Dr Chandrashekhar Vishwanath Joglekar | Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Chandrashekhar Vishwanath Joglekar

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus,
Assistant Professor, Centre for Regulatory Policy and Governance, School of Habitat Studies

Qualification

Ph.D. in Biology (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden Germany),

M.Sc. in Zoology (University of Pune),

B.Sc (University of Pune)

Contact

chandrashekhar.joglekar[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

Email: chandrashekhar.joglekar@tiss.edu

Office Phone: +91-22-2552 5862

Dr. Joglekar has a Master's in Zoology from Pune University. He completed doctoral studies in natural science (cell biology) at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany in 2005, and later was a post-doctoral fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.

Before joining TISS, he was a Research Associate with the Resources and Livelihoods Group (ReLi) of Prayas (a non-governmental organization) based in Pune. At Prayas, he conducted a study to critically evaluate the potential of the Jatropha plantation towards employment generation from a small farmers' perspective. He also contributed thirteen case studies on social sector service delivery which were published in the form of a compendium of Good Practices Resource Book by the Planning Commission of India and UNDP in 2009.

He joined TISS in 2014 and has contributed to the development and delivery of curriculum around food safety regulation which is offered to students of the Master’s Program in Regulatory Policy and Governance. He contributes to the space of regulatory policy in various forms including teaching, research, and active participation in public policy-making through submission of comments to various governing agencies.

Some notable recent works include detailed submissions to the Standing Committee on Agriculture on the draft Pesticide Management Bill, 2020 and to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on the proposed Labelling and Display Amendment Regulation, 2022 which proposes a Health Star Rating for packaged food.

Dr. Joglekar has a research interest in risk regulation with a particular focus on food systems and allied areas. The food system encompasses the entire spectrum of activities from food production to food consumption and food waste. Transformation of the food system is essential to achieving social (food security, nutrition, health) and environmental (combat climate change, protect and restore ecosystems) aspects of sustainability.

In particular, he is interested in the study of the governance of health (e.g., occupational health and consumer health) and environmental externalities (e.g., hazardous waste generation or persistent organic pollution) that are a byproduct of the food system and the regulatory regimes governing these risks. These regimes are fragmented and incorporate various sub-regimes such as food production systems, food safety governance, pesticide governance, food trade, consumer protection, and food waste governance etc.

The study of these regulatory regimes necessitates a multi-disciplinary approach that requires the application of both natural and social sciences. A key aspect of his research is developing a comprehensive understanding of science-based risk regulation and complementing this with socio-cultural aspects such as risk perception and attitude studies.

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Pesticide Risk Assessment and Mitigation through Community Participation and Capacity Building (Funding Agency: Public Health Foundation of India, Status - Report Writing and Paper Writing)

Large-scale unintentional acute pesticide poisoning cases were reported from the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra in 206-17. The main objective of the research project was to study the knowledge and comprehension of the agrarian communities regarding the risk associated with pesticides, the determinants of their practices and safety behaviour while handling pesticides, and the limitations of the regulatory instruments employed for risk communication.

Environmental Health Resource Hub (Funding Agency: Elizabeth Weber Foundation, Status - Ongoing)

The main objective of the project is to systematically evaluate the pesticides registered in India based on the health hazards associated with them. The study has the potential to provide valuable insights for prioritizing pesticides for various environmental health policy objectives such as biomonitoring, exposure studies, and strengthening risk communication.

Dr. Joglekar teaches the following courses:

Introduction to Ecosystem, Habitat and Sustainability
Concepts and History of Regulation
Theories and Perspectives on Regulation
Introduction to Sectoral Regulation (Food Safety)
Sectoral Elective in Food Safety Regulation
Water Quality, Water Pollution and Health