Vimla Nadkarni – Immediate Past President

Profile Details

Name: Vimla V. Nadkarni
Email: vimla@iassw-aiets.org

Position within Board of Directors and Terms of Serving: Immediate Past President, July 2016 to July 2020 and July 2022 to December 2021

Educational Qualifications: (Degrees): Ph.D. In Social Work (TISS), M.A. In Social Work (TISS), Bachelor of General Law (B.G.L.) (Mumbai).

Languages written and spoken: English, Hindi and Marathi

Affiliation and Position (other than IASSW):
Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Teaching-Learning Support to Network for Enhancing Social Work Education, School of Social Work (SSW), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS); Professor, Centre for Health and Mental Health, SSW-TISS.

Membership of organizations (other than IASSW):
Vice-President, Bombay Association of Trained Social Workers, Mumbai.
Honorary Director, Niramaya Health Foundation, Mumbai.
Member, Scientific Review Committee, Indo-US Collaboration on Contraception and Reproductive Health, National Institutes of Health, U.S.A. and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Chairperson, Asia Pacific Board, Social Work Education the International Journal, UK.
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of AIDS Prevention and Education, New York.

Interest Areas: Community Health, Social Work Theory, Social Work Education, Health and Human Rights, Ecology and Health, Monitoring and Evaluation of Health and Social Work Programmes (including HIV/AIDS, Social Protection).

Current Activities: Teaching, research guidance and reviews, writing, field work. Working towards strengthening social work education, its spread and enhancing quality through the IASSW globally. Focus on India, through the TISS Teaching-Learning Support Centre. Facilitating process of “Re-thinking and Re-imagining social work education in India” through a faculty working group in the School of Social Work. Facilitating the formation of a National Network/ Consortium on Social Work Education in India. Publishing quarterly updates on IASSW regularly for the International Social Work Journal (Sage Publications), and the online Social Dialogue magazine of IASSW.