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CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKADEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

1. Master of Social Work (MSW) Course : It is a two year (4 Semesters) course. Eligibility: Graduation in any discipline – Arts/ Commerce/ Science/ Engineering/ etc.

M.S.W. Specializations:A) Social Development (SD)B) Human Resource Management (HRM)C) Medical and Psychiatric Social Work (MPSW)D) Family and Child Welfare (FCW)E) Criminal Justice and Correctional Administration (CJCA)

2. M.A. Social Work in Disability Studies and Action (Proposed)3. Post-Graduate Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation (Proposed)4. Ph.D. in Social Work :

It is a four year (8 semesters) course.Eligibility: MSW Generic / Specialization.

Contact details: Head, Department of Social Work, Central University of Karnataka, Kadaganchi,Kalaburagi – 585 311. Email: drchannaveer@yahoo.com; Mo: 09481865044;

Website: www.cuk.ac.in

About the Department of Social Work:The Department of Social work, started functioning from 2012 academic year, offers Master of

Social Work (MSW) and Doctoral (Ph.D.) programmes in Social Work. It is striving towards excellencein social work education and transformation of students as agents of social change to ensure humanrights, social justice, equity, peace and empowerment through social development. Global standardsof social work are integrated into theory and practice. The collaborative networks with the nationaland international organizations and social movements enable the students to transform theoreticalknowledge into action models appropriate to resolve social issues and challenges. The educationallearning models adopted are learning by doing, action learning and service learning. Therefore, thestudents are given intensive training in understanding the ideological context, theoretical context,application framework, practice-based skills and evaluate the learning outcome in direct practice withindividuals, families, groups, organizations, enterprises, communities and civil society.

Vision of the Department of Social Work:Department of Social Work with blend of interdisciplinary knowledge systems of social, economic,

political, behavioral, criminological, management, environment, law, health, agriculture, sustainabletechnologies, social business and social entrepreneurship, aims to generate a cadre of professionalsocial workers, possessing the value framework of democracy, constructivism, activism, social justice,human rights and social development, and intervene as agents of social change at different levels ofsociety to achieve empowerment and well-being of people.

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DEDICATED TO

Kailash Satyarthi Malala YousafzaiIf we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war,

we shall have to begin with the children. – M.K. Gandhi

Kailash Satyarthi was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. The award recognized his struggle againstthe suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. Kailashjiinitiated collective action through Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Mission), involvedin Global March Against Child Labour, Global Campaign for Education; and established GoodWeaveInternational. He advocated for socially responsible consumerism and trade, emphasized in loud voicethat child labour is a human right issue. His argument that child labour perpetuates poverty,unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems has radicalized the academicdisciplines and human action. His struggle is a symbol of democratization of child labor issues throughlinking to movement to achieve education for all, and set the global platform for international agendaon child rights.

Therefore, the post-modern society needs to give closest look at the argument of Kailash -“We are living in an era of digits and speed, which sets the trends of market. This determines our

new socio-economic culture, value system, fiscal policies and political priorities. Dot-com seems tohave become the driving force of human destiny. Electronic faces and voices are appearing in variousforms with the human soul vanishing. Therefore, it is not only appropriate but also essential to searchfor new ideas of life from civil society initiatives to make the world go ahead.”

Malala Yousafzai is a young hope of the century. Right from her tender age challenging thesuppressing and marginalizing violent forces of child rights. Her humanistic spirit drives the worldthrough her argument -

“The terrorists thought that they would change our aims and stop our ambitions but nothing changedin my life except this : Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.”

Both Kailash and Malala, as activists are role models for the social workers. Young students andteachers of our Department and social work fraternity at large will certainly derive the activism spiritfrom these global leaders, who determined to bring global peace through child rights.

The first Newsletter of our Department, which encompasses small initiatives of social work studentsand teachers, is dedicated to Kailash and Malala, the great enlightening humanists of the world. Batchesof students come and go, but the work and words of students and teachers will remain perpetualthrough the newsletter.

The sustained efforts of our students and teachers are engagement with individuals, families, groups,communities, organizations, civil society, social movement and global collaboration through constructiveaction for social change and social impact in the spirit of -

Go to the people. Live with them.Learn from them. Love them.Start with what they know.Build with what they have.But with the best leaders,

when the work is done, the task accomplished,the people will say “We have done this ourselves”.

– Lao Tzu

Dr. Channaveer R.M.Chief Editor

Head, Department of Social Work

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Vice – Chancellor’s Message

I am highly impressed by this lead initiative of the Department ofSocial Work in bringing out this Newsletter that unfolds studentinitiatives, department activities and achievements of the students andteachers.

My highest regard for the Department of Social Work is that theDepartment is making difference through unique curriculum, skilldevelopment of students and community development initiatives

through socially innovative academic practices.The strength of Department is that in a short span of time, its academic ventures have spread to

diverse communities and across the SAARC countries through fieldwork, internship and study tour.This is a testimony by itself for the output and visible impact of the Department.

I am sure the Newsletter will be well received by the academicians, practitioners and students. Themost commendable feature of the Newsletter is that it is edited and lead by the students of SocialWork. I wish a grand future for the Department of Social Work and for the Newsletter.

Prof. M.N. Sudheendra RaoCentral University of Karnataka

Dean’s Message

I am extremely happy that the Department of Social Work isreleasing a Newsletter. The entire Department has put in its dedicationand commitment through academic efforts in both classroom andcommunities. The social work students and teachers are activelyengaged in both curricular and co-curricular programmes. For SocialWork, classroom and communities are integral part of theory andpractice. The uniqueness of the Department lies in direct practice

with individuals, families, groups and communities.The activities and programmes covered in the newsletter are remarkable and highly motivating.

Above all, the students have taken active role in editing the newsletter makes a progressive impression.I am certain that the newsletter will receive critical and constructive impressions from the teachers,

students and practitioners. I wish all the best to the students and teachers of the Department.

Dr. Romate JohnSchool of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Student Editors’ Message

Dear Social Work Fraternity,We are glad to be part of this new venture of Social Work Department in bringing out the first

Social Work Newsletter. It is very gratifying to see the budding Department is making visible impacton society through social work students in a short span of two years. Students are experiencingmeaningfulness as the multifarious activities in the Department are grooming them as AGENTS OFSOCIAL CHANGE. The core activities of social work education and practice are reflected in shapingthe personal and professional growth of students, which equip students to work in various fields ofsocial work. The Social Work Department is relentlessly working for the integral and holistic growthof the students. The initiative of bringing out the Newsletter is creating a genuine space for students,which provides a platform for expression, sharing and exchange to link to the global social network.

We wish to place on record our deeply felt appreciation for the efforts put in by Head of theDepartment, teachers and students to bring out the Newsletter.

Ms. Panneer Selvi Mr. Rajendra Baikady Mr. Arun KumarMSW 2012-13 Batch Ph.D. Scholar MSW Sem - IV

Faculty Advisors’ Message

Social Work Profession is safe in the hands of young Social Workers!It gives us an immense pleasure that our students are bringing out their academic initiatives in the

form of Social Work Newsletter. We have seen them taking lot of interest in their fieldwork, preparingcommunity intervention plan, mobilizing resources, people and implementing their action plansuccessfully. When we visited the field settings, faculty members have received lot of appreciationfrom community members about the work of students. Students are interested in going far places fortheir winter placement and summer placement. The Department has produced one batch of Masterof Social Work Post Graduates and completed two years. Within this period, our students could ableto bring out a Newsletter, which shows their commitment towards academic activities, pursuancetowards professionalization, and thus marching towards making of good social work practitioners.Documentation and dissemination are very important practices to ensure continuous learning andlinkage between theory and practice. All the students from both 2012-14 and 2013-15 batches havecontributed and deeply involved in bringing out the Newsletter. It gives a glimpse of professionalizationof our young social work fraternity. We are sure that in the hands of committed and hardworkingyoung students, our profession is safe and they are going to serve the human kind better.

Dr. Jilly John Mr. Sudeep B.S. Dr. Lakshmana G.Assistant professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

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Social Work Education and Practicecomponents are rightly integrated in curriculumto realize the spirit of ‘Learning by doing’ throughknowledge-building, skill development;empowerment, human rights and social justice-based practices, concurrent fieldwork, camp, studytour, block fieldwork and internship programmes.

WINTER PLACEMENT

Winter Placement practice initiated in the year2012 provided students an opportunity of fieldlearning through a short stint exposure in theprestigious organizations. It is also a firsthandexperience for the fresher to experience ‘learningby observation, interaction and participation’.

The first batch students of the Department ofSocial Work were placed in different parts of Indiaduring December 2012 to January 2013.

Mr. Jefin Josephcompleted winter placementin SOS Children’s Village,Thrissur, Kerala. During 18th

Dec. 2012 to 3 rd January2013, the trainee was engagedin conducting recreational

activities and intervention with children. He paidhome visits and conducted psycho-socialassessment of the family members.

Mr. Manjesh Yadav completed winterplacement for 15 days from 18th December, 2012in Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra(VGKK), Chamarajanagar, the organization iscommitted for the integrated development ofthe tribal. The trainee gained Knowledge aboutthe tribal culture and tradition. He studied abouttheir agriculture system and occupation. Visit toVGKK had helped social work trainee to developa holistic understanding about the tribal problems,situation analysis, social issues and the possiblestrategies of intervention.

Suryakanth S. Manthale and Vishwaradhyacompleted winter placement at SumanahalliLeprosy Rehabilitation Centre, Bangalore, from18th Dec. 2012 to 3 rd Jan. 2013. Trainee hadfirsthand experience of getting along with thepersons living with leprosy and HIV. The traineegathered information of persons having HIV andleprosy. It was an unique learning experience tounderstand the role of social worker inrehabilitation.

Mr. Veeresh Beloor hadwinter placement at DonBosco, Gandhinagar,Bangalore from 15th Dec2012 to 5th January 2013.

Twenty days of exciting work especially with thedeprived and street children was a new experience.The trainee had first time exposure of interactionwith the excluded children. It was altogether a newopportunity of learning by observation andinteraction. During this placement, more than 80children were assisted and relocated to theirrespective homes, which helped the trainee tounderstand the difficulties of the street childrenand the problems faced by their parents.

Panneer Selvi completed her winter placementat Sumanahalli Rehabilitation centre atSumanahalli, Bangalore from 15th Dec to 31st Dec.2012. It was a short stint to understand the personsliving with leprosy and HIV/AIDS. The traineehad exposure to Juvenile home, home fordifferently able and orphans. The trainee undertookvarious activities like – guidance to children, visitto leprosy colony and mobile clinic, cleaning anddressing the wounds of lepers, coaching to theorphans, school visits, preparing children forcultural activities, conducting programmes for thementally challenged and HIV patients and heldinteraction with SHGs, during the short span ofplacement

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Mr. Ambrish was placed in VivekanandaGirijana Kalyana Kendra (VGKK),Chamarajanagar. The trainee attended trainingprograms like bee keeping. Most excitingexperience was exposure learning to the life andlivelihoods of Soliga tribe. Educational awarenessprogram was conducted for the tribal groups.

Edukundala Raju completed winter placementat Don Bosco, Bangalore from 15 th to 30 th

December, 2012. The duration of field work was15 days. The social work trainee understoodfunctions of the organization. Mainly, the traineelearnt about the programmes and services for thechildren in difficult circumstances. Rescuingmissing children was an unforgettable experience.

Overall, the winter placement was learningopportunity which provided a meaningfulexperience to all the trainees to observe andunderstand the relevance of social work in variousfield settings.

SUMMER PLACEMENT

Summer placement is yet another unique socialwork practicum to give intensive and extensiveexposure to the field interventions of socialorganizations and social movements. MSW Sem.- II students, during one month vacation of June-July were placed in prestigious organizationsworking in different fields and social movements.

SAARC Country internship placementinitiative was taken up as part of summerplacement. It was a Historic event for the CentralUniversity of Karnataka and Department of SocialWork to place the students in Kathmandu, Nepalfor their summer placement.

The students have shared their professionallearning of summer placement.

Mr. Jefin Josephcompleted summerplacement at CatholicHealth Association ofIndia (CHAI),Secunderabad. Thetrainee involved inworking with communityhealth (HIV/AIDS, TB)at Snehakiran. He

conducted case studies, attended trainingprograms and visited agencies like the school forthe speech and hearing impairment andKarunalayam HIV Care Center, Warangal.

Mr. Manjesh Yadav was awarded NationalLevel Internship of NIPCCD, New Delhi andwas placed at Bangalore for 45 days.

The intern actively engaged in the seminars andtrainings. Initially, he had intensive orientation tothe programme and structure of NIPCCD. He gavepresentation to the Child Development ProjectOfficers and intensively had exposure of the ICDSprogram. His experience at Child Guidance Clinichelped him to know about various issues pertainingto the children like - low IQ, Poor Motor Skills,Communication Skills, Low CognitiveDevelopment, ADHD, ADD, Poor Learning,Learning Disabilities, Anxiety and MentalRetardation. Sessions on these issues were useful,interesting and informative. The trainee got theopportunity to work with the clients under the ableguidance and trainee mentor Ms. Saroja U., aPsychiatric Social Worker at Child GuidanceClinic, NIPCCD.

Mr. Suryakanth and Mr. Ambarish completedsummer placement at FIDES India Society,Bangalore. The trainees gained practical experiencein conducting training for SHG groups with thehelp of FIDES India society. Recreational activitieswere conducted for the orphans and schoolchildren, and thus actively involved in thecommunity outreach programmes.

Panneer Selvi and Mr.Veeresh Beloorcompleted internship atShreyas Social ServiceCentre, Waynad Kerala,The activities that theintern engaged were –orientation to theprogrammes of

organization, tribal visit, Income GeneratingProgram visits, FDP visits, Case Studies, exposureto Community Based Rehabilitation programmes,exposure to the institutional care services,awareness programs related to Jack Fruit, visit to

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Jala Nidhi Project and Model Village wereenriching experiences. They were engaged in bothprogramme level and administration of theorganization.

Edukundala Raju was placed for his summerplacement at Swami Vivekananda youthMovement, Saragur. The reputed organisation isworking for tribal and rural development. TheSocial work trainee was given responsibility fordocumentation and reports pertaining to the fieldlevel programmes. The student had orientation totribal and rural programmes related to health,education and socio-economic empowerment.

BLOCK PLACEMENT

Block Placement isa specialization-basedinternship practice forthe M.S.W. Sem. IIIstudents. Thestudents are placedaccording to theirspecialization related

organizations like development organizations,industries, hospitals, prisons, jails, correctionalinstitutions and social movements. The placementwas during January 2013.

The students have shared their field learning asfollowing-

Mr. Jefin Joseph completed his Blockplacement at Narayana Health City in Bangalore,from 10th January to 10th February 2014. Thetrainee was placed in medical setting, and engagedin the practice of casework, group work,psychosocial assessment, individual and familyintervention, life style education to individual andfamily members, supportive therapy, briefintervention, community outreach programs,interacting with medical social work practitioners,recording and reporting. It was a memorableexperience for the trainee as he had an intensiveprofessional learning.

Mr. Manjesh Yadav successfully completedBlock placement at TATA MARCOPOLO

MOTORS LTD in DHARWAD. The traineelearnt about HR functions, recruitment process,grievance handling procedure, safety measures,welfare measures, time office and documentationwork during the course of internship. The traineegained professional mentoring at the organizations,which granted opportunity to build his passion andvision of life and career.

Mr. Suryakanth completed his blockplacement at ThyssenKrupp Industries IndiaLimited Hyderabad. During the placement, thetrainee conducted a research study on competencymapping of the employees. He had opportunityto undergo intensive orientation about thefunctions of human resource management, laborlaws, relevance and procedural aspects of labourlaws. The trainee also had opportunity to refersome case studies.

Mr. VeereshBeloor completedBlock Placement atT h y s s e n K r u p pIndustries IndiaLimited, Hyderabad.The trainee involved indepartmental sharing,

understanding the practical problems andprocedures related to dealing with the labour laws.The placement has helped trainee to learn thepractical and procedural aspects of handling day-to-day challenges encountered by the HRManagers.

Panneer Selvi wasplaced for BlockPlacement at MazdoorKisan ShaktiS a n g a t h a n ( M K S S ) ,Rajsamand District inRajasthan. The trainee

from the day first onwards engaged in one or theother campaign related to violation of humanrights. She also visited School for Democracy(SFD) and Barefoot College of Engineering atTilonia. The active participation in the Satyagrahaswere – Delhi dharana, Pracharan dharana, Pension

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Parishad, National youth day celebration, people’sparliament and Republic day celebration. Shevisited villages, panchayats and taluka offices. Shehad mentoring from Nikhilji and Shankarji duringthe internship.

The greatest time of the intern was that shewas invited by Mrs. Aruna Roy, an eminent socialactivist of India, for an interaction on theexperiences of internship. She was the firstamong the intern students who had thisopportunity to have had long dialogue with Mrs.Aruna Roy. The trainee forever cherishes the lifemaking event.

Mr. Ambrish also had an opportunity ofplacement at Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan(MKSS). Social work trainee gained knowledgeabout the Right to Information Act, 2005 and alsogained experience of activism as he participatedin Pension Parishad known as Devgharh Dharna.

Mr. Edukundala Raju completed his blockplacement at TATA MARCOPOLO MOTORSLIMITED in Dharward. It was a great experienceto have an internship at TMML. The traineegained intensive training on Human ResourceManagement. The trainee had exposure todifferent functions like time office work, dataentry, grievance handling procedure, welfaremeasures, recruitment process and safetymeasures. It was an enabling learning experiencefor the trainee.

FIELDWORK PRACTICUM: 2013-14

Fieldwork is the core social work activityaround which ideological base, theoretical baseand methodological base of social work isappropriately integrated. Department of SocialWork has adopted two villages - Kadaganchi andSuntanoor; and two urban communities - Tarafileand Indiranagar.

Community intervention model with GeneralistSocial Work Practice approach was designed andintroduced in both rural and urban communities.Community issues were identified and social workresearch process was adopted, AB Design wasplanned and issue-based interventions were

implemented. Subsequently, outcome ofinterventions was measured and desired changewas achieved. As communities are social worklaboratories, students were trained to embark uponcommunity intervention.

Department of Social Work is taking up unique,socially relevant and innovative field interventionsto create enabling environment for the students tovalidate theoretical formulations into various fieldpractices. Value addition of knowledge andpractice is unique feature of field practicum. Dr.Channaveer R.M. facilitates the process ofcommunity intervention through bringing rightintegration of ideology, theory, training, skilldevelopment, practice and social change.

The students have reported their fieldworkinterventions and programs conducted in theircommunities.

Formation of NAVODAYA SHG:

Ms. Kavitha along withother social work traineesAnilkumar, Deni Singhand Sridhar formedNavodaya Self HelpGroup in Tarafile urban

slum community. There are 12 women membersin the SHG. Mrs. Sukalatha and Mrs. Ambikaare elected as the President and the Vice-Presidentrespectively. Mrs. Divya, contractual faculty,inaugurated the formation of SHG.

The trainees effectively engaged with thewomen of the community and mobilized to formthem into a group. Women empowermentprogrammes were conducted to strengthen the self-help group.

Health and Hygiene of Adolescent Girls:

Ms. Bhagyashreeand her teamconducted a healthcamp on 16 th

November 2013 atGovt. Higher PrimarySchool in Suntanoor

village. The purpose of the programme was to

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create awareness among the adolescent girls

regarding health and hygiene. It had given an open

platform to the adolescents to share and exchange.

Many of the girls shared the problems related to

maturity and stomach ache. Resource persons

addressed the doubts, confusions and

misconceptions of the girls. They even shared

about stage fear and problems related to their

studies. As outcome of this program 34 adolescent

girls participated were free from doubts related to

their health and hygiene. They were also given

some tips to excel in their studies.

Formation of BELAKU Self Help Group:

Ms. Kavitha along with other trainees formed

a self help group

(SHG) for women

in Tarfile

c o m m u n i t y .

Women in this

community were

deprived of their

rights. Through regular interaction and rapport

with the women, they formed a group called

‘Belaku. Twelve members are in this group. Mrs.

Shobharani and Mrs. Shakunthala were elected as

President and Vice President of the group

respectively. A programme was organized to start

functioning of the SHG. Mrs. Divya, Contractual

faculty, inaugurated the Self Help Group

programme by lighting the lamp. Mr. Praveen

explained to women about the role and

responsibilities of the SHG groups. The objectives

of the programme were to strengthen the

functioning of SHG, women empowerment and

to develop economic condition of the SHG

women. The outcome of the programmes was

professional learning of the students in terms of

community mobilization and organization.

School plantation at Suntanoor village: Mr.

Gururaj along with co-workers conducted school

plantation programmeat Suntanoor village on13 th December 2013.The purpose ofprogramme was tocreate environmental

awareness among the school students atGovernment high school of the village. The schoolteaching and non teaching staff, the SDMCPresident and its members, students of social workdepartment and more than seventy children tookpart in the programme.

Mr. Basavaraj Talawar, Head master of theschool presided over the function and deliveredan address on nurturing and protecting theenvironment and need of building goodpersonality. The chief guest was Mr. MahalingaHarawaal, the President of SDMC talked onChipko movement and model contribution ofSundarlal Bahuguna. He said love the environmentand nurture the plants. Miss. Bhagyashree assignedplant caring responsibility to the school children.

Health Awareness Program:

Mr. Anilkumar and team conducted healthawareness programme on 14th December 2013, inTarafile community. The purpose of programmewas to sensitize people to keep their environmentclean to lead a healthy life. Dr. Malharirao Mallyawas the resource person and gave valuable tips tomaintain health and hygiene to protect from thediseases. Dr. Channaveer R.M., Head, Dept. ofSocial Work and Mrs. Divya were present. Theoutcome of programme was many women, youthand children actively participated in theprogramme.

Formation of Stripragathi SHG:

Mr. Mahadeva along with the help of otherstudents formed a SHG called Stripragathi atHanuman Thanda. Twelve women belonging to amost excluded community were mobilized to formthe group. Mrs. Shridevi and Mrs. Priyanka wereelected as President and Vice-Presidentrespectively. Dr. Jilly John, Assistant Professor of

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Social Work was present. Senior student Ms.Panneer Selvi conducted a session on theimportance of women empowerment for the SHGmembers. Mr. Siddappa arranged logistics for theprogramme.

Dialogue for Change - School sanitationprogramme under LEAD Project supported byDeshapande Foundation:

Mr. Nagaraj alongwith his team organizeda meeting of Presidentof the GramaPanchayat (GP),SDMC President,P a n c h a y a t

Development Officer (PDO), and Headmistressof the school. The purpose of meeting was tohold a dialogue to promote sanitation related workin the school campus. The school comprised of156 students and five female teachers, but therewas no toilet facility both for teachers and students.Although having sanitation is mandatory need ofthe school, the provision had to be provided. Theopen dialogue helped in open promise from thePDO and President of G.P., who assured toiletconstruction and repair of the school gate. Theteachers and students of the MSW 1st year werepresent in the meeting.

Community Engagement for Govt.Schemes:

Mr. PrashanthReddy along withhis teamc o n d u c t e da w a r e n e s sprogramme aboutg o v e r n m e n tschemes for the

SC women in Hanuman Thanda community on23rd March 2014. The issues regarding awarenessamong the women regarding government programsand procedures to avail the benefits were addressedby the trainee. The outcome of the programme

was that the SHG women were engaged tosensitize about the schemes to other women inthe community.

AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR SHGWOMEN

Ms. Shashikala andher team conducted anawareness programme forSHG women. Thepurpose of programmewas to develop problem

solving skills among the SHG women. Miss.Bhagyalaxmi, Counselor, Dept. of Women andChild Development, was the resource person. Shenarrated life stories of brave women, whowithstood all odds and challenged the problems.Open dialogue was held on mutual sharing andsupporting to help each other in addressing the daytoday problems of women. Need and essence ofHelpline 1098 was also explained to the women.The other dignitaries present were Dr. Lakshmana,Assistant Professor and Mrs. Divya. K,Contractual faculty. The outcome of programmewas women of SHGs had orientation toassertiveness to deal with their problems.

Formation of Keerthi SHG:

Ms. Kavitha, thesocial work traineeformed Keerthi SHGgroup and inaugurated on24th November, 2013 atTarafile community. The

SHG group was named as Keerthi. Twelve womenare members of the group. Mrs. Devaki and Mrs.Lakshmi Bai were elected as President and Vice-President respectively. The inauguration beganwith the lighting of the lamp, followed by thetraditional folk songs sung by the members of selfhelp group. A short documentary was screened onthe activities of SHGs.

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Formation of Stree Vijaya Self Help Group:

Mr. Siddappa, a social work trainee, formed aSHG in Hanuman Tanda community. The groupis named as “STREE VIJAYA”. Mrs. Maya andMrs. Anjana wereelected as Presidentand Vice-Presidentrespectively. Theresource person wasMiss. Panneer Selvi,MSW 2nd year student.She shared role andresponsibilities of the SHGs and women members.Mrs. Divya K. guided the students. The outcomeof programme was that twenty womenparticipated and expressed readiness to engage insocial and economic activities.

Veterinary Camp at Suntanoor Village:

Mr. Sunilkumar, thesocial work traineeorganized veterinary campin Suntnoor village on 15th

February 2014. Thepurpose of the camp wasto provide doorstep access

of health services to protect livestock in the village.Dr. Shankar inaugurated the veterinary camp inthe presence of the villagers. The doctoradvised the farmers about the need and importanceof animals to protect agriculture and provideeconomic security to the rural families. An opendialogue was held with the farmers about theprogrammes available to ensure health of animals.The outcome of the programme was that429 animals were benefitted from the veterinarycamp.

Self-Help Group Inauguration at HanumanTanda:

Ms. Vilma Margaret formed a new self helpgroup of women in Hanuman Tanda. The SHGgroup was inaugurated by Mrs. Divya K. Themembers of SHG had open sharing. They weremotivated to take lead role in heading theirfamilies and communities to deal effectively andnegotiate with domestic and community level

issues. The outcome ofthe programme was 15women who participatedacquired a sense ofmeaningfulness informing the SHG.

Sanitation and Cleanliness Programme:

Ms. Roopashree conducted awarenessprogramme on sanitation and cleanliness for thechildren of Kadaganchi Village. The purpose of

programme was tocreate awarenessabout construction,use and maintenanceof sanitation and itsessence for preventivehealth of people andpromote hygiene in

the village. The linkage between poor hygiene andpoor health was discussed. Village health isdetermined by the village hygiene for whichsanitation programme needs to be effectivelyimplemented in the village. Gandhiji said‘cleanliness is next to godliness’, thereforemaintaining cleanliness in and around house,school and community is duty of every individual.Children are the best messengers of change toinitiate community action from their home. Theoutcome of the programme was nearly 50 children,10 teachers and students of MSW were presentin the programme.

School Program on Facing Examination:

Mr. Arun Kumar organized intensive sessionson facing examination for the school children inKadaganchi. Rural children do not have access toadditional inputs other than the curricularprogrammes. Especially with regard toexamination phobia, a large number of high schoolchildren are mostly prone to the problem. Thechildren were given a platform to openly share their

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concerns related to examination and studies;family, school and peer support. Correspondingly,the sessions were focused on coping with emotions,study habits, ensuring peer support in studies andinitiating remedial coaching of difficult subjectsat school.

COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONPRACTICES

The Department has initiated COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT programs through concurrentfieldwork practice in both urban and ruralcommunities. Dr. Channaveer R.M. has designedand introduced development framework withideological base, theoretical base, social workresearch base and methodological base forcommunity intervention. Human rights, socialjustice and social development are the majorapproaches integrated for Asset BasedCommunity Development (ABCD). Communityissues are identified, studied, understood, analyzed,measured, intervened and evaluated.

Thus the students have initiated scientific socialwork practice with groups. The communityintervention initiatives of the students are sharedfor professional dissemination.

Intervention with School Children:

Group Members - Arun Kumar, Jyothi, Deni,Shridhar, Siddappa and Anil Kumar

IntroductionSchool refusal is the refusal to attend school

due to emotional distress. School refusal differsfrom truancy of children. The school refusal feelsanxiety or fear towards school, whereas truantchildren generally have no feelings of fear towardsschool; often feel angry or bored with school. Thefamily and the school are the central places forthe development of children. There are often gapsin this relationship, within the school, within thefamily, and in their relationships to each other toaddress the needs of children. School refusal bythe children may be child motivated and or parentmotivated. For child-motivated, school refusals

complain about their health related problems likestomach pain, headache, sometimes they behavelike throwing things and skipping away from theschool during the school days. The parentmotivated school refusals are deterred from schoolfor one or the other family reasons.

Objectives1. To understand the factors responsible for

school refusal.2. To know the parental attitude towards

school refusal children.3. To work with the stakeholders to bring

school refusals to school.4. To undertake interventions to address the

problem of school refusal.5. To establish dialogical contact between

parents and teachers.

Need assessment and analysisThe group work practitioner Mr. Arun Kumar,

considering first hand observation, designedinterview schedule to collect data. The target groupof 15 children for group work practice wasidentified through home visits and interviewsconducted in the 13th and 14th cross of Tarafilecommunity. The data collected from children andparents was analyzed. The group worker put forththe following observations –

i) Children do not have inclination and interestin studies ii) Children are not getting personalattention in schools iii) No academic monitoringof children iv) Lack of parental care and supportfor studies v) Lack of parent-teacher coordination,and vi) Poverty and work-engagement of parents.

InterventionThe practitioner followed AB design. Collected

baseline data before intervention for needassessment and outcome data was collected afterintervention.

Program intervention on school refusal wasconducted with the help of Mr. Rajendra Baikady,Ph.D. Scholar of the Department. Brainstormingsessions were held for children, parents andteachers. Behavior change sessions for children and

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attitudinal change sessions for parents and teacherswere held. Subsequently, the children, parents andteachers observed to be focused to make concertedefforts to deal with the problem of school refusal.

Social Work Intervention with GeriatricPopulation:

Group work practitioners - Prashanth Reddyand Bhagyashri

IntroductionThe population of senior citizens, aged sixty

and above, in India has increased from 42.5 millionin 1981 to 55 million in 1991 and is now placed at70.6 million in the 2001 census. According to2011 census the elderly population is 8% of thetotal population. There is greater life expectancyof children at birth and the life expectancy at agesixty also is increasing. Family has been the mostvital non-formal social security for the seniorcitizens of India. Most of the senior citizens residewith one or more of their children, particularlywhen independent living is no longer feasible. TheJoint family system prevailing in the countryensures needs of the elderly people.

Objectives1. To identify the major problems and needs

of the elderly.2. To undertake need-based intervention for the

elderly.

MethodologyThe target group of study is the elderly persons

of Suntanoor Village, which is 2 km away fromthe Central University campus. The sample sizeis 43 elderly persons of the village. Single subjectAB Design adopted to collect data. A semi-structured schedule was applied for assessment ofhealth needs. Focus Group Discussion schedulewas also used to conduct group discussions for needassessment.

Need assessmentIn the village, 33 elderly persons were suffering

from joint pain, 20 persons were suffering from

hearing, and vision related problems. Some ofthem were not getting Old Age Pension.

Intervention strategies• Conducted household and group level

awareness programs on social securityschemes.

• Conducted health education sessions for theelderly group.

• Doorstep health services were providedthrough Geriatric health camp in the village.

Intervention with Adolescent Health:

Group work practitioners - Vilma Margaret andRoopashri

IntroductionAdolescents need protective social support

system at school, home and community. It is atransitional phase in one’s life span. Hence, theyare more likely to experience confusion anddifficulties in taking decisions and deal with theproblems they encounter in their day-to-day life.

Objectives1. To understand level of decision making skill

of adolescents.2. To develop decision-making life skill of

adolescents.3. To develop problem-solving life skill of

adolescents.

MethodologyAdolescents in Hanumanthanda urban

community are deprived of proper psycho-socialsupport. 15 adolescents aged 12 to 18 yearsformed into a group. Single subject AB design

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was adopted to collect baseline and outcome datafrom the group members. Life skills tool was usedto collect the data for need assessment.

Need assessmentThe adolescent girls were identified having

problems in decision making and problem solvingwith regard to studies, school and family relatedissues.

Intervention strategies• Held open sharing• Held brainstorming sessions• Conducted sessions on decision making

skills in academic context• Conducted sessions on problem solving

skills in academic context

ConclusionAdolescents were engaged in various

interventions. They took active participation andinvolvement in all the programs. It was a newlearning experience for them.

Health and Sanitation Campaign inKadaganchi and Suntanur Villages

Mr. Nagaraj, Mr. Sunilkumar, Mr. Gururaj

IntroductionThe larger perspective is the health and hygiene

of people largely depend on adequate availabilityof drinking water and proper sanitation. Therefore,there is a direct relationship between water,sanitation and health. Consumption of unsafedrinking water, improper disposal of humanexcreta, improper environmental sanitation andlack of personal and food hygiene have been majorcauses of many diseases in developing countries.India is no exception to this. Government startedthe Central Rural Sanitation Program (CRSP) in1986 primarily with the objective of improvingthe quality of life of the rural people providingprivacy and dignity to women.

Sanitation generally refers to the provision offacilities and services for the safe disposal ofhuman urine and excreta. Inadequate sanitation is

a major cause of disease worldwide and improvingsanitation is known to have a significant beneficialimpact on health both in families andcommunities. The word ‘sanitation’ also refers tothe maintenance of hygienic conditions throughservices such as garbage collection and wastewaterdisposal.

Objectives1. To understand attitude of people towards

sanitation.2. To conduct sensitization campaign regarding

sanitation in the village. 3.To forge partnership between people and

Grama Panchayat for effectiveimplementation of sanitation program in thevillage.

Need assessmentRegular home visits of MSW students in

Kadaganchi and Suntanur villages and continuousinteraction with family members resulted inmobilizing them to express their desire anddemand to have individual household latrine(IHHL). Demand driven assessment was adoptedto sensitize people to construct toilets.

Program intervention• Held sensitization session on sanitation• Conducted community education on

sanitation• Screened film appreciation on sanitation• People – Panchayat collaboration• Special Grama Sabha on sanitation was

conducted in Kadaganchi. Womenmembers of the ward, President andmembers of Grama Panchayat and Talukapanchayat took active participation. It wasresolved on the insistence of women thattoilets will be constructed in the ward.

Social Work Intervention for WomenEmpowerment: Field Laboratory Initiative

Women Empowerment means acquiringknowledge and understanding of gender relationsand the ways in which these relations may be

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changed. It is developing a sense of self-worth,belief in one’s ability to secure desired changesand the right to control one’s life. It is developingthe ability to organize and influence the directionof social change, to create a just social andeconomic order, nationally and internationally.Thus, empowerment means a psychological senseof personal control or influence and a concern withactual social influence, political power and legalrights. It is a multi level construct referring toindividuals, organizations and community.

Tarafile community is a slum area having 4000population. There are many issues observedrelated to gender, poverty, unemployment, health,sanitation and water.

Social Work Intervention with DifferentlyAbled People – Kadaganchi and Suntanoor

Villages

Ms. Sujatha, Mr. NitheeshIntroduction

There is a common concern that disabledpersons are among the most excluded ones in thedevelopment process of the country. For aneffective and efficient policy intervention toimprove the lots of the disabled persons, it is ofutmost importance to get a clear idea of thedimension of disability in India. Public and privatesectors have key role to perform in therehabilitation of Persons with Disability (PWD).

DisabilityA disability may be visible or hidden, may be

permanent or temporary and may have a minimalor substantial impact on a person’s abilities. Theterm disability also refers to people who have amental illness or medical condition, such asdiabetes, epilepsy or HIV/AIDS.

Need assessmentIn Suntanoor village, 37 disabled people were

identified. In Kadaganchi village, 87 disabledpeople were identified. Some of them were nothaving social security assistance. Their issues ofrehabilitation were not addressed holistically,except having access to monthly pension.

Objective1. To study the socio demographic profile of

disabled.2. To sensitize about their entitlements.3. To formulate community based

rehabilitation plan.

MethodologyThe PWDs were approached and their data was

collected through interviews in order to assess theirlevel of awareness regarding the benefits andentitlements. Subsequently, some of the personswith disability were getting pension and a few didnot know any means to have access to the services.

ProgrammesThe need-based programmes organized were –• Home visits were made to deal with the

individual issues of PWDs like adjustmentand concerns of family.

• Common meetings were conducted anddiscussed about social security issues, buspass, identity card and so on.

• Individual meetings were conducted todiscuss and finalize rehabilitation plan.

SUMMER INTERNSHIP REPORT – 2014

The students have undergone internship inprestigious organizations in India and also in Nepalas part of SAARC exchange program. Studentswere also awarded national level internship.

The students have submitted their reports.

Institute of Social and Economic Change(ISEC), Bangalore:

Mr. Arun Kumar was awarded NATIONALINTERNSHIP from Institute of Social and

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Economic Change (ISEC). The duration of theprogramme was from 2nd June to 17th July. The

trainee was placedin the Centre forthe HumanR e s o u r c eD e v e l o p m e n t(CHRD) as anintern. He was

assigned task of assisting and helping out inanalyzing and interpreting data through graphs andtables, preparing reports of few districts, feedingdata in SPSS for the monitoring of SSA Project.The main objective of the summer internship ofthe social work trainee was to gain knowledge andskills of data handling and generating reports ofprojects supported by Govt. of Karnataka. He hadopportunity to attend the seminars andpresentations of invitees from differentinstitutions. The intern also had opportunity to givedepartmental presentation, which was highlyappreciated.

With the help of data analysis and reportwriting, a critical understanding was developedabout the functioning of schools in Karnataka.Indeed, it was an enriching and learningexperience. The intern expressed deep gratitudeto the Department of Social Work for bestowingunique learning opportunities to the students.

M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation,Pondicherry:

Anil Kumar, Shashikala and Vilma completedtheir summer placement at M.S. SwaminathanResearch Foundation Village Resource Centre atPillaiyarkuppam in Puducherry. The duration wasone month.

The Centre’s aimand mission was toenhance sustainabilityand livelihood ofpeople. The center hasbeen empowering poor,marginal farming,

fishing and landless rural families in India. Theorganization is playing significant role in facilitating

the process of providing real time solutions, andaddresses the issues pertaining to lives andlivelihood of the rural communities.

The main objectives of the trainees were tounderstand the organization’s goals and its decisiverole in rural development. Many programmes havebeen conducted for fisher folk like FFMA Trainingin the village Sarag Palyam. Aim of program wasto introduce the GPS and fisher friendly mobileapplication.

The social worktrainees activelyparticipated in thetraining andcapacity buildingprogrammes of theorganization likeimparting training

and capacity building on browsing technique toknowledge workers conducted at Pillaiyarkuppamin Pondicherry.

The trainees had taken part in the KitchenGarden awareness programme at Embalam villageand plant clinic programme at Sorrivankuppam.They attended Phone in Program in the VRC ofPillaiyarkuppam. This program addressed andadvocated the health issues of women. Thetrainees also had opportunity to learnorganizational level functioning for developinggrassroots people and rural backwardcommunities. It was a memorable experience tohave had orientation to the social developmentprogrammes of the organization.

National Institute for Empowerment ofPersons with Multiple Disabilities

(NIPMED), Chennai:

Ms. Bhagyashree, Ms. Roopashree and Ms.Sujatha completed one-month summer placementat NIPMED, Muttukadu, Chennai. Thisinstitution was established in the year 2005, underthe Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry ofSocial Justice and Empowerment, Government ofIndia, to serve as a national resource center forempowerment of persons with multipledisabilities. During the summer placement, the

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trainees visited various departments like Speech,Hearing and Communication Department andAdult Independent Living Department.

The trainees conducted different groupactivities in Deaf and Blind primary unit, SpeechTherapy unit, Self Help Groups members of theproduction unit etc. They participated in thecommunity mobile service of the organizationwhich is conducted by the department of socialwork as part of field work assignment. Thepurpose of mobile service was to identify thepersons with disability in the community andprovide awareness regarding the government aswell as services provided by the NIPMED. Withthe help of community mobile service, traineesidentified 36 persons with disabilities in the ruralcommunities and Mahabalipurm.

The trainees visited some families havingPWDs and sensitized them about the socialsecurity measures. Then the trainees heldinteractions with the members of parentsassociation and professional caregivers of theinstitute. Professional learning was anotheropportunity, the trainees had to conduct four Casestudies and practice one Case Work.

The trainees in a span of one month acquiredholistic understanding and enriching experiencesin the field of disability. Dr. Amarnath helpedour students during the internship.

Universal Peace Federation, Delhi:

Heisnam Deni Singh and Nagaraj completedone-month summerplacement at UniversalPeace Federation, Delhi. It isan international andinterreligious networkrepresenting all sectors -religion, government, civil

society and private sector. It is dedicated topromote and to build world of peace for all thepeople of world. It works to bring peace andharmony. The movement became an internationalachievement in the year 2005. It evolved in Indiain the year 2006. The founders are Rev. Dr. SunMyung Moon and his wife Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon.

As part of internship, the trainees understoodthe goal and programmes of the organization. Themajor objective of organization is to unite all thereligions together and bring unity between scienceand religion. The organization plays a remarkablerole in educating youth about the principles of life.During the internship, trainees got opportunityto actively participate in a five days South AsianWorkshop on Peace at Kathmandu, Nepal. The

main theme of theworkshop was “RaisingPublic-Minded Leaders forBuildings Nations ofPeace”. Students fromSouth Asian nations wereparticipated. Resource

persons were from USA, Philippines, Myanmar,Japan and Korea. Students participated in theworkshop were from Bangladesh, Nepal and India.Trainees Nagaraj and Heisnam Deni Singh werethe only two students from India.

The trainees were also assigned responsibilitiesto conduct activities for children in therehabilitation centre in the SPYM. It works forthe street children, rag pickers and substanceabusers. The trainees are grateful to theorganization for giving them an internationalexposure as part of the internship. Mr. KrishnaAdhikari extended guidance and supervision to thestudents.

SKDRDP Organization, Udupi:

Gururaj Hiremath, Siddappaand Shridhar from 1st June to 1st

July completed internship atSKDRDP in Udupi. Dr. VeerendraHeggade is founder of theSKDRDP. It was established in the

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year 1982 in the memory of Bahubali’s statue atDharmasthala. The mission of organization is ruraldevelopment. The organization has variousprogrammes like Pragatinidhi, Siri, SwagruhaHousing Programme, Total Sanitation Campaign,Janajagruti Programme, CommunityDevelopment programme, Jnanadeepa EducationProgramme, Sujnananidhi Scholarship, Gelathi andSampoorna Suraksha Programme. Theorganization publishes a monthly magazinenamed ‘Niranthara’.

The trainees made frequent visits to twentySHGs and actively interacted with the members.The trainees underwent various trainingprogrammes on agriculture and animal husbandry.They participated in state level jackfruit festival,paid visit to RUDSET and also visited selfemployees’ homes that were taken loan from theSKDRDP. Mr. Raghavendra guided the studentsduring internship.

Center for Sustainable Development,Himachal Pradesh:

Jyothi andP r a s h a n t h r e d d yundergone one monthsummer placement atHimachal Pradesh.The organizationCentre for Sustainable

Development is located in a town Sundernagar,Himachal Pradesh. It works in all main areas likeKullu, Manali, Kangra, Bilaspur and Shimla ondifferent projects.

It is a non-profit organization founded in theyear 2008 and engaged in research, consultationand social development. Some of the areas inwhich CSD works are advocacy, environment,conservation, health, disaster management,entrepreneurship and leadership. It has beenworking with full participation of thecommunities at all stages of planning,

implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It hasalso been working with many national andinternational development organizations.

The trainees attended school program, takenpart in the meetings of Corporation for solid wastemanagement, attended the national rural drinkingwater awareness programme, and assisted in datacollection from industries and transportationregarding disasters and its impact. Trainees hadorientation about the organization regarding thelead and climate reality projects in the Centre forSustainable Development. The trainees visitedDAV private school in Sundernagar regarding thelead and climate reality projects of Centre forSustainable Development. Through this projectthey conducted meeting for teachers in school.Discussed the solid waste management andprepared proposal relating Buddhism and itsimpact in India. The trainees interacted with thestudents in JNGEC engineering college.

Thus, the trainees had enriching experienceworking with the institution in the field ofenvironment and sustainable development. Mr.Jitender Verma and Ms. Richa Sharma mentoredthe students during their internship.

Shakthi Samuha, Kathmandu, Nepal:

Mr. Nithesh andKavitha are the firststudents of CentralUniversity of Karnatakato cross boarder of Indiato undertake internshipat Shakthi SamuhaO r g a n i z a t i o n ,

Kathmandu, Nepal. The trainees held a series ofinteractions with the staff of organization to havebetter understanding about the human trafficking.Shakti Samuha is one of the nonprofitorganizations of survivors trafficking in the world.It began in 1996 and was registered in Kathmanduin the year 2000. The organization has madecommendable impact on the lives of survivors oftrafficking. It organizes and empowers traffickedsurvivors by providing shelter, legal aid, vocationaltraining and counseling. The organization is

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working with adolescent girls groups in the poorestcommunities of Nepal, sensitize them and takecontrol of the situation to protect them from

succumbing to thec i r c u m s t a n t i a lpressures.

The traineesvisited BiswasNepal Organizationand to their interest

observed the functions of the organization inprotecting women in pub. They undertook a studyon mental health of trafficked survivors. Data wascollected to analyze and undertake capacitybuilding trainings for the staff working for thesurvivors. Ms. Sunita Danuwar is an eminent socialactivist, who is awarded with Magsaysay is fightingfor the last two decades to protect the rights oftrafficking survivors. The trainees gatheredinformation of social issues like human trafficking,child labour and domestic violence through newspaper cuttings.

The trainees had a wonderful stay atKathmandu, Nepal with the support of NepalSchool of Social Work, who were facilitating theinternship exchange program in Nepal. Ms. ApsaraRana mentored the students during the internship.

Vikasana Organization, Mandya:

Shivraj and Sunil completed their placementin Vikasana at Mandya. VIKASANA institute ofrural and urban development is a secular and non-profit organization established in 1984. It promotesholistic development of the community. Mottoof the organization is “to be self reliant and tohelp people become self-reliant”. It is working inthe areas of women empowerment, child rights,human rights, resource development management,micro and small entrepreneurs’ development etc.

The organization initially started working in afew backward villages of Pandavapura taluk in1984; and today it has reached all villages inMandya, Kodagu and Kolar districts ofKarnataka. It has wide experience of working inthe fields of social development.

In the beginning, the trainees had orientationabout the functioning of the organization. Later,

they attendedworkshops conducted inthe organization. Theyhad orientation to soiltest, Banana fiberproject, programs forwomen self

employment and child labour. The trainees gainedprofessional learning through the experiences inthe organization, while working in different projectsand in the implementation of programmes. Mr.Mahesh Chandragaru guided the students duringthe placement.

SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH STUDIESOF STUDENTS

M.S.W. Sem.-IV students as part of curriculumundertook specialization-specific research studies.The primary aim of the curricular activity is toprovide students with opportunity to have handson experiences with regard to formulating researchproposal, data handling and report writing. SocialWork Research focuses on development,empowerment and rehabilitation of individuals,groups and communities. The abstract of studiesare reported here with the intent of professionalsharing.

A Study on Work Motivation amongAbsentee Employees in Industry

- By V.K. Edukondalaraju

Background: Motivation is defined asindividual’s intention or willingness to putmaximum effort in his/her work to reachorganizational goals and enhance one’s ability tosatisfy some individual needs. It is essential toincrease overall efficiency of human being toimprove performance of an organization.

Methodology: The present study wasconducted in an automobile industry in Dharwadand aimed to analyze level of work motivationamong the absentee employees. The study hasadopted descriptive design for a sample of 30absentee employees which the HR managerreferred for the study. Work motivation instrument

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was used to collect data through individualinterviews. Items were categorized according tothe domains and domain score data were treatedwith bivariate analysis.

Results: inter-correlation of work motivationdomains indicates that the absentee employeeshad high work motivation level. The domain scoreswere positively correlated. Conclusion: The studyconcludes that absenteeism is independent of workmotivation. The employees due to non-plantfactors/ personal factors were habituated toabsenteeism. If personal factors of workers areaddressed, the problem of absenteeism will wither.

Knowledge and Utilization ofGovernmental Programmes Among the

Persons with Disability (PWD) - AnIntervention Study: By Shreekrishna

Background: It is mandatory on the part ofthe state to ensure social security measures toprotect human rights of PWD. Government ofKarnataka has introduced various assistance andsecurity provisions to empower and improve thestatus of PWD. The issues of critical concern arehow far the target group is aware of and utilizingthe existing provisions and entitlements for theirbenefit. The measures needed as accessories tohelp the marginalized group need to be addressed.

Methodology: Based on need assessment, anintervention package was developed and tested thefeasibility of knowledge and utilization of theservices in the community. Target group of 34respondents were identified, instruments andchecklists were prepared to measure awareness andutilization of the services. AB design was followedto compare baseline and outcome data. Needassessment: Majority (68%) of the respondentshad 41% to 74 % of disability and engaged inmanual work. They had knowledge of free buspass and pension services. Other services andprovisions like Aadhaar, NHFDC and so on, theywere not aware. Intervention strategy: The targetgroup was mobilized with the help of Village levelRehabilitation Worker (VRW). Description list ofservices was prepared to share with the targetgroup. Sessions were continuously held to ensureaccess to the services through VRW. The outcome

of intervention indicates significant difference inthe level of knowledge (t=-7.812,df=33,P<.001)and utilization among the respondents (t=-3.253,df=33,P<.001).

Conclusion: The present study finding showsthat knowledge plays a vital role in utilization ofthe services, and government needs to pay moreattention on creating awareness for betterutilization services.

Developing Problem Solving Skill of thePre-university Students - By Jefin Joseph

Background: Adolescent is a transitional lifespan between childhood and adulthood.Conspicuous changes are observed atphysiological, physical, psychological and sociallevels. In the academic environment, theadolescents encounter problems of differentnature. Such problems, if persist, it is due to lackof problem solving skill among the adolescents.

Methodology: Five students were purposivelyselected for the intervention. The children werereferred for professional assistance. Interviewschedule, problem solving inventory, progressreport and quality assessment were used tomeasure the problem solving ability of theadolescents.

Intervention strategy: Corresponding to theneed assessment of the adolescents, problemsolving skill development activities wereconducted for the adolescents.

Result: The K-S test was applied to know theeffectiveness of intervention on the small group.Although the result does not indicate significantchange, however, there was positive change in theoutcome scores as compared to the baselinescores.

Visual significance: It was observed that theadolescents could able to learn and practice timemanagement, attend classes regularly andincreased reading time.

An intervention study on Community BasedRehabilitation of Persons with Disability

(PWD) -By Vishwaradhya

Background: Community BasedRehabilitation (CBR) is a strategy within thegeneral community development for the

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rehabilitation, equalization of opportunities andsocial integration of all children and adult withdisability. 1990s witnessed spectacularimplementation of CBR in Karnataka and in otherstates of India. It is implemented through thecombined efforts of disabled people themselves,their family and communities to meet educational,health, vocational, employment and self-employment opportunities of PWD.Methodology: The purpose of study was tounderstand and address the problems of disabledthrough CBR approach. Instruments developedby WHO were used for need assessment of PWD.A sample of 16 persons was identified for CBR.Intervention : A CBR plan was designedcorresponding to the need assessment of PWDwith their participation. Open interactions gavespace for participatory planning for rehabilitationof PWD. The Rights and opportunities basedapproach was integrated in the CBR. Result: Thepre-intervention and post-intervention change wasascertained by Wilcoxon test at 0.01 level. Thenull hypothesis that there is no significantdifference between the pre intervention and postintervention status was rejected. The result showssignificant difference in the effectiveness ofintervention on the target group.

Conclusion: Community Based Rehabilitationcan be strategically utilized by the stakeholdersi.e. the Department of Disabled and SeniorCitizens’ Welfare, Grama Panchayat and thePWD. The process brings active participation ofPWD and accountability of governance systemto forge partnership to ensure justice to PWD.

A Study on Women Empowerment throughSelf-Help Groups - By Ambrish

Background: Empowerment of womenensures gender justice through addressing theirconcerns related to women rights. Violation ofrights and inaccessibility of opportunitiescontribute to vulnerability of women. Womenempowerment measured in three sub domains -women’s mobility, women’s freedom from familydomination and women’s economic security andcontribution to family support.

Methodology: The present study wasundertaken to assess the status of womenempowerment of self-help group members. Thegroups were formed by MSW students in Tarfileurban community of Gulbarga city. The samplesize (N=31) of the study consist members of threeSHGs.

Findings: The findings revealed that there is asignificant relationship between women’s mobility,women’s economic security and contribution forfamily support. In other domains ofempowerment, no significant relationship wasobserved.

A Study on Employee’s Job Satisfaction-By Veeresh Beloor

Background: Employee job satisfaction is usedto describe whether employees are happy,contented and fulfilling their desire and needs atwork. Many measures purport that employeesatisfaction is a factor in employee motivation,employee goal achievement and positive employeemorale in the work place. Job satisfaction is a veryimportant attribute which is frequently measuredby organizations. Many organizations follow it asa mandatory practice. The most common way ofmeasurement is the use of rating scales.Questions/items measure responses of theemployees towards job, pay, promotion and co-workers. It is because, satisfaction of employeesis considered to be a determining factor ofachieving organizational goals.

Methodology: The purpose of study isunderstanding employees’ job satisfaction fromhuman resource management perspective. Thesample size is 32. The data was collected in anindustry at Hyderabad.

Results: Majority of the employees hadmoderate and high level of job satisfaction. Thechi square result shows no significant associationbetween educational qualification and jobsatisfaction. Conclusion: The study reveals thatthe work environment of the industry has majorcontributory factor in determining job satisfactionof the employees.

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A Study on Occupational Stress among theEmployees of Automobiles Manufacturing

Industry – - By Manjesh Yadav H.

The study was taken up in an automobileindustry in Dharwad. A sample of 50 employeeswas selected for the study. Occupational stresstool was employed to collect data throughindividual interviews. The results indicate amoderate level of occupational stress among theemployees. Correlation result shows no significantrelationship between age and marital status ofemployees and their occupational stress

A Study on Competency Mapping and GapAnalysis of Employees-By Suryakanth S.M.

The present study was undertaken to study thecompetencies of executive level employees andanalyze gap in their competencies. The industrygave the list of employees of 83 permanentemployees. Following the purposive samplingmethod, selected a sample of 31 employees.Instruments were used to collect data. The resultsshow that a majority of the respondents in thestudy found to be having more gaps between theactual and the expected skills set. However, amajority of the respondents in the study havepotential assets which can be multiplied throughintensive training to make best use of thosecompetencies.

Enhancement of Knowledge and FamilyEnvironment among Lambani Women

- By Panneer Selvi

Background: Family environment playsdecisive role in shaping the personalities and familyrelations through family interaction. Poor familyenvironment contributes to inadequatedevelopment and lack of protection of familymembers be it children, adolescent, adult or elderly.

Methodology: Family environment tool wasused to assess the family environment. Quasiexperimental design was adopted for measurementof pre and post intervention.

Need assessment and intervention: The familyenvironment dimension average scores were

cohesion 20 (97), expressiveness 30 (97), highconflict 93 (20), acceptance and caring 13 (97),active recreational 30 (83), independence 35 (90),organization 27 (53) and control 23 (87).Correspondingly, intervention programmes wereundertaken with the members of the families.Family environment enhancement interventionpackage to improve the dimension scores of thefamilies yield improved result. The scores inbracket indicate changed condition of familyenvironment.

Micro-Planning - Social Work Camp inKadaganchi Village:

Social Work Camp is part of social workpracticum. As part of Camp, Micro-Planning was

conducted inKadaganchi villageduring the first week ofMarch 2014. Thetheme of Micro-planning was ‘Childfriendly school, familyand community’. The

MSW students were trained in the micro-planningprocess to introduce participatory tools, tounderstand the educational situation in the village,so as to come out with a corresponding villageaction plan for the remedy of issues and problemspertaining to child friendly school, family andcommunity.

Community engagement through communityinteractions and community participation, the

students heldparticipatory interactionswith different groups inthe village. In theevening, cultural forumwas able to createentertainment space for

the school children across the village. Educationalissues of the school children, out of school childrenand drop out children were observed and reportedthrough situation analysis of education, socialmapping, education-wealth ranking and resourcemapping tools.

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A special Grama Sabha was conductedexclusively for the school children to discuss theissues of child rights, child friendly school, familyand community. Children making right use of theplatform shared their concerns and aspirations. TheGrama Sabha was presided over by the President,and GP members were present.

Study Tour to Nepal:

Department of Social Work is forging ties withthe Schools of Social Work and developmentorganizations, industries and hospitals in SAARCcountries. Consequent to this, as a pioneerinitiative of the Central University of Karnataka,Study Tour for the MSW Sem.- IV Students wasarranged in collaboration with the Nepal Schoolof Social Work, Kathmandu, Nepal.

The students visited institutions, industries,organizations and hospital in Kathmandu. Theorganizations visited are –

a. Nepal School of Social Work: This is apioneer institution offering undergraduatelevel courses in Social Work and RuralDevelopment. The institution hasundertaken social work initiatives indifferent social settings in order to train thestudents through a planned field workprocess.

b. Deerghajeevi Voluntary Group: It is a groupof likeminded voluntary workers. The groupmobilizes resources and assists the childreninfected by cancer and parents and familiesaffected by the cancer.

c. Dairy Development Corporation: It is apublic sector industry catering the milksupply to Kathmandu and neighbouringplaces.

d. Kanti Children Hospital: The onlyGovernment hospital providinghospitalization services to the Cancersuffering children.

e. Shakti Samuha: The NGO has adoptedprofessional approach for rescue,rehabilitation and empowerment of humantrafficking victims of Nepal. Ms. SunitaDanuwar a professional social worker hasestablished the organization. She ishonoured with Magsaysay award.

f. Mrs. Pradipta, CEO and Dr. DilliramAdhikari, Principal, Nepal School of SocialWork extended total support of logistics forsuccessful completion of study tour inNepal. Mr. Ashish, BSW student,accompanied and facilitated the field visits.

Papers Published by Faculties

1. Channaveer R.M. ‘Fieldwork Training inYouth Mental Health’. Journal of Researchin Management, Computer Application &Social Sciences, Vol.1, Issue No.2, Jan. 2013,pp. 10-17. ISSN: 2319-2348.

2. Channaveer R.M. Approaches andtechniques of Community organizationin the book Community organization andSocial Action. IBH, Bangalore:ISBN: 81-89268-24-4.

3. Lakshmana G, Dhanasekara Pandian R.Well Being of Female Sex Workers. TheHong Kong Journal of Social Work, 2012;Vol.46, No.1, 31-42. ISSN: 0219-2462.

4. Lakshmana G, Manjunatha N, DhanasekaraPandian R, Pratima Murthy. Chewingbeedis - a case of cross tobacco use in apatient with schizophrenia. Indian Journalof Psychological Medicine, 2012; Vol.34,Issue 4:394-5. ISSN: 0253-7176.

5. Lakshmana G. Editorial: Make schooling apleasure. Journal of School Social Work.July 2014; Vol. XI, No 2, Page no 2. ISSN:0976-3759. Honorary special editor of theissue.

6. Lakshmana G. Co-opted member for themonth of June 2014. Journal of School

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Social Work. June 2014; Vol. XI, No 1.ISSN: 0976-3759.

7. Lakshmana G, Dhanasekara P. R., Prabhat,K.C. and Marimuttu, P. Street Childrenwith Substance Abuse: Enhancement ofMotivation and Relapse PreventionStrategies. Indian Journal of Social Work(IJSW) (International Journal), 2013;Vol.74, Issue (1), 230–232. ISSN: 0019-5634.

8. Lakshmana G, Dhanasekara Pandian R,Prabhat Kumar Chand. Knowledge onimpact of substance use and help seekingbehaviour among substance using streetchildren. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry.ISSN: 0971-9962. Accepted for Publication.

9. Lakshmana G. HIV positive induced acuteTransient Psychosis with poor copingability-a case study. Delhi PsychiatryJournal, 2013; Vol.16, Issue (1), 131–150.ISSN: 0971-9571.

10.Lakshmana G, Sekar K, Grace Henry.Internet use and risk taking behavioursamong adolescents. Indian Journal ofPediatrics (International Journal). 20th JuneOnline. Accepted for Publication.0019-5456(Print) 0973-7693 (Online). Impact factor:0715.

11.Lakshmana G, Pankajakshi B. A communitystudy on violence among wives of personswith alcoholics. Delhi Psychiatry Journal.ISSN: 0971-9571. Accepted for Publication.

12.Mr. Sudeep. In the National ‘Journal ofSchool Social Work’ Chennai, Worked asCo-opted Member for the month of June,2014 (Volume XI Issue 2)

Student Achievements:

• Mr. Veeresh B. MSW Sem.- II (2012-14Batch) presented a paper in the NationalSeminar (March 27-28, 2013) on the theme‘Theorizing the Region’ organized by theDept. of English, Central University ofKarnataka.

• Mr. Manjesh Yadav, MSW Sem. – II (2012-14 Batch) was awarded internship programfrom NIPCCID, New Delhi in 2012-13.

• Mr. Shreekrishna, MSW Sem.- II (2012-14Batch) participated in the workshop (March23-24, 2013) on ‘Management of NGOs’organized by Niratanka, Bangalore.

• Mr. Surykanth, MSW Sem.- IV (2012-14Batch) cleared UGC-NET Exam inDecember 2013 conducted by UGC.

• Mr. Arunkumar, M.S.W. Sem.- II (2013-15Batch) student was awarded Internship fromInstitute of Social and Economic Change(ISEC), Bangalore in 2014.

• Mr.Nitheesh and Ms. Kavitha, M.S.W. Sem.-II (2013-15 Batch) students undergone OneMonth Internship (June 10 th to July 10th

2014) in Shakthi Samuha, Kathmandu,Nepal. Ms. Sunitha, Founder of ShaktiSamuaha and a renowned Social Workerawarded Ramon Magsaysay Awardmentored the students.

• Mr. Nagaraj and Mr. Deni Singh M.S.W.Sem.-II (2013-15 Batch) students completedOne Week Training on “Public MindedRelationship” from June 21st to 25th 2014at Kathmandu, Nepal. The training wasorganized under the South AsianCollaboration of Universal PeaceFederation, Kathmandu.

Faculty Activities:

Dr. Lakshmana G.

Two day Capacity Building Trainingprogramme for the functionaries of Seva Sangama,Kotanur, Gulbarga on 27th and 28th February2013.

Dr. Lakshamana G. and Jilly John

Capacity Building Training programme on thetheme of ‘Child Mental Health’ for theFunctionaries Working with Children in DifficultCircumstances, in Margadarshi Organization,Gulbarga on 18th Oct. 2012.

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Workshops Organized

Dr. Lakshmana G.

Three days workshop on “Psychosocial care forchildren in difficult circumstances” forfunctionaries of Sneha organization, Kudligi,Bellary District, Karnataka from 23 rd to 25 th

September, 2012.Three day workshop on “Psychosocial care for

children in difficult circumstances” forfunctionaries of READS organization, Kurugodu,Bellary District, Karnataka from 26 th to 28 th

September, 2012.Coordinated One day workshop in the

Department for MSW students at CentralUniversity of Karnataka on “Use of Non-parametric tests in Social Sciences” on 29th April2014. Dr. Lal Das was resource person.

World Street Children Day was celebratedthrough one day workshop and health checkupcamp for street children (Under-UGC MajorResearch Project) on 20-3-2014.

Organized and coordinated five day workshopon capacity building of rural persons in theconstruction of smokeless stoves at CentralUniversity of Karnataka from 3rd to 7th February2014.

Organized One day training programme forChild Line Workers of Gulbarga on identificationand treatment of substance using street childrenon 2nd December 2013.

Organized One day workshop of stakeholderson “Substance Abuse among Socially ExcludedChildren” Under- UGC Major Research Projecton 30 th Sept. 2013 at Central University ofKarnataka, Gulbarga.

Organized and coordinated one day programon launching of Innovation Club and firstworkshop on ‘Smokeless Chulha’ for the womenfrom Kadaganchi and Suntanoor villages of AlandTaluk on 3rd Jan. 2014 at Central University ofKarnataka. About 100 women participated.

Special lectures:

Dr. Lakshmana G

“Leadership of women in the development offamily and society” on 22nd March 2013 atBhalki, Bidar district, organized by ORBITorganization.

Workshop on “Adolescent Health and careerdevelopment” held at Kamalapura, MYRADAon 17th August 2012.

Chapter writing in Books

1. Lakshmana G. Social policy in India. InUGC NET/SET: Junior ResearchFellowship & Lectureship - Social Work (Ed.Ramesha M.H et al), published by NirutaPublications 2014; 299-366.ISBN:978-81-923326-9-7.

2. Rajkumar Kalyani, Kattimani P.S.,Lakshmana G. User perception andLibrary services: a qualitative study. InIntegrating ICT in academic Libraries:Making a difference in knowledge age (Ed.PS. Kattimani & Suresh Jange), Neoti BookAgency, New Delhi, 2014; 2633-639.ISBN:978-81-92756912.

3. Jilly John. “A Study on the Health Statusof Tribal Students in a Residential School”in Conference proceedings of one dayNational Conference on “GrowthPerspective of Social Work Profession inChanging Scenario”, organized by JamalMohammed College, Thriuchirappilly on12th October 2013.

4. Jilly John. “Mental health problems andsuggestions for promoting mental healthamong women in Gulbarga, Karnataka” inConference proceedings of a two dayInternational Conference on“Interdisciplinary Intervention and CrossCultural Sharing in Social Work”, organizedby Madras School of Social Work, Chennai,from 7th & 8th February 2014 (ISBN No.978-81-7966-382-0).

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5. Jilly John. “Marital Satisfaction amongSpouses in Urban Families”. In Where do Istand?” Edited by: Maheswari Kachapur andJayasree S. Reddy, Manas Publishers.ISBN: 978-83231-20-1.

6. Divya K. published a paper for publicationtitled “Domestic Violence against Women:A Social Work Concern” in the Book onDevelopments and Advances in SocialSciences by Research Foundation,Karnataka.

7. Divya K. published a paper for publicationin the book on titled ‘The Lightning ofEmpowerment: Gender EqualityDevelopment and Women Empowerment’by Delhi Publication on 20th August 2014.

Monograph

1. Lakshmana G. Capacity building of ruralpersons in the construction of smokeless stoves(Sarala Choolas). Central University of Karnataka- 2014.

MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Title of the project: Capacity building ofrural persons in the construction of smokelessstoves (SaralaChoolas): An action research.

Name of the Principal Investigator:Dr. Lakshmana G.Funding agency: Canara Bank and CentralUniversity of KarnatakaTotal Budget:1,62,000/-

Brief report of the project:Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) or smoke generated

traditional fires and stoves were used in homes inthe developing countries that could contribute to2.7% of the global disease burden (WHO Report,2002). It affects more than 50% of the world’spopulation and claims lives of 1.5 million peopleworldwide. About half million of these deathsoccur in India, affecting mostly women andchildren. World Health Organization estimatesthat pollution levels in Indian rural kitchens are30 times higher than recommended.

In response to this reality, the Innovation Clubof Central University of Karnataka had taken upthe project on training rural women to build fuelefficient smokeless stoves for themselves and intheir neighborhoods, in order to create smoke freekitchens in and around University. As part of this,one day workshop on “Smokeless Chulha” wasorganized on 3rd January 2014 in association withTechnology Informatics Design Endeavour(TIDE), Bangalore. After the program, about 10women from Suntanoor and Kadaganchi villageshad been motivated to undergo Five days’ intensivetraining on construction of Smokeless Chulha.With the help of Parivarthana NGO, we identifiedabout 60 women who were ready to installsmokeless chulhas in their houses. Initially, traineeswere not confident about the outcome of theworkshop. But by the end of the workshop, theywere confident to install chulhas and continued toinstall.

In Suntanoor and Kadaganchi villages 15 and45 chulhas were installed respectively. It was ahuge task, since trainees were from local village,they easily mobilized women in theirneighborhood to install Chulhas. After installationof chulhas it requires seven to ten days’ gap forsetting the pipe. Thereafter, the trained womencontinued their support in their villages. We couldsee some male members of the beneficiaries werehelping to install this. After the construction,interviews were conducted with the beneficiaries.They were happy about the performance of thechulhas. The women who received training werehappy about the training and said they would liketo continue this work on part time basis. TheForest department had come forward to utilizethese trained women in their future activities ofconstruction of chulhas. After the construction of60 chulhas, many other women came forward forconstruction of chulhas. Taking inspiration fromthis initiative in Kadaganchi and Suntanoor villages,Self Help Group members from Narona andMallahalli came forward to accept the technologyfor installation in their kitchens. They were linkedto trained women resource persons to supportthem and take the mission forward.

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2. Title of research project: Risk andprotective factors among street children with andwithout substance abuse - Assessment anddevelopment of an intervention program.

Name of the Principal Investigator:Dr. Lakshmana G.Funding agency: University GrantsCommission, New DelhiTotal Budget: Rs.7, 31,100/-

Brief report of the project:Among many social problems, single parent,

detached families, street children and old ageproblems are the most glaring one. Concertedefforts are on to deal with the issues related tochildren. Street children are more vulnerable andthere is an urgent need to address thier issues. Thesechildren, the future citizens of country are on thestreets, deprived of adequate love, affection,education and values. Situation analysis of thestreet children present glaring problem ofsubstance abuse, peer group deviance and so on.Studies have found that 25% to 90% of streetchildren use psychoactive substances of some kind(Street Children Forum, 2008).

Studies report that use of substances amongstreet children is common and it is a part of streetlife. But at the same time studies also report alarge number of street children do not usesubstances despite staying on the streets (Kidd &Shahar, 2008). At this background, a researchproject was taken up. Methodology: The aim ofthe present study is to explore the risk andresilience factors for substance use, then developan intervention program and test its efficacy. 7Expert Interviews (EI), 8 Key InformantInterviews (KII), 9 substance using street childrenin two Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and 15 nonusing street children in two FGDs participated inthe process of need assessment, where the riskand resilience factors were discussed. The EIs,KIIs, FGDs were recorded, transcribed and the riskand resilience factors were grouped employinggrounded theory approach and thematic coding.Based on the need assessment, an interventionpackage was developed and got face validated by

the experts. The proposed model has separateintervention strategies for children, familymembers, NGO personnel and significant others.To check the feasibility of the intervention, sixtystreet adolescents were recruited for the study andintervention was implemented. The validatedintervention package was implemented in thenatural environment by the research fellow.Assessment had been carried out by theindependent evaluators who had been trained inthe assessment.

Results: Need assessment results shows that74 risk factors and 59 protective factors wereemerged. They were grouped under family, peer,community, school, individual and other factors.Based on this, an outreach model was developed,and tested its efficacy. After the intervention, about60% of the respondents quit or cut down theirsubstance use substantially, about 40% of therespondents agreed to reunion with the familymembers, and 20% did not change their substanceuse. Discussion: It was emerged that whereverresilience factors were substantially more, therewas less risk factors. Many factors contribute forsubstance use for which the resilience factors needto be strengthened in order to make interventionseffective. Parents, community, schools and serviceproviders need to work together to make changesin the lives of street children in general andsubstance using street children in particular. Thepresent model shows that it is very effective andeasy to use in the community.

Conclusion: The study has identified additionalrisk and resilience factors as compared to otherstudies.

3. Title of Research Project : “A Study onthe Impact of Child Mental Health Orientationon Parents through Neighborhood Groups - AComparison between Kerala and Karnataka”.

Name of the Principal Investigator: Dr. JillyJohn

Funding agency: University GrantsCommission, New Delhi

Total Budget: Rs. 8,04,600/-

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Brief report of the project:For healthy development of a nation, promotion

of child mental health is a necessary priority.Mental health in childhood means reachingdevelopmental and emotional milestones, andlearning healthy social skills to cope with theproblems. Mentally healthy children have apositive quality of life and can function well athome, in school, and in their communities. It isidentified that highest prevalence of mental healthproblems is observed among 6 to 17 years’ groupchildren (Howell, 2004). Failure to addresschildren’s mental health needs is linked to pooracademic performance, behavioral problems,school violence, dropout, substance abuse, suicideand criminal activity. Parents and family membersare usually the first to notice if a child has problemswith emotions or behaviour.

The research project aims to promote childmental health with a preventive approach. Itfocuses on improving the knowledge, attitude andperception of parents on promoting mental healthof children. The target groups are parents who arehaving children between the age group of 6 to 12years (Middle childhood). The aim of the presentstudy is to find out whether an orientationprogramme on child mental health would have animpact on knowledge and attitude of parentstowards child mental health in Kerala andKarnataka. Based on the need assessment, anintervention package and training manual wasdeveloped for intervention, considering culturaldifferences of both the states. Results from theresearch indicate the need of reforms in policyrelated to child mental health in our country, aswell as the usefulness of social work interventionsat community and individual level. Interventionsaiming at positive mental health of children canbe successfully delivered through parents andfamily members. This research study wasconducted in the rural setting of Kerala andKarnataka. The outcome of the project can beshared with the Governmental as well as Non-governmental organizations working in this field.The intervention programme can also be used withdifferent stakeholders such as teachers, healthworkers and mental health professionals.

4. Gulbarga District Child Protection Plan –2014:

Department of Women and ChildDevelopment gave consultation work to Dr.Channaveer R.M. to prepare District ChildProtection Plan – 2014. Accordingly, theeducational and institutional care services datarelated to the children in difficult circumstancesand in conflict with law were collected fromdifferent district agencies. Focus GroupDiscussions (FGD) for stakeholders of childrenwere held to ascertain the critical issues and needassessment of the children. Stakeholders fromdifferent talukas of Gulbarga had participated inFGDs and shared their experiences in working withchildren. Major issues of the children wereidentified and classified by taluka-wise.Correspondingly, care services were planned andbudgetary requirement was estimated for financialallocation, so as to undertake child protectionmeasures for the children.

Papers Presented in the Conferences

• Dr. Lakshmana G. presented a paper on“Study on Wellbeing of Female SexWorkers” at the International Conferenceon ‘Social Work Education inContemporaryWorld: Issues and Challenges’ held at KarveInstitute of Social Services, Pune,Maharashtra, from 14th to 16th January 2013.

• Dr. Lakshmana G. Presented a paper on “Astudy on lifestyle and barriers to smokingcessation” at National Conference onTheorizing the region - held at CentralUniversity of Karnataka, Gulbarga,Karnataka on 27th & 28th March 2013.

• Dr.Lakshmana G. Presented a paper on“Enhancement of Motivation among streetchildren with substance abuse-Anintervention study” at 31st Annual NationalConference of Indian Society ofProfessional Social Work-held at Manipal,Karnataka from 3rd to 5th January 2013.

• Lakshmana G. Presented a paper on Effectsof Motivational Enhancement Interventionon substance using street children at Joint

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World Conference on Social Work,Education and Development held atMelbourne, Australia from 9-12 July 2014.

• Lakshmana G. Presented a paper on Roleand participation of women representativesin Local self Governance at 32ndAnnualNational Conference of Indian Society ofProfessional Social Work, held at Bijapur,Karnataka from 20th to 22nd January 2014.

• Dr. Jilly John presented a paper on “ChildRearing practices in Urban Families” in theNational conference on “‘Research for SocialWork in India: Trends and Challenges” on6th & 7th February 2013, organized by TheMaharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

• Dr. Jilly John presented research paper titled“Mental health problems and suggestions forpromoting mental health among women inGulbarga, Karnataka” held from 7th to 8th

February 2014 at International Conferenceon “Interdisciplinary Intervention and CrossCultural Sharing in Social Work”, organizedby Madras School of Social Work, Chennai.

• Dr. Jilly John presented research paper titled“A Study on the Health Status of TribalStudents in a Residential School” in one dayNational Conference on “GrowthPerspective of Social Work Profession inChanging Scenario”, organized by JamalMohammed College, Thriuchirappilly on12th October 2013.

• Dr. Jilly John delivered a special lecture at aregional seminar for the principles andmanagers of schools under Gulbarga dioceseon July 27, 2013 organized by the Gulbargadiocese.

• Dr. Jilly John was Chief guest for thevaledictory function of the one day NationalConference on “Growth Perspective ofSocial Work Profession in ChangingScenario”, organized by Jamal MohammedCollege, Thiruchirappilly on 12th October2013.

• Dr. Channaveer R. presented a paper onStatistical Application in social sciencesICSSR Workshop, CSRD, Ahmednagar on31st Dec.2012.

• Dr. Channaveer R. Presented a paper onStatistical application in social work,Sanmati, Jai Gurudev College, Bijapur inFeb. 2013.

• Dr. Channaveer R. presented a paper onSatyagraha: A form of Social Action, in theinternational conference on ‘Spirituality andSocial Work’ conducted by CSRD,Ahmednagar on 3rd Jan. 2013.

• Dr. Channaveer R. Presented a paper onsampling techniques in Researchmethodology, Workshop conducted byGulbarga University, Gulbarga in March2013.

• Dr. Channaveer R. Presented a paper onTransnational Social Work : Changing trendsin Social Work Profession, in theinternational conference organized by theKarnataka University, Dharwad.

• Dr. Channaveer R. Presented a paper onSkills, attitude and attributes required forsocial workers in Sankalpa – 2013conducted by BIRDS, Belgaum.

• Dr. Channaveer R.M. presented a paper on“Social Work Curriculum” in the NationalConvention of Departments of Social Workof Central Universities of India, organizedby Central University of Kerala from 22nd

to 24th Feb. 2014.• Dr. Channaveer R.M. presented a paper on

“Skill, attitudes, roles of social worker” inthe State Level SANKALPA 2014 –‘Seminar on Social Work Profession andChanging Society’ organized by BIRDS,BELGAUM.

• Divya K. Presented a paper titled “Domesticviolence Induced Social Exclusion and DalitWomen: Evidence from Puducherry” inNational Conference on Inclusive

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Development of Marginalized groups inContemporary India: Issues and Challengesorganized by Centre for Study of SocialExclusion and Inclusive Policy, MysoreUniversity on September 27th and 28th 2013.

• Divya K. Chaired as a Rapporteur inNational Conference on InclusiveDevelopment of Marginalized groups inContemporary India: Issues and Challengesorganized by Centre for Study of SocialExclusion and Inclusive Policy, MysoreUniversity on September 27th and 28th 2013.

• Divya K. Presented a paper titled “GenderAwareness and Social Work Education inIndia: Some Primary Thoughts” in XXXIIAnnual National Conference of IndianSociety of Professional Social Workorganized by Indian Society of ProfessionalSocial Work and Department of SocialWork, Karnataka State Women’s University,Bijapur from 20th to 22nd January 2014.

• Divya K. Presented a paper titled “Home-based Sexual Trafficking against Dalits andTribes in Bhubaneswar” in the ICSSRsponsored National Seminar orgainsed byCentre for Study of Social Exclusion andInclusive Policy (CSSEIP), GandhigramRural University, Tamil Nadu on 10th-11th

July 2014.

Participation in Conferences:

• Dr. Channaveer R.M. paid field visits toRalegaon Siddhi, Hiwre Bazar and Jamkhedin Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra. Heinteracted with Shri Anna Hazare,Shri. Popat Pawar and Dr. (Mrs.) Arole,eminent personalities in rural developmentand rural health.

• Dr. Jilly John Participated in the five dayNational level workshop titled “The Good,Bad and the Ugly: Introspecting ViolenceAgainst Women & the Law organized byPartners for Law in Development (PLD),New Delhi from 27th to 31st October 2012.

Global Definition of Social Work (2014)

Social Work is a practice-based profession andan academic discipline that promotes socialchange and development, social cohesion, and theempowerment and liberation of people. Principlesof social justice, human rights, collectiveresponsibility and respect for diversities are centralto social work. Underpinned by theories of socialwork, social sciences, humanities and indigenousknowledge, social work engages people andstructure to address life challenges and enhancewellbeing.

Prof. Ambarao Uplaonkar addressed the studentson International Youth Day

Dept. of Social Work conducted workshop onChild Rights for the Stakeholders

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fieldwork lead by the students. Adoptedvillages are – Kadaganchi, Suntanur andPattan. Adopted slum communities are –Tharafile, Indiranagar and PanchasheelNagar.

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