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	PROF. S. PARASURAMAN Director TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES E-mail: sparasuraman@tiss.edu
Qualifications
M.Sc. (Social Anthropology), University of Pune Certificate in Population Sciences, International Institute of Population Sciences Ph.D. (Demography), University of Mumbai United Nations Fellow (Population and Development), Institute of Social Studies , The Hague Senior Fellow (Teaching and Book Writing Assignment), Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Career History
Asia Regional Policy Coordinator, ActionAid International, Asia Regional Office (January 2001–June 2004), Bangkok , Thailand. Senior Advisor to the Commission, and Team Leader of the Secretariat, World Commission on Dams (IUCN-World Bank: September 1998-December 2000), Cape Town , South Africa . Programme Director, Oxfam GB, India Programme (October 1995-December 1997), New Delhi , India . Professor and Head of Unit for Rural Studies; Professor, Department of Research Methodology, TISS (1993 to 1998) Reader in Social Sciences;1987 to 1992& Lecturer, Unit for Child & Youth Research; 1981 to 1986
Teaching
Social Anthropology Demography Research Methodology Rural Development
Research
Water and energy resources - options assessment and decision-making processes. Involuntary resettlement of people Globalisation Governance Social exclusion Disaster management
Recent/Significant Publications
Books (Co-Author) Listening to People Living in Poverty , Bangalore : Books for Change, 2003. (Co-Author) India Disasters Report , USA and New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2000. The Development Dilemma: Displacement in India , Great Britain : Macmillan Press Ltd., 1999. Articles Written over 50 research articles; 30 of them published in journals at the national and international level.