Dr Smita Ramanarain, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston and Dr Smriti Rao, Associate Professor, Assumption College, Worcester, presented a seminar on Time-Use Studies at the of office of the Foundation.

The presentation began with a discussion on the importance of the method of Time Use Studies, particularly in measuring women’s work within the household. Such work is often not taken into account by the usual survey methods. They discussed in detail the various tools that can be used to execute the Time-Use Studies.

Smita and Smriti, along with their colleague Avanti Mukharjee, are planning to conduct Time-Use Studies in two villages — Tehang in Jalandhar district, and Hakamwala in Mansa district — in Punjab. These villages were surveyed by the Foundation in 2011.They recently completed a pre-pilot study in these villages. Shruti Nagbhushan from FAS was also a part of the pre-pilot survey. The impressions from the pre-pilot were also discussed during the presentation.