CENTRE FORCULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

www.ccdgujarat.org

XTI Campus, Sevasi Post, Vadodara-391101 (India)Telephone: +91 265 2962001 / 2961354

E-mail: jimmydabhi@gmail.com; centreforculture@gmail.com

Registered as a Public Trust under the Bombay Public Trusts Act (No. E/6195/Vadodara)CCD accepts donations from abroad under FCRA tax deduction in respect of donations

made to CCD are be allowed under U/S 80G (5) of the Income Tax Act, as per order No. C.BRD/A.A.-I/Mukhya./80G/(95/115)/2009-10.

Articles on the Following Themes1. Development 2. Health3. Religion 4. Tribals5. Dalits 6. Culture7. Communalism and Riots 8. OthersResearch Studies2002 Anatomy and Geography of Riots: Gujarat 2002.2004 Dehzado Records of Baroda State.2006 Development Induced Displacement in Gujarat

from 1947-2004.2006 Malaria in the Social Context: A Study in South

Gujarat, Western India (Manuscript Preparation).2009 Changing Character of Forests and Tribal Livelihood

in Eastern Gujarat (1947-2006).2010 Booth Level Voting Pattern in Vadodara Rural and

Urban Sites.2011 Changing Character of Religiosity and Communal

Consciousness in Gujarat (1980- 2010).2012 Longitudinal Election Studies in Vadodara District

of Gujarat.2013 Study of the Journal of the Anthropological Society

of Bombay.2013 Changing Family and Marriage among Hindu and

Christian Wankars of Central Gujarat2014 Longitudinal Election Studies in Vadodara District

of Gujarat.2015 Urban Transformation and Social Change in

Gujarat: A Study of Villages on the Periphery of Vadodara City (1961-2011).

2016 Suicidal Trends and Tendencies with their Determinants in Gujarat: A Pilot Study of Vadodara District.

2016 Study of Social and Political Structure of Gujarat Tribals: Gamit.

2016 Journal of Anthropological Society of Bombay1886-1936 (Series for Publications).

2017 Status of Failed Students in Class X and XII Board Examinations in Gujarat: A Case Study of Vadodara District.

2017 Study of Social and Political Structure of Gujarat Tribals: Vasava, Kukna, Chaudhry and Warli.

2019 Study of Vadodara Floods: 2019.2019 Structure and Behaviour of Daily Labour Markets

in Gujarat.2021 Migration Study of Families of Tribals from South

Gujarat.

Seminars and WorkshopsJun. 2001 Globalisation and its Impacts.Feb. 2005 Communal Violence in Gujarat and Panchayati Raj.Mar. 2007 Development Induced Displacement in

Gujarat 1947-2004.

Jan. 2010 Changing Behaviour of Forests and Tribals in Gujarat: 1947-2007.

Jul. 2010 Changing Scenario of Employment in Gujarat, 1960-2010.

Feb. 2011 Tribals in Transition.Dec. 2011 Changes in a Globalizing Gujarat.Feb. 2012 Land Acquisition, Displacement and

Resettlement in Gujarat.Aug. 2012 Indian Federalism: Inter governmental

Relations Revisited: Towards a Fresh Balance of Power.

Jan. 2013 Reflections on Census of India 2011.Mar. 2013 Democracy in India: Strengths and

Weaknesses.Nov. 2013 Tracking the Growth of India’s Middle Class.Mar. 2014 Religion, Secularism and the Shifting

Goalposts of Democracy in India.May 2014 Changing Dynamics of Corporate Social

Responsibilities: Moving from Charity to Responsibility.

Jan. 2015 Legacy of Nehru: Analysis and Appraisal.Apr. 2015 Marriage and Divorce in a Globalized Era:

Shifting Concepts and Changing Practices in India.

Nov. 2015 Religious Demography of India: Myths and Realities.

May 2016 Moving Towards Equitable Health System in India: Key Issues and Challenges.

Dec. 2016 Legacy of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Analysis and Appraisal.

Dec. 2017 Constitutional Quest for Uniform Civil Code: Consensus, Compulsion or Mirage.

Feb. 2018 Ecology, Environment and Religions: Key Issues and Challenges.

Sep. 2018 Procedural and Substantive Democracy in India.

Dec. 2018 Suicide and Self-harm: Issues and Challenges.

Nov. 2019 Social Structure of Tribal India: Theories, Concepts and Empirical Realities.

Mar. 2021 Artificial Intelligence: Boon or Bane?

Foundation LecturesFeb. 2018 First: ‘Dissent and Contestation as a Social

Process in India’ by Dr. Walter Fernandes.Feb. 2019 Second: ‘Interreligious Dialogue: Limits

and Possibilities’ by Lord Bhikhu Parekh.Feb. 2020 Third: ‘The Paradox: Nationalism and

Pluralism’ by Dr. Rudolf C. Heredia.Apr. 2021 Fourth: ‘Decolonising Tribal Research and

Education in India’ by Dr. Felix Padel.

TrainingApril 2017 Critical Thinking on Contemporary IndiaApril 2018 Critical Thinking on Contemporary India

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CCD is inspired by the Society of Jesus (commonly known as the Jesuits) a global male religious order allied with the Roman Catholic Church having a five hundred years history.VisionCCD is an academic organization meant to harness the knowledge of social sciences to the service of Gujarat society, specifically its disadvantaged sections the minorities, tribals, dalits and women.

MissionCCD endeavours to provide a range of relevant and reliable researched data, primarily on religion, society, culture and development in Gujarat towards building a humane and just society.

Aims and ObjectivesCCD’s vision and mission have focused on the marginal sections of society. Its studies, seminars and publications have been on subjects such as nationalism, riots, communalism, changing character of religion, urbanisation, environment (land, water and forests), displacement, resettlement, urban poor, tribes, dalits, minorities and women.

InfrastructureThe campus is lined by huge trees and is somewhat cooler than the city. CCD is housed in its own building. Presently it has the administrative block on the ground floor and the academic block on the first floor. A library and conference block has been constructed a decade ago. The conference hall is dedicated to Prof. J.S. Bandukwala. The conference room has state of the art facilities. CCD has also guest rooms to accommodate around15 persons.

Prof. A. M. Shah LibraryThe library now has around 7000 volumes in social sciences and a large collection of articles including reprints, adding up to more than 10,000 entries. Currently it subscribes to 25 journals. It continues to produce the Blue Files containing numerous indexed articles on a variety of subjects. It also has a collection of books, documents, journals, newspapers and newsmagazines related to projects carried out during 2001-2019.

Founder Director (2001 – 2021)Prof. Lancy Lobo, S.J. has a Master’s degree in Anthropology and a Doctoral degree in Sociology from

the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He has published over hundred articles in various journals, twenty five books and scores of mimeographs based on research studies over 40 years. He has been Professor and the Director of Centre for Social Studies, Surat. He was an International Visiting Fellow at the Woodstock Centre, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA 1999-2000.

Director (2021–)Dr. James Regina C. Dabhi has a M.Sc. degree in Voluntary Sector Organisation from London, School of Economics and Ph.D. in Sociology from Gujarat University. He has served as research Director at the Human Development and Research Centre, St. Xavier’s college, Ahmedabad. He has worked as Country Director of Afghanistan Research and Development Institute (ARDI) based in Kabul and taught in Herat and Bamiyan Universities in Afghanistan teaching sociology, social research and development management. He also has served as the executive Director of Indian Social Institute, New Delhi.

Board of Trustees• Fr. Durai Fernand (Provincial of Gujarat Jesuit

Province (Chairperson)• Dr. James C. Dabhi (Secretary)• Prof. Lancy Lobo (Indian Social Institute, New Delhi)• Dr. Stany Pinto (Treasurer) (Sociologist, Rajpipla)• Dr. Robert Arokiasamy S.J. (Retired Principal,

St.Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad)• Prof. Deeptha Achar (Department of English, MSU,

Vadodara)• Mr. Thomas Parmar (Advocate, Vadodara)• Dr. Vinayak Jadav S.J. (Professor, St. Xavier’s

College, Ahmedabad)• Dr. Biswaroop Das (Retired Professor, CSS Surat)• Ms. Ayesha Khan (American Consulate in Mumbai,

Political Specialist.)

Research Advisory Committee• Prof. Nandini Manjrekar • Ms. Renu Khanna• Prof. Priyavadan Patel • Prof. Biswaroop Das• Prof. Lancy Lobo • Dr. Stany Pinto• Dr. Robert Arockiasamy

Consultants• Dr. Jayesh Shah • Dr. Shashikant Kumar

Faculty• Dr. Kanchan Bharati • Dr. Dhananjay Kumar

Affiliate Professors• Prof. Biswaroop Das • Prof. Priyavadan Patel

PublicationsBooks1. Lobo, Lancy and Biswaroop Das. 2001. Poor in

Urban India: Life in the Slums of a Western Indian City, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

2. Lobo, Lancy. 2002. Globalization, Hindu Nationalism and Christians in India, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

3. Lobo, Lancy and Biswaroop Das (eds.). 2006. Communal Violence and Minorities: Gujarat Society in Ferment, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

4. Lobo, Lancy and Shashikant Kumar. 2008. Gujarat no Vikas – Jameen Sampadan, Visthapan ane Asargrasto – Ek Vanthmbhi Kuch, (Second Edition) (in Gujarati), Centre for Culture & Development.

5. Lobo, Lancy and Shashikant Kumar. 2009. Land Acquisition, Displacement and Resettlement in Gujarat: 1947-2004, New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.

6. Lobo, Lancy. 2010. Malaria in the Social Context: A Study in Western India, New Delhi: Routledge.

7. Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah (eds.). 2012. Globalization, Growth and Employment: Challenges and Opportunities, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

8. Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah (eds.). 2012. Economy and Society in Globalizing Gujarat, Delhi: Shanti Prakashan.

9. Lobo, Lancy, Mrutuyanjaya Sahu and Jayesh Shah (eds.). 2014. Federalism in India: Towards a Fresh Balance of Power, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

10. Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah (eds.). 2015. The Trajectory of India’s Middle Class: Economy, Ethics and Etiquette, London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

11. Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah. 2017. Forests and Tribals’ Livelihood: Their Changing

Character in Gujarat (1947-2007), Delhi: Concept Publishing Company Ltd.

12. Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah (eds.). 2017. Democracy in India: Current Debates, Institutions and Emerging Challenges, Delhi: Primus Publications.

13. Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah (eds.).2018. Religious Demography of India: Myths and Realities, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

14. Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah (eds.). 2018. Legacy of Nehru: Analysis and Appraisal, Delhi: Manohar Publications.

15. 15. Shah, A.M. and Lancy Lobo (eds.). 2018. Essays in Suicide and Self-immolation, Delhi: Primus Publications.

16. Lobo, Lancy and Kanchan Bharati (eds.). 2019. Marriage and Divorce in India: Changing Concepts and Practices, Delhi: Manohar Publications.

17. Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah. 2019. How People Vote?: Civic Literacy and Political Participation, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

18. Shah, Jayesh and Lancy Lobo. 2019. Gujaratna Shalakiya Shikshanno X-ray, Ahmedabad: Bookshelf.

19. Lobo, Lancy and Dhananhay Kumar (eds.). 2019. Legacy of Ambedkar: Analysis and Appraisal, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

20. Shah, Jayesh and Lancy Lobo. 2020. Changing Character of Religiosity in Gujarat: Sacred Space,Time and Persona, Anand: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash.

21. Bharati, Kanchan, Lancy Lobo and Jayesh Shah. 2021. Revisiting Suicide: From a Socio-Psychological Lens, New Delhi: Routledge.

22. Shah, A. M. and Lancy Lobo (eds.). 2021. Anthropological Explorations in East and South-East Asia, Delhi: Primus Publications.

23. Shah, A. M. and Lancy Lobo (eds.). 2021. An Ethnography of the Parsees of India: 1886-1936, New Delhi: Routledge (in the press).

24. Shah, A. M. and Lancy Lobo (eds). Indian Anthropology: Anthropological Discourse in Bombay, 1886-1936, Delhi: Routledge (in the Press).

25. Dhananjay Kumar and Lancy Lobo. Comparative Social Structure of Tribals of Gujarat (forthcoming)