 26 Hyderabad. Annual Meeting on 4 March 2013. December 2012. 12. Advisory Committee Meeting, 6. Annual Meeting of Directors of ‘Educational Status of Scheduled Research Institutes funded by the Castes: Attainments & ICSSR, ICSSR, New Delhi, 11-12 Challenges’ presented by Dr. G. January 2013. Nagaraju & Dr. Krishna Rao at University of Hyderabad, 28 7. Public Hearings before the Justice March 2013. Verma Committee, Session: Conceptual Framework to 13. Vice Chair, Institutional Ethics Understand Violence against Committee, Nizam’s Institute of
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Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. Regulatory Challenges in Health Monthly meetings to review Research, 6-8 December 2012. faculty research proposals and PG student dissertation proposals. 6. Public discussion on the Role of 14. Member, Ethics Committee, LV Intellectuals in Resisting Violence Prasad Eye Institute. Two against Women, 31 December meetings on 21 December 2012 & 2012. 29 January 2013 to review 7. Gender Studies Workshop, research protocols. Council for Social Development, 15. Member, Board of Governors, Hyderabad, 2-8 January 2013. Institute of Social and Economic 8. Research Methodology Workshop Change. Board Meetings on 9 for Research Scholars and January & 2 March 2013. Doctoral Students, Council for Training Programmes Social Development, 21-30 January 2013. 1. Tribal Question In India, Training Programme for Prime Ministers' 9. Graduate Students’ Workshop on Rural Development Fellows, Tata India’s Development Experience, Institute of Social Sciences, 19 Tata Institute of Social Sciences, April 2012. Hyderabad, 21-22 February 2013.
2. State Level Consultation on 10. Review Meeting for State Strengthening Community- Coordinators, Country Centered Approaches and Coordinator of ‘National Study on Statutory Mechanisms to Legal Educational Attainment of De- Entitlements, Council for Social Notified, Nomadic and Semi- Development, Ushassu, Nomadic Tribes’ covering 15 Navatejam, 365 x 6, Alliance, states, 4-6 March 2013. HLLFPT and APSACS in Evaluation collaboration with Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR), 1. Doctoral Thesis, “Walking the 14 May 2012. Tight – Rope of Honour & Power: Women & the Politics of 3. National Consultation on Patriarchy submitted by Manisha Women’s Rights, Council for Gupte, Department of Sociology, Social Development, Hyderabad, University of Pune. 21-22 July 2012. 2. M.Phil Regional Studies 4. Refresher Course for Lawyers dissertation entitled “Free Nagas from Scheduled Tribes, March- and Paradox of Development” July 2012. submitted by Debapriya Ganguly, Centre for Regional Studies, 5. Fourth National Bioethics School of Social Sciences, Conference on “Ethical and University of Hyderabad. 85
3. Doctoral Thesis, “Gendered Training Bodies, Medicine and Law: A Study of Selected Case Laws from 1. Refresher Course for Lawyers India” submitted by Arathi P.M., from Scheduled Tribes, March- Jawaharlal Nehru University. July 2012. 4. Manuscript, “Educating De- 2. National Seminar on ‘Regulatory notified Communities in India: Aspects of Financial Inclusion’, Issues and Concerns (With August 23-24, 2012. Special Reference to Andhra 3. National Conference on “Social Pradesh)” submitted for Exclusion and Rights of Persons publication grant to ICSSR. with Disabilities”, October 19-20, 2012. Dr N. Vasanthi, RBI Chair Professor (till October 31, 2012) S. Indrakant, RBI Chair Professor, (From February 1, 2013) Publications Seminars/Paper Presented Articles 1. “Inclusive Growth through 1. “Organizing Domestic Workers MGNREGS”, 31st Annual and Workplace Rights: A Case Conference of Andhra Pradesh Study from Hyderabad”, Journal Economic Association, Dept. of of Workplace Rights, Vol.16(1), Economics, Nizam College, 2011-12, Baywood Publishing Osmania University, Hyderabad Co., Inc, 2012, pp.31-46. 23-24 March 2013. 2. Guest Editor, Special Issue on Clinical Legal Education, Social Lectures Change, Vol. 42, No.4, December 2012 and author of Introduction, 1. “Sampling Techniques” and “Strengthening Clinical Legal “Correlation and Regression” to Education in India”. participants of ‘Research Methodology Course for SC/ST Seminars/Papers Presented Research Scholars’, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, 1. National Conference on “Financial 12 & 15 February 2013.
Inclusion”, Assocham India, 2. “Probability Sampling”, “Non- Hyderabad, 15 May 2012. Probability Sampling” and 2. Consultation on “Designing Social “Hypothesis Testing” to Inclusion Plan for Marginal and participants of ‘An Introductory Vulnerable Communities”, Training Course in Research National Mission for Methodology and Computer
Empowerment of Women (NMEW), Application for Ph.D. Students’, Ministry of Women & Child, Govt. of India and Centre for Advocacy Training Programmes and Research (CFAR), Hyderabad, 1 October 2012. 1. Two-day National Consultation, “Unorganized Workers’ Social
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Security Act: Implementation 4. “Viability of Agriculture in Concerns”, National Institute of Assigned Lands in Andhra Rural Development, Hyderabad, Pradesh”, State Level Conference 25-26 February 2013. of Andhra Pradesh Economic Association, Nizam College, 2. Public Seminar, “Union Budget Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2013-14”, Centre for Economic 23-24 March 2013. and Social Studies, Hyderabad, 21 March 2013. Training/Workshops
L. Reddeppa, Associate Professor 1. KVIC, Hyderabad with regard to the Project work on “Physical Seminars Verification of PMEGP Units in Andhra Pradesh” and submission 1. “An Analysis of Economic of revised reports. Support Schemes for Tribal 2. ‘Gender Studies Workshop’, Development in Andhra Pradesh”, Council for Social Development, National Conference on Hyderabad, 2-8 January 2013. ‘Regulatory Aspects of Financial 3. Panel Member, Expert Committee Inclusion’, Council for Social for selection of best paper and Development, Hyderabad, 23-24 poster presentation, National August 2012. Seminar on Futuristic 2. “Mainstreaming of Scheduled Agricultural Extension for Castes from social Exclusion: A Livelihood Improvement and Study in Andhra Pradesh”, Sustainable Development, National Seminar on Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural ‘Development of Scheduled Castes University, Hyderabad, 19-21 and Scheduled Tribes: January 2013. Opportunities, Achievements and 4. Ten-Day Research Methodology Challenges’, Center for Planning, Course for SC/ST Scholars, Monitoring and Evaluation, Council for Social Development, National Institute of Rural Hyderabad, 11-20 February 2013 Development, Hyderabad, 9-11 January 2013. Sujit Kumar Mishra, Associate 3. “Health Insurance-Can it reduce Professor the Vulnerability of the Poor? An Explanatory study with reference Publications to Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Insurance Scheme of Andhra Articles Pradesh”, Validation Seminar on ‘Research Studies’, Indian 1. “People’s Responses to the State Institute of Public Administration, Policies of Resettlement: The Case Ministry of Consumer Affairs, of Ultra Mega Power Plant in Food and Public Distribution Orissa”, Journal of Socio Economic System, Government of India, Development, 2012,14(2), pp. 202- New Delhi, 23 February 2013. 214.
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2. “Flood in Thailand: Assessing (CESS), Hyderabad, 11 November Institutionalized Capacities to 2012. Reduce Vulnerability”, Social 4. “An Overview of Risk Assessment Change, 2012, 43 (3), pp. 411- Methods for Development 423. Projects”, International Conference and Doctoral Lectures Colloquium on ‘Social Science Research: Issues, Challenges and 1. Session on “Drought Mitigation: A Strategies’, Institute of Public Community Approach: A Case Enterprise, Hyderabad, 9-11 Study of Odisha”, International January 2013. Training Programme on 5. “Institutionalized Capacities and ‘Community Based Disaster Development induced Management’, National Institute Displacement in India”, National of Rural Development, Hyderabad, Seminar on ‘MDG and Rural 25 August 2012. Development in India’, National 2. Research Methodology for M.Phil Institute of Rural Development, (Women’s Studies), TISS, Hyderabad, 18-20 February 2013. Hyderabad. 6. "Assessing Institutionalized 3. Research Methodology for Capacities for Reducing the Doctoral Scholars, CSD, Impact of Development Induced Hyderabad, 21-30 January 2013. Displacement in India", International Conference on Seminars/Papers Presented ‘Development Induced 1. “Assessing Institutionalized Displacement and Resettlement Capacities for Child Marriages in (DIDR)’, Oxford University, UK, Andhra Pradesh” (Co-author), 22-23 March 2013. National Seminar on ‘Gender, Law Training/Workshops and Social Transformation in India’, University of Hyderabad, 1. Gender Studies Workshop’, Hyderabad, 17-18 September Council for Social Development, 2012. Hyderabad, 2-8 January 2013. 2. “Impact of Pollution on Agriculture: A Study in 2. National Seminar on ‘Regulatory Basundhara Coal Field in Orissa”, Aspects of Financial Inclusion’, National Seminar on ‘Agrarian August 23-24, 2012. Crisis in India: The Way Out’, National Institute of Rural 3. Modular Course on Research Development, Hyderabad, 5-7 Methodology for Doctoral Students, November 2012. 8-12 October 2012. 3. “Big Projects vs Protest in India: A Study in Orissa”, 1st R.S. Rao 4. Panel Member, Expert Committee Memorial Lecture, Centre for for selection of best paper and poster Economic and Social Studies presentation, National Seminar on Futuristic Agricultural Extension for
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Livelihood Improvement and Andhra Pradesh”, National Sustainable Development, Acharya Conference on ‘Regulatory Aspects N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, of Financial Inclusion’, Council for Hyderabad, 19-21 January 2013. Social Development, Hyderabad, 23-24 August 2012. 5. Research Methodology for 2. “Emerging trends in Marine Research Scholars and Doctoral Fisheries of Andhra Pradesh”, UGC Students, Council for Social Sponsored National Conference on Development, Hyderabad, 21-30 ‘Emerging Trends in Fisheries and January 2013. Aquaculture (ETFA-2012)’, Post Graduate Department of Zoology, 6. Panel Member, Training-cum- Yogeshwari Mahavidyalaya, Workshop on “Mainstreaming Ambajogai-Maharashtra, 27-28 Disaster Risk Reduction through September 2012. Rural Development Programmes”, 3. “Commons in Andhra Pradesh: A National Institute of Rural Special Focus on Scheduled Caste Development, Hyderabad, 13 March and Scheduled Tribes”, National 2013. Seminar on ‘Development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled S. Surapa Raju, Associate Tribes: Opportunities, Professor Achievements and Challenges’,
Centre for Planning, Monitoring Publications and Evaluation, National Institute Articles of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 1. “Continuing Education 9-11 January 2013. Programme: A Study in West 4. “Development of Marine Fishing Godavari District in Andhra Households through Centrally Pradesh” Changing Paradigms of Sponsored Schemes: A Case Study Education and Human on HSD Oil Scheme”, National Development, B.S. Vasudeva Rao Seminar on ‘Millennium and P. Viswanadha Gupta (eds.), Development Goals and Rural Ambala: Associated Publishers, Development in India: Policy 2012, pp. 103-113 (Co-author). Initiatives, Targets and 2. “Motorization of Fishing in Andhra Achievements’, by Centre for Pradesh: Studying the Scope and Planning, Monitoring and Impact of a Centrally Sponsored Evaluation, National Institute of Scheme”, Man & Development, Vol. Rural Development, Hyderabad, XXXIV, No, 4, December 2012, pp. 18-20 February 2013. 1-12. 5. “Climate Variations and its Impact on Marine Fishing Communities of Andhra Pradesh”, National Seminars/Papers Presented Seminar on ‘Climate Change– Effects on Sustainable 1. “Financial Institutions and Fishing Livelihoods’, Centre for Study of Households: A Empirical Study in Social Exclusion and Inclusive
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Policy (CSSEIP), Andhra 3. Research Methodology Course for University, Visakhapatnam, 22-23 SC/ST Research Scholars, CSD March 2013. Hyderabad, 11-20 February 2013. 6. “Marine Fisheries Sector in Andhra Pradesh: A Review on Technology, Seminars/Papers Presented Production and Programmes”, Conference Volume of Andhra 1.“Intellectual Property Rights in Pradesh Economic Association Indian Agriculture: The Case of XXXI Annual Conference, Geographical Indications”, Department of Economics, Nizam National Seminar on ‘Agrarian College, Osmania University, Crisis in India: The Way Out’, Hyderabad, 23-24 March 2013, National Institute of Rural pp 302-315. Development, Hyderabad, 5-7 November 2012. Training/Workshops Training/Workshops 1. Panel Member, Expert Committee th for selection of best paper and 1. 4 National Bioethics Conference poster presentation, National on ‘Ethical and Regulatory Seminar on Futuristic Agricultural Challenges in Health Research’, Extension for Livelihood University of Hyderabad, 6-8 Improvement and Sustainable December 2012. Development, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, 19-21 January 2013. Pratyusna Patnaik, Assistant Professor Soumya Vinayan Lectures Publications 1. M. Phil (Women’s Studies), TISS, Book Review Hyderabad, September 2012. 1. Justice V R Krishna Iyer, 2. Modular Workshop on Research Processual Justice to People, Methodology, CSD, Hyderabad, 8-12 Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. October 2012. Ltd, 2012, pp. 298, Rs. 450, Social Change, Vol. 42 (4), pp. 571-575. 3. Research Methodology Course for SC/ST Scholars, CSD Hyderabad, Lectures 11-20 February 2013. 1. M.Phil (Women’s Studies), TISS, Hyderabad - Feminist Perspectives Seminars/Papers Presented on Women, Gender and Society, 1. “Politics is not just a Man’s Game: August – September 2012 Women in Democratic Local 2. Modular Workshop on Research Governance of Orissa”, Methodology, CSD, Hyderabad, 8- International Conference on ‘Social 12 October 2012.
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Science Research: Issues, Contemporary Politics, Vol. 1, No. Challenges and Strategies’, 4, September 2012. Institute of Public Enterprise, 3. “Democratization of the Public Hyderabad, 9-11 January 2013. Sphere: The Beef Stall Case in 2. “Empowerment or Dis- Hyderabad's Sukoon Festival”, in empowerment of Women: Satyanarayana, K. and Susie Representation in Decentralised Tharu (eds.), Steel nibs are Local Governance of Orissa”, sprouting: New Dalit Writing from National Seminar on ‘Millennium South India [Dossier II: Kannada Development Goals and Rural and Telugu], Delhi: Harper Development in India: Policy Collins Publishers India, pp: Initiatives, Targets and 767-787, 2013. Achievements’, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, Lectures 18-20 February 2013. 1. “Caste, Hegemony and the State of Training/Workshops Democracy in India: An Analysis of the Film ‘Leader’ and beyond”, 1. 4th National Bioethics Conference Dept. of Cultural Studies, English on ‘Ethical and Regulatory and Foreign Languages University, Challenges in Health Research’, 25 April 2012. University of Hyderabad, 6-8 December 2012. 2. “Caste in India”, Asmita Resource 2. Advanced Writing Workshop, 22 Centre for Women, Secunderabad, February-7 March 2013. 28 June 2012.
Sambaiah Gundimeda, Assistant 3. “The Role of Caste in Professor Contemporary India”, Council on International Educational Publications Exchange, Study in India Program, University of Hyderabad, 12 July Articles 2012.
1. “What's the Menu - Food Politics 4. “Dalit Issues and Struggles”, and Hegemony”, Sambaiah Graduate Students’ Workshop on Gundimeda, V. B. Tharakeshwar India’s Development Experience, and Uma Bhrugubanda Tata Institute of Social Sciences, (eds.), Anveshi Broadsheet on Hyderabad, 21 February 2013. Contemporary Politics, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 2012. Seminars/Papers Presented 2. “Democratization of the Public Sphere”, in Gundimeda, 1. “Ambedkar on Caste, Equality and Sambaiah at el (eds.), What's the Social Justice”, National Seminar Menu - Food Politics and on ‘Issues in Ambedkar Studies’, Hegemony. Anveshi Broadsheet on Indian Council for Philosophical Research, Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, 91
Pondicherry University, 23-24 July India’, Thrissur, Kerala, 13-14 2012. October 2012. 2. “For Social Equality and Political 7. “From the Politics of Self-Respect Representation: The Adi-Hindu to the Politics of ‘Packages’: An Activity in Hyderabad”, National Assessment of the Telugu Desam Seminar on ‘Socio-Religious and Party from an Ambedkarite Cultural Responses of India to Perspective”, International Colonial Rule in the 19th and 20th Conference on ‘Governance, Centuries’, Indian Council of Democracy and Political Parties’, Historical Research, Andhra Loyola The Centre for Citizenship and College, Vijayawada, 17-18 August Globalisation, Deakin University, 2012. Australia and Dept. of Political 3. “Caged in their Own Habitat: An Science, University of Hyderabad, Ethnographic Enquiry into the 1-3 December 2012. Socio-Economic Conditions of the Chenchus of Nallamalai Forest”, National Seminar on ‘Strategies to Suresh Jagannadham, Assistant Included the Excluded: An Professor appraisal of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Seminars/Papers Presented Threats for Inclusive Growth in 1. “Beena Chehreka Bharat (People India’, UGC, Government Degree without Identities)”, Akhara: Tribal College, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, India International Seminar and 26 September, 2012. Festival, Jharkhand Central 4. “Freedom through Preferential University, Jharkhand, 8-10 Treatment: Ambedkar in our November 2012. Times”, National Seminar on ‘State 2. “Bharat ke Khanabadosh and Freedom: Ambedkar’s Janajateeyaaur Hindi Adivasi Perspective’, Indian Council for Sahitye” (Nomadic Tribes of India Philosophical Research (ICPR), and Hindi Adivasi Literature), Department of Philosophy, International Conference on Pondicherry University, 27-29 ‘Literature and Marginality: September, 2012. Comparative Perspectives in 5. “Rethinking State Structure in African, American, Australian and India: How Small States Matters Indian Dalit Literature’, Indira for Democratization”, National Gandhi National Open University Seminar on ‘New States and Social (IGNOU), New Delhi, 20-22 Movements’, ICSSR–Southern February 2013. Regional Centre, Hyderabad, University PG College, Satavahana Training/Workshops University, Karimnagar, 5-6 October 2012. 1. Three Week Research Methodology 6. “Caste and Political Power in India: Refresher Course, UGC-Academic An Analysis of the film ‘Leader’, C Staff College, University of PACSIS” International Conference Hyderabad, 24 May–13 June 2012. on ‘Cinema Cultures in South 92
2. National Seminar on 'Scheduled Education and Human Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Development, B.S. Vasudeva Rao Opportunities, Achievements and and P.Viswanadha Gupta (eds.), Challenges', National Institute of Ambala: Associated Publishers, Rural Development, 2012, pp. 103-113 (Co-author). Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 9-11 2. “Policy Intervention for Inclusive January 2013. Growth: A Study on MGNREGS in Ranga Reddy District”, ANU 3. World Indigenous Day Celebration Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, featuring Lok Ragini Tribal and Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2011 Traditional Folk Performance Group, Chhattisgarh and Public Popular Press [Telugu] Seminar by Dr. Joseph Bara on ‘Educational Travails of Tribes in 1. [Education For Adivasis] Modern India’, CSD, 21 August Adivaasulaku vidhya-anthaa 2013. midhya, Prajashakti, 8 September 2012. Vijay Korra, Assistant Professor 2. [Situation Of Nomadic Publications Communities] Sanchaara Jaatula Sthaanam Ekkada, Namaste Articles Telangana, 9 September 2012.
1. “What Leads Agriculture into 3. [Right To Education] Punaadi Distress: Evidence from vidyaku- putted savaallu, Namaste Mahabubnagar District in Andhra Telangana, 18 October 2012. Pradesh”, Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences, December 2011, 4. [Education for Persons with Vol. 16, No. 2. Disabilities] Vikalaangula vidyapai - Vivaksha, Namaste Telangana, 8 Training/Workshops November 2012.
1. Research Methodology Course for 5. [On Chenchus] Teerani vetalu- SC/ST Scholars, Council for Social Maarani Batukulu, Namaste Development, Hyderabad, 11-20 Telangana, 18 November 2012. February 2013. 6. [Development and Adivasis] B. Ramesh, Research Associate Aadivaasulaku Doorangaa– Abhivruddi phalaalu, Prajashakti, Publications 16 December 2012.
Articles 7. [On KG Kannabiran] Hakkula Sureedu, Namaste Telangana, 30 1. “Continuing Education December 2012. Programme: A Study in West Godavari District in Andhra 8. [On Gangireddollu, a BC Pradesh” in Changing Paradigms of community] Ganjidorakani
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Gangireddula jeevitaalu, Namaste 2. Public Hearing on “Children’s Telangana, 13 January 2013. Right to Education” organized by National Commission for 9. [On Budubukkala Community] Protection of Child Rights, Moogaboyina Damarukham, Visakhapatnam, 12 July 2012. Namaste Telangana, 10 February 3. Modular Workshop on Research 2013. Methodology, 8-12 October 2012. 4. Advanced Writing Workshop, 10.[On Arikateka Community] Council for Social Development, 22 Andhakaaramlo Are Katikalu, February-7 March, 2013. Namaste Telangana, 24 February 2013.
11.[Poverty and Daasari Community] M. Sridhar, Post-Doctoral Fellow Daaridryamlo Daasari Batukulu, Namaste Telangana,17 March Seminars/Papers Presented 2013. “Politics of Tribal Livelihoods: Seminars/Paper Presented Preliminary Account on ‘Primitive Tribal Groups’ in Andhra Pradesh”, 1. “Indigenous Medical Practices and Indian Council of Philosophical the Chenchu Tribe”, National Research (ICPR), National Seminar Conference on ‘Health Culture and on ‘State and Freedom: Ambedkar’s Tribal Communities: Emerging Perspective’, Dept. of Philosophy, Research Agenda and Policy Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Shifts’, Department of 27-29 September 2012. Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, 2-4 January 2013. Satyam Sunkari, Post-Doctoral Fellow (From January 1, 2013) 2. “Ashram Schools and Tribal Education: A Study with Reference Seminars/Paper Presented to Chenchu Tribe of Andhra Pradesh”, National Seminar on 1. “Dalits and Societal Social ‘Development of Scheduled Castes Exclusion: Visible and Invisible and Scheduled Tribes: Practices”, National Seminar on Opportunities, Achievements and ‘Development of Scheduled Castes Challenges’, National Institute of and Scheduled Tribes: Rural Development, Hyderabad, 9- Opportunities, Achievements and 12 January 2013. Challenges’, National Institute of Rural Development, 9-11 January Training/Workshops 2013.
1. Three Week Research Methodology 2. "Comprehensive Policy Analysis on Refresher Course, UGC-Academic Poverty Alleviation Programmes of Staff College, University of Rural India", National Seminar Hyderabad, 24 May–13 June 2012. on ‘Millennium Development Goals and Rural Development in India:
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Policy Initiatives, Targets and Rama Patnaik, Visiting Fellow, Achievements’, National Institute CSD & Librarian, IIM, Bangalore of Rural Development, 18-20 February 2013. Lectures
3. “Agriculture Policies under the 1. “Mining Library Resources for Plans: Whether they addressing Research”, Research Methodology Poor and Marginal Farming needs Course for Research Scholars, of Adivasis”, National Seminar on Council for Social Development, ‘Inclusive Growth in Agriculture’ Hyderabad, 28 January 2013. Department of Economics, 2. “Library Resources and Online Osmania University, Hyderabad, 9 Database I & II”, Research March 2013. Methodology Course for SC/ST Research Scholars, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, 16 February 2013. Sandhya Maliye, Post-Doctoral 3. “Using Library Resources”, Fellow (From January 1, 2013) Advanced Writing Workshop, Council for Social Development, Training/Workshops Hyderabad, 2-3 March 2013. 1. Gender Studies Workshop, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, 2-8 January 2013.
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Dr. Padma Velaskar ORGANISATIONAL Tata Institute of Social Sciences, STRUCTURE Mumbai Dr. R. R. Prasad GENERAL BODY MEMBERS (as on National Institute of Rural 31 March, 2012) Development, Hyderabad Prof. Jayanta K. Das Professor Muchkund Dubey National Institute of Health and President Family Welfare, New Delhi Ms. C. P. Sujaya Vice President Members Nominated by CSD Office-bearers Life Members Dr. (Mrs.) Suma Chitnis Ms. C.P. Sujaya Social / Women Development Dr. R. K. Pachauri Dr. V. Vasanthi Devi Professor Muchkund Dubey Education Professor Manoranjan Mohanty Dr. P. M. Bhargava Shri K. R. Venugopal Shri D. Bandyopadhyay Dr. (Ms.) Shantha Sinha Member Secretary Professor Amit Bhaduri Dr. T. Haque Representatives of India Director, CSD International Centre (IIC)
Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC) MEMBERS Life Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the IIC nominated by the Board Prof. Muchkund Dubey President Dr. Kavita Sharma 1. Prof. P.M. Bhargava Director, IIC Chairperson, RPC 2. Ms. C.P. Sujaya Representative of GOI Chairperson, AFC Secretary to the Government of 3. Shri D. Bandyopadhyay India, Member 4. Dr. Shantha Sinha Department of Social Welfare Member Department of Social Justice & 5. Dr. Ramesh Dadich Empowerment Member Dr. T. Haque (Member Secretary) Representatives of Director, CSD Institutions Professor Ramesh Dadhich RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Representative, ICSSR, New Delhi COMMITTEE (RPC) MEMBERS
1. Prof. P.M. Bhargava 5. Shri SP. Tucker, IAS Chairperson Member 2. Prof. T. Haque Principal Secretary Director (Convenor) Planning Department, Govt. of 3. Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran AP Regional Director 6. Prof. Ramakrishna 4. Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty Ramaswamy Editor, SOCIAL CHANGE Member 5. Ms. Sheela Sabu Vice Chancellor, Hyderabad Administrative Officer Central University, Hyderabad ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE 7. Director General, NIRD, COMMITTEE (AFC) MEMBERS Hyderabad Member 1. Ms. C. P. Sujaya 8. Prof. E. Haribabu Chairperson Member 2. Prof. T. Haque Dept. of Sociology, University Director (Convenor) of Hyderabad 3. Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran 9. Dr. B.C. Muthayya Regional Director Member 4. Dr. Ramesh Dadich Former Director Member, ICSSR Centre for Behavioural and Representative Organisational 5. Ms. Sheela Sabu Development and Dy DG, 6. Administrative Officer NIRD, Hyderabad 7. Mr. Izhar Ali (till December 2011) Finance Officer 10. Dr. (Mrs.) Y. Saraswati Rao, Member MANAGING/FINANCE Former Vice Chancellor, COMMITTEE, SOUTHERN Sri Krishnandevaraya REGIONAL CENTRE University, Anantapur (AS ON 31.3.13) 11. Dr. N. Vasanthi Member 1. Dr. P.M. Bhargava RBI Professor Chairman 2. Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran 12. Dr. L. Reddeppa Member-Secretary Member Regional Director, CSD Associate Professor, CSD 3. Dr. Ranjit Sinha Member 13. Shri B.N. Yugandhar Member Secreatary, ICSSR, Member New Delhi Visiting Professor, CSD
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Integration and Empowerment; co- edited three books; and is the author of Unequal Treaty: World Trading Order after GATT. FACULTY Prof. T. Haque (Director) is a well known agricultural economist. Before AT DELHI joining CSD, he was Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs of Professor Muchkund Dubey Prices, Govt. of India for more than 5 (President) started his career as a years and ICAR National lecturer in Economics in the Patna Fellow/Professor at the National University and later joined the Indian Centre for Agricultural Economics Foreign Service. He served as the and Policy Research, New Delhi for High Commissioner of India to five years. He served as consultant to Bangladesh and the Permanent several international organizations Representative to U.N. Organisations such as ILO, FAO, AARDO, The in Geneva. He also worked for the World Bank and ICA. He also served UNDP for five years. He retired in as visiting Fellow to IFPRI, U.S.A. November 1991 after serving as the Oxford University, U.K. and Foreign Secretary to the Government University of Alberta, Canada. Prof. of India. He then joined the School of Haque worked as member/chairman International Studies, JNU, as of several professional societies, Professor, where he taught for close working groups and advisory boards to eight years. He is researching a of Planning Commission, Ministry of wide array of issues related to world Rural Development, Ministry of economy, international monetary Agriculture, CII, ICAR, NIRD, HIRD and trading systems, security and and others. Prof. Haque has disarmament, South Asian published six books, nineteen cooperation and international research reports and seventy five relations. He was the Chairman of research papers and articles in the Committee on the Common journals of national and School System in Bihar. international repute.
Professor Dubey has written a large Shri D. Bandyopadhyay, number of articles, papers and (Distinguished Professor) was chapters on international security Secretary to the Government of India and disarmament matters, in the Ministries of Finance international development (Revenue) and Rural Development cooperation, world order issues, and and also served as India's Executive social and economic development in Director in the Asian Development India. His papers have been Bank, Manila. While serving in West published in national and Bengal he was mainly responsible for international journals. He has edited developing the methodology of and three books, including Indian Society implementing the 'Operation Banga' Today: Challenges of Equality, which became a model for land reforms in India. Given his expertise Austria; University of Bologna, Italy; in rural development, agrarian Indian Institute of Management, relations and land reforms, labour Kolkata; University of Bremen, and Panchayati Raj, he had been Germany; University of Trondheim, entrusted by the Government of Norway; Wissenschafts Kolleg zu India with a variety of assignments. Berlin; Norwegian University of He had been the convener of the Science and Technology, Trondheim; Task Force on Panchayats in the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Rajiv Gandhi Foundation for almost Study in Social Sciences; and a decade. In the academic field, he is Department of Political Economy, Chancellor's nominee as a Member of University of Paiva, Italy. Prof. the Senate of the University of Bhaduri was Research Consultant to Calcutta as well as a Member of the ILO, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNIDO, U.N., Court of the University of Kalyani. He and Economic Commission for Asia was also the Chairman of the and the Pacific, Economic Governing Body of the Indian Commission for the Middle East; Institute of Management, Kolkata Vienna Institute of Comparative from 1982 to 1987. He has authored Economic Studies; and Development many scholarly articles in reputed Bank of South Africa. Prof. Bhaduri national journals and newspapers on has 5 books to his credit and more topical subjects. than 70 research articles in international journals of repute. Professor Amit Bhaduri (Distinguished Professor) after his Shri K. B. Saxena (Visiting degrees in Economics from the Professor) was a teacher of Political Universities of Calcutta and Science in the University of Delhi Cambridge received Ph.D. from before he joined the Indian Cambridge University. He has several Administrative Service in 1964 and honours and awards to his credit: held important government positions Stevenson Prize for the best piece of such as Joint Secretary, Land research (Cambridge, 1966), Reforms; Addl. Chief Secretary, Govt. Honorary Life Fellowship of the of Bihar; Secretary in the Ministries Centre for Development Studies, of Welfare, Rural Development and Trivandrum (1974), ICSSR Prize in Health, Government of India. He was recognition of original work in Principal Adviser to the Planning Economics (1983) and Honorary Life Commission as well. He prepared the Professorship of Jawaharlal Nehru report on Atrocities against University (1986). He held teaching Scheduled Castes for the National positions in the Presidency College, Human Rights Commission. He has Kolkata, Pembroke College, contributed a number of Cambridge; Delhi School of articles/papers and edited several Economics, University of Delhi; books. Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum; Stanford University, Professor Manoranjan Mohanty USA; El College de Mexico, Mexico; (Distinguished Professor) did his Universities of Vienna and Linz, Ph.D. in 1971 from the University of 100
California, Berkeley on 'Chinese Environmental Improvement Project Revolution and the Indian (2000). Working recently on other Communist Movement'. At post- ADB projects, he helped establish a graduation from the University of Social Development & Resettlement Delhi, he stood first class first. He Unit within the National Highways received Karan Singh Award, C.T. Authority of India (2001) and carried Chacko Prize and the National out a review of the NHAI resettlement Scholarship. He served the experience (2003). Earlier as a University of Delhi in the member of the Indian Administrative Department of Political Science at Service (IAS), he served the various levels. He is the Co- Government of India and held chairperson and Hony. Fellow, highest positions including Chief Institute of Chinese Studies, CSDS; Secretary, Government of Rajasthan. Visiting Professor, Institute of He had also served as Vice Human Development, New Delhi; Chancellor, University of Rajasthan. President, Orissa Research Institute He was posted in Kuala Lumpur, and Fellow Emeritus, Developing Malaysia as Development Countries Research Centre, Administration Specialist at the UN University of Delhi. He had visiting Asia and Pacific Development Centre assignments at Moscow, Berkeley, (1982-84), and in Kampala as UN Oxford, Amsterdam, Lagos, Los Adviser, Adviser to the Government Angeles, California, etc. He of Uganda (1984-86) on development conducted a number of international management. He is the Editor of studies and published Resettlement News, published twice articles/papers in numerous a year. He has authored and edited national and international numerous books on resettlement, periodicals. He has more than 10 anthropology and development and books to his credit. His is interested published several articles in in People’s Rights and Peace international journals. His Movement. publications on resettlement include: Development, Displacement and Professor Hari Mohan Mathur Resettlement: Focus on Asian (Visiting Professor) has wide Experiences, edited with Michael experience in resettlement issues, Cernea (Vikas 1955), Managing having worked during the last 10 Projects that Involve Resettlement: years with the World Bank, the Asian Case Studies from Rajasthan, India Development Bank and other (World Bank/EDI 1997) and developmental agencies. The Development Projects and experience covers a variety of Impoverishment Risks: Resettling projects, including dams for Project-Affected People in India, hydropower and irrigation, thermal edited with David Marsden (Oxford power, coal mining, urban 1998). As editor of the Eastern improvement, canals and highways. Anthropologist, he brought out its As staff consultant to the Asian special issue on resettlement (2000). Development Bank, he prepared a Resettlement Plan for the Calcutta 101
Professor Praful Bidwai holds the Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Durgabai Deshmukh Chair in Social Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2007-8). Development, Equity and Human He co-edited Labour Movement in Security at CSD. He an independent India: Documents 1941-1947, 2 political analyst and columnist, a vols (Indian Council of Historical social science researcher, and an Research) 2006, and has written activist on issues of global justice, extensively on social movements and development, labour, peace, human the Left parties. He is currently rights and the environment. He has working on a full-length study of the written and contributed to several crisis of the Indian Left. books. His latest book, The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Dr. (Ms.) M.K. Jabbi (Senior Fellow) Crisis: Mortgaging Our did her B. A. Hons and Masters in Future (Orient BlackSwan), was Psychology with specialisations in published in November 2011. He has clinical psychology and held many academic positions, psychopathology. She was a gold including a Senior Fellowship at the medallist both at the graduation as Nehru Memorial Museum and well as at the post-graduation level. Library, and was Karl Loewenstein She was awarded the UGC Junior Fellow in Political Science and Research Fellowship for her doctoral Jurisprudence at Amherst College, thesis on religious identity and Amherst, Mass, USA (1992-93). He prejudice in Sikh students for her co-authored, with Achin Ph. D. (1980). She has been in the Vanaik, South Asia on a Short Council since then and has worked Fuse: Nuclear Politics and the on almost two dozen projects on a Future of Global Disarmament: wide range of issues including (Oxford University Press) 1999. literacy, health, population and issues related to children, women Bidwai has been a member of and tribals. She has undertaken the Indian Council of Social Science several evaluation studies in the field Research governing body, a member of literacy and has co-edited three of the Court of Jawaharlal Nehru books besides publishing a number University and of the Executive of papers in reputed journals. She Councils of Banaras Hindu has organised a number of seminars University, Varanasi, and Rajiv and conducted training programmes Gandhi (formerly Arunachal Pradesh) on M&E. She was sponsored by the University, Itanagar. He has been a UNFPA to attend a five-week Training Fellow since 1987 of the workshop on Women in Management Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, organised by the Centre for an international fellowship of Development and Population scholar-activists exploring alternative Activities, Washington, D.C. approaches to development, globalisation, environmental Dr. Prashant Kumar Trivedi protection and international (Associate Fellow) has done his conflicts. He was a Visiting Professor Doctorate on Dalit Women and Social at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Development: A Sociological Study of 102
Lucknow District from the University Citizenship, Social Accountability, of Lucknow in Sociology. His main Research Methodology, Social areas of interest are rural studies, Movements. She has 15 years of women and dalits. He has presented fieldwork experience among various and published several papers in tribes and caste communities. national and international seminars, conferences and journals. Mr. Gitesh Sinha (Research Officer) did his Masters in Computer Dr. Sonali Mukherjee (Associate Applications with specialisations in Fellow) has worked extensively on database. He has vast experience in Gender and Development issues. She data analysis of various agricultural has done her doctoral research and rural data sets. He worked as a among the Bison-horn Maria of Research Associate (Database) at the Bastar region of Chattishgarh from International Livestock Research the University of Delhi, Delhi. She Institute (ILRI) for various projects was a Research Associate in the sponsored by national & Women’s Studies Programme, JNU international organisations like the where she worked on two projects, World Bank, ICAR, TATA Trust and Gender and Urban Governance, Gates Foundation. He also worked sponsored by UNIFEM, New Delhi with the Rural Development and Adverse Sex- Ratio, sponsored Institute, National Centre for by ACTIONAID, New Delhi. As a Agricultural Economics and Policy Research Associate she organised Research (NCAP), and Institute for various workshops as well. She was Human Development (IHD) for also an Assistant Professor in different projects. His area of interest Sociology at the Jesus and Mary includes analysis of various College, University of Delhi where agricultural activities like livestock, she taught Sociology, Gender and dairy industries, food safety and Human Rights. As an Assistant market price. Professor she organised and conducted education trips for the Ms. Ankita Gupta (Research Sociology Hons students. She has Associate), has completed her M. also taught Social Anthropology at Phil in Economics from JNU and is IGNOU, New Delhi. She has pursuing her Ph.D in Economics developed a course on development from the Centre for Economic for the University of Victoria, Studies and Planning (CESP), JNU, Canada. She has presented many New Delhi. She has worked as a research papers in various national Consultant with the Ministry of and international journals and Panchayati Raj, Government of India, seminars. Her research interests for the committee set up to look into include Gender and Sustainable the “Ownership, price fixation, value Development, Gender and addition and marketing of minor Governance, Adverse Sex ratio, forest produce” under the Gender Mainstreaming, Women’s chairmanship of Dr.T.Haque. The Livelihood, Women’s Property Rights, work included rigorous data Participatory Governance, 103
collection at household level from discrimination, violence against nine PESA states and report writing. women, and questions of constitutionalism and social justice Ms. Purtika Kalra (Research in India. Assistant) has done her Graduation in Economics from University of Kalpana Kannabiran has been the Delhi in 2008 and Masters in General Secretary of the Indian Economics from University of Association for Women’s Studies, Warwick, England. During the entire 1998-2000 and is active in the course of her study, she has been International Sociological concerned with economic growth; Association. She was a Member of she analysed the relationship the Expert Group on the Equal between the economic growth and Opportunity Commission, GDP of France. The dissertation Government of India, 2007-2008, during her masters’ programme and member of the Expert Group on focused on the time series analysis of Legal Education Reform in Kerala, the impact of the global financial Government of Kerala. She is a crisis on India's exports. member of the Curriculum Development Committee of the UGC for Women’s Studies and is a AT HYDERABAD member of the editorial advisory committee of Gender and Society, Dr. Kalpana Kannabiran is a Contributions to Indian Sociology sociologist and legal researcher and and the Review of Women’s Studies was awarded the VKRV Rao Prize for of Economic and Political Weekly. Social Science Research in the field of Social Aspects of Law by the Professor N. Vasanthi, RBI Chair ICSSR in 2003. Earlier in 1992-93, Professor in CSD, specializes in law she was recipient of the Rockefeller She joined CSD with a rich Humanist in Residence Fellowship at experience of teaching law at a Hunter College, City University of premier law university, NALSAR New York. She was part of the University of Law for over 11 years. founding faculty of NALSAR Her areas of specialization have been University of Law where she taught constitutional law and she has sociology and law for a decade, 1999- taught courses including 2009, and is a founder member of comparative constitutional law, law Asmita Resource Centre for Women and poverty and tax laws among set up in 1991, where she has others. She has written on issues of coordinated research and legal gender, disability, labour and clinical outreach for women. She has worked legal education and has several on rights of indigenous communities research projects to her credit and with community based disability including one on “Regulatory Impact rights groups in rural areas. Her of Legislation on Domestic Work” for work has focussed on understanding ICSSR. Her recent publications the social foundations of non- include an article for the Economic and Political Weekly on “Addressing 104
Paid Domestic work: A public policy In terms of the future directions in concern.” Her book on Constitutional his work, Dr. Reddeppa remains Policy and Environmental concerned with the operational jurisprudence was published in problems in achieving the maximum 2006. She has organized workshops inclusion of the very poor in the on human rights for persons with framework of entitlements; disability as well as capacity building measurement of income poverty and workshops for women managers in budget leakages in the name of higher education as part of a UGC poverty alleviation; and effective initiative. strategies for the realization by the state of the guarantee of universal access to basic infrastructure for Dr. Reddeppa, an economist, has sustainable development, especially over the past two decades specialised of the very poor and vulnerable. in two broad areas: Small Industry and Self Employment; and the Dr. Surapa Raju has been with CSD Development of Vulnerable Groups. for nearly two and half decades. Within these areas, he has Primarily interested in Fisheries conducted independent research on Economics, Rural Development and micro credit, and has closely studied Education, he has been on the state welfare programmes in the research team of as many as 30 sectors of minor irrigation, Research Projects related to fisheries, horticulture, land purchase and agriculture and others funded by distribution, animal husbandry and State and Central Governments, agriculture and allied activities. His World Bank, etc. long term work on the economic support schemes offered by the With a specialization in the fisheries government to vulnerable sections sector and fishing communities, he has focussed on the degree and has travelled widely in coastal, extent to which these schemes have riverine and inland fishing villages had a positive impact on family across Andhra Pradesh, gaining a income, livelihood and food security, personal experience and and the extent to which the goal of understanding of the problems and poverty alleviation has been met. issues that beset fishing With a wide ranging experience in communities across these ecological quantitative and qualitative research, areas. As a constituency Dr. Reddeppa has participated in characterized by high skill, very national and international seminars, strong religio-cultural practices, directed nineteen studies, and insular community structures and published sixteen papers in journals chronic poverty, this sector prompted and edited volumes. His most recent Dr. Raju to focus his research work publication, a book titled Food on fishing communities examining Security in India (Delhi: Kanishka) closely the impact of development was published in 2011. programmes, the sources of social disadvantage and marginalization and the relevance, distribution and 105
spread of development aid in this sector, and a close study of common Pratyusna Patnaik obtained her property resources in marine Doctorate Degree in Sociology from villages. At present he is carrying out University of Mysore in the year 2008 a project sponsored by the Planning through Institute for Social and Commission on “Centrally Sponsored Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. Schemes on Marine Fisheries and its Having completed Ph.D, she started effect on development of fisheries: A her career as a Faculty member at study on Motorization of traditional Environmental Protection, Training crafts and HSD oil Schemes” and is and Research Institute (EPTRI) formulating a project that looks at Hyderabad in the year 2007, and the differentials in male and female subsequently joined Council for age at marriage among a cross Social Development in July, 2008, section of fishing communities. where at present she is working as an Assistant Professor. Sujit Mishra is an economist who has specialised in Development She worked in the area of Economics for his doctoral thesis Democratic Decentralisation for her and in Environmental and Natural Ph.D, focusing on the issues of Resource Economics in his post participation of marginalised doctoral research. Prior to joining the communities, rural power structure, CSD team in 2006, he worked with accountability and transparency in The Energy and Resources Institute local governance. Her publications (TERI), New Delhi as Associate are in the broad area of democratic Fellow. His research experience decentralisation, and has presented covers varied themes such as papers on the same theme in various Development induced Displacement, seminars and conferences. Dr. the complex of issues in the mining Patnaik has received two sector and the environment and independent research grants from development implications of climate Indian Council of Social Science change. Having published widely in Research (ICSSR). At present, she is these areas, currently Dr Mishra is working on a project on ‘Caste, engaged in investigating the causes Gender and Tribe in the Institutions for the drop in female age at of Forest Governance’ sponsored by marriage in Andhra Pradesh and its ICSSR, New delhi. implications. Soumya Vinayan - Trained in A skilled practitioner and teacher of economics, Soumya’s work lies at the research methods, with long crossroads of modern experience in designing and industrialization and artisanal conducting the ICSSR research communities with special reference methodology workshops and courses to hand/machine weaving. Tracing for doctoral scholars at CSD, Dr the economic history of the (present) Mishra's research skills include dominant player of textile industry in impact assessment, economic India, namely, the emergence of analysis, and statistics. powerloom sector is her main area of 106
research interest. Political economy governments, but importantly also of financing higher education and has the ability to provide the people the emergence of the private player; both collectively as well as theory and praxis of intellectual individually, avenues for their self- property regimes and its interplay in actualisations. Far from being a mere realizing distributive ‘rent’ to form of governance or government in artisanal mode of production also Foucauldian terms, democracy for form core areas of research she him represents our collective quest undertakes. Her work is also for cooperative life as well as each reflective and interpretive of the individual’s pursuit of her happiness. global regimes of governance and the In a country torn asunder in the deep impact it has on the local. name of caste, community, race and religion, Sam Gundimeda's work Recipient of ICSSR Institutional concentrates on understanding the Doctoral Fellowship form Centre for demands of the marginalized for Economic and Social Studies, social justice, their claims for a just Soumya holds a doctoral degree in distribution of political power, dignity economics from University of and respect. It is his conviction that Hyderabad. She has been Visiting the project of democracy in India can Scholar at the German Development only realised through these demands Institute, Bonn, Germany (July – and claims of the marginalized. December 2007) under the Managing Global Governance Programme of the Mr. D. Sunder Raj is with the CSD Federal Ministry of Economic since 1997. He holds Masters Degree Cooperation and Development, in Economics from Sri Venkateswara Germany and India Studies Centre, University, Tirupati. His areas of Thammasat University, Bangkok, interest are Participatory Rural Thailand (February 2012) under the Development, Poverty Alleviation, ICSSR-NRCT Bilateral Exchange of People’s Participation, Development Scholars Programme. & Displacement and Women Empowerment. He has actively Sam Gundimeda is a political participated and played significant scientist with a doctorate from SOAS, role in many research studies, London. A recipient of the Ford Evaluation Studies and Training Foundation International Fellowship Programmes taken up by the for his doctoral research, his work Council. He has published 30 has attempted to promote a nuanced research articles in different journals understanding of dalit politics in and edited volumes and also India. published two edited books jointly.
Sam is passionate about the idea of B. Ramesh has an M.Phil in Social democracy, which for him has the Work from Nagarjuna University and capacity to not only to set the people is a doctoral candidate there. He free – free from the cages of joined CSD as a CAPART Young dictatorships, aristocracies, and Professional on deputation in 2007 other undemocratic forms of and was subsequently appointed as 107
Research Associate in CSD in 2008. Applications at CSD. He has been He has been part of the research with CSD since 1998. Apart from team of all major projects in CSD overseeing IT efficiency on a daily since 2008, and has participated in basis, Mr. Kumar has also been seminars, workshops and actively involved in providing vital conferences on different aspects of technical support for ongoing rural development. Since 2011, he research projects. He is part of the has been primarily engaged in the team responsible for preparation of programme, "Realising Social and training materials on data collection Economic Rights of Adivasi tools and processing for ICSSR Communities" in CSD. Courses conducted at CSD for doctoral research scholars. Mr. Pasunoori Kumar is responsible for IT Management and Computer
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19. Ms Vijaylakshmi Balakrishnan FACULTY Fellow 20. Ms Poornima Joshi CSD, DELHI Associate Editor 21. Mr. Gitesh Sinha 1. Prof. Muchkund Dubey Research Officer President 22. Ms. Parul Gupta 2. Mr. D. Bandyopadhyay RTE Team Member Distinguished Professor 23. Ms. Purtika Kalra 3. Dr T. Haque Research Assistant Director 4. Prof. Amit Bhaduri Distinguished Professor FACULTY 5. Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty SRC, HYDERABAD Distinguished Professor 6. Prof. Deepak Nayyar 1. Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran Distinguished Professor Regional Director 7. Prof. K. B. Saxena 2. Dr S. Indrakant Visiting Professor RBI Chair Professor 8. Prof. Praful Bidwai 3. Mr B. N. Yugandhar Durgabai Deshmukh Chair in Visiting Professor Social Development 4. Dr L. Reddeppa 9. Prof. Imrana Qadeer Associate Professor Distinguished Professor 5. Dr Sujit Kumar Mishra 10. Dr Hari Mohan Mathur Associate Professor Visiting Professor 6. Dr S. Surapa Raju 11. Dr. Surajit Deb Assistant Professor Consultant 7. Dr Pratyusna Patnaik 12. Mr. Gopal Krishna Thakur Assistant Professor Education Specialist 8. Dr Soumya Vinayan 13. Dr Prashant Kumar Trivedi (on Assistant Professor Lien) 9. Dr Sambaiah Gundemeda Fellow Assistant Professor 14. Mr. Ambarish Rai 10. Dr Suresh Jagannadham RTE Convemer Assistant Professor 15. Dr Sonali Mukherjee 11. Dr Vijay Korra Associate Fellow Assistant Professor 16. Dr Arathi P. M. 12. Mr. B. Ramesh Associate Fellow Research Associate 17. Ms Ankita Gupta 13. Dr K. Rama Patnaik Senior Research Associate Visiting Fellow 18. Ms Anamika Priyadarshini 14. Dr M. Sridhar Senior Research Associate Post Doctoral Fellow
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AUDITOR’S REPORT
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Council for Social Development
Sangha Rachana, 53, Lodi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2013
Amount in `
For the For the Year Ended 31-Mar-13 For the For the Year Ended 31-Mar-13 General Other Total General Account Other Total EXPENDITURE INCOME Year Ended Account Grants Year Ended Grants Account Account 31-Mar-12 31-Mar-12
Salaries and 29,230,876 Allowances 17,263,624 30,776,420 6,900,000 ICSSR - Recurring Grants 8,500,000 - 8,500,000
13,000 Honorarium 362,000 - 362,000 5,000,000 Grant from the Government of Andhra Pradesh 15,000,000 - 15,000,000 PF Contribution and 395,733 Admin Charges 404,801 50,496 455,297 Interest on Fixed Deposits Gratuity and Leave 2,611,097 Encashment 3,130,214 - 3,130,214 5,444,116 -Delhi 6,029,430
92,340 LTC and Medical 34,336 - 34,336 285,883 -Hyderabad 572,398 6,601,828 - 6,601,828
63,450 Uniforms 39,575 - 39,575 Travelling and 1,846,112 Conveyance 301,946 2,324,323 2,626,269 Prior Period Income (ICSSR - Pay Arrear Provision) 875,156 875,156
569,233 Boarding and Lodging 86,339 594,799 681,138
304,669 Printing and Stationery 150,495 233,571 384,066 Lease Rent Telephone, Internet 259,450 and Postage 271,570 80,159 351,729 8,383,500 - Premises Rent - Delhi 9,850,576 - 9,850,576
- Advertisement Charges 42,640 - 42,640
- Hospitality 82,492 - 82,492 Recovery for Maintenance of Facilities and Amenities Miscellaneous - Expenses 38,261 - 38,261 6,706,800 - World Bank 1,285,470 - 1,285,470
- Bank Charges 2,099 - 2,099
1,036,042 Property Tax 2,370,673 - 2,370,673 OTHER GRANTS Prior Period Property - Tax 7,514,995 - 7,514,995 Vehicle Hiring, Running and 585,494 Maintenance 285,160 - 285,160 Unutilised Grants as at 01.04.2012 7,634,062 Consultancy and Less : Grants Receivable as at - Fellowship Expenses - 500,000 500,000 01.04.2012 4,602,951 Computers 58,883 Maintenance 52,183 - 52,183 3,031,111 Equipments 82,154 Maintenance 96,130 - 96,130 Add : Air Conditioner - Grants/ Income Received during the 113,466 Maintenance 100,739 - 100,739 year 35,282,359 - Amount transferred from Research 647,395 Building Maintenance 667,496 - 667,496 and
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Furniture and Fixtures Development Fund to meet 1,367 Maintenance 8,334 - 8,334 Project Deficits 3,092,755 Electricity and Water 801,793 Charges 808,970 - 808,970 41,406,225 Office and Miscellaneous 381,119 Expenses 363,033 360,949 723,982 Less : Compulsory apportionment of Interest on RBI Corpus Fund to the Corpus 382,839 Books and Journals 89,370 108,564 197,934 Fund 1,140,964
172,772 Library Expenses 273,627 - 273,627 Less : Unutilised Grants as at 31.03.2013 16,399,961
94,500 Annual Report 101,514 - 101,514 23,865,300 Legal and Professional 109,986 Fees 119,356 - 119,356 19,636,374 Add : Grants Receivable as at 31.03.2013 2,839,949 - 26,705,249 26,705,249
55,150 IIC Membership Fees 55,900 - 55,900
168,835 Social Change Journal 117,863 - 117,863 135,000 Contribution for Training and Workshop 249,000 249,000 DDML/ CDDM/ 613,403 Seminars/ Programmes 572,758 990,748 1,563,506 66,277 Contribution for use of DDML Hall 210,543 - 210,543
194,808 Security Expenses 305,126 - 305,126 175,323 Royalty 197,705 - 197,705 Training Course/ 652,982 Programme - - - Miscellaneous Income
- Data Entry/ Processing - 62,149 62,149 33,220 - Delhi 92,904
2,835,807 Research Expenses - 1,263,606 1,263,606 87,164 - Hyderabad 52,566 145,470 - 145,470 Other Administrative 1,376,436 Expenses - 2,780,334 2,780,334
1,258,825 Sub-letting Charges 743,067 - 743,067 Liabilities written back Social Development - Report 142,500 - 142,500 84,812 - Delhi 554,004 CSD Working Papers/ - Publications 77,450 - 77,450 964,439 - Hyderabad - 554,004 - 554,004
Auditors' Remuneration
95,033 - Audit Fees 99,600 5,618 105,218 Amount transferred from - Certification of FCRA 24,818 Return/ Others - - - 1,326,597 - Research and Development Fund - - - - Reimbursement of 7,445 Expenses - - -
73,743 Loss on Sale of Assets 77,654 - 77,654
Depreciation
643,432 - Delhi 513,713 - 513,713
14,530 - Hyderabad 14,516 - 14,516
Project Equipments - 86,310 86,310
Amount transferred to :
- Development Fund - 2,760,920
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1,768,950 (Hyderabad) 2,760,920
- Fixed Assets Fund - (Hyderabad) 4,692,660 - 4,692,660
- Publication Fund 1,984,080 1,984,080 - Building Development and 1,500,000 Infrastructure - - -
Fund
Excess of Income over Expenditure transferred to 4,091,538 - Balance Sheet 801 801
55,229,505 TOTAL 43,469,751 26,705,250 70,175,001 55,229,505 TOTAL 43,469,752 26,705,249 70,175,001
Significant Accounting Policies and Notes on Accounts (Schedule - G)
Schedules A to G form an integral part of the accounts
As per our report of even date attached
for Singh Krishna & Associates for Council for Social Development
Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No. 008714C
(Krishna Kumar Singh) (Izhar Ali) (T. Haque)
Partner Finance Officer Director
M. No. 077494
Place : New Delhi
Date :
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COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Sangha Rachana, 53, Lodi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
BALANCE SHEET AS AT MARCH 31, 2013 Amount in `
As at LIABILITIES As at As at ASSETS As at 31-Mar-12 31-Mar-13 31-Mar-12 31-Mar-12
CORPUS FUND (At Hyderabad) FIXED ASSETS (AT COST)
27,500,000 Balance as per last Account 27,500,000 (As per Schedule - C)
Add : Additional Grant received during the year 2012-13 12,500,000
Add : Compulsory apportionment of Interest on RBI Corpus Fund 1,140,964 41,140,964 11,333,424 Delhi 10,202,690
2,013,607 Hyderabad 2,034,607 12,237,297
DEVELOPMENT FUND (At Hyderabad) ICSSR FIXED ASSETS (ACQUIRED OUT OF OTHER
2,503,339 Balance as per last Account 2,503,339 GRANTS)
Add: Transfer from Income and Expenditure Account 2,760,920 5,264,259 (As per Schedule - D)
290,421 Delhi 293,191 TRAINING AND PUBLICATION FUND (At Hyderabad) (As per Schedule - E)
46,845 Balance as per last Account 46,845 11,447,754 Hyderabad 13,878,718 14,171,909
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS, ADVANCES, ETC.
22,312,381 Balance as per last Account 22,312,381 (As per Schedule - F)
Less : Transfer (net) to Other Grants Account 3,092,755 Cash and Bank Balances (including Fixed 19,219,626 104,883,504 Deposits) 134,799,773
Less : Expenditure incurred during the year 3,682,606 15,537,020 6,544,101 Grants Receivable 3,856,255
357,300 Security Deposits 351,410 1,193,281 Loans, Advances, Etc. BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AND 7,018,636
INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 1,061,121 Tax Deducted at Source 1,923,991 147,950,065
1,500,000 Balance as per last Account 1,500,000
Less : Expenditure incurred during the year 222,528 1,277,472
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FIXED ASSETS FUND For Assets procured out of Other Grants - Delhi
290,421 Balance as per last Account 290,421
Add : Additions during the year 99,345
389,766
Less : Adjustments during the year 4
389,762
Less : Depreciation for the year 96,571 293,191
- Hyderabad
11,447,755 Balance as per last Account 11,447,755
Add : Additions during the year 4,794,350
16,242,105
Less : Depreciation for the year 2,363,386 13,878,719
DEPRECIATION FUND - Delhi
8,008,472 Balance as per last Account 8,008,472
Add : Depreciation for the year 513,713
8,522,185
Less : Adjustment during the year 1,126,614 7,395,571
- Hyderabad
232,717 Balance as per last Account 232,717
Add : Depreciation for the year 14,516 247,233
GENERAL FUND
38,146,691 Balance as per last Account 38,146,691 Add : Excess of Income over Expenditure transferred
from Income and Expenditure Account 801 38,147,492
UNUTILISED OTHER GRANTS (As per Schedule -A)
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4,192,761 - Delhi 2,019,427
3,441,302 - Hyderabad 14,380,534 16,399,961
- PUBLICATION FUND 1,984,080
CURRENT LIABILITIES AND PROVISIONS (As per Schedule - B)
6,306,007 - Delhi 20,863,027
13,195,822 - Hyderabad 11,883,438 32,746,465
139,124,513 T O T A L 174,359,272 139,124,513 T O T A L 174,359,271
Significant Accounting Policies and Notes on Accounts (Schedule - G)
Schedules A to G form an integral part of the accounts
for Council for Social Development As per our report of even date attached
for Singh Krishna & Associates Chartered Accountants (Izhar Ali) (T. Haque) Firm's Registration No. 008714C Finance Officer Director
(Krishna Kumar Singh) Partner M. No. 077494
Place : New Delhi Date :
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