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Dilip Diwakar G

Associate Professor · Indira Gandhi National Open University

https://researchid.co/dilipignou
@ignou.ac.in
10Scopus Publications
465Google Scholar Citations
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Research Interests

Food Schemes, Nutrition, Urban Poor, Disaster Management, Resettlement and Evaluation of Government Programmes. Understanding issues of marginalization and its interaction with social, economic, political and cultural spheres.

Biography

He has more than 18 years of experience in teaching, research and development sector. Currently he is working as Associate Professor, School of Social Work, IGNOU. Before that he was with Central University of Kerala for 7 years and Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS) for five years as Assistant Professor. He also worked with various National and International development organizations like ActionAid, Aide-et-Action, Centre for Equity Studies. He has Co-authored a book titled “Caste, Discrimination and Exclusion in Modern India”, SAGE 2015. He has published more than 36 research articles in both national, international peer-reviewed journals and chapters in books. He had completed 12 research projects for government and various funding organizations. He has presented papers and also been as a resource person for more than 50 national and international seminar and workshops. At School of Social Work he is coordinating the PhD Programme and BFSW (Joint Coordinator).

Education

PhD and M.Phil from the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. MA in Social Work and BSC in Plant Biology from Loyola College Chennai.

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Advancing Health Equity for the Disadvantaged: The Transformative Role of Social Work in Bridging the Gap
    Social Work and Society, 2024
  2. Prevalence of psychological distress among the caregivers of an endosulfan disaster victims in India: a cross-sectional community-based study
    Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2023
  3. Life of the Theyyam Artists of Kerala—Their Livelihood, Health Condition and Social Status
    Mapping Identity Induced Marginalisation in India Inclusion and Access in the Land of Unequal Opportunities, 2022
  4. Policy Directions and Public Choices in Direct Cash Transfer Programme of PDS
    Indian Journal of Social Work, 2021
  5. Intersectional pedagogy for gender transformation among graduate students in India: A case study from Kerala
    Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2021

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