The Centre is a
membership based research institute, and since it was not meant to be
‘academically neutral� its individual Life members and Institutional
Members constituting the Centre’s General Body
(GB) are drawn/invited
from people and institutions who share the Centre’s
ideology and aims � formulated on the basis of the
experiences of its founder members.
Since the size and diversity of the country rules out any pretension to
undertake research and other activities on a nation-wide basis, the Centre
chose a catalyst’s role. This strategy influenced the choice of
members to a certain extent also. The Centre draws on the
experience, intellect and scholarship available in the country with the
expectation that its Members would actively participate in fulfilling the Centre’s aims and objectives and provide direction to its future course.
The Centre's
General Body, currently consisting of 93 Life and four Institutional
Members is always on expansion mode due to induction of new member. The
General Body is
the highest policy making and monitoring body of the Centre and meets once a year
to receive the report of Centre's annual activity. It approves Centre's annual work plan
and suggests new direction and new thrusts. The members also offer their own expertise in various areas
to see that the projects and plans are completed with fair amount of
academic excellence. Therefore, from the very early days of the Centre, a
formal review mechanism has deliberately been allowed to come into
existence. The present General body is a mix of
experienced and academically oriented administrators, public figures,
social activists and
highly qualified academicians/ scholars.
The EC is supported by a Finance
Committee and a few Standing Committees
e.g.
Action Research, Library and Information
Services, Publications, Staff Evaluation and Administration. Life
members and other specialists are invited by the EC on various Standing
Committees of the Centre.
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Current
Executive Committee Members |
|
Dr. Kumud
Sharma |
Hony. Chairperson |
|
Ms. C.P. Sujaya, IAS(Retd) |
Hony. Vice Chairperson |
|
Mr. Narayan Kumar Banerjee |
Hony. Treasurer |
|
Prof. Jayati Ghosh |
Member |
|
Dr. Malavika
Karlekar |
Member |
|
Dr. Vasanthi Raman |
Member |
|
Ms. Nirmala Buch,
IAS(Retd) |
Member |
|
Ms. Usha Ramanathan |
Member |
|
Prof.
Valerian Rodrigues |
Member (ICSSR
Nominee) |
|
Dr. Mary E. John |
Member Secretary &
Director |
|
Dr. Indu Agnohotri |
Dy. Director &
Invitee |
The Centre is headed by a
Director. He/ She is assisted by a Deputy Director. The Centre's research
faculty consists Visiting Fellows/Advisors, Senior and Junior Fellows &
Research Associates. The Centre's Library and Documentation Service,
headed by a Librarian, is fully computerised and possesses one of the
finest collection of books, documents and resource material on Indian
women.
The Administration and
Finance is headed by Finance and Administrative Officers. The Centre’s accounts are
fully computerized and the accounts section has developed necessary skills
of financial planning and projections � particularly in a situation of
multiple funding.
The Centre’s accounts are
audited twice in a financial year - once for 9 months from April to December and
finally for twelve months up to March. The reports of the Auditor
pass through the Finance Committee and Executive Committee and finally
placed in the Annual Meeting of the General Body every year.
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