National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI)
National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI) is one of the largest member-based organization of professional social workers in the country. Established in 2005, NAPSWI is a non-profit, non-political, national level organization dedicated to the promotion of the standard and status of social work profession. NAPSWI intends to promote the social work profession across the country with the aim of improving the quality of services in the social welfare and social development sectors on one hand and protecting interests of social work professionals on the other. NAPSWI has been granted a special consultative status by UN ECOSOC since 2019. NAPSWI believes in shaking hands with different stakeholders- be it social work educational institutions, government, non-government, civil society or any likeminded person/institution with similar philosophy.
Department of Social Work, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya
About the Department of Social Work
The Department of Social Work was established in September 2008 with an objective to train prospective professional social workers for social outreach skills. The curriculum is designed to teach, train and prepare human resources with scientific knowledge, inculcate human concerns and democratic values. Vision of the department is to develop human resource for social work practice to strive for creation of just and equal society which ensures freedom from all forms of oppressions and exploitation. Mission of the Department is to prepare students for competent and effective professional social work practice with diverse range of individuals, groups and communities by using a holistic knowledge base that serves as the foundation for the generalist social work practice. Capacity building of the students is being done by developing their knowledge skills, attitudes and values appropriate to the practices of social work profession. In addition to this, students are trained to develop critical thinking and ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practice of the social work. The Department has established Community Resource Centres in all five adopted village with the aim to provide care and services on rural development, schemes, health, hygiene and education of women, girls, children and other community people. Besides academic rigor, the students are given adequate opportunity to participate in sports events, cultural activities, seminars, conferences and workshops, organized by the Department and other UTDs/institutes of the University. The Department also guides, trains and assists its students for job placement in the different Government and Non-Government Organizations, institutes and projects
About the University
Since Vedic period, Education has empowered women in several ways. One such seminal and historical step in this direction was establishment of the Girls' Gurukul by Bhagat Phool Singh Ji in 1936 at village Khanpur Kalan in Sonipat district of Haryana State. The noble work initiated by Bhagat Phool Singh Ji was continued by his daughter Padamshree Subhahshini Devi Ji benefiting thousands of rural women. The erstwhile Gurukul was turned into a State University in August 2006 exclusively for women named after Bhagat Phool Singh Ji as Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya (BPSMV). The University has the distinction of being North India's first State Women University spread over pollution free 400 acres of campus. The university is unique in the sense that it functions on the model of 'society- university interface', juxtaposition of tradition and modernity and having its genesis in the philanthropic tradition. The Girls' Gurukul started with just three girls has turned into today's BPSMV with approximately 7000 girls on its rolls enrolled in approximately 100 academic programmes administered through its 18 University Teaching Departments, 02 Constituent Institutions, 05 Special Centres, 02 Regional Centres and 06 affiliated Government Women Colleges. The University consequently became a sought after destination by women for getting modern education grounded in Indian tradition and universal human values.
