Sheetal Sharma
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for European Studies,
School of International Studies
Room No
# 305, SIS New Building
Off. Phone
011-26704148, 011-26738714 (direct)
Email
sheetal88[at]gmail[dot]com, sheetal[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in
Personal Webpage
Personal files
Qualifications
MA, MPhil, PhD in Sociology from Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi.
Areas of Interest/Specialization
- International Relations
- Migration and Diaspora Studies
- Culture and Society in Europe
- Research Methodology in Social Sciences
- Gender and Empowerment of Women
Experience
- Joined the Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies in 2008.
- Worked as a Lecturer at the Institute of Technology and Management, Gurgaon, India, teaching for the degree program of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Other Details: www.jnujeanmonnetgrants.com
Awards & Honours
- Awarded Grant on JNU Jean Monnet Module titled ‘Democracy, Multiculturalism and Challenges in the European Union’, under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program - Jean Monnet Activities- 2023, to promote European Studies from 2023-2026, granted by the European Commission.
- Selected for Prestigious European Union Visitors Program, 2020 (EUVP, 2020). EUVP is a study visit to Brussels, individually tailored to gain first-hand information on the EU's values, functioning, activities, policies and perspectives.
- Awarded Grant on JNU Jean Monnet Module titled ‘Culture, Society, Institutions and Change in the European Union’, under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program - Jean Monnet Activities- 2022, to promote European Studies from 2022-2025, granted by the European Commission.
- Awarded Grant on Jean Monnet Network titled EUIP, European Union and Indo-Pacific as partner institution (as PI from India) with University of Canterbury as the lead applicant of the Network under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program - Jean Monnet Network- 2022 for European studies 2022-2025.
- Awarded Consultancy project titled as ‘Update of 2015 Perception Study’, by PPMI Group UAB Europe acting on behalf of *European Commission - Foreign Policy Instrument (FPI), January – September 2021.
- Awarded Grant on JNU Jean Monnet Project titled ‘Art and Culture in Everyday Life: An Interface of European and Indian Values’, under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program - Jean Monnet Activities- 2019, to promote European Studies from 2020-2023.
- Awarded Grant on JNU Jean Monnet Module titled ‘Institutions, Diversity and Change in the European Union’, under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program - Jean Monnet Activities- 2019, to promote European Studies from 2020-2023.
- Awarded JNU Research Excellence Award for outstanding contribution and excellence in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities for the year 2018-19 in the Young Scholars Category.
- Received grant for the project titled ‘Socio-cultural aspects of Indian Diaspora in the UK: A Sociological Study’ under UPoE (University of Potential Excellence) call by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, from 2015-2019.
International Collaboration/Consultancy
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Course Coordinator for MOOCs Courses titled Sociology-I, and Sociology-III, for School Education offered by NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training), offered through the SWAYAM platform of MHRD, Government of India.
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Invited as Consultant by Ed.Cil (Educational Consultant India Limited) a Public Sector Undertaking of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for Assessment Study for Evaluation of Institutions under YMCA, New Delhi.
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Nominated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, as a Member-Expert in the subject field of Sociology, and Gender Studies in the Selection Committee for the ‘2018 Commonwealth Scholarship in the United Kingdom’ offered by the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Nominated as Subject Matter Expert in Sociology to Develop e-contents for MOOC for School Education by MHRD, online courses to be offered through SWAYAM platform of Government of India, at CIET, NCERT Central Institute of Educational Technology, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
- Migration and Indian Diaspora in Western Europe, in RK Jain (ed) India and Europe in a Changing World: Context, Confrontation, Cooperation, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, pg 547-564.
- Blended Learning: Emerging Method of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, in SK Shukla, and PK Jain (ed.), Transitions and Transformations in Academic Libraries and Higher Education: Contemplations and Savoir-Faire during Covid-19, Ess Ess publications, New Delhi, 2021.
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Indian and European Responses to Migration and Refugee Crises, in R. K. Jain (ed.), India and the European Union in a Turbulent, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, ISBN 978-981-15-3916-9, pg 205-217.
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Social and Political Participation of Indian Diaspora in the UK, in Ruchi Verma et.al (ed.) Diaspora and National Building, Prabhat Prakashan, New Delhi, 2019, pg- 62-70.
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Multiculturalism in India and Europe: Policy and Practice, in Gulshan Sachdeva (ed.) Challenges in Europe, Indian Perspectives, Palgrave Macmilan, 2019, pg-271-290.
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Delhi’s Superdiversity: A Historical Understanding, in Tiziana Caponio, Peter Scholten and Ricard Zapata-Barrero (ed.), The Routledge Handbook to the Governance of Migration and Diversity in Cities, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group: London and New York (2019) pg 275-286.
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Gender Equality in Nordic Countries: How much Real, How much Successful? in Bhaswati Sarkar (ed.), India and the Nordics in a Changing World, Kaveri Books, New Delhi.
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Freedom or Subjugation: Interpreting the Subjectivity of Women in Indian Diaspora Communities (2018) in Amba Pande (ed.) Women in the Indian Diaspora, Springer Nature Singapore Pvt Ltd. page 39-52.
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Pakistani Diaspora in the United Kingdom (2017), in RK Jain (ed.), India, Europe and Pakistan, KW Publishers, New Delhi. Pp, 213-238.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
- India Diaspora in Western Europe: Adapting and Negotiating Identity, South Asian Diaspora, 31 May, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/19438192.2024.2358598.
- India and France Bonhomie: Mapping the Contours of a Bilateral Engagement, Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol 17, No. 3-4, July-December 2022, pp 233-253, Prints Publication Pvt Ltd, ISSN: 09733248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/IFAJ.2022.17.3-4.8
- Migration and mobility: South Asian experience, (November 2022), Ethnic and Racial Studies, Taylor & Francis (Routledge). ISSN: 1466-4356, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2022.2141062
- Emerging Dimension of Human Rights during Covid-19, in Forum iuris Europaeum – Journal for Legal Science, 8/2020/Nr. 2, Právnická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave, Trnava, Pp. 27-38, ISSN 2644-4364.
- The European Union’s Support to Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Afghanistan (2017), Himalayan and Central Asian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 2-3 April-September 2017. Pp, 133-151.
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Social and Political Participation of Indian Diaspora in the UK, International Studies, Journal of the School of International Studies, JNU, Sage Publication, Vol. 51, No. 1-4, Jan-Oct, 2014.
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Gender Equality and Status of Women in Baltic States and Central and Eastern Europe in post-Soviet Period, Contemporary Central Asia, CRCAS Journal, Vol.–XVIII, Number 2-3, May-December 2014.
Patents (if any)
Video Lecture Series published:
| Topics | Links |
| World Politics and Cold War | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuiuXDeaR-k&list=LL&index=53 |
| Cold War, Cuban missile crisis and Division of World in Eastern and Western Blocs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scKypE-QBow&list=LL&index=52 |
| Iron Curtain and Influence of Super Powers | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_31308517075632128011525 |
| Cold War and Treaties between the Super Powers and their Alliance | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EZe7B7PjGo&t=73s |
| Cold War and Emergence of Non-aligned Movement | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_31308588524183552012745 |
| Cold War, NAM and New International Economic Order | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_31308589119143116812891 |
| Bipolarity and Soviet Union | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3130887056594206721865 |
| End of cold war and fall of berlin wall | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3130886952947384321117 |
| End of Bipolarity and communism | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_313088698366525440152 |
| Features and Problems of Soviet Economy | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_313088698366525440152 |
| Reforms Initiated by Gorbochev | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_313088701653155840153 |
| Disintegration of USSR, Shock Therapy and India’s Relations with Post Communist Countries | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_ml8wG8YL4&list=LL&index=117 |
| US Hegemony in World Politics | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3130956948075479041102 |
| US in Cold War Era | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EZe7B7PjGo&list=LL&index=61&t=76s |
| US military operations desert storm | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3130956963312271361894 |
| US and India | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_313098570105094144173 |
| US as Structural Power- Iraqi war | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3130985578350264321129 |
| US as Soft Power | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_313098566459506688179 |
| US Hegemony in Post Cold War Era | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPHZ9oaMko |
| Alternative Centers of Power | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3130958319736258561922 |
| The European Union | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldouSE3TWA |
| Institutions of the EU | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3130958322264391681275 |
| The ASEAN | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nU04zB-4Kc |
| India as an emerging power | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Lsb3Jht9E |
| Contemporary South Asia | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyo72w0AFPI&t=101s |
| India and Bhutan | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCNO9tyJ0mw&t=109s |
| India and Nepal Relations | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCNO9tyJ0mw&list=LL&index=152 |
| India Bangladesh Relations | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeoJyBy-ce8&t=89s |
| India- Sri Lanka | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF35eGwyB5M&t=83s |
| India- Maldives relations | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7K54-NmnPI&t=95s |
| India and Pakistan Relations | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElcDnQKPaq4&t=102s |
| Westernisation and Sanskritisation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu5BFsfkvFw&list=LL&index=26 |
| Secularisation and Globalisation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf-nfO5_zNg&list=LL&index=19 |
| Understanding Democracy | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz6_LwDG9-A&list=LL&index=58 |
| Constitution of India | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_313095130916429824163 |
| Panchayati Raj System | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7sMC9HMXCM&list=LL&index=57 |
| Role of Political Parties | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzarDHmFk0k&list=LL&index=47 |
| Impact of Land Reforms on the Rural Society in India | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRx-zze9O18&list=LL&index=32 |
| Impact of Green Revolution | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQgI68X-Hk&list=LL&index=21 |
| Circulation of labour and transformation of Rural Society in India | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVfwWttxb4&list=LL&index=102 |
| Nature of Industrial Society | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeP3hZkcKbE&list=LL&index=25 |
| Nature of Industrial Society -2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Q1uQ3EDWs&list=LL&index=16&t=47s |
| Industrialization in India | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWa73I-yzWk&list=LL&index=28 |
| Process of Industrialisation of India | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Q1uQ3EDWs&list=LL&index=15 |
| Nature of Industrialisation in India after Independence | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz-vgdPQudQ&list=LL&index=147 |
| Work & Finding Employment | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poHjvEDVDJ4&list=LL&index=20 |
| Mass Media | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb91QbZ-pMY&list=LL&index=24 |
| Mass Media and Social Change | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gvgo50910Y&list=LL&index=34 |
| Beginning of Mass Media in India | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC4a4jzotX4&list=LL&index=36 |
| Functions of Mass Media | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gvgo50910Y&list=LL&index=34 |
| Mass Media after Independence | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6yjC_pgX_w&list=LL&index=35 |
| Print and electronic Media and Communications | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb91QbZ-pMY&list=LL&index=24 |
| Social Movements and change | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCRuoy3EZu0&list=LL&index=30 |
| Caste and Class based Movements | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re3IghPJ014 |
| Stages in the life and Reasons for Social Movements | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0rNgAQzCgw |
| Types of Social Movements | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLQP_2NaJlo&list=LL&index=29 |
| Understanding Globalization | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xxnjf7-JLg&list=LL&index=27 |
| Theories of globalization | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_AIKIphTxw&list=LL&index=58 |
| Economic aspects of globalization | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_AIKIphTxw&list=LL&index=56 |
| Social and cultural dimension of globalization | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5kT_2r9W4k&list=LL&index=48 |
| Political dimension of globalization | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gftHuCi1eAE&list=LL&index=49 |
| Globalization and social change | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWjdW_CF_w&list=LL&index=31 |
| Global communication and rise of international economic order | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJSBkMIrs4&list=LL&index=55 |
| Introduction to Political Theory | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpDVccUDtYI&list=LL&index=63 |
| Introduction to Political Science and Political Theory | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCGA5_RmR9k&list=LL&index=62 |
| Freedom and its Constraints | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmseDG1X4I0&list=LL&index=51 |
| Understanding culture | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps56cm8LLng&list=LL&index=134 |
| Culture and its Components | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYNwt9WIVGU&list=LL&index=60 |
| Cultural Change and Cultural Identities | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcoW0JpaCW0&list=LL&index=59 |
| Socialisation and Various Agencies of Socialisation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFzaL1gNoMY&list=LL&index=14&t=22s |
| Research Methodology in Sociology | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKJ1HG5gdvs&list=LL&index=103 |
| Subjectivity and Objectivity in Research | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJYWy7xQ2QQ |
| Advantages and Disadvantages of Types of Research Methods in Sociology | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhBNsPxG7gY&list=LL&index=22 |
| Field Work Method of Research in Sociology | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MdVcBAYIgo&list=LL&index=18 |
| Understanding Indian Society – Introduction part 1 | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3131155128817008641387 |
| Understanding Indian Society – Introduction part 2 | https://diksha.gov.in/play/content/do_3131155216306176001310 |
- List of Text-Modules developed for MOOCs in Sociology for NCERT
| Module Code | Title |
| Course Introduction | Introducing Indian Society |
| lesy10301 | Caste System and Sanskritization |
| lesy10302 | Tribes in India |
| lesy10303 | Family, Kinship and Marriage |
| lesy10501 | Social Inequality, Social Exclusion and Social Stratification, Prejudice, Stereotypes, Discrimination |
| lesy10502 | Caste, Other Backward Classes and Untouchability |
| lesy10503 | Adivasi Struggles |
| lesy10504 | Women’s Struggles and Disability |
| kesy10201 | Social Groups-concept, features, Types |
| kesy10202 | Social Stratification- Caste, Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender |
| kesy10203 | Social Control & Social Sanction |
| kesy10204 | Status & Role, Role conflict( Khasi tribe), Role stereotyping |
| Kesy10301 | Family, Marriage, Kinship -Concept, Types, Changes |
| kesy10401 | Culture- Definition and Dimensions |
| kesy10402 | Socialization & its Agencies -Family, Peer Group & School, Mass Media, other agencies |
| kesy10403 | Ethnocentrism and Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Change |