Deepshikha Singh

Areas of Interest & Expertise

Childcare Ecosystem (Nurturing Care)
Gender and Childcare
Responsive Parenting
Inclusive Early Childhood Education
Social and Emotional Learning
Play Pedagogy
Childhood Poverty
Climate Responsive ECCE

Biography

Deepshikha has an MPhil and PhD in Inclusive Early Childhood Education from the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi. In her research, she examined the issues of inclusion and quality under various government and non-government early childhood interventions and developed case studies on inclusive policies and practices with a focus on young children with disabilities.

Deepshikha taught MA Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) course at the School of Education Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi and worked on programme evaluation projects at the Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development (CECED), Ambedkar University Delhi. Before this, she was associated with National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and contributed to the National Achievement Survey conducted by the Education Survey Division, NCERT.

Deepshikha also gained experience in the social development sector and contributed to Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Childcare fields. She worked most recently with Mobile Creches, a pioneer non-profit organisation in the field of childcare, where she led the Research, Monitoring & Evaluation function.

In addition to core ECCE, she is also interested in exploring the cross-cutting climate issues affecting women and children from the perspectives of social vulnerabilities and resilience. She completed Diploma in Assessment and Management of Climate-related Risks from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Further, she carried out a research project on the gendered impacts of urban flooding in Mumbai and the experiences of women and children in the informal urban spaces. She also worked in areas of pregnancy nutrition, maternal health and child nutrition and contributed to research studies at the Centre for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Deepshikha enjoys visiting forests and beaches and loves reading, music, and yoga.

Publications

Chapter in Edited Book

Singh, D. (2019). Equal human status to women and girls with disabilities: Gender-disability dimension of human rights. In G. Sudarshanam (Ed), Human Rights in India, (pp. 200 – 219). Rawat Publication.

Journal Articles

Singh, D. (2023). Women in Informal Employment and Childcare: Evidence from India. Children First: Journal on Children’s Lives, 3(1), 13 – 19. Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), Govt. of NCT of Delhi. children_first_journal_fourth_issue_dcpcr.pdf (delhi.gov.in)
Jain, A., & Singh, D. (2021). Mobile Creches: Innovating for Inclusive and Quality Early Childhood Development Programs. Childhood Education, 97(6), 6 – 17. Routledge. Mobile Creches: Innovating for Inclusive and Quality Early Childhood Development Programs: Childhood Education: Vol 97, No 6 (tandfonline.com)
Singh, D. (2020). Gender Relations, Urban Flooding, and the Lived Experiences of Women in Informal Urban Spaces. Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, 26(2), 326 – 346. Routledge. Gender relations, urban flooding, and the lived experiences of women in informal urban spaces: Asian Journal of Women’s Studies: Vol 26, No 3 (tandfonline.com)
Singh, D (2021, September). Girl Child Protection. Yojana. 65(9), 63 – 65. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Government of India. Yojana_2021_September_pdf.pdf (publicationsdivision.nic.in)
Singh, D. (2016). Dilemma and challenges of early education inclusion in schools of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Asian Journal of Inclusive Education, 4(1), 51 – 77. https://doi.org/10.59595/ajie.04.1.4
Goli, S., Nawal, D., Rammohan, A., Sekhar, T.V., & Singh, D. (2018). Decomposing the socioeconomic inequality in utilization of maternal health care services in selected countries of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science, 50(6), 749 – 769. 10.1017/S0021932017000530
Singh, D. (2016). Early education inclusion and its pragmatic challenges in Indian Context. International Journal of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies, 3(3), 1 – 17. (PDF) Early Education Inclusion and Its Pragmatic Challenges in Indian Context | Deepshikha Singh — Academia.edu
Siddiqui, M.Z., Goli, S., Reja, T., Doshi, R., … & Singh, D. (2017). Prevalence of anemia and its determinants among pregnant, lactating, and non-pregnant non-lactating women in India. Sage Open, 7(3). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244017725555
Singh, D. (2016). Intersectional identities of ‘gender’ and ‘disability’: A critique on women and disability policy in India. Human Rights International Research Journal, 4(1), 238 – 243.

Online Articles

Singh, D. (2020, July 19). COVID-19 and Children. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/covid-19-and-children/article62107531.ece
Singh, D., & Kuthiala, A. (2023, November 1). Zoomed out | Why redistribution of unpaid care work is a prerequisite to achieve women empowerment. CNBCTV 18. https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/india-nari-shakti-womens-reservation-bill-redistribution-of-unpaid-care-work-a-prerequisite-to-achieve-women-empowerment-18199441.htm
Singh, D., Kurian, A., & Datta, V. (2020). ARNEC Conversations: Ambedkar University Delhi experts call for inclusion, action against vulnerabilities of young children under COVID. Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC). https://arnec.net/resources/arnec-resources/arnec-conversations-ambedkhar-university-delhi-experts-call-inclusion

Report

Mishra, R., Sarathy, N., & Rao, N. (2022). Women need creches: A synthesis of survey findings based on a national study — Interlinkages between women’s participation in paid work and childcare arrangements in India. Mobile Creches. https://www.mobilecreches.org/_files/ugd/57f05d_a975384f55e94a518f21bfc9836809ac.pdf