Dr. Jisu Ketan Pattanaik

Biography

He is an Assistant Professor of Sociology. He did his Master of Arts (Sociology), from Sambalpur University, Orissa (1995). He completed Master of Philosophy in Sociology, Sambalpur University, Orissa (1996), and Ph.D. from LNJN National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science, New Delhi (2004). He has been teaching at NUSRL since 2012. He worked as a Research and Training Coordinator, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad in JNNURM Project in the Urban Governance Area, from 8.8.2011 to 31.12.2011. He was a Technical Support Officer, United Nations Development Programme, in GOI-UNDP Capacity Development for Local Governance (CDLG) Project, State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Department of Panchayati Raj, Odisha from 3.3.11 to 3.8.2011. He worked as Senior Consultant, (Social Sector Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation), District Planning and Monitoring Unit (DPMU), Koraput, UNICEF, Orissa from 16.8.2010 to 3.2.2011. He also worked as Project Specialist (Gender), United Nations Development Programme, in GOI-UNDP “Project Strengthening of State Plans for Human Development in Orissa”, Poverty and Human Development Monitoring Agency (PHDMA), Deptt of Planning & Coordination, Orissa Secretariat, Bhubaneswar from 1.10.2007 to 15.08.2011. He was a Zonal Coordinator at Zonal Office, Rayagada (National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level), under Orissa Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA), Govt of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, from August 2004 to September2007. He had been a District Coordinator for Girls Education, ECCE & Community mobilization under District Primary Education Programme/ Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan in Nabarangpur district of Orissa, from December 2003 to June 2004. He was a Research Officer in the project Rights of Women Prisoners in Indian jails (Sponsored by National Human Rights Commission) at L.N.J.N National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Delhi from November 2001 to November 2002. He worked as a Research Fellow for pursuing PhD in Sociology at L.N.J.N.National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi. Duration: 3 years (February 1998 to February 2001).

Research Interest

Criminology, Sociology