Abhijit Das
Biographic Data
| ID | 2010500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abhijit Das |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abhijit |
| FAMILY NAME | Das |
| SIGNATURE | DAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Health and Social Justice |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8831-8026 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
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Universal Ethics and Human Cultural Values through the Teachings of Gautama Buddha
Philosophical Anthropology is one of the subfields of Social-Cultural Anthropology. Social-Cultural Anthropology is the holistic, comparative and integrated study of society and culture in and space. Ethics as well as universal ethics and allied social values are considered as the ideal cultural patters under the preview of cultural universals in Anthropology. Buddhism is a missionary salvation religion, as taught by the Lord Buddha in the North …
Sustainability analysis of FarmFox IoT device towards Agriculture 5.0
Disrupting Anxious Masculinity
Within the experience of our work in India, context and positionality determine what we perceive as backlash against gender justice. An important underlying cause of backlash today is the widespread crisis of masculinities, where subaltern masculinities are evolving differently in response to the aggressive nationalist Hindutva masculinity. Gender and development strategies have failed to recognise or address this. This article analyses grounded …
Early detection of cyber-bullying from twitter data
The vast volume of user created data in social media has created a wide-open path to data analytics in terms of extraction of features, analysis of polarity of information and classification of human emotional state. Sentiment analysis and data mining has reached at its peak in terms of its use in feature extraction and commercial analysis of products. Enormous approaches have been also seen in human behaviour analysis using ML (Machine Learning)…
Agricultural Domestic Support Reforms at the wto
Domestic support reforms remain an unresolved and contentious issue in the wto agricultural negotiations. There are proposals to halve the current global trade-distorting domestic support entitlements by 2030, where members would have to undertake reductions proportionate to their existing domestic support entitlements. This study critically examines the implications of the proportional reduction approach on the policy space of 164 wto members to…
Beyond the template
The results of the study suggest a re-examining of the very approach to addressing maternal health in this community. The study calls for reorienting maternal health services, to be responsive to the requirements of tribal women, cater to their cultural needs, provide support to domiciliary deliveries, invest in building trust with the community, and preserve beneficial traditional practices
Process and impact evaluation of a community gender equality intervention with young men in Rajasthan, India
This paper reports on the results of a process and impact evaluation to assess the effects of a project aiming to engage men in changing gender stereotypes and improving health outcomes for women in villages in Rajasthan, India. We conducted seven focus group discussions with participants in the programme and six in-depth interviews with intervention group leaders. We also conducted 137 pre- and 70 post-intervention surveys to assess participant …
Lifestyle Movements as Social Networks
The sociology of social movements has often drawn a fine line between individualistic 'lifestyle movements' and more politically oriented collective action. Yet, this distinction belies the fact that seemingly individualistic movements can generate cognitive maps and associational ties necessary for wider mobilization. Drawing on a qualitative study of the Indian men's feminist movement Men's Action to Stop Violence against Women (MASVAW), we exa…
Introduction
Much has happened in debates, practice and policy on gender in development since the millennium, when an IDS Bulletin was first published on ‘Men, Masculinities and Development’. The present issue picks up on several developments in the interim, by drawing contributions from participants at a recent international symposium, ‘Undressing Patriarchy’. It explores the shifting field of men and masculinities in development and how the field's often co…
Are Masculinities Changing? Ethnographic Exploration of a Gender Intervention with Men in Rural Maharashtra, India
Samajhdar Jodidar is a community-based intervention with men in rural Maharashtra in India that is aimed at reducing gender disparities at the family and community level. The intervention is based on the results achieved from earlier work done in Uttar Pradesh where ‘role model-activists’ were found to be a crucial inspiration for gender-related changes among men. Through participant observations and in-depth interviews in one village, the articl…
Changing Men
This article describes the journey and lessons of a 12?year?long and still ongoing experience of the two authors in working with men at the community level in different parts of India. Starting with addressing domestic violence, the work has proceeded to address issues of power, control and autonomy within the context of deep?seated cultural beliefs and practices, challenging and changing the roles of men both within homes and outside in differen…
Support for children identified with acute flaccid paralysis under the global polio eradication programme in Uttar Pradesh, India
Despite the high number of children diagnosed with AFP as part of the global polio eradication programme, we found they were not provided with sufficient medical support following their diagnosis. Improvement in the quality and sufficiency of the healthcare system together with integration of AFP surveillance with other services in these underprivileged areas may serve as a key solution
Applying WHO's 'workforce indicators of staffing need' (Wisn) method to calculate the health worker requirements for India's maternal and child health service guarantees in Orissa State
OBJECTIVE: In one district of Orissa state, we used the World Health Organization's Workforce Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method to calculate the number of health workers required to achieve the maternal and child health 'service guarantees' of India's National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). We measured the difference between this ideal number and current staffing levels. METHODS: We collected census data, routine health information data and…
The enigmatic Arunachal macaque
The purpose of this study was to determine the taxonomic status of an unidentified enigmatic macaque seen by scientists since the late 1990s in Arunachal Pradesh, India. We surveyed 49 troops of enigmatic macaques in four districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The population studied is from the macaque sinica‐group as defined by the reproductive organs. The main species‐separating trait in the sinica‐group is tail length to head and body length ratio th…
Unmonitored Intrapartum Oxytocin Use in Home Deliveries
Intrapartum use of oxytocin should entail controlled dosages administered through infusion, continual monitoring of mother and fetus and surgical back-up, since several adverse outcomes have been reported. However, in Uttar Pradesh, north India, small-scale ethnographic studies as well as a large-scale retrospective survey have established that unmonitored intramuscular oxytocin injections are commonly given to birthing mothers to augment labour …
Who Joins Ashram Schools? (A Study of Ashram Schools in Karnatka)
Educational inequality among Tribal children is a resultant of the socio-economic backwardness of their home environment and the illeteracy of their parents. After independence, several educational and welfare inputs have gone in to ameliorate the downtrodden Scheduled castes and the Tribal children to attain parity with other children in the educational attainments. Ashram School is one such input specially designed to suit children from Tribal …
Unmonitored Intrapartum Oxytocin Use in Home Deliveries
Intrapartum use of oxytocin should entail controlled dosages administered through infusion, continual monitoring of mother and fetus and surgical back-up, since several adverse outcomes have been reported. However, in Uttar Pradesh, north India, small-scale ethnographic studies as well as a large-scale retrospective survey have established that unmonitored intramuscular oxytocin injections are commonly given to birthing mothers to augment labour …
Who Joins Ashram Schools? (A Study of Ashram Schools in Karnatka)
Educational inequality among Tribal children is a resultant of the socio-economic backwardness of their home environment and the illeteracy of their parents. After independence, several educational and welfare inputs have gone in to ameliorate the downtrodden Scheduled castes and the Tribal children to attain parity with other children in the educational attainments. Ashram School is one such input specially designed to suit children from Tribal …
Are Masculinities Changing? Ethnographic Exploration of a Gender Intervention with Men in Rural Maharashtra, India
Samajhdar Jodidar is a community-based intervention with men in rural Maharashtra in India that is aimed at reducing gender disparities at the family and community level. The intervention is based on the results achieved from earlier work done in Uttar Pradesh where ‘role model-activists’ were found to be a crucial inspiration for gender-related changes among men. Through participant observations and in-depth interviews in one village, the articl…
Disrupting Anxious Masculinity
Within the experience of our work in India, context and positionality determine what we perceive as backlash against gender justice. An important underlying cause of backlash today is the widespread crisis of masculinities, where subaltern masculinities are evolving differently in response to the aggressive nationalist Hindutva masculinity. Gender and development strategies have failed to recognise or address this. This article analyses grounded …
Agricultural Domestic Support Reforms at the wto
Domestic support reforms remain an unresolved and contentious issue in the wto agricultural negotiations. There are proposals to halve the current global trade-distorting domestic support entitlements by 2030, where members would have to undertake reductions proportionate to their existing domestic support entitlements. This study critically examines the implications of the proportional reduction approach on the policy space of 164 wto members to…
Introduction
Much has happened in debates, practice and policy on gender in development since the millennium, when an IDS Bulletin was first published on ‘Men, Masculinities and Development’. The present issue picks up on several developments in the interim, by drawing contributions from participants at a recent international symposium, ‘Undressing Patriarchy’. It explores the shifting field of men and masculinities in development and how the field's often co…
Changing Men
This article describes the journey and lessons of a 12?year?long and still ongoing experience of the two authors in working with men at the community level in different parts of India. Starting with addressing domestic violence, the work has proceeded to address issues of power, control and autonomy within the context of deep?seated cultural beliefs and practices, challenging and changing the roles of men both within homes and outside in differen…
Applying WHO's 'workforce indicators of staffing need' (Wisn) method to calculate the health worker requirements for India's maternal and child health service guarantees in Orissa State
OBJECTIVE: In one district of Orissa state, we used the World Health Organization's Workforce Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method to calculate the number of health workers required to achieve the maternal and child health 'service guarantees' of India's National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). We measured the difference between this ideal number and current staffing levels. METHODS: We collected census data, routine health information data and…
Who Joins Ashram Schools? (A Study of Ashram Schools in Karnatka)
Educational inequality among Tribal children is a resultant of the socio-economic backwardness of their home environment and the illeteracy of their parents. After independence, several educational and welfare inputs have gone in to ameliorate the downtrodden Scheduled castes and the Tribal children to attain parity with other children in the educational attainments. Ashram School is one such input specially designed to suit children from Tribal …
Unmonitored Intrapartum Oxytocin Use in Home Deliveries
Intrapartum use of oxytocin should entail controlled dosages administered through infusion, continual monitoring of mother and fetus and surgical back-up, since several adverse outcomes have been reported. However, in Uttar Pradesh, north India, small-scale ethnographic studies as well as a large-scale retrospective survey have established that unmonitored intramuscular oxytocin injections are commonly given to birthing mothers to augment labour …
The enigmatic Arunachal macaque
The purpose of this study was to determine the taxonomic status of an unidentified enigmatic macaque seen by scientists since the late 1990s in Arunachal Pradesh, India. We surveyed 49 troops of enigmatic macaques in four districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The population studied is from the macaque sinica‐group as defined by the reproductive organs. The main species‐separating trait in the sinica‐group is tail length to head and body length ratio th…
Support for children identified with acute flaccid paralysis under the global polio eradication programme in Uttar Pradesh, India
Despite the high number of children diagnosed with AFP as part of the global polio eradication programme, we found they were not provided with sufficient medical support following their diagnosis. Improvement in the quality and sufficiency of the healthcare system together with integration of AFP surveillance with other services in these underprivileged areas may serve as a key solution
Applying WHO's 'workforce indicators of staffing need' (Wisn) method to calculate the health worker requirements for India's maternal and child health service guarantees in Orissa State
OBJECTIVE: In one district of Orissa state, we used the World Health Organization's Workforce Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method to calculate the number of health workers required to achieve the maternal and child health 'service guarantees' of India's National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). We measured the difference between this ideal number and current staffing levels. METHODS: We collected census data, routine health information data and…
Introduction
Much has happened in debates, practice and policy on gender in development since the millennium, when an IDS Bulletin was first published on ‘Men, Masculinities and Development’. The present issue picks up on several developments in the interim, by drawing contributions from participants at a recent international symposium, ‘Undressing Patriarchy’. It explores the shifting field of men and masculinities in development and how the field's often co…
Are Masculinities Changing? Ethnographic Exploration of a Gender Intervention with Men in Rural Maharashtra, India
Samajhdar Jodidar is a community-based intervention with men in rural Maharashtra in India that is aimed at reducing gender disparities at the family and community level. The intervention is based on the results achieved from earlier work done in Uttar Pradesh where ‘role model-activists’ were found to be a crucial inspiration for gender-related changes among men. Through participant observations and in-depth interviews in one village, the articl…
Changing Men
This article describes the journey and lessons of a 12?year?long and still ongoing experience of the two authors in working with men at the community level in different parts of India. Starting with addressing domestic violence, the work has proceeded to address issues of power, control and autonomy within the context of deep?seated cultural beliefs and practices, challenging and changing the roles of men both within homes and outside in differen…
Beyond the template
The results of the study suggest a re-examining of the very approach to addressing maternal health in this community. The study calls for reorienting maternal health services, to be responsive to the requirements of tribal women, cater to their cultural needs, provide support to domiciliary deliveries, invest in building trust with the community, and preserve beneficial traditional practices
Process and impact evaluation of a community gender equality intervention with young men in Rajasthan, India
This paper reports on the results of a process and impact evaluation to assess the effects of a project aiming to engage men in changing gender stereotypes and improving health outcomes for women in villages in Rajasthan, India. We conducted seven focus group discussions with participants in the programme and six in-depth interviews with intervention group leaders. We also conducted 137 pre- and 70 post-intervention surveys to assess participant …
Lifestyle Movements as Social Networks
The sociology of social movements has often drawn a fine line between individualistic 'lifestyle movements' and more politically oriented collective action. Yet, this distinction belies the fact that seemingly individualistic movements can generate cognitive maps and associational ties necessary for wider mobilization. Drawing on a qualitative study of the Indian men's feminist movement Men's Action to Stop Violence against Women (MASVAW), we exa…
Early detection of cyber-bullying from twitter data
The vast volume of user created data in social media has created a wide-open path to data analytics in terms of extraction of features, analysis of polarity of information and classification of human emotional state. Sentiment analysis and data mining has reached at its peak in terms of its use in feature extraction and commercial analysis of products. Enormous approaches have been also seen in human behaviour analysis using ML (Machine Learning)…
Agricultural Domestic Support Reforms at the wto
Domestic support reforms remain an unresolved and contentious issue in the wto agricultural negotiations. There are proposals to halve the current global trade-distorting domestic support entitlements by 2030, where members would have to undertake reductions proportionate to their existing domestic support entitlements. This study critically examines the implications of the proportional reduction approach on the policy space of 164 wto members to…
Sustainability analysis of FarmFox IoT device towards Agriculture 5.0
Disrupting Anxious Masculinity
Within the experience of our work in India, context and positionality determine what we perceive as backlash against gender justice. An important underlying cause of backlash today is the widespread crisis of masculinities, where subaltern masculinities are evolving differently in response to the aggressive nationalist Hindutva masculinity. Gender and development strategies have failed to recognise or address this. This article analyses grounded …
Universal Ethics and Human Cultural Values through the Teachings of Gautama Buddha
Philosophical Anthropology is one of the subfields of Social-Cultural Anthropology. Social-Cultural Anthropology is the holistic, comparative and integrated study of society and culture in and space. Ethics as well as universal ethics and allied social values are considered as the ideal cultural patters under the preview of cultural universals in Anthropology. Buddhism is a missionary salvation religion, as taught by the Lord Buddha in the North …
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Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Livelihood (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · OpenAccess (4 works)