MANDAKINI V. JHA
M.A. (Sociology) The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India M.A. (Politics in Non-Western Societies) University of Hull, U.K Teaching Experience: 25 years Research Interests: Governance, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Gender, Theory, Knowledge Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Telephone: (Work): +91-265 2795340 (Home): +91-265 2663413 (Mobile): +91-9825329012 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
EDUCATION
1993 –1994 M.A. (Politics in Non-Western Societies), The University of Hull, U.K. 1988-1990 M.A. (Sociology), The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India 1985-1988 B.A. (Sociology), The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
June 15, 2017 –present Teacher-in-Charge, Department of Sociology
August 2011- present Associate Professor
August 2008-2011 Lecturer (Selection Grade)
August 2002-2008 Senior Lecturer
August 1996- 2002 Lecturer
August 1995- August 1996 Temporary Lecturer
July 1992-September 1993 Temporary Lecturer
August 1990- end of Temporary Teaching Assistant academic year 1992
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS/AWARDS
1) Invited Guest Research Scholar and Research Associate of the Institute of Federalism, (IRCC), University of Fribourg, Switzerland from 21 May-31August, 2001. 2) Diploma of Quality, Cum Laude, awarded for the ‘Best Student of the Session’ for the Summer Course (2000), Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. 3) Awarded full scholarship for the Summer Course (2000), Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. 4) Awarded FCO Scholarship to do a one- year taught M.A. at the Center of Indian Studies, University of Hull, U.K. for the year 1993-94. 5) Awarded Merit Certificates for holding first rank in B.A. and M.A. at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India.
PUBLICATIONS
1) Jha, Mandakini V. (April 1, 2015) “India’s Middle Class: Then and Now” in Lobo, Lancy and Jayesh Shah (eds.) The Trajectory of India’s Middle Class: Economy, Ethics and Etiquette Cambridge Scholars Publishing. U.K. pp.54-62, HB, ISBN-13 978-1-4438-7243-0 ISBN-10 1-4438-7243-1 2) Jha, Mandakini V. (forthcoming ) “A Critique of Sociology and its ‘Nativization’ in India” in Lewis Gordon (ed.) Transcending Disciplinary Decadence New Delhi: Routledge-India (forthcoming) 3) Jha, Mandakini V. (2013). “Multiculturalism Revisited” in Tripathy, Jyotirmaya and Sudarshan Padmanabhan.(eds.) The Democratic Predicament: Cultural Diversity in Europe and India Routledge: New Delhi, pp.280-302. ISBN 978-0-415-81189-7 4) Jha, Mandakini V. (2010). “Lincoln in Southern Asia: A Legacy Used and Misused” in Tripathy, Jyotirmaya, Sura P. Rath, William D. Pederson. (eds.) Abraham Lincoln Without Borders: Lincoln’s Legacy Outside the United States Delhi: Pencraft International, pp.127-137. ISBN 978-81-909416-6-2 5) Jha, Mandakini V. (2008). “School as a Social Organization” in Block 3: “Social Context of School”, MES-014 “Societal Context of Education” Course, New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University. ISBN-978-81-266- 3548-1 6) Jha, Mandakini V. (2006). “On Western Indian Encounter: Caste as “Other” in Rath, Sura P., Nirupa Rani, K. & Sudheer, V.C. (eds.) Dialogics of Cultural Encounters: Nations and Nationalities in Periods of Conflict, Delhi: Pencraft International, pp.126-138. ISBN 81-85753-741 7) Jha, Mandakini V.(2005) “Suicide and Suicide Bombings: Issues of Modernity in Nineteenth Century Sociological Thinking” in Gupta, Santosh, Kar, P.C. & Dave Mukherjee, Parul (eds.) Rethinking Modernity, Delhi: Pencraft International, pp.225-232. ISBN 81-85753-68-7 8) Jha, Mandakini V.(2003) “Identity and Recognition in Fragmented Societies: Diversity Management in India and Switzerland” in Baral, Kailash C.& Kar, Prafulla C. (eds.) Identities: Local and Global, Delhi: Pencraft International, pp. 203-218. ISBN 81-85753-60-1 9) Jha, Mandakini V. (2001).“Federalism in India: The Case of a Federal Unit, Gujarat, Travaux de Recherché, cahier nº 19, Publications of the Institute of Federalism, Fribourg, Switzerland. 10) Jha, Mandakini V. (1998). “Local Protest Movements: Decay in the Political System of India?” Journal of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. 1996-1997, Vol. 45 (XLV)No.2 (Social Science Number) pp.21-28
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
1) CONVENOR, (with M.T. Ansari), First National Interdisciplinary Course on Theory/Praxis of the Forum on Contemporary during 18-24 August 2003, held in The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 2) CONVENOR, (with Ranjan Panda) Seventh National Workshop of the Forum on Contemporary on “Philosophical Foundations of Discourses of Science” during 29-31 October 2002 at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 3) AFTERNOON WORKSHOP MODERATOR, Summer University 2001, during 27-31 August, at Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, on Federalism in Multicultural and Multinational Polities, conducted by Professor Wolf Linder, University of Bern, Switzerland, and Professor Lidija Basta Fleiner, Director, IRCC, Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland 4) IN-HOUSE SEMINAR: Presented an “In-house Seminar” on Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in Switzerland and India, at the Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, on 22nd August, 2001 5) INVITED GUEST RESEARCH SCHOLAR AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATE to the Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from 22nd May-31st August, 2001, doing research on Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in Switzerland and India. 6) REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR GUJARAT in a Research Project entitled “Governance in India: A Cross Regional Comparison of Six Indian Federal States” undertaken by South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany, (Oct.1997-2000) ______
PAPERS PRESENTED / PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL /NATIONAL/STATE LEVELCONFERENCES/ SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS
1. Speaker: Kinship, Family and Gender: Abusive Marriages Among the NRI Women in the US in the Technical Session (key paper) in the Two Day International Seminar on “Indian Diaspora: Kinship Network, Social Structure and Contribution in Host Countries” organized by Centre for Indian Diaspora ( funded by UGC, New Delhi) Department of Sociology, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, in collaboration with Vishwa Gujarati Samaj,Ahmedabad, on February 14, 2018
2. Chaired Panel Three session entitled Asamān Jāti Pramān Anè Gujarat organized by Gujarat Sociological Society in collaboration with Arts College Androkha, Vijaynagar, Sabarkantha, during 10-11 February, 2018 on the theme “ Social Development and Gujarat”
3. Paper presented: Non-Western Theorizing in Sociology organized by Gujarat Sociological Society in collaboration with Arts College Androkha, Vijaynagar, Sabarkantha, during 10-11 February, 2018 on the theme “ Social Development and Gujarat”
4. Lecture Interrogating Sociological Theory: Issues and Concerns at the P. G. Department of Sociology, Sardar Patel University,Vallabh Vidyanagar as part of the expert Lecture Program on January 19, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.- 2.00:00 p.m.
5. Chaired a session entitled Philosophy, Linguistics, Humanities in the XX international conference organized by the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Baroda, in collaboration with The Princeton Africa Humanities Colloquium, Princeton University and The International Lincoln Centre, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, U.S.A. during 17-20 December 2017 on the theme “The Humanities across Cultures” , Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha.
6. Chaired the Technical Session Nine on Education and Urban Transformations in the Eight Annual International Conference of Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) on the theme “Criticality, Empathy and Welfare in Contemporary Educational Discourses” held from 16-18 November, 2017 at the P.G. Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
7. Paper presented: Feminist Enquiry into Women’s Education in Pre-Colonial India in the Eight Annual International Conference of Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) on the theme “Criticality, Empathy and Welfare in Contemporary Educational Discourses” held from 16-18 November, 2017 at the P.G. Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
8. Paper presented: Fashion and Feminism in Neoliberal India in 43rd All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society on “Neo-liberalism, Consumption and Culture” hosted by Department of Sociology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 9-12 November, 2017
9. Participant: In one day workshop on “Impact of learning resources on enhancing academic productivity” organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in collaboration with Smt. Hansa Mehta Library on 20th September, 2017.
10. Participant: In the Sydney School for Critical Social Thought, 16 May to 1 June, 2017, organized by Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia, and held in Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia
11. Chaired a session entitled Ambedkar’s Idea on Gender in the two day National Conference on “Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Perspective on State, Society and Economy: Revisiting his Vision and Mission”, organized by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s 125th Birth Anniversary Celebration Committee, University of Hyderabad on 22-23 February 2017.
12. Paper presented: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Women and Dalit Feminism in the two day National Conference on “Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Perspective on State, Society and Economy: Revisiting his Vision and Mission”, organized by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s 125th Birth Anniversary Celebration Committee, University of Hyderabad on 22-23 February 2017.
13. Paper presented: Theorizing Africa: Sociological Debates in a National Symposium on “Theorizing Africa” with Simon Gikandi, Robert Schirmer Professor of English, Princeton University and former Editor of PMLA, on 12-13 January 2017 jointly organized by Balvant Parekh Center for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences and Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara
14. Invited participant: In the three days National Seminar on the “Legacy of Dr, Babasaheb Ambedkar: Analysis and Appraisal” held on 1st to 3rd December, 2016 at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara
15. Resource Person/Speaker: In the Seminar “From Discrimination to Incrimination- The Use, Abuse and Misuse of Gender-specific Laws in India” organized by School of Business and Law, Navrachana University, Vadodara, 10 September 2016, held in Navrachana University, Vadodara.
16. Paper presented: Durkheim’s ‘Social facts as Things’ and Precolonial ‘Feminism’ in India at the XIX International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, jointly organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory Vadodara and Doon University, Dehradun, during 18-21 December 2016, on the theme, “Materialities: Objects, Matters, Things” 17. Participant: In the Sydney School for Critical Social Thought, 16-27 May, 2016, organized by Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia, and held in Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia
18. Participant: In the Workshop from 9-11 February 2016 on Preparation of a Dictionary of Sociology for Higher Secondary Level organized by Department of Education in Social Sciences, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), held in The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
19. Participant: In One-Day Symposium on 5 February 2016 organized by the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara on the topic Alternative Cosmopolitanism: Living with Radical Diversities and the Right to be Oneself organized around the Balvant Parekh Distinguished Lecture on the same theme by Ashis Nandy, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) and Chairperson of the Committee for Cultural Choices and Global Futures, New Delhi.
20. Paper presented: Weber and Nature at the XVIII International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, jointly organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory Vadodara and Departments of English and History, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha during 20-23 December 2015, on the theme, “Wider Significance of Nature”
21. Chaired the session Ecological issues in Select Texts at the XVIII International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, jointly organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory Vadodara and Departments of English and History, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha on December 21 2015, on the theme, “Wider Significance of Nature”
22. Paper presented: Refugees, Strangers and Multiculturalism in Europe in IV Balwant Parekh National Symposium based on Rodolphe Gasche’s lecture on “Europe and The Stranger” organized by Balvant Parekh Center for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, in Vadodara on October 31, 2015
23. Participant and Discussant: in International Workshop on 30 September, 2015 on Commodity, Resource or Heirloom? Investigating the Social, Economic and Ethical Values of Cultural Heritage organized by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology, Durham University, U.K. and with the support of the office of the International Affairs, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda under the scheme, “Benchmarking the Social and Economic Impacts of Cultural Heritage: A Comparative Pilot Project” funded under the Knowledge Economy Partnership Program of the British Council
24. Paper presented: Abusive Marriages among the NRI Women in a City in USA in a two-day National Seminar organized by the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara during 10-11 April, 2015 on the theme “Marriage and Divorce in a Globalized Era: Shifting Concepts and Changing Practices in India”.
25. Paper presented: Sociology and General Semantics in the National Seminar jointly organized by Balvant Parekh Center for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, and The Department of Linguistics, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda during 16-17 March 2015 on the theme “Pedagogy and Method: General Semantics in Other Human Sciences”.
26. Participant: in a two-day symposium organized by Balvant Parekh Center for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, in Vadodara during 2-4 February 2015 based on the works of Professor W.J.T. Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor Of English and Art History, University of Chicago and on his III Balvant Parekh Memorial Lecture on the theme, “Seeing Madness: Insanity, Media and Visual Culture” on 2 February 2015 27. Paper presented: Historical Sociology of Cities: Re-visiting Vadodara in the International Interdisciplinary Workshop jointly organized under Partnership Initiative by the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and University of Leicester, sponsored by The British Council during 18-19 December 2014 on “Futures Past: The City in Gujarat”.
28. Paper presented: Towards a ‘Universal’ Sociological Theory in the XVII International Conference of the jointly organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory Vadodara and the International Lincoln Center of American Studies, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, USA held in Goa during 21-24 December 2014 on the theme “Re-imagining Theory: Towards New Horizons in the Humanities and the Social Sciences”.
29. Paper presented: The Educational Predicament: Colonialism, Orientalism and Translation in the 5th International Conference of Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), New Delhi, collaboratively organized at the University of Delhi by Gargi College, Institute of Home Economics and Regional Resource Centre for Elementary Education (RRCEE) from 16-18 November 2014 on the theme “Education, Politics and Social Change”.
30. Chaired the session Fabrics of Subversion: Folk Narratives, talk/presentation on “Folklore and the Cultural Paradigm: Notes on Classic Genres and the Art of Subversion” by Professor Jawaharlal Handoo in the National Seminar “Theorizing Movements: Social, Literary and Cultural supported by the UGC SAP DRS-II , Department of English, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara during 24-25 March 2014.
31. Invited Participant: In a National Seminar on Religion, Secularism, and the Shifting Goalposts of Democracy in India held on 8th March 2014, at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara, partially funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research, Western Regional Centre, Mumbai.
32. Paper presented: Trends in Sociological Theorizing at the International Seminar jointly organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory and the Department of Political Science, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara during 10-11 February 2014 on the theme “Theorizing Today – 25 Years Later”
33. Invited Participant: In the National Symposium on the theme/lecture The Ethics of Hospitality and the Art of the Home by Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University, organized by the Balvant Parekh centre for general Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Vadodara on 25th January 2014
34. Paper presenter: Painting Lincoln: Sociological Theory, Art and Artists at the 31st Annual Conference of the Association of Third World Studies co-sponsored by Association of Third World Studies, U.S.A., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, USA, Georgia Southwestern State University, USA and hosted by Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, during 28-30 December, 2013, on the theme “Prioritizing the Future: Continuity and Change in the Global South in the 21st Century”
35. Paper presented: Multicultural Education: Re-imagining Democracy at the Annual International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India, organized by the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta in association with the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, The Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, and the Pratichi Institute, Kolkata, held in Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, during 28-30 December, 2013, on the theme,” Education, Diversity and Democracy”
36. Paper presented: Translating Tradition at the XVI International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, jointly organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory Vadodara and Department of Studies in English, University Of Mysore held in Mysore during 15-18 December 2013, on the theme, “Translation, Comparatism and the Global South” 37. Paper presented: Indian Middle Class: Then and Now International Seminar organized by Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara, partially funded by Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi, held on 27 - 29 November, 2013 on the theme “Tracking the Growth of India’s Middle Class”.
38. Paper presented: ‘Is There an Indian Way of Thinking’ Re-Visited, National Symposium organized by Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Vadodara, on 25th October, 2013 on the theme/lecture by Sheldon Pollock ,“What is Indian Knowledge Good for?”
39. Paper presented: De-colonization, Utopia, Multicultural Thinking: Interrogating Theory , XX Conference of Gujarat Sociological Society, organized by School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, during 19-20 January, 2013 on the theme, “ Social Development in Gujarat and India: Retrospect and Prospect”
40. Chaired a session on “Ramayan as Indic Utopia”, the thirteenth session on “Literary Texts and the Future of Utopias”, at the Fifteenth International Conference organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara in collaboration with the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Allahabad, Allahabad during 16–19 December 2012, on the theme: “Media and Utopia: Imagination, History, Technology”
41. Paper presented: Multicultural Social Theory: Utopia, Anti-Utopia and Ideology at the Fifteenth International Conference organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara in collaboration with the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Allahabad, Allahabad during 16–19 December 2012, on the theme: “Media and Utopia: Imagination, History, Technology”
42. Paper presented: Decolonizing Knowledge: Some Observations at the Annual International Conference of Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), hosted by University of Jammu, Jammu, during October 10-12, 2012 on the theme “Education for a Changing World”
43. Chaired a session on “Gender Concerns in Higher Education”, at the Annual International Conference of Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), hosted by University of Jammu, Jammu, during October 10-12, 2012 on the theme “Education for a Changing World”
44. Presentation titled Boundaries: ‘Left’, ‘Right’ and ‘Center’ at the III National Symposium organized by Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Vadodara, and Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, held in Vadodara, during 2-4 Februrary 2012, organized around the IV Balvant Parekh Distinguished Lecture by Arjun Appadurai on 3rd February on the theme “Disciplining India’s Diversity”
45. Paper presented (with Ronald Byrd): Mary Robinson as an Irish International Lawyer-Statesman at the International Conference organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara held in the IIS University, Jaipur in collaboration with the International Lincoln Center, Louisiana State University, at Shreveport, USA, on 22nd December 2011, on the theme “Icons and Illusionists: Lawyer-Statesmen and Constitutional Democracy”
46. Paper presenter: A Critique of Sociology and Its ‘Nativization’ in India, at the Fourteenth International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, held in Jaipur in collaboration with the IIS University, Jaipur during 18-21 December 2011, on the theme “ Transcending Disciplinary Decadence: Exploring Challenges of Teaching, Scholarship, and Research in Humanities and the Social Sciences”
47. Paper presented: Theory and Praxis of Multiculturalism: Critical Interrogations at the 37th All India Conference during the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Sociological Society at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during 11-13 December, 2011
48. Paper presented: New Media’s Use and Misuse of Lincoln as a Democratic Symbol in Asia at the Thirteenth International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, held in Chandigarh in collaboration with the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh during 15-18 December, 2010 on the theme, “The Virtual Transformation of the Public Sphere”
49. Paper presented (with Kavita Karan), Women’s Magazines in India: Global-Local Paradox of International and Local Women’s Magazines in the International Conference organized by Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) and held at Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during 15th-17th November, 2010, on the theme ”Globalization, Educational Change and Reforms: Comparative Perspectives”. (Paper was also accepted to be presented in the International Conference of the American Academy of Advertising- Asia-Pacific Conference 2009, Co-Sponsored by China Advertising Association of Commerce and Communication, University of China, Beijing, China May 27 - 30, 2009)
50. Paper presented: Lincoln in Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: Legacy Used/Misused at the International Conference held in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, in collaboration with Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, USA, and the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, during 19-20 December 2009 on the theme “Abraham Lincoln without Borders”
51. Paper presented: Caste and Race: Concepts, Politics and Competing Identities at the Twelfth International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, held in Trivandrum in collaboration with Samyukta: A Journal of Women’s Studies, and Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala, during 14-17 December 2009, on the theme,”The Political Economy of Social Division: Race, Gender, Class,, and Caste as Fetishized/Fetishizing Borders”
52. Presentation on: Tribal Studies Curriculum: A Sociological Perspective in a National Workshop for the ‘Discussion of Tribal Studies Curriculum’ held during 11-13 September 2009 at Vadodara and Tejgadh, Gujarat, and organized by Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Vadodara, and Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh
53. Paper presented: Democracy and Capitalism: The ‘pathological’ in Durkheim and the ‘spirit’ in Weber held in Varanasi, at the Eleventh International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, in collaboration with Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, during 18-21 December 2008, on the theme “Democracy in our Time: The Past and Future of Enlightenment".
54. Invited Participant to a Seminar held in Surya Palace, Vadodara organized by Baroda Forum for Policy Analysis, Vadodara, on “Recent Trends in India-USA Relations” on 15th May, 2008.
55. Paper presented: Emotions, Territory and Identity: A Socio-psychoanalytic approach to ‘constant state of protest’, held in Goa at the Tenth International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara in collaboration with the Department of English, Goa University, Goa during 16-19 December 2007, Goa, India on the theme “Thinking Territory: Affect and Attachment towards Land in South Asia”
56. Paper presenter: From Colonialism to Nationalism: Renaissance in Indian Sociology, held in Udaipur, at the Ninth International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory in collaboration with Vidya Bhavan Rural Institute, Udaipur, during 17-20 December, 2006, on the theme “Knowledge-Systems in a Climate of Creativity”
57. Paper presented: Popular Culture as Subversive Sociology, held in Mangalore, at the Eight International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, in collaboration with Department of English, Mangalore University, Mangalore, during 14-17 December, 2005, on the theme “The Art and Politics of Subversion: Theory in a Counter Mode”
58. Participant in the Twelfth Conference of the Gujarat Sociological Society held at S.L.U. Arts and H & P. Thakore Commerce College for Women, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, Gujarat during 26-27 February , 2005
59. Paper presented: On Western-Indian Encounter: Caste as ‘Other’, held in Visakhapatnam, at the Seventh International Conference, of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, in collaboration with Department of English, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, during 13-16 December 2004, on the theme “Dialogics of Cultural Encounters”
60. Paper presented: Multicultural Challenges in India and Russia, Golden Jubilee National Seminar, held in Vadodara, organized by Department of Russian, Faculty of Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda, during 18-20 March, 2004, India, on the theme “Language, Literature and Society: The Indian and Russian Experience”
61. Presentation: Caste System in India, Mid-term Workshop held in Vadodara for Shastri Interns, organized by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and Centre for Canadian Studies, The M.S.University of Baroda, during 17-19 January, 2004, on “Young Canadians in India: Developing International Workplace Skills”
62. Paper presented: Issues of Modernity in Nineteenth Century Sociological Thinking, held in Jaipur, at the Sixth International Conference of the Forum of Contemporary Theory, Vadodara in collaboration with the Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, during 14-17 December, 2003, on the theme “Rethinking Modernity”
63. Paper presented: Understanding Upper Caste Women in Postcolonial India, held in M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, at the Eighth National Workshop of the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara during 20-23 October, 2003, on the theme “Law and Social Justice”
64. Paper presented: Dimensions of Ethnicity in Sociological Literature, National Seminar held in Mumbai, organized by the Department of English, Bombay University, Mumbai, during 26-27 February, 2003 on the theme “Language, Literature and Sociology”
65. Paper presented: Identity and Recognition in Fragmented Societies: Diversity Management in India and Switzerland, held in Shillong, at the Fifth International Conference of the Forum on Contemporary Theory in collaboration with Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Shillong, during 15-18 December, 2002 on the theme “Constructing Identities: Local and Global”
66. Paper presented: Ethical Issues in Sociological Debates about Indian Society, held in Konark, Orissa, at the Fourth International Convention of the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara during December 14-17, 2001, on the theme “The Ethical Turn in Literary and Cultural Studies”
67. Paper presented: Some Aspects of Diversity in India, held in the M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara at the Sixth Annual National Workshop of the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara in collaboration with Louisiana State University, Shreveport, during 8-11 November 2001, on the theme “India: A Discursive Terrain”
68. Paper presented: Federalism in India: The Case of a Federal Unit, Gujarat, Summer University, Euroregions, Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland on “Federalism, Decentralization and Local Politics” during 28 August-14 September 2000. ______
VISITING FACULTY
1. THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, VADODARA
Have been a Visiting Faculty to:
Faculty of Social Work (MHRM),
Faculty of Law,
Faculty of Arts :Department of Russian Studies,
Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies: Taught Indian Society as part of “Orientation to Indian Society” Course and at present teaching “Communication and Society” (Sociology) Course
2. MUDRA INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION (MICA), SHELA, AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT During 2009, 2010, 2012 gave lectures on “Sociological Theories and Communication” to the PGPDM First year students
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Life Member: Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi
Life Member: Gujarat Sociological Society, Ahmedabad
Member, Executive Committee, Gujarat Sociological Society, Ahmedabad
Life Member: Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara
Life Member: Balvant Parekh Center for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Vadodara
Life Member: Association of British Scholars (Vadodara Chapter)
Life Member: Comparative Education Society of India, New Delhi
Joint Secretary (For two years beginning Jan.1, 2013): Comparative Education Society of India, New Delhi
Life Member: Association for Global South Studies (AGSS) formerly known as the Association of Third World Studies