Narratives of varied everyday lives and linked approaches (NOVELLA), UCL Institute of Education London

Uma Vennam

Collaborating Partner: Family Lives and the Environment

Professor Uma Vennam is the Collaboration Partner of Family Lives and the Environment project. Uma has an MA in Social Work, specialising in Urban and Rural Community Development, from Tata Institute of Social Sciences Bombay and holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, UK. She is currently a Professor of Social Work at SPMVV. She has been involved in various projects dealing with poverty alleviation, rural livelihoods, SLMF, poverty and HIV/AIDS, trafficking of women and children, child labour and Aids Prevention Education Programme (APEP) for school children, working with international agencies including the World Bank, DFID, and UNICEF.

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