Professional Background:

Lecturer (Chinese Studies) in the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi ,  2007- 2008

Lecturer (Political Science) Janki Devi Memorial College- Karol Bagh, University of Delhi  2006 – 2007

Research Associate, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, 2002- 2006.

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D.   Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

M Phil Department of political science, University of Delhi

M.A. Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Publications

Articles 

“Women Farmers in China’s Commercial Agrarian Economy”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.42, No.42, October 2007.

“ Retrenched Female Labour in Contemporary China” China Report ( Sage Publications ) Vol. 35, No.4 1999.

“ Marriage Law Revised in China : A Comment” China Report, Vol. 38, No, 4 2002.

Lectures/Papers Presented At Conferences in India

Presented a paper on “Rural Economy and Gender” in a Symposium on the Seventeenth Party Congress of China, organized by IIC-ICS, IIC, November, 2007.

“Women’s Political Participation in Local Institutions in Chenggong, Yunnan”, International Conference on Local Governance and Public Policy: An India-China Interaction, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, October, 2007.

“ Women Entrepreneurship in Yunnan: Some Field Observations” Institute of Chinese Studies, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies ( CSDS ) Delhi, March 2006.

“Addressing Gender Inequalities Through Chinese Law: Some Observations” ICS Comparative Development Studies Seminar. Series 4 Reforms and Democratization in India and China; Challenges of Governance in the Context of Globalization  CSDS Conference Hall - Delhi  4-5 August 2006

“Beijing Plus Ten : A View from China” Institute of Chinese Studies, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies ( CSDS ) Delhi, October 2005.

“Women, Law and Property Rights in Rural China” Workshop on Women and Family Law in East Asia and India,  Institute of Chinese Studies, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies ( CSDS ) Delhi, November 2004.

“Women’s Leadership and Local Institutions in Yunnan, China”, International Conference on Local Governance in Rural India and China, Kolkata, January  5- 7 2003.

“Gender and Migration in Naxi Village in Yunnan, China” International Conference on Women and Migration in Asia, India International Centre, New Delhi, 10 – 13 December 2003.

Lectures/ Conferences Outside India

“The Present Condition of Indian Women” ( in Chinese ) Yunnan University , Kunming, China, September 2005
Beijing 2005, Tenth Anniversary Commemoration of the Fourth World Conference on Women- Beijing, China 29, August – 1 September 2005

Awards/ Fellowships

Chinese Government Scholarship 1997 – 98

Nehru Memorial Fellowship for Field Work in China 2002

Institute of Chinese Studies /  Ford Foundation Grant for Conference and Field Work in China 2005

Awarded One Month Fellowship to Visit China under ICSSR-CASS India- China Cultural Exchange Programme in year 2007 

Languages Known: Hindi, English and Chinese