o Sociology of education, development and organizations
o Affirmative and anti-discriminatory policies in education
o Neo-liberal reforms and educational systems
o Educational institutions and organizations |
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Experience |
April, 2009 onwards ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
April, 2003 – April, 2009 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Senior Lecturer), Sociology of Education, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
April, 1999 – April 2003 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Sociology of Education, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
Jan, 1998 to Apr, 1999 CONSULTANT
Academic Support & Programme Co-ordination
Campus Diversity Initiative, Project of the Ford Foundation in Higher Education in India, Educational Resources Centre, New Delhi.
Aug, 1997 to Dec, 1997 CONSULTANT – Appraisal & Supervision
National Technical Support Group, District Primary Education Programme (DPEP), Educational Consultants India Limited (Ed.CIL), New Delhi. |
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Awards & Honours |
o SHASTRI FELLOW. 2011-12. Faculty Enrichment Fellowship, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary (Canada) and New Delhi (India) (To be availed in 2011 Summer)
o Elected General Secretary; Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), a constituent of World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) (January 2011 to December 2012)
o ASIA FELLOW (2006-07), by Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok. Availed the Award as a Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia, for a period of nine months (March - December, 2007) , as part of the Fellowship.
o Shastri Fellow 2005-06. FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP. Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary and New Delhi. Availed the Fellowship as a Visiting Scholar at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, for five weeks in May - June, 2005.
o University Grants Commission (UGC) Junior and Senior Research Fellowship (JRF and SRF) for Doctoral Study, 1992 - 97.
o Andhra Pradesh State Merit Scholarship for under-graduation (1985 - 88) |
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International Collaboration/Consultancy |
Had been a part of the joint collaborative project between Institute of Education (IoE), University of London and Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU. Produced a joint paper with Dr. Marie Lall of IoE, which is forthcoming in a volume on ‘Education and Social Justice in the Era of Globalisation’. |
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Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5) |
1. 2010. Between the Ethnic and the Market Agendas: Impact of Affirmative Action and Neo-liberal Reforms on Malaysian Higher Education, Contemporary Education Dialogue, Volume 7, no. 2, pp. 193 – 224.
2. 2009. “The Schooling of Immigrant Children in Canada: A Critique of Multicultural Education”, in Christopher Raj and Marie McAndrew (Eds). ‘Multiculturalism: Public Policy and Problem Areas in Canada and India’, Manak Publishers: New Delhi, pp. 254 – 267.
3. 2008. “India’s Language Debates and Education of Linguistic Minorities”, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 43, no. 36, pp. 63 – 69.
4. 2007. “Neglected Terrain in the Quest for Equality: Women in Elite Engineering and Technology Education in India”, in Tilak, J. B. G. (Ed.). Women’s Education and Development, Delhi: Gyan Publishers, pp. 187 – 212.
5. 2002. “Equality in Higher Education: The Impact of Affirmative Action Policies in India”, in Edgar Beckham (ed.), Global Collaborations: The Role of Higher Education in Diverse Democracies, Washington D.C: Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2002, pp. 41 – 62. (This paper was reprinted in 2008. in Sukhadeo Thorat and Narender Kumar (Eds.). (2008). In Search of Inclusive Policy: Addressing Graded Inequality, Jaipur: Rawat Publishers, pp286 – 311. And was also adopted as a chapter in IGNOU Material for M.A Sociology (course: Sociology of education) |
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Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3) |
1. 2009. ‘Globalisation, Affirmative Action and Higher Education Reforms in Malaysia: A Tightrope Walk between Equality and Excellence’, The Asian Scholar, the E-Journal of ASF, Issue No.5, (http://www.asianscholarship.org/asf/ejourn/index.html/.)
2. 2007. Booklet on ‘Sociological Perspectives of Education’, New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University. pages 68. (The booklet contains four chapters: 1. ‘Understanding Education: A Sociological Perspective’, 2. ‘Social Structure, Social Stratification, and Social Mobility: Impact on Educational Processes’, 3. ‘Education, Social Change and Social Control’, 4. ‘Culture, Modernisation and Globalisation: Impact on Education’)
3. 2006. “Engineering and Technology Education in India: Uneven Spread, Quality, and Social Coverage”, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, Vol. No. , pp. 205 – 225. |
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