The American College : Department of MSW

Name	E. BABU CHARLES
Date of Joining	29.09.02
Designation	Director-in-Charge
Qualification	M.A. Social Work
Area of Specialization	Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, Community Health, Mental Research and Training, Health and development.
Research Project Activities	Presently involved in Action Aid CEDAR Field Research on Child Rights and Education, Kovilpatti,funded by Action Aid. This is to study the impact of CEDAR programme on Child Rights, identifying area of intervention and develop perspectives for future.
Other Involvements	Coordinated more than eight national and international projects mainly focusing on cultural issues in mental illness and strategies in mental health care during his employment in Schizophrenia Research Foundation, a WHO collaborating centre for mental health research and training, Chennai. Coordinated Needs Assessment for Corporate Social Responsibility for TVS Srichakra Tyres, Vellaripatti, Madurai East Taluk. Coordinated Population Ageing related preliminary field survey in Alanganallur Block in the American College. Disability, Body and Identity – Perspectives for Curriculum development in Ali Yuvar Jung Institute for Visually Challenged and Tata Institute of Social Sciences organized National Seminar on ‘Enhancing Disability inputs in Social Work Education’ – Mumbai. Recovery in Social Work Theory and Practice – perspective presented in National Seminar on ‘Social Work Curriculum’ organised by RUSHA Vellore in collaboration with University of Southern Australia. Social Work Concerns: Educational and Professional – perspective presented in the National Seminar Series organised by St. Josephs College, Calicut on “Social Work Education in India – Need for Recognition.”

Name	T. AUGUSTUS JULIAN LAZMEY
Date of Joining	29.07.04
Designation	Lecturer
Qualification	M.A. (Social Work), M. Phil.
Area of Specialization	Organisation and Management, Human Resources Management and Development and Population Ageing.
Other Involvements	Involved in the Tsunami Relief and Impact assessment study with People’s Forum for Relief and Rehabilitation and Ekta Parishd - Tamilnadu. Involved in Tsunami Rapid impact Assessment study with the People’s Watch Tamilnadu in Puducherry, Cuddalore and Karaikal Involved in Post- Trauma Counseling process for Tsunami affected victims at Poombugar. Rural Study conducted in 4 Villages of Allaganallur Block. Involved in Population Ageing related Preliminary field survey in Alanganallur Block. Involved in socio-economic survey with CEDAR at Kovilpatti Block during Dec 2004