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• National Collaborations

  • Government Collaborations:

MAMTA has worked on the issues of adolescent health and development, women’s and child health, reproductive and child health programs, and towards development of health modules for out of school students in collaboration with various Government institutes like:

• Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

• National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi

• National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), New Delhi

• National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT)

• Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur

These apex institutes have been MAMTA’s long-standing partners in carrying out trainings at both National and International levels.

 

United Nations Agencies:

Presently MAMTA has the distinction of working with various UN agencies like United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health Organization (WHO). The collaboration with WHO (both with the SEARO and the WHO headquarters) is on various projects, which include conducting Research studies and developing training modules. Also MAMTA is a part of the WHO Task Force/Steering committee on adolescents as well as in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

 

 

Other National level Collaborations/Corporate Sectors:

Some of the organisations that have supported MAMTA’s work since its inception include:

• Badri Bhagat Jhandewalan Temple Society

• Standard Chartered Bank

• Travel Corporation of India (TCI)

•  International collaborations

MAMTA’s work has been supported by a number of multilateral and bilateral agencies like the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA, Sweden), British High commission,  Australian High Commission (AUSAID), McArthur Foundation, S.M.Sehgal Foundation, the Royal Norwegian Embassy (NORAD) and International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

 

The institutional collaboration with the Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York; has provided professionals at MAMTA an opportunity to build their capacities in different areas and to work with international experts and bring home their experiences.

 

Oregon University:

An important milestone in MAMTA’s efforts in the area of development is the institutional collaboration with the Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA. The five-year agreement has been initiated from the year 2002. One of the areas of collaboration is the student exchange for research and study and this includes a Masters program in Social Anthropology. Other areas of collaboration are joint research and exchanges based on research done by each institution on related issues. It is hoped that this collaboration would help achieve a fine blending of rigorous social science methodologies and grassroots level work. As a part of the program it has also been agreed that the Oregon State University would provide partial tuition scholarship support as well through the Office of International Education and the Department of Anthropology. As a result of this partnership one of the members of MAMTA Mr. Faiyaz Akhtar is pursuing his Masters degree course in the Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University, USA.

 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine:

 

MAMTA collaborated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in order to facilitate the exchange of information as well as build capacities of the current staff through sharing of knowledge and experiences. The Albert Einstein College has extended support to MAMTA in helping it build its capacities in Qualitative Research methodologies as well as the use of related software. The MAMTA staff had been awarded visiting Post Doctoral Fellowship position in the AIDS International Training and Research Programme.

 

The main purpose of the visit was to learn qualitative research methodologies and software. During this visit a proposal  ‘Research on strengthening Young People's Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (YRSHR) peer education in India’ was submitted to Department of Health and Human Services, Public health services, US Government. Another research proposal ‘Peer educators -- overcoming stigma?’ was submitted to the Advanced in-country project of AECOM. Both the proposals were submitted under the mentorship of Dr. Laurie J. Bauman, AECOM.

 

The proposal ‘Peer educators -- overcoming stigma?’ submitted to the Advanced in-country project of AECOM has been awarded funding. Funding approval for ‘Research on strengthening YRSHR peer education in India’ proposal submitted to Department of Health and Human Services, Public health services, US Government, is pending.