Sub Themes :

Academicians, practitioners, researchers and young professionals are encouraged to share and reflect their valuable academic and field experiences. A paper should engage at least one component of a given sub-theme.

Social work curriculum: pedagogy and pedagogical challenges

	National framework; regional specificities; and vernacular challenges in making and transacting curriculum in the context of National Education Policy 2020 and Sustainable Development Goals 2030
	Accounts of educators and practitioners on teaching and practice of different methods of working with people
	Lessons from social reform movements/social reformers and civil rights/grassroots movements
	Theorizing indigenous knowledge (nature, context and relevance) for social work education and practice

Intervention models with rural, urban and tribal communities

	SDG-2030 and emerging issues in rural, urban and tribal spaces
	Poverty alleviation initiatives by state and non-state actors
	Education, livelihoods and self-governance
	Exclusion and right assertion movements
	Role of CSR in creating sustainable communities
	Non-governmental organizations and sustainability

Sustainable interventions with adolescents and youth

	Adolescents, youth and sustainable development goals 2030
	Universal access to sexual and reproductive health
	Demographic dividend and life skills
	Social work and youth friendly mental health services
	Intervention by social work professionals in promoting reproductive choices and reproductive health services

Marginality and working with marginalized groups

	Muslims and other minorities
	Homeless, elderly and LGBQTIA+
	Migrants, refugees and persons with disabilities
	Social work and persons living with HIV/AIDS
	Environment and social work
	Gender centric social work

Innovations in social work practice and research

	School/Sanskrit Vidyalayas/Madrasas and community linkages
	Digital revolution and social work
	New practice models in different sectors
	Social innovation and social enterprises for sustainability
	COVID pandemic and social work
	New paradigms in social work research
	Collaborations, partnerships and co-creation