• ‘An Engagement with Empowerment Approach to Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security”. A Study on Rights Based Development for Women–Moving from Theory to Action, ICRW, September 2005.
• ‘Right to Peace and Development'. Creating a curriculum for Masters' level focusing on communalism, conflict resolution and peace-building processes, June 2004.
• ‘Community Participation in Disaster Management: An Approach Paper'. Prepared for Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India , January 2002.
• ‘A Report on Child Labour'. Prepared as a member of the Study Group on Women Workers and Child Labour of the 2 nd National Commission Labour, Ministry of Labour, Government of India, August 2001.
• ‘Rapid Assessment of Earthquake Affected Areas in Kachchh and Saurashtra' (Jointly with the Gujarat Institute of Development Research), 2001.
• Social Impact Assessment of a Highway Project, Udaipur , National Highway Authority of India , October 2000.
• Social Fabric Study Phase I (1997-98) and Phase II (1998-99), Mauritius Research Council, Mauritius.

Training

Have conducted training programmes in collaboration with both government and non-governmental organisations, reaching out to people of different disciplines, particularly community-based health personnel, educationists, political workers, trade unions, etc. More recently, several training inputs have been provided on social impact assessment. Have undertaken projects with the Government of India, multilateral funding agencies such as the World Bank, the ADB, and the Government of Mauritius. Some of them are:

• Training Workshop for Perspective and Sensitivity-Building on Resettlement and Rehabilitation for Ambuja Cement. October 25-27, 2004. The themes on which sessions were taken included, ‘R&R Policy: The Indian Context', ‘Components of a Good R&R', ‘Institutional Arrangements for Implementing R&R'.
• ‘Towards a Perspective Plan: A Strategy Building Exercise', organised in collaboration with MLD Trust, Mumbai, September 29, 2002.
• ‘Reviving Traditional Water Management Systems: Community Initiatives', organised in collaboration with Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi , September 6, 2002.
• 'Transparency and Access to Services: Role of Citizens'. A full day workshop organised in collaboration with Public Concern for Governance -Trust (PCG-T), April 2 & May 18, 2002.
• UGC Refresher Course for University Teachers on 'Community Organization in the Context of Globalisation: Challenges to Social Work', July 31 to August 20, 2000 at TISS.

Recent/Significant Publications

• Disaster Risk Reduction through Development Orientation in Disaster Management: The Significance of People's Participation in India . In P. Sahni and M. Ariyabandhu (Eds.), Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia , Prentice Hall, 2003.
• Institutionalising Community Participation: The Challenge in Disaster Management Practice, The Indian Journal of Social Work ,63(2), 2002.
• Institutional Response to Disasters: Changing Contours of the Role of an Academic Institution, The Indian Journal of Social Work , 63(2), 2002.
• Infrastructure Projects: R&R in Urban Areas, EIA Quarterly , Issues 10 &11, pp.19-21 & 32, 2001.
• Imperatives of Globalisation: Challenges for Social Work Educators. In L. Shilneva and R. Sundby (Eds.), 7 th Biannual European IUCISD Conference on Social Work and Social Development: New Trends in the Changing Europe, Riga, Lativa: Attistiba, 2000.

Additional Relevant Information

Award

Was awarded a University Commonwealth scholarship to pursue PhD in UK in 1990.

Recent Papers Presented

• “Livelihoods in Disasters: A Focus on Micro and Macro Factors” at Workshop on Looking Back on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programmes on Disaster Mitigation Organized by National Institute for Disaster Management and India Habitat Centre, January 20-21, 2006.
• “Focus on Social Dimensions of Food and Ecological Security in Coastal Zone Management” at the 93 rd Indian Science Congress, January 3-7, 2006.
• “Innovations in Extension: Experiences of Disaster Response of an Academic Institution”, at National Seminar on Interventions Strategies for Quality Enhancement in Higher Education, March 4–5, 2005.
• ‘Revisiting Social Work Curriculum', at Seminar on ‘Challenges in Restructuring Social Work Curriculum' by Institute of Professional Science and Management, Mangalore, on February 22-23, 2005.