7/11/2019
PUNE: Vikas
Anvesh Foundation (VAF), a Tata Trust’s initiative, organized its second annual
conference on “Rural India: Towards inclusion of the marginalized” from
7th to 9th November, in BAIF Campus at Warje, Pune.
Vijay Mahajan, Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of
Contemporary Studies, New Delhi and Founder of BASIX, a social enterprise)
inaugurated the conference on 7th November followed by release of book
‘Farming Futures: Emerging Social Enterprises In India.’
Sessions on ‘Common
Property Resources and Rural Livelihoods,’ Scaling up of Sustainable
Agriculture,’ Migration, Risks & Governance-studies on Urban exclusion and
occupational Hazards’ are organized on first day. Workshop on Communications is
also organized in this conference with help of ‘India Development Review.’
Girih Sohni (President,BAIF), Shambhu Prasad (ISEED IRMAA), Anshu
Bhartiya (CEO, UnLtd, Mumbai), Biksham Gujja (Promoter, AgSri, Hyderabad), Usha
Ganesh (Researcher) were present on inauguration session. Vijay Mahajan talked
on ‘Need for research for the developmental sector’ in his key note address.
Sanjiv Phansalkar (Director) and Ajit Kanitkar (Senior
Advisor), from VAF welcomed guests. Dignitaries like Prof.
Geetanjoy Sahu (TISS), Bishwadeep Ghosh (Arghyam), V. Vivekanandan (Ex-SIFFS),
Purnendu Kavoori (APU) will participate in this conference.
Deanna Jejeebhoy (Director- Foundation For Equity And
Wellbeing), Dr. Sharvari Shukla, (Director, Symbiosis Statistical
Institute), Saraswati Padmanabhan ( Elder Spring project, Tata Trusts), Dr.
Anwar Jafri and Amir Ullah Khan, Economist, Ashok Dalwai (CEO,
Rainfed Agriculture Authority, Min. of Agri. & Farmers Welfare ), Prof.
Srijit Mishra (Director, NCDS, Bhubaneshwar) will participate in
various sessions organized in this three days conference.
The conference is a presentation of research work done during
the last one year by VAF team and associates. Conference aims to bring together
researchers, policymakers, representatives of the civil society and media to
discuss the important yet unattended issues facing the development sector. The
research work presented in the conference has been conducted and executed in a
multi-location format. Sessions in the conference includes presentations of the
papers prepared by researchers; commentary by experts and views of
practitioners.
The themes of research presentation sessions are Scaling up of
sustainable farming practices, Common Pool Resources and rural livelihood, Under-representation
of Muslims in Higher Education, Challenges faced by government in serving
scattered and disenfranchised groups, Welfare and healthcare of rural elderly.
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