Abstract Nutrition and health are important for everyone, but they are especially significant for children as it is directly linked to their growth and development; factors which will have a direct impact on their health as adults. Nutrition and the health of the children of the age group 0–5 years is an important focus area […]

Abstract This paper focuses on the lived reality of the people settling in Mapithel Dam. Construction of the dam is considered as national development by many works of literatures known for producing hydro-electricity for power, controlling flood, generate water for the irrigation system and drinking water. However, frequently in literature, it is observed that development […]

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Abstract As per 2001 census data, only 0.6 percent of Varli students in higher education compared to other tribes in Maharashtra. This paper, a product of a research study, explores the role of the socio-economic background of Varli tribe students in determining access to higher education at Palghar and Talasari block of Palghar district. It […]

“When You Go Back, Write, Share And Tell People About Our Struggles And Experiences In The Border Area” – Cheno Konyak Abstract Multiple ethnicity and indigenous people, struggling for their identity and survival, inhabits the border between India and Myanmar. Eastern Konyak is one among those indigenous groups who occupies some parts of land since […]

Abstract Recently, Praja, a non-partisan organization that has been continuously tracking the state and functioning of the Mumbai based Municipal schools, for the last few years (since when) in its report titled ‘State of Municipal Education in Mumbai’ published in December 2016 argued that “if the Municipal Corporation is going to continue the same standard […]

Abstract Caste based discrimination is an often denied social reality of higher education in India. But, the National Sample Survey (NSS) data (2007–08) for Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) is indicative of the structural exclusion of students from amongst marginalised social groups. The overall GER in India was 17.31, while GER is the lowest among Scheduled […]

Abstract It is been more than eight decades of introducing social work education in India and the response is overwhelming across the country. By the year 2001, the numbers of social work educational institutions were limited to just one hundred twenty but within the next fifteen years by 2015, the social work educational institutions increase […]

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Abstract Taking into consideration the local changing context, the subject matter of social welfare administration as method course in social work education in India has evolved over a period of time. It has focused on strengthening the responsibility of state in securing welfare services for vulnerable sections of the society within the over all national […]