DR. LATA NARAYAN
Associate Professor

Centre for Equity for Women, Children and Families
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

E-mail: lamen@tiss.edu

Qualifications

  • M.S.W, University of Mumbai
  • Ph.D. (Social Work), University of Mumbai

Areas of Interest

  • Issues related to Youth
  • Issues related to Child Rights
  • Social Work Education
  • Social Work Practice
  • Peace and Human Rights
  • Human Rights Education

Teaching

  • Work with Groups
  • Integrated Social Work Practice
  • Field Instruction in Social Work Education

Research

  • Child : Integrated Child Development Services Scheme [ICDS ], communal riots; education.
  • Youth : Mobilising Youth for Development Work; Parsi Youth
  • Social Work Education: Motivation of Students of Social Work

Training

For groups such as NSS students and Programme Officers; volunteers, NGO staff and community members, ICDS functionaries, and social work educators on themes such as:

  • Motivation
  • Leadership
  • Ethics and values
  • Self–awareness
  • Human Rights
  • Communication
  • Work with groups
  • Social work practice

Recent/Significant Publications

  • A Comparison of the Educational Initiatives of Freire and Gandhi, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 60(3), 379-398, 1999.
  • Freire and Gandhi: Their Relevance for Social Work Education, International Social Work, 43, (2), 193-204, 2000.
  • Of One’s Volition: What Influences Choices?, Perspectives in Social Work, 18(1), 9-14, 2003.
Additional Relevant Information
  • C o–convenor of a TISS Field Action Project, ‘Humanity United in M-Ward [HUM]’, initiated with a vision of ‘creating a Human Rights sensitive Ward’.
  • Board Member of NGOs like YUVA, LAYA, MelJol.

 

 

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