Dr Anjali Gandhi

Prof Anjali Gandhi is a Professor of Social Work, Proponent of Child, Women issues and Counselling Education in India, writer of numerous books and articles, a visiting Lecturer, adviser and consultant to various National and International organisations.

Present and Past University Assignments

  • Professor,Dept of Social Work
  • Former Dean ,Faculty of Social Sciences.
  • Former Head, Department of Social Work.
  • Former Hony.Director,Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies.
  • Former Member Executive Council.
  • Former Project Director (SR), to GFATM Round-7, Capacity Building of Counsellor for HIV/AIDS
  • Former Chairperson, Formulation of Policy for protection of Women at Workplace, JMI (SPARSH)
  • Former Chairperson, University Complaint Committee on Sexual Harassment Policy of JMI (SPASH)
  • Former Director, Field Work and Placement for M.A. Social Work and HRM, Deptt. of Social Work
  • Member, Advisory Board, Sarojini Naidu Center for Women studies.
  • Member, Governing Board Dr.Zakir Hussain Memorial Welfare Society, JMI.

 

 Projects

  • Supervision and monitoring of crèches for women and ailing mothers. Govt. of India
  • Psycho-social Dilemma of Heart Patients Undergoing Bypass Surgery. U.G.C.
  • Women and Youth Development Programme for slum of Delhi. Asian Centre for Organization and Development..
  • An evaluation study of the Vocational Training Programme for Women, Gram Niyojan Kendra..
  • A need-assessment study of adolescent girls related to iron deficiency in Rajasthan, CARE and Asian Centre for Organisation, Research and Development.
  • An evaluation study of entrepreneurship programme for women and youth. Asian Centre for Organization, Research and Development..
  • An evaluation Study of mid-day meals programme in schools of Delhi. Govt. of India.
  • Evaluation study of a project on child laborers in Delhi and Bhopal, YMCA.

 

  • An evaluation study of an NGO of its project, "Enhancing Awareness Levels to Achieve Positive Attitude, Upgraded Relationships and Improved Lifestyles amongst Families in Delhi". Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  • Evaluation of Corporate Social Responsibility Programme of Gas Authority of India Limited.
  • Evaluation of SOS villages of India.
  • National seminar on “policy for Empowerment of women

 

·Director (Seminars)

  • National Seminar on Female Foeticide: Strategies and Challenges for Changes.
  • Curbing Gender Based Violence: A Youth Initiative, (An Action project)
  • Life Skills Programme for Adolescent Girls. (An Action Project)
  • Empowering Muslim Women at Chandpur Village, Haryana: through Self Help Groups.(An Action Project)
  • National Seminar on “Celebrating a century of Muslim women’s education in India”.
  • National Seminar on “Prevention of Trafficking among Women and Children” (Co director)
  • Chairperson, XXXII Indian Social Science Congress: Social Work Parallel Session.

 

Books and Articles Published

 

  • School Social Work: Emerging Models of Practice in India. Commonwealth Publication.
  • “The Acute Gender Bias in Coronary Artery Disease”. The Economic Times.
  • “Making Marriage Work”. The Press Trust of India.
  • “Wife battering: An Issue of Gender Disparity”. Trends in Social Science Research.
  • “Establishing Professional School Work in School Setting”. In Taber and Batra (eds.) Social Strain of Globalization in India: Social Problems and Social Work. New Concept Publication.
  • “Prevention of Drug Abuse: Role of Family and School System”. In Madan C. Paul (ed.) Drugs, Youth and Society. Madhu Deep Publication.
  • “School    under    Achievers:    An    Experiment    in    Social    Work                 Intervention”.

Contemporary Social Work.

  • “Violence against Women with special reference to Section 498A and 304B, Indian Penal Code”. Indian Journal of Social Work.
  • “Gender and Media”. AICE Special Issue of all India Convention of Editors
  • “Gender Aware School Work”. The Indian Journal of Social Work.
  • “Human Rights and Gender-based Violence”. In S. Mehartaj (ed.) Human Rights in India, Issue and Perspective. APH Publishing Corporation..
  • ‘Domestic Violence against Women, Etiology and Implication: A Compendium on Gender Inequalities. ACSI Publication.
  • “Human Rights and AIDS”. Women's Link. (Co-Author)

 

  • “Community Interaction of Leprosy Patients”. Women’s Link (Co-author)

 

  • “Media & Health Issues: Study of HIV AIDS Coverage”. Zahid Hussain & Vinita Roy (ed.) Media & Communication. Kanishka Publication, (Co-author).
  • “Human Rights and Gender Disparity”. Anil Kalia & Deepa Baja j(ed.). Gender Development Differentials and Child Survival in India.
  • “Wife Abuse: A Concern for Social Work Training and Practice in Indian Context”.

The Indian Journal of Social Work.

  • Domestic  Violence:  A Handbook (Translated   in Urdu), Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, JMI
  • Social Work in Educational Setting. A Module for Social Workers, IGNOU
  • “People’s Perception of Leprosy – A Study in Delhi”, Indian Journal of Leprosy(Co- Author)
  • Indians in Panama book published by Ministry of Education, Panama(Co-Author)
  • “Mainstreaming Gender in Social Work Education.” Social Work Intervention with Individuals and Groups, IGNOU.
  • Women, Health, Work and Empowerment (editor), Aakar Publishers, New Delhi
  • ‘Invincible women’, case histories of working women, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, (Co-author)
  • Young Men Against Violence, Sarojini Naidu Cenntre for Women’s Studies,
  • Life Skills Education for Adolescent Muslim girls, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies,( Co-author).
  • Gendering the HIV/AIDS Epidemics, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, (Co-author)
  • Community  Development  Experience  in  India  –  in Rehklau  and    Lutz (Editors) Publishers Paulo Freire verlog,Oldenburg Germany

 

 

Awards

 

  • Award from the Indian School for Psychiatric Social Workers for the best essay on the study of School Failures
  • Vocational award from Rotary Club for distinguished and dedicated services in the field of rehabilitation of the handicapped
  • Vocational awards from the Rotary Club for distinguished and dedicated services in the field of rehabilitation of the handicapped
  • BR Mehta Award for the best article published in the Indian Journal of Social Work.

 

Important Past Assignments

  • Worked as School Social Worker with mentally challenged and partially deaf children, New Delhi.
  • Organised “School Social Work and Integrated Education Programme” at Jamia Middle School and Higher Secondary School, New Delhi.
  • Formulated and implemented a Child Guidance Clinic at Jamia Millia Islamia.
  • Guest Speaker with Deptt. of Social Work, University of Panama and Social Department and Ministry of Education, Panama

 

  • Remedial help and counselling to underachieving students and their parents at the International School of Panama.
  • Board Member, Child Guidance Clinic, Delhi School of Social Work
  • National Executive Member of the YMCA of India
  • Member, Board of Studies, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore
  • Investigating Officer for Complaints on Workplace Harassment at J.M.I.
  • Core Group member of the Mental Health Training Programme of National Institute of Public Cooperation.
  • Member, Working group for GIPA, Human Rights and Ethical Issues for National AIDS Control programme NACP-III.
  • Member, State Advisory Board for NCT Delhi(Child Protection Unit) under J.J. Act 2000 under Section 62
  • Member, Board of Management, Jan Shikshan Sansthan,Prayas, Delhi.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Women’s Studies Centre, University of Srinagar
  • Visiting Professor, Dept. of Social Work, M.S. University Baroda.
  • Board Member , faculty of Social Work M.S. University, Baroda.
  • Board Member, School of Social Work, IGNOU, New Delhi
  • Appointment as Receiver by High Court in the Case of the Sadhu Sunder Singh Welfare Society.

 

 

Present Assignment

 

  • Chairperson,Programme Advisory Committee,Prayatan ,New Delhi
  • Member sub-committee Family Counseling Centre/Intervention Center for Rape victims,Prayatan
  • Visitor (Inspection) at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences under Mental Health Act No. 1984
  • Member, Selection committee for selecting members of Child Welfare Committee and Juvenile Justice Board under JJ Act 2000.
  • Core Team member for a counselling course of Ministry of Women and Child, NIPCCD
  • Resource Person for Master Trainers of HIV/AIDS for Delhi State AIDS Control Society and NACO
  • Member, Mental Health Committee, Health and Family Welfare Deptt. NCT of Delhi
  • Member, Governing Board, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi
  • Member, Governing Body, Shivaji College, University of Delhi
  • Member, Mental Health Authority of India
  • Member, State Mental Health Authority (NCT)
  • Member State Advisory Board, Women and Child Development, NCT, Delhi
  • Member Steering Committee for NACO for GFATM to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Round-7)

 

  • Member Academic Council ,Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
  • Member Academic Council,Mizoram University
  • Member, BOS , Bhagat Phool singh Mahila, Vishyavidlya,Sonipat
  • Member BOS, Department of Guidance and councilling N C E R T

 

Participation and Presentation at Selected International Conferences

 

  • “AIDS and Human Rights: A Study of Doctors, Medical Social Workers and Lawyers located in Delhi”. (Co-author) Presentation at 2nd Annual Conference of WBSHP- DFID, Calcutta. November, 1997
  • “Care for People living with HIV/AIDS: Policy Recommendations from a Human Rights Perspective”. (Co-author) Poster Presentation at the 12th World AIDS Conference, Geneva, Switzerland. June-July, 1998
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, August, 1998
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, April, 1998
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, August, 1999
  • “Media Advocacy: Resource for AIDS Education and Prevention”. (Co-author) Presentation at the 5th International Congress on AIDS in the Asia and the Pacific, Kualalumpur, October, 1999
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, April, 2000
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, August , 2000
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, April, 2001
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, August, 2001
  • “Community-based model of Child Guidance Clinic”, International Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Delhi Oct -Nov, 2002
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, August, 2003
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, April, 2004
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, August, 2004
  • Guest speaker on “Violence on Women”, University of Erfurt, Germany, November, 2004
  • Paper presentation on “Community Development Experiences in India” University of Applied Sciences, Erfurt, Germany, September, 2005
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, April, 2005
  • Paper presentation on workshop on “Sexual Harassment at workplace: A critical Review of University as a workplace” International Conference on Women, Work and Health, November 2005, (joint presentation), New Delhi
  • Human Rights Commission, Geneva, April, 2006
  • Human Right Commission, Geneva, 2006
  • Presented a paper on ‘Curbing Gender Based Violence Through Experiments in Engaging Youth Men’, March 2007, Centre for Study of Women and Society of Graduate Center and City University of New York, U.S.
  • Guest Speaker on ‘Curbing Violence Through Youth Males’ March 2007, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Brookdale Hospital, New York

 

  • Guest Speaker with Navnirman on Domestic Violence: Drug Abuse and Alcoholism’, April 1, 2007 New York
  • Human Right Council, Geneva September, 2007.
  • Presented a paper on “Poverty Alleviation Programme in India” in International Seminar, University of Erfurt, Germany, June, 2010
  • Human Right Council, September 2010.