Centre for Gender Studies and Development
Centre's Mandate
Promoting gender equality through gender mainstreaming in rural development and
awareness and capacity building on gender issues among the professionals, elected
representatives and civil society organisations working in rural development.
Objectives
- To identify gender based priorities and mainstreaming gender in different sectors
of rural development.
- Promoting gender as a priority concern in development planning and implementation.
- Development of knowledge hub in gender related areas to facilitate training, research
activities and advocacy.
- To undertake studies related to livelihoods, women
empowerment and various other areas through gender lens.
Thrust Area
- Gender planning and Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Development
- Gender Budgeting
and Policy Development
- Rural Women and Livelihoods
- SHG Movement
- Gender Mainstreaming in Health, Nutrition, Education, Employment
- Women Empowerment
and Poverty
- Policies and Programmes of Social Justice for Gender Equality
Faculty
Dr R Ramesh
Associate Professor & Head
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Education :
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M.A., Ph.D
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Areas of Specialisation :
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Drinking Water and Sanitation including solid waste management; Proposal Writing; Strategic Planning, Logframes; Evaluation Studies / Impact Assessment of Programmes; Communication for Behavioural Impact (COMBI), especially in the WASH Sector; Development Reportage; and use of AI in social research.
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Email :
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rramesh[at]nird.gov.in
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Phone :
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