About the Book
The book on Journeys in Social Work Education in India: Emerging Reflections comprises articles by 17 retired social work educators in India. These narratives of their career journeys in social work education, capture individual background, approach, experiences and implications, in the context of opportunities and challenges, and learning and contributing to the profession, showing a dialectical relationship between the self and the profession towards reciprocal developments of both. The book documents individual histories of rich and varied experiences that converge with the history and strengths of social work education, providing continuity from valuable retrospective memoirs, to lessons learnt, to prospective directions for social work education.
Contents
1 My Journey and Reflections on Social Work Education / Armaity S. Desai
2 Social Work Educator as a Social Activist: A Ringside View of a Career / K.V. Ramana
3 My Journey and Reflections on Social Work Education / H.M. Marulasiddaiah
4 A Journey Without End: Experiences and Reflections on Social Work Education / R.R. Singh
5 Journey from Social Work Practice to Social Work Education / Asha Rane
6 My Career Journey and Reflection on Social Work Education / Niranjana A. Gokarn
7 A Journey of Experience and Reflection on Social Work Education / Hazel D’Lima
8 Journey of a Practitioner-Educator: Towards Visibility of Social Work / Anil S. Navale
9 My Career Journey and Reflections / Kalindi Muzumdar
10 Experiences and Encounters in Social Work Education / Philomena D’Souza
11 Making of a Social Work Educator: My Journey / Vimla V. Nadkarni
12 My Journey and Reflections on Social Work Education / Lina Kashyap
13 My Untold Career Journey as a Social Work Educator / R.B.S. Verma
14 Rereading of Professional Life / Ghandi Doss L.S.
15 My Journey in Social Work Education: A Pilgrimage / Murli Desai
16 My Journey as a Professional Social Work Educator / B. Devi Prasad
17 ‘Becoming’ a Social Work Educator / Helen Joseph
18 The Odyssey of Social Work Educators: An Epilogue / R.R. Singh
About the Author / Editor
Murli Desai is Former Professor and Head, Social Work Education and Practice Cell of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
R.R. Singh served as Head, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, and Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Sanjai Bhatt is Professor, Department of Social Work, Delhi University and President of the National Association of Professional Social Work in India.
ABOUT NAPSWI
The National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI) is a non-profit, non-political, national level organisation, dedicated to the promotion of standards and enhancement of the status of social work profession. It is one of the largest associations of social work professionals in India, which has received a special consultative status with United Nations Economic and Social Council.
