About Me

Dr. D. K. Lal Das, Ph.D., is former Principal of R M College of Social Work & Research Centre, Hyderabad and is well known expert of Research, Statistics, and Application of SPSS. He has over 35 years of experience in social work education, research and practice.

He worked as Principal of Roda Mistry College of Social Work for more than 20 years (Jan 84 to August 2004) and Director, Research Center in the same college for 8 years (2004 to 2012). Before joining College of Social work, he taught at MSS Institute of Social Work, Nagpur and Indore School of Social Work (1977-83). Dr. Lal Das has directed more than three dozen research projects for various national and international agencies; developed e lessons and conducted more than 100 short term research training courses/workshops on varied themes such as Recent Trends in Social Research, Social Work Research Methodology, Evaluation Research Methods and Techniques, Programme /Project Evaluation Methods and Techniques, Quantitative Data Analysis using SPSS and computer applications. Dr. Lal Das has published more than 30 publications including nine books. His most popular publications are: Approaches to Social Sciences Research Methods (2013), Quantitative Research in Social Work (2009), Doing Social Research (2008) and Methodology and Techniques of Social Research (1984).

National Association of Professional Social Workers in India, at the 7th Indian Social Work Congress 2019 held at Department of Social Work Lucknow conferred the Life Time Achievement Award to Sir. This honor is conferred to a professional Social Work Educator who has made significant contribution to Social Work Profession and enriched the knowledge base of Social Work Profession.