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Adhikari, Harasankar. "Social Work or Relief Work? A Crisis in Professional Social Work." Social Change Review 13, no. 1 (July 1, 2015): 55–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/scr-2015-0009.
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AbstractSocial work is a sharing and caring profession based on scientific methods. This problem solving profession makes people self-reliant and self-dependent when he/she is in any sorts of crises. Thus, it differs from relief work, social services or social welfare delivered during emergence crises. This paper examined the application of professional social work as relief work, which did not bring any change among the beneficiaries; rather it set their mind as opportunist. For this purpose, the programme sponsored by the government of India and implemented by nongovernmental organizations for rehabilitation of the street children (i.e., pavements and slums dwellers, children of sex workers, and so forth) of Metro cities like Kolkata had priority. This evaluative study assessed the progress and changes among 500 street children who were the beneficiaries for 10 years of the programme, selected according to their parental residents/occupation through stratified sampling. Interviews, case studies and group interaction were used to collect data on various aspects, i.e. personal background, education, and occupation of these children. It revealed that after almost 10 years of services, the problem of children was static. Firstly, service delivery system was as relief work. The methods of social work were not implied while the professionals were in implementation. On the other hand, the scope of monitoring and evaluation of the programme by government was suspended due to several reasons. Definitely, the politicalization in human development would be restricted. The problems of suffering would be root out and it should not be a continued process.
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MacLachlan, Malcolm. "Still Too POSH to Push for Structural Change? The Need for a Macropsychology Perspective." Industrial and Organizational Psychology 10, no. 3 (August 30, 2017): 403–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/iop.2017.36.
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My mother, who lived her early years in the British Raj in India, assures me that POSH referred to the well-to-do European's wish to travel “Port Out, Starboard Home” on ships to and from India, which meant enjoying the predominantly shaded side of the ship, protected from the ravaging heat that “ordinary” folk had to endure. What an apt, provocative, and profound analogy Gloss, Carr, Reichman, Abdul-Nasiru, and Oestereich (2017) have given us in their description of the primary focus of industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology on “Professional, Official, Secure, and High income” work.
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Hardikar, Swarna. "Looking at Law School Rankings in India Through the Lens of Democratic Ideals." Asian Journal of Legal Education 8, no. 2 (July 2021): 175–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23220058211019338.
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Legal education in India has undergone phenomenal changes in the past few years. Gone are the days when certain established universities had a monopoly over legal education, and when interest in professional legal education was surpassed by the likes of science, technology and medicine, which are essential for the industrial and social development of any country. Lawyers, characterized as social engineers, are equipped with the vision for social change, which is essential in a developing country like India. Lawyers understand the present and have a vision for the future. Social change can be brought about by change in law, which reflects the direction in which the country is progressing. Ranking systems portraying democratic and constitutional ethos will encourage law schools and related authorities to change; accordingly, that is when they will become equipped to bring about relevant social change. Hence, it only seems pertinent to analyse the ranking systems in accordance with the democratic ideals and ethos enshrined in the Constitution, including the Preamble, which is where we find the mention of justice, equality, liberty and fraternity, the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy, where we find the mention of the rule of law, social welfare and the values propounded by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the international convention on human rights. This will provide a better perspective for judging the quality of law schools and the law students, which will be essential in understanding the changes which need to be made to the current teaching and learning pedagogy. Students will be more equipped to deal with the challenges posed by the legal profession after graduation and will become harbingers of justice.
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Das, Rajesh, and Smita Nayak. "Impact of COVID -19 on Prosthetics and Orthotics Rehabilitation in India: A Cross-Sectional Study." International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 12, no. 9 (September 8, 2022): 57–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220908.
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Background: Densely populated country like India is demonstrably affected by COVID- 19 in both first and second wave. The people with disability who commonly faced challenges in daily encounters were face additional difficulties due to devoid of appropriate healthcare services and suffered a lot with psychological trauma due to lack of community participation. Objectives: This study aimed to find out the impact of COVID 19 on Prosthetics and Orthotics professional, industry, student, private practitioner and Disabled people Methods: A web survey was conducted in India among the Prosthetist and Orthotist professional working in Government sector, Non government organizations, Private sectors approximately 3 month after the second peak of COVID 19. The descriptive data of impact of Pandemic on profession, service provider, service user and students of this profession were collected. Results: Eighty one professional responded to questionnaire and private sector professional were significantly affected by this pandemic as compared to government employee, The service user faced remarkable difficulties and mental trauma due to restriction as well as to understand the concept of tele-rehabilitation due to lack of accessibility to technology and knowledge. Conclusions: The rehabilitation to the person with disabilities should be in community based, technology friendly, easy to avail and cost effective. The professionals need to be prepared well in advance to face such emergency crisis and adopt the change to overcome the challenges. Use of technology and artificial intelligence may help people with disabilities as well as professionals to overcome the crisis. Key words: Mental health, Tele rehabilitation, Assistive technology, Activities of Daily living (ADL), Social isolation
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Sebastian, Perumbilly A., and Anderson A. Stephen. "Substance Abuse Prevention: Perspectives from India’s Addiction Treatment Professionals." Artha - Journal of Social Sciences 14, no. 2 (April 1, 2015): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.12724/ajss.33.2.
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This article is focused on substance abuse prevention from the perspective of India. Research participants were 112 substance addiction treatment professionals associated with government approved addiction treatment centres in India. They were called from 26 Indian states and 4 union territories in India. Data were collected through a survey instrument using a mixed-methods research design with a focus on concurrent strategies. Participants provided practical recommendations for creating public awareness systemically, concurrently and consistently through a prevention agenda focusing on important social sectors such as schools, employment settings, religious/spiritual settings, and at local, state and national domains of India. This study concludes that creating massive awareness campaigns simultaneously and consistently over long periods of time in all these sectors of the society will facilitate systemic change at the macro-level. Findings have practical implications for policymakers everywhere working towards preventing substance abuse.
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Filipova, Milena, and Radostina Yuleva-Chuchulayna. "Individual Competencies of Teachers in the Process of Digitalization in Higher Education." Strategies for Policy in Science and Education-Strategii na Obrazovatelnata i Nauchnata Politika 29, no. 3 (May 22, 2021): 250–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.53656/str2021-3-3-indi.
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In the process of digitalization and the change of education in almost digital, the professional training of teachers in higher schools is of particular relevance, determined with social and pedagogical importance. This includes a set of a number of individual competences that educators need to possess and develop. The changes in the technologies and economic situation of Bulgaria set new requirements in terms of the skills and individual competencies of the teachers. The purpose of modern higher education is to take into account the current and future needs of the student, as well as to prepare a multi developed person capable of social adaptation in society for the beginning of professional realization and selfimprovement. The main objective of this development is to develop a model of the individual competencies of higher education teachers in the digitalization process. The main research methods used in the development are contingent analysis, method of analysis and synthesis, intuitive and systematic approach.
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Bhatt, Sanjai. "Students Enrollment in Social Work Courses in Indian Higher Educational Institutions: An Analysis." Space and Culture, India 9, no. 2 (September 26, 2021): 50–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.20896/saci.v9i2.1214.
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This study aims to analyse students’ enrollment in social work courses in Indian higher educational institutions. The higher education system in India is one of the world's largest systems of its kind. There are 526 social work educational institutions and 181 Universities (20 per cent) imparting social work education and training at different levels. The data from the reports of All India Survey on Higher Education for the period of 2010-11 to 2018-19 was analysed. More than half (59.12 per cent) of the institutions are teaching undergraduate courses in social work (BSW), and more than 95 per cent are teaching postgraduate courses (MSW). Male students outnumbered female students in both courses. The share of students enrolled through distance mode of education in BSW and MSW programmes is 22 per cent and 34.09 per cent, respectively. Student enrollment at the M. Phil level has witnessed a sudden decline, but there has been a consistent increase in the Ph.D. programme. India has added around 0.36 million BSWs/MSWs in the past eight years, averaging forty-five thousand professional social workers per annum. The changes in the socio-political environment, human relationships and social space, technology, and globalisation processes and global agenda will decide the future of social work in India.
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BASHIR, Aadil, Bilal Ahmed KHAN, Triptish BHATIA, Sheikh SHOIB, Isahaque ALI, Unjum BASHIR, Shabana KHURSHEED, Margaret MCDONALD, Mary E. HAWK, and Smita DESHPANDE. "An Assessment of the Training Program on Mental Health for Community Health Workers in Kashmir, India." Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala 80 (March 15, 2023): 7–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.33788/rcis.80.1.
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In recent years mental health has emerged as a major health threat in low income countries like India. In response, mental health care has been integrated into primary health care, in turn creating a rising demand for trained and skillful mental health professionals. This study was conducted in district Budgam (J&K), India with the aim of providing training to community health workers (CHWs) and measuring the change using pre- and post-training evaluations. The pre and post tests were undertaken, assessing changes in mental health literacy at three different points of time: pre-training, post-training, and three month follow-up. Mental health literacy was assessed using the interviewer-administered Mental Health Literacy Survey. The training intervention was a five-day course based on a facilitator's manual developed specifically for community health workers in India. A total of 25 community health workers from rural areas of Budgam District (mostly Integrated Child Development Service supervisors), Health Educators and Anganwadi Workers, were engaged for the study. Findings demonstrate that the training course improved participants' ability to recognize any mental health disorders. There was a clear distinction between the level of awareness pre- and post- training. The results were statistically significant on various domains Ability to recognize disorders (Pre-post P= 0.001), Knowledge of the professional help available (Pre-post p= 0.000), Attitudes that promote the recognition or appropriate help-seeking behavior (Pre-post p= 0.000) (p<0.05). Further follow up after three months was done. The mixed findings from this study, suggesting the training course has potential to improve some aspects of mental health literacy among the CHWs, including their understanding of various mental health problems.
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Prakashi, Rajaram, and Treesa Thomas Priya. "Epilepsy: Attitude and Awareness among Students of Professional Social Work." Artha - Journal of Social Sciences 12, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.12724/ajss.25.5.
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Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders that affect approximately 50 million peopleworldwide, with the prevalence of 1% in the population.Nearly 80% of people with epilepsy are found indeveloping countries, where the disease remains a majorpublic health problem. It is not only because of its healthimplications but also for its social, cultural, psychologicaland economic effects. The person with epilepsy goesthrough many difficulties such as unpredictability of theseizures, adjustmental demands on personal and worklife, family coping, problems in marital relationship,issues surrounding children, economic burden, andstigma about the disease apart from the access totreatment. Managing a chronic illness such as epilepsyinvolves more than managing medical problems. Socialworkers, as change agents, can fulfil their roles aseducators, counsellors, and patient-advocates by helpingpatients and families to gain insight into the implicationsof chronic illness. The present cross sectional study wasconducted among the Master of Social Work (MSW)students specialising in Medical and Psychiatric SocialWork, with an attempt to look at the Knowledge and Attitude about Epilepsy. Thirty one students of Master ofSocial Work course with Medical and Psychiatric SocialWork (males = 9; females = 22; age = 23.61, range 22-28years) from different colleges in South India filled thequestionnaire developed to assess the knowledge andattitudes about Epilepsy. All the respondents had heardabout Epilepsy. The study revealed that while there isgood awareness about Epilepsy among the students,majority of them felt that persons with Epilepsy shouldhave restrictions in movement (84%) and that they havelimitations in employment (58%). The implications of thestudy from knowledge development, research andpractice are discussed.
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Curtis, Val. "Explaining the outcomes of the 'Clean India' campaign: institutional behaviour and sanitation transformation in India." BMJ Global Health 4, no. 5 (September 2019): e001892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001892.
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IntroductionMany less developed countries are struggling to provide universal access to safe sanitation, but in the past 5 years India has almost reached its target of eliminating open defaecation.ObjectiveTo understand how the Indian government effected this sanitation transformation.MethodsThe study employed interviews with 17 actors in the government’s ‘Clean India’ programme across the national capital and four states, which were analysed using a theory of change grounded in Behaviour Centred Design.ResultsThe Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) claims to have improved the coverage of toilets in rural India from 39% to over 95% of households between 2014 and mid-2019. From interviews with relevant actors we constructed a theory of change for the programme, in which high-level political support and disruptive leadership changed environments in districts, which led to psychological changes in district officials. This, in turn, led to changed behaviour for sanitation programming. The prime minister set an ambitious goal of eliminating open defaecation by the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (October 2019). This galvanised government bureaucracy, while early success in 100 flagship districts reduced the scepticism of government employees, a cadre of 500 young professionals placed in districts imparted new ideas and energy, social and mass media were used to inform and motivate the public, and new norms of ethical behaviour were demonstrated by leaders. As a result, district officials became emotionally involved in the programme and felt pride at their achievement in ridding villages of open defaecation.ConclusionsThough many challenges remain, governments seeking to achieve the sustainable development goal of universal access to safe sanitation can emulate the success of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission.
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Singh, Ravindra Kumar. "Clinical Legal Education—A Robust Instrument for Attainment of Justice: An Indian Perspective." Asian Journal of Legal Education 9, no. 1 (November 13, 2021): 7–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09717218211030784.
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Legal education is to serve the purpose of creating well-versed and proficient professionals who can render the best legal service to the people and help them get justice. Moreover, it is also to produce law-abiding and well-informed citizens who can carry out their duties in their professional life (irrespective of the nature of profession) for maintaining the rule of law. Along with a very strong foundation of substantive law, law students must also be oriented to the application of law during their undergraduate programme. This goal is to be realized through clinical legal education (CLE), which was introduced with an aim of combining the theory with practice. It also helps inculcate a sense of social justice in law students, as they closely see the application of law in a real life situation; they realize how law benefits people; they get closely connected to the society; they learn professional ethics; they develop problem solving approach; they get immeasurable satisfaction and confidence in the power of law; and more particularly, they comprehend that law is the real robust instrument to ensure and secure inclusive justice in the society. CLE, thus, makes the legal education all-inclusive and wholesome by making law students the agents of social change and champions of justice. This research article argues that CLE is indispensable for the attainment of inclusive justice. It also gauges the state of CLE in India from this perspective. Lastly, the article offers a few convincing suggestions which need to be incorporated in the legal education framework of India in order to ensure the higher goal of attainment of inclusive justice in India.
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Narain, Nivedita, and Kanika Tandon Bhal. "Roles of Social Change Professionals in Person-Centered Development: An Exploratory Study in India." Academy of Management Proceedings 2017, no. 1 (August 2017): 15954. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.15954abstract.
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Rose, Richard, Jayanthi Narayan, Shankar Matam, and Prathima Reddy Sambram. "A Comparison of Provision and Access to Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in a Metropolitan City and a Rural District in Telangana State, India." Education Sciences 11, no. 3 (March 9, 2021): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci11030111.
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In response to international agreements, recent Indian legislation has raised expectations that all children, regardless of need or ability, should gain access to formal education that is inclusive and addresses their social and learning needs. Initiatives designed to support the implementation of this legislation have been undertaken in several parts of India. Reports related to such initiatives have largely focused upon developments in large urban connotations, with studies in rural areas being less in evidence. This paper reports a small-scale study conducted in Telangana a state in the south-central part of India. Through the application of semi-structured interviews data were obtained to enable a comparison to be made of the experiences of two purposive samples of families of children with disabilities and special educational needs, and the professionals who support them. The first sample was located in Hyderabad, a large metropolitan city, the capital of Telangana State. The second was situated in villages in Sangareddy, a single rural district of the same state. Interviews were conducted either in English or in Telugu, the state language with all interviews transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis. The findings, which will be used to support further development in the area, reveal a willingness on the part of professionals to support the education and social welfare needs of children with special educational needs and their families and an awareness of current national legislation aimed at achieving this objective. A disparity exists between the availability of professional support services available to families and children, with those living in the rural district experiencing greater difficulty in accessing appropriate support than their counterparts in the metropolitan city. The lack of opportunities for training and professional development is perceived to be a major obstacle to the progress of inclusive education as required by national legislation in both locations. Recommendations are made for further research that is closely allied to changes in practice, for the development of professional development of teachers and other professionals, and for the development of centralised provision in rural areas to address the needs of families.
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Kumar, Mohan, Vineet Kumar Pathak, and Saparya Tripathi. "Social marketing: a commercial marketing strategy for understanding and improving health." International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 9, no. 7 (June 25, 2021): 2153. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20212541.
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Disease prevention and health promotion is now looking forward to newer innovative platforms to bring social change. Social marketing is a process that applies marketing principles and techniques to create, communicate, and deliver value in order to influence target audience behaviours that benefit society (public health, safety, the environment and communities) as well as the target audience. There are many challenges of marketing approach in India like financial cost, non-availability of audience data, difficulty in measuring marketing efforts, negative demand benefit to third party etc. These challenges can be dealt with 8 benchmark of social marketing which includes exchange, self-interest, behaviour change, competition, audience segmentation, consumer orientation, formative research and marketing mix (4 ‘P’s). Currently in India, condoms are social marketed under NACP-IV which can be extended to OCPs, Injectable contraceptives, ORS, Mosquito nets etc. For success of social marketing incorporation of consumers as partners into the planning process is must along with training of health professionals to enable them to imbue public health organizations with a marketing mind-set. Grantees should be given sufficient time and resources to conduct formative research, develop evidence-based marketing strategies, pretest program interventions, and monitor program activities.
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Prafula, Sr, and Rekha Jadhav. "The Student Migration for Professional Courses in Mysuru City-A Sociological Study." IRA International Journal of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (ISSN 2455-2526) 5, no. 1 (November 9, 2016): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jems.v5.n1.p5.
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<p><em>Higher education is an asset for the society which is part of productivity and competitiveness of the Economic development. Education is the long term investment in the human capital. It is viewed as a tool for the promotion of economic growth, cultural development, social cohesion, equality and justice. Education is considered not only as an instrument of social change but also as a contributor to the individual’s economic betterment for their lifetime. (Satvinderpal Kaur;2014)</em></p><p><em>Migration or movement of individual from one region to another is for various purposes. Education for migration is again a movement of a student to seek education at different places. Migration for the sake of education is a common phenomenon and thus students are migrating from one district to another, from one state to another and from country to another to opt better academic and career development. Karnataka is a hub of educational Institutions. It has renowned and reputed Professional Colleges in India. Mysuru is a city of palaces which is a very conducive environment for student migrant who come from different parts of India .This is a safe city for the student migrant. Such Students are a income generating factor for various professional Institutions in Karnataka.</em></p><p><em>The main objectives of the study here is:-To study the social and Institutional support to the migrant students, Secondly to understand the psycho-socio-cultural adjustment of the migrant student in the College, Hostels, PG’s and at their residing places. Thirdly to know the impact of absence of family environment among the students and their health conditions.</em></p><p><em>This study evaluates the Student migration for professional Courses in Mysuru city. This study is carried out among 120 undergraduate students from professional courses (Engineering and Medical courses). The results show that the students chose Mysuru for higher education as this city is very conducive environment for students and it is a safe place for them. Most of them are dependent on College for Campus placement. Most of the students get accustomed to the locality and the Institute and most of them feel they were healthy.</em></p>
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Yuvaraja, U., B. Gururaja, and K. Sampreetha. "Development of Commercial Banks during Pre and Post Globalization Era in India: An Analysis." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 7, no. 1 (July 1, 2019): 26–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v7i1.371.
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Banking is an old business and a central pillar of Indian society. Money lending activities in India had traced back to the Vedic period (according to Central Banking Enquiry Committee-1931). The professional banking system existed long ago- Manu Murthy, Kautilya’s Arthashastra- in India. Initial stage growth of Indian banks was very sluggish and also experienced episodic failure between 1913 and 1948. The banking sector in the pre-reform period was experienced poor performance and caught into deep crisis due to excessive loans in comparison to total deposits having a ratio more than 50 per cent consisting of about 90 per cent of all commercial banks which posed a significant threat to the stability and transparency of the financial system. During those days, the public had lesser confidence in the banks. Government at this juncture decided to introduce comprehensive economic reforms. Environmental and regulatory changes have made this sector more competitive and improved the health of the Indian banking sector. The study's main purpose is to analyse the growth of India scheduled commercial banks during pre and post-globalisation period in three phases viz., a)Early Phase of growth of the CBS: 1936-1969, b) Period of Social Control:1967 -1991 and c)Phase of Globalization:1991-2018. The present study is based on, purely, secondary data.
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Islam, Asiya. "Plastic Bodies: Women Workers and Emerging Body Rules in Service Work in Urban India." Gender & Society 36, no. 3 (April 18, 2022): 422–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08912432221089637.
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Drawing on the narratives of young lower-middle-class women employed in cafés, call centers, shopping malls, and offices in Delhi, India, in this paper I identify malleability or “plasticity” of the body as an important feature of contemporary service work. As neophyte service professionals, young women mold themselves to the middle-/upper-class milieu of their workplaces through clothes, makeup, and body language. Such body plasticity can be experienced as enabling: Identifying with the image of the “New Indian Woman,” young women enter the bourgeoning service economy. However, they also experience this body plasticity as threatening; bodily changes to meet the requirements of work can, at times, feel inauthentic as well as be read as promiscuous by others. I draw attention to how women appraise plastic bodies as both generative of change and a site of labor discipline, thus offering insights into the relationship among bodies, social inequalities, and contemporary service work.
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Jayakumar, Tulsi, and Rukaiya Kirit Joshi. "Rethinking the role of management education in developing a “new” locus of CSR responsibility." Journal of Work-Applied Management 9, no. 1 (June 5, 2017): 51–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jwam-02-2017-0004.
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Purpose India is the first country to have mandated compulsory corporate social responsibility (CSR) spends through changes in its legislative framework. Focus has thus shifted from the “why” to the “how” of CSR and, therefore, a shift in the “locus” of CSR responsibility from the “influencer” chief executive officer toward the “implementer” CSR professionals. The purpose of this paper is to study the role of management education in developing individual competencies among the implementers and impacting effective CSR implementation. Design/methodology/approach This paper, using a case study design, studies the role of management education in developing individual competencies among the implementers and impacting effective CSR implementation. Building on theoretical frameworks, this paper carries out an exploratory research of an Indian business school’s management education program for development practitioners. It uses qualitative inputs gathered from relevant stakeholders of the program to understand the role of management education in facilitating the paradigm shift in CSR in the Indian context. Findings The paper finds that the program has impacted outcomes at three levels, namely through developing key individual CSR-related competencies; impacting participants’ professional performance; and organizational impact in effective CSR implementation. Practical implications The case study provides a roadmap to business schools for designing and implementing programs for CSR professionals. Originality/value Extant research in the Indian context is silent on key competencies required for CSR implementation and also on the role of management education in developing the same. Such competencies can ensure the efficiency of the expected large CSR spends by private corporates under the new legal requirements and alter the country’s social development path.
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Chockalingam, Punitha, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Priyadarshini Natarajan, Surendran Veeraiah, Revathy Rajagopal, and Vinodh Kumar Elumalai. "Coping with a modern pandemic-an online survey of Anesthesiologists in India during COVID-19." BJPsych Open 7, S1 (June 2021): S244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.652.
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AimsIn 2020, India was one of the worst affected countries by COVID-19. As the pandemic spread, creating undue pressure on health care workers (HCWs), there was an urgent need for the development of appropriate interventions to protect their mental health. This study aims to study the effect of COVID-19 on the mental health of anaesthesiologists in India and factors that influence their coping behaviour.MethodThe study was designed as a semi-structured, descriptive, cross-sectional, online open survey and conducted on Google forms between 21st May and 20th June 2020, among practicing anaesthesiologists across India. The participants were recruited by sending messages to their emails and through social media platforms. It created a small number of international respondents, who were also included (India = 301, rest = 23). The self-designed questionnaire had 30 questions in the form of multiple choices, checkboxes, linear scales and short comments. Informed consent was recorded at the outset. Details such as demographic characteristics, place and nature of work, pandemic related changes in duration or pattern of work, psychological symptoms during and after working hours, fears about quarantine, were collected in the survey. Statistical Analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Statistics for Mac Version 21.0 IBM Corp., USA)ResultAmong the 324 participating anaesthesiologists, a prevalence rate of 64.8% for stress, 51.2% for anxiety and 65.7% for depression was noted, which was double the rate from pre-pandemic studies. Those between the ages of 30 and 50 (p = 0.010 OR:2.191) and working in government run (p = 0.045 OR:2.564) COVID-19 hospitals in India (p = 0.002 OR:2.018), were particularly stressed (33.3%) and anxious (38%) than the rest. Increased workload, contracting the virus and becoming an infectious source to their family (88.6%) were their prime concern. Formulating standard operating procedures (SOP) (66.7%) and procuring personal protective equipment (PPE) (56.2%) were some of the challenges faced at work. Most of them recommended a congenial workplace (68.8%) and family support (60.8%) to help them work through their anxiety and fear, while a few reported considering leaving their career (34.8%) from fear of monetary loss and burn out (53.8%).ConclusionCOVID-19 has changed the professional and personal life of anaesthesiologists in India. Irrespective of their workplace, their fears and challenges remain universal. Early identification of anxiety and depression and providing appropriate psychological support will prevent deep and enduring damages to the lives of these professionals.
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Gallo, Ester. "A broken chain? Colonial history, middle-class Indian migrants and intergenerational ambivalence." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 60, no. 1-2 (December 7, 2018): 37–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020715218815728.
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The article explores ambivalence among middle-class Indian migrants who return to India after their retirement. It discusses intergenerational ambivalence from the dual perspectives of the relation between older migrants and their parents, and that linking the former to their migrant children today. Older migrants’ transnationalism is an important yet under-researched topic. It offers insights into the temporal dimension of ambivalence: how family contradictions accompany and change throughout the life course, and how they orient migrants’ understandings of the past, present, and future. Central to the analysis is the relation between migrant intergenerational ambivalence and the historical development of the Malayali middle class at home and in the diaspora. Moving beyond studies on ambivalence that mainly focus on Euro-American societies, it explores the phenomenon in postcolonial locations. The article discusses the extent to which colonial forms of socio-geographical mobility shape older migrants’ ambivalence across generations, vis-á-vis broader middle-class expectations around educational/professional attainment, reproductive choices, and care provision. It suggests that a temporal perspective on ambivalence is useful to highlight how transnational family ambivalence is shaped not only by present-day uncertainties but also by political and cultural history. It also enhances our understanding of how dispersed families negotiate ambivalence in the long term, and the cumulative effects of these negotiations in the production of novel care arrangements in the present.
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Webber, Martin, Jacques Joubert, Meredith Fendt-Newlin, Saju Madavanakadu Devassy, Lorane Scaria, Anuja Maria Benny, and Lynette Joubert. "Towards the Development of an Intervention to Address Social Determinants of Non-Communicable Disease in Kerala, India: A Mixed Methods Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 22 (November 20, 2020): 8636. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228636.
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In India, cardiovascular disease (CVD), with hypertension as its foremost risk factor, has the highest prevalence rate of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and a rising mortality. Previous research has found a clustering of behavioural and social risks pertaining to NCDs, though the latter are infrequently addressed in public health interventions in India. This paper reaches toward the development of a social intervention to address social determinants of NCD relating to hypertension and diabetes. We used Theory of Change (ToC) as a theoretical approach to programme design. Mixed methods were used, including qualitative interviews with community members (n = 20), Accredited Social Health Activists (n = 6) and health professionals (n = 8), and a stakeholder workshop (n = 5 participants). The recruitment of participants from one local area in Kerala enabled us to map service provision and gain a holistic understanding of how to utilise the existing workforce to target social risk factors. The findings suggest that social interventions need to focus on ensuring health behaviour information reaches all parts of the community, and that those with more social risk factors are identified and supported to engage with treatment. Further research is required to test the resulting intervention model.
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Vij, Krishna, and Prof Ridhi. "The Birth of Indian National Congress: A Safety Valve for Colonial India." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 11, no. 8 (August 31, 2023): 842–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2023.50461.
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Abstract: The Indian National Congress (INC) has been around longer than any other Indian political party, having been founded in 1885. In the fight for Indian independence from British colonial control, the establishment of the Indian National Congress was a critical factor. The Congress's formation was not, however, without debate. The "safety valve theory" was at the centre of one such debate; this theory proposed that the British established the Congress in order to alleviate the strain of rising Indian nationalism. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between the emergence of the Indian National Congress and the concept of a safety valve. The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of India's oldest and most influential political parties, having been instrumental in the country's fight for freedom from British colonial authority. This organisation, known as the Congress, had its origins in the late 19th century, when a group of Indian intellectuals and professionals sought to organise in order to better express their discontent with the British colonial government. In 1885, Indian nationalists banded together to form the Congress in the hopes of bringing about sweeping political and social change in the country. The 'Safety Valve' theory, however, argued that the Congress was formed to unleash the mounting anger among the Indian masses and forestall revolutionary outbreaks. This paper will examine the formation of Indian national congress and the role of safety valve theory.
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Shyamali Banerje et al. "The Impact of Public Service Advertising: Social Development or Social Change through Development Communication: Strategic Communication through Corporate Lobbying: An Analysis of the Changing Dynamics from Print to Digital Media." Proceeding International Conference on Science and Engineering 11, no. 1 (February 18, 2023): 1499–514. http://dx.doi.org/10.52783/cienceng.v11i1.302.
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The term 'public service advertising', although familiar to all of us, has never been exposed to critical analysis in India till 2000 onwards as the growing popularity and inescapability of media messages through advertising has reached to a crescendo during the times of a transition from one-dimensional print media to digital media. And in this process of change-over, the intent of 'public service' which means to mobilize the public to take action for a common goal or objective, has got affected. Public service advertising with all ennobled and embellished connotations, catalyzing social change or transformation is nothing new. However, the problem arises when under the garb of 'public service' the centers of power, media elites or communication strategists, try to propagate their own world views through constantly bombarded different social media platforms, the grey areas of borderline between public service or public good and personal interest and personal benefit get obliterated. This research study will try to highlight the issues of propagandist intent of public service advertising and how the ideals of social change or social development through development communication strategies is taking a drastic turn towards forging a mass consensus on false assertion and fake identity. The article has used quantitative analysis methodology to analyze the various understanding of the concept of 'public service advertising' and for that matter, social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram are used as its variables for analysis. The sample size used for this study is 150 respondents. The study has concluded from the detailed analysis that the alarming scenario of diluting the phenomena of 'public good or public service' has created a huge propensity towards creating a hegemony, ie, self-glorification or self propaganda and the 'social development' intent of the social messages or public service messages is getting diluted because of the growth of strategic communication interfaces or equipped professional elites working as political actors.
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Vijay, Devi, and Debabrata Ghosh. "The Sabar Shouchagar Project (toilets for everyone): making Nadia District the first open-defecation-free district in India." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 8, no. 1 (January 19, 2018): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-03-2017-0061.
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Subject area Public Sector Management. Study level/applicability MBA or postgraduate program courses in public policy and management. MBA or postgraduate program courses on social innovation, social entrepreneurship and public or collective entrepreneurship. Management development programs for public policy professionals, non-governmental organizations and social enterprises. Case overview Despite several country-wide campaigns to improve sanitation levels, India continues to be the country with the highest number of people, over 600 million, practicing open defecation. This case outlines the Sabar Shouchagar Project (Toilets for Everyone) undertaken by the District Administration of Nadia District in West Bengal that transformed the region into the first open-defecation-free district in India. The case begins with providing the context of the problem of open defecation, why it has been hard to eliminate and how undertaking a project to eliminate open-defecation-free practices has myriad institutional and economic challenges. The case then details the conceptualization and execution of the complex Sabar Shouchagar Project which involved a loose coalition of various state programs and civil society organizations. The case ends with questions on the continuity of this project beyond the tenure of the current District Magistrate and on the replicability of such an ambitious project in other parts of the country. The setting of this case, a government agency, is different than most cases and provides an opportunity for students to talk about a state agency and its interstices with civil society. This case explores how to create change through large government machinery and allows the student to explore aspects of social mobilization, social change and social innovation. If taught within a postgraduate or MBA program, the case would serve well to dispel stereotypes and biases about government bureaucracies (such as slow timelines, limited efficacy of projects and so on). Expected learning outcomes After discussion and analysis of the case, students will be able to: appreciate how administrators within a large government bureaucracy address an ambitious and complex public health issue in a developing world context. Understand the on-the-ground challenges that arise when a change agent pursues a worthwhile goal. There are difficulties such as getting resources beyond what a government office has access to, getting alignments between different key actors within the local community and forging coalitions. Understand initiatives for social transformation within a developing country context. Specifically, the case unpacks the cultural, political, economic contexts that determine how social innovations may be pursued. Understand capacity-building and change management. Evaluate efforts required to sustain social change efforts and the challenges and pathways with respect to replication of successful social change projects in other geographies. Appreciate the design of civic engagement practices in public policy implementation. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email www.support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject Code CSS: 10: Public Sector management.
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Verma, Sanjay. "Gluten Free Diet, Perceptions and Concerns of People Living with Celiac Disease in India: Internet-based Survey of Members of ‘Zero Gluten’ on Facebook." Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Education and Research 47, no. 2 (2013): 107–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1066.
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ABSTRACT Introduction Gluten free diet (GFD) for the treatment of celiac disease (CD) remains a lifelong challenge for patients and their parents in India. There is little knowledge available about how these patients experience and cope with their dietary needs in India. Aims (i) To assess the status of gluten free diet and problems faced while managing GFD. (ii) To get an incite about their perceptions and concerns. Study design Cross-sectional descriptive internet-based survey. Materials and methods A predesigned semistructured questionnaire was prepared and mailed to members of ‘zero gluten’ on Facebook; an internet-based social support group for Indian CD patients, who were on GFD for a variable period of time. Those who decided to participate returned the filled questionnaire along with consent, which were analyzed. Results Out of 120 members, 32 filled the questionnaire and returned back. These computer literate CD patients were from different Northern states of India. Age ranged from 3 to 36 years with mean age 20.75 years. Mean duration of GFD was 3 years and average age at diagnosis was 13.7 years. Knowledge about possible options in GFD was limited. Branded GF products were in demand; 71.9% were buying them. Follow-up was poor and involvement of dieticians while managing GFD was rare. Their major concerns were professional needs, transmission to kids, marriage and peer pressure. Conclusion Managing GFD in India is difficult; help of trained dieticians, regular follow-up and psychological support is needed to sustain these dietary changes for life. How to cite this article Verma S. Gluten Free Diet, Perceptions and Concerns of People Living with Celiac Disease in India: Internet-based Survey of Members of ‘Zero Gluten’ on Facebook. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2013;47(2):107-111.
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M S, Archana, Dr Vijaya Kumar M N, and Dr M. S. Shyamasundar. "Women Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges in India -A Review." Journal of Engineering Education Transformations 35, no. 3 (January 1, 2022): 37–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2022/v35i3/22086.
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Abstract : In the recent years, Entrepreneurship and Innovation have taken new dimension due to increase in the globalization and liberalization. Women Entrepreneurs are the ones who start a venture or a business activity generating jobs for others. The three major factors that are playing important role in women entrepreneurship are : Firstly, internal factors such as individual's attitude towards risk taking or family encouragement, secondly external factors such as government support or reward system and finally the third factor is education & competencies. According to 2016 report of Small Industry Development Bank of India (SIDBI), following southern Indian states such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have witnessed more than 50% of all women led small scale industrial units in India. The GDP of a nation increases as the women of the country progress in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation. Women have to be given equal chance as men in the field of entrepreneurship as most of the talented women end up with responsibilities at home. Despite facing a lot of socio-economic problems, women entrepreneurs and innovators have become successful. With a little more encouragement from the government , a change can be brought in how higher education institutionsfosters entrepreneurship and innovation in women students and hence more and more women entrepreneurs are developed. To build the confidence and to promote innovation in women, a separate category of ranking for women institutions were included in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation and Achievement (ARIIA) 2020, where a total of 674 institutions participated. The Indian higher education system has expanded at a fast pace by adding more than 20,000 colleges and more than 8 million students in the last decade and as of today, India has more than 800 universities. According to the AICTE 2016 report, there are over 10,500 engineering colleges and polytechnics in the country with an intake capacity of about 22,00,000 students. The conversion rate of women entrepreneurs are still very low, in spite of these many educational institutions. There are a lot of challenges with women entrepreneurship in India such as social obstacles , patriarchal society, lack of exposure, lack of confidence, lack of education facilities, no agenda in life, degree of financial freedom, risk taking abilities, lack of professional education, lack of interaction with successful entrepreneurship, lack of balance between family and career, lack of skills and finance in economically rich and poor women, no awareness about the capacities,problems working with male workers and so forth. This paper focuses on literature review of women entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in India and the key findings are highlighted. Key Words: Women Entrepreneurship, Innovation, higher education
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Pande, Rekha. "The Gender Dimension of Covid 19 Pandemic in India." Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 5, no. 1 (July 19, 2022): 42–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/crjssh.5.1.06.
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The present paper analyses the gender dimension of Covid 19 in India, focusing on three major areas, womens work, domestic violence and education. This paper concludes with certain policy suggestions arising out of this and recommends that civil society needs to join together and collectively look for solutions. The paper argues that finding a solution will take time; nevertheless, it may be able to develop alternative ideas and tactics that will not only help treat the problem but also help to prevent it. In any pandemic there is a strong correlation between factors such as income, race, and place of residence. Gender-based effects are also a part of this epidemic. Despite the fact that the crisis affects men and women differently and not always in the same direction, it has a greater impact on women. Our societys social constructs are to blame for this. Hence, it becomes necessary to examine the gender dimension of Covid 19. Some of the aspects that are discussed include, the impact in the job market, increase in care work, the rise of domestic work load, declining output of professional women, impact on elderly and mental health and domestic violence. It also examines how the scenario of education changed after Covid 19 and what are the challenges and opportunities in it. During the lockdowns, inequities overwhelmingly impact the wellbeing and economic resilience. Due to the current social structure, women bear the brunt of unpaid caregiving in today's stressed-out households. The rise in domestic violence is causing increasing concern. Older people with already other symptoms of disease and those with underlying health conditions are likely to experience serious illness. This coronavirus epidemic is not just a medical issue but a social and economic one and its impact is global and prolonged and has left a mark on our society.
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Ebben, Johnathan, Alison Rothbaum, and Michael J. Pishvaian. "Tumor board tuesday and awareness of novel therapies and toxicities in solid tumor oncology." Journal of Clinical Oncology 41, no. 16_suppl (June 1, 2023): 11008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.11008.
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11008 Background: Social media platforms, including Twitter, offer novel tools to accelerate discussion and learning that crosses national borders, flattens hierarchies, and enables collaborations not previously possible. Here, we report on a new initiative, Tumor Board Tuesday (TBT), which facilitates the presentation of cases with active discussion from thousands of stakeholders across the oncology community, highlighting new practice changes and precision oncology strategies. Herein, we sought to evaluate 1) the nature of participation by individuals and groups, as well as their scope of participation in TBT; 2) the impact of participation in TBT, including new collaborations forged, practice changes, increased knowledge of the use of novel agents, and their associate toxicities, as well as emerging clinical trials available to patients. Methods: TBT performed a survey designed to assess the demographics, experience, and opinions of platform users. This survey was collated with voluntary pre/post TBT presentation knowledge checks to assess knowledge acquisition. Results: Based on the survey of TBT participants (n = 38), participant gender is roughly balanced (48.4% women, 48.4% men; 3.2% prefer not to answer). 83.6% of respondents reside in the United States, 8% in Brazil, 5.4% in India, and 3% in Ireland. Interestingly, the majority of respondents identified Twitter as their primary source for oncologic and practice changing updates. Among self-identified oncologists, 12.9% identified as senior members of the field, 51.6% as mid-career, 16.1% as early career, and 12.9% as fellows/trainees. Despite the wide variation in career stage, 81.1% of respondents noted that they had become aware of a new treatment option or modality through TBT participation, which caused 78.4% to change or re-think their treatment approach. In addition, 75.7% of respondents noted that TBT had helped them to become more aware of novel agent toxicities, and 78.4% became aware of a clinical trial option because of TBT participation. Finally, 78.4% of respondents identified TBT as a tool that had helped grow professional connections and networks. On average, there were 56 respondents to knowledge-based questions within each TBT presentation. Analysis of responses to pre and post TBT questions focused on breast, GU, and pulmonary malignancies revealed a 12%, 13%, and 6% respective increase in correct answer choices. Conclusions: Social media, specifically, the use of the TBT platform engages oncology professionals across the career spectrum, enhances learning about novel therapies and corresponding toxicities, and broadens professional connections.
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Raja, Kishan Paul, Aindrila Pal, Sangeeta Umesh Nayak, Keshava Pai, and Ramya Shenoy. "Teledentistry: a new oral care delivery tool among Indian dental professionals – a questionnaire study." F1000Research 11 (June 16, 2022): 666. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.122058.1.
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Background: The sudden massive spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to a major public health emergency and changed the scene of the health care globally. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most dental treatment procedures were considered as major sources of infection transmission. Thus, the current survey aimed at evaluating knowledge, awareness and attitude of dental professional of India towards teledentistry. Methods: A pre structured questionnaire was framed and distributed among 600 dental professionals of India using email, WhatsApp and other social media modes. SPSS version 17 was used for data analysis. The Chi-Square, student t test and one way ANOVA test were applied to assess the association between qualification, type of practice and participant response. Logistic regression analysis was also carried out. Results: In total, 431 dental professionals completed the survey. Overall, 94.7% of dental professionals were aware about teledentistry and agreed it is useful in fulfilling needs of the community at great amount. A statistically significant difference was found for questions related to the application of teledentistry for all branches, whether it is a good tool to assess oral hygiene in remote areas and its usefulness in training in primary health care centre when comparison was done among dental professionals and specialist in different branches of dentistry. Conclusions: Within the limits of the study, findings show that study participants exhibited good knowledge and awareness regarding teledentistry. The participants exhibited positive attitude towards teledentistry but at the same time expressed the uncertainty in challenges which they may face in teledentistry. Lack of training, advanced infrastructure, good connectivity and network are main issues they were concerned about. The other important point of concern is many participants felt teledentistry cannot be applied for all branches of dentistry. Future research should focus on this aspect of teledentistry.
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Anson, K. J., and Thalia Avin. "A Study on Changes in GDP due to its Relative Dependence on Tourism Receipts." Atna - Journal of Tourism Studies 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 17–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.12727/ajts.15.2.
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Tourism is a social phenomenon, driven by the natural urge of human beings to experience new places, cuisines, and destinations. The tourism industry being an established industry is considered as a vehicle for economic development. It is amongst the top ten sectors in India as it attracts a high level of foreign direct investment (FDI).The tourism industry has contributed a lot to the economy by attracting a large number of both foreign and domestic tourists travelling for professional as well as holiday purposes. This results in increased foreign exchange income and greater employment opportunities that stimulate the growth of tourism industry as well the overall economic growth.This research is mainly directed towards finding out the contribution of tourism sector towards the GDP of the country and giving suggestions on ways to improve it further. The possibilities of improvement and increase of foreign cash inflow is a crucial part of tourism sector towards contributions to the economy. The researcher has used correlation and regression to establish the relationship as well as the influence of the tourism sector towards GDP and has found a positive impact, and this has been evident in all the countries. But if we compare the GDP contribution of the tourism sector from a world perspective, Indian tourism sector has not contributed enough to GDP. World average contribution from tourism sector towards GDP is 9.8%,but India’s contribution towards GDP is 6.7%. This shows that there is huge opportunity in Indian tourism sector, and this huge opportunity has to be capitalized through government policies and reforms.
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M, Rubavel. "Relevance of Work-Life Balance in India – A Skeptical Analysis among Teaching Professionals." IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) 16, no. 2 (June 19, 2020): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jmss.v16.n2.p3.
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A person has to balance the work and life in all walks of his life. Due to social change in the society, the type of households is changing from the joint family to nuclear family. The family, work, and society demand equal attention and obligation. The person has to balance the work to family interference and family to work interference. The work-life balance has been adopted by various corporate and organization. This paper reviews how various professionals manage work and life. Some factors influence the work-life balance in the day to day life. It is the greatest task for retaining the manpower in an institution. It is important to facilitate the employee to maintain a work-life balance. There are different kinds of professionals who face challenges in managing work-life balance. It is assumed that the teacher with more children finds difficulty in balancing work-life balance than the childless teacher. She may perceive a better work-life balance. The male teachers may experience a higher degree of burnt out than female teachers. These views helped the author to explore the factors involved in balancing work-life balance and to provide suggestions to manage the work-life. The author has taken up empirical study, this paper focuses on understanding the situation of teachers & faculties in terms of Work-life balance, Factor involved in work-life balance, and to provide suggestions to manage the work-life balance in the teaching profession.
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Das, Manoja Kumar, Narendra Kumar Arora, Harsha Gaikwad, Harish Chellani, Pradeep Debata, Reeta Rasaily, K. R. Meena, et al. "Grief reaction and psychosocial impacts of child death and stillbirth on bereaved North Indian parents: A qualitative study." PLOS ONE 16, no. 1 (January 27, 2021): e0240270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240270.
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Background Grief following stillbirth and child death are one of the most traumatic experience for parents with psychosomatic, social and economic impacts. The grief profile, severity and its impacts in Indian context are not well documented. This study documented the grief and coping experiences of the Indian parents following stillbirth and child death. Methods This exploratory qualitative study in Delhi (India) included in-depth interviews with parents (50 mothers and 49 fathers), who had stillbirth or child death, their family members (n = 41) and community representatives (n = 12). Eight focus group discussions were done with community members (n = 72). Inductive data analysis included thematic content analysis. Perinatal Grief Scale was used to document the mother’s grief severity after 6–9 months of loss. Results The four themes emerged were grief anticipation and expression, impact of the bereavement, coping mechanism, and sociocultural norms and practices. The parents suffered from disbelief, severe pain and helplessness. Mothers expressed severe grief openly and some fainted. Fathers also had severe grief, but didn’t express openly. Some parents shared self-guilt and blamed the hospital/healthcare providers, themselves or family. Majority had no/positive change in couple relationship, but few faced marital disharmony. Majority experienced sleep, eating and psychological disturbances for several weeks. Mothers coped through engaging in household work, caring other child(ren) and spiritual activities. Fathers coped through avoiding discussion and work and professional engagement. Fathers resumed work after 5–20 days and mothers took 2–6 weeks to resume household chores. Unanticipated loss, limited family support and financial strain affected the severity and duration of grief. 57.5% of all mothers and 80% mothers with stillbirth had severe grief after 6–9 months. Conclusions Stillbirth and child death have lasting psychosomatic, social and economic impacts on parents, which are usually ignored. Sociocultural and religion appropriate bereavement support for the parents are needed to reduce the impacts.
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Zhang, Yali, Saiya Li, Lu Jin, and Feng Wu. "How Will the Global Food Landscape Accommodate Developing Countries’ Dietary Change under Urbanization?" Foods 11, no. 22 (November 11, 2022): 3598. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11223598.
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There has been a growing awareness of the dietary shift from traditional staples to animal-derived foods during the urbanization of developing countries. Less discussed is how the global food landscape will accommodate such changes in diet. Our study aims to use the GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project) model to predict the future food landscape based on the dietary shift in developing countries, represented by China, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, under a 2030 urbanization scenario. The results show that the average global outputs of fish, meat, and dairy products increase by 0.26–2.85%, along with an expansion in their trade volume by 2.10–13.95%, by 2030. To ensure that dietary changes can be met in developing countries, Asia and America need to strengthen their positions with respect to global food production share, while Africa is developing to become a non-negligible growing force. Accordingly, globalized food trade is characterized by a centralized export and, conversely, by a decentralized import, clearly indicating an expanding net-import tendency in populous developing countries. These findings highlight the adaptation scheme of global food production and trade patterns under a 2030 urbanization scenario, as urbanization accelerates dietary change in developing countries.
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Poreddi, Vijayalakshmi, Ramachandra, Reddemma Konduru, and Suresh Bada Math. "Assessing the Attitudes and Perceptions towards Nursing Profession among Nursing Students." Nursing Journal of India CIII, no. 01 (2012): 06–08. http://dx.doi.org/10.48029/nji.2012.ciii101.
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Nursing education is a challenge in a developing country like India. This cross sectional study assessed the attitudes and perceptions of nursing professionals and their desired future practices. The study was conducted using a modified version of Beliefs, Attitudes and Perceived Practice questionnaire among 129 students who were undergoing undergraduate nursing programme at a selected college of nursing in Bangalore. Data was analysed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Forty-four (34.1%) of the subjects agreed that they were enrolled of their own interest; 43 (33.3%) of them reported that they enrolled in nursing out of their own interest and also to improve their financial situations. Only 4 (3.1%) stated that they have to protect the rights and dignity of the patients. 45 (34.9%) of the subjects indicated that the nurse-patient relationship should be both professional and a relation of sympathy. Upon graduation 69 (53.5%) of the subjects preferred to pursue the nursing career, 36 (27.9%) in academics, 12 (9.3%) wanted to change the profession. Nearly 63 (48.8%) of the subjects agreed that social prejudice has a great influence on nursing students in choosing nursing profession as their career. An urgent need is seen in the area of educating nursing students regarding patients rights. There is also a need to improve the image of nurses in the society to attract more number of students into this noble profession. Counselling and introduction to nursing course should be introduced by all the universities, to develop positive attitudes towards nursing profession.
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Patel, Sunita, Usha Ram, Faujdar Ram, and Surendra Kumar Patel. "Socioeconomic and demographic predictors of high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma and heart disease among adults engaged in various occupations: evidence from India." Journal of Biosocial Science 52, no. 5 (October 24, 2019): 629–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932019000671.
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AbstractIn India, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for nearly 62% of all deaths in 2016. Four NCDs – high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma and heart disease – together accounted for over 34% of these deaths. Using data from two rounds of the India Human Development Surveys (IHDSs), levels and changes in the prevalence rates of the four NCDs (based on diagnosed cases) among adults aged 15–69 years in India between 2004–05 and 2011–12 were examined by socioeconomic and demographic factors and for five broad occupation categories. The socioeconomic and demographic risk factors for each of these NCDs were determined using multiple linear logistic regression analysis of pooled data from two rounds of the IHDS. The results showed that while urban residence, age, female sex and education were associated with higher odds of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease, household economic status was associated with higher odds for all four NCDs. Furthermore, increased higher odds of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease were found for the legislator/senior official/professional occupation group compared with non-workers. Skilled agricultural/elementary workers had lower odds of high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma and heart disease. Craft/machine-related trade workers had higher odds of high blood pressure and diabetes, and reduced odds of asthma and heart disease. Compared with non-workers, the odds ratios for asthma were lower for all other occupational categories. During the two study decades, the Government of India implemented several programmes designed to improve the health and well-being of its people. However, more focused attention on the adult population is needed, and special attention should be paid to the issue of the occupational health of the working population through the strict implementation of work place safety protocols and the removal of potential health hazards.
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Bhopal, Kalwant. "How Gender and Ethnicity Intersect: The Significance of Education, Employment and Marital Status." Sociological Research Online 3, no. 3 (September 1998): 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.146.
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This paper examines Labour Force Survey (LFS) statistics on economic activity, highest educational qualification, marital status and ethnicity. The paper will specifically explore comparisons within South Asian groups and between other ethnic groups (Afro-Caribbean and white), to investigate whether marriage has a differential impact for different ethnic groups, and if there have been any changes over time (1984-1994). The LFS data indicates that marital status has a differential impact on economic activity and education for different ethnic groups. When controlling for age (25-30), martial status has more impact on Indian and Pakistani/Bangladeshi groups, than it does for Afro-Caribbean and white groups. There are differences between ethnic groups and there are also differences within the South Asian category. Rapid social change is taking place for the 25-30 age cohort, where some South Asian women are becoming highly educated and entering professional occupations. This finding supports recent research carried out on South Asian women in East London (Bhopal, 1997).
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Nikitha, Masineni. "A Study on Effectiveness of E-Recruitment Method in IT Industries in Bangalore City, India." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 8 (August 31, 2022): 1823–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.46519.
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Abstract: This E-recruitment is also known as Online recruitment where companies and HR professionals use Online methods such as posting the job online, on social media, or on their in-house platforms to post their job advertisements in search of potential candidates. E-recruitment is faster and more effective compared to the traditional methods of hiring and due to this fast-changing environment and trends, Companies/HR professionals want to adopt E-recruitment as a part of their hiring process. The title of my study is "A study on the effectiveness of adoption of E-recruitment method in IT industries in Bangalore city". Bangalore city is the IT Capital of India and is the fastest growing industry in the world and hence provides millions of job opportunities and there is a need for an effective and faster hiring process to fill this massive need. As Bangalore is called the Silicon Valley of India, I felt that there was a need to study how effective the E-recruitment methods are. This study was done to understand how effective the E-recruitment methods are in IT industries in Bangalore. This study was done using research methodologies where the sample size is 6 and sampling technique is Random Sampling method, data collection tool is Structured Questionnaire and Telephonic interview with HR professionals in Bangalore city. Variables like time saved, organizational change, unqualified candidates, etc. are chosen to collect and analyze the data. In this study, how effective the adoption of Erecruitment is in IT industries in Bangalore city is measured. To measure and analyze this, a Structured Questionnaire with a set of questions was administered via Google Forms and received 50 responses from HR professionals who reside in Bangalore City. The analysis for the study was carried out using SPSS Software and conclusions were drawn with the help of that analysis. This study concludes that there is good effectiveness of adoption of E-recruitment methods in IT industries in Bangalore city. HR professionals feel that time is saved in E-recruitment as many unqualified candidates do not apply to the unqualified job and the satisfaction of the candidates they hired, organization change in E-recruitment is important. HR professionals think that there is a need for good verification of candidates during online job postings.
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Dash, Chinmaya, Tejas Venkataram, Nishant Goyal, Jitender Chaturvedi, Amol Raheja, Raghav Singla, Jayesh Sardhara, and Ravi Gupta. "Neurosurgery training in India during the COVID-19 pandemic: straight from the horse’s mouth." Neurosurgical Focus 49, no. 6 (December 2020): E16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2020.9.focus20537.
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OBJECTIVEThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical professionals throughout the world to adapt to the changing medical scenario. The objective of this survey was to assess the change in neurosurgical training in India following the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODSBetween May 7, 2020, and May 16, 2020, a validated questionnaire was circulated among neurosurgical residents across India by social media, regarding changes in the department’s functioning, patient interaction, surgical exposure, changes in academics, and fears and apprehensions associated with the pandemic. The responses were kept anonymous and were analyzed for changes during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to before the pandemic.RESULTSA total of 118 residents from 29 neurosurgical training programs across 17 states/union territories of the country gave their responses to the survey questionnaire. The survey revealed that the surgical exposure of neurosurgical residents has drastically reduced since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, from an average of 39.86 surgeries performed/assisted per month (median 30) to 12.31 per month (median 10), representing a decrease of 67.50%. The number of academic sessions has fallen from a median of 5 per week to 2 per week. The survey uncovered the lack of universal guidelines and homogeneity regarding preoperative COVID-19 testing. The survey also reveals reluctance toward detailed patient examinations since the COVID-19 outbreak. The majority of respondents felt that the COVID-19 pandemic will hamper their operative and clinical skills. Fear of rescheduling or deferring of licensing examinations was significantly higher among those closest to the examination (p = 0.002).CONCLUSIONSThe adverse impact of the pandemic on neurosurgical training needs to be addressed. While ensuring the safety of the residents, institutes and neurosurgical societies/bodies must take it upon themselves to ensure that their residents continue to learn and develop neurosurgical skills during these difficult times.
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Pathak, Bishnu. "Nepo-India Territorial Disputes Transformation by Dialogue Means." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 2 (February 28, 2021): 573–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.82.9729.
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Nepo is a prefix appellation of Nepal. This study is a review that connects with disputed Kalapani area. And it interacts with the concerned actors/institutions motivating for change professed through fundamental transformation by dialogical means. Its objectives are three-fold: (i) to examine the Nepo-India territorial dispute; (ii) to analyse the voices of all Tracks; and (iii) to find-out ways of dispute transformation through Dialogue Track. The lessons-learned centric approach inspired the author to undertake this study. The paper is prepared based on archival research with author’s over 100 international publications tracking snow-ball techniques. Dialogue shares possible transformative ways for negotiation. Any dispute leaves the most significant impact – victimizes the people at the local levels (Dialogue Track 3) the most. Grassroots people are honestly guided by ‘social service is the best philanthropic work of life’ and voluntarily participate in resolving the local dispute. Dialogue Track 2 is an unarmed peacekeeping or watchdog body which belongs to the leaders of professionals at the provincial levels. It connects between Track 1 and Track 3 dimensions. Dialogue Track 1 is the ambitious, complex and supreme authoritative body to hold official dialogue and transform the dispute signing negotiation. The dialogue transforms 3ds (difference, denial and divergence) of dispute in the new form ‘just’ by peaceful means. India adopts 4ds (delay, deny, dilute and deceive) strategies for dialogue in the lack of required testimonies. World’s largest democratic country India isolates itself in this region as it has territorial disputes with all the adjoining neighbours in the absence of sincere dialogue. Therefore, it is high time India sorted out the fault lines in its democracy.
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Singh, Sukhnandan. "Value As The Core Tenet For Quality Media Education - Need, Challenges And Future: With Special Reference To Dev Sanskriti University’s Value Based Education." Dev Sanskriti Interdisciplinary International Journal 15 (February 20, 2020): 01–06. http://dx.doi.org/10.36018/dsiij.v15i.136.
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Today looking at the all prevailing and wide role of media in the society, its lack of quality content, negative coverage and resulting negative impact on the society is a matter of great concern. Most of the journalists and mass communicators are the product of some Journalism and Mass communication or media schools/colleges/institutions. The state of media education in these institutions is a matter of grave concern. They are far away from the objective of giving products that can play their role as a force of positive change in the society. To forge journalists with a sense of professional commitment, social responsibility and a minimum sense of value sensitivity, is the need of the hour and also a big challenge to implement. How can the center of higher learning be the breeding ground for such products is a million dollar question? Researcher has firm opinion that values are the core requirement of quality media education. Education without value is like body without soul. There is need to revive the values. The present paper is a humble effort in this direction, based on personal observations, long concern with value education and the experiment on value based education going on at Dev sanskriti University, Haridwar, Uttarrakhand, India.
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Vaidyanathan, Brandon. "How Minority Religion Can Shape Corporate Capitalism: An Emergentist Account and Empirical Illustration." Business & Society 59, no. 5 (May 29, 2018): 881–913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0007650318775104.
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Theories of how religion shapes business tend to focus on dominant religious institutions. What happens in the case of minority religions, where the alignment of religion with other dominant institutions may be weak at best? To answer this question, I first develop an emergentist account of religion, explaining how macro-level conditioning shapes meso- and micro-level interactions in religious contexts, leading to either structural change or stasis in business contexts. I illustrate this account by examining how Roman Catholicism as a minority religion shapes corporate capitalism in two cities: Bangalore, India, and Dubai, UAE. Drawing on in-depth interviews ( N=200) and 12 months of participant observation, I show how countervailing mechanisms create both assets and liabilities for Catholic professionals’ success in workplaces, contributing to morphostasis rather than change. I argue that such processes cannot be adequately understood without specifying their “macrofoundations,” and identify corresponding macro-level influences at global and local levels. By specifying such macro-micro linkages, this article improves our understanding of how religion shapes business.
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Gilliat-Ray, Sophie. "From “Closed Worlds” to “Open Doors”." Fieldwork in Religion 13, no. 2 (December 20, 2018): 127–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/firn.35029.
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In 2005, I documented my unsuccessful attempts to conduct qualitative research in a particular group of British Islamic seminaries responsible for training future imams and scholars ('ulama). These seminaries or "darul uloom" (in Arabic, "house of knowledge", often abbreviated "DU") reflect the "Deobandi" tradition due to their origins in the town of Deoband, India, in the nineteenth century. My article, published in the journal Fieldwork in Religion, considered the circumstantial, contextual, and historical factors that might explain why access was apparently impossible for social science researchers, at the time. In this article, twelve years on, I explore why research access is now more possible in at least some Deobandi institutions. These include developmental changes within and outside these seminaries, and aspects of personal and professional biography. My article considers the processual nature of research access, and the need for a felicitous convergence of circumstantial and biographical conditions.
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S P, Azhagu Meena, Palashi Vaghela, and Joyojeet Pal. "Counting to be Counted: Anganwadi Workers and Digital Infrastructures of Ambivalent Care." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6, CSCW2 (November 7, 2022): 1–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3555177.
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Data collection on the population is a key mode of public health management in the Global South. This information is seen as a means to improve health metrics through welfare programs. In this study, we examine the changes brought about by an ICT-based Real-Time Monitoring System to the infrastructure of a welfare program and the nature of work of Anganwadi workers in India. Anganwadi workers, traditionally serving as daycare providers and community health workers, are increasingly being asked to serve primarily as data collectors for the new digital system. We ask the question 'cui bono?' to this system by drawing attention to the precarity of Anganwadi workers whose care-work is standardized through this app for 'efficient' monitoring by the Indian state but remains contingent on their relationship with the local community and ability to mobilize resources on the ground. Using auto-ethnographic and interview methods, we find that Anganwadi workers are caught between conflicting demands of state bureaucracy and the situated nature of their care work resulting in forms of ambivalent care. We find that the real-time monitoring apps intended to collect data for efficient delivery of state services end up serving the state's need for performing care through data rhetorics produced at the expense of the professional and personal well-being of the workers, and arguably the communities they serve.
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Raybould, Caroline. "Trends forecasting as a tool for sustainable education." Fashion, Style & Popular Culture 00, no. 00 (February 18, 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00058_1.
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The fashion and textile industry is under increasing scrutiny because of its unethical and unsustainable practices. It is clear there needs to be systemic change towards a more ecological future. One way to achieve this is through education, by equipping students with strategies and skills and by nurturing sustainable mindsets. How can we create the next generation of fashion professionals who can help bring the change that is much needed? Having taught sustainability within various modules on a fashion business degree in the United Kingdom, it was observed that a significant number of students engaged at a deeper level with sustainable thinking when learning trends forecasting research. A pilot study was trialled when teaching a short course in India with a small group of interdisciplinary design students and a questionnaire was conducted after the workshop. This article presents findings and reflections of this cross-cultural experience, with suggestions for future projects and educational approaches.
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YADAV, Dr VINOD KUMAR. "ANALYZING OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES OF FINTECH IN INDIAN FINANCIAL MARKET." International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce 04, no. 01 (2023): 25–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.37602/ijrehc.2023.4103.
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Fintech has become an integral part of every modern developed economy across the globe. It is inevitable for inclusive and sustainable development. Now it seems to be unjustified to envisage development in the absence of Fintech while surviving in the electronic age. The term ‘Fintech’ refers to the introduction of technology in the banking and financial services sector. This innovation in the banking and financial services sector intends to make financial services universally and easily accessible and affordable. It is not limited to the banking and financial sector rather it has reached every segment of our day to day life, whether it is economic or noneconomic, commercial or social, and professional or personal life segment. It is the outcome of the twenty-first-century technological world wherein technology is the basis of every successful life. The advent of the internet can be considered the foundation of today’s Fintech. Fintech has become the basis of round-the-clock online delivery of customized banking and financial services to every customer. It has its own merits and demerits like other things. However, it is the demand of the time in order to remain strong, vibrant, updated and competitive in the economic world. Fintech has enormous potential to change the pattern of financial transactions in particular and habit of society in general. It has brought a revolution in the entire economic world and made society global from the financial perspective. It has led to the improvement and innovation in the delivery of banking and financial services. Its prominent features are inclusiveness, universality, common interest, and technology-oriented. Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Digital India, Demonetization, Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the COVID-19 pandemic proved a catalyst in the promotion and extension of Fintech across the country. Though Fintech in India is in its nascent phase it has a long distance to cover ahead. On the one hand, it has ample opportunities to avail, on the other hand, it has numerous challenges to face while completing its overall journey of growth and achieving milestones in the Indian landscape.
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Kartodirdjo, Sartono. "X. The Modern Indonesian Intelligentsia as Protagonist of Political Modernization." Itinerario 10, no. 1 (March 1986): 197–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0165115300009050.
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Numerous writings on intellectuals as learned or professional middle class have been published since the sixties for the obvious reason that this social group played a central role in the struggle for independence from which they emerged as the new leaders or ralers of new nations. Furthermore, being protagonist of change the intelligentsia showed their pre-eminence in giving their society a modern shape. Those studies show clearly the striking similarities of the characteristics of the intelligentsia from various developing countries. Their emergence was closely related to the expansion of western education, their marginal socio-historical location created the propensity to protagonize modernization, their oppositional role was inherent in their being a counter-elite in the colonial power structure. More similarities or parallel development can be brought up in our comparative study between India and Indonesia by asking the following questions: (1) Within the frame-work of the colonial setting what kind of factors were at work in creating the intelligentsia; (2) To what extend did endogenous factors impede the mobility and dynamics of the intelligentsia; (3) Did the intelligentsia's social origin put constraints on their capacity to accommodate themselves to new situations; (4) In fulfilling their function as intellectuals did they succeed in playing their leadership role in the nationalist movement; (5) Which structural conduciveness was necessary in order to provide a leverage to antagonize the establishment; etc. What kind of political commitment one came across among the intelligentsia? Were new ideologies quite instrumental in endorsing the intelligentsia's political role? Did they succeed in realizing political modernization?
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Kumar, Om Prakash, and Amit Soni. "Socio-Cultural Lifestyle of Tri-Natives: Gond, Bhil and Santhal." Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology 8, no. 2 (February 26, 2023): 97–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.8222.5.
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Tribal lifestyle is deeply associated with their culture, art and craft. A larger mass of tribal people live in rural areas. In central India, the area of Vindhya, Satpuda and Aravali Mountain ranges, starching from east to west in the states of West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan form a big tribal belt. Gond, Bhil and Santhal are the three biggest tribal communities residing in this central tribal region of India. These three dominating groups are comparatively developed then other tribal groups of the area, though their overall economy is still based on agriculture and labor work resulting in economic backwardness. But, new generation is gradually, getting educated and exposed to salaried jobs and modern technology. Due to better communication, exposure, marketization and modernization their culture is changing with time and need. Though, they have strong bond with their indigenous culture, religion and art, which has kept their tradition and lifestyle intact with relevant changes. But, changing lifestyle and economy has affected their art and craft. Themes, raw material and technology are changing their forms, symbols and patterns. Paintings have shifted from walls to canvas and taken professional shape. Festive and regular enjoyment with dance and music had developed as stage performance. But, they have not at all lost touch with their roots and cultural awareness is again revitalizing their bond with traditional dance, music and other art and craft forms. Celebrations are still celebrated with tribal songs and dances within the village's open courtyard. There are also several cultural and culinary habits, languages, social structures inclusive of marriage, and varieties of consciousness.
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Nair, Manisha, Mythili Hazarika, M. Thomas Kishore, Nabarun Sengupta, Ganesh Sheregar, Hayley MacGregor, Mary Wickenden, et al. "A community developed conceptual model for reducing long-term health problems in children with intellectual disability in India." PLOS Global Public Health 3, no. 4 (April 14, 2023): e0000833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000833.
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Children with intellectual disability (ID) have a higher risk of long-term health problems in adulthood. India has the highest prevalence of ID of any country with 1.6 million under-five children living with the condition. Despite this, compared with other children, this neglected population is excluded from mainstream disease prevention and health promotion programmes. Our objective was to develop an evidence-based conceptual framework for a needs-based inclusive intervention to reduce the risk of communicable and non-communicable diseases among children with ID in India. From April through to July 2020 we undertook community engagement and involvement activities in ten States in India using a community-based participatory approach, guided by the bio-psycho-social model. We adapted the five steps recommended for the design and evaluation of a public participation process for the health sector. Seventy stakeholders from ten States contributed to the project: 44 parents and 26 professionals who work with people with ID. We mapped the outputs from two rounds of stakeholder consultations with evidence from systematic reviews to develop a conceptual framework that underpins an approach to develop a cross-sectoral family-centred needs-based inclusive intervention to improve health outcomes for children with ID. A working Theory of Change model delineates a pathway that reflected the priorities of the target population. We discussed the models during a third round of consultations to identify limitations, relevance of the concepts, structural and social barriers that could influence acceptability and adherence, success criteria, and integration with existing health system and service delivery. There are currently no health promotion programmes focusing on children with ID in India despite the population being at a higher risk of developing comorbid health problems. Therefore, an urgent next step is to test the conceptual model to determine acceptance and effectiveness within the context of socio-economic challenges faced by the children and their families in the country.
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Balaji, Madhumitha, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Michael Phillips, Smita Panse, Manjeet Santre, Soumitra Pathare, and Vikram Patel. "The Young Lives Matter study protocol: A case-control study of the determinants of suicide attempts in young people in India." Wellcome Open Research 5 (November 3, 2020): 262. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16364.1.
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people in India. Over 40% of all suicides occur in people between 15 and 29 years of age. Suicide attempts are estimated to be 15 times more common than suicides and substantially increase the risk of subsequent death. However, there has been little systematic study of the determinants for suicide attempts in young people, which makes it difficult to design contextually appropriate and comprehensive suicide prevention strategies for this population. The proposed case-control study seeks to address this knowledge gap by studying a range of risk and protective factors for suicide attempts in young people in India. Field work will be in Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH) hospital, in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, India. Cases will be 15-29-year-old individuals admitted to the hospital with self-inflicted non-lethal injuries and poisoning. They will be matched for age and gender with those presenting at the General Medicine outpatient department with other health complaints. In each group, 150 persons will be recruited from YCMH from October 2019 to September 2022 and will undergo a comprehensive semi-structured interview. The primary exposure variable is negative life events over the past 12 months. Secondary exposure variables considered include: demographic characteristics, psychological factors, addictive behaviours, personal resources, adverse experiences over their lifetime, social support, suicidal behaviours in the family and social environment, and exposure to suicide-related information. Data will be analysed using conditional logistic regression. Following completion of the study, workshops will be held with young people, mental health professionals and policy makers to develop a theory of change that will be used to promote suicide prevention. Results will be disseminated via peer-reviewed publications, reports to young people and mental health organisations, and news articles. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Sangath.
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Animish, Joshi, Muley Arti, and Medithi Srujana. "Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Eating Behaviours Among IT Professionals in India." Archives of Psychiatry Research 59, no. 2 (June 15, 2023): 209–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/dec.2023.59.02.04.
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Governments took preventive measures like lockdown to curb the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which affected mental health of many, their eating behaviours, and physical activity. This study focused on evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on these aspects among IT professionals considering their change in working patterns. This was a web-based cross-sectional study conducted in Pune city. A total of 103 participants participated in the study by completing an online structured questionnaire shared through various social media platforms. Information regarding their vitals, physical activity, and eating behaviour was collected. The DASS-21 scale was used to assess mental health. The prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depression among IT professionals was found as 20.4 %, 44.7 %, and 35.9 %, respectively. Based on their BMI, the majority of the population was obese (63 %), and almost 57 % thought their body weight had increased during the lockdown. Participants doing any kind of physical activity significantly dropped down during the lockdown as compared to the pre-lockdown phase (p < 0.001). Stress levels were significantly higher among the obese participants (p < 0.01). Anxiety was observed to be significantly higher among the 20 to 34 year-old male participants (p < 0.05). Ready-to-eat snacks, instant noodles and easy to cook foods, Indian sweets, and confectionery showed a significant positive correlation with high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression (p < 0.05). Thus, a negative impact of COVID-19 and a subsequent lockdown was observed on the mental health and eating patterns among IT professionals.