Dr. Vikas Jha
Member Credibility Alliance, PhD, Principal lead, Good Rural Governance
Dr. Vikas Jha is the Principal Lead, Good Rural Governance at S M Sehgal Foundation. He has a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Policy Studies from Centre for Financial and Management Studies, University of London. He has eighteen years of professional experience in the development sector and field experience of working in India, Brazil, South Africa, South East Asia and South Asia on issues of community empowerment, social accountability and decentralized governance.
He has number of publications namely , ”Citizen Leadership: Deepening Democratic Accountability in India, Brazil and South Africa” , Training Manual on Right to Information: For Community Leaders and Trainers , Study on Tribal Women Domestic Workers in Delhi, Indian Social Institute Publications, New Delhi, 2008 , Study – Demanding Accountability from State: An Assessment of R ight to Information in Eight States, PRIA, New Delhi, 2007.
He has also published Decoding Rural Governance in India, Journal of Management and Public Policy (2016), “Migration of Orissa’s Tribal women: A New Story of Exploitation “Economic and Political Weekly (2005), “Atrocities on Dalits in Haryana and Rajasthan: A comparative Study – Religion as Oppressive” , Religion and Society, (Vol. 51, No. 1, 2006) CISRS Publications Trust and “Dalit Politics: Fragmentation or Consolidation (A Case Study of Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2004)” Social Action, 2006, Vol. 56. No. 2, A Social Action Trust Publication.
He has also written many articles in newspapers, newsletters & magazines such as , “ How can panchayats respond to COVID 19?, IDR online.org, Water projects get priority in MGNREGA amidst covid 19, Sustainability in CSR Projects for Village Development, Solar water pumps for efficient irrigation and Implementing Right to Information Act.
