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Social Change in Contemporary India

The Council for Social Development and SAGE are delighted to invite you to the online launch of

Social Change in Contemporary India 
(A six-volume thematic series of articles that have appeared in Social Change over the past 50 years)

March 25, 2022, Friday, 3.30 pm to 5.15 pm

Chair
Professor Muchkund Dubey, President Council for Social Development 

Welcome
Professor Nitya Nanda, Director, Council for Social Development 

Introduction 

Series Editor Professor Manoranjan Mohanty
Council for Social Development and Delhi University, formerly editor, Social Change 

Presentation of the volumes
Shri Vivek Mehra
SAGE Publications

Moderator
Professor Riaz Ahmad
Council for Social Development and Editor, Social Change

The series
India’s Tribes: Unfolding Realities (Vol. I) 

Editor Vinay Kumar Srivastava

Discussant
S.M. Patnaik 
Professor, Anthropology, Delhi University
Former Vice Chancellor Utkal University

Land and Labour in Indian Agriculture: Discourses on Growth and Equity  (Vol. II) 
Editor Prashant K. Trivedi
Discussant
Praveen Jha
Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Education in India (Vol. III)
Editor J.B.G.Tilak
Discussant
Avinash Kumar Singh
Professor, Department of Education Policy
National Institute of Education and Planning and Administration
Women in Social Change: Visions, Struggles and Persisting Concerns (Vol. IV)
Editor Ghazala Jamil

Discussant
Uma Chakravarti 
Feminist Historian and Filmmaker

Poverty and Deprivation: Changing Contours.(Vol. V)
Editor K.B. Saxena
Discussant
Professor Manoj Panda
Former Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

Public Health in India: Policy Shifts and Trends (Vol.VI)
Editor P.M. Arathi
Discussant
Imrana Qadeer
Professor (retd.), Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Social Change Golden Jubilee Lecture

Topic: Gender, Presence and Representation

Date and Time: 22 February 2022 (Tuesday) at 6.30 pm (IST)

Speaker: Professor Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, The University of Manchester, UK.

Chair: Professor Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development.



Vacancy – Managing Editor and Communication Advisor

The Council for Social Development, New Delhi, invites application for the following position:

Managing Editor and Communication Advisor: 1 Position (On Consultancy Basis as per the norms of the Council)

  • Good Academic record, with Post Graduation in Social Sciences with good command over English language and exceptional communication skills
  • Published work of high quality in Media.
  • A minimum of fifteen years of editorial experience, part of which should be in the Media.

The work responsibilities of Managing Editor at CSD will include

  1. Coordinating with the Editor, authors, reviewers, copy editors and publishers of Social Change journal and preparing publication plan in consultation with the Editor. Editing (if necessary)/proof reading of papers for Social Change Journal and India Social Development Report.
  2. Editing of Research Reports, Seminar proceedings and papers, Annual Reports, Newsletters, etc. of CSD.
  3. Writing up and publicizing outcomes of CSD’s projects and other activities, culling out the key findings/ recommendations of research projects and seminars and their circulation among all concerned.
  4. Developing new templates and updating the Website of the Council.
  5. Provide need based support to faculty members in writing OP-ED articles etc.
  6. To build relations with potential reporters and editors working on Social Development in India and to organize gathering of media on CSD’s major Seminars, Lectures, Book Releases and other events and to ensure coverage of the same.

The last date for submission of application is March 31st, 2022.

Interested candidates may send the application along with CV to:
The Administrative Officer,
Council for Social Development,
Sangha Rachana, 53 Lodhi Estate,
New Delhi-110003 or electronically to ao@csdindia.org.