Faculty Profile

 
Name : V.  Sujatha
Designation : Professor
Centre : Centre for the Study of Social Systems
School : Social Sciences
Room No : 23, SSS-II
Off. Phone : 011-26704150 / 26704408
Residence : 011-26741099
Email : sujathav@mail.jnu.ac.in   vsujatha011@gmail.com
Web Address : http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/vsujatha

Qualifications

PhD(Sociology) 
                                    

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Sociology of knowledge, Sociology of health and medicine, Methdology in the social sciences 
                                    

Experience

18 years 
                                    

Awards & Honours

Convenor, Research Committee 1 on ‘Theory, concept and methodology’ of the Indian Sociological Society. 
                                    

International Collaboration/Consultancy

* Co-ordinator, Global Studies Programme, CSSS, JNU, in collaboration with University of Freiburg-Germany, Humboldt University- Berlin, University of Cape Town-South Africa, Chulalangkorn University- Thailand and FLACSO- Argentina
* Visiting Fellow at International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden, June-July 2010
* UGC-DAAD PPP research exchange with German institutions on ‘Epistemological pluralism and medicine: Ayurveda in a globalizing world (2009 and 2010)
* Visiting Professor at the Institute for Soziologie, University of Freiburg, Freiburg Germany during May-July 2009  
                                    

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)
2011. ‘Innovation within and between traditions. Dilemma of traditional medicine in contemporary India’, Science, technology and society, Vol.16 (2), pp 191-213

2011. ‘What could ‘integrative’ medicine mean? Social science perspectives on contemporary ayurveda’ Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, Vol. 2 (3), pp 115-123

2009. ‘The patient as a knower. Principle and practice in Siddha Medicine,’ Special section of the Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLIV (16) April 18-24, pp 76-83

2007. ‘Pluralism in Indian medicine: Medical lore as a genre of medical knowledge’, Contributions to Indian Sociology, May-Aug 2007, Vol. 41 (2) pp 169 – 202.

2006. ‘Knowledge and society’ in A.V. Aphonso (Ed.) Consciousness, Society and values’ IIAS, Simla  
                                  

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

2012. Medical pluralism in contemporary India, Orient Black Swan; Hyderabad (Leena Abraham as co-editor)

2012. ‘Laboratory and life as sites of validation. Ethics in the regime of medical pluralism’ in U Kalpagam (Ed.) Ethics, Health and Medicine: Anthropological Perspectives, Manak Publications; New Delhi  
                                    

Patents (if any)
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