Ms. ABHINAYA R . KAMBLE Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Politics K. J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce 98 Email:[email protected] Mobile: 00 91 9920072573

EDUCATION:

‘MA in Human Rights’, University of London. An awardee of the British Chevening Human Rights Fellowship, Awarded by British High Commission, UK. It is the International merit fellowship from South Asia (Areas of specialization: International law and Women’s human rights, UN convention on child rights, Environment and Human Rights, Multinational Enterprises and human rights)

L.L.B (Bachelor of Laws), Government Law College, University of Bombay, Mumbai. (Area of Specialization: Criminal law, Administrative law)

Awards and Honors:

*British Chevening Human Rights Scholar. This Fellowship was awarded by the British high commission, UK. *Invited to deliver lectures at Grimsby College, UK, 23 June 2000. *Represented women of in South Africa, Cape Town in ‘World Court of Women Against War and for Peace’, organized under the program of United Nations, and presented the paper on refugee women. March 2001.

*Member of World Court of Women against war and for Peace, South Africa

*Invited to deliver lectures on Women’s Human Rights, by the University of Magdeburg, Germany for the Master’s Degree course in Department of Politics, during October-November 2003.

*Invited to deliver a lecture on ‘Domestic violence’, at World Social Forum, January 2004, Mumbai From the organization ‘Brot Fur Di Welt’. Germany.

Appointments and teaching experience: *I have acquired a training of Teaching from the Department of FASS University, UK wherein I learned in detail the examination marking system and ‘ Survival teaching skills ’of UK Higher education system.

In the Department of History UK, I taught ‘Enlightenment’ course, my duties were: Teaching seminar groups, leading discussions, facilitating seminar contributions and assessing them.

Teaching Experience in India: Associate Professor and HOD in Dept. of Politics, K.J.Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce from July 1989,(Affiliated to ) INDIA.

Areas of Work: a) I have been teaching a Graduate degree course in Politics. I am also responsible for the framing of a syllabus for the Degree course in Politics. And delivered lectures at Dept. of Civics and Politics, Mumbai University on Human Rights, Social Justice, and Social Theories etc.

Papers Taught:1) Citizen’s Rights and Their Implementation in India 2) Indian Political System 3) International Politics 4) American Political System 5) Western Political Thought.

Some Important latest participations, publications, and Television appearance

The year 2019:

28 September 2019. Invited to deliver an articulation in a seminar on, ‘'The Problems of Dalit Women as rooted in the Socio-religious Values' ‘organized by Savitribai Phule Pune University, BharatRatna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Adhyasan.

26 August 2019, Nominated as Hon’ble, Vice-Chancellor’s Nominee for CAS promotions conveyed by the Deputy Registrar, TAAS, Univ. of Mumbai, University’s letter TAAS (CT)/ICE/19-20/1081)

11 April, invited for an interview on Doordarshan to express views on ‘Jyotiba Phule's contribution to knowledge production’ to commemorate his birthday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3O9c8iGyg

The year 2018:

October 27 delivered a lecture organized by ‘THE BOMBAY ARCHDIOCESAN COMMISSION FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE’ THE BIRD ALUMNI DAY OPEN CONFERENCE on,’ CHALLENGES TO NATION BUILDING IN DEFENSE OF THE CONSTITUTION’ Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400093.

October 4th presented a paper on, ‘Contribution of Gail Omvedt to Indian Sociology’ organized by Women study centre, Savitribai Phule, Pune University.

March 10 Delivered a lecture on the occasion of the collective celebration of all women reformist in India and commemorating international women’s day at Byculla Mumbai.

March 12, A meeting over lunch with visiting US official, a Senior Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of South and Central Asia in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at noon to discuss issues relate to Indian situations, at U.S. Consulate, Mumbai, c-49, g block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra(east), Mumbai, India.

February 17,18. Delivered a guest lecture at Tata Institute of Social Sciences(TISS), Tuljapur Campus, , India.

January 1. Delivered a guest lecture at Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule birth anniversary at Tata Institute of Social Sciences,(TISS) Mumbai Campus, Maharashtra, India on, ‘Contemporary issues of feminism in India’.

The year 2017: December 19-20 delivered a speech at the conference, ‘DALIT WOMEN SPEAK OUT!’ At SAVITRIBAI PHULE UNIVERSITY, Pune.

June 6th visited Frei University, Women’s Study Centre, Germany to deliver a lecture.

April 13, delivered a lecture to Students about curricula, pedagogy, and processes of knowledge production, at Saint Eknath Hostel, Chembur, Mumbai.

April 7th chaired a session on Women in India, organized by Mumbai University.

March 6th delivered a lecture of DR. Babasaheb Ambedkar contribution to women's empowerment in India at Nagpur University, India.

March 10 organized a nationwide campaign against the subordination of women in India, "Chalo Nagpur", campaign against violence against women in India .

The year 2016:

5-6th March Delivered a lecture on Feminism at Tata Institute of Social Sciences,(TISS). Gauhati Campus, Assam.

20th February . Invited as a resource person for Workshop at Advanced Centre for Women's Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,(TISS) Mumbai.

18th February, Participated in live phone-in program entitled Sakhi-Sahyadri at Doordarshan Maharashtra. available on net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjlGX6n5LwA

27 - 28 January, participated as a discussant in a seminar at Institute of Indian Culture, Andheri, East Mumbai, on, ‘Globalization and Religion: Interactions and Divergences, supported by the ICSSR.

The year 2015:

11 and 12 December , presented a paper at Mumbai University, at a two-day seminar on the theme: ‘Reading Jotirao Phule In and For Our Times’.

6 -7 November, Coordinated and presented a paper at Phule-Ambedkar Chair, the University of Mumbai for a Two-Day national Workshop.

26-27 September, invited to present a paper in the UGC sponsored seminar on “Social Stratification, Mobility and Well-Being”, in St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India 25-26 June,paper presented on feminism at University of Mumbai organized by Mumbai University and Columbia University, USA a two-day International Conference on ‘Critical Race Theory and Critical Dalit Studies: Understanding Segregation, Exclusion, Intersectionality and the Narratives of Struggles’.

April 17, Invited as evaluator/external examiner for the M.Phil thesis at TISS Mumbai.

17-18 March, Participated as a discussant at Mumbai University on the topic of Cultural politics after the 1990s’ organized by ICSSR.

The year 2014:

September 27, invited as the panelist at IIT (B) (Indian Institute of Technology), to discuss on pedagogy in Indian education system, organized by Humanities and social sciences.

September 26, I have been invited to be a panelist on contemporary issues and concerns of the Indian Community under the Political and Economics Section, US Consulate Mumbai, office.

21- 22 June, organized and presented a paper at A two-day Dialogue on Violence against Women: Role of Media and Dalit women’s literature, in collaboration with Dept. of Social Justice and Governance, TISS And CADAM, New Delhi

Jan3-5, Paper presented, ‘Context of worth’ at Indian Council of Philosophical Research organized byPhule Ambedkar Chair and Department of Philosophy University of Mumbai on the theme of 'Who is a Worthy Being?’

The year 2013

March, 2-13, Complexities in resisting caste: Organized by Dept.of Civics and Politics, University Mumbai.

16 January, addressed the panel discussion on Gender and caste, organized by Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) 15 – 16 February, Presented paper on Dalit Adivasi women and the discrimination organized by TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, Centre for Social Justice and Governance in Collaboration with INSIGHT FOUNDATION

16 January, invited as a guest speaker at Advanced Centre for Women's Studies, for Panel Discussion, ‘Gender and Caste" at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai India.

The year 2012

4th to 8th December, presented a paper on the issue of “Future Strategies for Strengthening Dalit Women’s Movement’’ in the discussion on

3rd December,National “Dalit Feminism: Challenging Caste and Patriarchy “Conference of Dalit Organisations held at, Speaker’s Hall, Constitution Club, New Delhi. Rashtriya Dalit Mahila Andolan (R.D.M.A), the women wing of National Confederation of Dalit Organization organized a discussion on the issue of, wherein

November 6th &7th, presented a paper on ‘Dalit feminism: contemporary issues and future challenges’ in the conference on ‘Understanding caste in Contemporary India’, organized by Dr. Gail Moved and Dr. Bharat Patanker, under organization Bali Raja Pratishthan”, in Nagpur.

October 14th & 15th, I chaired a session on the “Black and Dalit Feminist Struggles” and participated in deliberations in the international conference on "Dalits and African Americans in 21st century: Learning from cross-cultural experiences", organized by ‘Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at TISS, Mumbai.

22-23 August, Participated as a resource person for the workshop on: ‘Honor Killing, Female Infanticide, and Violence against Women’ organized by Pune University’s Department of Adult and Continuous Education.

25th January, I organized UGC sponsored seminar on the theme ‘Popular Culture media and Women’s Subordination under the Women Development Cell of K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce Mumbai, India. Year 2011:

7th October, 2011, TISS as a speaker for a special lecture TISS campus, titled as ' Decoding Violence Against Dalits.'

14-15 March 2011 presented a paper at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Studies Centre University of Pune a two day national seminar on -Interrogating discourses: Ambedkar and discursivity’

Year 2010:

23/24 November 2010: Annual Research Workshop organised by the Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune Paper presented on ‘Intersectionality and Feminism in India’.

15th and 16th December 2010: ‘Women's Studies’ student festival, at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, organized a seminar on 'Gender, Citizenship and Rights of marginalized groups' wherein I was a moderator.

My research paper was accepted for the Fourth Annual Conference on Intersectionality in the conference on Intersectionality: Challenging Theory, Reframing Politics, Transforming Movements organised by Critical Race Studies Program at the UCLA School of Law , US in March 2010. The main concerns of the conference were to: re-visit the origins of intersectionality as a theoretical frame and site of legal interventions and to consider its still unfolding potential for unmasking subordination and provoking social change.

23rd and 24th March 2010. I presented a paper titled ‘Gender, Visibility and Consciousness’ at the conference organised by the Department Of Civics and Politics, Mumbai University.

13 April, 2010, Presented paper on, ‘33% reservation for women in Indian Parliament and its implications’, organised by the Samata Parva Yevatmal, Maharashtra.

8th March 2010 I was the Key speaker for the one-day conference which was organised by the ‘Women’s Development Cell’, Dr. Ambedkar College of Commerce and Economics.Mumbai Year2009

8th January 2009 Presented a review paper on “Research on Women” for a one-day workshop on women and violence, organised by ‘Manuski’, an NGO at Pune, State of Maharashtra.

12th December 2009 Presented a paper in conference on, ‘Twenty years of ‘Prevention of Atrocity Act: a critical evaluation’. The conference was organised by the ‘Academic Studies Centre’, Solapur, Maharashtra.

31, 2009: Presented paper at the ‘Forum against atrocities’, in Mumbai at Chetana College Bandra, Mumbai.

I delivered lectures for Graduate courses in Politics offered by ‘Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, for the distance Education students.

Since 1998 onwards I am also a Visiting Teaching Faculty for the ‘Post- graduate Diploma course in Human Rights’ (DHR), conducted by the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Bombay, Mumbai. Here I have been lecturing on: Women’s Human Rights, UN convention on Chid Rights, and multinational Enterprises and human rights.

Offered lectures at Nirmala Niketan College of social work, Mumbai.(1996- 2004)

Offered lectures at ‘Centre for Study of Secularism’, a research organization working on issues of communal harmony and Secularism. Mumbai.(1997)

Some of the key Publications: (Many of them are with my married name Abhinaya Ramesh)

1.’ Reflections on the ‘Chalo Nagpur’ Campaign, Economic, And Political Weekly, Vol. 52, Issue No. 21, 27 May 2017, EPW.ORG

2.‘Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Concern’, in, Women’s Human Rights Net, issue,110 Association of Women in Development, (AWID), Canada January 2003 at www.awid.org. This article is being used all over the world on domestic violence issue such as carers of DV affected women and . from Northern American states.

3.‘UN Convention on Rights of the Child: Inherent Weaknesses’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXVI no. 22 June 2, 2001, Mumbai, pp. 1948- 1950. At epw.org (This article has been annotated to the parliament of India’s Library)

4.‘Dalit women’s participation in India’s freedom struggle’, in Women in India’s Freedom Struggle, edited by Nawaz Modi, Allied Publishers, 2000, Mumbai, pp. 171-185.

5.‘Towards re-writing non-Brahmin feminist historiography’, in‘Re-writing non-Brahmin feminist historiography’, edited by Vidyut Bhagwat, Centre For Women’s Studies, University of Pune, 2000.

6. E-Journal, Countercurrents, March 2007, ‘Academic Complicity in the violence against Dalits and Dalit women in India’.

7. ‘LAWS for women in India with key judgments of courts’ a handbook of laws published by SomiayaVidyavihar, Mumbai. 8Th March 2012.

8. Miloon saryajani, a review of Play written by Playwright Sanjay Pawar, ‘Thastha”, 2014 April.

Published Writings in the ( a language of Maharashtra): Marathi language Periodicals:

1.An academic article in journal Parivartanacha vatsaru, on Dalit women and feminist consciousness on June 2016 issue.

2.Article published in Monthly Vishwa Leader on ‘Saint Poetry and social transformation in India’. (April 2010)

3.Sugawa, research journal on social issues, October 2006, ‘Saint poets and their contribution to social transformation’.

4. Article published in Marathi Academic Periodical ‘ParivartanachaVatsaru’, (A Pedestrian of transformation) ‘‘Dalit women’s autobiographies and its social context from the feminist perspective’, a review article. Published on January 16, 2012. 5 Newspaper Mahanayak, Mumbai ‘Women in process of empowerment”, published on 25th December 2012.

INVITED TELEVISION APPEARANCE/ INTERVIEWS:

11th October 2010: interviewed by Mumbai Television in the Hello Sakhi program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV2kUHJ_eto

6th October 2011: I was interviewed by Mumbai Television in its program, Hello Sakhion‘Dhamma Chakra Pravartan and Women’ (I spoke on Feminism in India and Indian Constitution)

October 2016 I was interviewed by Mumbai Television in its program, Hello Sakhi on‘Dhamma Chakra Pravartan and Women’ (I spoke on Feminism in India and Indian Constitution)