DR. CHHAYA DATAR
Professor

Centre for Women's Studies
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Qualifications

• M.A., Institute of Social Studies, the Hague
• Ph.D., SNDT Women’s University

Areas of Interest

• Women’s Studies
• Feminism
• Natural Resource Management
• Sustainable Livelihoods

Teaching

• Women and Work (for M.A. Social Work students)

Research

• Women Bidi Tobacco Workers
• Women Workers in Employment Guarantee Scheme
• Women in Agriculture
• Tribal Women
• Women and Land Rights

Training

• Gender Sensitivity Training for Government Officers
• Capacity Building for Women Managers in Higher Education

Recent/Significant Publications

• Status of Women in Maharashtra: An Update , Mumbai: Women’s Studies Centre, TISS, 2003
• Nurturing Nature, Women at the Centre of the Natural and Social Regeneration , Mumbai: Earthcare Books, 1998
• Struggle Against Violence , Calcutta: Stree, 1993

Field Action Projects

• Drinking Water and Sanitation Projects with the Government of Maharashtra, 1992 till date.
• Active Interest in Forming SHGs in the Project Villages of the Rural Campus, Tuljapur