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Unit for Child and Youth Research, India

Address	Main lines of research	Staff profile and disciplines	Networks
Unit for Child and Youth Research Tata Institute of Social Sciences P.O. Box 8313 Deonar Mumbai 400088 India Tel: +91-22-556 3290 Fax: +91-22-556 2912 E-mail: tash@bom2.vsnl.net.in Usha Nayar Director	Research on health, education, media and personality development of children and youth from vulnerable sections of society as well as issues of their living, particularly in urban areas; the research focus is on programme and policy development Ongoing projects: - Working parents and their lifestyles in Bombay - Field perceptions of the social group method - Informal education among the tribal children in Betul District - Health status of Indian youth: a study on data, indicators and inequalities - Health status of adolescents: a study in Bombay - A study of agencies working in the field of youth development - Health and lifestyle of adolescents - Child and youth welfare in India (a trend report) - Children and technology: alternatives and possibilities	- psychology - developmental clinical psychology - social work (FCW) - child development - demography - anthropology (social) - anthropology (physical)	- International United Nations agencies and others - National research bodies - Ministries - Voluntary organizations - National and international university departments working in the field of child and youth research

Last updated: 14 September 1998