Faculty Member

Prasanta Kumar Ghosh
 Professor
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Department
Social Work

Areas of Specialisation
Human Resource Management

Philosophy

Fields of Social Work
   

 
Date of Birth 15th August 1958
Contact details Sriniketan Campus, P.O.-Sriniketan
Dist-Birbhum, PIN-731236, W.B. India
E-mail: prasanta1958@gmail.com
Qualification
Year Degree College/University
1996 Ph.D. Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
1981 M.A. Social Work Indore School of Social Work, University of Indore. M.P.
1979 B.S.W. (Hons.) Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Key Skills/Competencies
Led the personnel and administrative department as in charge of recruitment, training and development, performance management, transfer and promotion, discipline and disciplinary actions of employees for a period of three years from 1982-84.
Worked as Personnel Officer of The Durgapur Projects Ltd, Durgapur, West Bengal and handled the same responsibilities for three years from 1984-87.
Mobilization of community for positive Change.
Headed the Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati for a term of three years from 2000-03.
Monitoring and evaluations of social development projects sponsored by the ministry of social justice and empowerment, CAPART, SACS and State Management Agency and NGOs.
Employment Details
Name of the Employer Position Held Duration Job responsibly
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan Professor of the Department of Social Work July 2005 till date Reader from July 1999 to June 2005, Teaching HRM, Philosophy and Development of Social work, Supervising students in fieldwork and Ph.D Program, Coordinating fieldwork and placement program of MSW students
Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Head, Department of Social Work (3 years term) Reader, Department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations May 2000 to March 2003 July 1997 to June 1999 Administration of the department apart from teaching & research Teaching basics of Human Resource Management and other administrative work of the institute
Visva-Bharati Santiniketan Lecturer & Sr. Lecturer in Social Work February 1988 to June 1997 Teaching HRM, Philosophy and Development of Social work, Supervising students in fieldwork and Ph.D Program
Ministry of Labour Govt. of India Conciliation & Enforcement Officer August 1987 to January 1988 Enforcement of Labour Laws, Conciliation for the states of Tripura and Mizoram
The Durgapur Projects Ltd.Durgapur, W.B Personnel Officer November 1984 to July 1987 Recruitment, promotion and establishment affair, Welfare of workers, etc.
Walchand Group Industries, Mumbai Labour Officer January 1982 to October 1984 Recruitment, Salary & Wage Administration, Employee Welfare, Performance appraisal etc.
Seminars attended & Paper Presented
Presented paper titled “Human Resource Development in the unorganised sector - Strategies and Interventions” in the refresher course of UGC in department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, 2001.
Delivered Key Note at the National Seminar on “Social Work Education – Curriculum and Context” Orgnisaed by Vivekananda Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences, Bhubanswar, Utkal University on 6th December 2008.
Delivered a talk on the Plenary of the conference entitled “Citizenship & Governance : Challenges for Social Inclusion”, Community University Partnership for Inclusion on 20th February 2008.
Presented papers and participated at the conference on Practice Research Engagement (PRE) organized by PRIA, New Delhi, February, 2002
An article entitled “Sustainable Development through Tagore’s Philosophy of Rural Reconstruction” presented in IUCISD seminar in Istanbul, Turkey in June 2001.
Presented a Case Study on a Small Business Enterprise at the International Conference on Corporate Citizenship –with focus on Small and Medium Enterprises organized by Centre for Social Markets, CSM, U.K, - held in Nov. 2003 in Kolkata.
Attended the second International conference on Citizenship, Participation and Governance – Voice of the Dalits held in Hyderabad in February 2004.
Attended the III rd International Conference on Citizenship and Governance Participation, Learning and Social Transformation Re-examining Rhetoric, Action and impact, 8-10 February 2005, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India
Presented a paper on Social Work intervention in India for the Children at the International Understanding week organized by Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
Presented a paper titled Crèche for the Wrecked Childhood at the Dominican University, Chicago, USA and interacted with the faculties, scholars and students on International Social Work
Presented a paper on Rehabilitation of the Children of Sex Workers at Mandel School of Social Sciences, Cleveland, USA.
Presented a paper on Tagore and Human Development in the School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
Attended the ‘World Social Work Day’ on 3 April 2006 at UNO, New York, USA.
Presented a Paper on the ‘Education of the Children of the Sex Workers’ at the Asia Pacific Conference of International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD) hosted by Thamasat University, Bangkok in Oct. 2006.
Presented a paper on ‘Tagore on Rural Reconstruction and Social Development’ in the Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.
Presented a paper on “Tagore and Gandhi on Social Development- a Social Work Perspectives” at the 15th International Symposium organized by ICSD held in Hong Kong, from 16th 20th July 2007.
Participated in the National Seminar Human Rights and Hunger organized by Madras Christian College Chennai, October 2002.
Publications
NGO Profile- Amar Kutir Society, Social Welfare, Vol.44, No.11, February 1998, pp-33-36, Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi.
Trade Union Movement: Experience from the past and looking to the future, Personnel Today, Vol, XX.No.1, 1999, pp-31-37, National Institute of Personnel Management, Calcutta.
Agency Response to Social Work Practicum, BSWE-005, Introduction to HIV/AIDS, Supplementary Reading Materials, pp-72-83, IGNOU, New Delhi, 2005.
A Book Chapter on 'Appraising Employees in NGOs: A New Trend of Performance Management’, pp-193-205, (Ed. 'NGOs in Globalization Era: Developmental and Organizational Facets', Rawat Publication, Jaipur, 2008.
Reviewed the Book titled ‘Value for Money? Impact of Small Enterprise Development, by Harper and Finnegan 1998, New Delhi. Oxford and IBH Publishing Company Ltd. Indian Journal of Social Work, Vol-60, Issue 3, 1999.
Research Publications
‘Sriniketan: from Experiment to Experience, pp-1-65, PRIA, New Delhi, 30 September 2002. Sponsored by Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, U.K.
Impact Evaluation Study of the Programme run by CINI-ASHA for the Children of Sex Workers at Rambagan, pp-1-55, CINI-ASHA, August 2003, Calcutta.
Situational Analysis of the Street Children Living on and Around the Railway Platforms in Sealdah, pp-1-47, CINI-ASHA, November 2003, Calcutta.
Conducted a Situational Analysis on the Status of Health and Nutrition in two Gram Panchayats – a study sponsored by CARE-India –W.B. for implementation of 100 per cent immunization and nutrition for mother and the child.
Conducted Midline Assessment for Targeted Intervention Programme for Truckers on HIV/AIDS, for West Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control Society, NACO and submitted the report in February 2005.
Evaluated the impact of targeted intervention among the sex workers and their clients by Disha Jana Kalyan Kendra, Lachipur, G.T.Road, Burdwan, W.B. India.
Training imparted
Associated with the Management Development Programme as a Resource Person in IIM, Calcutta and XLRI, Jamshedpur during 1999-2000.
Taught the final year students of Master of Human Resource Management, Department of Commerce, Burdwan University.
Coordinated Twenty one days Refresher’s Course for Social Work Educators twice at the Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan.
Conducted 2 days training on community mobilization for the workers of NGOs in Kolkata and sub-urban areas for many a times.
Training attended
Undergone training in Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects organized by NIPCCD, New Delhi, Dec. 2000 - Jan 2001.
Trained in PRA/RRA in association with PRIA, New Delhi.
Attended two (3 weeks) Refreshers Course of University Teacher’s in TISS (1989), Mumbai, Jamia Millia Islamia, (1994) New Delhi.
Attended and Organized Workshops on “Discipline & Disciplinary Action” – Conducting Domestic Enquiry
Participated in the Workshops on Curriculum Development organized by IMI (International Institute of Management) New Delhi (1999) and TISS, (2003) Mumbai.
TOT, HIV/AIDS –Counselling, Care and Management, organized by NACO, New Delhi (2007)
Curriculum Development
Developed and revised the curriculum of BSW and MSW courses of the Department of Social Work as Chairperson, BOS in Social Work, V.B effective from 2002, during my tenure as Head of the Department.
Coordinated the Curriculum Development on Post Master Certificate in Human Development, sponsored by UNDP, New Delhi.
Research Guide
Two scholars have already been awarded Ph.D under my supervision and three scholars are working at present.
Contribution to social Development
Apart from teaching, I have been associated with Amar Kutir Society for Rural Development - a non-profit making voluntary organization promoting small enterprises and entrepreneurs in the area surrounding of Visva-Bharati in line with Tagore’s ideals on Rural Re-construction. The society directly employ about 100 workers and assist more than 1000 craftsperson to get design input, training and marketing facilities in the local, national and international market. The major thrust of the society is to promote employment, upkeep health and protect environment with its own income. I am discharging my duties as Honorary Secretary of Amar Kutir Society for Rural Development, P.O.-Sriniketan, Birbhum, a Social Entrepreneurship on small-scale industry for the promotion of rural entrepreneurs of the district of Birbhum, West Bengal, India.
Personal Details Passport No. F 9042507
Driving licence no. WB 54-802336
Rotarian ID No. 6765366, District-3240
Membership
Editorial Board of the Journal of Global Social Work Practice, Graduate School of Social Work, Dominican University, Chicago.
Editorial Board of the E-Jounal of Social Work Practice, NAPSWI, New Delhi.
Member of the Ethical Committee of the National Institute of Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), Kolkata.
Member of Executive Committee, Association of Schools of Social Work in India (ASSWI), 2007-2009.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Life member of National Institute Personnel Management, (NIPM) Calcutta. W.B. India.
Life member of Indian Institute Public Administration, (IIPA), a Govt. of India Institute, New Delhi.
Life Member of Amar Kutir Society for Rural Development, Sriniketan, Birbhum, W.B. India.
Life member, National Association of Professional Social Workers in India, (NAPSWI), New Delhi.