Complete Research Project (CRP)

Minor and Major Research Projects Completed by Faculty of MSSISW from 2012 to 2017

Sr. No.	Name of Researcher	Title of Research Study	Type of Study	Year of Completion	Funding Agency & Amount of Assistance (Rs)
1	Dr John Menachery & Dr Keshav Walke	Research assignment titled “Translation and Back-Translation of Two Sets of Research Tools and Qualitative Interviews of Commercial Sex Workers in Nagpur”.	Consultancy Assignment	April 2010	YRG Care, Chennai. Rs 25,000/-
2	Dr John Menachery & Mr Kapil Chandrayan	Research study titled “Water Consumption Pattern of Nagpur City” as part of the ‘My City My Water’ campaign.	Consultancy Assignment	April 2010	Young Initiatives and Others, Nagpur. (Report submitted to Nagpur Municipal Corporation).(Zero Budget)
3	Dr John A. Menachery & Dr Keshav Walke	Research Study titled “Educational Need Mapping of Children from Distressed Farmers’ Families in Akola and Amravati Districts of Maharashtra”.	Consultancy Assignment	July 2010	Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai. Rs 1,20,000/-
4	Ms Anuradha Joshi	UGC funded Minor Research Project titled “A Study of the Trustees of the Welfare Organizations in Nagpur City regarding Challenges and Opportunities in the Voluntary Sector in the Era of Globalization”.	UGC Minor Research Project	March 2012	University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Rs 60,000/-
5	Dr Prince Ajaykumar T. Agashe	UGC funded Minor Research Project titled “Institutional Repository of Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work Nagpur”.	UGC Minor Research Project	March 2013	University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Rs 67,500/-
6	Dr Keshav M. Walke	UGC funded Minor Research Project titled “A Social Audit of Gram Sabhas in Bhamragad and Ettapalli Blocks of Gadchiroli District (Maharashtra State)”.	UGC Minor Research Project	March 2013	University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Rs 56,000/-
7	Dr Vaishali Bezalwar	UGC funded Major Research Project titled “Nomadic Tribes in India: Life & Literature”.	UGC Major Research Project	February 2014	University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Rs 6,03,700/-
8	Dr John A. Menachery	ICSSR funded Research Project titled “Awareness of Youth on the Right to Information Act, 2005 and their Opinion on its Impact: A Study of Rural Youth in Umred Tehasil, Nagpur District, Maharashtra, India”.	ICSSR Funded Research Project	March 2015	Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. Rs 4,00,000/-
9	Dr John A. Menachery	Problems in Accessing the Benefits of the Right to Education Act 2009 and Satisfaction About the Provisions of the Act: A Study of the Families of Students who are Admitted to Private Schools of Nagpur City under the RTE Act.	UGC Minor Research Project	March 2016	University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Rs. 1,15,000/-
10	Dr Keshav M. Walke	ICSSR funded Research Project titled “Impact of Tiger Reserves on Tribal Life: An Empirical Study in the Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra State”.	ICSSR Funded Research Project	Report submitted in 2017	Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. Rs 8,00,000/-
		UGC Minor Research Projects = 4 UGC Major Research Projects = 1 ICSSR Funded Projects = 2 Total = 7		Total Funds Received / Allocated	Rs 21,02,200/-

Other Research & Evaluation Projects
Completed by Faculty of MSSISW from 2010 to 2017

Year : 2011

Sr. No.	Name	Title of Research Study	Type of Study	Year of Completion	Funding Agency & Amount of Assistance (Rs)
1	Dr Ajit Kumar	Research Study titled “The Gram Sabha and the Agenda of Inclusion and Exclusion – Democracy At Work in Rural Nagpur”.	Fellowship	May 2011	Local Governance Initiative (LoGIn) South Asia, New Delhi.Rs 2,25,000/-
2	Dr Ajit Kumar	Law and Loss of Livelihood: The Hawadigas and Qalandars of Karnataka.	Field Study	November 2011	Centre for Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy, National Law School University, Bangalore.(Zero Budget)

Year : 2012

Sr. No.	Name	Title of Research Study	Type of Study	Year of Completion	Funding Agency & Amount of Assistance (Rs)
1	Dr Geetha Thachil & Dr John Menachery	Rural Women and Their Experience of Violence:A Study of Institutional Responses to Women Victims of Domestic Violence in Five Districts of Vidarbha.	Consultancy Assignment	January 2012	YUVA (Rural), Nagpur. Rs 25,000/-
2	Dr Ajit Kumar	Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities in India: A Trend Report.	Library Study	January 2012	Centre for Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy, National Law School University , Bangalore.(Zero Budget)
3	Dr John A. Menachery	Assignment titled “Inspection Report for Shelters that are Operational in Nagpur” as a member of the Expert Panel constituted by the Government of Maharashtra for submission in the Supreme Court of India.	Consultancy Assignment	February 2012	Government of Maharashtra.(Zero Budget)
4	Dr Geetha Thachil	Completed a research study titled “A Study of Existing Formal & Informal Systems Dealing with Violence Against Women with special reference to Domestic Violence”.	Consultancy Assignment	February 2012	Yuva Rural Association, Nagpur. Rs 25,000/-
5	Dr Geetha Thachil & Dr Rebecca Ranz	Qualitative research study to compare the learning experiences of Indian students and their counterparts from the Sapir College, Israel	International research project	March 2012	Sapir College, Israel.(Zero Budget)
		titled “How and What Do They learn? A Comparative Study of Eastern and Western Social Work Students”, in collaboration with Sapir College, Israel.
6	Dr John A. Menachery	An Evaluative Study titled “Dimensions of Vulnerability and Measures of Intervention: An Empirical Study of Municipal Solid Waste Collection and Transportation Workers of the City of Nagpur”.	Consultancy Assignment	July 2012	Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services, Mumbai. Rs 2,86,000/-
7	Dr John Menachery, Dr Prajakta Tanksale & Mr Amod Gurjar	Research study titled “Baseline Survey of Class X Students of NMC High Schools in Nagpur City”.	Research Project	Sept 2012	School Social Work Project, MSSISW, Nagpur.(Zero Budget)

Year : 2013

Sr. No.	Name	Title of Research Study	Type of Study	Year of Completion	Funding Agency & Amount of Assistance (Rs)
1	Dr Geetha Thachil, Dr Thomas Kalliath & Dr Parveen Kalliath	Research study titled “Work–Family Interface: A Cross Cultural Investigation of Conflict and Enrichment Experiences of Social Workers in Australia and India”.	International research project	March 2013	AustralianCatholic University, Canberra, Australia.(Zero budget)

Year : 2014

Sr. No.	Name	Title of Research Study	Type of Study	Year of Completion	Funding Agency & Amount of Assistance (Rs)
1	Dr John A. Menachery	Completed an Evaluative study titled “Review and Recommendation of Voluntary Action for Rehabilitation and Development (VARHAD) Trust, Amravati”.	Consultancy Assignment	March 2014	Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai. Rs 1,20,000/-

Year : 2015

Sr. No.	Name	Title of Research Study	Type of Study	Year of Completion	Funding Agency & Amount of Assistance (Rs)
1	Dr John A. Menachery	Socio Economic Study of Gosikhurd Project Affected Persons – 2014.	Consultancy Assignment	January 2015	Govt. of Maharashtra(Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur) Rs 19,67,090/-
2	Dr Ajit Kumar	A Case Study of Singhana Gram Panchyat: Effectiveness in Local Governance [Mannawar Block, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh].	Field Study	January 2015	Centre for Panchyati Raj, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad.(Zero Budget)
3	Dr Ajit Kumar	Best Practices of Own Sources or Revenue Generation: A Case Study of Patoda Gram Panchayat [Aurangabad, Maharashtra].	Field Study	June 2015	Centre for Panchyati Raj, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad.(Zero Budget)
4	Dr John A. Menachery	Documentation of Good Practices in Rural Development (An initiative of Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India supported by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai).	Consultancy Assignment	August 2015	Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai(Zero Budget)

Year : 2016

Sr. No.	Name	Title of Research Study	Type of Study	Year of Completion	Funding Agency & Amount of Assistance (Rs)
1	Dr John A. Menachery	Community consultation on Identifying ways to Achieve Total Sanitation.	Consultancy Assignment	August 2016	Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.(Zero Budget)
2	Dr Ajit Kumar	Module 3: Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern of Gram Panchayats.	Curriculum Development	Dec 2016	Centre for Panchyati Raj, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad.(Zero Budget)

Year : 2017

Sr. No.	Name	Title of Research Study	Type of Study	Year of Completion	Funding Agency & Amount of Assistance (Rs)
1	Dr John A. Menachery	Mapping & Review of Childcare Institutions under JJ Act – 2016	Consultancy Assignment	August 2017	Childline India Foundation, MumbaiRs. 12,15,000/-
2	Dr Ajit Kumar	Module 3: Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern of Gram Panchayats.	Curriculum Development	Dec 2016	Centre for Panchyati Raj, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad.(Zero Budget)
3	Dr John A. Menachery	Evaluative Study titled “Review of ‘Multidisciplinary Research Centre in Child Rights & Law to Support Effective Protection and Promotion of Child Rights’, at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Karnataka”.	Consultancy Assignment	July 2017	Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai.Rs 1,20,000/-
4	Dr John A. Menachery	Evaluation of Prayas: Social Work in Criminal Justice (a Field Action Project of TISS, Mumbai).	Assignment	2017	Philanthropic Initiatives, Bengaluru.Rs 2,10,000/-
				Total Funds Received	Rs 43,38,090/-