Government of India

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department of Women and Child Development

 

INVITATION OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS ON

GENDER ISSUES, CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND NUTRITION

Research Division of the Department of Women and Child Development Government of India invites proposals from Universities, Women Study Centres, Schools of Social Work and other Research Organisations for empirical, participatory and action research and other studies that have strong relevance for policy and programme intervention for the empowerment of women and development of children.

 

The proposals should cover emerging areas on which adequate information and analysis are not available. A few suggested themes of research have been identified following a workshop with researchers held in Delhi. This can be perused in Department’s website www.wcd.nic.in

 

The proposal shall include inter alia the theme of research, the objectives, hypotheses to be tested, brief review of literature to highlight why the research on the theme is necessary, relevance of research for policy formulation, size of sample and research methodology to be followed, bio-data of the researchers to be involved with the project and cost estimate of the study. Guidelines for submission of research proposals can be perused in the same website.

 

For further enquiries please contact

 

P.G.Dhar Chakrabarti

Joint Secretary

Department of Women and Child Development

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi

Phone: 3381654, Fax: 3070480 e-mail: dharc@nic.in

 

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