MR. SHAILESHKUMAR DAROKAR
Assistant Professor
Centre for Dalit and Tribal Studies
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
E-mail: shaileshsd[At]tiss.edu |
Qualifications |
- M.A. (Social Work), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
- M.Phil. (Sociology), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
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Areas of Interest |
- Social Stratification in Urban Settings.
- Urban Poverty and Social Inequality with Reference to Dalits and Marginalized Sections.
- Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste Management with Special Reference to Scavengers, Safai Karmacharies and Rag Pickers.
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Teaching |
- Urban Sociology.
- Development and Welfare Services for SCs/STs/OBCs.
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Research
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- “Socio-Economic Survey of Manual Scavengers Engaged in Practice of Manual Scavenging in Maharashtra State ” . Sponsored by Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation Ltd. Mumbai. (A Government of Maharashtra Undertaking) (Completed, Jan. 2005)
- “An Impact Assessment of the Initial Phase of R&R Implementation for the MUTP” . Sponsored by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Mumbai. (Completed, Jan. 2004)
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Additional Relevant Information
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Papers Presented
- “ Exclusion, Ghettoisation and Identity: A Case Study of Scavengers in Mumbai City”, at International Workshop on “Migration-Marginalisation, Ghettoisation and Identity Crisis: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Insights”, organised by Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai and Department of Sociology and Ideology, University of Bonn, Germany at Mumbai, Mar. 2005.
- “Discrimination in Urban Labour Market in India with Special Reference to Scavengers in Maharashtra”, at Workshop on Research Methodology for Studying Discrimination in Urban Labour Market in India, organized by IIDS New Delhi and Department of Sociology, Princeton University, USA, at New Delhi, Dec. 2004.
- “The Search for Dignity and Social Justice: The Scavengers In Maharashtra”, at the National Seminar on the Role Of Weaker Sections in Democracy and Nation Building, at Dr. Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, Feb. 2004.
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