List of scholars who have been awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) and Master of Technology (M. Tech). 29.07.2008 to 09.09.2008. The name of the scholar is followed by the title of the thesis/dissertation and the name of the Supervisor.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D)

School of International Studies

Centre for East Asian Studies

Mr. Rajesh Kapoor, “Anti-Militarism and Remilitarization in Post-Cold War Japan”, Dr. H. S. Prabhakar

Mr. Aravind Balaji Yelery, “China's Post-Cold War 'New Security' Paradigm: A Case Study of Its Policy Towards West Asia”, Dr. D. Varaprasad Sekhar

Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament

Ms. Ranjana Bajpai, “Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development in Brazil's Amazon Region: A Critical Spatial Analysis”, Dr. S. S. Deora

Ms. Jayashree Vivekanandan, “India's Strategic Practice: A Case Study of Mughal Grand Strategy, 1556- 1605”, Prof. Rajesh Rajagopalan

Mr. Shailesh Kumar Chourasia, “Policy Positions within the Global South on the Issue of Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, Dr. Siddharth Mallavarapu

Centre for Russian Central Asian Studies

Mr. Arvind Kumar, “Educational Development in Russia, 1991-2004”, Dr. Tahir Asghar

Centre for South, Central South East Asian and South West Pacific Studies

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Mishra, “Constitutional Development and Democratization in Kazakhstan, 1991  2002”, Prof. K. Warikoo

School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies

Centre of Indian Languages

Mr. Balendra Singh Yadav, “The Society and Culture of Bundelkhand As Reflected in Vrindavanlal Verma's Novels”, Prof. Purushottam Agrawal

Mr. Vaseem Akhtar, “Depiction of Contemporary Society in Urdu and Hindi Novelist: After 1980”, Dr. Khwaja Mohd Ekramuddin

Mr. Vivekanand Upadhyaya, “Poetic Language of Suryakant Tripathi Nirala's”, Dr. Omprakash Singh

Centre for English Studies

Ms. Madhumita Chakrabarti, “Living on the Edge: Images of Women in the Writings of Bessie Head and Mahasweta Devi”, Prof. Harish Narang

Ms. Deepti Laroia, “Filming the Line: A Comparative Study of Selected Partition Narratives and Their Filmic Renditions”, Dr. Saugata Bhaduri

Centre for Linguistics

Mr. Shan Wenbo, “Rethinking Metaphor: A Philosophical and Linguistic Inquiry into the Interplay of Literal and Nonliteral Meanings”, Prof. Franson D. Manjali; & Dr. Sabaree Mitra (Co-Supervisor)

School of Social Sciences

Centre for Political Studies

Mr. Akram Ghadimi, “Globalization, Non-Governmental Organizations and Women's Rights: A Comparative Study of Iran and India”, Dr. Shefali Jha

Centre for Study of Social Systems

Ms. Sushree Panigrahi, “Cultural Consequences of Forced Migration: A Study of Kashmiri Pandits in the Camps in Delhi”, Prof. Maitrayee Chaudhuri

Ms. Amrita Wangoo, “The Role of Networking in Good Governance in Civil Society: A Comparative Study of Selected Voluntary Organizations Working in the Field of Environment and Health in the City of Delhi”, Prof. Maitrayee Chaudhuri

Mr. Kshetrimayum Imokanta Singh, “The Social Dynamism of Shumang Lila of Manipur: A Sociological Analysis of Some of Its Contemporary Manifestations”, Prof. Susan Visvanathan

Centre for Economic Studies and Planning

Mr. Sanjoy Kumar Saha, “Stock Market Valuation and Corporate Investment: A Study of the Indian Economy in the Post Liberalization Period”, Prof. Prabhat Patnaik

Centre for Historical Studies

Ms. Snigdha Singh, “Gender Relations in Regional Contexts: A Study of Early Historical Votive Inscriptions (2nd Century BCE-2nd Century CE)”, Dr. Kumkum Roy

School of Environmental Sciences

Ms. Ragini Kumari, “Estimation of Automobile Emissions in Delhi in Relation to Vehicular Speed and Related Environmental Policy”, Prof. Arun Kumar Attri

Mr. Umesh Kumar Singh, “Pathways of Arsenic and Other Toxic Metals in Water and Soil around Rakha and Mosabani Mines of Jharkhand and Alluvial Belt of West Bengal”, Prof. V. Subramanian; & Dr. A. L. Ramanathan

Centre for the Study of Law And Governance

Mr. Umesh Chandra Jha, “Military Justice System in India”, Prof. Niraja Gopal Jayal

School of Life Sciences

Ms. Gitanjali Das, “Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Deprivation Increases Na-K-ATPase Activity by Noradrenaline Mediated Reduced Membrane Lipid Peroxidation and Calcium Influx into the Neurons of Rat Brain”, Prof. B. N. Mallick

School of Physical Sciences

Mr. Amitabha Nandi, “Aperiodic, Periodic, and Stochastic Driving: Synchronization and Control in Nonlinear Systems”, Prof. R. Ramaswamy

School of Biotechnology

Mr. Anand Kumar Verma, “Analysis of Expression of Human p35 and p40 Genes and their Assembly to Form Bioactive Interleukin-12 in A Mammalian cell Line and Its Bioreactor Optimization in Culture”, Dr. S. S. Maitra & Prof. S. K. Kar (Co  Supervisor)  

School of Information Technology

Mrs. Anchal Vishnoi, “Comparative Analysis and Evolutionary Relationship Among Genomes”, Prof. Alok Bhattacharya

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad

Mr. Maruthachalam Ravi, “Analysis of Meiotic Non-reduction in the Dyad Mutant of Arabidopsis and Design of A Screening Strategy for Suppressors of Dyad”, Dr. Imran Siddiqi

Mr. Ram Parikshan Kumar, “Bkm (Gata Repeats) Associated Chromatin Domain Boundaries of Human Y-Chromosome”, Dr. Rakesh K. Mishra & Dr. Lalji Singh

Mr. Gopal Jee Jha, “Characterization of Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae Type II Protein Secretion System Effectors: Role in Virulence and Induction of Rice Defense Responses”, Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti

Mr. M. Hemakumara Reddy, “Study of Sex and Species-Specific Heterochromatin from the Mouse Y-Chromosome”, Dr. Rachel A. J. & Dr. Lalji Singh (Co-Guide)

Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Ms. Anija M., “Investigation and Nonlinear effects Induced in Condensed Matter by Intense Laser Fields”, Dr. Reji Philip

Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

Mr. Rishi Kumar, “Structural Studies of Synthetic Molecules of Biological Importance”, Dr. Prakas R. Maulik

Mr. Sanjeev Noel, “Differential Gene Expression in Mice Liver Following Acute Exposure to 8  Aminoquinoline Derivatives”, Dr. Srikanta Kumar Rath

Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh

Ms. Ritu Sharma, “Biocatalytic Methods for the Synthesis of Chiral Compounds”, Dr. R. S. Jolly

Ms. Shefali Sangar, “Characterization of New Biocatalysts for the Asymmetric Oxidation of Organic Sulfides”, Dr. R. S. Jolly

Inter-University Accelerator Centre New Delhi

Mr. Sandeep Kumar, “Ion Beam Modification of Metal-Silicon Junctions”, Dr. D. Kanjilal

Mr. Debdulal Kabiraj, “High Energy Light Ion Irradiation: A Novel Method for Defect Engineering in III-V Semiconductors”, Prof. Subhasis Ghosh  

National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi

Mr. Pankaj Kamra, “Substrate Specificity of Acyl-Adenylate and Glycosy1transferase Super family: An in silico Analysis”, Dr. Debasisa Mohanty

Ms. Vibhu Kanchan, “Evaluation of Primary and Memory Immune Responses Using Polymer Entrapped Antigens”, Dr. A. K. Panda

Ms. Priti Saxena, “Investigation of Type III Polyketide Synthases and Related Proteins in the Biosynthesis of Novel Lipids”, Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale

National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi

Mr. Niroj Kumar Sethy, “DNA Based Molecular Markers for Mapping and Tagging Genes of Agronomic Importance in Chickpea”, Dr. Sabhyata Bhatia

Master of Philosophy (M. Phil)

School of International Studies

Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies

Ms. Shounkie Nawani, “Offshore Outsourcing in Indo  US Relations”, Prof. C. S. Raj

Centre for European Studies

Ms. Manasi Singh, “EU's Response to 9/11: Combating Terrorism”, Prof. Ummu Salma Bava

Centre for South, Central, South East Asian and South West Pacific Studies

Mr. Yogendra Singh, “Constructive Engagement: A Study of India Myanmar Relations”, Dr. Shankari Sundarararman

School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies

Centre of Indian Languages

Mr. Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit, “Rajjab Aur Gopaldas Ki Sarvangi Ka Tulnatmak Adhyayan”, Prof. Purushottam Agrawal

Mr. Satyarth Aniruddha Pankaj, “Bhakti Samvedana Evam Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Ka Lalitya Sambandhi Chintan”, Prof. Purushottam Agrawal

Mr. Prem Kumar, “Jaswant Singh Ka Rachna Karm: (Bhasha Bhushan Ke Vishesh Sandarbha Mein)”, Prof. Raman Prasad Sinha

Centre of English Studies

Ms. Debasree Basu, “The Subaltern Sexual: A Study of Lesbian Detective Fiction”, Dr. Saugata Bhaduri

Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies

Md. Azimudeen, “Seh Qatra-E-Khun: A New Approach to Socio-Political Life of Iran”, Prof. S. A. Hasan

School of Social Sciences

Centre for the Study of Regional Development

Mr. Prem Kumar, “Socio-Economic Differentiation and Segmentations of Cities: A Ward Level Analysis in Select Million Plus Municipal Corporations with Focus on Slums”, Prof. Amitabh Kundu

Centre for Economic Studies and Planning

Mr. Lalit Kumar, “Effect of Globalization on Public Health: A Cross Country Analysis of the Correlation Between Health Indicators and Health Expenditure”, Dr. Subrata Guha

Ms. Srobonti Chattopadhyay, “Liberalization and Interest Rate Policy in India”, Prof. Prabhat Patnaik

Mr. Ashish Kumar Jha, “An Economic Analysis of Takings”, Prof. Satish Jain

Mr. Murali Kuchibhotla, “Partisan Politics and Economic Growth in India”, Dr. Sugato Dasgupta

Centre for Political Studies

Md. Aftab Alam, “Neo Liberal Conception of Civil Society: Consequences for Democracy and Development”, Dr. Shefali Jha

Centre for Historical Studies

Ms. Deepasri Baul, “Reordering the Cityscape: spatial Reorganization and Disorder in Delhi After 1911”, Prof. Neeladri Bhattacharya

Mr. Anish Vanaik, “Changing the Plot: Property Relations in Colonial Delhi, 1857-1920”, Prof. Neeladri Bhattacharya

Centre for the Study of Law & Governance

Ms. R. Menaka, “The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: A Study of Its Implementation and Impact”, Prof. Niraja Gopal Jayal

Mr. Chetan B. Singai, “Railway Reforms: A Transition from Regulation to a Privatization”, Prof. Amita Singh

Master of Technology (M. Tech)

School of Computer & Systems Sciences

Ms. Sonia Wadhwa, “Interoperability and Synchronization of Components”, Prof. Parimala N.

School of Information Technology

Mohd. Rehan, “Identification of Substrate Specificity Determining Residues in a Protein Family”, Dr. Andrew Lynn

Mr. Sarbashis Das, “Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Inversions in Genomic Sequenes”, Prof. Alok Bhattacharya

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