Jolly John Odathakkal

Jolly John OV is a social work educator and practitioner. He is currently pursuing PhD in Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous). He was an assistant professor and Head of the Department of Social Work at St Albert’s College (Autonomous), Kochi. He has Master's in Social Work and Applied Psychology. His areas of interest are backward communities, youth development, Children, community engagement, and local self-governance. Jolly John OV authored 3 books such as “Grief Counselling: Role of Social Workers”, “ Introductions to Medical Social Work”, “Issues of Children: Social Work Perspectives and Interventions”https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1088-3508