Department of Social Work
Head
Name: Dr. C. Devendiran
Designation: Professor
Mobile No.: +91- 8837234618
Email – Personal : mzut082@mzu.edu.in
Email – Official: hod.socialwork@mzu.edu.in
Department Details
Phone No. (Department): –
Dept. Email: socialwork@mzu.edu.in
Year of Establishment: 2002
Year of First Intake of Student: 2002
About the Department :
The Department of Social Work was initiated under NEHU (Mizoram Campus) in July, 1990 by Dr. Bharati Sharma, Reader and Founder-Head of the Department. It was however, only on the formation of the full-fledged Mizoram University that the masters Programme in Social Work was started. The first MSW course commenced on 1st August, 2002. The Department imparts education and training in professional Social Work with the aim of providing qualified personnel in Social Welfare and Social development with specific reference to North-East Region. At present, the Department is offering MSW and PhD degree programmes. The MSW programme is offered with two specializations namely, Community Development, and Family and Child Welfare. In research, the department focuses on the areas of Sustainable Livelihood, Social Inclusion and Social Development, Child Rights and Protection, Disability and Rehabilitation, Women, Health and Mental Health and Youth Development.
Faculty:
| Photo | Name | Resume |
| Prof. C. Devendiran Email: mzut082@mzu.edu.in | Download |
 | Prof. Kanagaraj Easwaran Email: mzut079@mzu.edu.in | Download |
 | Prof . Kottu Sekhar Email: sekharjvbc@gmail.com | Download |
 | Dr. Henry Zodinliana Pachuau E-Mail: mzut124@mzu.edu.in | Download |
 | Dr. H. Elizabeth Email: mzut125 @mzu.edu.in | Download |
 | Dr. Grace Lalhlupuii Sailo E.Mail: mzut187@mzu.edu.in | Download |
 | Dr C. Lalengzama Email: mut249@mzu.eu.in | Download |
Name | Designation | Mobile No. | |
E. Laldinsangi | Personal Assistant | 9612158275 | elizabethtochhawng1@gmail.com |
Lalhmangaiha | MTS | 9612179073 | Nil |
Numbers Only: Since 2019
| Awarded | 41 |
| Onging | 20 |
Total No.:
Prominent Alumni Details:
Name | Programme (M.A./ M.Phil./ Ph.D.) | Batch | Present Status |
Henry Zodinliana Pachuau | MSW, Ph.D | 2001-2003 | Associate Professor, Department of Social Work |
H. Elizabeth | MSW, Ph.D | 2001-2003 | Associate Professor, Department of Social Work |
B. Lalchhanzova | MSW | 2001-2003 | Founder, CoDNerc NGO |
Sailopari Sailo | MSW | 2001-2003 | Deputy Director, Women and Child Welfare, Govt. of Mizoram |
Samuel Lalzarlawma Sailo | Ph.D | 2004-2009 |
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David Zaitinvawra | MSW, Ph.D |
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Since January, 2019:
- NET/JRF/SLET/Other Fellowships- 19
- Sports – NIL
- Placements
Programmes | Intake Capacity |
M.A. | 30 |
Ph.D. | As per Availability |
Syllabus and Course Structure:
External Members
Name | Designation | Affiliation |
Prof. Sonia Pereira Deuri | Professor | Department of Psychiatric Social Work Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, P. Box No. 15, Tezpur District, Sonitpur, Assam – 784001 |
Prof. Asok Sarkar
| Professor | Bharati, Santiniketan, District Birbhum, West Bengal-731236 |
Prof. Sanjoy Roy | Professor & Head | Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, New Delhi – 110007 |
- Meetings of Board of Studies (Since Jan., 2019) : 10
(Since Jan., 2019):
Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, etc.
- Organised a Collaborative “One- day Capacity Building Workshop on Integrating social and Behaviour Change Modules into Higher Educational Institutions Curricula” on 15th September, 2023 at MZU Guest House Conference Hall with MZU. The Social and Behaviour change (SBC) Secretariat Office under the agis of Assam Don Bosco University and UNICEF Assam & Northeast Region.
- “National Conference “Human Development and Social Work- Perspectives, Challenges and Issues”, organized by the Department of Social Work, Mizoram University from 30th and 31st May, 2023.
- Department Conducted Swatch Bharat Abhiyan on 24 the February, 2023 to clean the Department Rooms, Corridors and its surroundings.
- Department Conducted World Social Work Day on 21 March, 2023. Lalchhanzova, Director, CODNERC, Aizawl- 796 001. He was also of Alumni of the Department of Social Work, Mizoram University
- Organized a Collaborative Online Work Shop on ”Skill Development for Tribal and Rural Youth: Challenges and Opportunities” on 24th -26 November 2021 by VV Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, New Delhi, and Department of Social Work, Mizoram University, Aizawl,- 796 004.
- World Mental Health Day: Mental Health in an Unequal World on 13th October 2021 jointly organized by the Department of Social Work Mizoram University, Aizawl in collaboration with the Centre for Psychosocial Support in Disaster Management National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore.
- National Online Seminar on “Family Community Health and wellbeing: Patterns Processes and Outcomes of Social Work Research in India” from 23rd -24 June 2021 organised by the Department of Social Work, Mizoram University, Aizawl- 796 004.
- National Online Workshop on “Social Work Skills-I: Design of Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research in Social Work on 18- 24 November 2020 organised by the Department of Social Work, Mizoram University, Aizawl- 796 004
Ongoing (since Jan 2019)
Name of PI | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Amount Sanctioned |
Dr C. Lalengzama | MGNCRE | Volunteerism and Community Crime Prevention in Mizoram | 3 Lakhs |
Completed (since January, 2019)
Name of PI | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Amount Sanctioned |
Dr.Henry Zodinliana Pachuau | ICMR-IAVI | Feasibility of HIV Self-Test among youth in Mizoram: A Demonstration Project in collaboration with ICMR, NARI | 26 Lakhs |
Dr.Henry Zodinliana Pachuau | IBS, University of Colorado Boulder, USA | Mental Health and Psychosocial support- Integrated Climate Change Adaptation for Subsistence Farming Communities in Mizoram, India | 11.5 Lakhs |
Dr.Henry Zodinliana Pachuau | UNAIDS
| Communications Strategy for Accelerating HIV response in Mizoram |
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Dr C. Lalengzama
| ICSSR | Socio-economic Impact of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao-Scheme: A Study of Selected Locations | 16 Lakhs |
Dr C. Lalengzama | MZU | Community Crime Prevention in Mizoram: A study of Local Level Task Force during Covid19 pandemic in Aizawl | 2 Lakhs |
