Views of Indians Living with Disabilities

Dr. Barani Daran S has completed his “Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Social Work (Specializing in Clinical Social Work), Master of Philosophy in Social Work and Doctorate in Social Work – Management Studies”. He has also completed his “University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in Social Work subject” under “Persons with Disabilities” category during 2013. He is working as an “Assistant Professor in Social Work department, Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India” from May, 2023. He is passionate in teaching and research. His areas of interest in research are related to subjects of “Clinical Social Work, Disability Studies, Human Resource Management and Sociology”. He has worked as an “Assistant Professor in Social Work department” of “Kodaikanal Christian College (Autonomous), Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India” during 2021 to 2022. He has worked as part time faculty for “DMI St. John the Baptist University, Malawi and DMI St. Eugene University, Zambia”. He has handled online classes for “Bachelor of Social Work students of DMI St. John the Baptist University” during the period March to May, 2021. He has handled online classes for “Master of Social Work students of DMI St. Eugene University” from March to June, 2021. He has worked as “Guest faculty in department of Social Work, Pondicherry University, Puducherry” during the academic year 2016 to 2017. He worked as “University Grants Commission major research project fellow in the department of Management Studies at University of Madras”, for the period from 20.05.2011 to 31.01.2013. “University Grants Commission major research project was in the area of work family conflict formed the basis of his doctoral research work”. He has worked as “Young Professional of Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) at Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Limited, Tiruchirappalli district” from August, 2008 to February, 2009. He has presented numerous research papers in regional, national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, etc. He has published several research articles in journals, conference proceedings and as a book chapter. He is one of the editors of the books titled “Global Sustainable and Inclusive Development” published in 2020 and “Socio Revista – 2022 (Innovation in Social Work)” published in 2022. He has also written a book titled “Concepts in Psychology” published in 2021.