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ANNUAL REPORT2016-17

Indian Institute of Dalit Studies New Delhi

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From the Desk of the Director

The Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS) is among the pioneer research institutions in India which focuses exclusively on development concerns of the marginalized groups and socially excluded communities. Over the last 14 years, IIDS has carried out several studies on different aspects of social exclusion and discrimination of the historically marginalized social groups such as Scheduled Castes,

Scheduled Tribes and Religious Minorities in India and other parts of the sub-continent. It gives me immense pleasure to introduce the activities during year 2016-17. During this period, Institute has initiated research studies in new themes such as remedial coaching for marginal groups, tribal health, pedagogy of the oppressors in caste discrimination and violence; impact of policies on construction workers; reservation policies in education and employment and impact on group mobility; resource access among dalits for business; theoretical constructs of education as public goods. During the current year, the Institute has completed 10 research and 14 new studies are going on.

The Institute undertook various policy engagements and communication activities and organised workshops, seminars and policy meetings. The Institute organised four round table conferences, one international and two national seminars, two workshops during this period. For capacity building of young researchers, the Institute organised research methodology workshop at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. The Institute formalised collaborative research activities with Mahamukut Buddhist University, Thailand, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Madhya Pradesh and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA. The Institute organised International seminar to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar. During this seminar, 8thAmbedkar Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof. William Darity, Duke University, USA. The Institute is taking forward this vision through these activities. With hopes to take this endeavour further, I share this Annual Report with you.

With warm wishes.

Sanghmitra S Acharya

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Contents

1. Introduction 5

2. Organization Structure 8

3. Research Programmes and Projects 12

4. Publications 25

5. Policy Engagement and Research Communications 29

6. Partnerships 44

7. Financial Statement 46

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INTRODUCTION

Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS) is an ICSSR recognised research institute. It was founded in January 2003 by academicians and civil society activists to understand problems of marginalised groups of Indian society, identify reasons for their marginalisation, and suggest policies for amelioration. Since its inception, the Institute has carried out extensive research on development concerns of the marginalised groups and has widely published its research work. Recognising its contribution in the field of exclusion and marginalisation, the Economic and Social Research Council, UK, bestowed on the Institute the recognition of ‘Centre with Potential for Excellence’, and has been recognised as ‘The Emerging Centre for Social Science Research’ from the South Asia Research Hub, Department for International Development (DFID), UK. The Institute has also been chosen among fifty institutes as a policy research institute by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada under the Think Tank Initiative.

VisionTo develop socially inclusive character in the society, economy, politics, governance and development.

Objectives♦ To undertake research on the problems of marginalised groups, namely, Dalits,

tribals, religious minorities, women from excluded groups, denotified nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes, physically challenged and other vulnerable groups in social, economic, and political spheres.

♦ To undertake research on the nature and forms of discrimination and social exclusion faced by the marginalised groups.

♦ To undertake research to develop an understanding of the consequences of social exclusion and discrimination; economic growth and poverty, education, health, political participation; and well-being of the marginalised social groups.

♦ To undertake research on policies to overcome discrimination and social exclusion, particularly ‘exclusion and discrimination-induced deprivation’ and its consequences.

♦ To provide research-based knowledge support to policy-making bodies to develop inclusive policies; and to international development and funding agencies to enable them shape their approach and funding policies towards problems of excluded groups.

♦ To provide knowledge-support to civil society organisations at the grassroots, state and national levels to strengthen their policy advocacy.

♦ To enhance the capacity of research institutions/centres, as well as individual researchers in institutes and universities.

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♦ To act as a resource centre for students and to extend knowledge through setting up of branches/outreach centre.

Areas of ResearchThe issues of social exclusion and discrimination, along with its consequences on economic and social development of excluded groups have generally found lesser space in the mainstream social science discourse. At the same time, there has been a growing demand among the social groups for group-specific policies. Lack of understanding on these issues has constrained the capacity of government and civil society organisations to develop appropriate policies for socially excluded groups. The primary focus of IIDS, therefore, is to develop a scientific knowledge-base on the issues of social exclusion and discrimination through an intensive research that is interdisciplinary in nature. It undertakes research on thematic areas like the problems of marginalised groups, issues of social exclusion and discrimination and its consequences, human development, poverty, issues of governance, policies for inclusive development and other development concerns of various marginalised groups.

Research UnitsIIDS has seven research units set up on the basis of thematic areas and social groups.

1. Economic and Social Status StudiesThe Economic and Social Status Studies Unit undertakes research on the economic and social problems of marginalised and discriminated groups, mainly Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), nomadic and denotified tribes, socially and educationally Other Backward Classes, and women within these minorities, the differently-abled and similar groups. This unit includes a number of themes, which include poverty, employment, health, education, housing, political participation and many others related to the lives of these groups.

2. Social Exclusion and Discrimination StudiesThe Social Exclusion and Discrimination Studies Unit undertakes studies on the nature and forms of social exclusion and discrimination in multiple spheres: exclusion and discrimination associated with the institution of caste and untouchability, ethnic and religious identities, and other forms of group identities. The spheres mainly include discrimination in market and non-market institutions. The market institutions covers labour, factor inputs and products, land markets as well as wage labour, regular salaried, farmers, and private entrepreneurs engaged in production and business. The non-market institutions mainly include government institutions and agencies engaged in education (schools and higher education institutions), primary health centres, public distribution systems and urban housing. The other main themes are discrimination in social/cultural spheres, in political institutions, atrocities and violence.

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3. Gender and Social Exclusion StudiesThe Gender and Social Exclusion Studies Unit focuses on the interface between gender/patriarchy and caste, ethnicity, religion and other groups identities; and its implications in access to livelihood opportunities, education, health and political participation. Contextualising gender and caste intersectionality is the core theme of this unit.

4. Collective Action and Governance StudiesThe research on Collective Action includes collective efforts by marginalised groups through civil rights movement, NGO movement, women’s movement, leadership in various spheres by marginalised and discriminated groups, and movements in literature and visual arts. The studies on governance include the working of political institutions with respect to the participation of marginalised groups in panchayats, the Parliament, bureaucracy and similar institutions of governance.

5. Urban StudiesThe Urban Studies unit undertakes research on the inter-linkages between urbanisation and social exclusion. The major focus of the unit is to explore the nature and forms of discrimination and social exclusion experienced by marginalised social groups in various spheres in urban areas such as housing, access to urban labour market, discrimination against migrant population based on caste, religion and ethnicity etc. The unit has undertaken various research studies such as discrimination in the rental housing market, housing shortage for marginalised social groups in urban areas, discrimination against informal sector workers etc. The major theme of the unit also focuses on understanding the multi-dimensional urban exclusion and rising social group inequality in urban areas and its consequences on marginalised and vulnerable social groups.

6. Social Policy StudiesThe Social Policy Studies Unit undertakes studies on policy for inclusive development with its main focus on various policies, general and group-specific affirmative actions, reservation and other group-specific policies. This also includes the evaluation of government programmes and schemes related to livelihoods, poverty, social protection, economic empowerment, human development and human rights, special component plans, atrocity and anti-untouchability Acts. The policy research covers policies of Central and State governments, international organisations like World Bank, FAO, ILO, UNDP, UNESCO, DFID, other funding agencies and NGOs.

7. Dalit Literature and ArtsThe Dalit Literature and Arts Unit undertakes studies on literature and visual arts, which include literature and arts by marginalised and discriminated groups; promotes research and publishes literature of marginalised groups. It also translates Dalit literature written in various regional languages into Hindi for wider dissemination.

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Board of Trustees

Chairman

Sukhadeo ThoratProfessor EmeritusJawaharlal Nehru University; and Former Chairman, UGC and ICSSR New Delhi

Members

Martin Macwan Founding Director and Executive Secretary, Navsarjan Trust and Dalit Shakti Kendra, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

R S DeshpandeFormer DirectorInstitute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Bengaluru, Karnataka

Ghanshyam ShahNational Fellow Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi

R.K. ChauhanVice ChancellorLingayas University, Faridabad

Sunil R ZodeChairman/ Indian Chamber of Commerce for Affirmative Action

T.V. KattimaniVice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak (MP)

Sudha PaiFormer ProfessorJawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi

Vijay S KhareProfessor, Savitribai PhulePune University, Pune

Savindra H SawarkarFacultyDelhi University

Research Advisory Committee

ChairmanGhanshyam ShahNational Fellow Indian Council of Social Science Research New Delhi

MembersA K Shiva KumarFormer Member, National Advisory Council Government of India, New Delhi

Amitabh KunduFormer ProfessorCentre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi

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ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

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Amaresh DubeyProfessorCentre for the Study of Regional DevelopmentJawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi

Madhura SwaminathanProfessorIndian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Martin MacwanFounding Director and Executive Secretary, Navsarjan Trust and Dalit Shakti Kendra, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

N Paul DivakarGeneral SecretaryNational Campaign for Dalit Human Rights, New Delhi

P M KulkarniFormer ProfessorCentre for the Study of Regional DevelopmentJawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi

R S DeshpandeFormer DirectorInstitute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Bengaluru, Karnataka

S Mahendra DevDirectorIndira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai

S ParasuramanDirector, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai

S R HashimFormer Member, Planning Commission New Delhi

Sonalde DesaiSenior FellowNational Council for Applied Economy Research, New Delhi

Surinder S JodhkaProfessorCentre for the Study of Social Systems Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi

Vinay RaiAdvisor, Rai Foundation, New Delhi

DirectorIndian Institute of Dalit Studies New Delhi

Community of ResearchersAmaresh DubeyProfessor Centre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Amit Thorat Assistant ProfessorCentre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi

Anuradha Banerjee ProfessorCentre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi

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Badri Narayan Professor Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Bijaylaxmi Nanda Associate Professor Department of Political Science Miranda House, University of Delhi

Debolina Kundu Associate Professor National Institute of Urban Affairs New Delhi

Falender K Sudan Associate Professor Department of Economics, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Geetha B Nambissan Professor Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi

Karen Dade Associate Dean Woodring College of EducationWestern Washington University Washington, USA

M Thangaraj Professor Dr Ambedkar Centre for Economic Studies, University of Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Malathi Duraisamy Professor Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Narender Kumar Professor Centre for Political Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Neera Verma Chairperson Department of Economics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana

P M Kulkarni Former Professor Centre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Rajarshi Majumder Associate Professor Department of Economics The University of Burdwan, Burdwan West Bengal

Ramaiah Avatthi Professor Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai

Ramesh Dandge Professor Department of Economics Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra

S JaphetProfessor Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy National Law School of India University Bengaluru, Karnataka

S Madheswaran Professor Centre for Economic Studies and PolicyInstitute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, Karnataka

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Smita Sirohi Principal Scientist Statistics and Management National Dairy Research Institute Karnal, Haryana

Sudha Pai Former Professor Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Swaroop Dutta Assistant Professor TERI University, New DelhiV Saravanan Professor School of Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary StudiesIndira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

Vijaya Baskar Assistant Professor Madras Institute of Development Studies Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Wandana Sonalkar Associate Professor Department of Economics Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Research Faculty

ProfessorDr. Sanghmitra S AcharyaDirectorEmail: [email protected]

Associate ProfessorDr. Gobinda C PalEmail: [email protected]

Assistant ProfessorsMr. Ajaya Kumar NaikEmail: [email protected]

Dr. Vinod Kumar MishraEmail: [email protected] Dr. Mala MukherjeeEmail: [email protected] Dr. Chandrani DuttaEmail: [email protected]. Dalip Kumar KatheriaEmail: [email protected]

Dr. Rajesh RaushanEmail: [email protected]

Dr. Khalid KhanEmail: [email protected]

Administrative & Financial StaffMr. Narain SinghAdviser (Administration & Finance)Email: [email protected]

Mr. Pradeep K ParidaFinance OfficerEmail: [email protected]. Pramod DabralAssociate (Administration & Finance)Email: [email protected]. Narendra KumarGraphic DesignerEmail: [email protected]

Mr. Uma Shankar SinghComputer OperatorEmail: [email protected]

Mr. Hari Prasad SharmaDriver cum caretaker

Mr. Harish Singh BoraDriver

Mr. Mohan LalOffice Attendant

Mr. Vimanesh Kumar Office Attendant

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RESEARCH PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS, 2016–17Title of the Research Project1. Policy Research Institutions and Health SDGs in India

2. Reservation and Changes in Employment among Marginalised Communities

3. Wealth Inequality and linkages with Income Inequality and Poverty in India

4. Wage and Employment Loss due to Discrimination

5. Higher Education in India: Access and Equity

6. Discriminatory Practices in New forms of Recruitment

7. Educational Rights during British Period

8. Farm Input, Productivity and Income- Group Disparity

9. Dalits and the Land Rights Question in India

10. Inequality in Access to Wealth

1. Policy Research Institutions and Health SDGs in India

Supported by SDPI & IDRC

As part of the South Asia collaborative research programme on ‘Policy Research Institutions and the Health SDGs: Building Momentum in South Asia’ this country report elaborates the institutional framework in India for implementing the SDGs in general and health SDGs in particular. It reflects on the role of various stakeholders at government level, and in social and private sectors involved in the coordination, implementation and monitoring of the SDGs in general, and health related SDGs in particular. There has been a special focus on role of health policy research institutions to identify the extent to which they are involved in implementation and monitoring of health related SDGs, the potential role that they can play for achieving the health related SDGs, and their linkages with other stakeholders involved in the health related SDGs process in the country. The study reveals that in India, at the governmental level, institutional arrangements have been well placed to coordinate implementation of SDGs. The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, acts as a nodal agency, is well known as think tank of government of India on issues related to SDGs. It works in coordination with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MSPI) to monitor the progress in the implementation of SDGs.

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The involvement of various Ministries with cross-cutting influence strengthens the institutional arrangements. While public institutions take larger responsibilities, the role of private and other social agencies cannot be overlooked. The engagement of multiple stakeholders in the SDGs, in fact appear to work as a driving force towards implementation of SDGs and achievement of targets. The Health Policy Research Institutes (HPRIs) play a critical role in undertaking research on various aspects of health, capacity building and policy input. Their role in health related SDGs, however, has not been that explicit, hence remain a neglected dimension in the discourse of implementation and monitoring of SDGs in India.

2. Reservation and Changes in Employment among Marginalised Communities

Sponsored by Think Tank Initiative, IDRC

Reservation has been an essential feature of constitutional guarantee for the marginalised communities in India to ensure safeguard against discrimination in the employment and provide equal opportunity to participate in the economic activities without any prejudice of birth based occupational ownership. This policy has always been in debate on the question of its importance for the welfare of country as well as the targeted group. However, the very essential element of this policy is missed in the entire debate on the issue of its welfare implications that the policy is not a welfare scheme, but it is safeguarding the equal opportunity of the excluded groups. Despite these attacks from the opponents, this policy has been contested on the theoretical background. However, there are not many studies that looked into the empirical evidences. In this study, the study focused to provide empirical research whether the employment pattern in both public and private sphere is indicating divergence or convergence on caste line? In other words, the study examines whether the concentration of any social group in certain employment group is still showing its prominent place.

3. Wealth Inequality and linkages with Income Inequality and Poverty in India


The ownership of tangible and non-tangible assets is the prime source of income. In India, the restriction on the ownership of these assets has generated unaltered inequality between social groups and leads to higher poverty among SC, ST and OBCs as the ownership of assets in India is also leveled by the caste status. Higher the status of the caste, the ownership will be wide and deep while the low status prohibits ownership. Alternatively, the unequal ownership of assets leads to income inequality and thus the poverty levels. Therefore, the study aims to examine the linkages between wealth

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inequality, income inequality and poverty. The study assesses the wealth inequality across socio-religious groups and tries to estimate the differences in the income due to wealth inequality across socio-religious groups in India by using the NSSO Debt and Investment survey.

4. Wage and Employment Loss due to DiscriminationSponsored by Think Tank Initiative, IDRC

The issue of labour market discrimination is a less studied area of research in the main stream labour market studies. There is employment and wage loss due to the discrimination against some excluded group in Indian context. Madheswaran (2011), in a study, quantifies the wage loss due to discrimination by using the modified Blinder- Oaxaca decomposition method for the year 2004-05. This study uses the latest NSSO Employment-Unemployment survey 2011-12 to measure the wage and employment loss due to discrimination.

5. Higher Education in India: Access and EquitySponsored by Think Tank Initiative, IDRC

Access to higher education among the deprived communities viz, SC/ST, OBC and Muslims has been a major challenge for a long time. At an aggregate level, increase in access has been observed but whether this increase is inclusive enough is the issue to be addressed. Some recent papers by Dubey (2008) and Srivastava (2008) have identified SC/ST and Muslims as the communities that are still lagging behind other communities in terms of access to higher education. The study by Borooah (2015) on primary education also suggests the presence of discriminatory behaviour based on the secondary data. Nevertheless, these studies have considered each of the social groups as homogenous groups. Therefore, there is a need to exclude those SCs, OBCs and Others who are not Hindus. In this study, therefore, the unit of analysis is the socio-religious groups and the study is based on the recent available data on education in 2015.

6. Discriminatory Practices in New Forms of RecruitmentSponsored by Think Tank Initiative, IDRC

Equal access to job information, both for the job seekers and employees, is a precondition for the effective functioning of labour markets. With the increasing use of Information Technology (IT), both employers as well as job seekers are using IT in their searches in the labour market. Accordingly, the recruitment as well as job search practices have undergone a significant change in recent years. For hiring of employees, the employers are increasingly depending on campus placements, job fairs, manpower

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consultancy firms such as placement agencies, staffing companies, etc. The number of such agencies providing manpower to industry at a cheaper costs and time have significantly increased since liberalisation. For lower levels of skilled and semi-skilled jobs, employees’ referrals and social networks have become common methods of job recruitments apart from placement agencies and staffing companies. Thus, the major sources of jobs for job seekers are job portals and technology supported social networks. Thus, the old methods of job market information such as advertisements in newspapers, employment exchanges and displays outside the enterprises are the things of past. In this entire process, the access to information to job seekers has become rather limited, particularly at lower level jobs, thereby reducing the likelihood of getting employment opportunity to those persons or group of persons who do not have such sources of information. The labour markets are not only segmented on sectoral (traditional rural and modern urban) paradigm, but also segmented across industry, occupation, gender and social/ethnic groups. Past studies on Indian labour market also amply point out that labour market structure is partly embedded in the overall pattern of social organisation which determines, along with the dominant labour institutions, the nature of access to the labour market and the distribution of benefits from economic development. Keeping in view these features, this exploratory study (a) examines the role of staffing companies, placement agencies and college placement cells in the labour market as an intermediary institutions, (b) analyses their functioning and experiences from the perspective of non-discriminatory access to job information and job placements, and (c) experiences of job seekers regarding their access to job information and placements. It argues that due to the lack of equal access to job market information and prevailing biasness in job hiring in the name of meritocracy, discrimination in the labour market still persists. This adversely affects the employment prospects of those who face such types of discrimination in the labour markets, largely associated with their caste and ethnicity. The study is based on a preliminary survey in Lucknow city in Uttar Pradesh.

7. Educational Rights during British Period

Sponsored by Think Tank Initiative, IDRCThe study explores the problematic area of the relationship between the colonial state, the civil society, nationalism and the educational rights of the Dalits during the British Period. It aims to analyse educational debates from the rights perspective. It attempts to document statistics as well as the individual and courageous stories of Dalit and low caste children fighting the system to get education. The study is based on primary archival sources, a considerable portion of which comprises of handwritten sources. The research is done in the national archives of India at New Delhi and regional archives at Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.

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8. Farm Input, Productivity and Income- Group DisparitySponsored by Think Tank Initiative, IDRC

Agriculture is the main stay of its rural population in India. The agriculture sector employs more than two-third of the rural workforce, and cultivation is the major economic activity of the rural workers. Given the high dependence of rural livelihoods on farming and traditional caste system being deeply rooted in the psyche of masses in rural India, the agriculture resulted in poor outcomes among the lower caste compared to the high caste group. This can be seen in agricultural production and income of the farmer households across the social groups. In the context, the study attempted to examine whether there is an existence of social exclusion in market and non-market transactions in agriculture. In case of farmer households, the exclusion and discrimination may be manifested in the form of disparities in crop productivity and income from farming arising out of discriminatory access to farming inputs. The agricultural production and productivity is critically dependent on the physical and financial access to agricultural inputs. Hence, the study examined the differences in the situation of Indian farmers belonging to different social groups. Focusing exclusively on the farm households in rural India, the purpose is to understand whether caste background matters in farming occupation, and differential outcome in agricultural production and income of farmer households. To fulfil requirement of the study, 70th round of national sample survey data collected in 2012-13 has been used.

9. Dalits and the Land Rights Question in India

Sponsored by Think Tank Initiative, IDRCAlthough caste is rooted in the ritual and social premise, it was operated through the material base. Traditionally, certain castes (mostly the Scheduled Castes) were denied access to material well being in the society, thus making those castes dependent on the material prosperity of other dominant castes. Wealth in the caste society was particularly defined by the amount of land that an individual had as a member of certain caste group. India being conventionally an agricultural based economy, thus land played a crucial factor in defining social and economic position in the society. Land is related to identity, dignity and livelihood for an individual. Since the inception of law system in India, land customarily highlighted two stages of metamorphosis of the caste system. First, it aided in acquiring the higher status. Perhaps, the underlying assumption was that an improvement in ritual status was a natural corollary to an improvement in material conditions. Two, it emphasised on the shift to material sources over culture. The continued exclusion of the ‘lower’ castes from the social privileges and economic entitlements, the latter being totally a monopsony of the high

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caste Hindus, led to resentments and sometimes a bit of resilience from the castes which were considered to be lower in the social scale. It also led to an articulation of caste sentiments in public life for the economic interest. Subsequently, it led to the transformation of the caste from the social to the political so as to redress the existing social and economic imbalances by seeking favour from the government in the form of positive discrimination like that of reservation and tenancy rights. On the other hand, throughout history, the state continuously changed its position on Dalit assertion over the question of land rights in India. Even after independence, the state attempted to provide land to the landless people through various schemes and programmes such as land distribution acts at the state level, distribution of waste land to SCs and STs. However, the land rights still continue to be enjoyed by upper and middle caste dominant groups in the Indian society. Indeed, this graded inequality and denial of entitlements became a matter of discussion when the colonial bureaucracy in different parts of British India was trying to devise the revenue settlements and the land laws. Under such a situation, the flow of a knowledge system, beginning from the depictions of the Brahmin groups long associated with the revenue administration, gained a great deal of currency from the British official classes who codified laws based on the customary traditions.

In the light of this backdrop, the study through the archival research tries to encapsulate the gradual process of politicisation of caste on the question of land rights in India. On one hand, it would capture the caste consciousness and solidarity of higher caste since the Rig Vedas to the contemporary times and on the other hand, the rise of anti Brahman movement for their rights. The study is an important confluence and influence of the above mentioned factors in the determination of the social relations within the caste system, given the nature of laws that are prevalent to suit a few privileged sections of Indian social system.

10. Inequality in Access to Wealth


The study uses data from the India Human Development Surveys. It relies on the following unique feature of this data 1) It is a panel data of all India, for 2004-5 and 2011/12 and 2) It collects not only consumption expenditure but also income and wealth data at the household level. The study makes use of these features of the data to examine the following - 1) The wealth, income and consumption expenditure inequalities at the household level, across Dalits, Adivasis, other backward castes and the forward castes and the Brahmins and 2) observe the changes over time in poverty incidences, average expenditures & incomes as well as household wealth (Index), and try to tease out any inter-dependences between these three.

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ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTSIIDS has undertaken various research projects during 2016–17 with the support from International Development Research Centre, Canada, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Housing and Urban Development Corporation. A list of the on-going research projects is given below:

Title of the Research Project 1. Religion based Discrimination in Urban Labour Market2. Caste and Religion-based Discrimination in India’s Business Economy: A Study

of UP and Bihar3. North East Women in Delhi: Discrimination and Vulnerabilities4. Access of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to School and Higher

Education: A Gap Analysis5. Evaluation of Working of Coaching Scheme6. Discrimination in the Urban Rental Housing Market7. Tribal Health and Healthcare in India8. Review of Policies and Programmes for Weaker Sections of the Society in

Maharashtra: Budget Allocation and the Policies and Programmes9. Theoretical Constructs of Education as Public Good10. Reservation Policy in Education and Employment: Impact on Group Mobility11. Intergroup Variations in Migration in India12. Dalit Entrepreneurs: Entry, Survival and Sustenance in the Markets13. Marginalization in Social Schemes: A study among the migrant workers in

construction sector in Delhi14. Pedagogy of the Oppressor

1. Religion based Discrimination in Urban Labour MarketSponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research

This project aims to examine the role of religion based discrimination against Muslim community in the market economy in the urban context. The specific objective is to study the nature and forms of economic discrimination in various markets in urban setting. Discrimination causes a negative impact on the productivity and income of the households. Therefore, it is important to study the consequences of economic discrimination on market imperfection and competitiveness and the segregation/ segmentation of markets on religion line. The study will cover the following market spheres: (1) The Labour market will be assessed in the case of two segments i.e., casual labourer and regular salaried in hiring, wage earning and terms and condition of employment (2) The self-employed non-farm enterprises engaged in the production/ business of goods and services.

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2. Caste and Religion-based Discrimination in India’s Business Economy: A Study of UP and BiharSponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research

This project aims to examine the caste and religion based discrimination in entrepreneurship. It explores the various dimensions of discrimination happening against minorities and Dalits in two states of India by using both primary and secondary information. The major focus is the profiling of various types of business owned by these excluded groups, identify the barriers in establishment and sustenance of SC and Muslim business firms due to discrimination arising out of ascriptive identities of caste and community and to understand the forms and methods of discrimination. These objectives will be examined on the basis of case study from UP and Bihar.

3. North East Women in Delhi: Discrimination and Vulnerabilities

Sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research

This project aims to examine the various dimensions of discrimination and violence faced by women at various time frames of their lives who come from the North East India to the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It also explores the extent of vulnerability these women are subjected to due to various discriminatory practices and violence that take place in their lives while they negotiate for their social and economic freedom.

This project looks into the discrimination and vulnerabilities experienced by North-East women in Delhi at three levels, community, family and individual, across three types of spaces, i.e. work place, educational place and residential space. Intersectionality between caste, class, religion, ethnicity and gender is the main theme of this study. The study also explores reasons of migration from North-East; and examines migrants’ socio-economic profile and the challenges faced by them in their homeland as well as in the place of destination.

4. Access of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to School and Higher Education: A Gap Analysis

Sponsored by ICSSR Sub- Plan Centre, IIDS

The study aims to examine the gap in access to different level of education by caste and ethnic groups at all India level. It examines the present level of access and representation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) compared to the higher castes, impact of privatization on access of SCs and STs, and critically analysis of policies and suggesting reform and critical examination of working of Remedial Coaching Scheme. This is based on the data from National Sample Survey (NSS) on education and Ministry of Human Resource Development. Apart from secondary source a pilot study is being conducted to assess the working of remedial coaching schemes in some

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selected higher education institutions. This study has valuable policy implication in terms of strengthening public schools and universities, financing support to students and effective implementation of the Remedial Coaching Scheme.

5. Evaluation of Working of Coaching SchemeSponsored by ICSSR, Sub-Plan Centre, IIDS

The study also deals with the remedial coaching Scheme for the colleges and universities students that have been in practices for quite some time. The Remedial Coaching Scheme was started to provide support to students belonging to SC/ST and other students, to enable them to catch up with the teaching and to reduce failure and drop out with the objective of improving performance and linguistic skill of these students. The related issue is that, recently a Fee- based Private tuition has emerged as a shadow education system to cater the needs of the students beyond their class room teaching. Given the high charges, the access to private tuition is determined by the economic situation of the SC/ST. Students coming from the economically background have better access to these private coaching facilities. The SC/ST students due to their economic background are at disadvantage to make use of this new initiative. It is in this context, it is necessary that the access of SC/ST students is studied. This study will add to the literature of study factors leading to drop out and demand for private Coaching and the role of government intervention in this regard. The findings will provide valuables policy suggestion with regard to effective working Remedial Coaching Scheme.

6. Discrimination in the Urban Rental Housing Market

Sponsored by HUDCO under HUDCO Chair Programme

Tenure status of the housing structure often affects the quality of housing and access to basic amenities. Rental housing is one of the important components of urban housing market and it plays crucial role in addressing the housing demand and reducing the housing shortage in urban areas. Despite the crucial role played by rental housing in meeting the housing demand, rental housing has remain one of the neglected dimensions of housing policy in India particularly for urban areas. The broad objectives of the present study are- i) to analyse access to housing and basic amenities across social groups in India; ii) to study the quality of housing and basic amenities by tenure status and social groups; iii) to analyse the deprivation in access to housing and basic amenities across social groups and states in India; iv) to examine the nature, form and pattern of discrimination in urban rental housing market; v) to analyse the consequences of discrimination in urban rental housing market; vi) to suggest policy measures to reduce discrimination in rental housing and ensure inclusive urban housing. The present research has been designed as mixed- method study combining quantitative and qualitative research methods to undertake the primary empirical research. The study is based on both secondary and primary data sources.

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7. Tribal Health and Healthcare in India

Sponsored under Think Tank Initiatives, IDRC

The project tries to examine prevalence of acute and chronic morbidities among tribal population in India considering religion as a factor for differential on illness prevalence, morbidity and health services utilization. Other than the illnesses among tribal population, reproductive morbidities, and obstetric complications among women of reproductive age 15-49 years is one of the concern of the study. Finally, study analyses access of healthcare services on seeking treatment for illnesses and use of MCH services for last birth in India. For fulfil the requirement of the study, second round of India Human Development Survey (IHDS-2) conducted in 201-1-12 has been used. Other than, univariate and bivariate analysis, multinomial logit regression will be used to examine the regulatory factors of health services utilization among tribal population in India.

8. Review of Policies and Programmes for Weaker Sections of the Society in Maharashtra: Budget Allocation and the Policies and Programmes


This study tries to explore three objectives. One, it examines the budget allocation in Maharashtra state with respect to the SCP and TSP; two, to map the pattern of budget allocation under SCP and TSP; and three, it assess the nature and benefits of the policies and programmes that are implemented under SCP and TSP. In Maharashtra, the budget allocated under TSP and SCP is less as compared to the population of STs and SCs in the State. The budget allocation further declines when the budget under Centrally Sponsored Schemes is excluded. Thus, there is a gap between the appropriate proportion of the budget allocation and the actual proportion of budget allocated. In the state of Maharashtra, 1342 schemes are implemented through total 47 sectors for the benefits of the SCs and STs. The most neglected sectors being agriculture, labour, social justice, women and child development and higher education owing to the allocation of funds. Thus, there is necessity of the reforms in the way the programmes have been implementing to make these policies more effective to the need of the actual beneficial to bridge the larger goal of socially inclusiveness in the society. These policies need to be reformed on the basis that - growth in income through increase in the productivity of farmers and nonfarm producers, particularly the poor farmers and small producers; provision of employment to all; redistributive policies to enhance the access to capital assets (agriculture land and capital); employment and social needs of housing, education, drinking water, drainage and sanitation and electricity to poor; equal civic and political rights by eliminating caste, ethnic, gender and religious discrimination; and inclusive governance i.e. equal participation in governance to all sections in all arms of government in policy making bodies, in monitoring and others.

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9. Theoretical Constructs of Education as Public GoodSponsored under Think Tank Initiatives, IDRCNotwithstanding sustained technological advancement, growing prosperity and rising per capita income, the socio-economic order of the world is under severe stress. This study entitled seeks to review the debate on whether education is a public good and the various theoretical constructs which are advanced to support and critique the public character of education. This would set the stage for engaging in a critical appraisal of the views of the advocates in favour of privatisation and marketisation to lubricate the process of commodification of education at all levels of education. The study attempts to begin classification of education as a public good from an economic perspective. The study points out the inherent limitations of the discipline of Economics to deal with the notion of public good character of education. However, higher education is multi-dimensional. Other than, teaching-learning as an output of the higher education system, production and dissemination of knowledge deserves our attention. The study also discusses the public good character of knowledge and identifies the factors which determine publicness of knowledge. .

10. Reservation Policy in Education and Employment: Impact on Group MobilitySponsored under Think Tank Initiatives, IDRCThis study examines whether the reservation policies have benefited the target groups in terms of its impact on group mobility using data from the India Human Development Surveys I (2004-5) and II (2011-12) (IHDS-I and II) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research. The survey collected information from over 40,000 rural and urban households spread across 33 states and union territories of India. The IHDS are the first large scale nationwide panel surveys in India and will serve as a unique data-base. The data are well suited for this study. The study attempts to compare the mobility over the period – 2004-05 and 2011-12 – using the indicators such as educational attainment at three levels (primary, secondary and higher secondary and higher education), completed years of education, regular employment in government, public and private sectors, self employment, occupational mobility. Group mobility is defined and indicators are constructed to compare the change over a period of time. Appropriate econometric methodology will be used to study the impact of reservations on educational and occupational mobility over time. The study is expected to shed light on whether the reservation has benefited not only the individual but also the group at the community level and also quantify the extent of benefit on mobility.

11. Intergroup Variations in Migration in IndiaSponsored under Think Tank Initiatives, IDRCMigration both internal and International, is closely related to the dynamics of the socio-economic forces at work in any society. Unlike fertility and mortality, migration

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involves space also and is a major factor behind population redistribution in any region. Migration provides an important mechanism of adjustment with the changing situations. There is large number of migration studies related to case studies of a particular area or people based on surveys. However, there is a lack of empirical studies covering the country as a whole. Limited studies have been made using the data provided by Census data on migration. Census of India has been providing data on migration but in a limited manner. For the first time in 2001 Census of India has included scheduled caste and scheduled tribes also in their data on migration. The study attempts to analyse the state wise data on various aspects of internal migration of schedule caste and schedule tribes along with their other socio-economic characteristics, compare them with total migrants and highlight the emerging patters. The study is based on the secondary data provided by the Census of India and other agencies like NSSO and proposes to undertake some primary survey also to be decided by the end of the analysis of secondary data.

12. Dalit Entrepreneurs: Entry, Survival and Sustenance in the MarketsSponsored under Think Tank Initiatives, IDRCDalit individuals coming from diverse backgrounds desire to enter the market as owners of capital (entrepreneurs) and undertake trade in various goods and services. Besides earning a surplus, the desire to be an entrepreneur is believed to be influenced by the factors such as -outcomes in the market are not contingent on caste location but on efficiency and quality; operating as owners of capital would bring in material prosperity and social prestige and the adverse outcome experienced in the labour market (low wages, extra-economic compulsions, physical violence or threat of violence) would be mitigated. Therefore, the objective of this research is to understand the relationship between social identity and outcomes in the markets; whether the social identity of the economic agent mediates and influences the transactions in the markets, and if it does influence them, what is the nature of the outcomes. The research endeavours to explore whether the interaction of economic agents in the market is governed by the secular principles of markets or is mediated and influenced by the social structure and the social contexts in which the economic agents live. In this endeavour, the research will engage with the some inter-related questions such as what are the institutional factors which facilitate/constraint a Dalit from entering the markets as an owner of capital (entrepreneurs) and undertake trade in goods and services?; what are the institutional factors which (dis)allow Dalits as owners of capital to sustain their economic activities in the market?; what is the role of institutions, both formal (for instance state and its various institutions) and informal (institutions in the realm of civil society like social identity of caste, social networks etc.) in influencing outcomes in the markets?; what is the nature of the inclusion/participation of Dalit owners of capital in the markets?; how can the discrimination be quantified, if the transactions in the markets reflect adverse outcomes? The study is based on successful Dalit entrepreneurs of different economic strengths located in different parts of the country.

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13. Marginalization in Social Schemes: A Study among the Migrant Workers in Construction Section in DelhiSponsored under Think Tank Initiatives, IDRC

Construction sector is the cornerstone of industrial and economic growth of a country. It creates infrastructure which is a pre-requisite for fostering growth and consequently prosperity of a country. However, the benefit of this growth doesn’t percolates to the citizens equally or proportionately. Those who work in the construction industry, majority of them are migrants from various states and different cities in case of same states. This workforce faces range of hardships at the worksites and also constitutes one of the most vulnerable groups in the country due to the hazardous nature of the work. The overall aim of the study is to understand and highlight the critical issues pertaining to the working and living condition of construction workers employed in three major construction companies in National capital Delhi. With a focus on the compliance of provisions made under the BOCW act by these companies the study focuses on welfare measures, safety measures and basic amenities and facilities being provided to the workers. With these overall objectives the study tries to unpack some specific issues as mentioned underneath. The study also attempts to understand the socio-demographic profiles of the workers working in these companies along with their gender and age distribution and to draw the trajectories of the migration and landing in construction work with a higher emphasis on the reasons for migration and role of intermediaries in supplying labor to these construction companies.

14. Pedagogy of the Oppressor


The historiography of human civilization overtly indicates that the human existence - given his instinct to protect himself from his enemies and his rapacious desire for more wealth and more power to have greater control over others - has not been a peaceful experience. Amidst magnificent exhibition of love, compassion and sacrifice for his fellow human beings, human struggle for existence is also replete with fear, abject poverty, harping humiliation, and brutal violence. The present study sets the context to the broader question, i.e., whether the oppressed could also play a positive role in ending oppression that this project attempts to answer. The study aims brings to light the scope and possibilities of engaging the oppressor in the struggle against oppression. It tries to identify in them such qualities that would help them to become partners in the oppressed peoples’ struggle for freedom and dignity.

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PUBLICATIONSIIDS regularly publishes its research output in the form of books, working papers, discussion papers, and research articles in journals and books. During 2016–17, the Institute published several working papers, research articles and one book. The research faculty is currently working on four books and several working papers. Details of the publications are given below.

WORKING PAPERS • Access of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to School and Higher

Education: Issues and Policy Suggestion, Volume XI, No 1, 2017.

• The Colonial State, the Indian Political Leaders and the question of Dalit and low caste Education in India, Volume XI, No 2, 2017.

• Progress of Reservation Policies in Employment in India, Volume XI, No 3, 2017.

• Poverty in Karnataka: Caste and Regional Dimensions, Volume X, No 1, 2016.

• Prejudice against Reservation Policies: How and Why? Volume X, No 2, 2016.

• Inter-group Inequality in Punjab: Does Caste Discrimination Weaken in Advance States? Volume X, No 3, 2016.

Discussion Papers • National Food Security Bill and Social Inclusiveness: Illusion and Reality, No.

1, 2016

• Population in Transition: Present Scenario and Future Trend of World Population, No. 2, 2016

• Structure and Quality of Employment in North-East India: A Socio-religious Analysis, No. 3, 2016

BOOKS• Marginalisation in Globalisaing Delhi-Issues of Land, Livelihoods and Health,

Springer, New Delhi, 2017.

• Violence –free Safe Metropolitan Spaces for Women and Girls in Delhi. Co-authored with Sunita Reddy and Suresh Sharma) Rawat Publications (In press).

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PAPERS IN EDITED BOOKS/PROCEEDINGS


• ‘Migrant Women Workers in Construction and Domestic Work- Issues and Challenge’ in Sanghmitra S Acharya, Sucharita Sen, Milap Punia and Sunita Reddy (eds) Marginalization in Globalizing Delhi-Issues of Land, Livelihoods and Health , Springer India, 2017

• ‘Access to Maternal and Child Health Care- Understanding Discrimination in Selected Slums in Delhi’ in Sanghmitra S Acharya, Sucharita Sen, Milap Punia and Sunita Reddy (eds) Marginalization in Globalizing Delhi-Issues of Land, Livelihoods and Health , Springer India, 2017

• ‘Land Livelihoods and Health’ in Sanghmitra S Acharya, Sucharita Sen, Milap Punia and Sunita Reddy (eds) Marginalization in Globalizing Delhi-Issues of Land, Livelihoods and Health , Springer India, 2017

Sanghmitra S Acharya & Gobinda C Pal

• ‘Implementation of Social Protection Programmes in India: The Gaps and Challenges’ Southern Voice Occasional Paper No 40, Southern Voice on Post MDG International Development Goals. Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Bangladesh, 2016

Ajaya Kumar Naik

• ‘Growth and Informality in the Indian Economy’ in K.P. Kannan, R.P. Mamgain and Preet Rustagi (eds) Labour and Development: Essays in Honour of Prof. T.S. Papola, 2017

Chandrani Dutta

• ‘Socio-economic Disparities among Youth in Delhi: Issues and Challenges’, in Sanghmitra S Acharya, Sucharita Sen, Milap Punia and Sunita Reddy (eds) Marginalization in Globalizing Delhi-Issues of Land, Livelihoods and Health, Springer India, 2017

Khalid Khan

• ‘Education in Knowledge based Korean Economic’ in Sushila Narsimhan and Kim Do-young (eds) Deepening India- Korea Relations: Towards a Sustainable Development, Manak Publication, Delhi, 2016

Rajesh Raushan• ‘Demographic Outcome and RCH Services Utilization in Bihar: Where is the Gap?’

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in H. Sahoo, F. Ram, B. Paswan, H. Lhungdim, Dipti Govil (eds) Population Issues in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, International Institute for Population Sciences, 2017

• ‘Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Associated Risk Factors among 15-49 Years Ever Married Women in Rural India’ National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, 2017

PAPERS IN JOURNALSSanghmitra S Acharya

• ‘Historically Excluded Groups in India- Sanitation Workers and Realities of Livelihoods, Health and Safety’, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 78(1), pp 113-131, January 2017.

• ‘Sustainability, Prosperity and Well-being-Understanding the Conservancy Workers in India’ Journal of Health and Demography, 2 (3), July 2016

• ‘Migrant Women in Construction Work: Examining Issues and Challenges in Delhi’, Amity Journal of Healthcare Management, 1(1), (1–20), 2016

• ‘Population Dynamics and Health in Planning for Urban Poor: Social Inequalities in Odisha’, Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 2 (2), 2016.

Gobinda C Pal

• ‘Tribal Resistance, Assertions of Identities and Atrocities: Suppressing the Voices of Truth’, Journal of Economic and Social Development, 13(2), 2017.

• ‘Caste and Access to Public Services: ‘Intensified’ Disadvantages’ Economic and Political Weekly, 51(31), 102-107, 2016.

• ‘Inter-sectional Atrocities in Haryana: Issues and Challenges’ Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 2 (2), 2016.

Vinod K Mishra & Ajaya Kumar Naik

• ‘Capturing Benefits from Public Policy Initiatives in India: Inter-Group Differences in Access to and Usage of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana Health Insurance Cards’, Amity Journal of Economics, 1 (1), 2016, pp 1-17, 2016.

Mala Mukherjee

• ‘Youth in India: An Analysis of Socio-economic and Demographic Characteristics’ Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 2 (2), 2016.

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Chandrani Dutta & Ajaya Kumar Naik

• ‘Reservation in Political Sphere and Employment Sector: Understanding the Impact in Punjab and Karnataka’, Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 2 (2), 2016.

Rajesh Raushan

• ‘Level and Correlates of Unintended Pregnancy among Currently Pregnant Young Women in India’ Journal of Population and Social Studies, 25 (3), 194-212, 2017.

• ‘Declining Child Sex Ratio and Missing Girls in India’, Man & Development, 38(2), 87-106, 2016.

• Disparities in Access to Higher Education in India, Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 1 (2), 2016.

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

• Public Policy Delivery and Exclusion: Government Schemes in Food, Health and Employment

• Caste Atrocities in Contemporary India: Repression. Resistance and Reform

• Ambedkar and Democracy: An Anthology, Oxford Publications, New Delhi

• Tracking Health Status Across Social Groups in India: Locating Inequality and Discrimination.

IIDS JOURNALS

Dalit Asmita

Dalit Asmita, a quarterly journal (in Hindi), aims to promote literary work on Dalits and their struggle for identity, emancipation, and development. It features short stories, poems and articles, and provides an academic platform for discussions on Dalit empowerment. Four issues have been published during 2016-2017.

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal. It aims to promote informed debate and contributes to current knowledge and understanding on the nature, forms, and consequences of social exclusion and discrimination faced by marginalised groups and affirmative policies for the development of these groups. During the year 2016-17, IIDS published two issues of Journal.

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POLICY ENGAGEMENT AND RESEARCH COMMUNICATION

Dissemination of research findings is an important activity to influence the policy for socially marginalised and excluded groups. The Institute disseminates its policy-oriented research through engagement in policy debates, conferences, seminars, workshops, roundtables, and publication of research papers in journals. The details of these are given in following sections:

ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES

I. Roundtable Meetings and Conferences

Round Table Conference on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Schemes’, July 15-16, 2016, Ranchi, Jharkhand

The roundtable conference was organized by IIDS and PACS, India as an initiative to disseminate the findings of the study undertaken by IIDS to explore whether there was discrimination in access to government schemes like Mid-day Meal (MDM), Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Forests Rights Act to name a few in the seven states of India which were under the DFID’s Poorest Area Civil Service Programme. The Roundtable conference held during 15-16 July 2016,was the first of the two conferences organized to disseminate the findings and have a dialogue with the civil society organisations working at the grassroot level. The factor of discrimination against certain groups like the Dalits and the Adivasis in these states and the group specific challenges in accessing the various government schemes was discussed during the conference. It is in this phase that IIDS had tried to study the nature of discrimination existing in the access to these government schemes in the states under the PACS programme. The main objective of this roundtable conference was to disseminate the findings of the study and try to triangulate with experiences from the grassroot level activists and then compile all the findings in the form of policy brief.

Round Table Conference on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Schemes’ July 27-28, 2016, New Delhi

IIDS in collaboration with PACS India organized second Round Table Conference on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Programme’ on July 27-28, 2016 at New

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Delhi. The aim of the Conference was to bring together PACS partner NGOs and CSOs working for socially marginalised communities at the grassroots level. Theme of the roundtable was to discuss the nature and form of discrimination experienced by socially marginalised communities while accessing the various government schemes and the consequences of the discrimination on their right to entitlements. The participants shared their rich experiences on the issues related to education, their efforts to revive the gram sabhas in the villages and making it more inclusive, need for awareness of the atrocity act, discrimination in livelihood opportunities. The dialogue between the academicians and the grass root activists has been extremely relevant in building a common platform to discuss sensitive issues like discrimination based on caste, ethnicity, gender, disability and also their intersections. The conference has been successful to shed light on issues which have remained relatively less heard and less studied and researched.

Round Table Meeting with SAMATA Foundation, December 19, 2016

Indian Institute of Dalit Studies organised a round table meeting on December 19, 2016. The delegation from SAMATA Foundation, Kathmandu and India China Institute, New York participated in the round table meeting. During the meeting, various spheres were identified where these three institutes can collaborate with each other. IIDS can help SAMATA foundation to create a charter of demands for socially excluded communities such as Dalits in Nepal similar on the line of India. During the meeting, it was discussed that there is need to collaborate in preparing the dalit human development report in Nepal. It was also discussed to work together in the sphere of national endowments and democracy and dalit and democracy in India and Nepal and what can be done together. During the meeting the possible collaboration in the field of urban inequality, reservation, reparations and affirmative actions were discussed in detail.

Participants during the Round Table Conference on Discrimination in Access to Government

Schemes on July 27-28, 2016 at New Delhi

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Round Table Meeting with University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, January 5, 2017

The delegates from the University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, USA visited Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, as the part of the Seminar course on ‘Transnational Feminism’ jointly organised by University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Women’s Studies Development Centre, University of Delhi and IIDS. During the round table meeting issues related to status of Dalit women were discussed. Session began with an introduction to Indian caste system and basic issues faced by the Indian women across all social groups; theoretical perspective on education of women that how it relates to current problem of the society, although legally and theoretically women are now considered as equal to men yet there are people who refuse to give them their due. During the meeting, issues related to women and unemployment, income generation and poverty reduction, violence against dalit women were discussed in detail. Women and SC’s have specific policies towards them; however these policies do not address Dalit women. Caste, Gender and Inter-sectionality, issues of Dalit adolescent girls and boys were also discussed during the meeting.

II. Seminar

International Seminar on ‘Private Sector and Social Inclusion’ April 14, 2016, New Delhi

On the occasion of 125th Birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, IIDS organised International Seminar on Private Sector and Social Inclusion on April 14, 2016. The sessions of the seminar focused on the private sector and inclusion in education and health; private sector and employment of social groups; private sector and inclusion in education and health and dalit and private capital. During the conference various issues were discussed such as: SC/ST and minorities access to ‘quality employment,’ regional imbalance; economic empowerment; difference between socially marginalised groups in terms of economic opportunity. Endowment differences among various

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social groups were also discussed. The discussion during the conference emphasised that economic and social inequality is not only persisting but also widening over time. The speakers also pointed that the sole objective of expansion of opportunities with the help of education gets questioned by increasing privatization. The speakers also emphasised that there is a need to have health insurance models which would be more socially inclusive. Seminar concluded that there are significant inter-social group disparities in the ownership of enterprises and exclusion is mostly reinforced by discriminatory practices and unfavourable inclusion in market process, capital generation and livelihood means.

Policy Advocacy Seminar, September 27, 2016, New DelhiIIDS organized one day policy advocacy dissemination seminar at India Habitat Centre on September 27, 2016. During this dissemination workshop, the major findings of the research studies undertaken by the Institute during the year were presented. During the seminar issues related to discrimination and social exclusion and historical perspectives; socio-economic condition of marginalised groups and discrimination in the sphere of health, education and political participation were presented and discussed. The speakers and participants in the seminar comprehensively discussed the issues such as educational rights of marginalised social groups during the British period, property rights of marginalised social groups, implementation in the sustainable development of marginalised section, discrimination in the new form of recruits, employment, unemployment and affirmative actions, inequality in

Speaker during the International Conference on Private Sector and Social Inclusion on April 14, 2016 at Convention Centre, JNU,

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Inaugural session during the Policy Advocacy Seminar on September 27, 2016 at India Habitat

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Participants during the International Conference on Private Sector and Social Inclusion on April 14, 2016

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access to wealth and property, discrimination in the agriculture sector, status of Dalit women in India; discrimination in access to education and reservation in the political participation. The workshop was attended by various stakeholders. The presentation of the studies was followed by panel discussion and questions and answer session.

Seminar on Transnational Feminism: The Space for Dialogue and Participation, January 7, 2017, New Delhi

Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi organised one day Seminar on Transnational Feminism: The Space for Dialogue and Participation’ in collaboration with University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Women’s Studies Development Centre, University of Delhi on January 7, 2017 at Monis Raza Committee Room, JNU, New Delhi. The seminar was attended by academicians from various Institutes and Universities. First session of the seminar focussed on feminist political theory and affirmative action policies. Apart from this the concept of inter-sectionality was also discussed in detail. It described how oppressive institutions are interconnected with each other. In the west, interconnection between race and patriarchy is well researched; similarly, in India we need to study the inter-connection between caste, patriarchy and ethnicity, because, our country has a caste-divided societal structure with diverse ethnic groups. Though, the concept of inter-sectionality was there for decades, but it recently has got a place in the main stream feminism, in India, it is still new.

III. Workshop

Research Methodology Workshop, September 5-7, 2016, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh

Indian Institute of Dalit Studies in collaboration with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Mhow organized a three day research methodology workshop on September 5-7, 2016 at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. The theme of the workshop

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focused on understanding social exclusion and discrimination: methodological issues. The sessions of the workshop focused on concept and theories, measurement of discrimination, inequality, disparity; conceptualization of research question; research design, sampling, methods and tools of data collection; type of data sources and their characteristics, qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods of research in Social Sciences. Apart from this, the workshop also covered ethnographic methods; ethical issues in social science research and writing social science research. During the workshop, specific modules on gender context of marginalized groups, unemployment, housing, poverty, atrocities and violence, disaster, urban processes, health and labour market trained the participants to undertake research on discrimination and social exclusion. The scope of the workshop was inter-disciplinary. It has offered analytical perspectives to enable participants develop competency in identifying and measuring various dimensions of discrimination and social exclusion in social science research.

Work shop on ‘Causes of the varying performances of Indian States’, November 21-22, 2016, New Delhi

IIDS in collaboration with German Institute of Global and Asian Studies (GIGA) and Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University organized workshop on ‘Causes of the varying performances of Indian States’ on November 21-22, 2016 at JNU. The issues discussed during the seminar are- role of public policies in agricultural transformation in India; political economy of uneven development, convergence in consumption and poverty in India; differential effect of growth on poverty reduction across social groups in India and trends in health status across social groups in India.

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IV. Special Lectures

8th Ambedkar Memorial Lecture, April 14, 2016

The 8th Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Special Lecture on ‘Affirmative Action and Beyond: Reparations and Public Employment Policy’ was delivered by Prof William A Darity Jr., Duke University on April 14, 2016 on the occasion of 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Convention Centre, JNU. The lecture focused on affirmative action and its effect on public employment policy. The speaker raised the issue of the limits of affirmative action to make the case for complimentary or addition of policies that should be implemented for the purposes of producing caste equality or eradicating the inequalities that are associated with caste. He emphasised that affirmative action is primarily an anti- discrimination measure which is intended to put people into spaces and occupations and positions that they would otherwise been excluded from on the basis of, in the US typically on the basis of race or possibly on gender; in the Indian context specially on basis on caste, religion or gender. The speaker pointed out the limits of anti discrimination measures and emphasised that it does not address wage discrimination so individual can get positions that they otherwise would had been blocked for having access to but there is no guaranteed they will received pay equivalent to the employees from other social groups.

Special Lecture by Prof William Waldron, April 18, 2016IIDS organised special lecture by Prof William Waldron, Department of Religion, Middlebury College, Vermont, USA on April 18, 2016. The theme of the lecture focused on Buddha and socio-scientific critic of group discrimination. Prof Waldron discussed in the detail about the inclusive policy and humanism of Buddhism. The

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Interactive session during the 8th Amabedkar Memorial Lecture on April 14, 2016 at Convention

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philosophy of Buddhism gives value to the humanism. Philosophy of Buddhism is very much relevant in the present context when discrimination and exclusion are rampant. Prof. Waldron mentioned that Buddhism shows the way to eradicate social exclusion and establish socially inclusive policy.

Education Dialogue July 30, 2016IIDS organized Education Dialogue on July 30, 2016. Education dialogue discussed in detail that there is a clear divide in educational thinking in the country today: between those interested in creating critical, questioning, innovative thinkers, and those looking to create a clone army of unclear, unquestioning, programmable drones, i.e. those who think that education is just the process of knowledge transmission and training in knowledge application. Therefore, there is need to create vibrant and independent platforms where practicing educators, educational thinkers, and those with an interest in education can share views, concerns and ideas to develop a collective understanding over issues confronting education today. With the current uncertainty about the future of education in India, it is vital that sincere educationalists come together to set out a vision for the future.

Special Lecture by Dr Maria Dulce Natividad, November 10, 2016IIDS organised special lecture by Dr Maria Dulce Natividad, Philippines University on November 10, 2016. The speaker discussed about the status of health in the south Asia and the barriers to access health by the marginalized social group. Dr Maria Dulce Natividad emphasized that both India and Philippines are emerging economies but are lagging behind in the social indicators. The economic growth has caused the different inequalities specially health inequalities. The discussion highlighted that the public health system in Asia has not been able to address the problem of inequalities. The public policy in the country has not been able to address the issues related to social exclusion and discrimination. Dr Maria Dulce Natividad concluded her lecture by reintegrating that provision should be made for the universal and inclusive access to health services. Special Lecture by Dr Takashi Shinoda, December 19, 2016

IIDS organised special lecture by Dr Takashi Shinoda, Professor of Economics, faculty of international relations, Daito Bunka University on December 19, 2016. The theme of the discussion focused on the Dalit Entrepreneurship. The speaker made

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a comparison between the situation of Dalits and Burakmin in Japan. During the discussion, he proposed to work together on the entrepreneurship of Dalits and Burakmins. Both the Institutes can work together in various issues of common interest. Indian Chamber of Commerce for Affirmative Actions can communicate with the Burakmin researchers and share information on the experiences of each other.

Academic and Policy Engagement of IIDS Faculty

Presentation of Research Papers by IIDS Faculty in Conferences/Seminars/Workshops


• ‘Making Education Employable- Exploring the Policy Disconnects for Marginalised groups’ Workshop on ‘Development Policy’ organized by Development Policy Research Network (DPRN) in collaboration with London School of Economics, at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, March 10-11, 2017.

• ‘Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals’ during ‘Strategy Meeting of Southern Voice’ organized by Secretariat at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka in Dakar, Senegal, November 14-15, 2016.

• ‘Children of the Marginalised: Issues and Challenges’ Organized by Anthropos India Foundation in collaboration with Save the Children, CRY and Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion, JNU, New Delhi, October 22, 2016.

• ‘Social Inequalities in Access to Public Health Services: Gaps in Adolescent Health’ National Seminar on ‘Public Health in India: Issues of Women, Children and Adolescents’ organized by Dr G.L. Gupta Institute of Public Health, University of Lucknow, October 15-16, 2016.

• ‘Dalits and Romani People’ Interdisciplinary Seminar on ‘Romani Studies’ organized by Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, September 26, 2016.

• ‘Engaging with Sanitation Workers – Understanding Issues of Livelihoods, Health and Safety in Uttar Pradesh’ national seminar on ‘Growth, Disparities and Inclusive Development in Uttar Pradesh’ organized by Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, September 23-25, 2016.

Special Lecture by Dr Takashi Shinoda on December 19, 2016

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• ‘Health and Well-being in India- Perspective for Marginalized Populations in the context of SDG’ EqUIP Symposium on ‘Health, Wellbeing and Prosperity’ organized by Academy of Finland, Helsinki, June 9-10, 2016.

Gobinda C Pal

• ‘Suppressing the Voices of Tribals: Trajectories of Marginalisation’, National Seminar on ‘Isolation, Disparity and Deprivation of Tribal Population and their Mainstreaming’ organized by Government P.G. College, Tonk, Rajasthan February 25, 2017.

• ‘Educational Institutions, Exclusionary Bias and Psychological Impacts’ International Conference’ on ‘Comparative Educational Destinies: Visions, Dilemmas and Challenges’ organized by Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, November 19-21, 2016.

• ‘Gender, Caste and Crime with Reference to Haryana: Concerns and Challenges, National Conference on ‘Gender and Society with Specific Reference to Haryana’ organized by CRSIS&EC, M.D. University, Rohtak, October 6-7, 2016.

• ‘Violation of Civil Rights, Atrocities and Deprivation: Responses of State Machinery in Uttar Pradesh’, International Seminar on ‘Growth, Disparities and Inclusive Development in Uttar Pradesh: Experiences, Challenges and Policy Options’, organized by Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, September 23-25, 2016.

Mala Mukherjee

• ‘Female Migration for Non-Marital Purposes: Understanding Social and Demographic Correlates of Barriers’ International Young Researchers’ Conference on ‘The Impacts and Challenges of Demographic Change’ organised by Institute National D’Etudes Demographiques, Paris, September 22-23, 2016.

Chandrani Dutta

• ‘Discrimination in the Access to Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)’ Round Table Conference on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Programme’ jointly organised by IIDS and PACs, Ranchi, July 15-16, 2016.

• ‘Gender Caste Inter-sectionality and Legal Safeguards for Dalit Women in India’; National Seminar on ‘Development of SCs and STs in Globalised World: Legal Issues and Challenges’ in IMS NOIDA, May 21, 2016.

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Rajesh Raushan

• ‘Early Sexual Debut, Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Risk Factors among Ever Married Women in India’ National Seminar on ‘Gender Equity and Empowerment of Women and Girls’ organized by Centre for Gender Studies and Development, NIRDPR, Hyderabad, February 27-March 01, 2017.

• ‘Health and Healthcare among Tribals in India: Where Do they have reached?’ in ICSSR-NRC sponsored National seminar on ‘Isolation Disparity and Deprivation of Tribal Population and their Mainstreaming’ organized by Government College, Tonk, Rajasthan, February 25, 2017.

• National Seminar on Social Innovations for Improving Urban Sanitation: Lessons for Scaling-up organized by PRIYA and Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on December 14, 2016.

• ‘Farm Input, Productivity and Income- Group Disparity’ presented during Policy Advocacy Seminar organized by IIDS at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on September 27, 2016.

• Inter-group inequality in Health Services Utilization in Rural India presented during Summer School on Health Policy Research at Azim Premji University, Bangalore during June 6-10, 2016.

• ‘Discrimination in Child Immunization and Neighbourhood Effect in Rural India’ National Seminar on ‘Development of SCs and STs in Globalised World’ at ISM Law College on May 21, 2016.

Invited Lectures/TalksSanghmitra S Acharya

• ‘Health, Safety & Well-Being of Sanitation Workers- Realities of Historical Exclusion and Livelihoods’, National Conference on ‘Health, Safety & Well-Being of the Workers in Unorganized Sector/Informal Economy’, organized by Department of Social Work, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, March 23-24, 2017.

• ‘Bereavement and Sorrow among Women- Experiential Differences across Social Axes’ invited talk in the scientific session ‘Fertility Preservation ’ISSRF International Conference- 2017 organised by AIIMS, New Delhi, January 23-25, 2017.

• ‘Health and Human Rights of Marginalised Young Girls: Moving beyond MDGs to SDGs’ on the occasion of World Population Day at International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai on July 11, 2016.

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• Health and well-being in India- Consequences of Inequitable Access for Marginalised Populations with special Reference to Conservancy Workers’ at Centre for Social Research, University of Finland, Helsinki, June 12,2016.

• ‘Dalits in Conservancy and Sanitation Works: Exploring the Connects between Economic Reforms and Their Health’ National Seminar on ‘Dalit Situation in India: After Economic Reforms’ organized by Centre for Multi-disciplinary Development Research (CMDR) Dharwad, April, 20-21 2016.

• ‘Ambedkar’s Vision for Inclusive Policies with Special reference to Health of the Marginalised Groups’ National Seminar on ‘Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s Contribution in Nation Building- Celebrating 125 Birth Anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar’ organized by Khopoli Municipal College, Khopoli. April 8-9 2016.

• ‘Ambedkar’s Vision for Health and Wellbeing’ in National Seminar on ‘Celebrating 125 Birth Anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar’ Nagpur Buddhist Society, Nagpur, April 8-12 2016

Gobinda C Pal

• Paper Clinic- Academic Writings’, on 15 March 2017, ICSSR sponsored ‘Capacity Building Programme for Faculty in Social Sciences’ organized by Indian Institute of Education, Pune, March 13-19 2017.

• ‘Ethics in Academic Writing’, March 15, 2017, ICSSR sponsored ‘Capacity Building Programme for Faculty in Social Sciences’, organized by Indian Institute of Education, Pune, March 13-19, 2017.

• ‘Plagiarism in Research’, March 16, 2017, ICSSR sponsored Capacity Building Programme for Faculty in Social Sciences, organized by Indian Institute of Education, Pune, March 13-19 2017.

• ‘Ethnographic Perspectives in Social Science Research’, March 5, 2017, ICSSR sponsored ‘Research Methodology Course for Ph.D Students in Social Sciences’, organised by RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, March 1-10, 2017.

• ‘Qualitative and Quantitative Research Designs- Grounded Theory’, March 5, 2017, ICSSR sponsored ‘Research Methodology Course for Ph.D Students in Social Sciences’, organised by RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur March 1-10, 2017.

• ‘National Seminar on Isolation Disparity and Deprivation of Tribal Populationand theirMainstreaming organisedbyDepartmentofGeography,GovernmentCollege,Tonk,Rajasthan,IndiaonFebruary25,2017.

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• ‘Doing Research: Methodological Concerns’, December 20, 2016, Research Methodology Course organized by Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

• ‘Visual Research and Unlocking Large Datasets for Communications and Outreach’, ‘Think Tank Initiative (TTI) Data Visualization Workshop’, December 13, 2016, Bangkok.

• ‘Discrimination and Distress: The “D’ Model, September 12, 2016, Workshop on ‘Discrimination, Distress and Higher Education in India’. Organized by JNU, New Delhi.

• ‘Meta-Analysis and Data Visualization’, September 6 2016, Research Methodology Workshop on ‘Understanding Social Exclusion and Discrimination: Methodological Issues’ organized by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, September 5-7 2016.

• ‘Mixed Method and Triangulation’, August 11, 2016, AIU National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology in Social Sciences’ organized by Punjab University, Chandigarh, August 6-12, 2016.

• ‘Discrimination in ICDS’, Roundtable Conference on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Schemes’ organized by IIDS and PACS India, Vishwa Yuva Kendra, New Delhi, July 28, 2016.

• ‘Discrimination in MGNREGS’, Roundtable Conference on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Schemes’ organized by IIDS and PACS India, Vishwa Yuva Kendra, New Delhi, July 27, 2016.

• ‘Role and Functions of NGOs in Investigation of SC/ST and Weaker Sections Cases’, Training Course for Police Officials on ‘Training Course on Atrocities against SC/ST & Weaker Section organized by Central Detective Training School, Ghaziabad, July 21, 2016.

• ‘Why the PoA Act Amendments Bill 2014 was Necessary?’ Training Course for Police Officials on ‘Training Course on Atrocities against SC/ST & Weaker Section organized by Central Detective Training School, Ghaziabad, July 21, 2016.

• ‘Discrimination in Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)’, Roundtable Conference with Civil Society Organizations on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Schemes’, July 15, 2016, IIDS and PACS India, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

• ‘PACS Programme and IIDS Study on Social Exclusion and Poverty Linkages’, Roundtable Conference with Civil Society Organizations on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Schemes’, organized by IIDS and PACS India, Ranchi, Jharkhand 15 July, 2016.

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• ‘Atrocities in Haryana: Some Reflections’ Capacity Building Training Programme for Administrative Officials in Foundation Training Programme for Haryana Civil Service Officers, organised by Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon July 12, 2016.

• ‘The SC/ST (PoA) Amendment Act, 2015’ ‘Capacity Building Training Programme for Administrative Officials in Foundation Training Programme for Haryana Civil Service Officers’ organized by Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon July 12, 2016.

• ‘Doing Research and Research Design’, June 2, 2016, ICSSR sponsored ‘Capacity Building Programme for Faculty in Social Science’ organized by Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, May 30- June 12, 2016.

• ‘Triangulation and Measuring Social Exclusion’, June 2, 2016, ICSSR sponsored ‘Capacity Building Programme for Faculty in Social Science’ organized by Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, May 30-June 12, 2016.

• ‘Written and Unwritten Laws Concerning to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes’ National Seminar on ‘Development of SC and ST in Globalised World: Legal Issues and Challenges’ organized by IMS Law College, Noida, May 21, 2016.

• ‘Methodological Issues in the Study of Discrimination and Social Exclusion’, April 8, 2016, Guest Lecture for M.Phil/Ph.D. Students organized by CSDE, JNU, New Delhi.

Chandrani Dutta

• ‘Transnational Feminism: The Space for Dialogue and Participation’ organised by Indian Institute of Dalit Studies in collaboration with University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and Women’s Studies Development Centre, University of Delhi at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on January 7, 2017.

• ‘Forest Rights Act’ Roundtable Discussion on ‘Discrimination in Access to Government Schemes’ organized by PACS, India and IIDS at Vishwa Yuva Kendra, New Delhi on July 27-28, 2016.

Khalid Khan

• ‘Methodological Issues in Higher Education’, September 6 2016, Research Methodology Workshop on ‘Understanding Social Exclusion and Discrimination: Methodological Issues’ organized by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, September 5-7 2016.

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Rajesh Raushan

• ‘Farm Input, Productivity and Income- Group Disparity’ Seminar on ‘Policy Advocacy’ organized by IIDS at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on September 27, 2016.

Participation in Policy Meetings • ‘Social Determinants of Tuberculosis’ organized by Central TB Division and CARE

India at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India on February 15, 2017.

• RAISINA DIALOGUE: 2017 on Future of Universal Health Coverage in Asia: Learning from Each Other at Hotel Taj Palace, Delhi on January 18, 2017.

IIDSLIBRARY

IIDS library is an exclusive research and reference library with over 3000 books, government documents and publications. The library has also substantial collection of statistical publications and survey reports such as National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), National Family Health Survey (NFHS), Population Census, Economic Census and Economic Survey and others. The library has a collection of about 800 reports on various subjects including a comprehensive collection on Dalits and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Large number of working papers and discussion papers of other organisations and institutions are also available. The library is widely accessed by academicians, researchers and activists from India and abroad. The functions of the library are fully automated using library management software (KOHA). Bibliographical details of library collections are accessible through Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) within the LAN.

DATA SUPPORTIIDS has created a Data Unit and Documentation Centre with the capacity to process and analyse large data sets, both primary and secondary data, from NSSO, NFHS, etc., to facilitate research. Besides this, data is also available on various aspects related to marginalised communities in India. We have developed a detailed all-India and state-level database for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and other religious groups. This data has been widely used by academicians, students, government agencies, bilateral agencies, national and international NGOs, activists, and others.

WEBSITEThe IIDS website is one of the major channels of dissemination of the Institute’s research output. Abstracts of books, working papers and details of research programmes are available and accessible on the website. All working papers are uploaded regularly. They can be downloaded free of cost. Our functional website can be accessed at: http://www.dalitstudies.org.in.

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PARTNERSHIPS

IIDS has been collaborating with a large number of institutions, organisations, universities, development agencies and NGOs through various programmes, as follows:

GOVERNMENT♦ Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India

♦ Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India

♦ Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India

♦ Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India

♦ Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India

♦ Planning Commission of India, Government of India

♦ Government of Gujarat

♦ Government of Maharashtra

NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS♦ Baba Saheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute

♦ Gujarat Institute of Development Research

♦ Indian Institute of Public Administration

♦ Institute for Social and Economic Change

♦ Institute of Development and Communication, Chandigarh

♦ Institute of Human Development

♦ National Institute of Rural Development

♦ National Law School of India University, Bangalore

♦ Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

♦ Society of Elimination of Rural Poverty

♦ Yashwant Rao Chavan Academy of Development Administration

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS♦ Action Aid

♦ Cord Aid

♦ Food and Agriculture Organisation

♦ Ford Foundation

♦ Global Development Network

♦ International Dalit Solidarity Network

♦ International Development Research Centre, Canada

♦ International Food Policy Research Institute

♦ International Labour Organization

♦ Department for International Development, UK

♦ Overseas Development Institute, UK

♦ Oxfam India

♦ Princeton University, USA

♦ UNICEF

♦ United Nations Development Programme

♦ University of Birmingham, UK

♦ University of Bath, UK

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