Utkal University

Welcome to Women’s Studies

The School of Women’s Studies is functioning under Utkal University. It is imparting Master Degree in Women Studies & Ph.D. in Women Studies. It was established in the year 1996 with P.G diploma program and got UGC Recognition as Women Studies Research Center in 1999. As the first state center for Women’s Studies It is functioning in the thrust areas research, training, teaching and advocacy for women’s development in the state of Odisha. Since then it is continuing as a UGC center receiving UGC grants and Master degree in SFC mode.

Vision

To enhance the knowledge base of Gender Studies by networking with partners in the field of women’s development.
To assist in the change of the existing environment to include women’s visions and needs by bringing together scholars, activists and agencies involved in this process of change.
To enhance the knowledge base of Gender Studies by networking with partners in the field of women’s development and to bring changes in the existing environment together with scholars, activists and agencies involved in this process of change

Mission

To conduct policy and action research on gender studies through clustering as well as teaching and training programme.
To ensure equity and inclusiveness for the social structure.
To meet the challenges like consolidation, developing interdisciplinary approaches for evolving new strategies.

Strategic Goals

We aim to empower women as well as men to take control of their own lives and to sensitize students to social distinctions based on gender, race, ethnicity, social classes, creed, etc to create a harmonious atmosphere in the society.

Noted Directors (since inception to present) and their profiles

Prof. Asha Hans

1999 to 31-05-2005

Prof. Padmaja Mishra

2005 to 26-6-2006

Prof. Jayanti Jagdev

2006 to 31-10-2007

Prof. Bijan Bhasini Mohanty

2008 to 26-05-2009

Prof. Madhumita Dash

2007 to 05-05-2008

Prof. Sanghamitra Mohanty

2009 to 03-05-2011

Prof. Bijoyini Mohanty

03-05-2011 to 11-07-
2011

Prof. Navaneeta Rath

2011 to 2014
2018 to 2021

Prof. Sabita Acharya

2014 to 21-04-2018

Prof. Jayanti Dora

13-04-2021 to till date

Sl.No.	Programmes	Number of seats
1	P.G in Women’s Studies	24
2	Ph.D.	04

Sl.No.	Programme	Download
3	VALUE ADDED COURSE
4	MA in Womens Studies
5	Ph.D in Womens Studies

Physical Facilities

Facility	Number(s)
Classroom	2
Smart classroom	1
Library	1
Desktop	4
Laptop	2
Digital Camera	1
Refrigerator	1
Bookcase	11
Almirah	10
Air Conditioner	4
Fire Extinguiser	1
Disability Access RAMP	1
Wifi Lan	1
Printer	3
Drinking Water-Aquaguard	1
Washroom	1

Major Instrumental facilities

Projector -2
LAN, WIFI

Publications

Published By Department

Year	National	International
2023	Women and Development in India , Human Rights Perspective View
2022	National Seminar on Women And Development in India : A Human Rights Perspectives View
2022	Women in Society Issues and Challenges View
2021	Gender Audit: Utkal University(2016-21) View
2020	Understanding Gender Responsive Budgeting(Edited Book) View
2020	Revisiting the Gender Budgets to balance for better View
2019	Report on Impact Assessment of CSR Interventions By ONGC View
2019	Report on The state level training workshops on gender budgeting in odisha View
2019	Report on gender sensitization program in odisha View
2018	Women in Indian Society on a Resurgent path: A new perspective (Edited Book) View
2018	Utkal journal of women’s studies, Volume-1, Number-1 View

Published By Research Scholars

Year	National	International
2019	Problem faced by working women View	Sexual harassment of women at workplace View
2018	Challenges of nursing profession in Odisha- Retrospection.	Domestic wokers : plight & Prejudice A Study in Santipally View
2018	Occupational health status of female nurses in India	Situating status of nurses in corporate hospitals: unfolding the myth
2020	Covid-19 and struggle for survival of Informal sector workers View

Details of publications are available under faculty profile

Research Projects

Sl. No.	Project title	Funding agency	Amount (Rs. in lakh)	Period	PI/Co-PI/ Coordinator
1	Gender Sensitization	W & C.D.,GOO	50,000 each program	2017-18	Prof. Sabita Acharya
2	Gender budgeting	W & C.D., GOI	14,67,257	2018-19	Prof. Navaneeta Rath
3	Gender Sensitization	W & C.D.,GOO	50,000 each program	2018-19	Prof. NavaneetaRath
4	The Social Consequences of natural Deserter: A study of the Victims of “Funny”	CWDS	1,00,000	2019-20	Prof. Navaneeta Rath
5	Impact Assessment of the CSR Interventions by ONGC	ONGC	1,00,000	2018-19	Prof. Navaneeta Rath

Workshop/Seminar Details

The Department conducts seminar/conferences on regular basis to promote the research culture and update with latest development in specific area of research. Besides this the department also conductsRefresher courses/Faculty Development Programmes for College and University teachers at different period of time.

List of Seminar/Conferences/Refresher Course/FDP organized in Last Five Years:

Sl No.	Name of the Program	Date	Duration	No. Of Participants
1	Seminar on Women in Decision Making Roles in Corporate	8^th September, 2023	1 day	115
2	Orientation Programme on Anti-Ragging	18^th August, 2023	1 day	22
3	International Women’s Day- 2023	6^th March, 2023	1 day	85
4	International Seminar on “Empowerment of Women in Revitalizing World: Past & Present”	23^rd– 25^th February, 2023	3 days	234
5	Lecture series on “Women and Empowerment: Linkage with North Eastern India”	13^th February, 2023	1 day
6	National Seminar on “Women and Development in India: A Human Rights Perspectives”,	9^th & 10^th December, 2022	2 days	185
7	Programme on “spinal Cord Awareness programme” on the occasion of Spinal cord Awareness Day	5^th September,2022	1 day	75
8	National seminar on “Sacrifice of Women in Indian Freedom Struggle”	13^th August, 2022	1 day	38
9	National seminar on Financial Literacy of Women in collaboration with Jivan Rekha Parishad	8^th July, 2022	1 day	85
10	Orientation Programme on Anti-Raggin	7^th July, 2022	1 day	30
11	Awareness proramme on “Women’s Health and Hygiene” on the occasion of World Menstrual Hygienic Day on dated	28^th May, 2022	1 day	20
12	Field Study to Kushpangi Village, Anshupa	23^rd April, 2022	1 day	56

Sl.	Name of the programme	Duration	No. of participants
1	21^st Century skill for the New-Normal	1 Day	50
2	Sleep Disorder Among Youths	1 day	84
3	Women & Health & Hygiene: A gateway for Development	1 Day	64
4	Swachha Bharat Avijan	1 Day	50
5	Web Discussion Series on Rebuilding Womens lives in post COVID-19 Period	6 episodes	100
6	Online Young Reseach Program 2020-21	15 Day	120
7	International Women’s day- 8th March(2017-21)	1 day	90
8	Gender Budgeting Program 2019-20	9 days in 3 Places	110
9	NIPCCD Program on combating violance against Women & Girls 2019	5 Day	35
10	Dignity March Program by Rastriya Garima Abhijan 2019	1 Day	75
11	Gender Champion Program 2018-19	3 month	100
12	Gender Sensitization Training Program ((2018-19)	20 days	100
13	Gender Budgeting Program 2018-19	9 days in 3 Places	120
14	Vigilance Awareness Program	1 day	55
15	Youth Sensitization	1 Day	60
16	Refresher Course	20 Days in 2019 & 20 days in 2018	34 in 2019 & 32 in 2018
18	Youth & Democracy-Campaign Program by PRIAA 2018 >	2 Day	80
19	Youth Festival on Love is always violance free 2018	1 Day	100
20	Transgender Program 2017	1 day	20

Achievements

Students (NET/GATE/Ph.D)

Sl. No	Name of the student/ Research Scholar	Programme studied	Nature of Achievement	Year
1.	Amisa Dalai View View	Women’s Studies	PhD persuing	2022-23
2.	Mohammed Imran View View	Women’s Studies	ICSSR Fellowship	2019-20
3.	Mrs. Gargee Pradhan View	Women’s Studies	UGC, SRF	2019-20
4.	Dr. Snigdharani Behera View	Women’s Studies	PhD	2020-21
5.	Sailaja Nandini View	Women’s Studies	PhD	2018-19

Placement

Sl	Name of thr studemt	Programme studied	Placement	Year of Placement
1	Dr. Snigdharani Behera	Ph.D in Women’s Studies	Povert and Human Development Monitoring Agencies (PHDMA)	2021
2	Zinia Pattnaik	Ph.D in Women’s Studies	PHDMA	2021
3	Saroj Kumar Mallick	M.A. in Women’s Studies	PHDMA	2021
4	Barsharani Senapati	M.A. in Women’s Studies	PHDMA	2021
5	Arpita Nayak	M.A. in Women’s Studies	PHDMA	2021
6	Sk. Nizzamuddin	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Relience General Insurance	2021
7	Jnana Ranjan Sahoo	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Axix Bank Ltd	2021
8	Kailash Chandra Das	M.A. in Women’s Studies	QUESS Corporate	2021
9	Md. Imran	Ph.D. Scholar	NABARD Consultancy Services	2020
10	Sasmita Mandal	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Oxfam India- Internship	2020
11	Jyoti Ranjan Barik	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Sagar Infratech, Balasore	2020
12	Aditya Nayak	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Samaya Consutancy and Services	2020
13	Kalyani Rout ray	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Peacebell	2020
14	Chinmayee Bhuyan	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Odisha Police	2020
15	Rajashree Singh	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Satyam Developers	2020
16	Harekrushna Behera	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Peacebell	2020
17	Anil Barun Jena	M.A. in Women’s Studies	NGO Kandhamal	2019
18	Janaki Pradhan	M.A. in Women’s Studies	Peacebell	2019

Students

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MA (2016)

Sl.no.	Name of the Student	Name of the Mentor
1	Pramod Gupta	Dr. Aliva Mohanty
2	Bikash Kumar Sahoo
3	Gitanjali Sahoo
4	Laxmipriya Bishoi
5	Yasobanta Rana
6	Susmita Palai
7	Priyanka Priyadarshini
8	Arakhit Pradhan
9	Sunil Kumar Khuntia
10	Jyotirmayee Sahu
11	Dibyabharati Majhi
12	Rojalini Sahoo
13	Hena Kharun

MA(2017)

Sl.no.	Name of the Student	Name of the Mentor
1	Taslima Nashrin	Dr. Aliva Mohanty
2	Kirtishree J. Bhanja
3	Banaprava Das
4	Janaki Pradhan
5	Chinmayee Bhuyan
6	Nitesh Kumar Panda
7	Laxmi Barik
8	Sangita Kumari Sahoo
9	Sucharita Malik
10	Priyanka Swain
11	Mamina Nayak
12	Priyanka Pradhan
13	Priyadarshini Das
14	Harekrushna Behera
15	Bikash Patra
16	Lora Nayak
17	Anil Baran Jena
18	Prajnasmita Panda
19	Subhashree Nayak

MA(2018)

Sl.no.	Name of the Student	Name of the Mentor
1	Jasmine Meher	Dr. Aliva Mohanty & Dr. Nityananda Barik
2	Priyanka Das
3	Deeptimayee Sethi
4	Puja Chowhan
5	Puspalata Nayak
6	Tejaswini Samal
7	Subhashree Nayak
8	Kalyani Routray
9	Jyoti Ranjan Barik
10	Binati Kalundia
11	Rajshree Singh
12	Aditya Nayak
13	Sasmita Mandal
14	Priyadarshi Sahoo
15	Jyotirmayee Palai
16	Sujata Sahoo

MA(2019)

Sl.no.	Name of the Student	Name of the Mentor
1	Barsarani Senapati	Dr. Nityananda Barik & Subhashree Rout
2	Sunita Sethy
3	Bhabna Biswal
4	Saidutta B. Mallick
5	Kailash Chandra Das
6	Manoj Kumar Pradhan
7	Arpita Nayak
8	Sekhar Kumar Digal
9	Kartik Chandra Das
10	Sarj Kumar Mallick
11	Sasmita Das
12	Jnana Ranjan Sahoo
13	Sk. Nizamudin

MA(2020)

Sl.no.	Name of the Student	Name of the Mentor
1	Subhashree Priyadanshini	Ziniya Pattnaik & Dr. Snigdha Rani Behera
2	Rubin Sahu
3	Chinmayee Jena
4	Shantilata Badhei
5	Ashwasana Dalabehera
6	Purbasha Srichandan
7	Swetapadma Naik
8	Ruchita Rupanwita Sethi
9	Hemant Ku. Baliarsingh
10	Jharana Mahalik
11	Amisa Dalai
12	Bindushri Sahoo
13	Sushree Sangita Sahoo
14	Riniki Nayak
15	Bhagyashree Ojha
16	Rashmita Mallick
17	Srima sandharani Nayak
18	Ankita Barik
19	Bigyansa Nayak
20	Pragati Jena

MA(2021)

Sl. No.	Name of the student	Name of the Mentor
1.	Bipasharani Baliyarsingh	Dr. Nityananda Barik
2.	Himani Pradhan
3.	Lipsa Sahoo
4.	Pallavi Sarkar
5.	Praskash Ku. Pradhan
6.	Puspanjali Mohapatra	Dr. Snigdharani Behera.
7.	Subhadra Jena
8.	Jharana Pradhan
9.	Subrata Ku. Biswal
10.	Sandhyarani Barik
11.	Soumyashree Verma

MA 2022

SL No.	Mentee	Mentor
1.	Abhijeet Choudhury	Dr. Nityananda Barik
2.	Jyotshnarani Sethy
3.	Kiran Bala Das
4.	Lipirekha Behera
5.	Mamata Munda
6.	Rajalaxmi Khanda	Dr. Snigdharani Behera
7.	Sarmistha Swain
8.	Snehanjali Digal
9.	Subhra Bhanu Mohanty
10.	Suchitra Das

MA 2023

SL No.	Mentee	Mentor
1.	Digbijaya Prdhan	Dr. Snigdharani Behera
2.	Sunima Naik
3.	Payal Choudhury
4.	Ananya Jena
5.	Madhusudan Das
6.	Subrata Kumar Nayak
7.	Dipsikha Muduli	Dr. Nityananda Barik
8.	Subham Satrujit
9.	Anita Priyadarsini Mallick
10.	Somanath Mallik
11.	Kalandi Sethi
12.	Dibya Darshan Singh

Alumni

List of the Distinguished Alumni of the department

Sl. No	Distinguished alumni of the department	Present status of the Alumni
1	Dr. Amrita Patel	State Programme Co-ordinator, State Resource Centre for Women, Govt. of Odisha
2	Subhabani Biswas	Programme ManagerInstitutional strengthening of Gram Panchayat, Govt. of West Bengal,
3.	IpsitaPattnaik	Lecturer, Udayanath Autonomous College for Science & Technology.
4.	DrishankaDyutisikha	Lecturer, Udayanath Autonomous College for Science & Technology.
5.	SubhashreeSamal	Programme Coordinator CARD, Bhubaneswar
6.	PusparajMohanty	UN Women(INGO) , Somalia, South Africa
7.	Arundhati Pradhan	Addl. Tahasildar, Biridi, Cuttack
8.	Dr. Meera Swain	Lecturer in Anthropology, Central University, Koraput.
9.	Kunja Bihari Behera	P.O, Syndicate Bank
10.	BidhubusanPati	P.O., Punjab National Bank
11.	Swaha Das	District Co-ordinator, AAINA
12.	Rutukrishna Swain	Teacher, KendriyaVidyalaya-I, BBSR
13	Asish Ku. Sahoo	Junior Research Fellow, Central Univ. Hydrabad
14	SunitaShivaranjani	Odisha Administrative Office, Govt. of Odisha
15.	ReenaMohanty	Program Co-ordinator, SMRC, BBSR
16.	TanmayeeSahoo	Programme Co-ordinator, TASK FORCE, Odisha
17	Aditi Panda	Freelance social worker
18	ManoranjanKar	Programme Co-Ordinator, GEOINFOTECH, Odisha
19	BidhubushanPati	P.O. Punjab National Bank
20	Pradeep Patra	Customer care officer ,Axis Bank
21	RosalinSahoo	Customer care officer ,HDFC Bank
22	LopamudraPatra	Research Assistant, JNU, Delhi
23	SarmistaKabi	Research Assistant, Pondichery University
24	Pragyna Mohanty	Lecturer, CWS, Ravenshaw University
25	Dr. Snigdharani Behera	Research Associate, School of Women Studies, Utkal University
26	Sk.Nizamuddin	Area Manager, Reliance General Insurance
27	Jnanaranjan Sahoo	Assistant Manager, Axis BankLtd.
28	kailash Chandra Das	Branch Relationship Executive, QUESS Corp Limited
29	Sumitra Dhal Samanta	Senior consultant, Community Process, HBYC, Child Health Division, NHM, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi
30	Sarita Patel	Director, NSS, Government of India
31	Sunita Pradhan	Programmer, SCB, Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack

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Women’s Studies

Welcome to Women’s Studies

Noted Directors (since inception to present) and their profiles

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Prof. Jayanti Dora[DIRECTOR]

jayantidora69@gmail.com

Dr. Nityananda Barik

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Dr. Snigdharani Behera

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Prof. Jayanti Dora (DIRECTOR)

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