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Press Note: St. Mary’s college, Shirva (Post Graduate Department of Social Work) organized a two days National level conference on “Redefining Social Work Profession in Multi-cultural Contexts” on 11th and 12th October 2012 at Saude Sabha Bhavan Hall.

The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Y.S. Sidde Gowda, Registrar Karnataka Sanscrit Gandhi doss on 11th October 2012 at 10.00 am. Mr. Pramod Madwaraj, Industrialist, Malpe was the chief guest. Dr. Ilango Ponnuswami, Professor & Head, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu delivered the Key Note address. Dr. J.C. Miranda, Princiapl, St. Mary’s College, Shirva were present. Very Rev Fr Stany Tauro, Correspondent of the college presided over the programme.

The valedictory session was held on 12th October at 3.30 pm. Mr. P.J.Rai, General Manager-HR, MCF, Mangalore was the chief guest and was presided by Very Rev Fr Stany Tauro, Correspondent of the college

The conference focused on Social Work Profession in multi-cultural contexts and its need to redefine and reposition itself to be relevant to its times. The first expert session on Perspective building for Social Work Profession in multi-cultural contexts and moderator of the first panel discussion on Practice of Social Work Profession in multi-cultural framework by Dr. Vimla Nadkarni, Professor & Dean, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. The panelists were Rev.Dr. Santiago Joseph OFM Cap., Anugraha Institute of Social Sciences, Tamilnadu, India and Dr.Anand Jerard Sebastine, Asst.Professor  in Social Work, Centre for Rural Development, Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu. The second expert session on Social Work Research in multi-cultural contexts and moderator of the second panel discussion on Administration of Social Work Delivery Services in Multi-cultural Contexts by Dr. Deepak Walokar, Director, Karve Institute of Social Services, Pune. The panelists were Dr. Ilango Ponnuswamy, Professor  & Head, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu and Dr. Ashok D’Souza, Assistant Professor, Tumkur University, Tumkur.

The conference also invited papers by teacher delegates and student delegates under the broad theme of the conference. The theme based cultural items were presented by various colleges. More than 30 papers and 15 participant colleges participated in these two events respectively.

By: Vincent Pinto, Course Co-ordinator-MSW
Photos  - Wilson Shirva