K G Gayathridevi, Associate Faculty, Centre for Ecological Economics & Natural Resources (CEENR).

• Gender & Empowerment, Decentralised Governance, Natural Resources Management & Collective Action

• Affirmative Action, Backward Classes and Dalits

• Empirical Research  

• Ph.D in Development Studies (1989) from the Institute of Development Studies, Mysore University, Manasagangotri, Mysore

• Masters degree in Sociology (1973) from Bangalore University

• Bachelor’s of Arts (Hons.) in Sociology (1971) Bangalore University

Books

1. Co-author, ‘Good Governance and Poverty Alleviation: A Study of SGSY Programme’, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2007.

2. Co-author, ‘Rejuvenating Tanks: A Socio-Ecological Approach’, Books for Change, Bangalore 2003.

Working Papers

• Collective Action and Property Rights: Some Critical Issues in the Context of Karnataka, ISEC, 2008

• Urban Poverty and Links with the Environment: An Exploration, ISEC, 2008

Articles

• Fieldwork Tradition  of Prof. M N Srinivas, Research Methods, Kannada university, Hampi, Karnataka, 2008

• Agriculture, Rural Society and Woman, in Woman, Work and Leisure, (ed.) Mahila Adhyayana,  Kannada University, Hampi, Vidyaranya, 2007.

• 'Production Relations, Employment and Wages: A Study of Beedi Industry in Karnataka', (co-author)Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.49, No.4, 2006.

• Management of Poverty Alleviation Programmes under Panchayat Raj Institutions in Karnataka, (co-author), Journal of Social and Economic Change, ISEC, Bangalore, 2000.

• ‘Employment Related Development Programmes and Women’, in Journal of Women’s Studies, Prasaranga, Kannada University, Hampi, 2000.

• ‘Industrial System and Gender Concerns’, in Industrialisation, socio-economic Externalities and State Policy, (edited by Prof. Abdul Aziz), Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1997.

• ‘Organising for Whose Advantage? The Madars of Nuliyur’, in ‘Challenging Untouchability: Dalit Initiatives and Experiences from Karnataka’ edited by Simon R Charsley and G K Karanth, Sage, 1998.

• ‘Female Enterprise and Male Employment: The Thigala-Holeyas of Akkahalli’, in  ‘Challenging Untouchability: Dalit Initiatives and Experiences from Karnataka,, edited by Simon R Charsley and G K Karanth, Sage, 1998.

• Poverty Alleviation through Sericulture: A Case Study of Karnataka, in Poverty Alleviation in India, edited by Abdul Aziz, Ashish Publishing House, 1994.

• A Status Report on Women in Sericulture, in Indian Silk, 32 (11):31-38, 1994.

• ‘Sericulture in New Areas of Karnataka: A Study in Two Clusters in Two Districts’, in Sericulture and Development (ed. By J.Acharya), Development Sociology Series, Indian Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, 1993.

• Sericulture in New Areas: A Study of Advanced Bivoltine Sericulture in Western Ghats on Karnataka, in Sericulture and Development (ed.by J.Acharya), Development Sociology Series, Indian Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, 1993.

• Privatisation of Chawkie Rearing Centres in Karnataka, with B.L.Krishnappa and others, in Sericulture and Development (ed. By J.Acharya), Development Sociology Series, Indian Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, 1993.

• Bivoltine Cocoon production for Raw Silk in Karnataka, with J Acharya and others, in Sericulture and Development (ed. By J.Acharya), Development Sociology Series, Indian Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, 1993.  

• Social Background of Zilla Parishad Members in Karnataka, Institute of Social Sciences Occasional papers Series, Number 6, (co-author) 1989.

• Karnataka Mandal Panchayat Members: Social Background, Institute of Social Sciences Occasional papers Series, Number 6, (co-author) 1990.

1. Research Fellow, Sociology Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland July-September 1995.

2. Visiting Scholar, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, October 2-10, 1995. Special Lectures on (a) ‘Participation of Women in Decentralised Governance and Planning in Karnataka, India’, and (b) ‘Mobilization and Change among Caste Groups in Karnataka’ at the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna.

As Project Director

1. Gender & Governance in Rural Service Delivery, Sponsored by the World Bank through the International Food Policy & Research Institute, Washington D C., and the Institute for Social & Economic Change, Centre for Environmental Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR), ISEC, Bangalore (on-going).

2. Fuelling Fire or Dampening the Flames? Conflict Management by Karnataka’s Grama Panchayats, Centre for Decentralisation and Development, ISEC, Bangalore (2006-7).

3. Decentralization, Governance and Women Heads of Grama Panchayats in Karnataka, CDD, ISEC, Bangalore (2004-05).

4. Evaluation of Credit-Linked Schemes for Women in Karnataka, sponsored by the Government of Karnataka, Centre for Study of Social Change & Development (CSS&D), ISEC, Bangalore (2001-2002).

5. Traditional Services in a Modern Setting: The Case of Safai Karmacharis in Urban Karnataka: A Study in two districts of Karnataka, CSS&D, ISEC, Bangalore (2000-02).

As Co-Project Director

1. Institutional Design for Eliminating Child Labor: A Study of State Initiatives of Eradication of Child Labor in Karnataka, Department of Labour, GoK, Centre for Decentralisation & Development (CDD), ISEC, Bangalore (2005-06) (with Professor D Rajasekhar and Dr.V Anil Kumar).

2. Freedom Mortgaged and Future Abandoned: Bonded Child Labour in Karnataka's Silk Industry, National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, (with Professors G K Karanth, D Rajashekar & S Madheswaran), Centre for Study of Social Change & Development (CSSC&D), ISEC, Bangalore.

3. A Comprehensive Study on the Status of Beedi Industry in Karnataka, Department of Labour, GoK, Bangalore with Professor S Madheswaran and Professor D Rajasekhar, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy, ISEC, Bangalore (2004-05).

4. Role of Rural Local Organisations in Development – Women’s Empowerment and Development Sector, sponsored by the World Bank, CDD, ISEC, (2002-2003) with D Rajashekar and others.

5. Joint Director, Seri-2000 project, sponsored by the Swiss Agency for Development & Co-operation, CSSC&D, ISEC, Bangalore, (1997-98).

6. Assistant Director, Beneficiary Assessment of National Sericulture Project, ISEC, 1989-1993.

K G Gayathridevi
Associate Faculty
Centre for Environmental Economics & Natural Resources
Institute for Social and Economic Change
Nagarabhavi P.O. BANGALORE-560072, India
Tel : Office  080-23215468, 23215519
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e-mail: gayathridevi@isec.ac.in