Prof. Dr. Vibhuti Patel

Female

Mumbai, Maharashtra

India

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Peace, Social Justice, Environment

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BIO-DATA of Dr. Vibhuti Patel
DIRECTOR, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research (PGSR)

Dr. Vibhuti Patel is professor and head of the University Department of Economics, and Director, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research of SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai and holds a Doctorate in Economics.
She is a member of Board of Studies, Research and Recognition Committee for Social Sciences, Board of University Teaching and Research and Chairperson of Women Development Cell and Anti Ragging Committee, PGSR and Campus-in-Charge of SNDT Women’s University.
She is a member of Expert Committee on School of Gandhian Thoughts and a member of Expert committee of School of Gender and Development Studies for Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) and a member of Advisory Board of Department of Women’s Studies of National Council of Education, Research and Training NCERT, Delhi. She is a member of subgroup on Gender and Agriculture for the 11th Five Year Plan, the Planning Commission of India, GOI, Delhi.
She has been the founder member and Trustee of Anusandhan trust and its institution Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT). She is Trustee of VACHA, Women’s Research and Action Group (WRAG) and Satya Vijay Seva Samaj in Mumbai. She is the Governing Board member of Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai, Women Power Connect, Delhi and Institute for Community Organisation and Research, Mumbai. She is a founder member of Member of Mumbai Initiative for Human Rights Education (MIIRE).
She received “Outstanding Citizenship Award” by Women Political Forum on Maharashtra Stree Mukti Din, 3rd January 2004 and The Times Foundation Award for Women Achievers on March 8, 2007. On 18-1-2008, she received an Award for Social work from Vanita Samaj, Mumbai.
She has made contributions in Women’s Studies and Gender Economics. She has authored a book Women’s Challenges of the New Millennium by Gyan Publication, Delhi, published in 2002. She has co-authored two books: Indian Women - Change and Challenge (1985) and Reaching for Half the Sky (1985). She has co-edited volume Macro Economic Policies and the Millennium Development Goals published by Gyan Publications, Delhi in 2006. She is co-editor of series of volumes on Empowering Women Worldwide, The Women Press, Delhi, 2008. She has edited the book, Discourse on Gender and Development, The Women Press, Delhi, 2009.

She was a visiting faculty at the Development Studies Institute of The London School of Economics and Political Science during 1992-93. For twelve years, she wrote on Development Studies and Gender Issues for ECONOMIC TIMES and several academic journals. She has been a Ph. D. guide since 1988.

She is an Academic Advisor of Sophia Center for Women’s Studies and development, an autonomous centre housed in the Sophia College campus, Mumbai and the editor of its journal Urdhva Mula. She was a guest editor of a special number of SAMYUKTA, Vol. V, No. 1, May 2005 on "Women and Development", published by Women's Initiatives.

She was officially invited to participate in the UN End of Women’s Decade Conference in Nairobi (1985), the Festival of India in USSR, Moscow (1988), ILO Regional Conference in Bangkok (2003) and 49thUN Convention on Status of Women, New York (2005).

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http://www.wragindia.org

Organizations related to Gandhi/King

SNDT Women's University, Mumbai

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