Shankar Pathak

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation Retired Professor
Location Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Introduction Shankar Pathak is a retired Professor of Social Work, Delhi University. He studied at Karnatak and Lucknow universities with Economics as a major subject, and also political science, sociology and social anthropology. He obtained the post-graduate diploma in social work at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and M.A at the Indiana University U.S.A. He has widely read in social sciences and social work and uses this knowledge in all his writings. He has authored eight books (Seven plus 1 revised edition for NBT) and contributed articles to the Encyclopedia of Social Work in India (1966 and 1987) and to several anthologies on social work. He is a founder member of I.AT.S.W, its first President of the Delhi Branch and Editor of its quarterly journal – Social Work Forum (1969-71). He was U.N.ECAFE (now ESCAP) Senior Lecturer at the Philippines School of Social Work. Manila and the International Association of Schools of Social Work Consultant on Family Planning, at the Faculty of Social Administration, Thammasat University, Bangkok during 1973-74. My email ID is shankarpathak2016@gmail.com