Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Prof. Sandhya Vishwas Limaye

Professor
Mumbai Campus,
Liaison Officer, PwD,

Chairperson, Centre for Disability Studies and Action, School of Social Work - Mumbai Campus
Centre for Disability Studies and Action, School of Social Work - Mumbai Campus

Qualification

M.A.,
M.Phil.,
Ph.D. (TISS),
Erarsmas Mundas Fellow (Freie University, Germany),
Fulbright Fellow (University at Buffalo, USA)

Contact

slimaye[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

Professor and Chairperson

Centre for Disability Studies and Action,

School of Social Work,

and

Liasion Officer (PwDs)

Tata Institute of Social Sciences,

V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar,

Mumbai 400 088.

Phone- (Office) +91 22 2552 5402

Email- slimaye@tiss.ac.in

Sandhya Limaye, Ph.D. is a Professor and Chair of the Centre for Disability Studies and Action, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. As an Erasmus Mundus, Nehru-Fulbright, and Rockefeller fellow, she presented the alternate report on women with disability in India at the UN, Geneva, and is involved in C 20 activities for Diversity, Equity, and Disability groups in India.

Academic and Professional Qualification

MSW, M.Phil, and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Fellowship

o Erasmus Mundus Fellowship, Germany, 2009

o Nehru- Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, USA, 2012-12

o Bellagio Residency Program under Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Italy, 2014

o Indian coordinator for Inclusive Education IE in collaboration with the University of Minnesota

o Presented alternate report of WWD in India in UN twice, 2017, Geneva

o Advocate for C 20 in Bali (2022) and India (2023) for Disability, Equity, and Diversity Group

o Trainer of the trainers

Host Faculty for Fulbright scholar, Prof. Maya Kalyanpur, University of San Diego, California, USA for the period of June to August 2017 and June to August 2018 at TISS

Done M.Phil and Ph.D. review from different universities and External Guide for Ph.D. Student in IIT, Mumbai

Exceutive members of various Government and non-government organisation and Universities

Conducted various national and international conference on various subjects

2. Current position and Affiliation

Professor and Chairperson

Centre for Disability Studies and Action,

School of Social Work,

Tata Institute of Social Sciences,

V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar,

Mumbai 400 088.

Phone- (Office) +91 22 2552 5402

Email- slimaye@tiss.edu

1. Consultation on Evaluation study of Integrated Rural development Project and NGOs’ self appraisal
Radha Kalindas Daryanani Charitable Trust- Sai Baba Seva Dham, kanhe, Dt. Pune

2. The voice of Young carer: The Youth having Parents with Disabilities

3. Constructing Disability as an Identity: Comparative Study of Youth with Disabilities in India and US
Nehur-Fulbright Fellowship

4. Livelihood Opportunities and Challenges for Persons with Disabilities ( A Study of Assam and Meghalaya)

5.Examining the Intersection of Disability Identity and Civil Society Disability Messaging

6. Collaborative research work with University of Minnesota, Funded by Global Spotlight Grant, UoM

7.Violence Against Women with Disabilities at Karjat, Dt. Raigad
TISS and London School of Economic, UK

8.Effects of Cochlear Implant on the Children with Hearing Impairment

UN Shadow Report

Was a part of Team of WWDIN to present the alternate report on status of WWD in India twice i.e. April 2019 and September 2019

Limaye Sandhya and Nag, M, 2022 Adolescents with Multiple Disabilities: Concerns of Urban Families, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 83, 4, pp 569-586, Oct 2022

Limaye, Sandhya, October 2020: Preparing student social workers to support inclusive education in an Indian context. In U. Sharma and Spencer Salend (Eds.), OXFORD RESEARCH ENCYCLOPEDIA, EDUCATION (oxfordre.com/education), Oxford University Press: USA, · https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1029, Oxford Press

Nagchoudhuri , Madhura and Limaye, Sandhya 2020 : Issues faced by Elderly with Disability. In Misra, S., Ghadai, S., and Mohanty, B. (eds) Empowering the Differently Abled ( chapter 7. Pp. 87-103), Delhi: Authorspress

Limaye, Sandhya, 2020: Deaf Families: Understanding issues of two Generations. In B. Devi Prasad, S. Juvva & M. Nayar (Eds.), The Contemporary Indian Family: Transitions and Diversity (Chapter 8, pp.167-185), London: Routledge

Limaye, Sandhya 2019: Unheard voices: Schooling experiences of parents having children with disabilities in India. In M. Schuelka, C. Johnstone, G. Thomas, A. Artiles (Eds.), The sage handbook of inclusion and diversity in education (Chapter 40, pp.557-570). London: Sage Publications Ltd.,

Johnstone Christopher, Kayama, Misa, and Limaye Sandhya, April 2019: Inclusion or assimilation? Program development in disability-focused organizations in India. Disability and Society, 34(9-10), 1-18. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2019.1601068

Kayama, Misa, Johnstone Christopher and Limaye Sandhya, March 2019: The experiences of disability in sociocultural contexts of India: Stigmatization and resilience. International Social Work, 2019, 1-15. https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/Y4zx2ZczGtDzITzuypCE/full.

Kayama, Misa, Johnstone Christopher and Limaye Sandhya, Jan 2019: Adjusting the “self” in social interaction: Disability and stigmatization in India”. Children and Youth Service Review, 96 (2019), 463-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.047

Limaye Sandhya 2017, e-pathshala (UGC) on Social work Value and International Social work

Limaye Sandhya 2017, 2018-3 articles for Yojana, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Social inclusion for PWD, Social Security for PWD and Employability for PWD

Christopher Johnstone, Sandhya Limaye, and Misa Kayama (2017)
Disability, culture and identity in India and USA. In S. Halder and L. Assaf (Eds.), Inclusion, disability and culture, an ethnographic perspective traversing abilities and challenges (Chapter 2, pp.15-30). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG.

Limaye, Sandhya ( 2016) Factors influencing the accessibility of education for children with disabilities in India. Global Education Review, 3 (3), 14-31.

Sinduja Vummidi and Sandhya Limaye (2016) Synergies between personal and professional lives of counselors. In S. Sriram (Ed.), Counselling in India: Reflections on the process (Chapter 4, pp. 55-73). Singapore: Springer.

Limaye, Sandhya (2015),A disabled mother's journey in raising her child. In A. Hans (Ed.), Disability, gender and the trajectories of power (Chapter 7, pp. 133-154). New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Nagchoudhuri Madhura, Limaye, Sandhya, Vinita Aajgaonkar, Candice Menzes (August 2014): Power, privilege and empowerment among WWD. Perspectives in social work. xxix(no. 2), Mumbai: College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan

Limaye, Sandhya (2013) The inner world of adolescent girls with hearing impaired: Two case studies, In R. Addlakha (Ed.), Disability studies in India: Global discourse, local realities (Chapter 11, pp. 263-281), New Delhi : Routledge.

Limaye, Sandhya ( 2010) Developmental task of Adolescents with Hearing Impaired, In Indian Context. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing

Juvva, Limaye, S. and Das, A. (2008):Social work in the field of mental retardation. In T. Hari Prasad (Ed.), First Indian year book on mental retardation, (252 – 292). Hyderabad: Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped

Limaye, Sandhya (2008) The inner world of adolescent girls with hearing impairment: Two case studies, Indian Journal of Gender Studies. 15 (2), 387-404, May-August 2008

Limaye, Sandhya (2004)Hearing impairment. In Puri, M and Abraham G.(Eds.), Handbook of inclusive education for educators, administrators and planners, within Walls, Without Boundaries. New Delhi: Sage Publication

Limaye, Sandhya (2004) Exploring the impact of hearing impairment on self-concept. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 26(4), 367-372, December 2004

Limaye, Sandhya (2003) Sexuality and women with sensory disabilities. In A. Hans, and A. Patri (Eds), Women, disability and identity. New Delhi: Sage publication

Limaye, Sandhya (2002):11 articles on information on various types of disabilities in Marathi newspaper, Loksatta

Limaye, Sandhya (1999):Facilitating integration of a deaf child in the regular school. Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, 10(2),

Project Director of iCBR Project (Inclusive Community Based Rehabilitation)

(1) at Karjat Block, Dt. Raigad, Maharashtra state, India for the period of 2014-16, sponsored by IDBI Bank, Mumbai. Focus on rural disabled population on health, education, livelihood, capacity building and advocacy.

(2) Started same iCBR in M ward, Mumbai since 2016 to work with disabled population in slum area

The objectives of the iCBR project include:

To enhance the access to educational services and schemes to drop out and never enrolled children with disabilities and ensure inclusion and effective learning with other non-disabled peers. To provide career guidance, vocational counselling and skill training to youth with disabilities to initiate income generation and sources of livelihood through self or open employment. To provide detailed information and knowledge about their rights, various facilities and schemes available for them through various government programmes and making them aware about the process and requirements while accessing those services and schemes and need based advocacy. To ensure inclusion and integration of people with disabilities in village community at various spheres of life by providing opportunities of proper medical care, inclusive education, vocational training and livelihood support within the community

Inclusive Community based Rehabilitation (iCBR) project has built good rapport with the community people, Government authorities and Nongovernmental organizations and gained community acceptance to work with them in their villages on their identified issues in the broad domains of Health care, Inclusive Education and Sustainable Livelihood and conducted various workshops for different stakeholders. In Mumbai M ward, same works have been done in collaboration with Pratham Vidya Vardhini, Social Welfare Department, SSA. Identification of people with disabilities including children with disabilities, pension scheme, concession , disability certificate, disability awareness programme by conducting challenging challenges programme, workshop on livelihood for people with disabilities in Vashi Naka.

Teaching Experiences

· Social Case Work

· History and philosophy of Social Work Perspectives

· Persons with Disability and Their Rehabilitation Contexts

· Gender Dimension of Disability in Indian Context

· Seminar on issues related to Field Practice

· Social Work Intervention with People with Disability and Their families

· Intervention with Vulnerable Groups

· Human Rights, Social Policy and Law

· Introduction to Inclusive Education

· Management of Rehabilitation Programme for the Disabled

· Critical Disability Theory for M.Phil

· Family Intervention having Deaf Adult for M.Ed. at NIHH

· Deaf Studies

· Advocacy

· Disability Counselling