Specialization in Indian Social Work: An Academic and Indigenized Practice Profession (Hardbound-2022)

The central theme of the book revolves around the identification of the contemporary specialized areas and practice domain of social work education in India and critical analysis of each of them from indigenous perspectives. The main argument of this book is that social work profession must seriously consider the specialized domains and its diverse utilities to practice from indigenous perspectives. Each chapter of the book provides a critical analysis of a specific area of practice identified as relevant to social work. The insights of the book will not only arouse interest in social work students to opt for their preferred specialization and to become specialized in future but also advance their learning levels on the same. The book is completely students’ centric, and it will serve as a reference book for undergraduate, postgraduate, research scholars, academicians, and practitioners in the fields of Social Work.

Prof. Sanjoy Roy, advocating for ’Indigenous Social Work Practice in India; is working as a senior faculty at the Department of Social Work, University of Delhi. He has four years of working experience in development sector and in research and more than seventeen years in teaching at university level. He has published more than 70 articles/research papers in different referred journals/books and 13 books in National and International publications like Sage, Routledge, Rawat, and Atlantic in Social Work.

He is the Vice-President of National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI). He is also associated Internationally with Encyclopedia of Social Work, NASW, USA, International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society, International Journal of African and Asian Local Government Studies, South Africa, International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, USA, etc.

Prof. Roy’s research interest areas are Social Justice, Law & Human Rights and Empowerment for Disadvantaged Groups, and Indigenous Social Work Practice.