Dr. J B Rajan

Name DR. J B RAJAN
Designation Assistant Professor (Planning Management and Development)
Phone Number Office - 0487-2201768 (604), Cell - 09447817042
Email [email protected]

Academic Qualifications

  • Master of Commerce (M.Com)
  • Bachelor of Legislative Law (LLB)
  • DFM
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

  • Local Governance
  • Participatory Planning
  • Good Governance
  • Training Methodology
  • Andragogy
  • Human Development
  • Right to Information
  • TQM
  • Legal Pluralism in Fisheries
  • Crafting Policy Documents

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Significant Achievements

  • Recognised Trainer (RT) of Dept. of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Govt. of India on:
    • Direct Trainer Skills (DTS)
    • Experiential Learning Tools (ELT)
  • State Resource Person (SRP) on Right to Information (RTI), certified by YASHADA, Pune under GoI-UNDP.
  • Certified Trainer on District Planning and Human Development, College of Agricultural Banking (CAB), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Pune.
  • International courses:
    • Alternative Approaches to Fisheries Management in 2001 at International Agricultural Centre, The Netherlands.
    • Legal Pluralism in 2002 by Commission on Legal Pluralism at Chiang Mai, Thailand.
    • Strengthening Responsible Fisheries by Wageningen University at Philippines.
    • Fiscal Decentralisation, Georgia State University, Atlanda, USA.
    • Local Government Financial Management, Duke University, North Carolina, USA.
  • Key Resource Person for policy documents on devolution in Lakswadeep Union Territory.

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Experience

  • 17 years experience in NGO Sector on research, training, and dissemination; specialising on issues of fish workers and coastal eco-systems.
  • Faculty of KILA since 2005
  • Master Trainer of People's Plan Campaign since 9th Five Year Plan (1997-2002)

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Positions held

  • Research Coordinator of Fisheries Research Cell (FRC), an NGO based research organisation for 14 years
  • Coordinator of Programme for Community Organisation, a leading NGO for 4 years
  • Member Secretary of Kerala Institute for Environment & Development (KIED) for 3 years
  • Member Secretary of Kerala Fisheries Society (KFS) for 12 years
  • Syndicate Member of Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies (KUFOS) since 2013.
  • Expert Member of Committee on Accounting Standards for Local Bodies (CASLB) of ICAI, New Delhi.
  • Editor of KILA Journal of Local Governance.

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Membership of Professional Bodies

  • International Sociology Association (ISA), Brazil.
  • Commission on Legal Pluralism, Germany.

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Publications

  • Writer on contemporary issues in fisheries and local governance:
    • over 10 research reports/books
    • over 60 articles each in Malayalam and English of leading journals/magazines/news papers.
  • Designed over 25 training modules on local governance