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Professor Dr. Vibhuti Patel

Also known as: Professor Vibhuti patel

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, University of Mumbai

ORCID iD 0000-0002-5902-5662
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Dr. Vibhuti Patel is Professor, Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She retired as Professor and Head of Economics Department of SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai on 30-6-2017. She was Director, Post Graduate Studies and Research of SNDT Women’s University from 2006-2012. Her areas of specialisation have been Gender Economics, Women's Studies, Human Rights, Social Movements and Gender Budgeting. She has authored Women's Challenges of the New Millennium (2002), co-authored Reaching for Half the Sky (1985), Indian Women Change and Challenge (1985) and Status Report for ICSSR- Critical Evaluation of Women's Studies Researches during 1947-1988 (1989). She is co-editor of series of 15 volumes- Empowering Women Worldwide. She has edited 2 books namely Discourse on Women and Empowerment (2009) and Girls and Girlhoods at the Threshold of Youth and Gender (2010). She had been a member of various Expert Committees for IGNOU, Ministry of Science & Technology and NCERT (Delhi) during 2005-2014. She prepared base paper on Gender for Mumbai Human Development Report, 2009, MMRDA Human Development Report (2017) and coauthored “Socioeconomics Status of Muslims in Maharashtra” for Maharashtra State Minority Commission, Government of Maharashtra, 2013. Currently she is Governing Board member of Women Power Connect, Indian Council of Basic Education, Maniben Nanavati College for Women, Anusandhan Trust, VACHA, Women's Research and Action Group, Institute of Community Organisation and Research in Mumbai, Olakh in Vadodara and ICSSR-sponsored Centre for Social Studies (Surat). She is also Advisory Board Member of Institute of Indian Culture (Mumbai). She is a member of Internal Quality Assurance Committee of Maniben Nanavati College for Women and MD Shah Mahila College. She is Chairperson of Ethics Committee (IRB) of International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. She is a Chairperson of Board of Studies in Non-Formal Education of SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai and member of Board of Studies of Sophia College (Sociology), Jaihind College (Economics, Foundations Course), Somaiya College (Education) and Nagindas Khandwala College (Economics) and College of Social Work (Social Work). She is also BOS member of Economics for University of Mumbai, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon and Guwahati University and BOS Chairperson for Life Long Learning for SNDT Women’s University. She is member of College Development Committee of Maniben Nanavati College for Women, Surajba College of Education, BMN College of Home Science for Women and SNDT College of Arts and SCB College of Commerce, Mumbai.

Employment

  • Tata Institute of Social Sciences Teaching, Training & Research/ Professor
    2017 - Present

Education

  • University of Mumbai Ph.D. in Economics
    1977 - 1987

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