About Us
PARIMAL – The Pracademic Action Research Initiative (with) Multidisciplinary Approach Lab,
is a laboratory of ideas as well as a vehicle for transformation by working, testing while we work, evaluating, experimenting, and incorporating change based on evidences proving what works and what doesn’t. The paradigm of research is based on action research methodologies utilizing qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
This methodological frame is based on diagnosing and identifying a field or practice based problem testing it against established or instructive reform mandates or utilizing totally a new and innovative approach in solving that problem through action planning. The action planning would suggest consideration of alternative courses of action and then actually translating those action plan by a field based action or practice implementation. Once the practice implementation happens the evaluation would commence on what and how of practice done and outcomes achieved. This evaluation in itself would lead to Evidence-Based learning which would then be utilized for incorporating change and through a policy-based output which would be utilized for incorporation for a wider change if accepted by the stakeholders concerned.
PARIMAL utilizes participative, collaborative research methods involving practitioners and academics in solving field-based problems through evidence-based reform strategies. Apart from Governance-based reforms the PARIMAL Lab specializes in Evidence-Based Policing, realizing that “evidence-based policing creates, reviews and develops the best available research evidence, integrated with officer experience and an examination of the data and intelligence related to an issue” –(Jerry Ratcliffe & Renee J. Mitchell, 2017)
This lab is established in the MP Police through DG’s Research and Policy Cell (DGRPC) of MP Police where the DGRPC is interested to invite Research Organizations, Think Tanks and Policy based Institute as its partners and collaborators. It has its incubation center at MP Police Academy. Parimal hosts all pracademic research, innovations, implementations, field testing, surveys, customized action research, program and other evidence based evaluations and policy based research works and documentation relevant to the mandate of the Lab.
THE PARIMAL UMBRELLA
Within Parimal, different centers of excellence and innovation are placed for pracademic responsibilities – like Gender Resource Center, Digital Forensics Center etc. Separate mandate of the Lab would be chalked out based on the DG Research and Policy Cell & responsibilities to do evidence based, experimental and analytical work informing field practice in public service, governance and justice sector.
The Evolution of the Lab
The Lab has developed its inspirational landmarks through the initial experiences and analysis of the work done in the area of women’s access to justice, soft skills training relevance, motivation of field level police constables, leadership issues among women officers, training needs analysis for middle management level police officers, online learning needs and methodologies, community orientation in law enforcement and conflict management, child protection modalities and their mainstreaming, cyber forensic capacity building needs, sexual assault awareness trainings, Field level district training as a component of capacity building of recruit officers, jansunwai as a viable public accountability and service delivery forum at the district level, ethical issues and mainstreaming good conduct, orientation and capacity building for enforcement of social laws, access to justice capacity building issues, pandemic policing capacity building issues, police welfare methodologies, experiential learning methodologies and their applicability in training practice, online training capacity building for the police trainers, Scale up of women’s help desks at district and police station level, strengthening of One stop crisis center for victim women, mainstreaming Victim Justice in Police Practice, Mainstreaming Soft Skills in Policing Practice, Substantive Positioning of Emotional Health of Police Officers as a factor in Better Policing, Accountability Norms setting through Human Rights and Ethics and connecting with police practice, Building IT competencies in Police Ground level workers, Building Cyber Investigation Competencies among Police station level workers, Building competencies in First Responder Police work for better citizen service delivery.