BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. AJEET JAISWAL

BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. AJEET JAISWAL , Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University, R.V. Nagar, Kalapet, Puducherry-605014(M): 8122594335, 09791201427,E-mail- rpgajeet@gmail.com

Education

·         Ph. D.        Delhi University     2009                                                 Anthropology

Title: Health Conditions of Textile Workers of District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.       

·         M.Sc          Delhi University    2003             Ist Div.             Anthropology

·         B.Sc.         Delhi University    2001             Ist Div.            Group B (Sericulture)

Professional Appointments

• Since 2010 – Present :  Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University
• 2009-2010: Sr. Research Executive, CS Datamation Research Services Pvt. Ltd., Delhi Prepared Annual Progress Report (2008-09), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, both Financial and Physical Performance of all the  Programmes(NREGA, PMGSY, SGSY, IAY, DRDA-admin, DDP, DPAP, IWDP, ARWSP & TSC.

Research Experience

1. Ph.D. (2003-2008) Title: Health Conditions of Textile Workers of Dist. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.   The Doctorate work involved study of various aspect of Health Sector i.e.Demographic, Anthropometric, Nutritional and Physiological Parameters.
2. Thesis Dissertation (2002-2003) a part of the Masters program in Anthropology Title: A study of taste sensitivity  of Phenylthiocarbamide and colour blindness among the Jats community of Dist. Rohtak, Haryana.

Ongoing and Completed Research Projects

UGC: MRP-MAJOR-ANTH-2013-29585. TITLE: A Socio economic, Nutritional and Health Evaluation among Worker of Different Sector of Textile Industries (12,92000/-; 3 Years; 2015-18----In progress).

Endowment Lecture,  Keynote Address, Visiting Faculty, Invited Speaker and Special Lecture

·         Delivered several Endowment Lecture,  Keynote Address, Invited Speaker and Special Lecture like 101st Indian Science Congress, Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Faculty of Social Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Department of Anthropology, University of Lucknow, 102^nd Indian Science Congress, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, Department of Studies in Anthropology, University of Mysore, Department of Anthropology, Madras University, 104^th Indian Science Congress,Department of Anthropology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.

·         Delivered SaritaBhowmick Memorial Endowment Lecture, at the Department of Anthropology, Madras University, Chennai.

·         Delivered L.K AnanthakrishnaIyer Endowment Lecture on 5^th March, 2016, at the Department of Anthropology, Madras University, Chennai.

·         Visiting Faculty for delivering Lectures under UGC-SAP-DSA-III Programme, Department of Anthropology, College of Sciences, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 2012-13

·         Recoding of Lecture  (47 Module): Recording (both Audio and Video) of Lecture for paper Biological Anthropology, under e-PG Pathsala Project (A Gateway to all post Graduate Courses under National Mission on Education through Information and Communication and Technology (NMEICT) - Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.

Book/ monographs: (7) - Author of Seven books.

International and National Publications (56 Papers and 39 Chapters)

·         Written56 papers and articles, published in different National and International reputed, referred and peer reviewed research journals, books and Magazines

·         Written 39 Unit or Modules for IGNOU and PG e- Pathshala (An Ministry of Human Resource Development Project under its National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT);

·         Prepared the physical and financial annual progress report of Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India.

Audio and Video Recording of Lecture, under e-PG Pathsala Project - MHRD, Govt. of India (47)

·         Recorded (both Audio and Video) more than 47 Lectures for paper Biological Anthropology, under e-PG Pathsala Project (A Gateway to all post Graduate Courses under National Mission on Education through Information and Communication and Technology (NMEICT) - Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.

Member of Editorial Board, Referee and Reviewers Member (32)

·         Editorial board member and reviewer member of 32 International and National reputed, referred and peer reviewed research journals, books and Magazines.

National and International Seminar Attended & Paper Presented (63)

·         Attended and paper presented in 58 International and National Seminars and Conferences.

Orientation Course, Refresher Course, Summer Course, Workshop and Exhibition (20)

·         Attended 20 Workshops, Exhibition, Orientation Courses, Refresher Courses and Summer Courses.

·         Also taken part in various Anthropological Development Programmes.

Awards and Special Achievements

·         UGC NET (National Eligibility Test); UGC JRF (Junior Research Fellowship); UGC SRF (Senior Research Fellowship)

·         Got academic credit of 8 ECTS, 2007: Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University and European Anthropology Association, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe.

·         Best Paper Award on Paper Entitled “Occupational Injuries Related to Sleepiness in Indian Traditional Industries” in International Environment and Health Conference, 2012 at University Sains, Penang, Malaysia, 6-7th June, 2012

·         Convener: Panel BH12: Forensic Anthropology: Emerging issues and Challenges in the 21ST Century, The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES),Manchester, United Kingdom, 5th-10th August, 2013

·         Elected as Sectional Member of Anthropological and Behavioural science Section of Indian Science Congress Association 2014-15

·         Convener: Panel P007: Bio-social dimension of Indian Population: A Future Strategy, The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) 2014 with JASCA,Makuhari Masse, Chiba, Japan. 15th-18th May, 2014.

·         Selected for the Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa Gold Medal Award, 2015 by “Global Economic Progress and Research Association” (GEPRA), Tamil Nadu.

·         Received Dr. A. Sharma Memorial Best Paper Award on Paper Entitled “Respiratory Illness and Occupational Exposure: An Anthropo- Medical Analysis, In National Seminar under UGC-SAP III, DRS II on “Anthropological Perspectives on Environment, Development, Public Policy and Health”, organized by Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, February 27-28, 2015.

·         Convener: Panel P4 01: An Anthropological Vision on Health, Hazards and Human Rights in the Era of Globalization, The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) 2015 Inter- congress, Bangkok, Thailand. 15th-17th July, 2015.

Chairman. Co-Chairman, Rapporteuer and Discussant

·         Chairman. Co-Chairman, Rapporteuer and Discussant of several International and National Conferences, Seminar like Department of Anthropology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati;  Department of Anthropology, University of Lucknow; Centre for Women’s Studies Anthropology, Pondicherry University; Department of Anthropology, Kannur University; The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), Manchester, United Kingdom; The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) 2014 with JASCA, Makuhari Masse, Chiba, Japan; Discipline of anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi; International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) 2015 Inter- congress, Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Anthropology University of Delhi.

Co-ordinator, Incharge and Course Instructor

·         Co-ordinator, Incharge and Course Instructor of Physical/Biological Anthropology Laboratory; Special Lecture on Forensic Anthropology; Special Lecture on Prehistoric Archeology; Educational Field Trip of the 57th  Orientation Course conducted by UGC- Academic staff college, BHU; MA student Research Field Trip to study the Kharwar Tribe of Varanasi- Mirzapur and Shoanbhadra belt of Uttar Pradesh; Faculty Advisor for MA I, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University; Faculty Advisor for MA- IIIstsem, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University; conduct the Awareness week for The Food Safety and Standard act, 2006 For University Hostel and Students; MA student Research Field Trip to study the JenuKurumba Tribe of district Mysore, Karnataka; Admission Committee;

·         Course Instructor for UGC, CSIR, NET/ JRF classes for SC, ST, OBC and Minority Students, Sponsored by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Lifetime Membership of the Educational Bodies

·         AIDS and Anthropology Research Group (AARG),American Anthropological Association

·         Society for anthropological sciences (SASci)

·         British Medical Journal (BMJ)

·         International Society For Asia- Pacific Studies (ISAPS)

·         Asian Institute of Human Science and Development (AIHSD)

·         Voice of Intellectual Man (VOIM)

·         Indian Science Congress (ISC)

·         Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA)

·         Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH)

·         Association of Gerontology (India)

·         Commission on Urban Anthropology (CUA), IUAES

·         Commission of Anthropology and the Environment (CAE), IUAES

·         All India Peace and Solidarity Organization, India

·         IUAES Commission on Anthropology and Education

University Observer, External Examiner and Examination Co-ordinator

·         University Observer, External Examiner and Examination Co-ordinator like examination Incharge of the Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University; Examiner for Setting the Question Paper for BA Social Work, Pondicherry University

·         University observer for Directorate of Distance Education Examinationto several examination center of India Like Delhi, Bombay, Lucknow, Secunderabad etc.;

·         External Examiner for Department of Anthropology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh; Mahatma Gandhi university, Pullarikkunnu, Malloossery, Kottayam, Kerala

·         CBSC observer for NEET (UG), for AIPMT, for JEE MAIN,  UGC NET EXAM to several examination center of India

Member of the Committee and Miscellaneous like

·         Member of the Medical and First Aid Committee and Ceremonial Committee in the South Zone Inter University KhO-Kho (Women) Tournament;

·         Organizing Committee member of National Seminar on “The Process of Development and Present Living Condition of the Tribes in India” Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy Pondicherry University

·         Member Of the Doctoral Committee of several scholar of different department of the university

·         Member of Student Council Election

·         Co-Ordinator for Student Election

·         Organized a Anthropological Lab Visit and Anthropological Health Study Program

·         Member of the Pondicherry University Hostel Night Patrolling Committee, Hostel Management Committee, Hostel Fees Committee, PhD Admission Committee, Scholarship Committee

·         Organizing Committee member (Food and Refreshments Committee) of Indian Biodiversity Congresss-2017

·         Member of the Sri Aurobindo Hostel Inspection Committee Pondicherry University, Mess Committee, Hostel Tender Committee

·         Election Coordinator of Student Council Election

·         Polling and Counting Officer for Student Council Election

Research Guidance: Ph.D(Awarded-1), (Ongoing-4);  M.Phil (Awarded-5); Post Graduation (Awarded- 15)

Warden: ASC Hostel and Amudham Mess.

Ageing, Health Condition and Nutrition among Elderly people of Pondicherry, India :An Anthropological Insight

Ageing, Health Condition and Nutrition among Elderly people of Pondicherry, India :An Anthropological Insight

*Dr Ajeet Jaiswal,

* Ajeet Jaiswal, Assistant Professors, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605014.;

Abstract:

The present study examined the relationship among body composition, measures of self-rated health and activities of daily living in a group of free living elderly aged >60 years belonging to poor economic status. A sample of 147 subjects (84 males, 67 females) from Pondicherry, India was selected. The subjects were divided into three age groups i.e. 60-69, 70-79 and >80 years for comparison. Mean height, weight, circumferences of waist and hip and WHR were higher in males than females with no difference in BMI. None of the anthropometric variables showed significant association with age. Majority of the subjects rated themselves as ‘poor’ or ‘fair’ self-rated health and this corresponds well with the lower mean values of anthropometry as well as activities of daily living, well-being and memory and cognitive function, impaired health aids and in general health. Polytomous logistic regression showed that subjects with the highest score on well-being compared to the lowest score rated 0.325 times (CI: 0.124, 0.851; P<0.05) good vs fair. The odds ratio was 0.519 times (CI: 0.206, 1.306) between good vs poor. Subjects who rated their health as good/fair tended to have BMI in the normal range. In the poor self-rated health group a maximum of 55% of males and 47% of females were below 19 units of BMI, which was reflected in the increase in odds ratio of 1.361 in males and 1.134 in females between good vs poor health ratings. The findings reveal that well-being and BMI are related to self-reported health status.

Keywords: Anthropometry, Health, Nutrition, Puducherry, Elderly, BMI.

Health and Nutritional Status of a Primitive Tribe of Madhya Pradesh: Baiga

Health and Nutritional Status of a Primitive Tribe of Madhya Pradesh: Baiga

 *Mrs. Sapna Jaiswal, **Dr Ajeet Jaiswal,

*Mrs. Sapna Jaiswal, Ph.D, Scholar,  Department of Anthropology, Madras University, Chennai.

** Ajeet Jaiswal, Assistant Professors, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605014.;

Abstract-

 Health and nutritional status of an individual depends on the food he eats. Man needs a wide range of nutrients to lead a healthy and active life and these are derived through the diet they consume daily. Good nutrition is a basic component of health. This paper deals with the utility of various anthropometric cut-off points in the evaluation of nutritional & Health status. Total 616 subjects studied from 201 household of the five villages of Baigachak area. Anthropometric measurements taken were height and weight. Dietary data was collected using 24hr recall method. The extent of malnutrition for preschool children was assessed by SD classification and

the nutritional status of adults was assessed by BMI classification. About 58.6% of the pre-school children were under weight (moderate to severe) out of them 23.2% children were severely under weight. Stunting and wasting were seen in 42.2% and 36.2% children respectively. Prevalence of chronic energy deficiency (BMI<18.5) was about 78% among adult population. Consumption of cereals was higher than recommended level (460gm), while the consumption of other foodstuff was lower than the RDA. The intake of all nutrients except calcium was significantly lower than recommended level. It is suggested that the overall socio-economic development should be accelerated in order to improve the health and nutritional status of Baiga Tribe.

Keywords : Baiga tribe, nutritional status, nutrient intake, BMI, RDA.

An Occupational Hazard and Public Health Investigation among the Fabric Workers of India

An Occupational Hazard and Public Health Investigation among the Fabric Workers of India

*Dr Ajeet Jaiswal,

* Ajeet Jaiswal, Assistant Professors, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605014.;  

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the Occupational hazards, Public health and Occupational safety among the workers of fabric industry of South India and also promotes the importance of health and safety to the workers in South India. The Hazards and risk involved in the fabric or textile industry is high compared with other industries and least importance is given to fabric industries. Most of accident does not come to the legal formalities. The People are not aware of health and safety is due to the workers are uneducated and management not given importance due to promote Industrial health and Occupational safety in fabric industry becomes a barriers in implementing Industrial health and Occupational safety. The major hazards happen are physical, chemical, ergonomically and physiologically hazards along with these some of things which can create hazards are more working hours, improper ventilation. The Risk priority number has been find out for all the hazards in the fabric industry and fault tree analysis is done for the hazard with highest Risk priority number (RPN).

Keywords: Industrial health, Occupational safety, Hazards, Fabric or Textile industry, Risk priority number.

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A Socio-Economic, Nutritional and Health Study of Rural Dalit Women of Puducherry

Man needs a wide range of nutrients to lead a healthy and active life and these are derived through the diet they consume daily. Good nutrition is a basic component of health. The present paper assesses the Socio-Economic, Nutritional and Health conditions among 115 rural Dalit women of age group 21-50 above years in the village Kalittheerthalkuppam, Puducherry. A cross-sectional study was conducted using both qualitative and quantitative data-collection methods. The data was  ollected using a standard questionnaire, containing information on socioeconomic food/nutrient intake, observations and assessment of their general knowledge and awareness about health, nutrition and taken some anthropometric measurement. The mean BMI of 43.47% Dalit women was found to be <18.5 (chronic energy deficiency) i.e. underweight. The overall quality of food and nutrient intake was poor as the intake of all the food groups was found to be much lower than their RDAs. The mean energy and protein intake was found to be consuming much below the RDAs. Similarly, the intake of nutrients was also found to be inadequate particularly of vegetables and pulses which met only 97.39% and 80% of the RDAs, respectively. Dietary deficiencies were also reflected in their  physiological processes like menstrual problems and pregnancy complications, before menopause etc. Efforts are needed to improve education and diet quality of Dalit women so that they may improve their health and nutritional profile reflected their condition.

Labour or Industrial Relations

Labour or Industrial Relations


The term labour relations, also known as industrial relations, refers to the system in which employers,
workers and their representatives and, directly or indirectly, the government interact to set the ground
rules for the governance of work relationships. It also describes a field of study dedicated to examining
such relationships. The field is an outgrowth of the industrial revolution, whose excesses led to the
emergence of trade unions to represent workers and to the development of collective labour relations. A
labour or industrial relations system reflects the interaction between the main actors in it: the state, the
employer (or employers or an employers’ association), trade unions and employees (who may participate
or not in unions and other bodies affording workers’ representation). The phrases “labour relations” and
“industrial relations” are also used in connection with various forms of workers’ participation; they can
also encompass individual employment relationships between an employer and a worker under a written
or implied contract of employment, although these are usually referred to as “employment relations”.

There is considerable variation in the use of the terms, partly reflecting the evolving nature of the field
over time and place. There is general agreement, however, that the field embraces collective bargaining,
various forms of workers’ participation (such as works councils and joint health and safety committees)
and mechanisms for resolving collective and individual disputes. The wide variety of labour relations
systems throughout the world has meant that comparative studies and identification of types are
accompanied by caveats about the limitations of over-generalization and false analogies. Traditionally,
four distinct types of workplace governance have been described: dictatorial, paternalistic, institutional
and worker-participative; this chapter examines primarily the latter two types.

Both private and public interests are at stake in any labour relations system. The state is an actor in the
system as well, although its role varies from active to passive in different countries. The nature of the
relationships among organized labour, employers and the government with respect to health and safety
are indicative of the overall status of industrial relations in a country or an industry and the obverse is
equally the case. An underdeveloped labour relations system tends to be authoritarian, with rules dictated by an employer without direct or indirect employee involvement except at the point of accepting
employment on the terms offered.

A labour relations system incorporates both societal values (e.g., freedom of association, a sense of group

solidarity, search for maximized profits) and techniques (e.g., methods of negotiation, work organization,
consultation and dispute resolution). Traditionally, labour relations systems have been categorized along
national lines, but the validity of this is waning in the face of increasingly varied practices within
countries and the rise of a more global economy driven by international competition. Some countries
have been characterized as having cooperative labour relations models (e.g., Belgium, Germany),
whereas others are known as being conflictual (e.g., Bangladesh, Canada, United States). Different
systems have also been distinguished on the basis of having centralized collective bargaining (e.g., those
in Nordic countries, although there is a move away from this, as illustrated by Sweden), bargaining at the
sectoral or industrial level (e.g., Germany), or bargaining at the enterprise or plant level (e.g., Japan, the
United States). In countries having moved from planned to free-market economies, labour relations
systems are in transition. There is also increasing analytical work being done on the typologies of
individual employment relationships as indicators of types of labour relations systems.
Even the more classic portrayals of labour relations systems are not by any means static
characterizations, since any such system changes to meet new circumstances, whether economic or
political. The globalization of the market economy, the weakening of the state as an effective force and
the ebbing of trade union power in many industrialized countries pose serious challenges to traditional
labour relations systems. Technological development has brought changes in the content and
organization of work that also have a crucial impact on the extent to which collective labour relations can
develop and the direction they take. Employees’ traditionally shared work schedule and common
workplace have increasingly given way to more varied working hours and to the performance of work at
varied locations, including home, with less direct employer supervision. What have been termed
“atypical” employment relationships are becoming less so, as the contingent workforce continues to
expand. This in turn places pressure on established labour relations systems.

Newer forms of employee representation and participation are adding an additional dimension to the
labour relations picture in a number of countries. A labour relations system sets the formal or informal
ground rules for determining the nature of collective industrial relations as well as the framework for
individual employment relationships between a worker and his or her employer. Complicating the scene
at the management end are additional players such as temporary employment agencies, labour
contractors and job contractors who may have responsibilities towards workers without having control
over the physical environment in which the work is carried out or the opportunity to provide safety
training. In addition, public sector and private sector employers are governed by separate legislation in
most countries, with the rights and protections of employees in these two sectors often differing
significantly. Moreover, the private sector is influenced by forces of international competition that do not
directly touch public-sector labour relations.

Finally, neoliberal ideology favouring the conclusion of individualized employment contracts to the
detriment of collectively bargained arrangements poses another threat to traditional labour relations
systems. Those systems have developed as a result of the emergence of collective representation for
workers, based on past experience that an individual worker’s power is weak when compared to that of
the employer. Abandoning all collective representation would risk returning to a nineteenth century
concept in which acceptance of hazardous work was largely regarded as a matter of individual free
choice. The increasingly globalized economy, the accelerated pace of technological change and the
resultant call for greater flexibility on the part of industrial relations institutions, however, pose new
challenges for their survival and prosperity. Depending upon their existing traditions and institutions, the parties involved in a labour relations system may react quite differently to the same pressures, just as management may choose a cost-based or a value-added strategy for confronting increased competition (Locke, Kochan and Piore, 1995). The extent to which workers’ participation and/or collective
bargaining are regular features of a labour relations system will most certainly have an impact on how

management confronts health and safety problems.

Moreover, there is another constant: the economic dependence of an individual worker on an employer
remains the underlying fact of their relationship–one that has serious potential consequences when it
comes to safety and health. The employer is seen as having a general duty to provide a safe and healthful workplace and to train and equip workers to do their jobs safely. The worker has a reciprocal duty to follow safety and health instructions and to refrain from harming himself/herself or others while at work.

Failure to live up to these or other duties can lead to disputes, which depend on the labour relations
system for their resolution. Dispute resolution mechanisms include rules governing not only work
stoppages (strikes, slowdowns or go-slows, work to rule, etc.) and lockouts, but the discipline and
dismissal of employees as well. Additionally, in many countries employers are required to participate in
various institutions dealing with safety and health, perform safety and health monitoring, report on-thejob accidents and diseases and, indirectly, to compensate workers who are found to be suffering from an occupational injury or disease.