Name :

Mukund Prabhakar Kulkarni

Date of birth :

29th December 1959

Residential Address :

66, Bhange Vihar, Trimurti Nagar,
Nagpur - 440022, Maharashtra
Phone – 91 712 2228205
Cell: 9423104917

Office address :

50, Kinkhedel Layout
Bharat Nagar, Nagpur – 440033
Phone: 91 712 2555625

E-Mail :

mukund59@gmail.com or shodhngp@dataone.in

Academic qualifications :

M.A., Ph.D. (Modern History), Nagpur University, 2009

Profession :

Researcher and freelance journalist

Current Position :

President, SHODH

Teaching Experience :

• Taught in Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Oyan, Arunachal Pradesh, and was Principal of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya and Organizer of Women Welfare Center, Dimapur, Nagaland during 1987-1990.

Editorial Experience :

• Sub-Editor, Nagpur Patrika, 4 years

• Acting Executive Editor, Janwad, 2 years

• Principal Correspondent, Unique Features, Pune, 7 years.

Publications :

• Over 150 Articles on various topics in different Marathi and English dailies and magazines.

Development Programs :

• Helped set-up a grain bank in a relocated village Bhagwanpur, in Chandrapur district, in 2008.

• Conducted second awareness camp for the villagers of Botezari village located within Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, in May 2006.

• Prepared a micro-plan for village Kondhegaon, Chandrapur district, and conducted a workshop at the village on ‘alternate farm and off-farm livelihood options and opportunities’, April 2006.

• Conducted an awareness camp for the villagers of Botezari village located within Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, on 29th and 30th November 2005.

• Conducted a stakeholder workshop at village Mendha, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra State as part of the project “Invariant dependency of Common Property Resources at Different Stages of Development: A Case Study of Water in India”, on 22nd June 2005.

• Conducted a stakeholder workshop at village Rajapur, Tumsar district, Maharashtra State as part of the project “Invariant dependency of Common Property Resources at Different Stages of Development: A Case Study of Water in India”, on 21st June 2005.

• Organized and conducted a multi-stakeholder workshops for Orissa, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh under the World Bank funded project “Need assessment of forest dependent people from three states of ‘tribal belt’ of Central India”, in 2005.

• One day interactive workshop organized for five villages on Tirbal Development Schemes, at Mendha village, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra State, January 2004.

• Conducted five Environment Awareness camps sponsored by UNICEF for children of seven villages in and around Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, each,of three days duration in 1998; two training programs for primary teachers of Ashram Schools each of 5 days duration, Integrated Tribal Development Project (I.T.D.P.), Nagpur, 1998; one training program for primary teachers of Ashram Schools of 3 days duration(.I.T.D.P. Bhamaragarh), 1997; three training programs for primary teachers of Ashram Schools each of 3 days duration( I.T.D.P. Gadchiroli), 1997.

Participation in research studies: (last 5 years) :

• “Decentralization in Forest Management: Changing Incentives and Attitudes through JFM”, funded by SANDEE, 2007-09.

• ‘Does legislation-backed increased role of women in local governance affect gender equity? A Comparative study of JFM institutions in Vidarbha region in Central India’, Granted by ICSSR, New Delhi, India.

• ‘Impact of Changed Forest Policy on Tribal Communities: A Revisit Study’, funded jointly by University of Michigan (under National Science Foundation Grant) and Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis (from MacArthur grant) Bloomington.

• ‘Enclosing Forests: bringing community together – social mobilization around natural resource management for poverty alleviation’, an exploratory short study funded by UNDP, New Delhi.

• “Dependence on forest of communities on fringes of protected areas: A case of village Kondegaon located outside Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve” 2006.

• “Alternate income opportunities and dependence on non-timber forest products” Funded by Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, 2005-2006.

• Minor study on “Fact finding and mitigations measures: A study of tribal land alienation and restoration in Jiwati Taluka, Chandrapur District”, 2005.

• “Impact Of Relocation On Forest Dependent Communities: A Case of Protected Area Of Vidarbha Region In Maharashtra State, India” funded by Workshop in Political theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 2004.

• Conducted five Environment Awareness camps sponsored by UNICEF for children of seven villages in and around Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, each,of three days duration in 1998; two training programs for primary teachers of Ashram Schools each of 5 days duration, Integrated Tribal Development Project (I.T.D.P.), Nagpur, 1998; one training program for primary teachers of Ashram Schools of 3 days duration(.I.T.D.P. Bhamaragarh), 1997; three training programs for primary teachers of Ashram Schools each of 3 days duration( I.T.D.P. Gadchiroli), 1997.