The document discusses the historical development of social work in India from ancient times to the modern period. It covers major periods and contributions from rulers, religious leaders, and reformers. Key events included the establishment of welfare programs under kings, the role of charities and guilds in ancient India, contributions of Christian missionaries in introducing modern social work, and milestones in professional social work education and relevant legislation post-Independence. The historical development of social work in India reflects the blending of indigenous and foreign ideas over time.

1. PRESENTED BY
ASWATHI J LENIN
MSW 1ST YEAR
WELCOME ALL

2. 
HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT
OF SOCIAL
WORK IN INDIA

3. 
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF SOCIAL WORK IS AN AGE OF OLD
PHENOMENON THE SEEDS OF ORGIN OF
SOCIAL WORK COUKD BE TRACED FROM
GLOBAL IDEOLOGIES WHICH INCLUDE
HUMANISM,RATIONALISM,WELFARISM,LIBERI
SM,DEMOCRACY,SECULARISM
LOCAL RULERS KINGS, QUEENS
LANDLORDS FOREIGN
CONQUERORS,ELECTTED GOVERNMENT
ACROSS THE WORLD DID INITIATE
WELFARE PROGRAMMES TO EXTANT THE
MUCH NEEDED CARE AND SUPPORT TO
THE PEOPLE

4. 
SOCIAL WORK HISTORY IN INDIA CAN BE
DIVIDED IN TO THREE PERIODS
SOCIAL WORK IN ANCIENT PERIOD
2500BC-AD1000
SOCIAL WORK IN MEDIEVAL PERIOD
1206-1706
SOCIAL WORK IN MODERN PERIOD
AD 1800 ONWARDS

5. 
HISTORY OF SOCIALWORKIN INDIA
 DURING HINDU PERIOD
 DURING MUSLIM PERIOD
 DURING BRITISH PERIOD
 AFTER INDIAN
INDEPENDENCE,1947

6. 
DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
• PERIOD OF COMMUNITY LIFE
• PERIOD OF CHARITY
• PERIOD OF RELIGIOUS REFORM
• PERIOD OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
AND ORGANISATION

7. 
In Ancient India ,the nature of social
service was that of charity
MAY THE ONE WHO GIVIES,SHINE
THE MOST
EVERY HOUSE HOLDER MUST
PRACTISE CHARITY
PERSONS WHO SERVED THE SOCIETY WITH
ALL THEIR ABILITY WERE FREE FROM ALL
SINS

8. 
KAUTILYA HIGHLIGHTS THAT THE
DUTIESOF THE KING TOWARDS THE
WELFARE AND HAPPINESS OF HIS
SUBJECTS
ONE OF THE POPULAR METHODS OF
PERFORMING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES HENCE
WAS YAGNAS . THE MAIN AIM OF YAGNAS
WAS COMMON WELFARE
PUNYA AND DANA
GUILDS WERE IMPORTANT COPORATE
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PERFORMED A
VARIETY OF ECONOMIC AND WELFARE
FUNCTIONS DURING BUDDHIST PERIOD
GUILDS PROVIDED SOCIAL SECURITY TO
THE OPPRESSED CLASS OF THE SOCIETY

9. 
CONTRIBUTIONS OF KINGS
 Ashoka developed a comprehensive system of
social welfare.
 He appointed a superintendent to look after the
welfare of women
 The welfare programmes were under the
overall charge of high commissioners of charity,
commissioners of equality
 Many reformers were introduced in the field of
women’s welfare , rehabilitation of prisoners,
rural development , free medical care
,regulation of prostitution and provisions of
public utilities like roads, wells, rest houses for
travellers etc.

10. 
KANISHKA
Monasteries, stupas etc These
were the centres of learning and
help to the needy people .
Kanishka gave liberal donation
and grant for the construction of
Buddhist Viharas
HARSHA VARDHANA WAS AN
ENLIGHTENED RULER WHO
ESTABLISHED
HOSPITALS,DISPENSARIES,ORP
HANAGES AND HOMES FOR THE
DESTITUTE

11. 
GUPTA
WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE WAS THE
MAIN TASK OF THE KING
HUMAYUN
First Muslim king who made a
bold attempt to prohibit the sati
system
AKBAR
• Abolished slavery in 1583
• Introduced equality
• Granted full freedom for
religious beliefs and
practices
• Akbar had a comprehensive
system for the poor
• Stipends for the students
• Constructed three houses for
the poor in order to control
beggary

12. 
CONTRIBUTIONSOF INDIVIDUALS
RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY Helps in abolishen of sati
Widow re-marriage
Female education
Established educational
institution
ISWAR CHANDRA VIDYA SAGAR
Widow re-marriage
Economic self
reliance
Women’s Education
Prohibition of
Polygamy

13. 
BAL SHASTRI JAMBHEKAR
Condemned the evil customs of
female infanticide, trafficking in
female children
GOPAL HARI DESHMUKH
Promoted modern education
for the establishment of
dispensaries, maternity
homes, orphanages
JOTI RAO PHULE
Established Satya
shodhak samaj in 1868
for the social and
economic uplift of the
low cast people

14. 
GANDIJI
HE WORKED FOR THE UPLIFTMENT FOR
THE WOMEN HARIJANS AND FOUGHT
FOR THE EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND
WOMEN
GANDIJI LINKED
POLITICALMOVEMENT WITH THE
SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND
TRANSFORMED THIS INTO A MASS
MOVEMENT WITH THE
PARTICIPATION OF ALL SECTIONS
OF POPULATION NOTABLY
WOMEN AND PEASENTS AND
LOWER CASTES

15. 
SL.NO ORGANIZATION FOUNDER YEAR
1 Brahma samaj Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1828
2 Prarthana Samaj Athmaram Pandurang 1867
3 Arya Samaj Dayanada saraswathi 1875
4 Theosophical society Henry steel olcott 1875
5 Ram Krishna Mission Swami vivekananda 1897
6 Muhammadan literacy
society
Nawab Abdul Latif 1863
7 Servants of India Gopala Krishna Gokhale 1905

16. 
CONTRIBUTION CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES
MODERN SOCIAL WORK WAS INTRODUCED
IN INDIA BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES IN
THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTUARY
MOTION OF
CHAIN OF
EVENTS
The blend of christian way of life
and western mode of thinking
introduced a new chapter in the
history of social work practice
They came India to peach their religion,
but its clear that they went above and
beyond to help the needy people they
work for and with
Child marriage,
polygamy, female
infanticides, the
practise of sati and
the prohibition of
widow re-marriage

17.  EDUCATION
SOCIAL SERVICE TO
DESTITUTE
CONSCIENTIZATION
OF THE COMMUNITY
HEALTH SERVICES
LIVELIHOOD
PROMOTION

18. 
APPRENTICES
ACT 1850
REFORMATORY ACT 1870
CHILDREN ACT 1920
ABOLISHEN OF SATI 1829
ABOLISHEN OF SLAVERY
1843
ABOLISHEN OF FEMALE INFANTICIDE
AND HUMAN SACRIFICE 1870
WIDOW RE-
MARRIAGE ACT 1856
FACTORY ACT 1881

19. 
SOCIAL WORK
EDUCATION IN INDIA
THE FIRST TRAINING COURSE FOR
SOCIAL WORK AS CLAIMED BY
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
IN 1920
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRST
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, SIR
DORABJI TATA GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF SOCIAL WORK ,BOMBAY IN 1936
MARKS AS THE WATERSHED IN
TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF
SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
AFTER INDEPENDENCE
THE GOVERNMENT
SHIFTEDTOWARDS THE
WELFARE APPROACH
AND TOOK SEVERAL
AREAS OF SOCIAL WORK
UNDER ITS PURVIEW

20. 
CONCLUSION
SOCIAL WORK IN INDIA AS A
DISCIPLINE THROUGH IS OF
RECENT ORGIN AND HAD A
LONG JOURNEY A HEAD
SUFFERS FROM THE BASIC
IMPEDIMENTS OF INDIAN
HIGHER EDUCATION AND
OTHER SPECIFIC ISSUES