Dr. Tejeswar Karkora

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I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science (Hons) from Utkal University, Odisha, and a Master's in Political Science from the Central University of Hyderabad. I also pursued a Master of Philosophy and completed my PhD in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. I was also a visiting scholar at Masaryk University, Czech Republic in the Department of Environmental Studies and Department of Geography.
Supervisors: Prof. Madhushree Sekher
Address: New Delhi, India

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Papers by Dr. Tejeswar Karkora

Institutions and Food Security: Understanding the Gendered Context of Vulnerabilities and Coping Mechanism in Rural India

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, 2011

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Decentralised Governance and Political Empowerment of Women: Gram Panchayats in Koraput District of Odisha, India

Rajagiri Journal of Social Development, 2015

Women's participation in publiclifeis often constrained due to various socio-economic conditions.... more Women's participation in publiclifeis often constrained due to various socio-economic conditions. The 73 rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India provides 33 per cent reservationfor women to give them wider representation in the local bodies. In spite of such and other provisions, empowerment of women is not satisfactory because of certain factors like political failure, lack of education and awareness among women. Against this background, a study was conducted in a backward and tribal district of Odisha, which examined the political processes. The study attempted to find out how women perceive their political empowerment as people's representatives. Italso examined the perception of elected representatives on political empowerment. Thefindings of the study are expected to give a better understanding of the relationship between socio-economic backwardness of the region and women's participation and empowerment. In turn, this will help in meeting the challenges of women's empowerment as envisioned in the 73 rd amendment.This empirical study found that the participation of women is adversely influenced by the socioeconomic structure of the region. The socio-economic backwardness of the region affectedthe capabilities of women intheir participation as people's representatives. The performance of the women members appears to be more adversely affected than the male members. Thus, capabilities in the public domain are not only gendered, but also socio-economically structured.

$Table 3:Regularity of Attendance by Women Members in GPs (in %, n=24) About 22 per cent of the women said that they never attended the meetings because they were lliterate and it was hard for them to understand the proceedings. In such instances, the male nembers of the women’s households take part in the GP and function as proxies for the women. \n attempt was also made in this study to understandwhether women had made their voices heard yn development issues in the GP meetings. One of the ward members said that, as a rule, she did lot speak at the GP meetings but “I only do so when I need anything urgent for my ward.” Anothe: voman said that “women do not say anything in GP due to their poor knowledge about the policies ind programmes. Most of the time, I do not attend the GP meeting, but when I do my husband is vith me and he does all my work.” A ward member from Kutinga said that “the male ward nembers never give us chance to make our voices heard. They always try to exercise their ommand over us.”$