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'''Nishtha Desai''' is an Indian scholar who has worked towards improving conditions for children in [[Goa, India|Goa]], India.

== Education and career ==
Desai has a [[Ph.D]] from [[Goa University]] where she researched [[Tristão de Bragança Cunha]], a [[Goan]] nationalist and anti-colonial activist.<ref name="oheraldo">{{Cite web |date=19 June 2015 |title=Release of the book, Life and Times of T B Cunha |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Release-of-the-book-Life-and-Times-of-T-B-Cunha/89918 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Desai |first=Nishtha |author-link=Nishtha Desai |date=2000 |title=The Denationalisation of Goans. An Insight into the Construction of Cultural Identity |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/luso_1257-0273_2000_num_7_1_1390 |journal=Lusotopie |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=469–476}}</ref>

Desai worked with a children's organization in [[Goa]] which aims to improve their condition,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raghavan |first=R.K. |date=2008-06-19 |title=Saving children |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/article30196508.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903155421/https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/article30196508.ece |archive-date=September 3, 2023 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref><ref name="sardesai">{{Cite book |last1=Sardesai |first1=Rajdeep |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4fGBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Nishtha+Desai%22&pg=PT53 |title=Real Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Service |last2=Ambani |first2=Nita |year=2011 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5194-057-9 |language=en}}</ref> and in 2012, she was the director.<ref name="angre" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kamat |first=Prakash |date=18 October 2016 |title=Move to transfer trafficking victims to Apna Ghar opposed |work=The Hindu; Chennai|id={{ProQuest | }}}}</ref> Desai raised awareness of [[Child sex tourism|tourism-related paedophilia]],<ref name="bbc2007">{{Cite news |date=8 January 2007 |title=Goa - new paedophile's paradise? |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6230957.stm |website=BBC}}</ref> and the issues that arise because of limited punishment.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Virani |first=Pinki |url=http://archive.org/details/bitterchocolatec0000vira |title=Bitter chocolate : child sexual abuse in India |date=2000 |location=New Delhi; New York, N.Y. |publisher= Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-029897-0 |pages=89–91}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/communicationwit0000unse_z0q6 |title=Communication within/across organizations |date=2007 |location=Washington, DC |publisher= National Communication Association |isbn=978-0-944811-44-3 |pages=296}}</ref> She asked for tighter security in regards to this matter,<ref name="virani">{{Cite book |last=Virani |first=Pinki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYteAQAAQBAJ |title=Bitter Chocolate: Child Sexual Abuse in India |year=2000 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-93-5118-425-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shetye |first=Murari |date=2013-01-17 |title=Child rights' NGO wants tighter security in school |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/child-rights-ngo-wants-tighter-security-in-school/articleshow/18060259.cms |access-date=2023-09-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and discussed gaps in the law.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gentleman |first=Amelia |date=13 February 2006 |title=Goa tries to repair its reputation |work=International Herald Tribune; Paris |pages=1 |id={{ProQuest | }}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2014 |title=April to Sept: The world changed for this 15-year-old, but her 'protectors' didn't get a single call from the police |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Perspective/April-to-Sept-The-world-changed-for-this-15yearold-but-her-%E2%80%98protectors%E2%80%99-didnt-get-a-single-call-from-the-police/78117 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref>

== Selected publications ==
* {{Cite book |last=Desai |first=Nishtha |date=2011 |title=Liberation vs armed aggression : the media response to Goa's liberation |publisher=Directorate of Art & Culture, Government of Goa |isbn=9788192027111 |location=Panaji, Goa |oclc=904796797 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Desai |first=Nishtha |date=2004 |title=See the evil : tourism related paedophilia in Goa |oclc=56600473 |publisher=Vikas Adhyayan Kendra |edition=2nd |location=Mumbai |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Desai |first=Nishtha |date=2006 |title=Child sexual abuse in Goa : a case analysis |oclc=177083167|language=en}}
* {{cite book |title=The Life and Times of T. B. Cunha |date=2015 |first=Nishtha |last=Desai |publisher=Directorate of Art and Culture, Panaji, Goa |others=Illustrations by Ved Prabhudesai}} <ref>Review of ''The Life and Times of T. B. Cunha''
* {{Cite news |last=Menezes |first=Dale Luis |date=6 January 2016 |title=T. B. Cunha and Goan history |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/Opinions/T-B-Cunha-and-Goan-history/97537 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=de Souza |first=Eunice |title=Two books for children |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/columnists/eunice-de-souza/two-books-for-children/articleshow/48094624.cms |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Mumbai Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Navhind |date=2015-06-14 |title=T B Cunha: Life in picture – The Navhind Times |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2015/06/14/magazines/buzz/t-b-cunha-life-in-picture/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Honors and awards ==
Desai was awarded the [[Yashadamini Puraskar]] award by the [[Government of Goa]] in 2006 for her work.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 15, 2006 |title=Independence Day parade held amid heavy downpour in Goa |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2006/08/15/independence-day-parade-held-amid-heavy-downpour-in-goa-1155643444.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235336/https://www.oneindia.com/2006/08/15/independence-day-parade-held-amid-heavy-downpour-in-goa-1155643444.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |website=One India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Milestones and Awards – Children's Rights in Goa |url=http://www.childrightsgoa.org/index.php/about-crg/milestones-and-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224015318/http://www.childrightsgoa.org/index.php/about-crg/milestones-and-awards/ |archive-date=24 February 2018 |access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref> She received the [[Real Heroes Award]] from [[CNN- IBN|CNN-IBN]] and [[Reliance Industries]] in 2008.<ref name="sardesai" /> Desai was honoured by the [[Moneylife]] Foundation in 2012.<ref name="angre">{{Cite web |last=Angre |first=Alekh |date=20 March 2012 |title=Combating tourism-related paedophilia in Goa |url=https://www.moneylife.in/article/combating-tourism-related-paedophilia-in-goa/24385.html |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Moneylife News & Views|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:21st-century Indian women writers]]
[[Category:Goa University alumni]]
[[Category:Indian children's rights activists]]
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