Dr. Sampat Kale

Associate Editor - JSDC

Assistant Professor, School of Rural Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur

Profile Links:

Institutional Website: https://tiss.edu/view/9/employee/sampat-kale/

For Correspondence:

Email: samkale@tiss.edu

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Educational Details:

PhD: Department of Sociology, University of Pune

Professional Experiences:

1) Courses Taught: Aspects of Rural Development; Understanding Indian Society; Decentralized Rural Development; Food Security and Right to Food; Perspectives and Approaches in Sustainable Livelihoods; Livelihoods Policies, Practices and Challenges; Decentralized Rural Planning and Sustainable Livelihoods; Social Accountability and Rural Development; Management of NGOs; Society, Culture and Change

2) Research Projects:

  • A Project on Drought Relief in Marathwada Region 2013-14
  • Hailstorm Relief and Support to Marginalized People of Marathwada 2014-15
  • A Socio-Anthropological Study of Dhangar Community of Maharashtra 2016-18
  • An Assessment of the Status of Water User Association of Maharashtra 2018-19

Additional Information:

1) Research Interests: Sociology of Development and Change, Agrarian Structure and Social Transformation, Indian Social Structure and Change, Sociology of Marginal Groups, Rural Development, Political Economy of Natural Resources, Farmer Suicides, Voluntary Organization - NGOs, Social Movements, People-Centred Advocacy, Local Self-Governance, Sustainable Livelihood of Marginalized , Land, Water, Forest and Work , Poverty, Inequality, Food Security, Displacement and Development