10th INDIAN SOCIAL WORK CONGRESS 2022

15 -17 December 2022

Congress Theme:

Green Social Work- Response to Climate Change and Environmental Issues

At CSRD- Institute of Social Work and Research, Ahemdnagar, Maharashtra-414001

Jointly organised by 

National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI)

&

B.P.H.E Society’s Centre for Studies in Rural Development, Institute of Social Work and Research, Ahemdnagar, Maharashtra

The Indian Social Work Congress is an initiative of the National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI). The purpose of this Congress is to bring a fraternity of professional social workers together to discuss and deliberate upon the issues related to social work profession in general, social work education, research, and practice in India as well as in other contexts. The Indian Social Work Congress aims to strengthen the social work profession to ensure social justice and human rights for all. The Congress also aims to register the responses of social work profession to the changing situations and response of the profession. ISWC aims to act as a forum for discussion on the government vision, policies, programmes, approaches for national development in general and sustainable development goals in particular, and revisiting the role of social work profession and other stakeholders such as civil society sectors, funding agencies, state and local governments, social work educational institutions, etc

Specific Objectives

1. To provide a platform to social work professionals to discuss and deliberate on the issues of environment-related issues, Climate change, and Green social work during the changing scenario and delve into innovative research and practice.
2. To deliberate upon roles and responsibilities of social work professionals in changing socio-political context with respect to wider goals of nation building and new India.
3. To share and exchange realities amongst social work educators, researchers and practitioners to discuss and debate the issues related to social work profession in India and across the globe and reflect upon contemporary issues related to social work profession and its response to issues related to climate change .

Sub Themes and sessions:

The sub-themes are proposed as frameworks for the detailed deliberations under the theme. What is generally expected are the conceptual, empirical, and interventional papers or posters in terms of the causes, consequences, current status, strategic interventions, and potential responses in management lines including policies and program with social work implications for the education and practice.