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Dr. Deepshikha Carpenter

deepshikhacarpenter@mssv.ac.in
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SOCIAL WORK
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Dr. Deepshikha Carpenter

HOD(i/c) & Assistant Professor
Education - Ph.D, MSW, MAWGS
Area of Interest - Social Work Education, Gender Studies and Disability Studies
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Research Projects : 

  • Research Assistant with Institute of Development and Communication (IDC), Chandigarh.
  • Research Assistant with the ant (action northeast trust) for a survey on “Collusive Behavior on Health care Delivery in Assam” The project is in collaboration with Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) International and OXFAM.

Publications

Book: 

  • Carpenter, D. (2021). Challenges Faced in Field Work: An Indian Perspective. In Rajendre Baikady, Varoshin Nadesan, Sajid, S.M. and Rezual Islam (Eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South. ( Under review )
  • Carpenter, D. (2021). Rights and Persons with Disability: Field work. In Dinesh Bhatia (Ed.), Role and advancement of modern technological interventions for physically challenged and disabled population. CambrigeScholars Publishing .( Under review)
  • Carpenter, D (2019). Women Panchayat Leaders: Voices from Assam, India. In Channaveer R.M, Rajendra Baikady, Cheng Shengli & Haruhiko Sakaguchi( Eds.), Social Welfare Policies and Programme in South Asia. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429323041
  • Carpenter, D. (2019).  Integrated Social Work Practice Policies for Crime Against Women in Assam. In Virendra B. Shahare and Habeebul Rahman VM (Eds.), Practice of Social Work Emerging Concerns, Bloomsbury.
  • Carpenter,D. (2017). Beliefs and Dreams: A Comparative Narrative between Seng Khasi and the Dimasa Tribe. In Monali Longmailai (Ed.), Studies on Dimasa History Language and Culture, Vol I, DVS Publishers.
  •  Carpenter, D. (2014). The Women Empowerment and MGNREGS: A Gender Perspective. In Sanjay Sinha (Ed.), Health and Development in North East, Mittal Publishing House.
  • Carpenter, D. (2014). The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 and its Implication on the Shelter Homes in Guwahati. In Dipankar Sarmah (Ed.).Women Harassment, causes and remedies, Shanti Publishing House.
  • Carpenter, D. (2014). Domestic Violence, A Historical Perspective. In Dikshita & Priyanka Bhuyan (Eds.), Human Rights Gender and Environment,  APPOCUS.

 Research Papers: 

  • Carpenter, D. (2020). Teaching Poverty in Classroom setting: An Anti-oppressive Social Work Practice. Social Work & Society,18(2), http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:464-sws-2307
  • Carpenter, D. (2016). Protecting women from Domestic Violence in Assam, India? Evaluating Section 498-A, the IPC, 1983 vs. the PWDVA, 2005 . Journal of International Women’s Studies (JIWS), 18(1), https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol18/iss1/10
  •  Member, Board of Studies (Department of Social Work,  Member of the Editorial Board , MSSV Journal of Humanities and  Social Sciences)
  •  Title of the Award: - Junior Research Fellow (Social Work), S.J.S Fernandes Memorial Award
  •  Year:  - 2012, 2008
  • Awarding agency/body/institution: UGC, Jesus & Mary College (University of Delhi)
  • Urban Action School workshop from July 29th- August 5th, 2017 organised by Action Aid, CiRiC and Tezpur University
  • Department of Education, Teaching and Learning Centre, Tezpur University Research Methodology Workshop for Research Scholars from 15th-24th, February, 2016
  • NIPCCD workshop on  Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence (PWDVA) 2005 for College/University Teachers  from August 24th to 26th 2015
  • National Workshop on Enhancing Digital Competencies of Teacher Educators, Teachers and Parents of School Students organized by Centre for Pre-Service Teacher Education (PMMMNMTT), School of Education, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya with Department of Education, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Meghalaya and St Anthony’s College Shillong, Meghalaya from 22nd - 27th of June, 2020.

 Seminar/Conference/Workshop organised:

  • Interactive Session organised on Role of  Piramal Swasthya Management and Research Institute and 104 ( Sarathi) for Remote Health Advisory Intervention in Assam on July 3, 2020.
  • Topic of Ph.D. : A Critical Study of Various Legal Provisions related to Domestic Violence in Assam.
  • Current area of Research : Social Work Education and Women issues.

Academic Affiliation: 

  1. Life Member, Indian Society for Professional Social Workers. (ISPSW)
  2. Life member, Indian Association of Women Studies. (IAWS).

 Papers presented in Conferences/Seminars:

  • 25th Asia-Pacific Joint Regional Social Work Conference on Social Work Partnerships towards an Equal Society-Asia-Pacific Perspective, September 17th to 20th September 2019 in Bengaluru, India,
  • International Conference on Social Work Education and Practice organised by Dept of Social Work, UGC Centre of Advanced Study, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), February 20th-22nd, 2017 in New Delhi
  • International Conference on Governance and Development: Asian Perspective organised by the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, January 28th-29th, 2017 in Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
  • 2nd World Conference on Women’s Studies, Empowering Future Generations of Women and Girls: Empowering Humanity organised by TIIKM, May 5th-6th, 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • International Seminar on Governance , Development and the State in Contemporary Times, March 9th-12th ,2016 , Department of Sociology in partnership with UNICEF, Guwahati  & MACRONEI-MAKAIS, Kolkata.  Presented on ‘Mapping Self Help Groups (SHGs) for ‘Livelihood’ in Dhemaji District, Assam under Schemes of Government and Non Government Institutions’ in Tezpur University, Assam
  • National Seminar on ‘Economic Activities, Women Participation and Empowerment among Poverty among Female Migrant Labourers and Domestic Workers in Guwahati’, March 11th, 2014, National Institute of Rural and Development (NIRD), Guwahati, Assam