DR. SAMTA PANDYA
Assistant Professor
Centre for Equity for Women, Children and Families
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
E-mail: spandya@tiss.edu
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Qualifications
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- M.A. (Social Work, with specialisation in Social Welfare Administration), TISS
- M.Phil.(Social Sciences), TISS
- Ph.D., TISS
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Areas of Interest
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- Generic Social Work Areas
- Ideologies and Social Work
- Civil Society and Governance
- Management of Social Welfare Organisations
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Teaching
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Current
- Historical Ideologies and Social Work
- Integrated Social Work Practice
- Social Welfare Administration Seminar
- Human Resource Management in Social Welfare Organisations
Visiting Faculty
- Certificate in Social Work for Para-Professionals and Senior Citizens, conducted by College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai.
- ‘Historical Ideologies and Social Work’ for MA Social Work students, SNDT Women’s Universty, Mumbai (2004)
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Recent/Significant Publications
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- Book Review : The Elimination of Child Labour: Whose Responsibility? Perspectives in Social Work, 18(1), 2003.
- Report of the Seminar on Dalit Leadership and Governance in Gram Panchayats in Maharashtra, Perspectives in Social Work, 18(2), 2003.
- Book Review : Growing up Untouchable in India: A Dalit Autobiography, Perspectives in Social Work, 18(2), 2003.
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Additional Relevant Information
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Previous Work Experience
- Lecturer, College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan (August 2002- April 2004).
Participation in Seminars/Conferences
- ‘Children and Residential Care: New Strategies for a New Millennium’, December 9-10, 2002. Organised by College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, and Department of Social Work, University of Stockholm, Sweden. (Rapporteur and Organising Committee Member)
- ‘Seminar on Dalit Leadership and Governance in Gram Panchayats in Maharashtra’, December 23, 2002. Organised by College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, and PRIA. (Rapporteur)
- ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’. Organised by SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, October 16, 2003. (Participant)
- ‘National Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods’. Organised by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, December 22-24, 2003. (Participant)
- ‘Development of Social Sciences in Modern India’. Organised by ICSSR, Mumbai, October 16, 2004 (Participant)
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