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Dr. G.Valentina

Associate Professor & Director Student Life & Cultural Engagement.

M.PHIL (Criminology), PHD (Hyderabad Central University), IRPM, PGDEE (Hyderabad Central University)

Dr. G.Valentina is an Associate Professor & Director Student Life & Cultural Engagement at Jindal Institute of Behavioral sciences at Jindal Global University. She teaches an Elective course on Industrial Sociology in the institute and plans for students engaging them in curriculum activities. She has professional experience in myriad areas of teaching, training, research, consultancy and action research projects. She has completed her PHD from Hyderabad Central University and pioneered in drafting and implementing many developmental programmes for the students. Her research interest has been on developmental issues. Her action research has been a specular contribution to the rural tribal society where she engineered transfer of solar energy technologies in tribal habitats of the country pioneered by building the capacities of illiterate tribal women on a barefoot approach and Gender Sensitization & Socio – Economic Development of Women.

Research Experience

Her research interest encompasses exploring areas on policy issues for Government of India on social development of the people in the society.

Teaching Experience

She has a long stint of teaching. Her experience comprehends teaching Graduate and Post graduate students in the University, on subjects leading to development studies in sociology. working on such numerous aspects she has gained expertise in teaching Industrial sociology, sociology of organizations, research methods (qualitative), introductory courses in sociology, criminology, rural societies, systems of stratifications, equity and inequality in society. She also had the privilege of drafting and launching and coordinating programmes on Post Graduate Diploma Programme in rural development Management.

Training Experience

She has an experience of conducting National and International training programmes on various topics like; Sustainable Livelihoods, Cooperatives, Rural Livelihoods, Solar Electrification, Transfer of Technology, Gender Concerns, Drudgery Reducing Technologies for Women, Rural Development Management, Local Governance, Social Development of the poor, Transgenders, SC/ST sub plans etc. And International Training programmes on Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development, Technologies for livelihoods Development and Women Empowerment, Disaster Mitigation and Community Driven Rural Development. She has also conducted many policy-oriented workshops and seminars in various development subjects.

Publications

Journal Papers

DEVELOPMENTAL  CHALLENGES IN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS; APH PUBLISHING CORPORATION; EXCELLENECE IN EDUCATION; A MULTI DISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL PEER REVIEWED REFFERED JOURNAL; ISBNN0- 2320-7019, JAN 2022, VOL XI, NO-5; Pg-16.

 

COMMUNITY DRIVEN RURAL DEVLOPMENT; EMERGING MODELS IN SOUTH KOREA AND INDIA; EDU WORLD, INTERNATIONAL PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL, ISSN; 2319-7129, VOLUME XII, NUMBER 2 APRIL 2018

 

GENDER BIASES IN TRIBAL HOUSEHOLDS; A CASE OF KARNATAKA, International Journal of Research, ISSN: 2348-6848 p-ISSN: 2348-795X Volume 04 Issue-17 December 2017.

 

Women self-help groups in Agribusiness published in Journal for studies in Management & Planning, Vol 3, Issue -13, Dec 2017, ISSN -23950463, International referred and Indexed Publication. 

 

Role of Technology and Entrepreneurship Development and emerging Gender relations in poor women; National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayatiraj; ISBN-97898-84503-73-4, FEB 2017.

 

International publication 

Technology Transfer for the poor; A case of Electronic Fund Transfer Management system in Chittor District under MGNREGA- Dr.G.Valentina;

 

Rural Development & Management in India; Opportunities & Challenges- Manish Didwania, Sanjeev Prashar & Nitin Kishore Saxena Rural Development and Management in India; opportunities and Challenges, NOVA PUBLISHERS July 2017 ISBN: 978-1-53611-864-3

 

Development of Sustainable community Development in India. Korea Productivity Centre, Asian     

 Productivity Organization

Book Chapters

  1. Strategies for Disaster Reduction (M.ED), Covered four Units on;  Preventive / precautionary measures taken by Government of India in Manmade Disasters

  2. Agriprenurship for women employment and empowerment in rural areas -Gen Next Publications-978-93-8022-260-8

  3. Social Mobilisation, Employment & Empowerment of women through SHGs(This book is a consolidation of 15 state studies) Social Mobilisation, Employment& Empowerment of women through SHGs NIRD June, 2006

  4. Market Infrastructure for Small and Marginal Farmers: A Case of Rajkot District – Gujarat: Rural Resources and Development Initiatives E.Vasudeva Rao ;Associated Publisher, 2963/2, Katcha Bazar, Post Box No: 56, Ambala Cannt-133001

  5. Impact of Road Improvement in Tribal economy of Orissa, B.S.Vasudeva Rao, The Associated Publishers, Katch Bazar, Post Box No,56.

  6. Role of Training infrastructure for entrepreneurship development and sustainable livelihoods through micro finance- A case of rural Gujarath; Micro Enterprise promotion in Rural India-social science magazine; Mobilization , New Delhi , IIT Delhi & ISAP , New Delhi.

Books Published

  1. Role of Technology and Entrepreneurship Development and emerging Gender relations

    in poor women; National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayatiraj; ISBN-978-

    98-84503-73-4, FEB 2017.

  2. Solar Electrification & Empowerment of women- – Monograph – Gen Next Publishers-978-9308022-278-3-ISBN NO

     Agriprenurship for women employment and empowerment in rural areas -Gen Next Publications-978-93-8022-260-8

Articles 

  1.  Technology for entrepreneurship development & emerging gender relations in rural women- Current crisis in Indian Agriculture; Issues& Challenges; Dr.Talwar Sabanna, M.S.Adi, D.N.Patil, Huchhe Gowda; Published by NABARD , Mumbai, 2014.
  2. Gender Disparities in Rural Rajasthan; Policy Initiatives for Women Empowerment & Ground Realities; Journal of Development Management, Oct.-Dec. 2013 issue; Vol -1 No -4, ISSN No 2321-0761.

Journal

Strategizing Innovations in Rural Housing using Bamboo, Journal of Rural Development, National Institute of Rural Development Vol.30, July-September 2011, No.3

 

EDUCATION TODAY; A MULTI DISCIPLINARY INTERNATONAL PEER REVIEWED/ REFERRED JOURNAL; ISSN 2220-5755; VOL II, NUMBER -1 SPECIAL ISSSUE JAN –JUNE 2011; APH PUBLISHING CORPORATION; WORKERS PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEENT IN INDIA 137 PG

 

JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH; ISSN 2278-2332X;

APH PUBLISHING CORPORATION; JULY –DEC. 200 VOL-1. NUMBER –II; A

PEER RVIEWED JOURNALWORKERS PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT THRUGH QUALITY CIRCLES, Pg-307.

 

Indian Journal of Health &Well-being, Sunil Saini; impact of appropriate cooking stove technologies on the health of rural women; Vol 5, Issue 2, Feb 2014.

 

March 1, 2007 Electrifying Village through Solar Energy GRASSROOTS, Reporting the Human Condition, Vol.8, No.3, Press Institute of India –New Delhi

 

Women Barefoot Solar Engineers of AP, Energy Independence, April – June 2006, IREDA News

 

Decentralization and the role of Local Self-Government in Rural Development.

Mobilization’, IIT Delhi; Human Endeavour Consumer Awareness Rural; Journal of Social research –Vol 1, No 1 Jan-June, 2004

 

Problems and Prospects in SGSY and Rural Development: 2007, March; Rural

Development Perspective Socio Economic Ramification; Ved Tripathi, Rajneesh Tyagi, Harvir Choudhary, Pushpender Singh: Manthan Foundation Agra.

Status Report

Monitoring of Pilot Initiatives in NREGS- 22 State Studies, NIRD Monograph 2007-08.

Films

Sustainable energy development through people’s participation –A case of women barefoot solar engineers of Andhra Pradesh Seminar proceedings international congress on Renewable energy for Sustainable Development -2006, International development centre, New Delhi 2006 (AWARDED BEST PRIZE FOR COMMUNITY MOBILISATION), 93rd Indian Science Congress-Jan 2006, Institute of Energy Economics –Japan 2009-10

Seminar Proceedings

Agripreneurship for women employment and empowerment in rural areas published in Pragati- NIRD Magazine, No 2 24, January 2014 Gender Disparities in Rural Rajasthan; Policy Initiatives for Women Empowerment & Ground Realities; Millennium Development Goals & Rural Development in INDIA;

 

Electrifying village through solar energy, Grassroots March 2007 (Hindi & English)

 

e- Magazine 

Policy Initiatives, Targets & Achievements – Feb 18-20, 2013- seminar proceedings, NIRD

Fore Runners for Japanese Quality Circle and Team Concepts;Qcs –e magazine ; 2001 August

 

News Paper; Adjudged as the best write-up and was given the first prize by the newspaper, 2001 November; Ransom is Anti-National published in Deccan Chronicle 

 

News Paper; 1998 March, Provide Resources – article published in Deccan Chronicle. Are Naxalites justified in killing innocents? Has the state machinery failed in protecting its citizens?

 

 

Seminar Proceedings Book Reviews  

Development worlds: A saga of two nations; Review Published in Journal of Rural Development Vol22 No.2, April-June 2003

 

Growth & Rural Transformation: A comparative study of Republic of Korea &India; Journal of Rural Development Vol25 No.1, Jan-Mar 2006 

 

Women Empowerment through Literacy Campaign: Role of Social Work by Jaimon Varghese Journal of Rural Development Vol 25 No.1, Jan-Mar 2012

 

Investment behaviour in Indian sugar Industry; An economic study by P.Srinivasa Suresh. Review Published in Journal of Rural Development Vol 33 No.2, April-June 2014.

 

Shelter Security in Urban India; Pathways, Barriers and Outcomes. Edited by Darshini     

Mahadevia, 2015, Published by Concept Publishing Company Ltd New Delhi. Published in

Journal Of Rural Development Vol.35, No 3, ISSN 09703357, July- September 2016.

 

Indian Association of Health JOURNAL (IAH); Reviewed Article – The Relationship between identity styles and aspects of morality.

 

Indian Association of Health JOURNAL (IAH); Reviewed Article – The Relationship between identity styles and aspects of morality.

 

Working Papers 

 

Developing Marketing Infrastructure to promote International Trade in Andhra Pradesh;    

Working Paper, No-iv Published by NIRD 

Rural Urban Migration & Labour Settlement in Hyderabad; Working Paper –v

 

Transfer of technology Projects

Heading the transfer of Solar Energy Technology in RTP-NIRD built the capacity of tribal women

 

Transferred Solar Electrification project in Vishakhapatnam District, Paderu Mandal Government of Andhra Pradesh, mobilized and provided technologies worth Rs.27 to Rs. 60 lakhs 

 

Monitored in the production of 200 Solar Lanterns costing Rs.25,000/- for NGO ‘Youth for Action’, Mahaboobnagar

 

Transferred solar energy technology in Koraput district, Government of Orissa, worth Rs.6 lakh

 

Transfer of technology in NIRD action research village costing Rs.22,000March 2007

 

Conducted only Capacity Building Training for women entrepreneurs as a part of Transfer of solar energy technology project in Nilokheri costing Rs.30,000/- in November 2007. 

Papers presented in International seminars in India    

Asian Summit on Education & Skills 11-12 September 2013, Mumbai

 

Global Trends in Banking Sector; Issues& Challenges & Opportunities, Dec 19 & 20, 2013, Hyderabad.

 

‘International Seminar on New & Renewable Energy seminar in Tokyo – JAPAN, Tokyo city, from 6-14 January 2007 

 

 ‘Leveraging Community Local Assets for Social & Economic Development’ in ISRAEL on scholarship from (7.4.2013 to 2 .5.2013).

 

International Exposure Visit on Hi-tech Agriculture at Netherlands, from 8th March-16 March 2015.

 

APO Work shop on Sustainable Community Development and The Saemaul Undong, South         Korea 27th June- 3rd July 2016. 

 

Membership

Review Committee Member of International papers- IAH 

The relationship between identity styles and aspects of morality

 

Comments on the project proposal on – women empowerment & skill development through technological intervention in cooking stove.

 

Individual careers in contemporary organisations; A natural selection perspective for ICEHM (International centre for Economics Humanities & Management)

Poster  Presentation 

  1. Indian Society of Labour Economics, 2004- Impact of Liberalisation on Collective Bargaining & Trade Unions in India
  2. Indian Society of Labour Economics –Travails of Migrant Labourers in an Urban  Sprawl; A case of Labour Market behaviour in Hyderabad-2005.
  3. XXVIII, Indian Social Science Congress-2004- Role of Agro processing units in the generation of Employment in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Membership in Professional Bodies

  1. WEITZ Centre Friends Network –Rehovot Approach of Integrated Development,
  2. Green Cross Society
  3. Asian Productivity Council Japan.
  4. Mentor – IIT –Mumbai – Tech fest 2016
  5. Nominated Expert – Subcommittee, All India coordinated research project – home science, Professor Jayashankar Telangana state agricultural university, Rajendranagar, hyd-500 030.
  6. EDWIN GROUP OF JOURNALS, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER.