Centre of Tribal Research and Exploration (COTREX)


About us

Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) has been entrusted with the task to strengthen training and active research in various aspects of tribal welfare, by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), Government of India. For this purpose, a Centre of Excellence has been established at IIPA and is named as the Centre of Tribal Research and Exploration (COTREX). Since its inception, it has been the consistent endeavour of the COTREX to work on the given theme i.e. ‘Tribal Research and Exploration’ focusing on the issues concerning exclusion, inclusion, marginalization, etc. of the tribal communities. As per the mandate of the MoTA and COTREX, quality publications, value-adding workshops, memorial lectures, national seminars, dialogue/ discussions, awareness and extension programmes, inter-COTREX collaborating programmes are to be organized regularly. .

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What We Do

Women’s Day is celebrated globally on 8th March every year in honour of their remarkable contribution to our society. The day also commemorates the inspiring role of women around the world to secure women’s rights and build more equitable societies. Women’s day also remembers the voices of many women that go unheard and who continue to be dominated from securing their rights and realizing their full potential. This year on the International Women’s Day, Centre of Excellence for Tribal Affairs, IIPA felicitated those women who have paved the path towards our progress and struggled to take ‘womanhood’ to a level where it is now.

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Hon'ble Union Minister of Home Affairs Sh Amit Shah & Hon'ble Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Sh Arjun Munda inaugurated National Tribal Research Institute-NTRI
(IIPA Campus), New Delhi (07-06-2022)

COE Certificate IIPA

Training

  1. Consultation cum Workshop with NGOs under the scheme Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of STs
  2. List of NGOs
  3. Brochure on Impact of Violence in the Red Corridor on Tribal Development and Traditions
  4. Transcription- National Seminar on Impact of Violence in the Red Corridor on Tribal Development and Traditions
  5. Book of Abstracts: National Seminar on Impact of Violence in Red Corridor on Tribal Development & Traditions
  6. New:- National Consultation on Tribal- Centric Sustainable Livelihood Generation and Innovative Practices

Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce

  1. Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce Executive Summary
  2. Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs),
  3. Pre Matric & Post Matric Scholarships
  4. Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products (TRIFED, etc.)
  5. Support to National / State Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation.

Workshops

The Institute disseminates information, analyses, viewpoints and knowledge related to public administration, governance, policy and development through its regular publications viz., monthly digital editions of IIPA Newsletter, quarterly editions of Indian Journal of Public Administration (IJPA) in association with Sage Publications, quarterly editions of Nagarlok, quarterly editions of Documentation in Public Administration (DPA), biannual editions of Lok Prashashan (Hindi Journal) and quarterly editions of IIPA Digest.

So far, IIPA has published more than 500 books, monographs, reports, working papers, and compendiums in spheres of governance and public administration. A few of the books authored by renowned authors including IIPA faculty members are also available for purchase.

Panel Discussions

  1. Building a Platform for dialogue between different agencies for tribal development
  2. Panel discussion on atrocities in red corridor
  3. Protection of Tribal traditions and cultural expressions
  4. Transcription- Building a Platform for dialogue between different agencies for tribal development
  5. Tribal Centric Sustainable Livelihood Generation and Innovative Practices
  6. Program Schedule On Tribal Centric Sustainable Livelihood Generation and Innovative Practices
  7. Panel Discussion Report on Tribal Centric Sustainable Livelihood Generation and Innovative Practices

Research

Dr Nupur Tiwari is currently working as Associate Professor and Head, Centre of Excellence(CoE) for Tribal Affairs, ( MoTA) at Indian Institute of Public Administration IIPA , New Delhi. She is visiting Faculty at International Business School , The Hague, Netherlands Dr Nupur Tiwari is currently working as Associate Professor and Head, Centre of Excellence(CoE) for Tribal Affairs, ( MoTA) at Indian Institute of Public Administration IIPA , New Delhi. She is visiting Faculty at International Business School , The Hague, Netherlands Earlier , She had worked as Senior Consultant to the former Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, providing inputs on Local governance . She was also a Faculty member at LNSNAA , Mussoorie , She has lectured vastly in India and abroad.. Her current research interests include Tribal Governance , Left Wing Extremism , Public Policy, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj , Left Wing Extremism, and Gender issues She has authored Forty two research papers/Articles, published in peer reviewed National and International journals. She has authored Six books and four Monographs and has contributed Chapters in eleven volumes . Two books, authored on PESA and Left wing extremism are forthcoming. She has Published Seven Reports for Government of India

She has worked as member of various committees constituted by Govt of India .

  1. She is the Expert Member National Capital Region Planning Board;
  2. She is the Resource Head for Training of TRIs for Ministry of Tribal Affairs , Govt of India;
  3. She is the Advisor for National Resource Entity for National Commission For Schedule Tribes , Govt of India
  4. She is the member of an Expert Committee constituted for empowering the Zila Parishad , by Government of Bihar;
  5. She is member of Research Committee constituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development HRD, Govt of India
  6. Member of Expert committee for Women Study Centre of Mizoram University
  7. Member of the Committee constituted to Develop the Module to train the Gram Kachaharis members of Bihar Panchayati Raj Department, Govt. of Bihar
  8. Member of Thematic Group on Panchayati Raj and Local-self government , Ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER) GoI
  9. Members of the Task Force on Watershed Management and Panchayats, WMP , Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Soil Conservation society of India, New Delhi
  10. Consultant , Expert Committee for Leveraging Panchayati Raj ,Constituted by Ministry of Panchayati Raj ,Government of India(November ,2012)
  11. Domain Expert for PM award for excellence in Public Administration (2014)
  12. Expert Member of Area Advisory Board (AAB) and Board of Studies (BoS).Of Amity Institute of Public Policy (AIPP), Amity University

Selected Research Projects

  1. At present she is the Project Director of seven major projects commissioned by Government of India
  2. External Evaluation of the Scheme of Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Product , MoTA, Govt of India
  3. PESA and Left Wing Extremism(LWE): A Study of Extremist Affected Areas of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa , Funded by ICSSR , New Delhi
  4. Impact of MGNREGA in narrowing gender gap in the Informal Workforce :A comparative Study of women participation in Uttar Pradesh ((Shahjhanpur and Bareilly)); Department of Rural Development , Government of UP
  5. Independent Evaluation of SHGs formed by Non Profit Organizations for Supply of Hot Cooked Supplementary Nutritious Food under ICDS Project of Delhi Govt.Department of Women and Child Development . Govt of Delh
  6. External Evaluation of Consumer’s Satisfaction of the products of Kendriya Bhandar, commissioned by DoPT,GoI
  7. External Evaluation of the Autonomous Bodies under the ageis of DoPT , sanctioned by DoPT,GoI
  8. Third party evaluation of the welfare schemes of Department of Personnel and Training, commissioned by DoPT,GoI
  9. Impact Assessment Study on the revised policy of Verification of Character and Antecedents ,Sanctioned by DoPT,GoI
  10. Impact of Women’s Reservation in Panchayats on Household Welfare sponsored by National Council of Applied Economic Research and International Development Research Centre ,IDRC, Canada as part of research programme of IDRC-NCAER on “Decentralization , Rural Development and Inclusive growth
  11. A research Project for preparing of a “ Road map for the Panchayati Raj: An All India Perspective ” sponsored by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt of India
  12.  “Strengthening the Role of Women in Grassroots Democracy”: at Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (Funded by govt. of Ireland, Iris Aid)

She has also Worked on Five Major Projects, funded by IDRC ,Irish Aid , Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Rural Development and UNDP.. She has travelled vastly to USA, France, Germany , Switzerland ,Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Holland , Pakistan , Thailand , Vietnam , Malaysia. She has lectured in India and Abroad

 

 

Publication

  1. Weaponzing Culture: Maoist Insurgency and Tribal self-rule
  2. Building a platform for dialogue between different agencies for tribal development
  3. Book of Abstracts: National Seminar on Impact of violence in Red corridor on Tribal Development & Traditions
  4. Protection of tribal livelihoods & cultural expressions
  5. The State of Art of Tribal Studies
  6. Panel discussion on atrocities in red corridor and left-wing extremism

News Letter

Tribal Affairs Newsletter, FEBRUARY 2019
Tribal Affairs Newsletter, MARCH 2019
State of Tribal Affair Newsletter January 2019
State of Tribal Affairs Newsletter (April 2019)

Journal

Indian Journal of Tribal Affairs

Tribal Womens Day

Tribal Women's Day 2019
Growth of Tribal Women Intellectuals in India

Tribal Research Institute

  1. Concept note on Capacity Building and Strengthening training of Tribal Research Institute
  2. Capacity Building and strengthening of Tribal Research Institutes PPT
  3. Capacity building and Strengthening of Tribal Research Institute
  4. A systematic training modules for the Tribal Research Institute
  5. List of Tribal Research Institute with addresses
  6. Email Id of Tribal Research Institute
  7. Contact details of principal Secretarie

Tribal Talent Pool

  1. Concept note on Assessment and Strengthening Training for Tribal Talent Pool
  2. Assessment and Strengthening Training for Tribal Talent Pool PPT
  3. Assessment and Strengthening Training for Tribal Talent Pool