NIRD&PR

Biodata

Name : Dr T Vijaya Kumar
Education : M.Sc. (Psychology), M.Ed., M.Phil., PhD (Education)
Experience : 26 years of Experience in Teaching, Training and Research
Email : tvijayakumar.nird[at]gov.in
Phone : (+91)040-24008477

Areas of Specialisation

  1. Community Psychology
  2. Community Resource Mapping and Mobilization
  3. Development Management
  4. Human Resource Development
  5. Organizational Behavior & Development,
  6. Psycho – Social dimensions of Rural Development,
  7. Social Sector Development(Poverty, Literacy, Education and Health);

Professional Affiliation

1. Membership in International Committees:

  1. Member, Editorial Board, International Multi-disciplinary Journal of Women and Gender Studies, Mahilaprathishtha, April 2016 to March 2017.
  2. Member, Eminent Committee/Conference Speaker of International Centre of Economics, Humanities and Management.

2. Membership in National Committees:

  1. National Resource Person on Community mobilization under RTE (2010 - till today).
  2. Acted as Resource Person for training Master Trainers in Capacity Building of SMC and RTE for the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra (2006).
  3. Nodal Officer for monitoring of SSA-RTE in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (2006 - till today).
  4. Nodal Officer for monitoring of MDM scheme Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (2006- till today).
  5. National Standing Committee and Task Force Member on Capacity Building of Stakeholders, Saakshar Bharat Mission 2012 (2009 - till today).
  6. Member in Selection Committee of Satyen Mitra Literacy Awards, Government of India, 2010.
  7. Nodal Officer for Capacity Building of Stakeholders under Saakshar Bharat Mission for 19 States and 410 districts.
  8. Member Executive Committee of SSA in Andhra Pradesh, since 2006.
  9. Member Executive Committee of SSA in Chhattisgarh, since 2013.
  10. Member Executive Committee of SSA in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, since 2013.
  11. Member State Level Steering Committee of MDM scheme in Andhra Pradesh.
  12. Member State Level Research Advisory Committee, Rajiv Vidya Mission, Andhra Pradesh, since 2010.
  13. Nodal Officer of Monitoring of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Andhra Pradesh.
  14. Member in Expert Committee for designing & development of Curriculum for M.A. (Adult Education) Indira Gandhi National Open University.
  15. Member in committee for designing and development of curriculum for Master of Education (M.Ed.) course of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad.
  16. Member in committee for designing and development of curriculum for Master of Education (M.Ed.) course of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.

3. Member in Professional Bodies/Societies:

  1. Life Member in Indian Society for Education and Allied Sciences.
  2. Life Member All India Association for Educational Research.
  3. Life Member Indian Adult Education Association.
  4. Life Member Indian Science Congress Association.
  5. Member in Green Cross Society.

Publications/articles/cases/reviews (Numbers)

Articles - 40

Books - 9

Current Publications

  1. Occupational Stress among Rural Secondary School Headmasters – A Case Study of Zilla Parishad Secondary Schools in Telangana State, Published In Asian Academic Journal Science and Humanities Page 142-149, Vol.3, Issue.II, November 2016, ISSN 2278-859X.
  2. Farm Management In Rural Areas: Role Of Women In Decision-Making Process, Published in Social Sciences International Research Journal Vol.2.Special Issue (2016), ISSN No. 2395-0544.
  3. MIS in Elementary Education : A Qualitative check study of U-DISE in Andhra Pradesh, Published In International Journal of Education And Research Journal, Vol.2,Issue,11, November,2016,ISSN 2454-9916.
  4. Women Empowerment Through Self-Help Groups (SHG's): A Study of Siripuram Village In Telangana State, Published in Social Sciences International Research Journal Vol.2.Special Issue (2016), ISSN No. 2395-0544.
  5. Educational Management Information System: Post Enumeration Survey of U-DISE In Telangana Published In International Journal of Education And Research Journal, Page 47-52, Vol.2, Issue, 10, October 2016, ISSN 2454-9916.
  6. SHG Bank Linkage as a strategy of Financial Inclusion: A case study, Published in International Multi-disciplinary Journal of Women and Gender studies, Mahilaprathishta, October 2016. ISSN 2454-7891.
  7. Tribal Health Initiative- A case study on Mobile Health Unit In Odisha: Mobile Health, Tele medicine(E-health infrastructure),and Health Communication chapter in Book titled Health and Development-Issues and Challenges published Edited by Khan, paneer, Ramachandran Publishers Bloomsbury Pvt.ltd, New Delhi,2016,ISBN No.978-93-85936-21-0
  8. Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Intervention in Government Primary Schools of Hyderabad city: A case study paper published in Desh Vikas Journal Volume:2 Issue,4 January-March 2016, ISSN No 2394-1782
  9. Organizing the Poor women through Self Help Groups for Empowerment: A Case study paper published in Desh Vikas Journal Volume:2 Issue,4 January-March 2016, ISSN No 2394-1782
  10. Status of Implementation of the Right to Education Act in Southern States of India: A comparative Analysis paper published in Indian Journal of Adult of Education Vol.76.No.4 October-December 2015, ISSN No. 0019-5006.
  11. Mid-day Meal Scheme in Left Wing Extremism Districts of Chhattisgarh paper published in Desh Vikas Journal Volume 2,Issue,3 October – December 2015.ISSN No. 2394-1782.
  12. Education for Children with Special Needs (CWSN) challenges and Opportunities paper published in Desh Vikas Journal Special Issue on Education in India. Vol.2 Issue 2(2), July- September 2015, ISSN 2394-1782.
  13. Education of Out of School children: A case study of Special Residential Training Centers under SSA in Chhattisgarh paper published in Desh Vikas, Journal Special Issue on Education in India. Vol.2 Issue 2(2), July- September 2015, ISSN 2394-1782.
  14. Corporate Responsibility in Education: A Case study of Hetero Group paper published in proceedings of 4th International Conference on Humanities, Sociology and Management, Penang, Malaysia, September 2015. ISBN No. 978-93-84422-39-4.
  15. Effectiveness of HIV/ AIDS Educational Interventions among Rural Secondary School Students paper published in International Conference proceedings book on Life Skills Education: Skill Development and Competency Building of Youth through Life Skills as a Cutting Edge Tool published by Excel India Publishers, New Delhi. March 2015.
  16. Life Skills for HIV/ AIDS Prevention among the School Adolescents paper published in International Conference proceedings book on Life Skills Education: Skill Development and Competency Building of Youth through Life Skills as a Cutting Edge Tool published by Excel India Publishers, New Delhi. March 2015.

Research

Current research

  1. Health, Development and Adolescent Girls
  2. Monitoring & Evaluation of National flagship programmes of Education Sector.
  3. Research Supervision of Doctoral Students of Education and UGC - Post-Doctoral Fellows in Humanities and Social Sciences.

Research Experience

  1. Completed 74 research projects both NIRD and Consultancy.
  2. Awarded 5 Ph.D's in Faculty of Education:
    1. Evaluation of Kasturba Gandhi Vidyalayas in Telangana Region of Andhra Pradesh – Ph.D. awarded to Mr.K. Shankar in 2016.
    2. A study on Environmental awareness and Empowerment of Secondary School Children through Andhra Pradesh National Green Corps (APNGC) - Ph.D. awarded to Mr. P.V.Vidyadhar in 2013
    3. A Study on Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Educational Interventions among Rural Secondary School Adolescents- Ph.D. awarded to Mrs.A.Vanaja in 2013.
    4. Learning environment and teacher student interpersonal behaviour and achievement in social studies among residential school children. - Ph.D. awarded to Mr.M.Louis Reddy in 2011.
    5. Mental health, stress and coping strategies among secondary school children - Ph.D. awarded to Mr. D Radha Kishan in 2010.

Workshops/Conferences

2014-16 :

  1. Acted as Session Chair in technical presentation of 4th International Conference on Research in Humanities, Sociology and Corporate Social Responsibility (RHSCR’15). September 25-26, 2015, Penang, Malaysia.
  2. Participated and presented a paper on Corporate Social Responsibility in Education: A Case study of Hetero Group in 4th International Conference on Research in Humanities, Sociology and Corporate Social Responsibility (RHSCR’15). September 25-26, 2015, Penang, Malaysia.
  3. Participated and presented a paper on Tribal Health Initiative –A Case study of Mobile Health Unit in Odisha in International Conference on “Public Health Infrastructure in Transition: Challenges and A Way Forward” February 18-20,2015 Organized by Jamia Millia Islamia ( A Central University),New Delhi, India and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,MN,USA.
  4. Participated and presented a paper on Education for Children with Special Needs (CWSN): Challenges and Opportunities in the Conference on Education and Human Development In Asia (COHDA 2014) March 2-4, 2014, Hiroshima, Japan.
  5. Participated and presented a paper on Capacity Building of School Management Committees for Sustainable Development of Education in the Conference on Education and Human Development in Asia (COHDA 2014) March 2-4, 2014, Hiroshima, Japan.

National - 20

International - 10

Trainings

Attended:

  1. International Summer school on "Research Methodology in Public Health" Organised by Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India and School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. February 2015.
  2. International Training Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises for Village and Community Empowerment organised by CIRDAP Training Programme, Dhaka at Bali Indonesia, November 2013.
  3. International Programme on Development Managers at Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines, 2005.
  4. Course on Management of Training, DOPT, ISTM, New Delhi, 2016.
  5. Course on Design of Training, DoPT, ISTM, New Delhi, 2005.
  6. Course on Direct Trainer Skills, ATI, Mysore, 2003.

Organised:

1. Organized International Training programmes on following themes:

  1. Participatory Rural Development
  2. Community Driven Rural Development

2. Organized 60 National Training programmes on following themes:

  1. Training Skills for Master Trainers
  2. Behavioral Skills for Organizational Development
  3. Leadership and Team Building
  4. Participatory Decision Making
  5. Stress Management
  6. Community Participation
  7. Social Mobilization
  8. Monitoring and Evaluation of Education
  9. Human Resource Development
  10. Social Sector Development
  11. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Right to Education

Invited Talks / Presentations

International

  1. Delivered Key Note Address on Moral and Ethics in Research and Management in 4th International Conference on Research in Humanities, Sociology and Corporate Social Responsibility (RHSCSR’15), Penang, Malaysia on 24th September, 2015.

National

  1. Delivered a talk on Quality outcomes in Elementary Education in state level conference on Education Planning and Management jointly organised by NUEPA, New Delhi and SCERT, Telangana at Hyderabad and Warangal on 23rd September and 5th October 2016.
  2. Participated as Invited Expert and made presentation in One Day New Education Policy 2015 National Consultation Workshop on the theme”Bridging Gender & Social Gaps in Higher Education” at Maulana Azad National Urdu University,Gachibowli, Hyderabad on 24th August,2015.
  3. Delivered a speech on Empowering rural folk for Nation Development in the Plenary Session of the UGC sponsored National Conference on Education for Human Resource Development and Management-EHRDM” 2014 organized by Department of Education, Mother Teresa Women’s University, KodaiKanal, Tamil Nadu on 15th November 2014.

Honours / Awards:

  1. Best Teacher Award 5th September, 1999. (Govt. of Andhra Pradesh).
  2. Received best training programme award from Director General NIRD&PR in the year 2005.
  3. Commendation letter in the year 2009 (Monitoring of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Mid-Day Meal Scheme) issued by Director General, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad.
 

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