Auteur: Dr. P. Prathapan

Dr.P .Prathapan He was awarded the Doctoral degree by the Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University), Dindugal, Tamilnadu, India on the topic ‘A diagnostic study of Probation supervision in the four southern states of India trough a Gandhian perspective’. This book is a by product of the research study. He have a post graduate degree in Sociology and a Degree in Law from the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram; and post graduate degree in Gandhian Thought from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu He had worked in different capacities like, Probation officer, Child development Project Officer, Assistant Director, Joint Director and retired as Additional Director, Department of Social Justice, during November 2013. From August 2014 he is working as the Chief Executive Officer of Anganwady Workers and Helpers Welfare Fund Board constituted under the Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala. Formerly he was a lecturer in probation for three years at the Regional Institute of Correctinal Administration, Vellore, Tamilnadu State. He had published books on Human Rights, Womens Rughts, Child Rights and on Legal Adoption and articles on various subjects. He is also voluntarily facilitating three day experiential workshops on soft skills designed by Alternatives to Violence Project.