S. Kumar

S. Vijaya Kumar, M.A., Ph.D., is working as a Fellow in IMPART Centre of Council for Social Development, Southern Regional Office, Hyderabad, India. He is a widely travelled Anthropologist specialized in Gerontology. With his 15 years of research experience in the fields of Anthropology and Gerontology he has published three books viz., (1) Family life and Socio-Economic Problems of the Aged; (2) Challenges Before the Elderly : An Indian Scenario and (3) Changing Status and Role of women in Indian Society and about 40 research papers in the National and International Journals. He presented 46 research papers in the National and International Conferences/Seminars and also actively participated in different Workshops. He also delivered Keynote presentations on different themes of aging in a couple of National Level Conferences/Seminars. So far he has executed a couple of research projects on Aging and on Social Security and at present his on-going research project is “Quality of Life and Social Security of the Rural Elderly”.

Having been trained by the International Institute on Aging, UN-Malta, he has actively participated in preparing a Draft National Policy for the welfare of the elderly in India.

He is also involved in different research studies related to Rural Development, Migration, District Poverty Initiative Program, Gandhi Block Development Programs, Social Security for Vulnerable Population and most of these research studies are sponsored by the World Bank, UNDP, ICSSR, Ministry of Social Welfare (GOI) etc. Some of his ongoing works are : Social Security Issues in India, Indian Tribes and Sustainable Development and Caring Society.