PhD Sociology, 2002, University of Mumbai (UGC Fellowship). Dissertation in sociology of science stream on the development of medical research and health policy in India after Independence.

M A Sociology 1977, University of Bombay.

M.Sc Particle Physics (completed dissertation) Mumbai University Diploma in Information Science and Management, Xavier’s Mumbai. B.Sc (Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry), Bangalore University Current

Professional

Titles

Most relevant past

experience

Director IRIS Knowledge Foundation

Editor eSocialSciences

EEconomic and Political Weekly, 1985 till September 2004 AAssociate Editor/Acting Editor. 19 years

Joined as Assistan Editor, rose to Sr Assistant Editor and Associate Editor. Acting Editor, January 2004 –September 2004

Managed the journal as second in charge in the absence of the Editor. My particular areas were Asia region, especially South Asia, technology including nuclear energy and armaments, United Nations, Africa, especially South Africa, health care, gender issues. Also managed the EPW ofice and managed all aspects of the institution. eSocialSciences, Editor since December 2005.

Founded and launched eSocialSciences with the support of IRIS Business. Began as a public service initiative of IRIS, but became an independent entitiy under IRIS Knowledge Foundation. Designed, developed and managed eSS from its inception. First ever web-based social sciences research portal. It has the largest repository of social sciences research articles in and on the region numbering over 15000 from a range of institutions in India, South Asia, West Asia, US, UK, Singapore and Australia. Its publication space is sought after and accessed and read and reprinted by scholars and research institutions here and abroad. As Editor and head I trained and managed editors and content managers and content writeres. Periodically eSS commissions and brings out topical thematic collections as independent e- publications. eSS has incorporated several innovations in the webspace suited to the dissemination of scholarly knowledge and publications and is in fact a testing ground for a web-based products that have subsequently been used elsewhere successfully. IRIS Knowledge Foundation: Founder Director since 2010. The objective of the Foundationis to make knowledge freely available not just to the academic community but to the public at large using sophisticated new technologies. IKF works to develop information technology solutions for social science research projects in the area of documentation, research using new technologies (such as online tool development, applicaton of research tools, developing conventional methodologies to fit new formats using IT) The Foundation focuses on the interface of technology and knowledge dissemination. It develops web-based platforms using IT and innovating and customising existing software and developing new modules for data and information dissemination in the social sciences. As director, I ideate, manage and direct operations. Periodically IKF also undertakes social science research projects:

• Use of relevance of social media at election times;

• Mega sports events and their impact on environment and labour practices;

• Embedded case study of youth employed in new technlogy sector, with particular reference to migrant youth.

IKF developed, researched and published the first Status of Urban Youth Report for India which I anchored and headed the editorial team.

IKF’s projects include

• SHRAM, a portal devoted to internal migration . It has a core content of ongoing data rendered easily useable to lay readers and users,with a repository of all scholarly work on the subject in India, an updated news content featureas well as resarch publications. The first phase of the project has been completed and the next phases are under negotiation.

• SPANDAN, (System of promoting appropriate national dunamism for agricuture and nutrition) which has a data hub at its core and is a repository and content portal.

• GME-CEHAT is a teaching portal used to develop and teach newly developing gender- sensitive medical subjects in undergraduate medical colleges.

• UN-HABITAT’s youth developent portal that actively engaged with youth across the globe. IKF also anchored for four years UN-HABITAT’s youth for development initiatives including the worl-wide competition for a year-long support for youth-led projects.

Tata Institute of Social Sciences: Associate Professor, Research And Development. (2009- 2010). Visiting Professor Focus: Research Methodology and Academic Writing Narsee Monji College and deemed university: Visiting Faculty Research/academic writing and research method. 2010

University of Baroda: Home Science . Visiting Faculty. Reserch Methodology and Academic Writing

University of Hyderabad: Designed, developed and conducted weeklong Academic writing workshop for research scholars in the Department of Sociology. International Management Institute: Visiting scholar: Anchoring and designing writing workshops.

School of Economics and Policy Studies Mumbai University. Visiting scholar--Developing and conducting credit course in Academic Social Sciences Writing. ICSSR-WRC-eSS Writing Workshops: Have been designing and conducting a series of writing workshops for masters’ and doctoral students in association with a well-known professor of philosophy. The ICSSR workshops were a first of their kind and have now become a ‘brand’.

UNHABITAT-consultant

For promotion of the youth programme under the director of Youth and Partners Division. With UN-HABITAT’s youth programme developed a customised automated application system for global youth-led project fund. Coordinated activities of the Project; headed the screening committee for Asia-Pacific region. Conducted research using the system’s data to arrive at a wealth of reports on youth in Asia-Pacific region. UNICEF: Consultant for their knowledge-rich portal for India, Knowledge community for Children in India, a first ever repository on children in India. Sensex, Senior Editor

quarterly journal of the Bombay Stock Exchange. A one-of-a-kind high profile gloss journal focusing on business, information technology and social development. Produced and published for the Bombay Stock Exchange by IRIS Business.

–commissioning, editing and writing. ( As part of work of eSocialSciences) Relevant Other positions held

Deccan Herald, 1967-71

Stringer junior reporter. Trainee sub editor

Times of India: Summer trainee

Lloyd Insulations India, 1971-72

Junior Executive Officer (Technical)

In charge of product development and information management.. Concrete Association of India, Associated Cement Companies, 1973-75 Research/ Publications and Technical Officer

Junior editor of the prestigious Concrete Journal of India Times of India Group, 1977

Editorial Group

Femina : as sub editor. Launched and anchored a column on women and science Science Today: trained on science editing and journal production Foundation for Research in Community Health, 1978-1983 ICSSR-ICMR Project: Health for All,

feeding into the Sixth Five Year Plan, 1978- 1980

As project officer in charge of research at the Secretariat under Dr N H Antia Project and Research officer

Project Officer Maharashtra Leprosy Project in charge of background research and documentation and assiting in the final draft and publication of the Report. Radical Health Journal, Founder Editor, Publisher, Founder Trustee A unique and first of a kind journal in India focusing on health studies. The journal was a quarterly and ran for 15 years. Edited, managed and produced the journal. Interests,

activities, and

affiliations

Social activist, health rights, women’s rights and labour rights

# Activist, women’s movement in India.

# Activist, Anti-nuclear movement, people’s science

# health activist and part of the national Medico Friend Circle.

# Founder member of the consumer group in pharmaceuticals and the movement. Member Network of Women in Media

* Founder trustee of Anusandhan Trust

*Trustee, Sambhavna Trust Bhopal

* External faculty of Centre for Enquiry in Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT)

* Member Governing Council Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing (FGKS)

*Advisory Group Member, Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay.

* Governing Body, Department of Sociology, University of Pune

* Consulting Editor, Global Business Review, New Delhi.

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