Vijayasankaran Perumpilavil
Professor of Practice School of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Email: vijayasankaran.p@snu.edu.in
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Research Overview
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Education
A.(Economics) Calicut University, Calicut, Kerala (1982) Phil in Applied Economics, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. Dissertation submitted to Jawaharlal Nehru University titled "The Urban Casual Labour Market in Kerala: A Case Study of the Headload Workers" (1987)
Experience
35 years in the field of watershed management, rural development, sustainable agriculture and people's institutions. Project Officer, Samaj Pragati Sahayog, "The Struggle for Survival: Collective Regeneration of the Endangered Resource Base of Tribal Communities in the Narmada Valley", a project funded by theDepartment of Science and Technology, Governmentof India(1993-96) Project Co-ordinator, Samaj Pragati Sahayog, "Innovative Schemes of Watershed Development in the Dryland Areas of India" forCAPART, Ministry of RuralDevelopment, Government of India(1994-1995). Consultant,Directorate of Institutional Finance,Government of Madhya Pradesh, for the preparation ofMadhya Pradesh Tribal Development Project, Bilaspur Division, funded by theInternational Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD, Rome)(1997) Faculty,Baba Amte Centre for People's Empowerment, one of only 7 such national centres set up and assisted by Government of India for training and field support to agencies implementing watershed projects. Co-Principal Investigator, "Towards Sustainable Livelihood Security in Tribal Drylands Through Watershed Development and Empowerment",Department of Science andTechnology,GoI(1999-01) Project Co-ordinator, "TATA-ICRISAT-BAIF-SPS Project for Enhancing Rural Livelihoods in Dryland Areas", with assistance fromSir Dorabji Tata Trust(2002-07). As part of this work, formulated a low-cost, low risk sustainable agricultural package for dryland regions. The programme, which is currently spread over 45 villages. Team Leader,Technical Review of OXFAM funded projects in the arid region ofWestern Rajasthan(2004) Project Director,Research and Policy Advocacy for Better Watershed Programmes inthe NREGA Context, supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA (2009-10) Programme Director, Agriculture,Towards Livelihoods and Food Security in AdivasiCentral India,supported by Axis Bank Foundation, Mumbai (India) Member, Steering Committee ofAgricultural Water Management (AWM) SolutionsProject, covering Sub-Sahara Africa and India implemented jointly by IWMI, FAO, IFPRI, SEI, IDE and BMGF (2009-2012) Project Director,UNDP-AusAid Projecttitled "Water, Climate Change and Food Security in Droght-Prone Central India" (2011- 2014) Project Director,Comprehensive Pilots Programmetitled "Towards Livelihoods and Food Security in Tribal Central India", supported by the HIVOS-Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture (RRA) Network (2012-15) Consultant, Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action (SRIJAN), New Delhi for Conducting and Supervising Research at theResearch Unit of Rapid Community Response to Covid (RCRC) Network(2022-)
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