Admissions 2025 Integrated Programmes

Department of Social Work

Dr.V.Kalyani

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : Ph.D

Email-ID : kalyani@rajagiri.edu

Dr. V. Kalyani is an Assistant Professor at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Ernakulam, Kerala. She holds a Doctoral degree in Social Work, with a focus on organic farming for sustainable agriculture, from Alagappa University, where she was awarded an AURF research fellowship for her outstanding doctoral research and she also holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) with a specialization in Community Development and a Bachelor of Arts in History. Her research spans critical areas such as migration, tribal development, gender equality, and sustainable development. She has published extensively in prestigious journals, including the Journal of Social Work and Public Administration Review. Dr. Kalyani’s work has garnered significant recognition, more than 895 citations, an H-index of 13, and an i10-index of 21, highlighting her influence in the academic community. In addition to her research, she has presented papers at numerous national and international conferences on topics like women's reproductive health and gender equality. She is also a reviewer for many reputed peer-reviewed journals.

  • 2020-PhD (Social Work), Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.
  • 2010-MSW (Community Development) Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.
  • 2024- Present, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery.
  • 2024-2024 Worked as Research Associate in Women’s Studies, Department of Women’s Studies, Alagappa University, and Karaikudi 2.01.2023 to 31-0302024
  • 2020-2024 Lecturer (Part Time), in DMI.St. Eugene University, Lukasa, Africa.
  • 2013-2014 Worked as an Assistant Manager (Karma Yoga) in the Business School, Great Leaks Institute of Management, Manamai, Chennai. Tamil Nadu.  
  • 2012-2013 Worked as Project Co-Ordinator, Ananda Joyothi Social Organization Chennai
  • 2011-2012 Worked as Project Co-Ordinator, in The Banyan, Kovalam Chennai.
  • Dr.V.Kalyani Research Project Collaborative(Viksit Bharath 2047) title Assessing the Effectiveness of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Threshold Entrepreneurial Capacity Development in Selected and Private Universities  in South India Grant Rs.1200000 From ICSSR(Govt of India ) 2024-2025
  • Dr.saju M.D ,Dr.Kran Thampi,Dr.V.Kalyani Rajagiri Journal of Social Development' got the  approval of ICSSR(Govt of India )  the sanction of a Grant-in-Aid of Rs.1,00,000 (Rupees One Lakh only/-) for the year 2024-25.
  • Kalyani, V. (2024).   Social Work Theory and Ethics: Ideas in Practice, Journal of Social Work in Sage Publication.
  • Kalyani, V. (2024).   Policing Integration the Sociology of Police Coordination Work, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.
  • V Kalyani, S Srinivasan (2024) Child Sexual Abuse Reported by Adult Survivors: Legal Responses in England and Wales, Ireland and Australia Child Abuse Review.
  • Kalyani, V. (2024).  Governance and public management for social policy. Public Administration Review (PAR).
  • Kalyani, V. (2024). Dalit Migrants: Assertion, Emancipation, and Social Change. South Asia Research Sage Publication.
  • Dr.V. Kalyani (2023). “Big Data and Social Science Data Science Methods and Tools for Research and Practice” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society Oxford Press.
  • Dr.V.Kalyani (2023). “Identity, Nationhood and Bangladesh Independent Cinema,” Contemporary South Asia, Taylors and Francis.
  • Dr.V.Kalyani. (2023). Big Data and Social Science Data Science Methods and Tools for Research and Practice, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society.
  • Dr.V.Kalyani,Dr.B.Lathalavanya . (2023) The Outsiders Within: A Dalit Feminist Standpoint in the Life Narratives of Dalit Women, Contemporary South Asia, 31:4, 652- 653, DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2275995
  • Dr.V.Kalyani ,M Surya Kumar. (2023) Renunciation and longing: the life of a twentieth- century Himalayan Buddhist saint, Contemporary South Asia, 31:4, 650- 651, DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2275994
  • V Kalyani,M Surya Kumar (2023) Period: The real story of menstruation. Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work, in Sage Publication.
  • Dr.V.Kalyani. (2023) Regression Analysis in R: A Comprehensive View for the Social Sciences, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, Volume 187, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 262–263.
  • Dr.V.Kalyani. (2023) Crime by the Numbers: A Criminologist’s Guide to R, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, Volume 187, Issue 1, January 2024, Page 266.
  • Dr.V. Kalyani and Darakhshan Harmain E.P. Abdul Azeez, Dandub Palzor Negi, Tanu Kukreja, Kamini C. Tanwar, M. Surya Kumar (2023) “Why do they decide to stay? Experience of Indian Women Surviving Intimate Partner Violence “Journal of Aggression Maltreatment Trauma.
  • Dhanabalan Thangam, Gurunath Rao Vaidya, Gopalakrishnan Subramanian, Kalyani Velusamy, Karthigai Selvi Govindarajan, Jin Yong Park (2022). “The Portrayal of Women’s Empowerment in Select Indian Movies” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol.81, No.1, 187-205.
  • G Manikandan, M Suryakumar, Kalyani Velusamy, Ambaliga Bharathi Kavithai Ramesh, Shruthi Rathinavelu, SV Rajkamal, Mohammad Nabi Jageerkhan (2022). “Work Life Imbalance and Emotional Intelligence: A Major Role and Segment among College Teachers” International Journal of Professional Business Review.
  • Thangaraja Arumugam, B Latha Lavanya, Vignesh Karthik, Kalyani Velusamy, Uday Kiran Kommuri, Divakar Panneerselvam (2022). “Portraying Women in Advertisements: An Analogy Between Past and Present” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol.81, No.1, 187-205.
  • Ravishankar Krishnan, Rajalakshmi Vel, Priyanka Zala, S. Thandayuthapani, H. Moideen Batcha, Kalyani Velusamy, Theju Kumar Chandrappa (2023). Promoting Online Safety: The Government's Role in Combating Cyber Harassment and Cybercrime through Social Media Platforms. Global Perspectives on Social Media Usage within Governments IGI Global.
  • Dhanabalan Thangam, Thangaraja Arumugam, Kalyani Velusamy, Mathiraj Subramanian, Sathis Kumar Ganesan, M Suryakumar (2022). COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Brunt on Digital Transformation and Cyber security. In Cyber security Crisis Management and Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic (pp. 15-42). IGI Global.
  • V. Kalyani, Thangaraja Arumugam, M Surya Kumar (2022). Women in Oppressive Societies as Portrayed in Kollywood Movies. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 81(1), 173- 185
  • Thangaraja Arumugam, S Sethu, V Kalyani, S Shahul Hameed, P Divakar (2022). Representing Women Entrepreneurs in Tamil Movies. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 81(1), 115-125.
  • Thangaraja Arumugam, B Latha Lavanya, Vignesh Karthik, Kalyani Velusamy, Uday Kiran Kommuri, Divakar PanneerselvamPortraying Women in Advertisements: An Analogy between Past and Present. American Journal of   Economics   and Sociology, 81(1), 207-223.
  • External Examiner in BSW Kalasalingam Univeristy,Krishnan Kovil,Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu from 2024 to till date  .
  • Life Time Member in American Psychological Association From 2021 to till date.
  • External Examiner in BSW and MSW, St. Eugen University, Lukasa Africa 2021-2022.