INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ONP RACTICE RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK & ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
Date: 28th and 29th November, 2024
Organised by COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK (EMPOWERED AUTONOMUS), NIRMALA NIKETAN, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA 400020
sponsored by Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
ABOUT US
College of Social Work (Autonomous), Nirmala Niketan was founded in 1955 by a religious society of Catholic Christian women, known as The Daughters of the Heart of Mary, whose charism is to readily respond to felt needs of the people according to the signs of the times.
In the years following the independence of India, the founders discerned that the nation’s struggle for development would be served not so much by material relief as by sensitive social concern and insightful committed action. Accordingly the College was founded to realize its vision. The Institute of Social Service Trust managed the College till 1978. Since 1978, the Nirmala Niketan Institute has become the parent body of the College.
The Institute awarded its own Diploma in Social Work, till 1965. The institute sought affiliation for MSW program from University of Bombay under the Faculty of Arts and got it in 1969. Realizing the need to respond to professional interventions at different levels, the College also started its university recognized three year BSW program in 1971. These programs are revised periodically in order to ensure that the educational content of the courses are relevant to the social reality of contemporary life.
Under article 30(1) of the Constitution of India, the college has received the catholic minority status since 1995 and thus has 50 percent seats reserved for the catholic minority, As an academic institution our goal is to build a cadre of professional social workers, irrespective of caste, creed and sex, equipped with a keen intellectual ability to analyse the complex social reality and to effectively intervene as catalysts of social change at multiple levels in society. The college thus admits everyone without discrimination, on the basis of merit, interest and other legal provisions. More details :https://www.iassw-aiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Brochure-Draft.docx
