Location-specific research works on focus: Chief Secretary launching a compendium

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | October 06, 2022 IST

Bhubaneswar, Oct 6: Location Specific Research was brought to focus by the Government with the launching of the First Volume of the Compendium on the topic by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra. The compendium was launched by the Chief Secretary in the presence of Director General of  Gopabandhu Academy of Administration ( GAA), Ranjana Chopra, and State Head of Unicef, Dr. Monika Nielsen.  While appreciating the efforts of the research team Mahapatra asked theCentre of Excellence ( CoE) to take up more such community-centric studies in different areas of the State for assessing felt-need of the people and bridging the critical gaps at the field level. Mahapatra also asked GAA to “hold discussion sessions on findings of the studies with respective departments”. Further, Mahapatra advised documenting the successful development models emerging from such studies. Such models would be useful guidebooks for the trainee officers and could replicate with local customization for achieving targeted developmental outcomes.  Director General of GAA, Chopra said that the Centre of Excellence (CoE) was made operational from 2021 at GAA in collaboration with UNICEF along the line of the State Training Policy.  She said, “CoE operated with the technical support of Unicef”. The studies undertaken by CoE were need and demand based. CoE could add value to developmental administration through such community-based studies. UNICEF State Head, Dr. Nielsen said that the type and functioning of the CoE at GAA with a location-specific approach was one of its kind in the entire country. She also expressed UNICEF’s willingness to continue its collaboration with CoE. Director, CoE, Dr Shashank Grahacharjya said that the compendium contains around 19 community and people-based impact studies on many important issues including the functioning of  Adarsha Vidyalaya, the impact of covid on women handloom weavers, early detection and care of sickle cell, fishermen communities in the coastal belt, children with special intellectual needs, operation of Swadhar Gruha, care for anemia among adolescent girls, community-based disaster management, paddy procurement, reduction of malnutrition, control of wildlife hunting, the social utility of cyclone shelters, socio-economic and livelihood interventions in tribal communities. The Research Team also collected and compiled the voices and visuals from the communities regarding their participation in the development process.   The volume consisted of the original community Team based field studies conducted by Dr Shashank Grahacharjya, Padmaja Pati,Soumya Banarjee,  Rashimta Behera and  Amartya Krishna Roy.

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