DR. BALDEV SINGH NEGI

Project Officer cum Faculty,Rural Development

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies-IIHS

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171005

bsnsince79@hpuniv.ac.in , bsnsince79@gmail.com

0177-2633017 (Office) 9418485352 (Mobile)

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Educational Qualification:

• MA. M.Phil. & Ph.D. (Public Administration) from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171005
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Geo-Spatial Technology Application in Rural Development-PGDGARD (NIRDPR, Hyderabad), 2022
• Master of Arts in Corporate Social Responsibility (MACSR) from IGNOU, New Delhi, 2024

Experience:

• More than 17 Years (Research and Teaching) Since 1-12-2005.

Area of specialisation:

• Rural Development, PRIs, Good Governance, Institution Building and capacity building

Courses Teaching:  MBA-Rural Development

• Principal of Management (MBA-RD 101)
• Human Resource Management (MBA-RD 205)
• Rural Livelihood (MBA-RD 305)
• Corporate Social Responsibility (MBA-RD 406)

Membership/Professional Affiliation (12)

• Member, Faculty of Environment, Development and Sustainability Studies, H.P. University, Shimla
• Member, DIS-Departmental Cell on Entrepreneurship Development, MGNCRE,
• Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (as being a Peer- Reviewer for one year)
• Life member, Indian Adult Education Association (IAEA)
• Life member, Indian Association of Social Science & Health (IASSH)
• Member, Indian Environment Network (IEN)
• Member, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance (GSSWA)
• Life Member, Indian Political Science Association (IPSA)
• Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun (ISRS)
• Life Member, Association of Indian Political Economic Association, New Delhi (IPEA)
• Life Member, Association Professional Social Work and Development Practitioners (APSWDP)
• Team Member, People for Responsible Governance (PeRGo), Shimla
• Member, Himachal Gyan Vigyan Samiti (HGVS)

Publication/articles/cases/reviews (numbers)-(48)

• Books-05 (two co-authored)
• Chapters in books-03
• Research Papers-26 (08 UGC Care listed Journals)
• Articles in editorial page of newspapers-14

Research Projects:

Completed 06 research projects sponsored by:

• ICSSR
• UGC-CPEPA
• HPPCL
• Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI,
• H.P. State Land Use Board.

Attended Training Programmes (including online) /summer, winter & autumn schools/FDP etc. (81)

International-10 (4 Online) and National-71 (57 Online) These academic programme ranging up to four weeks attended in the followings national and international academic and professional institutions:

• Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
• NWRC, Indian Council for Social Science Research (CSSR), Chandigarh
• Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi
• H.P. State Institute of Rural Development (HP-SIRD), Shimla
• Himachal Institute of Public Administration (HIPA)
• Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) Mumbai and DAAD&GIZ, Germany
• Lokniti-Jain University, Bangalore
• National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad
• Doon University, Uttarakhand
• HBF, Germany and LSR, New Delhi
• India Social Institute (ISI), New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Remote Sensing-IIRS, Dehradun
• National Council of Rural Institute (NCRI)
• AICTE and IIT-Delhi
• IPSA-University of Sao Paulo-Brazil
• Prasaar Bharti and Doordarshan, New Delhi
• UNITAR-CIFAL, Jeju, South Korea
• Asian African Association of Rural Development Organizations (AARDO)
• Bangladesh Academy of Rural Development (BARD), Bangladesh
• Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad
• V.V.Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, UP
• Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

Conference/Seminars -15

• Participated and presented papers in 14 National Conferences/Seminars in (HP, Punjab & Delhi)

Foreign Visits for academic programmes (02)

• Russia and Brazil

Training/Workshop/Conferences Conducted-10

• Academic Activities at IIHS and in collaboration with various agencies such as NIRDPR, Hyderabad, NITTTR, Chandigarh, MGNCRI, Hyderabad, HP-SIRD, NAVDANYA, HP-SRC etc.

Coordinator IIRS-ORP:

• Coordinating IIRS-ORP at Nodal Centre, Himachal Pradesh University since January, 2018 and successfully coordinated 43 outreach programmes on GIS and Remote Sensing or Geospatial Technology as a whole. These programmes have benefited more than 1600 participants including Faculty members, Research Scholars, Post-Graduate and Under-Graduate Students.

Invited Talks/Presentation (18)

• Capacity Building Programmes for Elected Women Representatives in 2018 by Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, GoI.
• Resource Person in FDP organized by Department of Rural Development, NITTTR, Chandigarh
• Resource Person in Training Programme by SIRD-HIPA.
• Invited talk to Pune College of Commerce, Arts and Sciences

Honour/Awards:

• HPU-JRF (2005)
• Appreciation Letter by IIRS-ISRO for Promoting Geospatial Technology and its Application-2018, 2021
• IIAS-IUC Associateship, March- 2022, March-2023 (completed two spells)
• Elected President, SCA, Government Post-Graduate College, Chamba in 2000.

Research Guidance:

• Ph.D. (02) ongoing -Rural Development
• M.Phil. (02) Rural Development (awarded)
• Master Dissertation (06) ongoing, 30 completed (MBA-Rural Development)

Other Assignments:

• Associate Editor, Himachal Pradesh University Journal (Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Managing Editor: HPU Journal of Interdisciplinary Journals
• Managing Editor: Himalayan Studies Journal
• Academic Counselor: IGNOU
• Casual Assignee: AIR, Shimla (for Dialects Programme)