Dr. Amruthraj R M

Dr. Amruthraj R M
Specialist in Women Studies
Kerala institute of Local Administration

• B.A. English Language and Literature (University of Kerala)
• M.A. Social Welfare and Rural Management(Mahatma Gandhi University)
• M.Phil. Women’s Studies (Pondicherry University)
• Ph.D Women’s Studies (Pondicherry University)
• PDF, Women’s Studies (ICSSR, Cochin University of Science and Technology)
• UGC. NET

• Society of Gender Professionals
• UN- Solution Exchange, Gender Community
• Chairperson, State Gender Subject Committee, Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad
• Executive Member, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) – India

• Charge officer for ICAP and DPR Preparation of Punnayoorkulam –Vadakkekad RURBAN Cluster of Thrissur District

• Research Fellow, Centre for Women’s Studies, Pondicherry University
• Professor (on contract) School of Gender Studies, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur
• Professor (on contract) Centre for Women’s Studies, Pondicherry University
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Women’s Studies Centre, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi.

• Consultation for Developing Policy for Transgender People by NIRD&PR
• Member of Gender Sensitisation Module preparation Team for Prevention Campaign of Nirbhaya Policy of Dept. of  Women and Child Development
• Resource Person for Gender Sensitization Training for Police, Kerala Women’s Development Corporation.
• Expert Member for the Gender Auditing Committee of Anganawadi Textbooks, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Kerala.

• Contributed  a section on: “Gender Perspective Planning” for the handbook on Block Panchyath Administration and Rural Development Schemes for induction training of Block Panchayath elected representatives
• Associated in editing Inservice Training Manual for Village Extension Officers. (3 Vols)
• An article Narmada Saga: An Eco-feminist Perspective In Nature and Human Nature: Literature, Ecology, Meaning  S.Murali. New Delhi: Prestige, 2008. ISBN 978-81-906183-1-1
• An article Gender Discrimination in the Primary School English Language Textbooks in Tamil Naduin The Primary Teacher, a  Journal Published by NCERT, January and April, 2012. ISSN 0970-9282.
• An article Gender Issues in School and Classroom Practice: A Case Study of Pondicherryin The Primary Teacher,a Journal Published by NCERT, January and April, 2013. ISSN 0970-9282
• An Article Life Skill Education for a Gender Just Society in the book Wellness, Skill Development and Women Empowerment T. Gopinath and Sindhu K K OM, 2019 ISBN 13 : 9788193838273
• Associated in editing Gender related publications and handbooks of KILA

• Gender and Women’s Studies
• Gandhian and Peace Studies,
• Social Welfare and Rural Management
• Teaching
• Training
• Research &Extension

• Specialist in Women’s Studies
• Gender Resource Person, State Gender Cell, LSGD
• Co-ordinator, Gender School for Local Governance, KILA

• 1^st  Rank, Gold Medal for M.Phil Women’s Studies from Pondicherry University

• Participated in the “Hay Festival” organized by the British Council from 17^th to 19^th November 2011 at Thiruvananthapuram.
• Participated and presented a paper titled Life Skills Education for a Gender Just Society in International Conference on “Life Skills Education”, 6^th to 8^th April 2009, conducted by School of Life Skills Education and Social Harmony, RGNIYD University, Sriperumbudur.
• Participated and presented a paper titled Mathematics is not for Girls: Breaking the Myth in the International Symposium on “Sustaining Global Pressures: Women in Science and Engineering, Next Generation Challenges and Opportunities”, 3^rd to 5^th January 2008, conducted by Indian Women Scientists’ Association, Kalpakkam.
• Participated in the International Conference on “Technology, Innovation and the Millennium Development Goals in India” organized by the Centre for Women’s  Studies, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India and Institut de Recherche Agronomique (INRA) France from 12^th to 14^th July 2007.
• Participated and presented a paper titled Narmada Saga: An Ecofeminist Perspective in the International Conference on Nature and Human Nature: Land, Landscape and Cultural Constructions of the Environment, 21^st to 23^rd September 2006, conducted by ASLE,India and Department of English, Pondicherry University.
• Participated in the UGC International Seminar on “ The New Socio-Economic Order  and World Peace – A Gandhian Critique”  organized by School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala from 23^rd  to   25^th November 2000.

• ICSSR Post-Doctoral Research in Women’s Studies (Ongoing)

• Member, Board of Studies, Department of Women’s Studies, Alagappa University, Karaikudi
• Editorial Member, Indian Journal of Women’s Studies, Department of Women’s Studies, Alagappa University, Karaikudi.
• Visiting Faculty, School of Behavioural Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University
• Gender Expert, State Gender Cell for Local Self Government Department, Swaraj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Master Trainer of ‘SANKALP’- Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
• Core Team Member and Resource Person for Bodhyam – Gender Sensitization Training for Police of Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation

• Panchayathi Raj System: A Study among Women Headed Panchayats in Kerala (NIRD&PR Funded)
  • Year : 2018
  • Principal Investigators – Prof. Oommen John , Ms. Sherine Chacko, Dr. Amruthraj R.M.
• Local Governance during the COVID-19 Pandemic Times (KILA- Azim Premji University)
  • Year : 2021
  • Principal Investigators – Dr. Joy Elamon , Dr. Nirmala Sanu George, Dr. Amruthraj R.M, Ms.Neha Miriam Kurian

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