My responsibilities include teaching Demography, Research methodology and Reproductive Health at B.A. M.A. and M.Phil level in our University and even across the country through Distance Education. I am also teaching Social Demography for M.A. Sociology and Dynamic of Population and Family Welfare for Social Work students.
To my credit, I have guided 17 M.Phil Scholars on various topics which are mostly monitoring and evaluation of population and health related programmes and presently guiding 5 M.Phil and two PhD scholars. Under my supervision a doctoral thesis entitled Reproductive and sexual health status of Scheduled Caste youth in Thiruvarur district, Tamilnadu was awarded.
Presently I am handling one UGC major research projects and I have completed one UGC, two ICSSR, one Ford Foundation and one POPCOUNCIL project. I have so far contributed 21 research articles at national level journals and 7 at international level, beside 13 chapters in the edited books.
1. Ravisankar AK and Kanmani, K. Understanding of HIV/AIDS: A study among Visually impaired women in Tamilnadu, International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 3(10), 34-36, 2014. (ISSN 2277-8179; impact factor 1.8651)
2. Ravishankar AK. Household Environment and its linkage with incidence of Illness in India; Evidence from National Sample Survey, Journal of the Madras School of Social Work, Vol. 9 (1 &2), 38-54, 2016 (ISSN 0975-4040)
3. Ravisankar AK. Child delivery management and its determinants among Indian Muslim, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, Vol.3 (1), 1798-1808, 2016. (ISSN 2349-2031; impact factor 2.056)
4. Ravisankar, AK, and Devanathan, R. Share of Public and Private Health Facilities: A Study among Hospitalised Cases at Two Different Socio Economic Settings of Indian States, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Vol.7(1), 190-196, 2017 (ISSN 2250-3153; impact factor 2.07)
5. Ravisankar, AK, and Gayathri, S. Perception and Attitude of Adolescent Rural Girls towards STIS/HIV, Safer Sex and Family Life Education, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 7,(1),1252-1268. 2017 (ISSN 2249-7315; impact factor 0.598)
Presently working as Assistant Professor
2. Acted as a Principle Investigator for University Grants Commission (UGC) Major research project entitled “Improving Skill building for meeting the Reproductive health needs of on-campus and off-campus adolescents, Tamilnadu” Period April 2007-March 2009.
3. Acted as Co-Principle Investigator for Population Council of India Project entitled “Assessing the Patterns and Drivers of Migration/Mobility of Male migrant Workers and Examining the Links with HIV Risk in Tamilnadu” period May-2007- January 2008.
4. Acted as a Project Director for Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Major research project entitled “Sexual Behaviours and HIV risk among hotel male migrant workers in Tamilnadu: An assessment” period January 2009-April 2010.
5. Acted as a Project Director for Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Major research project entitled “Gender disparity in retention of enrolment at Middle level education among Dalits in Tamilnadu” period March 2010 –June 2011.
6. Acted as a Principle Investigator for School of Life Skills Education & Social harmony, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Chennai research project entitled “Perceptions and practice on reproductive health issue: A comparative assessment among unmarried adolescent girls at two ecological settings in Tamilnadu” period May 2012-Dec. 2012.
7. Acted as a Principle Investigator for University Grants Commission (UGC) Major research project entitled “Understanding Reproductive health status of visually impaired women in India” period July 2012-June 2014.
8. Acting as a Co-Principle Investigator for Preparing “District Human Development Report (DHDR) – Nagapattinam District”, Sponsored by State Planning Commission, Tamilnadu, 2013.
9. Acting as a Co-Principle Investigator for Preparing “Perspective Plan under State Balancing Growth Fund for Nagapattinam and Cuddalore Districts, Sponsored by State Planning Commission, Tamilnadu, 2013.
10. Acted as a Principle Investigator for State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu, major research project entitled “Academic performance of Scheduled Caste students studying at Adi-Dravidar Welfare Schools in Tamil Nadu” period 2014-2015
11. Acted as a Project Director for Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Major research project entitled “Developing essential skills among marginalized Social groups for meeting sexual and reproductive health needs” period Feburary 2014 –August 2015.