Koustab Majumdar

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Koustab Majumdar, MPhil, PhD, teaches Rural and Tribal Development at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute's (RKMVERI) Ranchi campus in India. He was a Visiting Scholar (Post-Doc) at the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICSS), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan. Dr. Majumdar received the Taiwan Fellowship (2023) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), China (Taiwan), for post-doctoral research on Comparative Indigenous Social Welfare Policy at ICSS_NYCU. He served as a research associate at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and RKMVERI. Dr. Majumdar secured a tuition fee scholarship (2019) for Chula Right Livelihood Summer School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. He is associated with many journals and a few edited book projects (Living Reference) as a reviewer. His forthcoming book includes "Indigenization Discourse in Social Work: International Perspectives" (Springer Cham). Furthermore, Dr. Majumdar is collaborating on edited and authored book projects with Routledge, Springer, and Oxford University Press. Majumdar's research spans rural transformation, social work education, international social work, poverty and inequality, social policy, social problems and social change. He's affiliated with numerous international bodies like Development Studies Association (UK, Canada, India), Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Guelph, Canada, International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD), and UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.

Rajendra Baikady

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Rajendra Baikady, Ph.D.FRSA is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, at the Central University of Kerala, India, and a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was a Special Post-Doctoral Fellow & Assistant Lecturer at the Department of the Social Work University of Johannesburg, South Africa during the academic year 2020-2022. In addition to this, Baikady is a Principal Investigator (Summer Research Fellowship) at International Socioeconomic Laboratory, Harvard University, United States and a Research Associate at the Water Policy Center in India. He completed his first Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (2019-2020), and was awarded Golda Meir Fellowship by Lady Davis Trust at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was also a recipient of the Taiwan Government’s Short Term Research Award (2018), for academic research at National Chengchi University, Taiwan, and the Confucius Institute Understanding China Fellowship by the Government of China (2018-2019) for academic research at Shandong University, China. He has wide research experience in evaluating best practices of social work education and practice in both local and global contexts. Dr. Baikady is the Founding Editor in Chief of the Journal "Discover Global Society" published by Springer Nature, London.

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