Department of Women's Studies

Funded Projects

Major Research Projects from Various Funding Agencies

UGC funded Major Research Project on “A Study on Issues of Run Away Youth in Textile Sector in Tamil Nadu”- A Gender Analysis, May 2009 with a grant of Rs. 3,12,700.

UNDEF- CSR funded Research Project on “Enhancing the Role of Women in Strengthening Democracy”, Jan 2009 with a grant of Rs.1,10,000.

APAC funded Research Project on Comprehensive Study on Female Sex Workers in the Context of Reformation Jan 2010 with a grant of Rs. 1,26,200.

SSA funded Research Project on Eliminating Gender Gap in Education through Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalaya(KGBV) of SSA in Tamil Nadu, July 2010 with a grant of Rs. 3,41,000.

ICSSR funded Major Research Project on “Gender Positive Initiatives in Higher Education Institutions”- An Exploratory Analysis Jan 2011 with a grant of Rs.6,62,200.

Seminar

UGC funded Two Day National Seminar on “Women Entrepreneurship: Issues and Challenges”, March 2005 with a grant of Rs.20,000.

TANSCHE funded Two day National Seminar on “ Women Empowerment Strategies and Indicators March 2006 with a grant of Rs.20,000.

TANSCHE(Rs.20,000) and INRA-FIN France Three day International Conference on “ Technology, Innovation and the Millennium Development Goal in India” 2007 with a grant of Rs. 2,40,000.

UGC funded National Seminar on “ Harmful Traditional Practices affecting the Health of Women & Children in India”, Dec 2007 with a grant of Rs.20,000.

UGC National Seminar on “Female Infanticide is Genocide- Strategies and Intervention”, 2008 with a grant of Rs.20,000

UGC sponsored Two day National Seminar on “Social Entrepreneurship: Corporate Social Responsibility – Role in Women Development”, March 2010 with Rs. 1,43,469 grant from various sponsors.

UGC sponsored Two day National Seminar on “Micro Finance for Inclusive Growth: Challenges in Sustainability of Micro Finance Operations and Interventions”, March 2011 with Rs. 1,31,000 grant from various sponsors.

Workshops organized with

UNICEF funded Three Day Gender Sensitivity Training for the Peer Educators of HIV/AIDS Intervention among the Out of School Youth in Thanjavur District June 2006 with a grant of Rs.63,000.

UNICE Ffunded Five Day Residential ToT on Gender Sensitivity for Training Co-ordinators of HIV/AIDS programme for Out of School Youth in Tamil Nadu oct 2006 with a grant of Rs. 1,02,000.

Capacity Building Programme

UGC Sponsored Non-Residential Five Day (SAM) Capacity Building Workshop for Women Managers in Higher Education, Nov 2007 with a grant of Rs. 1,00,000

UGC Sponsored Residential Five Day (SAM) Capacity Building Workshop for Women Managers in Higher Education, Nov 2007, with a grant of Rs.3,00,000.

UGC Sponsored Residential Five Day (SAM) Capacity Building Workshop for Women Managers in Higher Education, Sep 2008 with a grant of Rs. 4,60,000.

UNDEF- CSR project on Enhancing the Role of Women in Strengthening Democracy”, Jan 2009 with a grant of Rs. 1,10,000.

UNICEF, Chennai funded Promoting Sustainable Menstrual Hygiene Management, Mar 2009 with a grant of Rs. 2,35,500.

UGC Sponsored Non-Residential Five Day (SAM) Capacity Building Workshop for Women Managers in Higher Education, March 2010 with a grant of Rs. 2, 16,000.

UNICEF, Chennai funded Two day workshop on Life Skills and Entrepreneurship Development Programme for Female Sex Workers, June 2010 with a grant of Rs. 87,750.

UNICEF, Chennai funded Two day ToT Manual Development Workshop on Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescents Girls and Women, Aug 2010 with a grant of Rs. 2,26,000.

UNICEF, Chennai funded Four Day Residential Workshop on Training of Trainer [ToT] on Promoting Better Menstrual Hygiene Management among Adolescent girls [ 2 Batches] Oct 2010 with a grant of Rs. 7,56,000.

UGC- CWS funded 10 Weeks Research Scholars Workshop on “Proposal Writing Skills” to inculcate the scientific research methods and critical analysis, 2006 with a grant of Rs. 15,000.

UGC- CWS funded Capacity building of Students on Participatory Learning Methods and other Qualitative Methods of Research 2007 with a grant of Rs.10,000.

UGC- CWS funded Media Workshop for the Students to train on documentary film making with alternative thinking inputs, 2008 with a grant of Rs. 10,000.

UGC- CWS Cauvery College for Women funded Gender Positive Initiatives to Release the leadership skills among girls students Jan 2008 with a grant of Rs. 25,000.

UGC- CWS funded Two Day capacity Building for Women Home Makers on Life skills, Jan 2009 with a grant of Rs.20,000.

UGC- CWS funded Regular Gender Sensitization programme for women, men, students, NGOs, officials, Govt Employees, youth etc Since 2005 with a grant of Rs. 20,000.

CWS, Cauvery College for Women funded Two day Regional Consultation for Women’s Studies Directors- “Understand the Women’s Studies as a Discipline” March 2011 with a grant of Rs.50,000.

Training Programme

Canara Bank funded Training for Women in Engineering and BPO Entrepreneurship Aug 2007 with a grant of Rs. 17,000.

Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India IL&FS CDI, New Delhi Sponsored Apparel Training Centre Since May 2008 with a grant of Rs. 6,47,000

NABARD funded Sanitary Napkins Production Training for Differently Abled Persons, Aug 2008 with a grant of Rs. 11,375.

NABARD funded Sanitary Napkins for SHG Women ,Aug 2008 with a grant of Rs. 11,375.

Canara Bank, Trichy funded Sanitary Napkin Production Training, Sep 2008 with the grant of Rs. 28,000

NABARD, Trichy funded Banana Fibre Extraction Training Feb 2009 with a grant of Rs. 32,800

Indian Overseas Bank, Trichy funded Sewing Operator for Women, Nov 2010 with the grant of Rs. 22,000

AIDS Prevention and Control Project- APAC, Chennai funded Sustainable Livelihood Skill Development Program for Highly Vulnerable Women Group to Provide Enterprise Development Program (EDP), April 2010 with a grant of Rs. 7,26,000

Mahalir Thittam, TNWDC, Chennai funded 45 day Skill Development Programme under youth for Skills -Masonry Training Mar 2011 with a grant of Rs. 2,25,000

Extension & Outreach Programmes

NABARD, Chennai funded SHG Women Products Fair cum Sale, Feb 2009 with a grant of Rs. 25,000

Angalamman College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy.,, funded Welfare Support to HIV Positive Women for self Employment, March 2010 with a grant of Rs. 10,000

Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation funded Welfare Support from TIIC to LAFTI, Nagapatinam for Dalit Women Housing Scheme, March 2010 with a grant of Rs. 1,00,000

Oxford College of Education, Trichy funded Welfare Support to FSWs for Rehabilitation and Self Employment, Jan 2010 with a grant of Rs. 10,000

District Welfare Committee, Trichy funded Welfare support to Female Sex Workers for travel expenses, April 2010 with a grant of Rs.57,000

UGC-CWS, Cauvery College funded Gender Fest Every year since 2005with a grant of 20,000 every year