Faculty Profile

 
Name : Rohan  Dsouza
Designation : Assistant Professor
Centre : Centre for Studies in Science Policy
School : Social Sciences
Room No : 221
Off. Phone : 91-11-26704756
Residence :
Email : rdsouza@mail.jnu.ac.in   rohanxdsouza@gmail.com
Web Address : http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/rdsouza/CV DSouza.pdf

Qualifications

o Ph.D., Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1999.
o M.Phil, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1991-93.
o MA (Modern), Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1988-90. 
                                    

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Environmental history, conservation, ecological politics, sustainable development and modern technology 
                                    

Experience

12+ years 
                                    

Awards & Honours

                                    

International Collaboration/Consultancy

o Dr. D'Souza is the Project Director: "Socio-economic Study of Rainfed Agriculture & Low Input Animal Husbandry in India", sponsored by Ford Foundation.
o Dr. D'Souza was a postdoctoral fellow at the Agrarian Studies Program (Yale University), the Ciriacy-Wantrup fellow (University of California, Berkeley); . He was also a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for World Environmental History (University of Sussex) and visiting fellow at the Resources Management Asia-Pacific (Australian National University). 
                                    

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)
o D Souza, Rohan (2006). Water in British India: The Making of a "Colonial Hydrology". History Compass, 4/4. May, 2006, pp.621-8.

o D Souza, Rohan (2006). River as Resource and Land to Own: The Great Hydraulic Transition in Eastern India. In: Asian Environments Shaping the World: Conceptions of Nature and Environmental Practices, National University of Singapore (Singapore), March 2009.

o D Souza, Rohan (2004). Rigidity and the Affliction of Capitalist Property: Colonial Land Revenue and the Recasting of Nature. Studies in History, 20(2), pp.237-72.

o D Souza, Rohan (2003). Supply-Side Hydrology in India: The Last Gasp", Economic and Political Weekly, 38 (36), pp.3785-3790.

o D Souza, Rohan (2003). Damming the Mahanadi River: The Emergence of Multi-Purpose River Valley Development in India (1943-46). Indian Economic and Social History Review, 40(1), pp. 82-105. 
                                  

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

o D'Souza, Rohan (2011) (ed). The British Empire and the Natural World: Environmental Encounters in South Asia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (with Deepak Kumar and Vinita Damodaran).

o D'Souza, Rohan (2006). Drowned and Dammed: Colonial Capitalism and Flood Control in Eastern India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 
                                    

Patents (if any)