Smitha

Biography

Ms Smitha K. is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida. She has experience of more than 20 years of in academics as well as in national and international non-governmental organizations. Ms Smitha is currently pursuing her PhD. in Sociology from Mother Teresa women’s University, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. Her thesis topic is “Reproductive Health Rights and Equality among the Women of Kudumbashree Mission in the selected districts of Kerala”. She has her Masters in Social Work (2000; Calicut University, Kerala with the First Rank) as well as in Sociology (2002; Calicut University, Kerala). She received her bachelor's degree (BSc. Psychology) from Kerala University in 1998 with the second rank. Before starting her career in academics, Ms Smitha worked with various non-governmental organizations. Her area of interest majorly focuses on issues of women, their development and related policies and programs and their implications. She also has a keen interest and experience in psychology and counselling.

Vision

Ms Smitha’s vision is to provide unconditional support to the students in realising their potential and hidden talents to ensure success in both their professional as well as personal life. She also believes in inculcating values, social sensitiveness and the mentality to serve the people.

Experience

Ms Smitha began her career in early 2002, as a PGT in Sociology at Sri Sarada Girls Higher Secondary School, Thrissur, Kerala. She worked there until 2006, for four years in this position wherein she taught senior secondary students. Then she joined Society for Advancement of Village Economy, Delhi as Project Director in 2006 and worked there for three years handling the implementations of various projects. In February 2009 she joined as District Programme manager for the district of North-East Delhi, under Samajik Suvidha Sangam- a Project of Govt. of NCT Delhi and continued her service there till September 2012. Before joining Lloyd Law college in 2014 Ms Smitha also worked as a consultant with the Ministries of Home Affairs as well as the Ministry of Panchyati Raj

Roles And Responsbilites

Besides teaching, any duty assigned by the authorities Member-Internal Complaint committee

Books, Research And Publication

• Published a research paper titled “A Sociological Evaluation of The Impacts of Pandemic on Gender Equality in India in Shodhsamhita ISSN 2277-7067, Volume- IX, Issue-II (I), 2022 (pp. no.48-54).  Published a research paper titled “Women’s Empowerment Through Digital Media” in Webology (ISSN: 1735-188X) Volume18, Number 6, 2021, pp. no. 269-273
• Published a research paper titled “Women and Reproductive Rights: An Indian Perspective” in anonline journal Shiv Shakti International Journal in Multidisciplinary and Academic Research (ISSN - 2278 - 5973) Volume 9 No. 2 (May - 2021)
• Published a research paper titled Impact of Family and Social Factors on women’s Reproductive Freedom and Empowerment in Sambodhi Journal (Vol-43 Issue-03 July-September 2020, pp. no- 899-902) UGC Care Journal with ISSN-2249-6661
• Published a research paper titled ‘Reproductive Decision Making and Women Empowerment’ in Dogo Rangsang Research Journal (DRSR-Vol 10 Issue 06 No.02 June 2020, p no. 152-164), UGC care Group -I Journal with ISSN 2347-7180
• Published a research paper titled ‘Gender Stereotyping and Reproductive health status of India Women’ in the conference proceeding of an international web conference on Women Empowerment through Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship (WE Through E 3) organized by Department of Economics, St. Mary’s College, Thoothukudy, Tamil Nadu in association with National Federation for Entrepreneurship, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. E ISBN 978-81-942938-3-5, DOI: 10.47059/CIIR/CP20001, pp.no. 75-80
• Published a research paper on “Caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease: a qualitative study from the Indian 10/66 Dementia research Network” as a co-author in International Journal of geriatric psychiatry- 2003 Jan;18(1):1-6. doi: 10.1002/gps.649.

International And National Seminar/Conference

• Presented a research paper titled Gender Stereotyping and Reproductive health status of Indian Women in the International web conference on Women Empowerment through Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship (WE Through E3) organized by Department of Economics, St. Mary’s College, Thoothukudy, Tamil Nadu in association with National Federation for Entrepreneurship, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 26 & 27, June 2020
• Presented a paper titled Women and Reproductive Rights: An Indian perspective in a Two Days National Conference on Emerging Trends & Paradigm Shifts in Social Sciences: Issues and Challenges ETPSSSIC 2020- (Online Mode) organized by Department of English & Foreign Languages & Department of Visual Communication, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal held on 26 & 27, June 2020
• 5 Days Global E-FDP on “Unleashing Research Potential: Global Trends and Practices” Organised by Office of International Relations, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh held from March 7-11, 2022
• 7 days FDP on Gender Sensitization and Gender Equality organized by Department of Youth Welfare and Women Study Centre, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala from 7-13 September 2021
• International Virtual International Faculty Development Program on Developing Soft Skills and Personality in Teaching Jointly Organised by Lavender Literary Club, India, Cape Comorin Trust, India, Department of English, St. John’s College of Arts and Science, Amandivilai, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India from 18-22 March 2021
• 4-Week Induction/Orientation Programme organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching for "Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education" from September 01- September 30, 2020 and obtained a grade A+.
• One-Week Online Faculty Development Programme on “A-Z of Writing & Publication in Scopus-Indexed Journals” organized by Dept. of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G M R Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh, India, during August 16 - 22, 2020
• 10 days International Gender Sensitization Program on “Women Empowerment for Societal Transformation” organized by the Centre for Women Empowerment and Women Studies, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University from 11.08.2020 to 20.08.2020
• One month online international training program on Research Manuscript drafting and publishing from 6th July to 6th August 2020 organized by Eudoxia Research Centre, India ISO-9001:2015 certified, IAF accredited and certified under MCA, Govt. of India
• 7 days Online Faculty Development Program on Research Methodology: Data Analysis, Reporting & Publication Perspectives organized by Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development (BSMED) Bharathiar University during 20th to 26th July, 2020
• National Webinar on “Gender Equality and Women’s Rights” organized by Government College Daman U.T. of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
• Webinar on ‘Crime Atrocities and Violence against Women” on 15th July, 2020 organized by ICAFI Law School, ICAFI University, Dehradun
• Faculty Development Program on Law and Social Sciences from 2nd to 8th January 2019

Membership

Life member at Indian Sociological Society

Awards & Honours

Was a member in the team for developing self learning material of Std XII of Kerala open School conducted by SCERT in 2001