eSocialSciences

The information environment within which scholars work is undergoing a paradigmatic change. Older systems of knowledge management and dissemination are being challenged by new technologies of the internet, the world wide web and social networking technologies. Parallely, these techonologies..read more

YeSS

Where information is knowledge.

Our cities too are attracting large numbers who migrate to work or study or take advantage of new opportunities. Urban youth are a burgeoning phenomenon. This is a generation growing up in a new and 'shining' Asia that has emerged from the ravages of many wars, freedom struggles and economic..read more

JHS

Journal Of Health Studies (JHS) is intended to provide a broad based, vibrant space for contemporary and historical inquiry on health themes through the publication of research articles, case studies, research briefs, commentaries and, policy notes and discussions. The aim of the journal is to support..read more

Youth Fund System

This Fund supports urban youth in developing countries. It aims to advance the achievements of the Millennium Development goals and the Habitat Agenda by providing grants up to USD 25,000 to youth-led projects..read more

Nutrition Rights Programme

The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation was founded in 2002 through an endowment from Mr. Narotam Sekhsaria. The Foundation supports initiatives that enhance the quality of people’s lives across India..read more

SHRAM

SHRAM Research Portal and Data Repository is conceptualized as an online knowledge community on migration in South Asia with a specific focus on India. It will mirror posts; will be a searchable repository of research in the field; make available datasets on migration; facilitate researcher interaction; help young scholars to access and work with migration data; facilitate policy and strategy formulations and eventually conduct virtual symposia/training programs on the issue.. read more

SPANDAN

The objective of the initiative 'System of Promoting Appropriate National Dynamism for Agriculture and Nutrition' (SPANDAN) is to contribute to the reduction of hunger and malnutrition among India's poor by increasing the evidence base for understanding the strength and dynamics of the multiple pathways between agriculture and nutrition and to provide tools to decision makers to strengthen the pathways from agriculture..read more

GME

This project is aimed at the training of medical educators in state medical colleges in Maharashtra to incorporate a gender perspective in their teaching with a focus on issues of gender-based violence and discrimination.The need for this project stems from the key role that medical teachers can play in recognizing and addressing gender bias in medical education and practice..read more

JMS

The eSS Journal Management System will act a central repository of the various academic journals around the world. The repository will allow Organizations/ Institutes to register freely on eSocialSciences and to Host or link their own Journal on our website..read more

INDIA YOUTH FUND

India Youth Fund has been co-founded by Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation and UN-Habitat as a window of the global Urban Youth Fund. It aims to empower the country’s urban youth and cement their role in nation’s development..read more

Patients' Rights

In India, most of us visit a hospital or a doctor in case of immediate medical attention, in such situations doctor’s word is considered ultimate and every aspect of the treatment is taken as an ultimate truth. Given the paternalistic model of physician patient relation, physician becomes the decision maker and gives a little choice to the patients in the treatment..read more

INSOSO

The Indian Sociological Society as a professional body has come of age. The Society stands as a shining example of how academic affairs of a social science discipline could be organised and how Sociologists, young and old from different regions of India having academic interest in diverse fields of specialisation could be brought on one forum..read more

NWMi

The Network of Women in Media, India, is an association which aims to provide a forum for women in media professions to share information and resources, exchange ideas, promote media awareness and ethics, and work for gender equality and justice within the media and society. Local groups linked to the NWMI are currently functioning in 16 centres across the country..read more

JPAC

The study of society, its institutions and processes, its history and its economy play a critical role in the shaping of that society and its intellectual contours. Social science research is expected to enhance understanding of society and its functioning; track, document and initiate change; provide inputs for public policies; and generate ideas and knowledge that could be used for teaching at various levels of education..read more