Papers by Dr. Chandrakant Puri
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The employability assessment will help the students to gauge and understand their overall Employability Quotient, and Personality Traits which will help them to decide on their functional role. Knowing and understanding their employability quotient and personality traits is essentially being aware of their current employability quotient and gain an insight into those skills that need improvement but will also help in assessing the college performance towards creating employable pool of students.
This report provides an analysis of the employability skills of the graduate and engineering students of the final year from colleges affiliated to University of Mumbai. 6000+ students across colleges in Mumbai and Thane were assessed. The analysis includes stream-wise, gender-wise, course-wise and city-wise comparative analysis of the aided, unaided and engineering colleges. It also includes comparative analysis of maximum, average, mode and median scores across gender, colleges, city and streams.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The research study titled -“Struggles & Strategies of Elected Women Representa... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The research study titled -“Struggles & Strategies of Elected Women Representative in Maharashtra” was undertaken by Dr. Chandrakant Puri, Chair Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Studies, University of Mumbai jointly with Mahila Rajsatta Andolan (MRA), Maharashtra & Resource and Support Centre for Development, Mumbai. The overall objective of this research was to study struggles of elected women representatives (EWRs) in Maharashtra while performing their duties and note strategies adopted by them to deal with situations and suggest intervention strategies for enhancing their performance.
Specific objectives of the study were as follows:
1. To study daily struggles of EWR – in family and in politics;
2. To find out strategies to deal with these challenges;
3. To find out best practices adopted by them;
4. To study how their political participation is impacting their family life;
5. To suggest policy recommendations to Government;
6. To suggest intervention strategies for NGOs and political parties.
The study was very significant as there have been various cases of violence against women Sarpanch in the State of Maharashtra. The process of study was initiated in the month of November, 2014 with a brainstorming session and completed in the month of December, 2015. In order to satisfy the objectives of the study, mix method was used. The research questions were answered using both quantitative and qualitative data.
The research is a descriptive one, as it is trying to describe the current status of the EWRs in the rural Maharashtra. The major focus of the research was to understand the hurdles that are holding back women to do their best for developments of their village. Total 100 elected women representative were selected as respondent using Purposive Sampling method and the representative were from 24 districts of Maharashtra.
The report has been divided into five chapters namely – Introduction, Review of Literature, Results and Discussion, Case Studies, Major Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations.
Key findings of the research are as follows:
• Majority of the respondents (56%) are in the age group of 20-40 years and are educated up to the SSC and HSC (59%).
• The percentage of EWRs from the minority community’s is as low as 3%
• Majority of the EWRs are in low income category up to Rs. 1 lakh per annum.
• Among the reasons for entries into politics, the factors such as their own interest in politics and family background are the major ones.
• 94% of the women have ‘changed’ as a person after taking over the position.
• Although the EWRs are achieving the goals set by them, they face several hurdles which include resistance from male members and perception of people towards them. Around 25% of the respondents have stated that they faced ill treatment from the members of the Gram Panchayatand 38% of the women have said that people are doubtful about their abilities to play their role as Sarpanch.
• 24% of the EWRs have stated that they constantly live under stress which impacts their personal and professional life.
• 45% of the EWR’s family responsibilities have decreased after taking the responsibilities as Sarpanch.
• Several obstacles have been faced by women members while discharging their duties but they are finding innovative strategies to deal with the obstacles.
The EWRs have expressed the need of strengthening their capacity as elected representative which will lead to their empowerment. Suggestions given by them if implemented properly will help them function effectively, which will positively impact the development of villages and will result in strengthening grassroots democracy.
The study has recommended-
• Concrete plan of action should be drawn to reduce obstacles and problems faced by EWRs;
• substantially increase the percentage of EWRs from minority communities;
• Implementation of the reservation and quota system in letter and spirit,
• Compulsory attendance of meetings for all the members of Gram Panchayat;
• Conduct of Gram Sabha and Mahila Sabha should be monitored by the review panel,
• Develop guidelines for smooth functioning of the EWRs.
• Provide quality and result oriented training and capacity building program at least three times in a tenure.
• Government should prepare Elected Women Leaders Protection Bill.
• Provision of online toll free counseling program for EWRs.
• Gender sensitive motivated Gram Sevak should be appointed wherever there are Mahila Sarpanchs.
• The Government Officials should be held responsible for non-implementation of schemes, programs & non-utilization of fund.
• The training programs organized should be relevant, sustainable and skill oriented.
• The Gram Panchayat should be equipped with infrastructure & technology.
• The funds, honorarium & travel allowance to the EWRs should be disbursed in time & as per the rule.
• It should be the responsibility of the Gram Sevak to maintain the financial & administrative transparency about the work of the Gram Panchayat.
• There should be free legal advice and easy access to the Lawyers in case EWRs faces any legal problems while discharging her duties.
• Two child norms should be scrapped in case of excluded communities such as tribals which restricts her entry into politics knowing the fact that the pregnancies are imposed upon on women.
• Recent Supreme Court Judgment upholding the decision of Haryana State to make educational qualification compulsory for Panchayati Raj elections should not be implemented in the State of Maharashtra as it excludes women and other marginalized group from participating in Local Democratic Process.
CONCLUSION:
To conclude, the present research is attempted to look at struggle of the EWR’s and also strategies they have adopted while handling crises situation which prove to be the best practices for other elected women representative. The efforts have been also to put forth the issues of elected women representative who are otherwise included as a part of political process but are excluded largely in the decision making process by largely male dominated Gram Panchayats. We hope that the study will be helpful in making some changes, so that elected women representatives are treated with dignity and are able to perform their constitutional duties without fear to make positive changes in the life of people whom they represent.
This report is based on the research conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Studie... more This report is based on the research conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Studies, University of Mumbai and My Employability Test (MET). Results are preented which are based on the sample size of 6500 Under Graduate Students of Mumbai and Thane,
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Papers by Dr. Chandrakant Puri
The employability assessment will help the students to gauge and understand their overall Employability Quotient, and Personality Traits which will help them to decide on their functional role. Knowing and understanding their employability quotient and personality traits is essentially being aware of their current employability quotient and gain an insight into those skills that need improvement but will also help in assessing the college performance towards creating employable pool of students.
This report provides an analysis of the employability skills of the graduate and engineering students of the final year from colleges affiliated to University of Mumbai. 6000+ students across colleges in Mumbai and Thane were assessed. The analysis includes stream-wise, gender-wise, course-wise and city-wise comparative analysis of the aided, unaided and engineering colleges. It also includes comparative analysis of maximum, average, mode and median scores across gender, colleges, city and streams.
Books by Dr. Chandrakant Puri
The research study titled -“Struggles & Strategies of Elected Women Representative in Maharashtra” was undertaken by Dr. Chandrakant Puri, Chair Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Studies, University of Mumbai jointly with Mahila Rajsatta Andolan (MRA), Maharashtra & Resource and Support Centre for Development, Mumbai. The overall objective of this research was to study struggles of elected women representatives (EWRs) in Maharashtra while performing their duties and note strategies adopted by them to deal with situations and suggest intervention strategies for enhancing their performance.
Specific objectives of the study were as follows:
1. To study daily struggles of EWR – in family and in politics;
2. To find out strategies to deal with these challenges;
3. To find out best practices adopted by them;
4. To study how their political participation is impacting their family life;
5. To suggest policy recommendations to Government;
6. To suggest intervention strategies for NGOs and political parties.
The study was very significant as there have been various cases of violence against women Sarpanch in the State of Maharashtra. The process of study was initiated in the month of November, 2014 with a brainstorming session and completed in the month of December, 2015. In order to satisfy the objectives of the study, mix method was used. The research questions were answered using both quantitative and qualitative data.
The research is a descriptive one, as it is trying to describe the current status of the EWRs in the rural Maharashtra. The major focus of the research was to understand the hurdles that are holding back women to do their best for developments of their village. Total 100 elected women representative were selected as respondent using Purposive Sampling method and the representative were from 24 districts of Maharashtra.
The report has been divided into five chapters namely – Introduction, Review of Literature, Results and Discussion, Case Studies, Major Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations.
Key findings of the research are as follows:
• Majority of the respondents (56%) are in the age group of 20-40 years and are educated up to the SSC and HSC (59%).
• The percentage of EWRs from the minority community’s is as low as 3%
• Majority of the EWRs are in low income category up to Rs. 1 lakh per annum.
• Among the reasons for entries into politics, the factors such as their own interest in politics and family background are the major ones.
• 94% of the women have ‘changed’ as a person after taking over the position.
• Although the EWRs are achieving the goals set by them, they face several hurdles which include resistance from male members and perception of people towards them. Around 25% of the respondents have stated that they faced ill treatment from the members of the Gram Panchayatand 38% of the women have said that people are doubtful about their abilities to play their role as Sarpanch.
• 24% of the EWRs have stated that they constantly live under stress which impacts their personal and professional life.
• 45% of the EWR’s family responsibilities have decreased after taking the responsibilities as Sarpanch.
• Several obstacles have been faced by women members while discharging their duties but they are finding innovative strategies to deal with the obstacles.
The EWRs have expressed the need of strengthening their capacity as elected representative which will lead to their empowerment. Suggestions given by them if implemented properly will help them function effectively, which will positively impact the development of villages and will result in strengthening grassroots democracy.
The study has recommended-
• Concrete plan of action should be drawn to reduce obstacles and problems faced by EWRs;
• substantially increase the percentage of EWRs from minority communities;
• Implementation of the reservation and quota system in letter and spirit,
• Compulsory attendance of meetings for all the members of Gram Panchayat;
• Conduct of Gram Sabha and Mahila Sabha should be monitored by the review panel,
• Develop guidelines for smooth functioning of the EWRs.
• Provide quality and result oriented training and capacity building program at least three times in a tenure.
• Government should prepare Elected Women Leaders Protection Bill.
• Provision of online toll free counseling program for EWRs.
• Gender sensitive motivated Gram Sevak should be appointed wherever there are Mahila Sarpanchs.
• The Government Officials should be held responsible for non-implementation of schemes, programs & non-utilization of fund.
• The training programs organized should be relevant, sustainable and skill oriented.
• The Gram Panchayat should be equipped with infrastructure & technology.
• The funds, honorarium & travel allowance to the EWRs should be disbursed in time & as per the rule.
• It should be the responsibility of the Gram Sevak to maintain the financial & administrative transparency about the work of the Gram Panchayat.
• There should be free legal advice and easy access to the Lawyers in case EWRs faces any legal problems while discharging her duties.
• Two child norms should be scrapped in case of excluded communities such as tribals which restricts her entry into politics knowing the fact that the pregnancies are imposed upon on women.
• Recent Supreme Court Judgment upholding the decision of Haryana State to make educational qualification compulsory for Panchayati Raj elections should not be implemented in the State of Maharashtra as it excludes women and other marginalized group from participating in Local Democratic Process.
CONCLUSION:
To conclude, the present research is attempted to look at struggle of the EWR’s and also strategies they have adopted while handling crises situation which prove to be the best practices for other elected women representative. The efforts have been also to put forth the issues of elected women representative who are otherwise included as a part of political process but are excluded largely in the decision making process by largely male dominated Gram Panchayats. We hope that the study will be helpful in making some changes, so that elected women representatives are treated with dignity and are able to perform their constitutional duties without fear to make positive changes in the life of people whom they represent.
The employability assessment will help the students to gauge and understand their overall Employability Quotient, and Personality Traits which will help them to decide on their functional role. Knowing and understanding their employability quotient and personality traits is essentially being aware of their current employability quotient and gain an insight into those skills that need improvement but will also help in assessing the college performance towards creating employable pool of students.
This report provides an analysis of the employability skills of the graduate and engineering students of the final year from colleges affiliated to University of Mumbai. 6000+ students across colleges in Mumbai and Thane were assessed. The analysis includes stream-wise, gender-wise, course-wise and city-wise comparative analysis of the aided, unaided and engineering colleges. It also includes comparative analysis of maximum, average, mode and median scores across gender, colleges, city and streams.
The research study titled -“Struggles & Strategies of Elected Women Representative in Maharashtra” was undertaken by Dr. Chandrakant Puri, Chair Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Studies, University of Mumbai jointly with Mahila Rajsatta Andolan (MRA), Maharashtra & Resource and Support Centre for Development, Mumbai. The overall objective of this research was to study struggles of elected women representatives (EWRs) in Maharashtra while performing their duties and note strategies adopted by them to deal with situations and suggest intervention strategies for enhancing their performance.
Specific objectives of the study were as follows:
1. To study daily struggles of EWR – in family and in politics;
2. To find out strategies to deal with these challenges;
3. To find out best practices adopted by them;
4. To study how their political participation is impacting their family life;
5. To suggest policy recommendations to Government;
6. To suggest intervention strategies for NGOs and political parties.
The study was very significant as there have been various cases of violence against women Sarpanch in the State of Maharashtra. The process of study was initiated in the month of November, 2014 with a brainstorming session and completed in the month of December, 2015. In order to satisfy the objectives of the study, mix method was used. The research questions were answered using both quantitative and qualitative data.
The research is a descriptive one, as it is trying to describe the current status of the EWRs in the rural Maharashtra. The major focus of the research was to understand the hurdles that are holding back women to do their best for developments of their village. Total 100 elected women representative were selected as respondent using Purposive Sampling method and the representative were from 24 districts of Maharashtra.
The report has been divided into five chapters namely – Introduction, Review of Literature, Results and Discussion, Case Studies, Major Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations.
Key findings of the research are as follows:
• Majority of the respondents (56%) are in the age group of 20-40 years and are educated up to the SSC and HSC (59%).
• The percentage of EWRs from the minority community’s is as low as 3%
• Majority of the EWRs are in low income category up to Rs. 1 lakh per annum.
• Among the reasons for entries into politics, the factors such as their own interest in politics and family background are the major ones.
• 94% of the women have ‘changed’ as a person after taking over the position.
• Although the EWRs are achieving the goals set by them, they face several hurdles which include resistance from male members and perception of people towards them. Around 25% of the respondents have stated that they faced ill treatment from the members of the Gram Panchayatand 38% of the women have said that people are doubtful about their abilities to play their role as Sarpanch.
• 24% of the EWRs have stated that they constantly live under stress which impacts their personal and professional life.
• 45% of the EWR’s family responsibilities have decreased after taking the responsibilities as Sarpanch.
• Several obstacles have been faced by women members while discharging their duties but they are finding innovative strategies to deal with the obstacles.
The EWRs have expressed the need of strengthening their capacity as elected representative which will lead to their empowerment. Suggestions given by them if implemented properly will help them function effectively, which will positively impact the development of villages and will result in strengthening grassroots democracy.
The study has recommended-
• Concrete plan of action should be drawn to reduce obstacles and problems faced by EWRs;
• substantially increase the percentage of EWRs from minority communities;
• Implementation of the reservation and quota system in letter and spirit,
• Compulsory attendance of meetings for all the members of Gram Panchayat;
• Conduct of Gram Sabha and Mahila Sabha should be monitored by the review panel,
• Develop guidelines for smooth functioning of the EWRs.
• Provide quality and result oriented training and capacity building program at least three times in a tenure.
• Government should prepare Elected Women Leaders Protection Bill.
• Provision of online toll free counseling program for EWRs.
• Gender sensitive motivated Gram Sevak should be appointed wherever there are Mahila Sarpanchs.
• The Government Officials should be held responsible for non-implementation of schemes, programs & non-utilization of fund.
• The training programs organized should be relevant, sustainable and skill oriented.
• The Gram Panchayat should be equipped with infrastructure & technology.
• The funds, honorarium & travel allowance to the EWRs should be disbursed in time & as per the rule.
• It should be the responsibility of the Gram Sevak to maintain the financial & administrative transparency about the work of the Gram Panchayat.
• There should be free legal advice and easy access to the Lawyers in case EWRs faces any legal problems while discharging her duties.
• Two child norms should be scrapped in case of excluded communities such as tribals which restricts her entry into politics knowing the fact that the pregnancies are imposed upon on women.
• Recent Supreme Court Judgment upholding the decision of Haryana State to make educational qualification compulsory for Panchayati Raj elections should not be implemented in the State of Maharashtra as it excludes women and other marginalized group from participating in Local Democratic Process.
CONCLUSION:
To conclude, the present research is attempted to look at struggle of the EWR’s and also strategies they have adopted while handling crises situation which prove to be the best practices for other elected women representative. The efforts have been also to put forth the issues of elected women representative who are otherwise included as a part of political process but are excluded largely in the decision making process by largely male dominated Gram Panchayats. We hope that the study will be helpful in making some changes, so that elected women representatives are treated with dignity and are able to perform their constitutional duties without fear to make positive changes in the life of people whom they represent.