St Joseph's College Pilathara

Faculty Profile

Dr. SASIKUMAR C

Assistant Professor

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sasikumar@st.josephscollege.ac.in

Educational Profile

Sl. No	COURSE	UNIVERSITY	YEAR
1	Ph. D	Kannur University	2014
2	MSW (Master in Social Work)	Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady	1998
3	BA Economics	Calicut University	1995

Professional Experience Profile

Name of post	Institution	Period
Research Assistant	Shreyas Social Service Centre, Sulthan Batherry,Wayanad, Kerala	1998 August to 2002 March
Programme Officer	KAIROS, Kannur, Kerala.	April 2002 to February 2006
Programme Associate	Research Unit on Local Self Governments, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram	2006 August to March 2008
Director	Centre for Research and Development, Nileshwaram, Kasaragod DT, Kerala	April 2008 to 18 January 2016

Professional Enrichment

International Training cum Exposure on Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Agriculture in Semi- Arid Brazil

Attended number of training programmes in the areas of Natural Resource Management, Climate Change, Participatory Processes, Planning, Implementation and Impact Assessment of Rural Development Projects, Result Based Management, Entrepreneurship Development, Health and Sanitation, Research Methodology, Environment Impact Assessment, Social Impact Assessment, Communication skills, Geographic Information System, etc

Research/Study engagements-

Was Research Assistant for a field based Action Research on the ‘feasibility and effectiveness of participatory approaches in the decentralized planning process in Kerala’ conducted in Nenmeni Grama Panchayath of Wayanad district , under Kerala Research Programme on Local Self Government of Centre for Development Studies

Provided Research Support for the ‘Practical Research on Juvenile Justice with Special Reference to North Kerala’. A study initiated by Kerala Police Kannur Range.

Was Co-Researcher for the ‘Comprehensive Impact Assessment Study of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme in Kerala’ (A study assigned to Centre for Management in Research and Development-CMRD)

Was Subject Expert - Social Science in the Team to ‘Study for Preparing Detailed Master Plan for Tribals in Attappady Block, Palakkad district of Kerala State’. (A study assigned to CRD by NABCONS for the Department of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe, Government of Kerala)

Guided and Monitored Field Study and Master Plan Preparation and implementation of 35 NABARD supported watershed projects under Prime Minister’s Distressed District Programme in Kasaragod district, 7 WGDP supported watershed projects spread over in Kannur and Ksaragod districts and 5 cluster watershed projects under Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), a scheme sponsored by Government of India in two Block Panchayats of Kasaragod District

Coordinated Reconnaissance study of ‘micro hydle projects in various locations of Kasaragod DT’, a Project assigned to CRD by Total Energy Security Mission of State Planning Board, Kerala.

Involved as a Team Member in a study on ‘Education and Health in connection with 11th plan’- A study entrusted to PLANET-Kerala by State Planning Board, Kerala

Facilitated and authored Project Completion Study of 35 watershed projects funded by NABARD in Kasaragod DT

Lead 5 Monitoring Studies of NABARD supported Tribal Development Projects implemented in Kannur and Palakkad Districts

Guided field study and prepared Detailed Project Report for the integrated development of Tribals in Aralam Tribal Resettlement areas of Kannur District

Documented the innovative project of ‘Odayammada Water Treatment Plant’ in Cherukunnu Grama Panchayat of Kannur DT for Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur under the programme of Documenting Best Practices of Panchayathi Raj Institutions in Kerala.

Paper Presentations

Presented a paper on “Collaborative Role of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Panchayathi Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Development after State Decentralization” in the Kerala Sociological Congress held at Loyola College, Thiruvananthapuram in November 2015

Presented the theme paper on “Participatory Development” in the National Seminar organized by Department of Social Work, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Regional Center Tirur in 2012.

Presented a paper on “Watershed based development activities to increase water availability from sources and improving livelihoods in the backdrop of climate change- A case study of an NGO” in the National Seminar on Climate Change- multifaceted impacts, adaptation and mitigation strategies organized by Department of Social Work, St. Joseph’s College, Pilathara in October 2016.

Presented a position paper on “School Counselling” in the National Seminar on School Counselling: Prospects and Challenges organized by Department of Social Work, St. Joseph’s College, Pilathara on 07 October 2016.

Presented a paper on “Participatory Approach in Social Science Research and Writing” in Technical Session IV of the two day IQAC Workshop on Research, Academic Writing And Publication in Social Sciences” organized by Kannur University at Thavakkara Campus during 8 and 9 February 2018.

Presented a paper on "Sustainable Development through Participatory Approach” in the National Seminar on Towards a Sustainable World: Revisiting Social Work Theories and Practices organized by Department of Social Work, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sankrit at Kalady during 30-31 January 2020.

Publications

“Structural and functional decentralization of Non Governmental Organizations in the development scenario”: A case study of an NGO”- Paper Published in South Asian Journal of Participative Development, Centre for Social Research and Development, Pune, Vol XVI, No.1 Jan-June 2016.

“Community watershed-based approach for increased agricultural productivity”: Paper Published in Compendium of Best Practices on Best Practices in Water and Agriculture Sustainability, Centre for International Projects Trust, New Delhi (the India Associate of Columbia Water Centre, New York, May 2017.

“Community watershed-based approach for increased agricultural productivity”- Published in the Compendium of Best Practices in Water and Agriculture Sustainability, Centre for International Projects Trust, New Delhi (the India Associate of Columbia Water Centre, New York, May 2017.

“Ensuring results in watershed projects through decentralized and participatory approach” – Published in the Compendium of technical papers on watershed planning for sustainable development, published by Kerala State Land Use Board, Thiruvananthapuram, November 2017.

“Participatory approaches lead to proactive involvement and collective ownership of livelihood project by tribal community - A case study of Aralam Tribal Development Project, Kerala, India”- Published in Purakala with (ISSN 0971-2143), a peer reviewed journal listed in UGC Care, May 2020

Areas of Interest/expertise

Research and studies

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)/ PLA

Result Based Management (RBM)/ Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E)

Institutional Development, Organizational Strengthening and Management

Goal oriented Project Planning in Log Frame.

Livelihood planning

Documentation

Project Monitoring and Evaluation studies

Training Need Assessment

Co-curricular activities

Conducted number or training programmes/workshops on Participatory Approaches, Result Based Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, Participatory Project Planning and Implementation, Documentation, Watershed Planning and Implementation, Moderation Skills, Organisational Analysis and Strategic Planning, etc for Development Practitioners, Local Body representatives, Farmers, CBO representatives, Students and NGO personnel, etc