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Centre for Wage Employment & Livelihoods

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.
  • 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

Education : Ph.D(Social work)
Areas of Specialisation : Gender Issues in Rural Development, Gender Budgeting, Impact of MGNREGS on women and other vulnerable sections, impact assessment studies.
Email : dheeraja.nird[at]gov.in
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Dr Digambar A Chimankar

Associate Professor

Educational: M.A (Economics); B.Ed. MPS (Population Studies); PhD (Population Studies).
Areas of Specialisation : Rural Livelihoods, Labour Issues, Internal Migration, Population and Development, Public Health, Participatory Training & Development.
Email : digambar.nird[at]gov.in
Phone : 040-24008588
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Dr G V Krishna Lohi Das

Assistant Professor (Sr.Scale)

Education : Ph.D (Agriculture)
Areas of Specialisation : Integrated Farming; Rainfed Farming; Participatory Rural Development; Natural Resources Management; Farm based Livelihoods.
Email : gvklohidas.nird[at]gov.in
Phone :
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Dr Palla Anu Radha

Assistant Professor

Education : Ph.D(Economics)
Areas of Specialisation : Wage Employment, Gender studies, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of watershed Development and sustainable livelihoods.
Email : panuradha.nird[at]gov.in
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Dr Sonal Mobar Roy

Assistant Professor

Education : M.A. (Social Anthropology), PhD (Sociology)
Areas of Specialisation : 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.
Email : sonalmobarroy.nird[at]gov.in
Phone : (+91) 040-24008540
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