CANACONA
Tribal rights activist Nikhu Barretto of Sadolxem-Canacona has been awarded a doctorate for his thesis on malnutrition deaths among 'Korku' (tribal) children of Melghat (Amravati) of Maharashtra.
The doctorate was awarded to Barretto after he successfully presented and defended his thesis in the faculty of social sciences at the RTM Nagpur University in the second week of October.
The thesis presented by Barretto on malnutrition deaths among 'Korku' (tribal community) children of Melghat, a tribal hamlet in Amravati district of Maharashtra, is a unique research and he received support from Montfort brothers of St. Gabriel Education Society.
“The completion of a Phd research is not an end in itself but a new dawn towards sustainable tribal development,” remarked Barretto.
“It was the accomplishment of a long-awaited dream in my life with the motivated guidance of my research guide Dr L S Tulankar.”
An educationalist and tribal rights activist, Dr Barretto is a graduate from Osmania University (Hyderabad), Bachelor in Theology (Bangalore), MSW (Nagpur University), MA in Sociology (Amravati University) and Bachelor in Education (Yeomatal).
Nikhu Barretto spent a number of years serving and empowering the Korku tribe of Maharashtra, but is proud to be a Goan.
