: मिलिंद बोकिल) is a writer and a sociologist from Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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, India

India

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. He has written in Marathi

Marathi language

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 and English

English language

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He received a doctorate in sociology from Pune University. His doctoral thesis was on water management in co-operative setups in drought-prone regions of Maharashtra.

He has a huge experience of working as a Project associate,Research associate,Project coordinator,Chief research officer with various Government Committees,Training institutes and NGO support programs.

His areas of Expertise are :

• Research and documentation
• Evaluation and monitoring
• HR training and capacity building

His sectors of Specialization are :

• Natural resource management and livelihoods
• Gender issues
• Tribal and rural issues
• Disaster management

Awards and Felloships :

• Recipient of the Rotary International Fellowship under the Group Study Exchange Program to Visit the United States of America (May 1987 )

• Recipient of the Katha Award for Best Short Fiction in Marathi ( 89-91 ) at the hands of the Hon. President of India on 30 September 1992 at New Delhi

• Recipient of the Best Literature Award by the Maharashtra Foundation (USA-1995)

• Recipient of the LEAD International Fellowship (Cohort IV - 1995-97) to work on the issues of environment and development. Attended training in Costa Rica, Japan and Zimbabwe.

• Recipient of LEAD fellowship to undergo a professional exchange at the Centro Ecologico, Ipe, Brazil on Sustainable Agriculture in August 2000.

Authorship

Dr.Milind Bokil has written novels, short stories, travelogues and books about social issues. The following is a partial list of his books:

• Thirsting for Water
• Shaala
  Shala
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  (Novel-2004), adapted for the theatre as Ga Ma Bha Na and for the cinema as Humne Jeena Seekh Liya
• Zen Garden (a collection of short stories-2000)
• Samudraparache Samaj (a travelogue-2000)
• Samudra (Novel-2009)
• Janache Anubhav Pusata (a collection of essays on social issues-2002)
• Katkari - Vikas Ki Visthapan? (a book concerning the social life of the Katkari tribe in Maharashtra-2006)
• Ekam (A novel containing self-conversation of a female writer-2008).

Edited Volumes :

• Udak Chalwave Yukti (Writings by Vilasrao Salunkhe-2003).
• Dnyan Te Sangto Punha (Wrtings by Vinoba Bhave-2004).