DR. MANISH K. JHA
Associate Professor
Centre for Community Organisation and Development Practice
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
E-mail: manishj@tiss.edu |
Qualifications |
- B.A. (Political Science), University of Delhi
- M.A. (Social Work), University of Delhi
- P.G. Diploma (Personnel Management and Industrial Relations), Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi
- M.Phil. (Human Rights). University of Delhi
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Areas of Interest
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- Human Rights and Human Development
- Community Organisation, Social Action and Social Movement
- Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
- Social Justice and Radical Social Work
- Governance, Livelihood Security, Right to Food
- Community Response in Disaster Situation
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Teaching
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- Social Action for Social Change
- Rural Social Structure, Caste Issues, Agrarian and Peasant Struggle
- Welfare and Development of Weaker Sections of Society
- Rights-based approach to Development
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| Research |
- Structure and Strategies of Human Rights Organisations
- Human Rights Violation in Bihar : Role of State, Caste Militias and Naxalite groups
- Evaluation study of organisations working with children of sex workers in Varanasi and Allahabad
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Training
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- Human Rights and Peace Building in Community
- Community Mobilisation for Disaster Response
- Rights-based Approach in Child Rights Programming
- Community Organisation and Social Action
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Recent/Significant Publications
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Book
- Human Rights: Agencies and Agenda , New Delhi : Saloni Publications, 2003 .
Articles
- Food Needs Food for Thought: Starving Children under Globalisation. In. K. Satyarthi and B. Zutshi (Eds.), Globalisation, Development and Child Rights , New Delhi : Shipra Publications, 2006, 71-78.
- Hunger and Starvation Deaths: Call for Public Action, Economic and Political Weekly , 37 (52), 5159-5163, 2003.
- Exclusion of Dalits: A Review from Human Rights Perspective, Contemporary Social Work , 19, 47-55, 2002.
- Social Work and Human Rights: Some Perspectives, Fourth World 16, 31-45, 2002.
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Additional Relevant Information |
Papers Presented
- ‘Food Needs Food for Thought: Starving Children in an Agrarian Society under Globalisation', National Seminar on Development, Destitution, and Child Rights, organised by Bachpan Bachao Aandolan, Delhi (March 15-16, 2004).
- ‘Social Work and Human Rights: Some Perspectives', National Seminar on Integrating Human Rights Perspectives to Social Work Education,' Organised by Faculty of Social Work, M.S. University , Vadodara and Centre for Social Justice (Janvikas), Ahmedabad (November 28-29, 2001).
- ‘Exclusion of Dalits: A Review and a Critique through Human Rights Rerspective', National Seminar on Human Rights and Social Work, Organised by the Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (March 2-3, 2000).
Disaster Response
- Member, Reconnaissance Team, Delhi University after the Gujarat earthquake
- Member, Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation Team, Delhi University
- Member, Tsunami Rehabilitation Team for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Others
- Member, South Asian Regional Consultation Group for Integrating Child Rights in Higher Academia.
- Member, National Consultation on Framing Research and Dialogue Programme on Social Justice.
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