INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
GIRIDIH BRANCH
[Sociological Research Unit]
National Seminar
on
"Land, labour and livelihood: Focus on development ofmarginalized communities and social groups"
Marking the celebrations for the 125th Birth Anniversary of Professor P.C. Mahalanobis and Professor J.B.S. Haldane
Date
[30-31 January 2018]
[VENUE: INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
J.C. Bose Road, Giridih ]
Organizing Committee
Professor Amita Majumder, ERU, ISI Kolkata, Chairman
Professor Manoranjan Pal, ERU, ISI Kolkata, Member
Dr. Bholanath Ghosh, SRU, ISI Kolkata, Member
Dr. Pradip Bhattacharyya, AERU, ISI Giridih, Member
Dr. Hari Charan Behera, SRU, ISI Giridih, Convenor
Submission Dates
Last date for submission of Abstract- 15th December, 2017
Last Date for full-length paper submission-15th January 2018
Last date for registration to participate in the event: 25th January 2018
[Upon selection of abstracts, the candidates will be eligible to registration for seminar participation. Registration fee including the service tax (GST): Rs. 1180/-]
For Online payment/DD
Indian Statistical Institute, United Bank of India Giridih Branch Account No. 0055050013392 ; IFSC Code-UTBI0GDH406. DD will be in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, payable at Giridih
Limited boarding and lodging facilities will be provided to the outstation candidates for seminar participation on advance request
For further details if any contact Dr. Hari Charan Behera, Convenor of the National Seminar at email: (or) , (M) +919431144870/+917368888472 ; (O) 06532-222034Background: Land, labour and livelihood are among the issues that remain significant in the contemporary academic and policy discourse. Both land and labour are identified as the most critical resource component of rural livelihood. But, they are equally important for the poor and slum dwellers living in the urban fringes. Reforms in land and labour sectors alone have not been successful to achieve better inclusive and equitable development. There are instances of lack of accountability, transparency and efficiency in the land and labour management which affect rural livelihood. Tribal, dalit and peasant communities are mainly neglected and underprivileged in the era of globalization. PVTGs are the most neglected and also deprived of socioeconomic opportunities. There are issues concerning land use practices informal labour, migrant labour, etc. There are many associated components associated with land, labour and livelihood. In addition to the prevailing issues there is resilience and survival adaptability, which are important part of the discourse. Further, no unilateral approach has been ever successful to address the aforementioned issues. Therefore, rather than having any unilateral approach to address such issues, multilateral, comprehensive, integrated and inter-disciplinary approach may be required. There is scope for discussion on the range of issues and opportunities on this topic.
In view of above, the National Seminar on “Land, Labour and livelihood: Focus on development of marginalized communities and social groups” invites paper on the following themes.
The Objectives of the National Seminar
- Land, labour and livelihood: Theoretical and empirical perspective
- Professor P .C. Mahalanobis’ vision and contribution to community development
- Scope for land and labour reforms
- Political-economy of land and livelihood
- Land tenure, property and livelihood practices
- Social accountability and social protection measures
- Draught, flood and other disaster resilience, adaptive strategies
- Focus on Dalit, Tribal including PVTGs, and other forest dwellers’ livelihood
- Community development practices and rural livelihood schemes
- Governance in land sector
- Livelihood practices in the PESA areas
- Leveraging new technology for livelihood promotion
- Social mobilization, financial inclusion, skill development and livelihood promotion
- Sustainable livelihood approaches
- Forest, agriculture and livelihood
- Social mobility
- Labour migration
- Other related topics