Main Sponsor Join us at the South Asian Conference of Professional Social Workers – 2015 It is our pleasure to invite you to the South Asian Conference of Professional Social Workers (SACPSW) which will deliberate on the Theme : Dignity and Worth of Peoples in a Globalised Economy: Role of State, Social Enterprises, Corporates and Social Workers in Building Inclusive Sociees. The theme is selected to align with the running theme of Internaonal Federaon of Social Workers (IFSW) - Promong Dignity and Worth of Peoples. The Conference aims at looking at the independent and partnership roles of stake holders in building inclusive sociees. This will be a plaorm to share and deliberate on the theme and sub-themes that are so relevant for professional social workers in this region. Though the Conference is focusing on parcipaon from SAARC countries, we also invite delegates from ASEAN countries. The Conference is likely to be aended by more than 500 delegates represenng government, social sectors, academia, corporates and students

Main sub-themes for plenary sessions of the Conference (invited eminent speakers will make presentaons) 1. Sociees in Transion: Need based social work educaon and pracce (aligning to aspiraons and expectaons of stakeholders, developing competencies, employability, global networking, etc.) 2. Transion from Welfare to Human Resources Funcon in Corporates: Issues, challenges and opportunity for holisc social work pracce (welfare, counseling, social security, employee engagement, diversity management, gender sensivity, equal opportunity, competency building, training, etc.) 3. Social Policy & Legislaon: Governance, civil society and social entrepreneurship - Best pracces and case studies (social jusce & welfare, gender sensivity, child rights, human rights, etc.) 4. Sustainable Development & Building Inclusive Sociees: Recognizing dignity and worth of peoples - Role of NGOs, corporates and social workers (issues pertaining to people & community upliment - basic needs, environment conservaon, empowerment, skill building, sustainable employment, livelihood, etc.)

Concurrent paper presentaon topics : 1. Economic growth and vulnerability - issues and challenges for social work pracce to build inclusive sociees 2. Importance of social enterprises and NGOs in socio-economic empowerment of people 3. Human rights, advocacy and iniaves (rights issues relang to children, women, ethnic groups, indigenous people, dalits, tribals, minories, backward classes, third gender, people with disabilies, displaced populaons due to conflicts and natural calamies, etc.,) 4. Welfare to employee engagement –enhanced role of human resource professionals, diversity management, volunteerism, etc. 5. CSR iniaves - role of HR and social work professionals in planning & execung need based projects 6. Women at workplace- gender sensivity, work-life balance, empowerment, etc. 7. Building skills for sustainable employment and livelihood opons 8. Future of social work educaon in changed scenario - (redesigning curriculum including socially relevant specialisaons, innovave teaching methodologies, social research, effecve field pracce & supervision, competency building, employability, partnering with industry and developmental sector, etc.) 9. Clinical social work- innovave social work pracces in health care (counseling, support resource mobilizaon, organ donaon, working with health concerns like communicable diseases, substance abuse, palliave care, mental health, geriatrics, etc.) 10.School social work pracce – issues and challenges (counseling, life skills training, personality development, prevenon of sexual harassment and abuse, career guidance, etc.) 11.Juv enile jusce – developing a holisc view and sensizing the communies & stake holders (issues like crimes against children, children in conflict with law, jusce system and reformaon, etc.) 12.Gov ernment welfare schemes - poverty alleviaon programmes, social development iniaves, social security, educaon & health care in urban, rural and tribal areas in the changing socio-economic and polical situaon Chief Guests for the Inauguraon : Padma Bhushan Mrs. Rajashree Birla Member, Board –Aditya Birla Group & Chairperson- Aditya Birla Centre for Community Iniaves and Rural Development, Mumbai Guests of Honour : Dr. (Fr) Col. Thomas C Mathew, Vice - Chancellor, Christ University, Bengaluru Prof. Rory Truell, Secretary General – IFSW, Geneva Prof. Mariko Kimura, President, Asia Pacific - IFSW & Professor, Dept. of Social Welfare, Japan Women’s University, Tokyo Keynote Speaker : Prof. Sandeep Shastri, Pro Vice - Chancellor, Jain University, Bengaluru Day One Session 1- Sociees in Transion Session 2. Transion from Welfare to Human Resources Chairperson: Prof. Ghandi Doss, HOD- Dept. of Social Work, Central University of Funcon in Corporates Jammu Speakers: Chairperson: Mr. D R Nagaraj, Past Naonal President, NIPM and Founder & CEO, NMS HR Soluons, Bengaluru Prof. Rory Truell, Professor of Social Work & Secretary General,IFSW, Geneva Speakers: Dr. Shamini Aanayake, Director, Naonal Instute of Social Development, Srilanka Mr. M L Shanmukh, Director-HR, Bharath Electronics Ltd, Bengaluru Dr. P K Shajahan, Professor & Dean - Students Affair, Centre for Community Organizaon Mr. C. Mahalingam, HR Coach & Advisor, Formar Execuve VP & CPO, Symphony & Development Pracce, Tata Instute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Services Corporaon, Bengaluru Dr. K Sekar, Professor & HOD, Dept of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS and President - Mr.Shrihari Udupa, Director, Agora Analycs & Former President-HR - Adani Group Indian Society of Professional Social Work, Bengaluru Ms. Sonali De Sarker, Director-HR, NetApp INC, Bengaluru Ms. Suchitra Rao, Social Development Consultant, Bengaluru Day Two Session 3: Social Policy & Legislaon Session 4: Sustainable Development & Building Inclusive Chairperson: Mr. Lukose Vallatharai, IAS (Retd), Public Policy & Transparency Sociees Consultant & Social Worker Chairperson: Ms. Santosh Vaz, Chairlady, Janodaya Public Trust, Bengaluru Speakers: Speakers: Dr. Shalini Rajaneesh, IAS, Principal Secretary to Govt., Backward Classes Welfare Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, Kalinga Instute of Social Sciences (KISS), Odisha Dept, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru Mr. Ashoke Joshi, IAS, (Retd.) Chairman, Srinivasan Services Trust (TVS Group), Ms. Nina P Nayak, Former Chairperson, Karnataka State Commission for Protecon Chennai of Child Rights and Member, Naonal Commission for Protecon  Mr. Shridhar N E, Head, Corporate Sustainability - Titan Industries Ltd. ( Tata Group), of Child Rights Bengaluru Dr. Sreelakshmi Gururaja, Social Development Consultant, formerly with UNICEF Dr. ASM Aqur Rahaman, Professor & Chairman, Instute for Social Welfare & Prof. Babu Mathew, Vising Professor, Naonal Law School of India University, Research, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Bengaluru Mr. Madan Padki, Co-founder & CEO, Head Held High Services, Bengaluru Dr. R Balasubramaniam, Founder and Chairman, Swamy Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) and Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement (GRAAM), Mysuru

Felicitaons to :  Dr. Olinda Pereira, Prof. & Founder Principal (Retd.), School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya & Director, Viswas Trust, Mangaluru  Dr. R Parthasarathy, Professor, Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bengaluru  Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, Kalinga Instute of Social Sciences (KISS), Odisha Programme Highlights: (Detailed programme will be published on the website)

Thursday, 27th August 2015 AM Registraon, Inauguraon, Keynote address and 1st Plenary session on sub - theme - Sociees in Transion

PM 2nd Plenary session - Transion from Welfare to Human Resources Funcon in Corporates, Concurrent paper presentaons, Cultural programme & Welcome dinner

3rd Plenary session - Social Policy & Legislaon and 4th Plenary session - Sustainable Development & Friday, 28th August 2015 AM Building Inclusive Sociees

PM Concurrent paper presentaons, Felicitaons, IFSW session and Valedictory

Karnataka Associaon Of Professional Social Workers KAPSW has its origin in Indian Associaon of Trained Social Workers ( IATSW ) 1978 and thereaer has been restructured and registered in 1997. It represents trained social workers (MSW/BSW graduates) who are working in various fields of social work namely Government departments delivering social services, NGOs, social sectors, in hospitals as counsellors, clinical social workers and in industries performing welfare and human resources funcons. KAPSW has been networking with social work instuons and NGOs and has been regularly organizing knowledge sharing sessions, workshops and seminars with an objecve of sharing knowledge, work experience, case studies and best pracces that help the members and students of social work. The associaon also helps iniate social projects and one of the recent iniaves has been to network with few social work instuons to idenfy, train and build a network of support persons who can help vicms of child abuse and their families . The associaon has also been organizing naonal level conferences periodically to bring academicians, praconers, students and policy makers together on same plaorm to share knowledge and experiences on policies, programmes, iniaves, case studies and best pracces and also to network and collaborate.

Department of Social Work, Christ University The vision of the Department of Social Work at Christ University, which is celebrang its tenth year, is `Excellence in social work educaon through service and research'. Having taken up a mission of `Fostering growth of social work professionals with global perspecves', the department has been in pursuit of excellence in academic as well as professional training of aspiring social work professionals. The department strives to engage in service of the society through intervenons at individual, family, group, instuon and community levels involving various strategies such as case work, group work, community organizaon, campaigns, researches, educaonal programs, field services, camps, training and publicaons. Value of learning through service is significantly inculcated in all the academic programmes. Inspired by the ever changing social situaons and needs of people, the department is regularly iniang programmes that cater to the emerging needs of the society. Social work curriculum provides opportunies for the holisc development of the students. The course design has a balanced blend of classroom teaching with field experience. The department works in close alignment with the Centre for Social Acon (www.csa.christuniversity.in) to sensize students towards issues of social concern in the University campus. Who should aend : Delegate Registraon fee :  Social Work professionals working in NGOs, social enterprises,  Corporates - Rs. 2,750/- educaon & health sectors, correconal seng, etc.,  Research scholars, academicians and field praconers from NGOs  Human resources / welfare professionals and HR consultants and Government departments - Rs. 1,750/-  Execuves handling CSR iniaves in Corporates and business  Students of Social Work - Rs. 1,100/- organisaons  Foreign delegates SAARC - $ 30 / Other ASEAN Countries -  Social Work educators/academicians/research scholars $ 40 /Others - $ 100  Social Work students  Accompanying spouse - Rs. 1,500/-  Co-stakeholders  Government officials in social / development sectors

Paper Presentaon : We invite paper presentaon on topics that are connected to sub-themes of the Conference. Please visit www.kapsw.org for more details or write to [email protected] (Tel. No. 09448472513) with a copy to [email protected]. Last date for subming abstracts: 20th July, 2015

Conference Organising Commiee Chairman: Mr. M V Sriganesh, Human Resources Consultant, Manipal Global; Co-Chairman & President, KAPSW, Mr. Santosh Kumar Rai, Managing Director, Soworks Consultancy Service Pvt. Ltd. Chairpersons of Sub-Commiees: Mr. N V Vasudeva Sharma, Execuve Director, Child Rights Trust; (Programme), Dr. Shobhana R Thakrar, Social Worker & Consultant (Venue and Facilies), Mr.Vasanth Kumar Kamila, Director, Aranis (Finance and Sponsorship), Dr. G Pandu Naik, Director, Talent Avenues, (Delegate Promoon); Mr. PR Basavaraju, Director, Lohith HR Services (Media and Public Relaons), Mr.B P Venkatesha Murthy, Head (Operaons), MSS Pvt. Ltd. (Hospitality, Transport & Accommodaon), Mr. Gopalkrishna Sastry, GM - HR & Admin, Wuerth Elektronik India Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru (Cultural)

Members: Prof. Victor Paul, Associate Director & Head, Dept. of Social Work, Christ University; Mr. Lakshmi Prasad, Director - HRM Consultants; Mr. Israel Inbaraj, General Manager - HR, TATA Consultancy Services; Mr. S N Gopinath, Director, Creave Consultancy Services; Mr. Arun Solomon, HR Consultant; Dr. Rameela Shekhar, Dean, School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangaluru; Dr. Kodandarama, Chairperson, Dept. of Social Work, Bangalore University; Mr. Ravichandra Bekal, Head-HR, Nestle India, Goa; Dr. Khaiser Perveez, HR Consultant; Dr. Kalpana Sampath, Social Development Consultant & Trainer; Ms. Rathnakumari, Medical Social Worker, St John's Hospital; Dr. Sojan Antony, Faculty, Dept of Social Work, Christ University; Prof. Kiran Jeevan, HOD, Dept. of Social Work, St.Joseph's College; Mr. U K Hasainabba, Chief General Manager - HR, BEML Ltd; Mr. Moideen K E I, Chief - HRM, HMT Ltd; Mr. Mohan Naik, Manager-HR, HAL Ltd; Mr. Jagadish Shekhar Naik, Sr. Manager–HR, Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt. Ltd; Mr. Sudesha K P, Manager - HR, Millenium Enterprises; Dr. Hemalatha Kannan, Associate Professor, Dept. of Social Work, Christ University; Dr. Binu Thomas, Research Coordinator, Dept. of Social Work, Christ University; Dr. Usha Rao, HOD, Dept of Social Work, Mysore University; Mr. Anantha Gowda K, GM - HR, Jubilant Generics Ltd, Mysuru; Dr. Suma S Rai, Principal, Dr. M.V. Shey College of Social Work, Mangaluru; Mr. Jonas Richard A, HOD - Dept. of Social Work, Kristu Jayan College, Dr. Shridevi, Psycho - Social Health Consultant; Dr. Janet Parameshwar, Social Welfare Officer, Kidwai Memorial Instute of Oncology; Ms. Denet - Medical Social Worker, BGS Global Hospital; Ms. Shyamala C K - CDPO, Mangaluru; Mr. Ashok T, Director - HR, Schneider Electric, Mr. Sandeep Raj P, Officer- HR , Soworks Consultancy Service Pvt. Ltd; Ms. Smitha Mundodi, Manager – CSR, Commonfloor; Mr. K Krishna Naik , Consultant, Avani Associates; Mr. S Venkatesh Murthy, Research Scholar, S K University, Ananthapur

Conference Advisory Council : Chairperson: Prof. Ghandi Doss, HOD-Dept. of Social Work, Central University of Jammu Members: Dr. Anil Jospeh Pinto, Registrar, Christ University; Mr. D R Nagaraj, Past Naonal President -NIPM & CEO-NMS HR Soluons; Mr. S N Murthy, Senior Advocate, High Court of Karnataka; Mr. Nishith Mohanty, Group HR Head & CHRO-Manipal Educaon & Medical Group; Mr. Prakash Chandra, Director, Huresys Network Pvt. Ltd.; Prof. Sanjay Bhat, Dept. of Social Work, Delhi University, Delhi; Dr. K B Akhilesh, Senior Professor, Dept. of Management Studies, Indian Instute of Science; Dr. K.Sekar, Prof. & Head, Dept of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS & President, ISPSW; Prof. Geeta Balakrishnan, Principal, College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai, Dr. Vasanthy Vijay, Prof. of Social Work (Retd); Mr. Lukose Vallatharai, IAS ( Retd), Public Policy & Transparency Consultant & Social Worker; Ms. Santhosh Vaz, Chairlady-Janodaya Public Trust; Ms.Nina P Nayak, Child Rights Acvist; Mr.Cyril Alexander, President, Professional Social Workers Associaon, Chennai; Mr. Gurudas Bhat, Addl. Labour Commissioner (Retd);

Accommodaon: Accommodaon from budget to five star hotels is available in south and central Bengaluru that has easy access to the venue . Online booking offer c ompeve rates . The accommodaon commiee is working for some dormitory and hostel accommodaon and the details will be uploaded on website Sight Seeing : Visit www.karnatakaholidays.net/city_holidays_new_bangalore.html; or www.karnatakatourism.org or www.karnatakatravelguide.in/kstdc or write to [email protected] Ph. 080 43344334; 43344337; Mob. 08970650070 KAPSW WORKING OFFICE: M-32,LIC Colony, 10th Main Road,10th Cross, Jeevan Bhima Nagar, Bengaluru-560075, Email : Contact No: +91 9008100037 / +91 9448809638 Log on to www.kapsw.org [email protected] with a copy to for updates and further informaon on [email protected] the South Asian Conference of for conference related informaon/assistance Professional Social Workers – 2015