Dept. of Studies in Social Work

About the Department

Department of Studies in Social Work was established in the year 2006 and is catering to the needs of academic filed in the region. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of the course, admission is open to the graduate students of all disciplines and is based on performance in the entrance exam besides the marks secured in qualifying examination. The intake of students has considerably increased from 30 to 70 due to multi dimentional job opportunities.

The department has completed 15 successful years in imparting knowledge to the students. At present, The programme offer Generic subject. The department is one of the main streamed entities of Davangere University. The students of the Department are oriented in both theory and practice of Social work through regular classes and concurrent filed work activities.

The Ph.D programme of the department is running since 2019-20. Eight students have registered for the doctoral course. There are two empanelled guides from the department of this university. The Ph.D course has a rigorous course plan followed by the preparation of a research dissertation/thesis and course work is compulsory for permanent registration for the Ph.D programme.

The department conducts 1 year M.Phil (Social Work) Course since 2019-20. Two students have registered for M.Phil course. There are two empanelled guides from the department of this university. The M.Phil course has a rigorous course plan followed by the preparation of a research dissertation/thesis.

The department of Social work has introduced as Add-on Diploma for the MSW Course at III and IV semesters. The P.G. Diploma can very well be integrated into the Social Work Practicum of concurrent Field Work, Research Project, Exposure Placement, Intensive Placement, Block Placement and study tour of the MSW Course. Thus the Diploma Course will add value addition of the MSW Course.

Vision:

The department will strive to generate a multi-disciplinary Social work cadre embedded with constructivism and activism to meet the challenges and opportunities in development and service sectors of the country to achieve social justice, inclusive society, equity and human rights.

Mission:

To empower and develop Social work competence of the students to act as agents of social change, action researchers, governance facilitators, human rights activists, policy framers, program planners, networker of resource linkages and social advocates to ensure justice equity, human rights and inclusion of the marginalized, disadvantaged, vulnerable and weaker sections of the society.

Program Offered:

Sl.No.	Programmes	Nature and Duration	Eligibility
01	(MSW ) Master of Social work	2 years Course	Any Degree of Davangere University or any other university recognized as equivalent there to with aggregate of 45% in all the subjects including languages is eligible to apply. In case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/Cat-1, there shall be a relaxation of 5% (i.e. 40%). The eligibility for admissions shall be as per the general guidelines/orders of Davangere University/ Government of Karnataka, as notified from time to time.
02	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)	3-5yrs	Post-Graduate degree in Social Work
03	D.Lit.	1 Year	Ph.D
04	PDF	2 Years	Ph.D

Course Structure:

I-SEMESTER

Sl. No	Paper Code	Title of the Paper	Hrs/Week	Marks			Credits	Examination Duration
Sl. No	Paper Code	Title of the Paper	Hrs/Week	Internal Assessment	Examination	Total Marks	Credits	Examination Duration
1	20MSWA01	Introduction to Professional Social Work	4	30	70	100	4	3
2	20MSWA02	Human Growth and Development	4	30	70	100	4	3
3	20MSWA03	Social Case Work	4	30	70	100	4	3
4	20MSWA04	Social Group Work	4	30	70	100	4	3
5	20MSWA05	Field Work Practicum-I (Concurrent Field Work)	15hrs per student&7hrs per faculty	30	70	100	4	Viva voce
6A	20MSWA06A	Development Communication and Life Skills	4	30	70	100	4	3
6B	20MSWA06B	Personal and Professional Growth	4	30	70	100	4	3
Mandatory Credits:		Communication Skill	2	–	–	–	2	–
Total=			Theory-26 hrs. Practicum= 7hrs per faculty	180	420	600	26	–

II-SEMESTER

Sl. No	Paper Code	Title of the Paper	Hrs/Week	Marks			Credits	Examination Duration
Sl. No	Paper Code	Title of the Paper	Hrs/Week	Internal Assessment	Examination	Total Marks	Credits	Examination Duration
1	20MSWB01	Community Organization	4	30	70	100	4	3
2	20MSWB02	Social Work Research and Statistics	4	30	70	100	4	3
3	20MSWB03	Social Work Administration and Social Action	4	30	70	100	4	3
4	20MSWB04	Social Work Camp	10-12 days (4 hrs per SW Camp DirectorX2 faculty)	30	70	100	4	Viva voce
5	20MSWB05	Field Work Practicum-II (Concurrent Field Work)	16hrs per student &7hrs per faculty	30	70	100	4	Viva voce
6A	20MSWB06A	Entrepreneurship for Social Development	4	30	70	100	4	3
6B	20MSWB06B	Social Work with Differently-abled	4	30	70	100	4	3
Mandatory Credits:		Computer Skill	2	–	–	–	2	–
Total=			Theory= 22hrs. Practicum= 7hrs per faculty & Camp= 4 hrs per Camp Director	180	420	600	26	–

III-SEMESTER

Sl. No	Paper Code	Title of the Paper	Hrs/Week	Marks			Credits	Examination Duration
Sl. No	Paper Code	Title of the Paper	Hrs/Week	Internal Assessment	Examination	Total Marks	Credits	Examination Duration
1	20MSWC01	Social Policy, Law, Governance and Social Work	4	30	70	100	4	3
2	20MSWC02	Medical and Psychiatric Social Work	4	30	70	100	4	3
3	20MSWC03	Human Resource Management and Employee Wellness	4	30	70	100	4	3
4	20MSWC04	Mental Health and Counseling	4	30	70	100	4	3
5	20MSWC05	Field Work Practicum-III (Concurrent Field Work)	16hrs per student & 8hrs per faculty	30	70	100	4	Viva voce
6A	20MSWC06A	Organizational behavior and Organizational Development	4	30	70	100	4	3
6B	20MSWC06B	Human Rights Approaches to Social Work Practice	4	30	70	100	4	3
7	OEP-20MSWC07	Mental Health and Counseling	2	15	35	50	2	2
Total=			Theory=26. Practicum= 7hrs per faculty	195	455	650	26	–

IV-SEMESTER

Sl. No	Paper Code	Title of the Paper	Hrs/Week	Marks			Credits	Examination Duration
Sl. No	Paper Code	Title of the Paper	Hrs/Week	Internal Assessment	Examination	Total Marks	Credits	Examination Duration
1	20MSWD01	Community Development	4	30	70	100	4	3
2	20MSWD02	Labor Legislations and Employee Relations Management	4	30	70	100	4	3
3	20MSWD03	Dissertation/Project Work	4hrs per faculty	30 Viva voce	70	100	4	–
4	20MSWD04	Block Placement	4 weeks (4 hrs per faculty supervisors X 2 faculty)	30	70	100	4	Viva voce
5	20MSWD05	Field Work Practicum-IV (Concurrent Field Work)	16hrs per student &7hrs per faculty	30	70	100	4	Viva voce
6A	20MSWD06A	Women and Child Centered Social Work	4	30	70	100	4	3
6B	20MSWD06B	Project Management for Participatory Development	4	30	70	100	4	3
Mandatory Credits:		Personality Development	2	–	–	–	2	–
Total=			Theory=18 hrs. Practicum= 7hrs per faculty. Dissertation 4 hrs per faculty. Block Placement= 4 weeks per student & 4hrs per faculty X 2 faculty	180	420	600	26	–
Grand Total =			Theory= 92hrs. Field Work Practicum varies from semester to semester. Dissertation= 4 hrs per faculty. Block Placement= 4 weeks per student & 4hrs per faculty supervisor X 2 faculty. SW Camp=10-12 days(4 hrs per DirectorX2 faculty)	735	1715	2450	104

Faculty Details:

Sl.	Name	Qualification	Designation	Specialization
01	Dr. Shivalingappa B P	MSW, Ph.D.	Associate professor & Chairman	Community Development
02	Dr. Lokesha M U	MSW, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Human Resource Management
03	Mr.Pradeep B .S	MSW, M.Phil. UGC-NET (PhD)	Assistant Professor	Criminology and Correctional Administration
04	Dr. Patwardhan Rathod	MSW, M.Ed, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Community organization
05	Dr.Thippesh K	MSW, UGC-NET & Ph.D	Assistant Professor	Human Resource Management

Research Details:

Ph.D. Guide and Student details:

Sl.No.	Name of the guide	Research scholars Name under guide	Register Number of Student	Date of Registration
1.	Dr. Lokesha M U	Mr. Gangadhara Reddy N	Ph.D./social work/01/2019-20	13.02.2020
		Mr. Santosh Nagappa	Ph.D./social work/02/ 2019-20	13.02.2020
		Mrs. Pavithra A V	Ph.D./social work/03/ 2019-20	13.02.2020
2	Dr. Shivalingappa B P	Mr. Mohan V T	Ph.D./social work/04/ 2019-20	13.02.2020
		Mr. Manoj H R	Ph.D./social work/05/ 2019-20	13.02.2020
		Mr. Mohamad Mustafa Mujawar	Ph.D./social work/06/ 2019-20	13.02.2020
		Mr. Madhukumar S	Ph.D./social work/07/ 2019-20	13.02.2020
		Mrs. Kalpana B S	Ph.D./social work/08/ 2019-20	13.02.2020

Funding Project Details:

Name of the teacher provided with seed money	Amount Sanctioned	Year	Awarding Agency/Sanctioned Agency	Status	Links
Dr. Patwardhan Rathod Assistant Professor	Rs. 20,000/-	2020-21	DUSMYRT, Davangere University	On-going	Click Here
Dr. Thippesh K Assistant Professor	Rs. 20,000/-	2020-21	DUSMYRT, Davangere University	On-going	Click Here

Name of the teacher provided with seed money

Amount Sanctioned

Year

Awarding Agency/Sanctioned Agency

Status

Links

Dr. Patwardhan Rathod

Assistant Professor

Rs. 20,000/-

2020-21

DUSMYRT, Davangere University

On-going

Click Here

Dr. Thippesh K

Assistant Professor

Rs. 20,000/-

2020-21

DUSMYRT, Davangere University

On-going

Click Here

Activities:

Co-curriculum activities:
Seminars/ Webinars/Workshops organized:

Title of Workshop/Seminars/Webinars	Date	Name of the Resource Person and Address	Organized by	No of Participants
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking	21.08.2019	Mr. Devaraj, Circle Police Inspector and Dr. Gangareddy, Phychiatrist, DMH wing, DHO office, Davangere	DoS in Social Work, Davangere UV in association with District Administration and Zilla Panchayath, Davangere, District Mental Health Wing-Department of Health and Family Welfare	200
Mental Health Programme	10.10.2018	Dr. Gangareddy, Phychiatrist, DMH wing, DHO office, Davangere	DoS in Social Work, Davangere UV	150
National Seminar on Relevance of Dr. Babu Jagjivanram	14^th and 15^th, Dec, 2018	Mr. Ravi Narayan, Superintendent of Police, Davangere District	DoS in Social Work, Davangere UV and Babu Jagajeevan Ram study Centre	150
Workshop on Women and Child Problems	01.03.2019	Father Kuriya Kose, Director, DONBOSCO, Davangere	DoS in Social Work, Davangere UV	100
One day Programme on Samvidhaana oodhu	13.03.2019	Chief Justice Nagamohan Das, Rtd., Judge of High Court, Bengaluru	DoS in Social Work, Davangere UV	50
One day National Webinar on Managing Mental Health in the times of Covid-19: Issues and Challenges.	06.06.2020	Dr. Preeti Pai, Psychiatrist, Manasa Nursing Home and Academic Director, Katil Ashok Pai Memorial Institute, Shivamogga. Dr. Rameela Shekhar, Mental Health Professional, Manashanthi, Mangalore & Former Professor, School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangaluru and Dr. Sandhyakaveri K, Principal, Katil Ashok Pai Memorial Institute, Shivamogga.	DoS in Social Work, Davangere UV in association with Sri Katil Ashok Pai Memorial Institute, Shivamogga.	200
Webinar on Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence (PPPSV)	23.02.2021	Dr. Vasudeo Pralhad Paralikar, Honorary Associate Consultant and Head of Psychiatry Unit at the KEM Hospital, Pune. Rashmi Chabukswar: Consultant at Bayer India for CSR Program.	Jointly organized by Department of Studies in Social Work and KEM Hospital & Research Centre, Pune.	60
A capacity building Workshop on Core Competencies for modern HR Professionals	06.03.2021	Sri Raja N, President and other three member of Innovative forum of HR Associates, Mysuru	Jointly organized by Department of Studies in Social Work, Davangere University and Innovative forum of HR Associates, Mysuru).	100

Special Lectures organized:

Sl. No.	Title of the lecture	Type	Resource person	Date
1	Pre-requisites for Social Work Profession	Special Lecture	Dr. Yashaswini B, Assistant Professor, Department of P.G. Studies & Research in Social Work, Mangalore University, Mangalore	03.10.2019
2	Qualities and Competencies required for Professional Social Workers	Special Lecture	Mrs. Shyla K Kargi, ACDPO, Office of the CDPO, Tumkur Rural, Tumkuru	09.10.2019
3	Issues and Challenges in Social Work Profession	Special Lecture	Dr. Kodandarama, Professor, Department of P.G. Studies & Research in Social Work, Bengalore University, Bengaluru	18.11.2019
3	Issues and Challenges in Social Work Profession		Dr. Ashok Antony D’souza, Professor, Department of P.G. Studies & Research in Social Work, Rani Channamma University,Belagavi	18.11.2019
4	Participatory Rural Appraisal(PRA) for MSW students	Special Lecture	Sri.C C Pavate, Director, Mithra Counselling Centre, Tumkur	25.11.2019
5	Goal Setting and Career Planning	Special Lecture	Sri. Santhosh Kumar, Rtd. Joint Director of Co-operatives, Bengaluru and Prof. Parasuram, Dept., of Social Work, Tumkur University, Tumkur	21.01.2020
6	Publications and Impact Factor in Research for Ph.D & M.Phil students	Special Lecture	Dr. Govindappa, Professor and Chairman, Department of Studies in Botony, Davangere University	03.02.2020
7	Preparation for Competitive Examination and Career Progression	Special Lecture	Sri. Menteswamy, Joint Director, Department of Food &Civil Supplies, Davangere University & Sri.C C Pavate, Director, Mithra Counselling Centre, Tumkur	10.02.2020
8	Mental Disorder and the Role of Psychiatric Social Worker in Hospital Setting	Online Special Lecture	Dr. Sandhya Kaveri K, Principal, Sri Katil Ashok Pai Memorial Institute, Shivamogga.	30.04.2020
9	Academic Integrity and Research Ethics	Online Special Lecture	Shri. Rupesh Kumar A, Assistant Professor, Department of Studies & Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumkuru.	11.06.2020
10	SHWW Act-2013 UGC Regulations-2015; Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher education	Online Special Lecture	Dr. Shobana, POSCO Consultatnt, Bengaluru and Mr. Venkateshmurthy, Bengaluru	02.05.2020
11	Employee Wellness	Online Special Lecture	Mrs. Pavithra M K, Head-HR, Guhring India Pvt., Ltd., Bommasandra, Electronic City Bengaluru.	03.05.2020
12	Time and Money Management for MSW Students	Special Lecture	Dr. Santhosh Bommannanavar, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Davangere University.	19.03.2021

Extension/Outreach activities conducted:

Sl. No.	Type of Activity	Name of the Activity	Date	Organizing unit/ agency/ collaborating agency	Number of students participated in such activities
1	Outreach activity	Survey of Mentally Retarded Patients in Santebennur, Channagiri Tq	12.07.2019	The Association of People with Disability(APD)- Davangere	5
2	Extension Activity(jatha)	International Spinal Card Injury Day	06.09.2019	DoS in Social Work, Davangere University & The Association of People with Disability(APD)- Davangere	55
3	Outreach activity	Social Work Camp ( Conducted Eye Health Check-up camp, Veternary camp, General Health Check-up camp and other different resource talk programme)	25.11.2019 to 29.11.2019	DoS in Social Work, Davangere & Community Development Centre(CDC) Davangere University, Govt. Lower Primary School, Bullapura, PHCs of Tholahunse&Shyagale, Davangere Taluk, Taralabalu Krushi Vignyana Kendra, Davangere, Tapovana, Doddabati, Davangere, Canara Bank Self Help Employment Training Centre, Tholahunse, Nayana Super Speciality Eye Hospital, Davangere, Mithra Counseling centre, Tumkur, Break Through Society, Davangere, Departments of Family & Health Welfare, Women& Child Welfare, and Veternary and Animal Husbandry	30 MSW students and the villagers including school children’s, youths, members of SDMC, Youths association & SHG’s etc.
4	Extension Activity	Environment Awareness programme held	04.03.2021	Department of Studies in Social Work, Davangere University and Gopanal Grama Pancyath, Davangere Taluk	04 MSW students & 50 School students & 2 School Teachers
5	Extension Activity	Send Back to School for Dropout Children held	04.03.2022	Department of Studies in Social Work, Davangere University and Anagodu Grama Pancyath, Davangere Taluk	04 MSW students & 50 School students & 3 School Teachers
6	Extension Activity	Awareness programme on Effects of Tobacco Consumption	17.03.2021	Department of Studies in Social Work, District Tobacco Control Programme and Chigateri General Hospital, Davangere Shiramagondanahalli & Hadadi Grama Panchayath	10
7	Extension Activity(jatha)	Awareness programme on Swaccha Bharat Mission	17.03.2021	DoS in Social Work, Davangere University and Attigere Grama Pancyath, Kurki, Davangere Taluk	100
8	Extension Activity	Awareness programme on Health and Hygiene during Menstruation cycle	17.03.2021	Department of Studies in Social Work, Davangere University and TholahunseGramaPanchayath, DavavangereTaluk	05 students & 30 target participants
9	Extension Activity	Awareness programme on Cleanliness in School Premises held on	17.03.2021	Department of Studies in Social Work, Davangere University and TholahunseGramaPanchayath, DavavangereTaluk	05 students & 40 School students
10	Extension Activity	SwacchaSarvekshana Grameena-2021	17.03.2021	Department of Studies in Social Work, Davangere University and BelalagereGramaPancyath, DavangereTaluk	02 students & 30 School students
11	Extension Activity	Nutrition Awareness Programme for Chidren & Pregnant womens held on at Anganwadi centre, Elebetur Village, Davangere Taluk	18.03.2021	Department of Studies in Social Work, Davangere University and Elebetur Grama Panchayath, Davavangere Taluk	4 MSW students & 30 target participants
12	Extension Activity	Awareness Programme on Solid Waste Management	20.03.2021	DoS in Social Work & Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Davangere University and Kurki Grama Pancyath, Kurki, Davangere Taluk	150
13	Extension Activity	“ORAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SCREENING PROGRAMME” (In the eve of World Oral Health Day)	23.03.2021	DEPARTMENT OF STUDIES IN SOCIAL WORK, Davangere In Association with BAPUJI DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, DAVANGERE Jointly organized	180

Awards/ prizes won by faculty.

Sl.No	Name of the Faculty and Designation	Name of the Award	Date /Year	Awarding Agency
1	Mr. Pradeep B S Assistant Professor	Bharath Seva Rathna National Award-2015	18.01.2016	Bharatiya Kala Samskruti Academy
2	Mr. Pradeep B S Assistant Professor	Sadbhavana Award for Promoting Peace&Hormony	2016-17	Student Islamic Organization India & Jamate Islam, New Delhi
3	Mr. Pradeep B S Assistant Professor	Promoter on Human Values National Award	2016-17	Student Islamic Organization India & Jamate Islam, New Delhi
4	Dr. Shivalingappa B P Associate Professor	Stae Appreciation Award for achivement in Higher Education	2018-19	(Raajya Yuva Barahagaarara okkuta) State Young Writers Association, District Unit, Tumakuru.
5	Dr. Patwardhan Rathod Assistant Professor	“Best Teacher Award”	21.09.2019	Vidhya Vikasa Trust, P.G.Centre, Bidar
6	Dr. Patwardhan Rathod Assistant Professor	Honored as Best Social Worker	29.01.2020	17^th Taluk Kannada Literature Conference held at Humnabad, Bidar District, Karnataka
7	Dr. Lokesh M U Associate Professor	Basava Rathana National Award – 2020”	15.08.2020	Bharatiya Kala Samskruti Academy
8	Dr. Lokesh M U Associate Professor	“Best Research Publication Award – 2020”	2019-20	IQAC Cell, Davangere University.

Awards/ prizes won by students

Name of the Activity/Competition	Name of the Award	Date	Awarding Agency
Awareness Skit on Suicide Prevention held at Jagaluru, Davangere Taluk, Karnataka.	Won 2^nd Prize & Money Rs. 7,000/- (09 II year students participated)	21.08.2019	Indian Association for Social Psychiatry in Association with The Association of People with Disability(APD)- Davangere, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences(NIMHANS) & District Mental Health Wing-Department of Health and Family Welfare, Davangere.
Badminton(Women)	Consolation Award to Kum.Varsha R G II semester	10.02.2021	Government First Grade College, Honnali, Davangere District

Name of the Activity/Competition

Name of the

Award

Date

Awarding Agency

Awareness Skit on Suicide Prevention held at Jagaluru, Davangere Taluk, Karnataka.

Won 2^nd Prize

& Money Rs. 7,000/-

(09 II year students participated)

21.08.2019

Indian Association for Social Psychiatry in Association with The Association of People with Disability(APD)- Davangere, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences(NIMHANS) & District Mental Health Wing-Department of Health and Family Welfare, Davangere.

Badminton(Women)

Consolation Award to

Kum.Varsha R G II semester

10.02.2021

Government First Grade College, Honnali, Davangere District

Collaborative Activities

Sl.No.	Name of Collaborative activity	Link
1.	International day against Drug Abuse:	Click Here
2.	Webinar on Managing Mental Health in the times of Covid-19	Click Here
3.	Online Special Lecture on Academic integrity	Click Here
4.	Webinar on primary prevention of sexual violence	Click Here
5.	Capacity building workshop	Click Here
6.	Awareness program on solid waste management	Click Here
7.	Oral health awareness and screening program	Click Here

Project Details 2020-21: Click Here