National Seminar on Youth Employment in India: Trends, Challenges and Policy Responses

                                 

                                                                                                                    

Call for papers:

School of Development Practice (SDP) of RGNIYD is conducting a National Seminar on Youth Employment in India: Trends, Challenges and Policy Responses during 30th and 31st of January 2015 at RGNIYD. The proposed seminar intends to analyse and explore various dimensions of youth employment/ unemployment besides the critical review of existing policy responses. The deliberations in the seminar will be helpful in developing a framework that can address the issues of youth unemployment in its different dimensions by different actors.

Major themes:

1.Youth Employment

5.Youth Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment
2.Youth Employability 6. Gender and Employment
3. Youth and Labour market policies 7. Youth  Unemployment and under employment
4.Migration for Employment  

Seminar Dates: 30th & 31st January 2015.

Please click here to Submit the Full Length Paper 

Important Deadlines: Submission of Full length paper: 5th December 2014

Communication on Acceptance of Paper: 25th December, 2014

Travel support will be extended to outstation delegates and Local Hospitality (Boarding and Lodging) will be extended to all the selected paper presenters during the seminar.

Publication of Papers:

All papers will be reviewed under the team lead by Experts from ILO in coordination with Dr.P.Sivakumar, Faculty School of Development Practice, RGNIYD and papers accepted for presentation will be published in Conference Proceedings. Subsequently, a few selected papers will be published as an edited volume with reputed publishers.

Communication may be sent to:

Dr.P.Sivakumar
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development,
Beemanthangal, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu – 602 105,
Ph:  044 – 27163872
Mob: +91 9444581080
Fax: 044 - 27163227