Centre for Social Defense and Gender Studies

Centre for Social Defense and Gender Studies

The Centre for Social Defense and Gender Studies is located at Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur campus. The Centre is approved by the Ministry of Home Affair, Government of Rajasthan, having areas of focus such as vulnerable sections of society, gender sensitivity, geriatric care, issues related to mentally and physically challenged persons and reformation & rehabilitation process of prisoners. The Centre works as an academic practical mediator for creating sensitivity and awareness among the public towards the weaker sections of the society.

Focus Areas
  • Gender Studies
  • Prison Population: (Reformation & Rehabilitation Process)
  • Geriatric Care
  • Vulnerable Sections of Societies
  • Children and Adolescent Care Issues
  • Issues related to Drug Abuse

Aim of the Centre
To serve as harmonizing link between academics and governmental agencies for creating sensitivity and awareness towards focus areas.

Objectives
  • To conduct Trainings Conferences, Meeting, Seminars, Workshops,Projects, Debates, and other sensitization and academic programmes on the issues of social defense and gender.
  • Through continuous surveys, research and field level data collection,raise the issues of social defense and gender in front of the policy makers and implementing agencies and the Government.
  • Develop knowledge transfer mechanism between Academia, Police and CJS in tackling issues of Social Defense.
  • Conducting academic courses in social defense and gender studies
  • To act as a consulting agency in the concerned areas.
  • To create awareness among the members of society towards the responsibilities of the citizens pertaining to the concerned issues
  • To provide a platform for debates and discussions on academic as well as practical approaches to study social defense and gender specific concerns.

The main functions of the centre
  1. Teaching
  2. Training
  3. Research
  4. Publication
  5. Documentation
  6. Consultancy
Smiley face Dr. Kanika Panwar
Deputy Director
Centre for Social Defense and Gender Studies
Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur
Education Qualification:PhD,NET.
Faculty of Sociology.
Email: kanika@policeuniversity.ac.in

Smiley face Dr. Mithilesh Narayan Bhatt
Deputy Director
Centre for Social Defense and Gender Studies
Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice
Education Qualification: LL.M ,Ph.D, UGC NET.
Faculty of Law.
Email: mnbhatt@policeuniversity.ac.in
Smiley face Shri Himanshu Sharma
Administrative officer
Centre for Social Defense and Gender Studies
Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice
Email: himanshu.sharma@policeuniversity.ac.in

Smiley face Mr. Arvind Raj Calla
Research Assistant
Education Qualification: B.Com, LLB, LLM
Centre for Social Defense and Gender Studies
Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice
Email: arvind.csdgs@policeuniversity.ac.in
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1 State Level workshop on “Gender Budgeting in Policing” Sponsored by Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi.
The aim of the workshop was pushing for more women in police forces, the Union ministry of home affairs has advised to introduce ‘gender budgeting’ in allocation of police funds to provide ample facilities and equipment for women police personnel in the state. Besides gender budgeting, there is also a need to provide facilities such as toilets, restrooms and common rooms for women police personnel in all the existing and proposed police stations and administrative buildings. The home ministry, which woke up to the issue after a parliamentary committee last year pointed out deficiencies in basic facilities for women police personnel, had issued detailed guidelines on building designs to all the states in this regard.
28th - 30th March 2019
2 One day Training Programme on “Awareness Generation On Drug Abuse Prevention for Police Functionaries” in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India., New Delhi. 26th February 2019
3 District Level workshop on “Gender Budgeting” Sponsored by Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi.
The aim of the workshop was pushing for more women in police forces, the Union ministry of home affairs has advised to introduce ‘gender budgeting’ in allocation of police funds to provide ample facilities and equipment for women police personnel in the state. Besides gender budgeting, there is also a need to provide facilities such as toilets, restrooms and common rooms for women police personnel in all the existing and proposed police stations and administrative buildings. The home ministry, which woke up to the issue after a parliamentary committee last year pointed out deficiencies in basic facilities for women police personnel, had issued detailed guidelines on building designs to all the states in this regard.
11th – 13th February 2019 2018
4 One day Training Programme on “Awareness Generation On Drug Abuse Prevention for Police Functionaries” in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India., New Delhi. 21st January 2019
5 One day Training Programme on “Awareness Generation On Drug Abuse Prevention for Police Functionaries” in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India., New Delhi. 15th December 2018
6 One day Training Programme on “Human Rights in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission New Delhi.” 06th August 2018
7 State Level Training Programme on “Gender Budgeting in Policing” Sponsored by Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi. 7th – 9th March 2018
8 Training Programme on “Role of Police in Tackling Social Defence Issues” sponsored by National Institute of Social Defence, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India New Delhi. 22nd – 24th February, 2018
9 “Capacity Building training Programme for young Social Science faculty”sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi. 07th-20th January 2018
10 National Seminar on “Women Empowerment through Education and Information Technology”sponsored by NRC, ICSSR, New Delhi 22nd -23rd December 2017
11 Training Programme on “Role of Police in Tackling Social Defence Issues” sponsored by National Institute of Social Defence, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India New Delhi. 16th-18th November 2017
12 National Seminar on “Dimensions of Criminal Justice System: Police, Judiciary and Prison”jointly organized by Centre for Social Defence & Gender Studies & Department of Criminology. 2nd-3rd November 2017
13 One Day “Basic Training Programme on Human Rights”in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission New Delhi for in service Police Personnel. 11th October 2017
14 District Level training programme on “Gender Budgeting in Policing” Sponsored by Ministry of Women and Child Development New Delhi. 14th - 16th September 2017
15 International Seminar on “Domestic Violence against Women: Perspective Issues and Suggestions” sponsored by ICSSR New Delhi for Academicians.
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23rd – 24th March 2017
16 State Level Training Programme on “Gender Budgeting in Policing”sponsored by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi for serving Police Personnel.
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16th-18th March 2017
17 District Level training programme on “Gender Budgeting in Policing” Sponsored by Ministry of Women and Child Development New Delhi for serving Police Personnel. 6th-8thMarch 2017
18 One Day “Basic Training Programme on “Human Rights” sponsored by National Human Rights Commission New Delhi.
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20th Feb 2017
19 Certificate Course in “Investigation of Crime against Women and Children”for serving Police Personnel.
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13th - 16th Feb 2017
20 UNICEF Project entitled “Addressing Health Issues Of Female Police Personals Of Rajasthan; Special Focus On Their Nutrition And Health Of Their Children”
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August 2016 – Feb. 2017
21 Certificate Course in “Gender Studies” for students of SPUP and Sumer College, Jodhpur.
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August 2016- Jan 2017
22 Workshop on the “Role of Police in combating crime against Women” in collaboration with Dept. of Women and Child Development, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur for serving Police Personnel.
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31st August 2016


1.National Seminar on DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR: CONTRIBUTION TO NATION BUILDING , 13-14 April, 2016.Click to download details.

2. International Women's Day celebrated on 08-03-2016 at SPUP Campus.

3. 3 day State Level workshop on "Gender Budgeting in Policing" at Jaipur from 01.3.2016 to 03.3.2016.Click to download details.

4. One day Workshop conducted on Sexual Harassment and Stress Management at SPUP on 19-02-2016. Click to download details.

5. Three Day State Level Training Programme on "Social Defence Issues for Police Functionaries" from 18th to 20th January 2016 at RPA, Jaipur.

6. Three Day State Level Training Programme on "Gender Budgeting in Policing"



1. Three day workshop on "Gender Budgeting" from 16th to 18th December, 2015.  Click to download details.
See gallery tab for event photos.

2. One day Workshop on "Sexual Harassment" at Workplace on 19/09/2014.

3. Two day "Sensitization workshop" for Police personnel on Transgenders on August 19-20, 2014.

4. Two Day National Workshop on "Combating Sexual Harrasment At Workplace: Organizational And Legal Framework"(27-28/03/2014)

  • SPUP, Workshops and Traning conducted by Centre in 2019.


  • Workshop conducted on Sexual Harassment and Stress Management at SPUP (19-Feb-2016).









  • Three day State Level workshop on Gender Budgeting in Policing at Jaipur from 01.3.2016 to 03.3.2016.























  • National Seminar on DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR: CONTRIBUTION TO NATION BUILDING, 13-14 April, 2016














  • SPUP, Jodhpur celebrated International Womens Day on 08-Mar-2016.











  • Centre for Social Defence and Gender Studies of Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur, in collaboration with Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India conducted a three day workshop on “Gender Budgeting in Policing” on 16-18 December, 2015 at Jodhpur.