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.
Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) and Department of Social Work
Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament in 1998. The main campus of MANUU is located in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana State, over an area of 200 acres. MANUU has been accredited with A+ Grade by NAAC. The University is named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the freedom fighter and outstanding scholar, who as the first Education Minister of Independent India envisioned and laid the foundation of technical, scientific and higher education in India. The academic thrust of MANUU lies in its unique service of providing education from elementary to doctoral levels through the medium of the Urdu language. MANUU is the only academic destination offering a large number of higher education programmes for Urdu speaking people in the country. MANUU has its presence in 11 States across India.
The Department of Social Work aspires to develop social work professionals with an inclination and orientation to work with the marginalized sections and contribute to human wellbeing. It is a young department which started Master of Social Work in 2009 and doctoral degree program in year 2014. More recently department has initiated skill lab for facilitating students to make sense of (hegemonic) common sense. It endeavours to facilitate students in questioning their own perceptions, develop sensitivity to issues and imbibe progressive human values
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) is the United Nations’ sexual and reproductive health agency. UNFPA's mission is todeliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every youngperson's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA calls for the realization of reproductive rights for all andsupports access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services, includingvoluntary family planning, quality maternal health care and comprehensive sexualityeducation.
