Centre's Mandate
Promotion of rural livelihoods and poverty reduction through wage employment
Wage employment is the primary livelihood opportunity among the poor, the effective
implementation of schemes thereof assumes greater importance while reducing poverty.
In this context, the training initiatives for functionaries concerned are of greater
importance. Similarly, in the context of economic reforms and changing socio-economic
scenario, the pattern of wage employment and the development interventions are changing
from time to time. This in view, it is essential to keep abreast with grass-root
situation from time to time through research and documentation processes. Further,
it is also essential to develop insights on grassroot situation and advise the policy
makers on relevant issues.
Objectives
- Building repository on wage employment issues in India and developing countries.
- Building capacities of Rural Development functionaries dealing with wage employment
programmes and poverty reduction.
- Carrying out research on issues related to
wage employment vis-a-vis poverty reduction.
- Building capacities of Mahatma
Gandhi NREGA functionaries to ensure effective implementation of scheme thereof.
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Providing policy advice on wage employment and poverty reduction.
- Strengthening
livelihoods at grass-root level focussing on wage employment generation.
Thrust area & scope
- Promotion of sustainable livelihoods with a focus on wage employment in rural India
- Participatory planning, designing and management of development projects with emphasis
on generating wage employment
- Poverty reduction strategies
- Analysing
and documenting contemporary development issues that are thwarting wage employment
opportunities
- Research on wage employment and poverty related issues
Wage employment is the primary livelihood opportunity among the poor, the effective
implementation of schemes thereof assumes greater importance while reducing poverty.
This in context, the training initiatives for functionaries concerned is of greater
importance. Similarly, in the context of Economic Reforms and changing socio-economic
scenario, the pattern of wage employment and the development interventions are changing
from time to time. This in view, it is essential to keep abreast with grass-root
situation from time to time through research and documentation processes. Further,
it is also essential to develop insights on grass-root situation and advise the
policy makers on relevant issues.
Faculty
Dr C Dheeraja
Associate Professor & Head
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Education :
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Ph.D(Social work)
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Areas of Specialisation :
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Gender Issues in Rural Development, Gender Budgeting, Impact of MGNREGS on women
and other vulnerable sections, impact assessment studies.
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dheeraja.nird[at]gov.in
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Dr Digambar A Chimankar
Associate Professor
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Educational:
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M.A (Economics); B.Ed. MPS (Population Studies); PhD (Population Studies).
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Areas of Specialisation :
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Rural Livelihoods, Labour Issues, Internal Migration, Population and Development,
Public Health, Participatory Training & Development.
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digambar.nird[at]gov.in
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040-24008588
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Dr G V Krishna Lohi Das
Assistant Professor (Sr.Scale)
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Education :
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Ph.D (Agriculture)
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Areas of Specialisation :
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Integrated Farming; Rainfed Farming; Participatory Rural Development; Natural Resources
Management; Farm based Livelihoods.
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Email :
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gvklohidas.nird[at]gov.in
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Dr Palla Anu Radha
Assistant Professor
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Education :
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Ph.D(Economics)
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Areas of Specialisation :
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Wage Employment, Gender studies, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of watershed
Development and sustainable livelihoods.
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panuradha.nird[at]gov.in
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Dr Sonal Mobar Roy
Assistant Professor
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Education :
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M.A. (Social Anthropology), PhD (Sociology)
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Areas of Specialisation :
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Sociology of Education and Health; Culture and Tribal Studies; Social Exclusion
and Inclusion related to Gender; Research Methods and Methodology, IT in Education
and Health; Monitoring and Evaluation; Social networks and Crowdsourcing.
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Email :
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sonalmobarroy.nird[at]gov.in
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Phone :
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(+91) 040-24008540
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