Jagdish Ulhas Jadhav

• Central University of Rajasthan

The present study aims to highlight the socio-economic implications of severe storms in a changing climate scenario in South Asia. To explore these impacts, the study first outlined the vulnerability of South Asia to climate change and severe storms. The study further investigated the socio-economic consequences of severe storms and discussed loss...

Sustainable Development Goals advocated by the United Nations in 2015 focus upon five major crucial areas of concern by 2030 i.e., people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. Through a bibliometric analysis, the present study intends to examine the trends, development, and prospects of the Sustainable Development Goals from 2016 to 2023. Th...

This study explores how limited access to natural resources causes gender-based violence and what professional social work practice strategies can be employed to deal with it. Analysing 10 qualitative interviews with Gujjar women, it discusses how they have experienced violence while accessing firewood, water and grazing their cattle. It argues tha...

The Annual Status of Education Report has been instrumental in understanding the education trends in rural India. The ASER2022, published after a gap of four years, draws attention to the aftermath of the COVID-19pandemic on the primary and middle school education. While an increase in the enrolment rate is an encouraging observation, declining fou...

From time immemorial, the traditional practice of group work has contributed to the harmonious existence of various indigenous peoples. The Bakarwal pastoral nomads, who live in the Pir Panjal Range of the Great Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir, India, sustain their pastoral nomadic way of life by living and working in groups. They demonstrate the pr...

The National Achievement Survey has unveiled the picture of the current school education system. The survey was conducted “to evaluate students’ progress and learning competencies as an indicator of the effi ciency of the education system.” Held in over 720 districts of India, rural and urban, the survey fi ndings are concerning as a constant decre...

The novel coronavirus has disrupted the lives and livelihoods of many people around the world. This muddle has been experienced in India by people in line with existing vulnerabilities. 'Bakarwal', a pastoral nomadic tribe residing in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India undergoes this equivalent dilemma. For them, the year 2020 becomes...

Women Empowerment and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) complement each other in innumerable ways. The 17 SDGs embrace vulnerable sects of the society including girls and women in its targets, indicators and interventions. Studies revealed India’s progress for achieving women empowerment in different aspects. In this chapter, the authors explore...

The quest for gender equity is a long-standing issue in India and other countries too. It took centuries for women to even speak up for their rights and for men to realize the damage that patriarchy is causing to their personalities. Differentiating human beings based on gender (social construct) is the foremost reason behind this global phenomenon...

Against the backdrop of several incidences of sexual violence against women in diferent National Universities in India, specific critical questions need to be probed regarding the deep-seated gender biases persisting in the temples of building human capital. The Higher Educational Institutions may have adopted zero-tolerance policy frameworks again...

The chapter attempts to highlight the emerging significance of Green Social Work to deal with environmental issues and environmental injustice. It focuses to integrate knowledge and practices bases of the social work profession with regard to Green Social Work practice. Various roles that a social worker (Green Social Worker) can play while integra...

The present social work education system in India is unable to bring visible social interventions and social change in society. Professional attributes of social work and field practice have a missing interlink for community development. The ‘contemporary social realities, issues and challenges’ and ‘curriculum development of social work courses ac...

Abstract: Relocation is not only a cause of uprooting the tribals from their ancestral land, forest and habitat but also the host of livelihood complexities and diminution of rich cultural heritage. This has become common in protected areas after the enactment of Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. The present study delineates the relocation case of Ac...

Relocation is not only a cause of uprooting the tribals from their ancestral land, forest and habitat but also the host of livelihood complexities and diminution of rich cultural heritage. This has become common in protected areas after the enactment of Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. The present study delineates the relocation case of Achanak...

Tribal communities are globally suffering from injustices and exclusion in terms of educational attainment, health accessibility and living standard. In fact, their scattered, isolated and remote habitation kept them away from benefits of development. However, tribal are regarded as earliest habitant in the land, their human development achievement...

Tribal communities are globally suffering from injustices and exclusion in terms of educational attainment, health accessibility and living standard.

The prevalence of substance abuse among youths has presumed alarming dimensions in India. Changing value system, socio-economic stress, dwindling supportive relationships, low emotional or psychiatric problem, inadequate coping skills, peer pressure, poor academic standing, delinquent behavior and many other factors led youths into the trap of subs...

Education is considered as an instrument of development and progress. It is also considered as an instrument which is used in most societies of the world to bring social equality or at least to eradicate social inequality among their members. An education system where all categories of students are treated equally is considered as an egalitarian ed...

Education is considered as an instrument of development and progress. It is also considered as an instrument which is used in most societies of the world to bring social equality or at least to eradicate social inequality among their members. An education system where all categories of students are treated equally is considered as an egalitarian ed...

This research paper is an approach to understand and study aspirations of specialized social work students to work in society. The descriptive research design with quantitative research methodology. The strong argument resulted with the factual data of students social workers in the north Maharashtra region are aspirants for social development to a...

This research paper is an approach to understand and study aspirations of specialized social work students to work in society. The descriptive research design with quantitative research methodology. The strong argument resulted with the factual data of students social workers in the north Maharashtra region are aspirants for social development to a...

Higher education cannot be enriched without active linkages with neighborhood. Community-university engagement is a reciprocal process which strengthens each other. Western world has accepted the said engagement as a means for aligning research with societal needs. Though, India is having a deep rooted history, legacy and various academic practices...

The 2012-13 drought was a disaster of water management, accompanied by corruption, lack of governance, and unresponsive politicians. Fifteen districts, accumulating 8,028 villages, faced acute distress. Maharashtra is known for its pioneering initiatives in watershed development. Despite civil society initiatives and potential for replication, in t...

This research paper is an approach to understand and study aspirations of specialized social work students to work in society. The descriptive research design with quantitative research methodology. The strong argument resulted with the factual data of students social workers in the north Maharashtra region are aspirants for social development to a...

The participatory approach of social work education is about the skills, techniques and knowledge of people participation for social development. The teachers are academically engage with the pedagogical practices in class rooms. This paper is an endeavor to study academic engagement of teachers to improve skills, attitude and knowledge among stude...

Social Work Education in India completes’ its 75 years by 2011. The Social Work Education Institutions will celebrate platinum jubilee with all academic enthusiasm. Such an occasion often helps to retrospect and visualize the prospectus of profession. The Social work education made a slow beginning in India and expedited its growth during the last...

Social Work is a helping profession, which implies knowledge, attitude, skill and values. Writing skill has itsplace in the professional practices. Innovative and creative field practices have remained undocumented because of less attention given to writing. An attempt has been madefor writing and media skill development amongst social work student...