CfPs: National Seminar on Youth Employment in India: Trends, Challenges and Policy Responses, 30-31 Jan, at RGNIYD, TamilNadu

National Seminar on Youth Employment in India: Trends, Challenges and Policy Responses
30-31 January 2015
at RGNIYD, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu

Call for papers
School of Development Practice (SDP) of Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) is conducting a National Seminar on Youth Employment in India: Trends, Challenges and Policy Responses during 30 th and 31 st of January 2015 at RGNIYD.
The proposed seminar intends to analyse and explore various dimensions of youth employment/ unemployment besides the critical review of existing policy responses. The deliberations in the seminar will be helpful in developing a framework that can address the issues of youth unemployment in its different dimensions by different actors.

Major themes:
1. Youth Employment
2. Youth Employability
3. Youth and Labour market policies
4. Migration for Employment
5. Youth Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment
6. Gender and Employment
7. Youth Unemployment and under employment

Seminar Dates: 30th & 31st January 2015.

Important Deadlines:
Submission of Full length paper: 5th December 2014.
Communication on Acceptance of Paper: 25th December, 2014
Travel support will be extended to outstation delegates and Local Hospitality (Boarding and Lodging) will be extended to all the selected paper presenters during the seminar.

Publication of Papers:
All papers will be reviewed under the team lead by Experts from ILO in coordination with Dr.P.Sivakumar, Faculty School of Development Practice, RGNIYD and papers accepted for presentation will be published in Conference Proceedings. Subsequently, a few selected papers will be published as an edited volume with reputed publishers.

Communication may be sent to:
Dr. P. Sivakumar
Faculty, School of Development Practice, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, Chennai-Bangalore Highway, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu  602105
Email: skrgniyd@gmail.com, Ph: 044–27163872, Mob: +91 9444581080 Fax: 044-27163227