SCHOOL
OF GANDHIAN THOUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Introduction
The
School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies
was set up in 1983 as one of the founding departments
of Mahatma Gandhi University. The Department
started the MA programme in Gandhian Studies
employing the services of part-time faculty
in 1984. The first three regular faculty members
joined the Department in 1987. Four more faculty
members joined the school in 1988 meeting the
stipulated strength of seven set by the UGC.
The University sanctioned an additional post
in 1990 taking the faculty strength to eight.
This makes the School the largest one of its
kind in India. The School of Gandhian Thought
and Development Studies has been selected by
the UGC for Special Assistance Programme (SAP)
for 2004-2009.
Faculty
Dr.
Mahajan P .Mani (Professor)
Dr.
M.P. Mathai ( Professor)
Dr.
M. Maharajan (Professor )
Dr.
Nirmala Devi (Reader)
Dr.
M.S.John ( Reader)
Shri.
A.V. Joseph (Selection Grade Lecturer)
Dr.Roy C. Mathew
Moly
Kurien (Administrative Officer)
Address
for communication
Gandhi
Bhavan, Priyadarsini Hills P.O,
Kottayam, Kerala- 686560.
Phone & Fax: 0481-2731039
Email: sofgtds@yahoo.co.in
Courses
offered
: MA Gandhian Studies ( 2 years) , MA Development
Studies ( 2 years)
M.Phil in Gandhian Studies (1 year)
M.Phil in Development Studies(1year)
Ph.D
Thrust
Areas : Gandhian Thought, Panchayati
Raj, Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies,
Rural Development, Social Work, Indian Social
Thought , Ecology.
Achievements
of the School
In
1989 the School hosted the 12th annual session
of the Indian Society of Gandhian Studies, which
was a landmark in the history of the society.
In the mid-nineties the School started the M.Phil
programme as well as another MA in Social Welfare
and Rural Management, which was re-christened
as Development studies from 2002 admissions
onwards. So far the School has awarded forty-four
Ph.Ds. Roughly the same number of persons have
completed their M.Phil degrees. The School has
organized three UGC sponsored refresher courses
in Economics.
The
interdisciplinary nature of the faculty is a
key source of strength of the School. We have
experts in areas such as environmental and social
movements, Indian Philosophy, Social Work, Participatory
Planning and Panchayat Raj, Women’s Studies,
and Peace Studies including Conflict Resolution.
Most of the current faculty members are senior
hands with a teaching experience ranging between
17 and 35 years.
The
School has the rare distinction of having faculty
who have won highly competitive and prestigious
awards like Commonwealth Scholarship(UK), Commonwealth
Fellowship (UK), UGC Research Award, and Fulbright
Fellowship. The Sophia Award for best publication
for 2001 was awarded to one of our faculty.
Our faculty hold or served in positions like
member of Governing board of the Gandhi Peace
Foundation (New Delhi), UGC SAP Expert and Evaluation
committee in Social Work, Chairperson of UGC
Screening Committee of Major and Minor Research
Projects, Secretary and Vice-President of the
Indian Society of Gandhian Studies, and member
of the peace facilitation team that brought
about an interim settlement in the communal
conflict in Marad in Northern Kerala.
Most
of the graduates who pass out from the School
have found employment. The largest contingent
of Gandhian Studies graduates have been absorbed
as teachers at the Higher Secondary level following
its introduction as a subject of study at that
level by the government of Kerala. Many students
of the MA programme in Development Studies are
recruited by the voluntary sector.
The
School has an excellent record of publications.
Apart from 20 books, 24 chapters have been published
by the faculty in edited works. The total number
of publications in Journals comes to 129. They
have appeared in a variety of social science
journals. The list includes Economic and Political
Weekly(2 special articles, one lead), Indian
Journal of Gender Studies (Sage),
Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives,
Peace Review(Carfax), Public
Administration and Development (John
Wiley), International Studies(Sage),
Asian Journal of Women’s Studies (Ewa
Women’s University & University of
Maryland), Gandhi Marg, Man and Development,
Journal of Rural Development, Indian Journal
of Political Science, Review of Development
and Change, Kurukshetra (both special and regular),
Indian Journal of Politics, Political Science
Review, Gandhian Perspectives, Gandhi Jyothi,
Abhigyan, International Educator, Kerala Feature,
Fellowship, Social Welfare, Vedodharani, Jeevadhara,
Prabudhabharatha, Viswatma, Vedantakesari, Nursing
Journal of India, Yuvabharathi, Man in India,
ELT in Gujarat, Journal of National Integration,
Journal of School of Languages (JNU), Bhashaposhini,
SAJOSPS Journal, Journal of Rehabilitation in
Asia and Mainstream. Besides, the department
has to its credit around one hundred articles
in popular magazines and newspapers.
Faculty Profile
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Dr.
Mahajan P. Mani
Professor, SGTDS, Dean (Faculty of Social
Sciences),
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam-686560,
Kerala, India
E-mail mahajanpmani@yahoo.com
Phone 91 481-2731039 (Office)
Fax 91 481-2731039 (Office)
91 481-2583135 (Residence)
91 9447053135 (Mob.)
Academic
Qualifications.
M.A (Social Work)
Ph. D (Social Work)
Post Graduate Diploma in Gandhian Thought
Diploma in Business Management
Areas
of Interest
Development Management
Research Methodology
Social Welfare and Rural Management.
Gandhian Social Work.
Teaching/Research
Experience:
28 years in Post Graduate teaching and
Research in the specialized areas like
Research Methodology, Social Work, Gandhian
Studies and Development Management
Publications
a)
Number of Research Papers: 40
b)
Books: i) Foundations of Gandhian
Thought. (Dattsons) Publications,Nagpur,1987.
ii) Published a chapter on An Introduction
to Research in Economics, Commerce and
Management, in a book entitled Current
topics in Economics, Commerce and Management,
Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi,1998.
iii)
Published a chapter on “Social Survey
and Research in India –Retrospect
and Prospects” in a book entitled
Research Methodology (Ed. P.S.Mohan Kumar),
Right Publishers, Kudavechoor, 1998.
Number
of Seminars/Conferences/Workshops attended:
Regional – 60
National – 27
International – 9
Number
of Research Activities, Study Camps/Workshops
Attended/organised: 40
Number
of Research Projects Associated:
10
Research
Guidance: a) M. A level - 120
b)
M. Phil level – 30
c)
Ph. D. level - Degree awarded –12,
Currently in progress -10
Current
Projects undertaken
Writing
a book entitled “Development Management:
A Holistic Approach”
Guiding
a research project on ‘Modernising
Governmental Programmes for Sustainable
Development Governance’.
Supervising
a study “Administration of Social
Welfare programmes-Need for modernisation”.
Training
Programme for Government Officers and
the Staff of Non Governmental Organisations
on “Quality Assurance in Service
Delivery”
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M.P.
MATHAI
Address
Office: School of Gandhian Thought
and Development Studies, Mahatma Gandhi
University, P.D. Hills P.O., Kottayam,
Kerala – 686 560.
Residence: Mundackal, Kavumpady, Muvattupuzha,
Kerala, 686 661. Phone: 0485 2835025.
E-mail: mpmathai@yahoo.com.
Educational
Qualifications.
M.A.
(English), Kerala University,(1969).
M.A.
(Gandhian Thought) Madurai Kamaraj University,(1985).
Ph.D.
(Gandhian Studies), Mahatma Gandhi University,
(1993).
Experience
: Teaching
Lecturer and Professor (English) in St.
Peter’s College, Kolenchery from
1969 to 1988. Served as Principal of St.
Peter’s College, Kolenchery for
two years.
Selection Grade Lecturer/Reader in the
School of Gandhian Studies, Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam from 1988 and Professor
from 2001.
Visiting Professor
Visiting Professor at the Institute of
Gandhian Studies, Gopuri, Wardha, Maharashtra
since 1990.
Some Important Publications
: Books
1.
Meditations on Gandhi (edited), [Concept
Publishers, New Delhi, 2002]
2.
Samakaleeka Samasyakal, Gandhian Sameepanangal
(Collection of articles in Malayalam),
[Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi, Trivandrum 2001]
3.
Mahatma Gandhi’s World-view [Gandhi
Peace Foundation, New Delhi, 2000]
4.
Gandhi Darsan Grandhavali (edited) a study
series of 5 short volumes on the life
and ideas of Mahatma Gandhi, [Gandhi Peace
Foundation, Kochi, 1985]
5.
Sahitya Padhanangal, (Current Books, Kottayam,
2004)
Published
over twenty research articles in listed
journals. Also three other books.
Foreign
Travel: Travelled and lectured
extensively in the U.S, Indonesia and
the U.K. on the legacy of Gandhi and Martin
King Jr. , Non-violent responses to terrorism
and Gandhi’s world-view.
Area
of Interest: Gandhian Studies
– Non-violent social Movements –
Life styles – Ecology –
Activism
Closely associated with the Gandhian movement
in India – Gandhi Peace Foundation,
New Delhi, Sarva Seva Sangh, and National
Shantisena and also National Alliance
of Peoples’ Movements. (N.A.P.M.)
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Moolakkattu
Stephen John
Institutional
Affiliation:
School of Gandhian Thought and Development
Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, P.D.
Hills P.O , Kottayam- Kerala, 686560,
Phone & Fax: 0481-2731039.
Residential
Address : Moolakkattu, Kidangoor
P.O, Kottayam, Kerala- 686572 Phone :
04822-254299, 256222, Mobile: 9447403762
Email:
moolajohn@yahoo.com
; sofgtds@yahoo.co.in
Academic Qualifications
MA Political Science , Jawaharlal Nehru
University, 1981
M.Phil
Political Science, Hyderabad Central University
, 1983
MA
Peace Studies, University of Bradford
(UK), 1992
Ph.D
International Relations, Mahatma Gandhi
University, 1994.
Current area of Focus
Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies
including Alternative Dispute Resolution
Other areas of Interest
Decentralisation and participatory planning,
Gender and Development, Ethnicity, Deliberative
Democracy, International Relations Theory
Topic
of M.Phil Dissertation
: Insurgency in Manipur Valley
Topic
of Ph.D : SAARC in the Context
of Regional Integration Theories
Awards
1. British Commonwealth Scholarship 1991,
University of Bradford
2.
UGC Research Award 1999-2002
3.
Commonwealth Fellowship 2003-4 (Visiting
Research Fellow, Richardson’s Institute
of Peace Studies, Lancaster University,
UK)
4.
Fulbright Visiting Lectureship 2005 at
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg(USA).
Some
Recent Publications
“Peace Facilitation by Small States:
Norway in Sri Lanka” Cooperation
and Conflict, (2005 Forthcoming), Sage.
“Feminism
and Peace Studies: Taking Stock of a Quarter
Century of Efforts”, Indian Journal
of Gender Studies( 2006 Forthcoming),
Sage.
Concept
and Practice of Conflict Prevention: A
Critical Reappraisal”, International
Studies, 42, 1(2005), pp.1-19. Sage
“Salvaging
the Fractured Sri Lankan Peace Process”,
Peace Review, 16, 2, 2004. Carfax
“Measuring
Decentralisation: The Case of Kerala (India)”,
Public Administration and Development,
23, pp. 347-360 (2003), John Wiley. |
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