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

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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

Faculty:

Photo	Name	Resume
	Prof. C. Devendiran Professor Experience (In Years): 24 Email: mzut082@mzu.edu.in	Download
	Prof. Kanagaraj Easwaran Professor Experience (In Years): 20 Email: mzut079@mzu.edu.in	Download
	Prof . Kottu Sekhar Professor Experience (In Years): 24 Email: sekharjvbc@gmail.com	Download
	Dr. Henry Zodinliana Pachuau Associate Professor Experience (In Years): 16 E-Mail: mzut124@mzu.edu.in	Download
	Dr. H. Elizabeth Associate Professor Experience (In Years): 15.6 Email: mzut125 @mzu.edu.in	Download
	Dr. Grace Lalhlupuii Sailo Assistant Professor Experience (In Years): 10 E.Mail: mzut187@mzu.edu.in	Download
	Dr C. Lalengzama Assistant Professor Experience (In Years): 3.11 Email: mut249@mzu.eu.in	Download

Office Staff

Name	Designation	Mobile No.	Email
E. Laldinsangi	Personal Assistant	9612158275	elizabethtochhawng1@gmail.com
Lalhmangaiha	MTS	9612179073	Nil

Ph.D. Scholars

Numbers Only: Since 2019

Awarded	41
Onging	20

Alumni Details

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
David Zaitinvawra	MSW, Ph.D

Students Achievements

Since January, 2019:

NET/JRF/SLET/Other Fellowships- 19
Sports – NIL
Placements

Programmes

Programmes	Intake Capacity
M.A.	30
Ph.D.	As per Availability

Syllabus and Course Structure:

Board of Studies

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

Activities

(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 15^th 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 30^th and 31^st 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 24^th -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 13^th 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 23^rd -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

Projects

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
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

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