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Skills

  • Data Entry
  • Data Management
  • Editing
  • Management
  • Tax Filing

Services

  • Documentation

    $15/hr Starting at $35 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    I will be able to manage and document data which includes Data Entry, Data Management, Data Filing, Digitising the Data, Editing,

    Data EntryData ManagementEditingManagementTax Filing

About

Researcher

Development and issues of development have been part of my academic exercise and career. I have Masters in Social Work with Community Development as specialisation from Mangalore University. Later, I moved on to doing a Post Graduate Diploma in Reproductive Health Management offered by Karanatk University, Dharwad in collaboration with Groningen University, Netherlands. I moved on to doing my PhD from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Through my PhD thesis titled “Soolé women and their Life: an Ethnographic Understanding I have tried to explain present form of Devadasi. My objectives were to look at the influence of laws and policies that were brought out as a result of anti-dedication movements in Southern part of India and in Maharashtra on the present form of Devadasi. I have through my work analysed as to how the triads of caste inequality, patriarchy and religion are part of the present form of Devadasi. PhD endeavour was mostly focussed on issues of caste, gender and patriarchy. Ethnography was used as the methodology to understand the nuances of Devadasi culture in North Karnataka. Ethnography as a method of data collection in this study was used to understand the present form of soolé, life of soolé women, on their tradition, livelihood and their identity. It is also been used to get information on how other people who live within this social cultural set up view soolé women at present.
My paper titled ‘Dedication Culture: Nuances of Understanding an Alternative Sexuality’ has been published in the journal Voice of Dalit, Vol 6, No.2.2013,Sage Publications. I worked as Project Officer at The Gender Park, Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala. At the Gender Park, I was involved in organising the first International Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE-1) in association with UN Women and UNFPA. I was also involved in conceptualising a proposal for an International Institute for Gender and Development focusing on research, learning and k

Work Terms

7 PM - 12:00 AM
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