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Dr. S.Sumathi
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Senior Lecturer
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Anthropology
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| Field of Specialisation: |
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| Social / Cultural Anthropology |
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Office :
Department of Anthropology
University of Madras
Chepauk,
Chennai - 600 005
Phone : 2539 9614
Cell: 9840924563
e-mail: sumathirajesh2004@yahoo.co.in;
sumathi.anth@unom.ac.in
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| Projects: |
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“Print Media Reports on Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees from 1983 to 1999”. Sponsored by UNHCR. Database CD 2000.
“Planning for Zero Dropout among the Primary School Children of Scheduled Tribes of Tamil Nadu” Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, Delhi (1999 – 2000).
“An Ethnological Study of Palliyan Tribe in Tamil Nadu” Sponsored by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, Delhi (1999 – 2000).
“Tribes and Development: A Study of Tribes of Tamil Nadu” Sponsored by TRENDS, Coimbatore (2002 – 2002).
“An assessment of Status of Elementary Education in Tamil Nadu”, Sponsored by TANPIC, Chennai (2001 – 2002).
“Democracy at the grass-roots level: An anthropological study in Tamil Nadu and Andhrapradesh” – Sponsored by University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, Delhi (2002 – 2003).
Participatory Village Planning – Sponsored by Srinivasan Services Trust, Chennai (2003 – 2006).
A Need Based Social Assessment Study on Tamil Nadu Rural Water Supply and sanitation Programme (World Bank Sponsored Project), in association with Wilbur Smith Associates Private Limited, Chennai, February 2004 to July 2004).
“Ethno-Science Study of Indigenous Knowledge System of Tribal Communities Pertaining to Plants” Under the University with Potential for Excellence Programme, sponcered by UGC.
Base-line Survey Report of Thirteen Habitations in Kanamalai Panchayat. Sponsored by SST, Chennai. Oct.2006.
Documenting life and Participatory Ethnography, Sponsored by University of Madras. Dec. 2006
Projects on AIDS Control among College Students. Sponsored by APPAC, Chennai. Jan.2007.
Script consultant in the project of Empowerment through Watershed. Sponsored by Srivasan Services Trust and Ford Foundation, January 2007.
The process of development among the Malayalis of Javadhu Malai, produced a visual documentation. Feb-March 2007.
IPDC – UNESCO funded project on “Testing of Handbok Kit and Development of Training Modules on Disaster Reporting” 2007
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| Honour and Awards: |
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Advisor on Gender issues, Tamil Nadu Pazhangudi Makkal Sangam, Dharmapuri.
Member, Advisory Council TANPIC (Tamil Nadu Elementary Education Improvement Campaign).
Governor-Chancellor Nominee for Planning Board of Tamil Nadu Open University.
Member of Animal Ethics Committee, University of Madras, Chennai, 2005.
Committee Member, District Vigilance Committee for verification of Community Certificates, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Member, Scrutiny Committee for issue of SC/ST Certificates, Directorate of Tribal Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Souvenir Committee member of University of Madras.
Treasurer, Executive Committee of Indian Society of Victimology, University of Madras, Chennai. Jan. 2007.
‘DAAD-Guest Lecturer’ – at University of Passau, Germany. (May-June 2006)
‘Charles Wallace India Trust (CWIT) Visiting Fellowship at Queen’s University, Belfast, (Feb-May 2006)
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| Papers / Books Published: |
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Book :
Reminiscing Anthropology (eds.), 2007. University of Madras Publications.
Papers published :
1. What does the New Panchayat System Guarantee? A case study of Pappapatti, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.XL, No.34, August 20-26, 2005, pp.3751-58 (Co-authored)
2. Methodological Issues of Participatory Health Care Management: A Case Study of Maternal Anaemia among the Urban Poor of Tamil Nadu, in Ajit K.Dalal and Subha Ray (eds.) Social Dimensions of Health, RAWAT Publishers, New Delhi, pp.345-361, 2005 (Co-authored)
3. Tamil Nadu’s Second Tsunami, Himal Vol.18 No.2, 6th June 2005, pp.97-98 (Co-authored).
4. Bridging the gap between the theory and practice through participation, Adinarayana P.Reddy and Reddeppa M.C.Reddy (eds.) Universities and NGOs, Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, pp.208-222, 2006.
5. Creamy Layer: Socio-Legal Perspectives, The Indian Journal of Public Affairs and Policy Research, Vol.1, No.1-4, 1998, pp.42-53.
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