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1 Associate Professor in Political Science, PU, Chandigarh (June 2007-Sept 2011). Reader in Political Science, PU, Chandigarh (June 2004-June 2007). Lecturer & Sr. lecturer in Political Science, PU, Chandigarh (March 1998- 2004). Lecturer in Gandhian and Peace Studies, PU, Chandigarh (June 1995- March1998). Lecturer in Political Science, Goa University, Goa (Feb 1995-June 1995). Research Associate, SIS, CIPOD, JNU, New Delhi (July1992-May 1995). Publications Articles in Peer-reviewed Research Journals International “What Went Wrong With the Third Alternative? Exploring the Rise and Demise of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab,” Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies (GISS, New York), Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 2018, pp. 3-36 (also carried in Ambedkar Times Weekly, Vol. 10, Issue 6, April 11, 2018, pp. 7-10 & 23-27). “The Genealogy of a dalit faith: The Ravidassia Dharm and Caste Conflicts in Contemporary Punjab,” Contributions to Indian Sociology, (sage), Vol. 51, No. 1, 2017, pp. 52-78. “Internal Caste Cleavages among Dalits in Punjab,” Economic and Political weekly, Vol. 52, No. 3, January 21, 2017, pp. 54-57. “Structures of Social Exclusion, Dera Culture and Dalit Social Mobility in Contemporary East Punjab,” Contemporary Voice of Dalit (Sage), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2016, pp. 186-195. “Sacralising Dalit Peripheries: Ravidass Deras and Dalit Assertion in Punjab,” Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 51, No. 1, January 2, 2016, pp. 32-39 (for Punjabi transl. by Bhiminder Singh see: Desh Doaba, Vol.5, Issue 4, May 04, 2016, pp.18-20). “Jawaharlal Nehru, Neo-liberalism and Social Democracy: Mapping the Shifting Trajectories of Developmental State in India,” Contemporary Voice of Dalit (Sage), Vol. 7, No. 2, 2014. Pp. 187-210. “Empowering Periphery from Below: Making Sense of Dalit Identity Formation in Contemporary East Punjab,” Contemporary Voice of Dalit (Sage), Vol. 6, No. 1, 2013. Pp. 39-60. “Reading Neo-Liberal Market-Economy with Jawaharlal Nehru: Dalits and the Dilemma of Social Democracy in India,” South Asian Survey (Sage), Vol.19, No. 2, 2012, pp. 221-241. “Beyond Conversion and Sanskritisation Articulating an Alternative Dalit Agenda in East Punjab,” Modern Asian Studies (Cambridge), Vol. 46, No. 3, May 2012, pp. 639-702. “Guru Ravidass: Prophet of Dalit Liberation,” Contemporary Voice of Dalit (Sage), Vo. 4, No. 1, 2011, pp. 29-48. “Dr. Ambedkar, Neo-liberal Market-Economy and Social Democracy in India,” Human Rights Global Focus (ISSN: 0972 7205), Vol. 5, Nos. 03 & 04, July-December 2010, pp. 12-38.
2 “Ravidass, Dera Sachkhand Ballan and the Question of Dalit Identity in Punjab,” Journal of Punjab Studies (UCSB), Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 2009, pp.1-34. “Ravidass Deras and Social Protest: Making Sense of Dalit Consciousness in Punjab (India), Journal of Asian Studies (Cambridge), Vol. 67. No. 4, (November) 2008, pp. 1341-64. “Social Exclusion, Resistance and Deras: Exploring the Myth of Casteless Sikh Society in Punjab,” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.42, No.40, October 6-12, 2007, pp.4066-74. “Capital versus Labour: Globalisation, Marginalised and Crisis of Governance,” Man & Development, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, June 2007, pp. 5-28 [included in Parliamentary Documentation Vol. 33, No.15, August 1-15, 2007, also published as a book chapter mentioned below]. “Untouchability in India with a Difference: Ad Dharm, Dalit Assertion and Caste Conflicts in Punjab,” Asian Survey, (UC Berkeley) Vol. XLIV, No.6, November-December 2004, pp.895-912 [abstracted in Centre de Documentation Regards, Religion Compass Online, CSA Illumina]. Also included in the courses POLS 298.3 Turmoil and Change: Politics in Modern India, Dept. of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Summer Study/ Travel Program 2006 and SO304: Religion and Politics in Contemporary Society, Semester 2 2008, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Law, The University of the South Pacific. “Untouchability, Dalit Consciousness, and the Ad Dharm movement in Punjab,” Contributions to Indian Sociology (Sage), Vol.38, No.3, September- December 2004, pp.323-349; Reproduced with permission from CIS entitled: Mangoo Ram, Ad Dharm & the Dalit Movement in Punjab, New Delhi: Critical Quest, 2008. It is also one of “The 50 Most-Frequently Read Articles in Contributions to Indian Sociology” during June –September 2007, and June &August 2008. “The Dalit Sikhs,” Dalit International Newsletter (Waterford USA), Vol. 9, No.3, October 2004. National “Castes within Caste: Dilemmas of a Cohesive Dalit Movement in Contemporary East Punjab,” Panjab University Research Journal (Arts), Vol. XLIV, No. 2, July-December 2017, pp. 45-62. “Exploring Social Exclusion and Dalit Assertion in Contemporary Punjab,” Journal of Politics (Dibrugarh ISSN 2277-5617), Vol. XVII, August 2017, pp. 23-60. “Sri Guru Granth Sahib de Sikhia Anusar Arath Bharpoor Jiwan Jiuan de Jach” (The way to live meaningful life according to the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib), Panjab Journal of Sikh Studies, Vol IV, 2014. “Caste, Neo-Liberal Economic Reforms and the Decline of Social Democracy in India” (Jagtar Singh Dhesi Annual Memorial Lecture), Punjab Journal of Politics (Amritsar), Vol. 37, Nos. 1-2, 2013, pp. 1-29.
3 “Globalisation, Dalits and Social Democracy,” Bheem Patrika, January 2013, pp. 3-6 (http://www.ambedkartimes.com/Dr%20Ronki%20Ram.htm http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=12418 “Neo-Market Economy, Caste & Democracy,” Bheem Patrika, November 2012, pp.8-10 & 18. “Guru Ravidas, Bhakti and his Vision of an Egalitarian State,” Identity, Vol. 2, No. 6, February 2011, pp.18-20. “Punjabi Dalit Kav: Mundli Pahichan,” Hashia Lok (Patiala), October- December 2010, pp. 14-35.6 “Punjabi Bhasha da Samajik Vigiyan Mazboon atey Giyan Parsar,” (Social Sciences in Punjabi Language and Knowledge Dissemination), Punjabi Lekhak (Central Punjabi Writers Association [Regd]), September 2010, pp. 4- 24. “Dharm, Dalits ate Derai,” Hun, May-August 2010, pp 105-118. “Guru Ravidass, Ad Dharm ate Dalit Chetna,” Parvachan (Nottingham UK), 38, January-March 2010, pp. 2-9. “Bhakti as Social Protest: Guru Ravidass and the Rise of Dalit Consciousness in Punjab,” Indian Journal of Politics (AMU, ISSN 9957), Vol. 43, No. 4, December 2009, pp. 43-64. “Lokan Da Inqulabi Kavi: Lal; Singh Dil,” Hashia (Patiala), July-December 2009, pp.349-56. “Regional Specificities and Caste Hierarchies in Punjab,” Indian Journal of Politics (ISSN 9957), Vol. 43, No. 2, June 2009, pp. 15-29. “Charde Punjab vich Punjabi Quam de Jati ate Jamati Masley” (Caste and Class questions of Punjabi Nationality in East Punjab), Hashia, April-June 2008, pp.103-15. “Punjabi Dalit Parivas: Chetna Ate Sangharsh” (Punjabi Dalit Diaspora: Consciousness and Struggle), South-Asian Review (Prince George, B.C.), September 2006, pp. 22-25 & 29 [serialized in Amritsar Times www.amritsartimes.com (California), August 2-8, August 9-15, and August 16-22, 2006; Nisot, October-December, 2006 www.nisot.com (Canada); Hashia, January-March 2008, pp.98-110, and also published as a book chapter mentioned below]. “Spiritual Regeneration, Guru Ravidass and Dera Sach Khand Ballan,” Begumpura Shaher (Jalandhar), No. 7, June 14, 2004, p. 10 and No. 8, June 21, 2004, pp. 6-7. “Role of Ad Dharmis: Chamar Protest in Punjab is linked to Talhan Caste Violence,” Dalit Voice, Vol. 23, No. 4, February 16-29, 2004, pp. 11-12 [also carried in two installments in Begumpura Shaher, No. 48, March 29, 2004, p. 9 and No. 49, April 5, 2004, p. 9]. "From the Anarchy to Anarchy: State and Governance Problematique," The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 62, No. 4, December 2001, pp. 520- 531. "From Servitude To Assertion Ambedkar's Subaltern Approach To Nationalism and Dalit Liberation," Social Sciences Research Journal (PU, Chandigarh, ISSN 0251 – 348X), Vol. 9, No. 2, 2001, pp. 146-170 [also
4 available in www.ambedkartimes.com and in abridged version at www.ambedkar.org]. “Power v/s Dialogue: Gandhian Dialectic and Conflict Resolution,” Social Sciences Research Journal (PU, Chandigarh, ISSN 0251 – 348X), Vol. 7, Nos. 1 & 2, 1999, pp. 103-123. “What does Gandhi mean to the Youth?” Journal of Peace and Gandhian Studies, Vol. I, No. 2, January-March 1996, pp.75-78. Books Dalit Pachhan, Mukti atey Shaktikaran (Dalit Identity, Emancipation and Empowerment), Patiala: Punjabi University Publication Bureau, 2012. Dalit Chetna: Sarot te Saruup (Dalit Consciousness: Sources and Form), Chandigarh: Lokgeet Prakashan, 2010. Globalization and the Politics of Identity in India, Delhi: Pearson Longman, 2008, (eds.) Bhupinder Brar, Ashutosh Kumar, Ronki Ram. Book Chapters “Social Democracy in Contemporary India: Challenges and Prospectus,” In Pawanpreet Singh (ed), Proceedings National Seminar on Institutions of Democracy: Challenges and Prospects in Present Scenario, Patiala: Gracious Books, 2019, pp.1- 44. “Caste, Social Exclusion and Deras in Punjab,” in Vikram Harijan & Thallapally Manohar (eds), History of Leather-Working Castes in India: Social Transformation and Challenges, Delhi: Meena Book Publications, 2018, pp. 271-325. “Dalits,” in Knut A. Jacobson, et al. (eds.), Brills’ Encyclopedia of Sikhism, Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill, 2017, pp. 283-89. “Untouchability, Dalit Consciousness, and the Ad Dharm movement in Punjab,” in Swaraj Basu (ed), Readings on Dalit Identity: History, Literature and Religion, New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2016, pp. 335-362. “Religion, identity and empowerment: the making of Ravidassia Dharm (Dalit religion) in contemporary Punjab,” in Knut A. Jacobsen (ed), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India, London and New York: Routledge, 2016, pp. 371-83. “Jawaharlal Nehru, Neo-liberalism and Social Democracy: Mapping the Shifting Trajectories of Developmental State in India” in Baljit Singh (ed), Revisiting Nehru in Contemporary India, New Delhi: KW Publishers, 2015, pp.105-131. “Dr. Ambedkar, Neo-liberal Market-Economy and Social Democracy in India” in Biswamoy Pati (ed), Invoking Ambedkar: Contributions, Receptions, Legacies, Delhi: Primus Books, 2014, pp. 127-152. “Looking Beyond Generalities: Caste, Social Exclusion and Deras in Punjab” in Paramjit S. Judge (ed), Mapping Social Exclusion Caste, Religion and Borderlands in India, Cambridge University Press: New Delhi, 2014, pp.164- 191.
5 “Punjabi Bhasha: Samajik Vigiyan atey Gyan Parasar,” in Amarjit Kaur (ed), Punjabi Bhasha Vikas De Badalde Paripekh (Punjabi), Punjabi University: Publication Bureau, 2011, pp. 179-203. ‘Caste and Marginality in Punjab: Looking for Regional Specificities,’ in Ashutosh Kumar (ed), Rethinking State Politics in India: Regions within Regions, London & New Delhi: Routledge, 2011, pp.382-398 ‘Social Exclusion, Resistance and Deras: Exploring the Myth of Casteless Sikh Society in Punjab,’ in Imtiaz Ahmad & Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay (eds), Dalit Assertion in Society, Literature and History, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2010, pp. 273-97, ‘Burden of Tradition and Vision of Equality: Political Sociology of Jutt-Dalit Conflicts in Punjab,” in Birinder Pal Singh (ed), Punjab Peasantry in Turmoil, New Delhi: Manohar 2010, pp. 265-295. ‘Capital versus Labour: Globalization, Marginalised and Crisis of Governance’ in Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Surjit Singh, Jaswinder Singh Brar (eds), Globalization and Change, Jaipur, Rawat, 2010, pp. 46-70 ‘Dr. Ambedkar ate Punjabi Dalits,’ in Gurmeet Kalarmajri and Gurnam Singh Akeeda (ed), Ambedkar di Vicharghara de Ajoke Sandrabh, Patiala: Hashia Publications, 2010, pp. 51-66. ‘Baba Sahib Ambedkar, Nationalism and Dalit Liberation,’ in Karam Singh Raju (ed), Dalit Empowerment after Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Chandigarh: Ambedkar Social Justice Forum India (Regd), 2008, 60-83. ‘Critically Analysing Regionalism in India in the Context of Globalization,’ in R C Sobti and Ashutosh Kumar, (eds), Rethinking Centre-State Relations in India, Chandigarh: Panjab University Publication Bureau, 2008, pp. 233-37. ‘Punjabi Dalit Parivas: Chetna Ate Sangharsh’ (Punjabi Dalit Diaspora: Consciousness and Struggle), in Jaswinder Kaur Maangat (ed), Punjabi Diaspora (Punjabi), Patiala: Publication Bureau, Punjabi University Patiala, 2007, pp, 35-47. ‘Vishvikaran Noo Pachhere Mulkan vich Samjhan Da Masla’ (Understanding Globalisation in Under-developed Countries), in Bhim Inder Singh (ed.), Vishvikaran: Vishleshan ate Vivechan [Globalisation Description and Analysis], Jalandhar: Kuknus, 2006, pp. 62-69. ‘Ajoke Punjab wich Dalit Sathiti ate Chetna: Rajnitak Mulankan’ (Dalit Position and Consciousness in Contemporary Punjab: Political Analysis), in Dhanwant Kaur and Jaswinder Kaur Maangat (eds.), Samkali Punjabi Samaj [Contemporary Punjabi Society], Patiala: Publication Bureau, Punjabi University Publication Bureau, 2006, pp. 51-55. ‘Afro-Asian Dialogue: Contesting Globalisation in the Periphery,’ in Gopal Singh and Ramesh K. Chauhan (ed.), South Asia Today, New Delhi: Anamika, 2005, pp. 564-575. ‘Punjabi Quam, Dalit Mukti Ate Shaktikaran’ (Punjabi Nationality, Dalit Emancipation and Empowerment), in Bhim Inder Singh (ed), Dalit Chintan: Marxi Pripekh (Marxist Perspective of Dalit Thought), Jalandhar: Kukness Prakashan, 2005, pp. 50-63. ‘Limits of Untouchability, Dalit Assertion and Caste Violence in Punjab,’ in
6 Harish K. Puri (ed), Dalits in Regional Context, Jaipur: Rawat, 2004, pp. 132- 189. Book Reviews Ishwar Dayal Gaur, Farida Khaq na Nindeeai: Panjab da Virsa, Itihaskari te Sahitkar, Chandigarh: Panjab University Press, 2016, Panjab University Research Journal (Arts), Vol. XLIV, No. 2, 2017, pp. 175-77. Ranjit Singh Ghuman and Indervir Singh (eds), Nehruvian Economic Philosophy and its Contemporary Relevance, Chandigarh: Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, 2014, Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol.9, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 135-139. Paramjit S. Judge and Gurpreet Bal, Mapping Dalits: Contemporary Reality and Future Prospects in Punjab, Jaipur: Rawat, 2009, Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology (Amritsar), Vol. 30, 2009, pp.221-25. D.R. Sachdeva (ed. & trans.), Rajniti Vigyan Kosh, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2009, The Punjabi Tribune, 15, November 2009. Gopal Guru (ed.), Atrophy in Dalit Politics, Mumbai: Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, 2005, The Book Review, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, January 2008, pp.25-27. Sardara Singh Mahil, Sansar Viopar Sangathan atye Zrai Sankant (World Trade Organisation and Agrarian Crisis), Jalandhar: Kuknus, 2005, Amritsar Times www.amritsartimes.com (California), February 21-27, 2007. Sundeep Waslekar, A Handbook for Conflict Resolution in South Asia, Delhi: Konark Publications, 1996, Journal of Peace and Gandhian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, Oct.-Dec. 1997, pp. 94-7. Articles in Popular Weeklies & News papers “Babu Mangu Ram Mugowalia and the Basic Tenets of the Ad Dharm Movement: On the Foundation Day of the Historic Ad Dharm Movement (June 11-12, 1926),” Ambedkar Times (Sacramento, CA), Vol. 12, Issue 13, June 10, 2020, pp.1-3. “Babu Mangu Ram Mugowalia: Ad Dharm and Dalit Identity in Punjab,” Ambedkar Times (Sacramento, CA), Vol. 12, Issue 6, April 22, 2020, pp.1-2. “Reading Corona Pandemic with Dr. Ambedkar: Caste vs. Nation,” Ambedkar Times (Sacramento, CA), Vol. 12, Issue 4, April 8, 2020, pp.1-2. “Covid-19: Challenges and Safeguard,” Ambedkar Times, (Sacramento, CA), Vol. 12, Issue 2-3, April 1, 2020, p.1. “Covid-19: Lessons to Learn from Nature,” Desh Doaba, (Sacramento, CA), Vol. 8, Issue 50, March 25, 2020, p. 6. “Beyond Minority-Majority Cliché: In Defence of Democracy in India,” Desh Doaba (Sacramento, CA), Vol. 8, No. 38, January 1, 2020, p. 6. “Religious Refiguration of Social Transformation: Drawing Lessons from the Teachings of Guru Nanak,” Ambedkar Times (Sacramento, CA), Vol 11, Issue 31-36, November 20, 2019, pp. 5-6. “Iaee Panthi Sagal Jamati,” Punjabi Tribune, Chandigarh, November 12, 2019. “Guru Nanak Bani Vich Samajik Nian te Barabari de Sooze” (Social Justice and Idea of Equality in the Teachings of Guru Nanak), Desh Doaba
7 (Sacramento CA), Vol.8 Issue 29. October 30, 2019, p. 25. “Dr. Ambedkar De Dalit Mukti De Paradigms,” (Paradigms of Dr. Ambedkar’s Dalit Emancipation), Gosiyan, Vol. 12, December 2018, pp.19- 21. “Election, Politics, Democracy: Some Lessons from Punjab Assembly Elections 2017,” Ambedkar Times, Vol. 9 (4-7), April 27, 2017, p. 1. “Panjab University: Politics, Financial Crisis and Student Unrest,” South Asian Post http://www.southasianpost.org/panjab-university-politics-financial… accessed on July 1, 2017 (also carried in Ambedkar Times, Vol. 9 (8-9), May 11, 2017). “Heritage vs Funds: Salvaging Panjab University,” Ambedkar Times (CA), Vol. 9 (1-2-3), March 29, 2017. “Punjabi Language in East Punjab,” Ambedkar Times (CA), Vol. 9 (1-2-3), March 29, 2017, “Do People Really Need Change? Exploding the Myth of Third Alternative,” South Asia Post http://www.southasiapost.org/do-people-really-need-change- exploding-the-myth-of-the … accessed on March 13, 2017 (also carried in The Tribune February 15, 2017). “Myth of the Third Alternative,” The Tribune, Chandigarh, February 15, 2017. “Why politicians are making a beeline for Punjab's ever-proliferating deras (Conversation with Ajaz Ashraf),” http://scroll.in/article/809298/deras-cant- be-ignored-as-they-have-a-significant-socio-political-role June 13, 2016. “Dr Ambedkar, Economic Reforms and Social Democracy in India,” Indo-US Dialogue (California), Vol. 3, April 2013, pp. 4-6. “Dr. Ambedkar, Social Democracy and Neo-Liberalism,” Ambedkar Times, Vol. 4, No. 11, January 1, 2013, pp. 3 & 11. “Living for the Sake of Others: Reverend Dr. Sun Myung Moon (1920- 2012),”Asia-Pacific Business & Technology Report (Seoul), Vol. 4, No.4, 2012, pp.16-19. “Envisioning Peace and Prosperity in Northeast Asia,” Asia-Pacific Business & Technology Report (Seoul), Vol. 4, No.1, 2012, pp.26-29. “Dalit Samaj da Dharmik atey Samajik Sankat,” Ajit, February 16, 2010 “Dera Sachkhand Ballan: Repository of Dalit Consciousness,” Deccan Herald, May 31, 2009. “What is Dera Sachkhand and who are its Followers” (Hindi), http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/regionalnews/story/2009/05/printible /090526_derasachkhand_... (5/27/2009). “Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh atey Dalit Masley da Hal” (Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and Resolution of the Dalit Question), Begumpura Shaher, December 10, 2007. “Punjabian dey Jaat-paati Maslayan,” Punjabi Tribune, November 11, 2007. “A Conflict of New Assertions,” Tehelka, Vol. 4, Issue 27, July 8-14, 2007 [Cited in EPW, Vol.42, No.40, October 6-12, 2007, p.4065]. “Catastrophe in Making: Religion, Deras, and Dalits in Punjab,” World Sikh News, June 13-19, 2007.
8 “Babu Mangoo Ram and Emancipation of the Dalits - I,” World Sikh News, June 6-12, 2007. “Babu Mangoo Ram and Emancipation of the Dalits - II,”World Sikh News, May 30-June5, 2007. “The Elephant and the Broken Pyramid: Mayawati’s Victory Promises a new Construct for our Democracy,”Tehelka, Vol. 4, Issue 21, May 27-June 2, 2007. “Mayawati and the Second Socio-cultural Revolution in UP,” World Sikh News, May16-22, 2007. “Punjab Vich Daltan di Rajnitak Sathithi,” Punjabi Tribune, March 19, 2007. “Guru Ravidass: Prophet of Dalit Consciousness,” World Sikh News (California), February 14-20, 2007. Also carried in Voice of Buddha (New Delhi), February 16-29, 2008. “Punjabi Parvasi Dalit Chetna,” Punjabi Tribune, September 13, 2006. “Baba Sahib Ambedkar, Samajak Samanta atey Loktantar,” Punjabi Tribune, April 13, 2006. “Punjabi Quam vich Dalit Bhrama de Puchch-parteet kyon Nahin,” Punjabi Tribune, July 27, 2004. “Punjabi Boli Sattha de Galiarian to duur duur Kyon,” Punjabi Tribune, July 26, 2004. Service to the Profession - Academic Dean (Faculty of Arts), PU, Chandigarh, February 1, 2020-January 31, 2021, February 1, 2019-January 31, 2020, February 1, 2016-January 31, 2017, February 1, 2015-January 31, 2016, February 1, 2014-January 31, 2015. Member of the Syndicate, PU, Chandigarh, January 1, 2018-December 31, 2018; January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015. Member of Senate, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, 2016-2020, 2012- 2016, 2010-12, 2008-09. 2004-205, Member of Senate, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPPER), S.A.S. Nagar, 2016-2019. Member Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO (INCCU), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Department of Higher Education, Government of India September 2015 -September 2019. Lead PU Academic Partner in UKIERI-UGC Thematic Partnerships Project on The UK-India Social Sciences and Humanities Methods Node Network led by SOAS, University of London and TISS Mumbai, 2017-20. Member ‘Think Tank,’ PU, Chandigarh. Member of the Board of Studies in the Subject of Political Science for Under Graduate (UG) classes, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, February 2019- 2021. Member of the Undergraduate Board of Studies in Political Science for the term April 1, 2019-March 31, 2021. Member of Studies in the Board of Studies/Committee to discharge the functions of the Board of Studies in Governance and Leadership, PU, Chandigarh, April 1-March 31, 2021.
9 Member of the State Higher Education Council, UT Chandigarh, under the provisions of the Mission document of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). Member of Research Degree Committee in Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2018-December 31, 2019. Member of the Committee to discharge the functions of the Board of Studies in National Service Scheme, PU, Chandigarh, 2018-2019. April 1, 2019- March 31, 2021. Member of the Regulations Committee, PU, Chandigarh, January 1, 2018- December 31, 2018; January 1, 2019-December 31, 2019. Member of the Board of Studies/Post-Graduate Studies in Library Science, PU Chandigarh, April 1, 2009-March 31, 2011; April 1, 2011-March 31, 2013; April 1, 2013-March 31, 2015; April 1, 2017-March 31, 2019. April 1, 2019- March 31, 2021. Member of the Board of Post-Graduate Studies in Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2017-March 31, 2019. Member of the Board of Studies in Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2009-March 31, 2011; April 1, 2015-March 31,2017; April 1, 2017-March 31, 2019; April 1, 2019-March 31, 2021. Member of the Board of Studies in Gandhian and Peace Studies, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 1997-March 31, 1999; April 1, 2009-March 31, 2011; April 1, 2015-March 31, 2017; April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019. Member of the Board of Post-Graduate Studies in Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019. Member Planning & Monitoring, Punjabi University, Patiala, September 16, 2016 to September 15, 2018. Member of Faculty of Social Sciences, Kurukshetra University. Kurukshetra from April 26, 2016 to April 25, 2018. Member (Outside Experts) Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Punjabi University Patiala for the Academic Session July1, 2012-June 30, 2018. Subject Expert of Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, July 1, 2016-June 30, 2018. Subject Expert of Board of Studies in Political Science (PG), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, July 1, 2016-June 30, 2018. General Coordinator/Member of Board of Control/Examiners, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, 2009-10; 2010-2-2011, 2014-15; 2015- 16; 2017-18. Member Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), PU, Chandigarh for the Academic Sessions 2015-2017. Member of the Advisory Body for enhancing the quality and distribution of the academic publications of the Publication Bureau. Panjab University, 2017. Member (Outside Experts) Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Punjabi University Patiala for the Academic Session 2015-2016. Member of the Board of Studies in Human Rights and Duties, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2013-March 31, 2015; April 1, 2015-March 31, 2017;
10 April 1, 2017-March 31, 2019. Member of the Advisory Committee for Dr. Ambedkar Centre, PU, Chandigarh, 2017. Member of the Governing Body of the Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Institute of Social & Economic Change, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana), 2015-2017. ICSSR Member of the Advisory Committee for the Major Research Project at Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, P. U. Chandigarh, 2016. Subject Expert of Board of Studies in Political Science (UG), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, July 1, 2014-June 30, 2016. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, PU, Chandigarh. Co-opted Member of Faculty of Arts & social science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, July 1, 2014-June 30, 2016. Member of UGC Expert Committee on SAP for Political Science deparments, August 6-7, 2014. Member of the Committee on Research Methodology Course for Ph.D. Students and Capacity Building Programme’ for Faculty Members,’ ICSSR, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2014-15. Member of the Board of Studies/Committee to discharge the functions of the Board of Studies in Social Work, PU, Chandigarh for the term April 1, 2019- March 31, 2021. Member of the Research Degree Committee in Centre for Social Work, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2014-March31, 2015. Member of the Selection Committee under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Member of the Committee and Sub-Committee for RUSA (including NAAC Re-Accreditation), PU, Chandigarh. Guardian Professor at Government College, Hoshiarpur (Pb.). Member of the Task Group on Security, Welfare and Justice for Inclusive Growth, Punjab Governance Reforms Commission, Chandigarh. Member Board of Post-Graduate Studies in Geography, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2009-March 31, 2011; April 1, 2013-March 31, 2015. Member Board of Committee in Women’s Studies, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2013-March 31, 2015. Member/Convener of the Board of Post-Graduate Studies in Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2009-March31, 2011; April1, 2013-March 31, 2015. Member of Pre-screening Committee of UILS (Political Science), PU, Chandigarh, for CAS 2015. Member of the College Development Council, PU, Chandigarh, April 1, 2011- March 31, 2013. Member Board of Faculty of Arts, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, 2011.
11 Member Advisory Board, RRC-cum-Department of Community Education and Development, PU, Chandigarh, 2011. Member Board of Studies in Rural Development, Punjabi University, Patiala, April 20, 2010-April 19, 2012. Member Advisory Committee of Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, April 2009-March 2011. Member Research Degree Committee in Defense & Strategic Studies, PU, Chandigarh, 2008-09; 2010-2011; 2011-2013. Member Board of Social Sciences, Northeastern Hill University, Shillong November 24, 2008-November 24, 2010. Member Board of Studies in Political Science (PG), HP University, Shimla 2008-10. Member Academic Committee, First Chandigarh Social Science Congress, PU, Chandigarh, 21st and 22nd January 2009. Member of UGC (Research Funding Council) Expert Committee in the Area of Political Science – Major and Minor Research Projects, UGC, New Delhi, November 2008. Member Academic Committee, Chandigarh Social Science Congress as a part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations, PU, Chandigarh, on November 23-24, 2007. Life Member of North West Indian Sociological Association (NWISA). Service to the Profession - Administrative Chairperson, Joint Consultative Machinery for Ministerial, Secretarial, Laboratory & Technical Staff and Class ‘c’ staff, PU, Chandigarh, 2018. Member of the Purchase Committee of UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh, 2018-19. Member of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) for Ministerial, Secretarial and Class ‘C’ staff of the University, PU, Chandigarh, 2016. Chairperson, Standing Committee, PU, Chandigarh, 2015. Member of Planning & Monitoring Board, Punjabi University, Patiala, September 16, 2014 to September 15, 2016. Member of the Standing Committee to (i) Oversee the effective implementation of policies and programmes of Government of India, UGC, and State Government for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and (ii) Suggest follow-up measures for achieving the objectives and targets laid down in respect of these reserved categories, PU, Chandigarh, 2015-16. Member of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) for Ministerial, Secretarial and Class ‘C’ staff of the University, PU, Chandigarh, 2014. Member of Junior Purchase Committee, PU, Chandigarh, 2014. Chairperson, Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh April 1, 2008 to April 1, 2011. Member of Board of Finance, PU, Chandigarh, 1st February 2009 to 31st January 2010. Chairman Junior Purchase Committee, PU, Chandigarh for the financial year 2011-2012
12 Member of Cement & Steel Purchase Committee, PU, Chandigarh for the financial year 2011-12. Chairman of the Junior Purchase/Tender Committee, PU, Chandigarh for the financial year 2010-11. Member of Purchase Committee for PURSE Labs, PU, Chandigarh, 2010. Member of Cement & Steel Purchase Committee, PU, Chandigarh for the financial year 2010-11. Chairman Central Purchase Committee, PU, Chandigarh 2010-11. Chairperson, Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2008-11. Member of Governing Body of Regional Resource Centre, PU, Chandigarh, 2008-10. Member of the Board of Management of Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Mohali, sponsored by Ministry of HRD, (Department of Elementary Education and Literacy), Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2004-07. Member of Board of Finance, PU, Chandigarh, 1st Februarys 2005 to 31st January 2006. President Panjab University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) 2004-05; 2008-09 Member of Organizing Committee of 10th World Punjabi Conference, Chandigarh, May 28-30, 2004. Service to the Profession - Editorial Editor-in-Chief of Research Journal (Arts), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 01-07-2014 to 30-06-2015; 01-07-2015 to 30-06-2016; 01-07-2016 to 30-06, 2017, 01-07-2017 to 30-06-2018, 01-07-2018 to 30-06-2019. Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies (JSPS), Global Institute of Sikh Studies. New York, USA. Member of the Editorial Board of Man and Development, Centre for Research in Rural & Industrial Development, Chandigarh July 21, 2017-June 20, 2020. Series Editors, Asian Heritages Series (Amsterdam University Press). Member of Editorial Board, Contemporary Voice of Dalit (Sage). Member of Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Politics, a Quarterly Journal of the Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Member of Editorial Board of the Research Journal (Social Sciences), Panjab University, Chandigarh. July 26, 2004. Paper presented/Extension lectures at International Conferences/Universities Abroad “Locating Social Exclusion in New Liberal India: Market, Caste and Democracy,” at International Conference on Globalizing Life World and Transformation of Political Sphere, organised by Hiroshima University, Japan and Institute for Development and Communication, Chandigarh December 28- 30, 2019 (Dec 28). “Social Justice and Women Empowerment in the Teachings of Guru Nanak,” presented at the International Conference on Guru Nanak’s Philosophy to Spread Peace, Harmony and Human Happiness, organised by Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh,
13 November 7-8, 2019 (Nov.8). Distinguished lecture at International Seminar on Glorious Legacy of Guru Nanak in the Era of Globalization, organised by PU, Chandigarh and sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, October 12, 2019. “Understanding Diversity and Deras within Sikh Society: Some Critical Reflections,” presented at International Conference on A Journey of 550 Years: Sikh Studies in Academia, organised by Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies, the University of Wolverhampton, UK, September 3-5, 2019. “India at Polls-2019: Making Sense of Emerging Electoral Trends in Multicultural Societies,” presented at KINDAS_RINDAS Joint Seminar, organised by Graduate School of Asian and African Areas Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University, Japan, June 28, 2019. “Problematizing ‘Social’ in Social Sciences in 21st Century,” presented at RINDAS-IDC Round-table on Social Sciences in 21st Century Asia Agenda, organised by Centre for South Asian Studies, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, June 27, 2019. “Navigating through Histories: Concepts, Nomenclatures, and “Meanings’ across Civilizations,” presented at International workshop on Core Concepts of Historical Thinking, organised by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, February 23-24, 2019. “Exploring Emerging Patterns of Dalit Identity in Punjab,” paper presented at International ‘Master Class in Critical Research, Methods and Methodologies,’ at UKIERI-UGC Research Methods Node Network, TISS, Mumbai, February 13-14, 2019 (13th Feb). “Mapping Caste Abroad: Emerging Configurations of Diasporic Punjabi Dalit/Ravidassia Identity,” Paper presented at International Workshop on International Migration and Inclusive Development in India, organised by the Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, November 13, 2018 “Mapping Religious Dalit Social Mobility in Contemporary East Punjab: Ad Dharm, Deras and Ravidassia Dharm,” paper presented at International Conference on South Asian Dilemmas: Hostages to Religio-Ethnic Conflicts and Challenged by Globalisation, organised by Centre for South Asian Studies, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, October 13, 2018. “Dalit Identity Formation Processes in East Punjab: Movements, Religion and Religious Places,” paper presented at International Workshop on Critical Approaches to Social Sciences and Humanities Research on South Asia, organised by SOAS, University of London, June 28-30, 2018 (28th June). “Social Protest at the Margin: New Challenges of Governance,” paper presented at International Conference on Governance for the Margins (with special reference to South Asia), organised by Institute for Development and Communication in association with PU, Chandigarh, Punjabi University, Patiala, Chandigarh University, SAS Nagar, Punjab, February 5-6, 2018 (5th February). “Castes within Caste: Dilemmas of a Cohesive Dalit Movement in Contemporary East Punjab,” paper presented at 2017 RINDAS International
14 Conference on Understanding Social Exclusion Dalit Issues in South Asia, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, February 3, 2017. ICCR Chair Lecture on “Social Democracy in India: Challenges and Prospects” organised by the Faculty of International Studies, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, January 21, 2017. Extension Lecture on “Social Democracy and Dalit Movement: Making Sense of Social Inclusion in India,” delivered at a Core Seminar of the Faculty Development Programme organised by Faculty of International Studies, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, January 10, 2017. Keynote Speaker on the occasion of Celebration of 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organised by the Consulate of San Francisco & the Indian- American Community, USA, April 14, 2016. “Deterritoriality, Language and Peace Making in South Asia,” paper presented at International Conference, at International Conference on “Language, Power and Identity in Asia: Creating and Crossing Language Boundaries,” organised by International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, the Netherlands, March 14-16, 2016 (March 14). “Articulating Social Exclusion in Cultural Differentiation and Spatial Demarcation in Punjab,” paper presented at International Conference, on Land Resource Policies, Agriculture and Expanding Urban-Industrial Spaces organised by Department of Geography, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, February 11, 2016. “Sacralising Dalit Peripheries: Ravidass Deras, Bhakti and Emerging Contours of Dalit Assertion in Contemporary East Punjab,” paper presented at International Symposium on Struggles of Black Americans in the US and Dalits in India: Comparative Perspective, organized by A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna in Collaboration with Indiana University, USA, July 6, 2015. Extension Lecture on “Social Inequality and Dynamics,” at Asia Conference for Netherlands Defense Attaches serving in Asia, Political Secretaries serving in South Asia and Asia Desk Officers serving at the respective ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands, organized by the Embassy of the Netherlands, March 31, 2015. “Conflict and Peace Building Process,” paper presented at 4th Annual International Conference on Civil Paths to a Violence Free World and Global Peace organized by Institute of Conflict Studies and Resolution Strategies, Sanghol (Punjab), November 17-18, 2014 (17th November). “When Theory Falls Silent: Looking Beyond the Obvious About Social Mobility Models in Critical Dalit Studies,” paper presented at International Conference on Methodological Horizons: Changing Frontiers of Political Theory organized by Centre for Political Studies (CPS), SSS, JNU, DSA-UGC and ICSSR, Northern Region, New Delhi, January 9-10, 2014 (Jan 10th). “Narrativising Truths: Democracy in a Plural Context,” paper presented at International Conference on Pluralist Democracy and National Identity, organized by ICSSR (North-Western Regional Centre, PU, Chandigarh, October 22-23, 2013 (23 October 2013 after noon session).
15 Extension Lecture in a Panel on “Brainstorming Session Exchange of Visions and Ideas on the Indian Diaspora in Holland,” organized by Foundation for Indian Diaspora in Europe at The Gandhi Culture Centre, Tesselsestraat 65-67, The Hague, May 19, 2013. Extension Lecture on “Neo-Liberalism, Social Democracy and Social Mobility among the Downtrodden in Contemporary India,” organized by Azië Tafel bijeenkomst, Societeit De Witte, Plain, The Hague, May 13, 2013. Extension Lecture on “Advancing Social Integration and Intergenerational Solidarity,” organized by Universal Peace Federation & Vrouwenfederatie voor Wereldvrede to commemorate United Nations Family Day, Den Hague, May 11, 2013. “Market, Caste, Inequality: Reading Social Democracy with Ambedkar in Contemporary India,” paper presented at International Seminar on Transcending Caste: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and social Democracy in Contemporary India, organized by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, April 14-15, 2013. Extension Lecture on “Conflict and Collective Violence in South Asia,” Graduate Course Work Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, November 30, 2012. Extension Lecture on “South Asian Diaspora,” at Graduate Course Work Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, November 11, 2012. Extension Lecture on “Dalits and Diversity in India,” organized by International Studies Programme, Leiden University, The Netherlands in The Hague, September 6, 2012. “Mixed Economy, Neo-liberalism, Social Democracy: Mapping the Shifting Trajectories of Developmental State in India,” paper presented at AMT Annual Conference on The State in Asia: Power, Citizenship and the Rule of Law, organized by Asian Modernities and Traditions (AMT), Leiden University, The Netherlands, December 12-14, 2012 (December 13). Extension Lecture on “Confronting Caste in Distant Lands: The Emerging Contours of Diasporic Dalit Identity,” organized by Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 31, 2012. Extension lecture on “Subaltern and Deepening of Democracy in India,” organized by Vereniging Brienden van het Instituut Kern, Leiden University, The Netherlands, May 10, 2012. Extension Lecture on “Understanding Dalit Struggle in India” at Anthropology and Sociology of Contemporary South Asia Graduate Course Work, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, March 30, 2012. Extension Lecture on “Histories of Fragments/Communities/Identities,” at South Asian Studies Seminar-History, Theory, Nation: Readings from the South, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, November 16, 2011. Public Lecturer on “The Other Modernity and Forgotten Tradition: The Resurfacing of Dalit Cultural Heritage in Contemporary India,” (Modern
16 South Asia Seminar Series), organized by Leiden University Institute for Area Studies & International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, October 27, 2011. Extension Lecture on “Inter-caste Violence,” at Conflict and Collective Identities Graduate Course Work, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 11, 2011. “Critical Responses to Caste and Religious Distinction in Punjab” (panelist), at International Seminar on Religion and Social Identity in Punjab, organised by Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, February 18-19, 2010 (Feb 18). “Social Exclusion and Human Rights: Dalit Consciousness and Caste Conflicts in Punjab,” paper presented at International Conference on Human Rights: Transforming Dimensions, organised by PU, Chandigarh in Collaboration with Oxford Brookes University, U.K, February 15-16, 2010 (Feb.16). “Samaj Vigiyan de Mazbonan vich Punjabi Bhasha Rahein Giyan Parsar,” (Knowledge dissemination in Social Sciences in Punjabi Language), paper presented at 26th International Punjabi Development Conference on Punjabi Bhasa Vikas de Badlde Paripekh, organised by Department of Development of Punjabi Language, Punjabi University, Patiala, January 27-29, 2010 (January 28). “Punjabi Migration and Dalit Consciousness,” paper presented at Transnational Punjabi Literature and Culture: Challenges and Opportunities, organised by World Punjabi Centre, Punjabi University, Patiala and Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, February 28 & March 1, 2010 (March 1st). “Punjab de vand Atey Navian Qaumiatan Da Tasavar” (Partition of Punjab and Imagining New Nationality), paper presented at Panjab University Second World Punjabi Conference, Chandigarh, February 24-25, 2009 (February 25). “Reading Social Democracy with Ambedkar: Market, Caste and Dalits in the age of Globalization,” paper presented at Dr. Ambedkar Annual International Seminar on Social Justice in South Asian Nation-states leads to Regional Stability organized by Sir Ganga Ram Heritage Foundation (SGRHF), Lahore, July 2, 2008. “Punjabi Quam dae Jati ate Jamati Masley” paper presented at 3rd World Punjabi Conference, organized by South Asian Review (Prince George), Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall, Jalandhar, Punjab, February 15-18, 2007 (February 16). “Punjabi Dalit Parivas: Chetna Ate Sangharsh” paper presented at 22nd international Punjabi Development Conference, organized by the Department of Punjabi Languages, Punjabi University, Patiala, February 1-3, 2006. “Contemporary Punjabi Society: A Political Analysis” paper presented at 21st International Punjabi Development Conference on “Contemporary Punjabi Society,” organized by The Department of Punjabi Languages, Punjabi University, Patiala, March 10-12, 2005. “Burden of Past and Vision of Equality: Political Sociology of Jat-Dalit Conflicts” paper presented at International Conference on Punjab Peasantry in Turmoil, organized by Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Punjabi University, Patiala, January 27-28, 2005 (also available at www.ambedkartimes.com).
17 “Punjabi Nation and Dalit Emancipation," paper presented at Second World Punjabi Conference, organized by the South Asian Review and Sahit Sabha, Prince George, Canada, June 28-July 1, 2003 (July 1). "Contextualizing Ad Dharm Movement (Punjab): Dalit Consciousness, Social Justice and Cultural Transformation," paper presented at International Dalit Conference, organized by Association for International Dalit Conference Inc., Vancouver, Canada, May 16-18, 2003 (May 16). “Agenda for Conflict Resolution Theoretical Dimensions,” paper presented at International Seminar on Violence in India: Prospect and Prognosis organized by Institute for Development and Communication, Chandigarh, January 18-20, 1998 (January 20th). “Domestic Challenges to World Peace: Crumbling Borders between Domestic and International Politics,” paper presented at International Seminar on Geo- Politics of Peace, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, January 16-18, 1988 (January 17th). Papers presented at National Seminars/Conferences/Workshops “Guru Nanak Bani Vich Samajik Neian te Barabri de Sooz,” at the seminar on Guru Nanak Dev Ji: Vartman Perpekh ate Prasangikta - Dera Baba Nanak Utsav, organised by the Govt, of Punjab, November 8-11, 2019 (Nov. 11). “Searching for a ‘Method’ of Research Methodology: Articulating Introspection of a ‘An Author in Person’” at National Seminar on “Doing Social Research: Diverse Methodological Traditions, organised by the Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, September 27-28, 2018 (28th September). “Religion, Justice and Peace: A Way Towards an Integrative and Egalitarian Existence,” at Public Seminar on “Strengthening Justice and Peace,” organised by Sach Khoj Academy & United Religious Front for Peace & Justice, Ludhiana, August 18, 2018. “Shaheed Bhagat Singh and the Dalit Question,” at National Seminar on “The Role of Bhagat Singh & Revolutionaries in Indian Freedom Struggle,” organised by Department of Delhi Archives, Government of Delhi, March 23, 2018. “Beyond Conversion and Sanskritisation: Articulating an Alternative Dalit Agenda in East Punjab,” at UKIERI-UGC Research Methods Node Workshop: Advances in Social Science and Humanities Research in India, organised by South Asia Institute, SOAS University of London & Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, November 9-10, 2017 (presented on November 9). “Religion as a Silent Century of Resistance: Critically Engaging with Dalit Social Mobility in Asian Century,” at National Research Conference on Asian Century: Domestic Dilemmas and International Context, organised by CAS Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, March 23, 2017. “Inclusive Growth: An Assessment and Strategy for Equality,” at Roundtable on Punjab Economy of Tomorrow, organized by Institute for Development and Communication (IDC) & Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), November 19-20, 2014 (presented on November 20).
18 “Dalit Cultural Heritage and Identity formation Processes in East Punjab,” at National Seminar on Dalit Studies in 21st Century: Looking Ahead, organized by ICSSR North Western Regional Centre, PU, Chandigarh, October 01-02, 2013 (presented on October 02). “Indigenizing Cultural Appropriation and Assimilation Ravidass Dharm and Emerging Trajectories of Religious Confrontation in Contemporary East Punjab in India” in Lokdhuni conference on Alternative Religion & Democracy: Its Relation with Religion, Culture and Society, organised by G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad at Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh), July 6-7, 2013 (July 6) “Knowing the Obvious: Social Sciences and Field Work Interface,” at National Seminar on Teaching and Research in Social Science: Emerging Crisis, Challenges and the Alternatives, organised by Department of Sociology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, April 18-19, 2011 (presented on 18th). “From State Welfares to Inclusive Growth: Development and Sustainability in Globalizing India,” at CAS sponsored National Seminar on Environment, Society and Technology, organised by Department of Sociology, PU, . Chandigarh, March 24-25, 2011 (March 25th) “Neo-liberalism, Dalit Capitalism and Poverty,” at National Seminar on Relevancy of Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Philosophy in the Present Era,” organised by Ambedkar Centre of Socio-Economic Studies for the Weaker Sections of Society, including Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes, PU, Chandigarh, March 24, 2011. “Dr. Ambedkar, Neo-liberal Market-Economy and Social Democracy in India,” at National Seminar on Invoking Ambedkar – Contributions, Receptions, Legacies, organised by Rabindranath Tagore Centre for Human Development Studies: A Joint Initiative of University of Calcutta & Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (Sponsored by UGC), March 11-12, 2011 (March 11). “Reorienting Inclusiveness in ‘Inclusive Development’: Focus on Employment, Education and Health,” at National Seminar on Challenges of Inclusive Development in North-West India: Sites, Strategies and Possibilities, organised by the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, PU, Chandigarh and IIAS, Shimla, (January 28-29, 2011) on 28th January 2011. “Reading Neo-Liberal Market Economy with Jawaharlal Nehru: Dalits and Dilemma of Social Democracy – Implications for Federalism,” at National Seminar on Nehurvian & Other Perspectives on Federalism organised by UGC-Nehru Studies Centre of Dept. of Political Science, University of Jammu, Jammu (November 22-23, 2010) on 22nd November 2010. “Looking Beyond Generalities: Caste, Social Exclusion and Deras in Punjab,” at National Seminar on Development, Disparity and Patterns of Social Exclusion in India, organised by Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, November 8-9, 2010 (9th November).
19 “Cultures of Non-violent Social Protest in the Periphery: Guru Ravidass, Bhakti and the Rise of Dalit Deras in Punjab,” at Dalit Studies Week: Dalit Challenges and Disciplinary Practices, organised by IIAS, Shimla, July 19- 25, 2010 (July23, chaired a session on July 24). “Cultures in the Margins: Dalits and Deras in Punjab,” at UGC SAP National Seminar on Emerging Centres and Peripheries in South Asia, organised by Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, May 25-26, 2010 (May 26). “Regionalism in Globalizing India: Critical Reflections,” at UGC-ASIHSS National Seminar on Assertion of Regions: Exploring the Demand for New States, organised by Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, February 22- 23, 2010 (Feb. 23). “Guru Ravidass, Ad Dharm atey Dalit Chetna,” at Seminar on The Life and Teachings of Guru Ravidass, organised by All India Adi-Dharm Mission (Regd.), Ludhiana 11 October 2009. “Social Exclusion and Dalit Consciousness in Punjab,” at Seminar on Dalit Consciousness, Social Equality and Justice, organised by SC&BC Welfare Department, Govt. of Punjab in Collaboration with Guru Ravidass Chair, Panjab University, Chandigarh at Govt. College SAS Nagar, Mohali, 27 August 2009. “From Ad Dharm to Bahujan: Articulating Dalit Middle Class in Doaba Punjab,” at UGC SAP National seminar on Middle Class Discourse: Mass Politics and the Making of ‘Global’ India, organized by Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 26-27 March, 2009 (March 27th). “Relevance of Gandhi Today,” at National Workshop on Gandhi in the 21st Century, organized by Gandhian Studies Centre, Department of Political Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, March 16, 2009 (Chaired a Technical session on Gandhi and Global Politics). “Beyond Conversion and Sanskritization Articulating an Alternative Dalit Agenda In Punjab,” at UGC-ASHISS National seminar on Patterns of Dalit Social Mobility In UP and Punjab, organized by the Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 27-28 February, 2009 (Feb, 27). “Samajak Nian atey Bhasha Niti,” at Summit of National Languages, organized by Panjabi Sahitya Akademi and Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, at Ludhiana, 17-18 January, 2009 (January 18). “Understanding Social Justice: The Critical Domains of Social Movement and Political Power,” at Conference on Social Justice in India: Theory, Movement, Institutions and Policy, organized by Centre for Political Studies, SSS, JNU, New Delhi, 15-17 January, 2009(January 16). “Media and Democratisation from Below,” at National Conference on Media and Society, organized by Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Punjabi University, Patiala, 15-16 January, 2009 (January 15). “Indian Nationalism and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar,” paper presented at National Seminar on Relevance of Dr. Ambedkar’s Thoughts in the Present Times, organized by Centre for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Studies, Kurukshetra Univesity, Kurukshetra, 4-5, October 2008 (presented on 4th October). “Gadhar Lahar ate Dalit Chetna de Aamand” (Gadhar Movement and the
20 Advent of Dalit Consciousness), at National Seminar on Gadhar Lahar: Itihash, Rajniti ate Sahit (Gadhar Movement: History, Politics and Literature), organized by Kendari Punjabi Lekakh Sabha, Jalandhar, July 19-20, 2008 (July 19). “Right to Information Act 2005 and Good Governance,” at seminar on Right to Information, organized by The Political Science Department of S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur, July 11, 2008. “Punjabi Sabhiachar, Punjabi Bolie atey Punjabi Darshan,” at The First Panjab University World Punjabi Conference, organised by PU, Chandigarh, March 30-31, 2008 (March 31). “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Social Democracy, Globalisation and Dalits in India,” paper presented at National seminar on Development Experience of Dalits in India: the Unresolved Issues in Democracy, Equality and Freedom, organized by Dept. of Sociology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, March 28-29, 2008 (March 29). “Regional Specificities, Caste Hierarchies and Dalit Politics in Punjab,” at National seminar on Socio-Economic & Political Transformation of Dalits and the State in India: A Geographical Appraisal, organized by Dept. of Geography, PU, Chandigarh, March 17-18, 2008 (March 17). Punjab Vich Dalit Chetna de Sroot” (Sources of Dalit Consciousness in Punjab), at seminar on Dalit Chetna in Punjab, organized by Dalit Chetna Manch Punjab Regd., Mohali, January 20, 2008. “Self Versus Other: Morality in Public Life,” at national seminar on Morality and Public Life, organized by Department of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, January, 17-18, 2008 (January18, also Chaired the fifth session the same day). “Understanding Dalit Assertion in Punjab,” at seminar on Ikyvi Saadi Vich Parvesh Kar Raeha Punjab: Samaj de Saravpakhi Vikas de Sandarab Vich, organized by Punjab Basha Academy and Punjab Academy of Social Sciences, Literature and Culture, Jalandhar, November 24-25, 2007 (November 25). “Understanding Dalit Assertion in North India,” at seminar on Samkalin Bharatiya Sahitya Mein Samajik Nayaya Ki Avadharana: Vishesh Sandarbh Dalit Sahitya, organised by IIAS, Shimla, November 14-16, 2007 (also chaired the Sixth Session Poetry, Fiction Realism, Rebellion and Interrogation). “Status of Human Rights of Dalits in Punjab,” at Workshop-cum-consultancy on Dalit Rights, organised by Human Rights Law Networking Chandigarh, October 28, 2007. “Shaheed-e-Azam “Bhagat Singh and the Question of Untouchability,” at seminar on Bhagat Singh and his Legends, organised by the World Punjabi Centre, Punjabi University Patiala, October 22-23, 2007 (October 23). “Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Social Justice,” at seminar dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, organized by Dr. Ambedkar Chetna Society, Banga, April 29, 2007. “Globalisation, Dalits and Labour,” at seminar on Labourer, Labour and Globalisation, organized by Dalit Chetna Manch Punjab (Regd), April 28, 2007. “Social Exclusion and Dalits in Punjab,” at National seminar on Social
21 Exclusion, State and Globalisation, organized by Ambedkar Centre, PU, Chandigarh, March 29-30, 2007. “Dalit Consciousness in Punjab,” at UGC National seminar on Human Rights and Duties Education, organised by the Post-Graduate Dept. of Political Science, Khalsa College Amritsar, Amritsar, March 23, 2007. “Situating Subordination in Regions within a Region: Dilemmas of Dalit Solidarity in East Punjab” at National seminar on Regions within Regions: Rethinking State Politics in India, organized by Dept. of Political Science, PU, February 26-27, 2007. “Contesting Globalisation in the Periphery,” at seminar on Globalisation, Social Institutions and Values, organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh, February 3, 2007. “Patterns of Dalit Population in Punjab,” at National seminar on Population, Environment and Development in the Northwestern India, organized by the Dept. of Geography, PU, Chandigarh, February 1- 2, 2007. “Identity Formation Among the Dalits of Punjab: Some Critical Reflections,” at UGC sponsored National seminar on Participatory Democracy: New Context, New Challenges – Inclusion and Exclusion, organised by Dept. of Correspondence Studies, PU, Chandigarh, January 23-24, 2007. “Ad Dharm Movement and Dalit Consciousness in Punjab,” at a National seminar on India since the 1990s and Social Science Research, organised by ICSSR (North-Western Regional Center), PU, Chandigarh, January 18-19, 2007. “Human Rights: Dalit Consciousness and Caste Conflicts in Punjab,” at UGC sponsored National seminar on Status of Human Rights in Punjab, organised by Lajpat Rai DAV College Jagraon, November 30 -December 1, 2006 (December 1). “Human Rights: Dalit Consciousness and Caste Conflicts in Punjab,” at a UGC sponsored National seminar on Evolution of the Concept of Human Rights and Emerging Dimension of Human Rights, organised by Shri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, November 29-30, 2006 (November 29). “World Punjabi Conferences and Indo-Pak Cooperation,” at UGC sponsored seminar on Conflicts and Cooperation in South-Asia, organised by R.R.M.K. Arya Mahila Mahavidyala, Pathankot, November 25-26, 2006 (November 25). “Critically Analyzing Human Rights: Trends and Dimensions,” at UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Human Rights, organized by SDSPM College for Women, Rayya (Amritsar), October 28, 2006. “Spiritual Regeneration, Dalit Consciousness and Dera Sach Khand Ballan,” at Seminar on Pirs, Sants and Babas of Punjab: Their Role in Social, Religious and Political Spheres, organized by RSD College, Ferozepur City, March 4, 2006. “Human Rights, Civil Society and Democracy,” at Seminar on Is Terrorism a Threat to Indian Democracy? Organized by Department of Political Science, Guru Nank College, Muktsar, February 21-22, 2006 (February 22). “Contesting the ‘Essential’: Relocating Dalits in India’s Globality” at National Seminar on India’s Globality: Politics of Resistance, Recovery,
22 Relocation and Reinvention, organized by Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh (UGC Special Assistance Program), February 9-10, 2006. “Dalit Assertion and Social Conflicts in Punjab,” at Seminar on Politics in North-West India: Emerging Trends and Changing Patterns, organized by Department of correspondence Courses, Punjabi University, Patiala, February 8-9, 2006 (February 8; cited in Diviner – A Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 2, Feb-July 2007, pp.128 & 134). “Dalit Identity Formation in Punjab: Cultural Transformation, Spiritual regeneration and Political Assertion,” at Seminar on Dalit Identity with Special reference to Punjab, organized by Govt. college for Women, Ludhiana on January 18, 2006. “Punjabi Sahit Sabhayachar Paripekh,” at Seminar on Vishav Vatavaran: Sambhal Ate Chunotiyan, organized by Samvedna, Chandigarh, December 16, 2005. “Dalit Consciousness and Challenges of Democracy in India,” at National Seminar on Democracy and Civil Society: Salient Issues for North Western India, organized by Dept. of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, September 19-20, 2005. “Dalit Manukh Da Bavikh Ate Jota Vitkara” at Seminar organized by Dalit Chetna Manch Punjab at Bakarpur, Mohali, May 8, 2005. “Understanding Globalization in the Periphery,” at National Seminar on Globalization Prospects and Challenges for India, organized by Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, February 19, 2005. “Myths, Worship and Syncretic Religion – A Study of Perceptions in Doaba Punjab,” paper presented at the Weekly Research Seminar, organized by Department of Sociology, P. U. Chandigarh, February 2, 2005. “Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Dalit Consciousness,” at Seminar on The Role of Sikhs ad Dalits in the Future of South-Asian Sub-Continent, organized by Department of Philosophy and Sikh Student Federation, January 19, 2005. “Critically Analyzing Regionalism in the Context of Globalization,” at National Seminar on Regionalism – A threat to Indian Nation-state (in the context of North-western States), organized by Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, November 29-30, 2004 (November 30). “Social Transformation and Empowerment of Dalits and Women at the Grass- root,” at Workshop on The Empowerment of Dalits and Women through Reservation in Panchayati Raj Institution of North-west India, organized by Ambedkar Center, Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, November 29- 30, 2004 (November 29). “Understanding Social Injustice in India,” at Seminar on Justice to Weaker Section of the Society, organized by Chandigarh People’s Welfare Forum and Punjab and Haryana High Court Advocates’ Committee on Judicial Accountability, Chandigarh, November 6, 2004. “Dalit Consciousness and Literature in Punjab,” at National Seminar on Creativity and the State in Contemporary India, organized by IIAS, Shimla at India International Center, New Delhi, April 25-26, 2004 (April 26).
23 “Dalit Assertion and Caste Conflicts in Punjab,” at Workshop on Dalit Assertion and Emerging Politics in Punjab and Haryana, organized by Ambedkar Center and Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, March 19, 2004. “Dalit Consciousness in Punjab: Spiritual Regeneration, Guru Ravidass and Dera Sach Khand Ballan,” at National Seminar on State Politics: Analyzing the Emerging Trends, Organized by Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, March 17-18, 2004. “Human Rights in Punjab with Special Reference to the Dalits,” at National Seminar on Human Rights Today: India’s Quest for a New Moral Bedrock, organized by Department of philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, February 19-20, 2004. “Expanding Individual in Shrinking Familial Space: Dilemmas of Family in Contemporary India,” at National Seminar on Family in Contemporary India: Changes and Challenges, organized by Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, February 12-14, 2004. “Higher Education And the Downtrodden: Emancipation V/S Employment,” at Seminar on Quality of Higher Education in India: The Challenge of Change, organized by Panjab University, Chandigarh, November 18-19, 2003. “Dalit Sikhs and Dalit Consciousness in Punjab,” at the Weekly Research Seminar, organized by Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, November 5, 2003. “Making Sense of Caste Violence in Talhan: A View from Within,” at Regional Seminar on Media and Communal Harmony in Multi-Cultural Society, organized by IDC, Chandigarh in association with Press Institute of India, New Delhi, Communication Management Foundation, New Delhi and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, New Delhi, September 27-28, 2003 (cited in John C.B. Webster, “The Dalit Sikhs: A History,” in Tony Ballantyne (ed.), Textures of the Sikh Past, New Delhi: OUP, p. 148). “Globalization And Marginal: From Market to Governance,” at National Seminar on Globalization and The Underprivileged: Perceptions, Fears and Consequences, organized by Department of Sociology, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, February 8-9, 2003. “Capital V/S Labour: Globalisation or Workers of the World Unite,” at Seminar on Globalisation and Political Economy of North-West India, organized by Department of Political Science, SGGS College, Chandigarh, and December 6-7, 2002. “Reading Caste with Ambedkar,” at Weekly Research Seminar, organized by Dept. of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, January 23, 2002 (cited in Indian Social Science Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, July-December 2005, p.117). “Untouchability and the question of Dalit Identity: A Critique of Ad Dharm Movement,” at National Seminar on Liberalisation, Dalits and the State, organized by the Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, May 3-4, 2001 (cited in EPW Vol. 37, No. 3, August 3-9, 2002, p. 3245). “Indian Renaissance, Dalit Consciousness and Politics of Situational Response,” at Seminar on Dalit Consciousness and Social Change in Punjab,
24 sponsored by Department of Welfare of SCs and BCs, Punjab, organized by School of Punjabi Studies, PU, Chandigarh, Nov. 29-30, 1999 (November 29). “Region-Religion Problematique,” at National Seminar on Dynamics of Regional Politics in the States of North-West India, organized by the Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh on March 26-27, 1998 (March 26). “Urbanization, Urban Youth Conflicts and Conflict Resolution,” at National Symposium on Youth in Urban Areas, organized by IDC, Chandigarh, February 3-5, 1997 (February 4). “Conflict Prevention and Resolution Prospects for Peace” (co-authored), at Deptt. of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden, May 21, 1993. Extension/Public/Memorial/Distinguished/lectures/Panel Extension Lecture on Man vs. Nature: Revisiting Sustainability during Covid- 19,” at Webinar organized by Association of Asian Scholars, New Delhi, May 13, 2020. Extension Lecture on Learning Lessons from Nature: Articulating Sustainability in Contemporary Times,” at Webinar organized by the Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, May 6, 2020. Panelist in a Session on Subaltern Perspective (Feminism, Dalit Studies, Minorities, Aboriginals) at 5th Annual Amritsar Literature Festival, organised by Naad Pargaas, Amritsar, February 25, 2020. Extension Lecture on Post structuralism in Theories of International Relations, organised by PG Dept. of Political Science, Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, February 15, 2020 Extension Lecture on Little Republics in the 21st Century: Articulating Deprivations in Rural Punjab, organised by the Dept. of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, January 28, 2020. Extension Lecture on Digital Humanities, Ethics and Research at Seven Days Faculty Development Programme on “Education and Pedagogy in the Times of Digital Humanities,” organised by the Dept. of Philosophy, Psychology and IQAC, Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh and HRDC, PU under RUSA, U.T. Chandigarh, January 14, 2020. Invited Talk on Building Nation in a Multicultural Society: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Constitution and Social Democracy, organised by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Sector 26, Chandigarh, January 7, 2020. Special Lecture on Contextualizing Guru Nanak in His Time, on the occasion of 550th celebration of Birth Anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, organised by the Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, November 7, 2019. Extension Lecture on Social Justice and Equality in the Teachings of Guru Nanak, organised by PUCC, Sikhwala (Sri Muktsar Sahib), September 21, 2019.
25 Extension Lecture on Locating Research Theme, Preparing Research Design and Conducting Research: Some Critical Reflections, organised by UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh, August 28, 2019. Extension Lecture on Law, Governance and Civil Society: Some Critical Reflections on Constitutional Paradigm, organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh, August 10, 2019. Extension Lecture (Special) on Dynamics of Caste Question within Dalits in Punjab: Some Critical Reflections organised by Panjab University Regional Centre Sri Muktsar Sahib, April 26, 2019. Extension Lecture on Contextualizing Dr. Ambedkar’s Teachings with reference to Neo-liberalism and Social Justice, organised by Centre for the Study of Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, PU, Chandigarh, April 9, 2019. Extension Lecture on Exploring Teaching and Research: Personal Experiences, delivered at Faculty Development Programme on “Innovative Approaches in Teaching and Research,” organised by DRSSBICE&T, PU, Chandigarh, March 12, 2019. Extension Lecture on Gandhi, Dialogue and Peace, organised by the Dept of Gandhian and Peace Studies, PU, Chandigarh, January 30, 2019. Extension Lecture on Articulating about ‘Conducting Research’: Usefulness of Theories and Peer-group Interaction at the National Level Faculty Development Programme on “Global Trends in Education and Research” organised by Doaba College, Jalandhar, January 6, 2019. Extension Lecture on Contextualizing Aurobindo in Our Times, organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh, December 12, 2018. Extension Lecture on Indian Renaissance, Social Reforms, and Freedom Struggle, organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh, July 20, 2018. Extension Lecture on Formulating Research Proposal: Qualitative and Quantitative Inputs organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh, May 16, 2018. Extension Lecture on Understanding Society & Culture: Exploring Critical Paradigms of Social Sciences organised by Govt. College for Girls, Ludhiana, April 7, 2018. Panelist on EU-India Cooperation in Foreign Policy and Security: Opportunities and Challenges organised by European Union & Panjab University, Chandigarh, January 19, 2018. Extension Lecture on Writing and Publishing Research Papers at Refresher Course in Information Technology (January 4-28, 2018) organised by UIET, PU, Chandigarh, January 17, 2018. Extension Lecture on Caste, Class and Modernity at Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, Ludhiana, October 25, 2017. Extension Lecture on Peace as War: Gandhian Critique of Structural Violence at Gandhian Studies Centre, DAV College, Abohar, September 16, 2017.
26 Extension Lecture on Ethics of Social Science Research at Two Week Training Programme on Research Methodology in Social Sciences, ICSSR Complex, PU, Chandigarh, September 12, 2017. Extension Lecture on Introduction to Philosophy of Social Science Research at ICSSR Sponsored Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty Members, organised by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, on June 1, 2017. Extension Lecture delivered at the inaugural session of National Seminar on Mainstreaming of Marginals in India: Issues and Challenges organised by University Institute of Legal Studies, PU, Chandigarh, May 6, 2017. Extension Lecture on The Life and Teachings of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at 126th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organised by Sri Guru Ravidass Sabha (regd), Kharar, Mohali, April 16, 2017. Extension Lecture on Beyond Method: Formulation of a Research Proposal at TEQIP-II sponsored three days Workshop on Research Methodology, organised by Dr. S.S.B University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, PU, Chandigarh, March 22, 2017. Extension Lecture on Beyond Conversion and Sanskritisation Dalit Assertion in Punjab, delivered at Weekly Seminar of the Department of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, September 14, 2016. Extension Lecture on Multiple Identities with a special focus on Women and Gender at Generation UK – Study India Programme – 1 on Gender and Gender Relations in India organised jointly by Dean International Students and Department cum Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, PU, Chandigarh, July 26, 2016. Extension Lecture on Life and Works of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar at the Commemoration to 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organised by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, July 4, 2016. Extension Lecture on Setting the Goal Clearly: Yoga and Leadership in Contemporary Era at Symposium on Yoga for Good Life organised by Department of AYUSH, Chandigarh in collaboration with University of Mumbai, Panjab University, Centre for Institution Building & Leadership Studies, Mumbai (CIBLS) & Annals of Neurosciences at Chandigarh, June 11, 2016. Extension Lecture entitled Patterns of Social Mobility: A Case of ‘Ravidassia Dharm’ at UGC sponsored Refresher Course of Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh organised jointly by the Centre for Human Rights and Duties & Centre-Cum-Dept. of Women’s Studies and Development, PU, Chandigarh, June 8, 2016. Extension Lecture entitled Formulating Research Problem delivered at Capacity Building Programme in Social Sciences organised by the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, PU, Chandigarh, April 25, 2016. Panelist on 32nd International Punjabi Development Conference on Samkali Punjabi Samaj: Dasha tey Disha organised by the Department of Development of Punjabi Language, Punjabi University, Patiala, February 29,
27 2016. Extension Lecture on Society, Culture, and Economy organised by Government College of Girls, Ludhiana, February 27, 2016. Extension Lecture on Making Sense of Education organised by Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, February 20, 2016. Extension Lecture on Constitution, Electoral Politics and Social Democracy organised by Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana, January 25, 2016. Extension Lecture on Education, Morality, and Vision for Social Transformation organised by D.A.V. College of Education, Abohar, January 20, 2016. Development Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, January 15, 2016. Extension Lecture on Formulation of a Research Proposal organised by Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib during its One week Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences, January 1-7, 2016 (Jan 2nd). Extension Lecture on Indian Renaissance and the Formation of Nationalism, organized by The UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on its Special Winter School for University and College Teachers, December 3-23, 2015 (23 December). Extension Lecture on Agrarian, Political and other Law & Order Problems of the State, organized by Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, and December 15, 2015. Extension Lecture on Formulating a Research Problem, organized under TEQIP-II sponsored three days workshop on Research Methodology by Dr. S.S.B. University Institute of Chemical Engg. & Technology, PU Chandigarh, October 19, 2015. Extension Lecture on Unfolding Challenges for Democracy, at Roundtable on India’s 2014 Elections and its Implications for Indian Democracy, organised by Institute for Development and Communication, Chandigarh, August 13, 2015. Extension Lecture on Learning a Meaningful way of Life from the Teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, organised by the International Centre for Sikh Studies, New Delhi, July 4, 2015. Panelist on Symposium on Mainstreaming University-Community Research Partnerships, organized by PRIA, New Delhi, April 9, 2015. Extension Lectures on Dealing with Vulnerable and Underprivileged Sections of Society at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, February 9, 2015 (Two). Extension Lecture on Role of Intellectuals in the Current Politics, organized by Sanghian Khalsa Oversees Welfare Committees (Regd.), Jaijon Doaba (Hoshiarpur), October 26, 2014. Extension Lecture on Measuring Health Holistically: Medicine, Environment, Disease, organized under the Faculty Development Programme (FDP), TEQIP – II of Dr. SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engg. & Technology, PU, Chandigarh, August 5, 2014. Extension Lecture on Making Sense of Social Sciences -I, organized by the UGC- Academic Staff College of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, July
28 20, 2014. Extension Lecture on Making Sense of Social Sciences -II, organized by the UGC- Academic Staff College of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, July 19, 2014. Extension Lecture on Divisive Factors in Indian Society: Caste, Religion, Class, Gender, Language and Region Remedies, organized by Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration June 2, 2014. Memorial Lecture (Eleventh Prof. Harbhajan Singh Memorial Lecture) on Punjabi Language, Social Sciences & Research (Punjabi), organized by the Dept. of Punjabi, University of Delhi, in collaboration with Punjabi Academy, Delh, March 4, 2014. Extension Lecture on Ideas of ‘Freedom’ in the Freedom Movement of India, delivered at Panjab University Colloquium, organized by PU, Chandigarh on February 25, 2014. Memorial Lecture (S. Jagtar Singh Memorial Annual Lecture) on Caste, Neo- Liberal Economic Reforms and the Decline of Social Democracy in India, organized by School of Social Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on February 18, 2014. Extension Lecture on Understanding the Freedom Movement in India, organized by Rayat College of Law, Ropar on February 11, 2014. Extension Lecture on Locating Higher Education in India Society: Questions of Equality and Liberty, at UGC sponsored “Winter School” in collaboration with UGC–Academic Staff College, Panjab University, organized by Dept. of Community Education and Disability Studies, PU, Chandigarh, December 5, 2013. Extension Lecturer on Methods of Research: Theoretical and Empirical, Qualitative and Quantitative, organized by Post Graduate Govt. College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, October 15, 2013. Extension Lecture on Exploring Nonviolence in Gandhian Discourse, organized by DAV College for Girls, Jamunanagar, October 9, 2013. Extension Lecture on the Life and Philosophy of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, organized by People’s Welfare Association (Regd.), Sector – 71, Mohali, September 28, 2013. Extension Lecture on Looking Beyond the Obvious: Values, Learning and Wisdom – II, organized by UGC – Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, September 23, 2013. Extension Lecture on Ethnography: Making a Sense of Reality of the Grassroots –II, organized by ICSSR North-western Regional Centre, PU, Chandigarh, September 18, 2013. Extension Lecture on Ethnography: Making a Sense of Reality of the Grassroots –I, organized by ICSSR North-western Regional Centre, PU, Chandigarh, September 17, 2013. Extension Lecture on Looking beyond the Obvious: Values, Learning and Wisdom-I, organized by UGC – Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, September 7, 2013.
29 Extension Lecture on How to Evaluate Teachers, organized by UGC – Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, September 10, 2013. Extension lecture on Transcending War: Sports Diplomacy and World Peace at Refresher course organised by Department of Physical Education under the aegis of UGC- Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, March 9, 2012. Extension lecture on Women, Patriarchy and Peace: Structural Violence in Perspective at Refresher course on State, Society, Technology and Gender: Emerging Interface and Issues organised by Department of Women’s Studies & Development under the aegis of UGC- Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, March 2, 2011. Panelist on 3rd Chandigarh Social Science Congress on Whither Social Science organised by PU, Chandigarh in collaboration with the ICSSR North Western Regional Center, Chandigarh, February 24-25, 2011 (on 24th Feb). Extension lecture on Indian Democracy at Crossroads: Locating Social Equality in the New Liberal Market Economy, at Refresher course in Political Science, Public Administration and Rural Development organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Punjabi University Patiala, December 11, 2010 (first session). Extension lecture on Social Structures, Conflicts and Democracy in India at Refresher course in Political Science, Public Administration and Rural Development organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Punjabi University Patiala, December 11, 2010 (second session). Extension lecture on Debating the Emerging Contours of Dalit Consciousness in East Punjab: From Ad Dharm to Ravidass Dharm at Refresher course in Social Sciences in India: Emerging Trends, organised by Department of Political Science under the aegis of UGC- Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 6, 2010 Extension lecture on Looking Beyond Generalities: Caste, Social Exclusion and Deras in Punjab at Refresher course in Social Sciences in India: Emerging Trends, organised by Department of Political Science under the aegis of UGC- Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 3, 2010 Extension lecture on Nehruvian Vision of Social Equality: Neo-Liberal Market Economy and Dalits at Refresher course in Social Sciences in India: Emerging Trends, organised by Department of Political Science under the aegis of UGC- Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, November 30, 2010. Extension lecture on Aurobindo and Spiritual Nationalism, at 5th Orientation Course organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Punjabi University Patiala, September 21, 2010 (first session). Extension lecture on Builders of Modern India: Vivekananda on Man, Vision and Nation, at 5th Orientation Course organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Punjabi University Patiala, September 21, 2010 (second session). Extension lecture (Extra-Mural) on Understanding Structural Violence: Theoretical Dimensions and Practical Concerns organised by the Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, August 21, 2010.
30 Extension lecture on Structural Violence - I at Orientation course organised by UGC- Academic Staff College Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, August 12, 2010 (first session). Extension lecture on Structural Violence - II at Orientation course organised by UGC- Academic Staff College Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, August 12, 2010 (second session). Extension lecture on Structural Violence and Peace Making - I, at 4th Orientation Course organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Punjabi University Patiala, July 2, 2010 (first session). Extension lecture on Structural Violence and Peace Making - II, at 4th Orientation Course organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Punjabi University Patiala, July 2, 2010 (second session). Extension lecture on Understanding Peace: Structural Violence and Conflict, at Refresher course on Recent Trends in Political Science and Public Administration, organised by UGC- Academic Staff College Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, February 5, 2010. Extension lecture two on Analytical Problem Solving Conflict Resolution at Refresher course on Recent Trends in Political Science and Public Administration organised by UGC- Academic Staff College Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, February 5, 2010. Extension Lecture on Guru Ravidass-Life and Philosophy organised by Ambedkar Students Association (Regd.), Chandigarh, January 30, 2010. Extension lecture on Beyond Conversion and Sanskritisation Articulation an Alternative Dalit Agenda in Punjab, at Refresher course in Social Sciences: Challenges and Trends, organised by Dept. of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, December 10, 2009. Extension lecture on Conversion, Sanskritisation and Ad Dharm, at Refresher course in Classical & Modern Indian Languages, organised by Dept. of Hindi under the aegis of UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 11, 2009. Extension lecture on Beyond Conversion and Sanskritisation Articulating an Alternative Dalit Agenda in Punjab, at Refresher course in Sociology organised by UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 10, 2009. Extension lecture on Structural Violence & IT, at Refresher course on Information Technology organized by the Department of Computer Science & Applications under aegis of the UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, September 11, 2009. Extension lecture on Caste, Class and Democracy, at Refresher course on “Indian Democracy: Problems and Prospects” in Political Science, organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Punjabi University Patiala, September 8, 2009 (first session). Extension lecture on Market, Democracy and Untouchability at Refresher course on “Indian Democracy: Problems and Prospects” in Political Science, organised by UGC- Academic Staff College, Punjabi University Patiala, September 8, 2009 (second session).
31 Extension lecture on Subaltern Struggle in India: Study of Ad Dharm Movement at 82nd Orientation Course organised by the UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, June 22, 2009. Extension lecture on Role of Third Party Intervention in Conflict Resolution & Peace Building, at Department of Defence & National Security Studies, PU, Chandigarh, May 13, 2009. Extension lecture on Strategies and Techniques of Conflict Resolution & Peace Building, at Department of Defence & National Security Studies, PU, Chandigarh, May 12, 2009. Extension lecture on Structural Violence & IT, at Refresher course on Information Technology organized by the Department of Computer Science & Applications under the aegis of UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh March 19, 2009. Extension lecture on Social Mobility in India at Refresher Course in Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences organised by the UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, March 18, 2009. Panelist in a Seminar on Equality and Human Rights, organized by Human Rights & Duties, Centre for Emerging Areas in Social Sciences, PU, Chandigarh, March 14, 2009. Extension lecture on Youth Engagement in Conflict Management at Commonwealth Asia Regional Workshop on Youth and Peace Building, Chandigarh, February 9-13, 2009 (Feb 11). Extension lecture on Caste and Politics in India, at Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, January 24, 2009. Extension lecture on Patterns of Social Mobility in Punjab at Refresher course in Classic and Modern Indian Languages organised by UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 18, 2008. Extension lecture on Caste and Dalit Politics in India, at Post Graduate Faculty of Political Science, Swami Ganga Giri Janta Girls College, Raekot, Ludhiana, and November 8, 2008. Extension lecture on Structural Violence & Information Technology - II, at Refresher course on Information Technology organized by the Department of Computer Science & Applications under the aegis of UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, September 18, 2008. Extension lecture on Structural Violence & IT - I, at Refresher course on Information Technology organized by the Department of Computer Science & Applications under the aegis of UGC-Academic Staff College PU, Chandigarh, September 17, 2008. Extension lecture on Renaissance and democracy in India: Critical Reflections, at Post Graduate Faculty of Political Science, organized by Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, September 6, 2008. Extension lecture on The Feasibility of World Polity, organized by Forum for Integration of Science & Spirituality, Lajpat Rai Bhawan, Chandigarh, July 20, 2008. Extension lecture on Civil Society and Governance, at Lovely Institute of Law, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, April 21, 2008.
32 Extension lecture on Dr. Ambedkar, Market and Caste, at 117th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, organized by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Society (Emp.) Garhshankar (Hoshiarpur), April 18, 2008. Extension lecture on Dr. Ambedkar and Social Justice, at 117th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, organized by Ambedkar Sena, Phagwara (Kapurthala), April 14, 2008 (during night). Extension lecture on Dr. Ambedkar and Social Democracy in India, at Janam Diwas of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Ji, organized by Ambedkar Force Punjab, Hoshiarpur, April 14, 2008. Extension lecture on Violence, Structural Violence and Human Rights in India, at Refresher course on “Human Rights and Gender Studies,” organized by Department of Gandhian Studies under the aegis of UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, March 7, 2008 Extension lecture on Understanding Human Rights: Theoretical Dimensions, at Refresher course on “Human Rights and Gender Studies,” organized by Department of Gandhian Studies under the aegis of UGC-Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, March 5, 2008. Extension lecture on Understanding Democracy in India, organized by Dept. of Political Science, S.D. College for Women, Moga, February 19, 2008. Extension lecture on Violence, Structural Violence and Peace at the Refresher course in Political Science organised by UGC – Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 17, 2007. Extension lecture on Power vs. Dialogue: Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution at the Refresher course in Political Science organised by UGC – Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 10, 2007. Extension lecture on Emerging Patterns of Dalit Assertion in North India at the Refresher course in Political Science organised by UGC – Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 8, 2007. Extension lecture on Dr. BR Ambedkar: Subaltern Nationalism ads Dalit Liberation at the Refresher course in Political Science organised by UGC – Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 7, 2007. Extension lecture on Understanding Ad Dharm Movement in Punjab at the Refresher course in Political Science organised by UGC – Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, December 6, 2007. Extension lecture on Thinking World Polity: A Holistic View, organized by Forum for Integration of Science & Spirituality, Lajpat Rai Bhawan, Chandigarh, and November 18, 2007. Extension lecture on Exploring Peace amidst Anarchy: World Polity – Form and Feasibility, organised by Forum for Integration of Science & Spirituality, Lajpat Rai Bhawan, Chandigarh, September 23, 2007, 2007. Extension lecture on Baba Sahib Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Education and Dalit Emancipation, organized by the Dr. Ambedkar Chetna Manch (Regd.), Dinanagar (Gurdaspur, Punjab), September 2, 2007. Extension lecture on Polity for Co-existence, organized by Forum for Integration of Science & Spirituality, Lajpat Rai Bhawan, Chandigarh, March 18, 2007.
33 Resource person on UGC sponsored four-day workshop on the theme: Status of Human Rights in Punjab, organized by Lajpat Rai DAV College, Jagraon, March 10-13, 2007 [participated on March 13]. Extension Lecture on Rawls’s Theory of Justice, organized by the Political Science Association of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, March 3, 2007. Panelist on Promoting the Underclass – True Democracy: Giving Voice to the Poor, Rule of Law and the access to Justice in the Forum on Enlightened Development: Making Capitalism Inclusive, organized by Gobind Sadan Institute Forum on Development and Civil Society, New Delhi, February 23- 24, 2007. Extension Lecture on Understanding Conflicts: Computer and Social Sciences Interface at Refresher Course on Computer Science and Information Technology, organized by Department of Computer Sciences under the aegis of UGC – Academic Staff College, Panjab University, Chandigarh, December 18, 2006. Panelist on Presentation of Research Problem/Project, in Panel discussion on March 31, 2006, at Training Program on Research Methodology, The Emerging Needs in Designing and Implementing Research Proposals in Social Sciences, organized by ICSSR North-West Regional Center, PU, Chandigarh, March 27-31, 2006. Extension Lecture on Political Culture and Democracy, organized by DM College, Moga, November 30, 2005. Extension lecture on Conceptualizing Human Rights, at Refresher Course on Human Rights and Gender Issues, organized by Dept. of Sociology, Political Science, and Center for Women Studies and Development in collaboration with the Academic Staff College, PU, Chandigarh, September 21, 2005. Extension Lecture on Gos – NGOs: Supplementary – Complementary Partnership, Current and Emerging Economic and Social Issues, organized by Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies (North)-Punjab, at Chandigarh, September 20, 2005. Extension Lecture on Philosophical Foundations of Social Sciences Research, at One Day Training Programme-cum-Seminar in Social Sciences, organized by S.G.G.S. College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, August 30, 2005. Extension Lecture on Philosophical Foundations of Social Sciences Research, at One Day Training Programme-cum-Seminar in Social Sciences, organized by Guru Nanak College for Girls, Muktsar, August 23, 2005. Extension Lecture on English and Indian Liberalism, organized by Political Science Association, Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, February 26, 2005. Extension Lecture on Vichar Parivartan hee Harr Taran Dee Parivartanan da Mool hai (Punjabi) organized by BAMCEF Punjab Unit on its 14th Punjab State Conference, Jalandhar, July 25, 2004 Extension Lecture on World Punjabi Conferences: An Analysis, organized by Sahit Chintan, Chandigarh, June 6 2004.
34 Extension Lecture on Understanding Non-Violence and Peace with Mahatma Gandhi at Campaign for Peace, organized by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi and Yuvsatta, Chandigarh, May 3, 2004. Extension Lecture on Birthday Celebration of Babasaheb Ambedkar organized by Ambedkar Mission Society, Sarmastpur, Jalandhar, April 17, 2004. Extension Lecture on Scarcity in Abundance: Sarvodaya and Conflict Resolution at Consultation on Conflict Resolution Developing Skills and Strategies through Peaceful Means,” organized by IDC, Chandigarh and Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala university, Sweden, at Mohali, January 17, 2004. Extension lecture on Intervention Methods: Early Warning to Crisis Intervention at Consultation on Conflict Resolution Developing Skills and Strategies through Peaceful Means, Organized by IDC, Chandigarh and Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden, at Mohali, January 16, 2004. Extension Lecture on Dalit Consciousness and Social Justice at convention on “Dalit Concerns” organized by Dalit Dastan Virodhi Aandolan, Phillaur and National Dalit Forum, Hyderabad at Chandigarh, November 12-13, 2003. Extension Lecture on Concept of Political Socialization in the Age of Globalization, organized by Department of Political Science, SCD Govt. College, November 3, 2003. Extension lecture on B.R. Ambedkar and His Political Ideas, organized by Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak National College, Doraha (Ludhiana), October 28, 2003. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on Politics of Poona Pact, organized by Dr. Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA), PU, Chandigarh, September 24, 2003. Extension Lecture on A Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution at Colloquium, Role of Youth in Peace Building organized by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, Dean Foreign Students and Yuvasatta at Chandigarh, April 13, 2003. Extension Lecture on Modern Indian Political Thought with Special Reference to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, organized by Dept. of Political Science, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, September 3, 2002 Keynote/Inaugural/Valedictory Address Keynote Address at the National Seminar on Drug Abuse and Punjab: Political Apathy or Cultural Character, organised by SUS PU Constituent College, Guru Har Sahai, Ferozepur, March 5, 2020. Valedictory Address at National Seminar on Relevance of Gandhi’s Ideas in the Contemporary World, organised by the Dept of Political Science, University of Jammu, September 24-25, 2019 (Sept 25).
35 Inaugural Address at the ICSSR Sponsored Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty Members on Introduction to Philosophy of Social Science Research, organised by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, May 10, 2019. Keynote Address at the National Seminar on DR. B. R. Ambedkar and Social Democracy in Contemporary India, organised by SDAMC, Dinanagar (Gurdaspur), April 12, 2019. Keynote Address at the National Seminar on Emerging Economic Trends & Issues in State Politics in India, organised by the GGDSDC, Hariana (Hsp.), March 11, 2019. Keynote Address at the National Seminar on Higher Education in India: Growth and Challenges, organised by SUS PU Constituent College, Guruharsahai, Ferozepur, March 2, 2019. Keynote Address at the Republic Day Celebrations at D.A.V. College, Chandigarh, January 26, 2019. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Relevance of Human Rights in India, organised by Dashmesh Khalsa College, Zirakpur (Mohali), March 21, 2018. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Downtrodden Dalits: An Attempt to Perceive the Real Scenario, organised by Sikh National College Banga, Punjab, February 27, 2018. Valedictory Address at National Seminar on Emerging Trends in North- Western States: Challenges and responses, organised by Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh, March 29, 2017. Keynote Address at Two Days National Seminar on Recent Developments in State Politics in India, organised by Dept. of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, March 28-29, 2017 (March 28). Valedictory Address entitled Relevance of Research Methods Programme at Capacity Building Programme in Social Sciences organised by the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, PU, Chandigarh, May 3, 2016. Keynote Address at Faculty Development Programme on Research Methodology: Emerging Trends organised by Government College for Girls, Sector 14, Panchkula (Haryana), April 26, 2016. Valedictory Address at Two-Day National Seminar on Understanding Ambedkar organised by the Department of Political science, Dyal Singh College, Karnal, March 7, 2016. Inaugural Address at a Panel Discussion and Book Release on Engendering the Criminal Justice System organised by the Department Cum Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, PU Chandigarh in collaboration with Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative, New Delhi & supported by the British High Commission, March 3, 2016. Valedictory Address at the Capacity Building Programme for Non-teaching Employees of Panjab University organised by Department of Public Administration, PU, Chandigarh, February 13, 2016. Keynote Address at two-day National Seminar on Education and Politics organised by Department of Education, Punjabi University Regional Centre,
36 Bathinda, February 12, 2016. Keynote Address entitled ‘Education, Social Transformation and Egalitarian Order’ at National Seminar on Access to Education and Idea of Social Justice organised by Department of Philosophy, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur in collaboration with Department of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh February 9, 2016 Keynote Address at Law and Governance organised by Rayat College of Law, Ropar, February 6, 2016. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Making of Indian Constitution – Past, Present and Future: Contextualizing Contribution of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organized by J.C. D.A.V. College, Dasuya, January 22, 2016. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Malwa Region – Political, Economic and Socio-Cultural Aspects: Problems and Solutions organized by D.A.V. College, Abohar, January 20, 2016. Valedictory Address at the Winter School for Assistant Professors (December 26, 2015 to January 15, 2016) organised by Department of Community Education & Disability Studies and UGC – Human Resource Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh, January 15, 2016. Keynote address at the two week ICSSR Workshop on Researching Peace: Approaches & Methods: Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty Members, organized by UNESCO Chair for Peace, Malaviya Centre for Peace Research (MCPR), Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, May 4-18, 2015 (May 4). Valedictory Address at National Seminar on Relevance of Dr. Ambedkar’s Philosophy in Present Context, organized by Br. B.R. Ambedkar Centre & Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, PU, Chandigarh, March 28, 2015. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Views on Social Justice, Caste based Discrimination and Dalit Identity, organized by D.A.V College of Education, Abohar (Pb.), March 24, 2015. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Relevance of Dr. Ambedkar Thoughts in Modern Era, organized by S.L. Bawa D.A.V. College, Batala, March 21, 2015. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Relevance of Dr. Ambedkar’s Philosophy in Present Context, organized by R.S.D. College, Ferozepur, March 17, 2015. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Human Rights: A National and International Perspective, organized by Guru Teg Bahadur National College, Dakha, Punjab, February 27, 2015. Valedictory address at National seminar on Towards Inclusive Policy: Cultural, Political and Economic Deterrents (with special reference to North- West India) organized by Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, PU, Chandigarh, February 25, 2015. Keynote address at National Seminar on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar-A Pioneer of Social Justice & Designer of Political Paradigm, organized by Gopichand Arya Mahila College, Abohar, Punjab, February 24, 2015.
37 Inaugural Address at 5th Chandigarh Social Sciences Congress (CHSSCONG- 2015) on Governance: Issues, Challenges and Strategies with reference to India, organized by PU, Chandigarh, February 20-21, 2015. Keynote Address at Academic Winter School for Afghan Deans, Professors and Experts in the field of Public Administration organized by Department of Public Administration, PU, Chandigarh in collaboration with Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, February 19, 2015. Keynote Address at National Seminar on Hunan Rights of Marginalised Groups: Understanding and Rethinking Strategies, organized by the Govt. College Chandigarh, Sector 11, February 5, 2015. Keynote Address at 31st International Punjabi Development Conference, organized by Punjabi Language Development Department, Punjabi University, Patiala January 14-16, 2015. Keynote address at 7th National and Business Summit 2014 on Democracy and Agenda for Growth in India organized by Dr. I T School of Business, Banur, (Pb) at ICSSR Complex, PU, Chandigarh, April 22, 2014. Valedictory address at National Seminar on Relevance of Shri Guru Granth Sahib in Contemporary Society: Different Perspectives, organized by B.Z.S.S. Khalsa Girls College Morinda (Ropar), March 11, 2014. Keynote Address at ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Working of Indian Parliament: an Overview, organized by the Dept. of Political Science, Banarsi Dass Arya Girls College, Jalandhar Cantt, March 1, 2014. Keynote address at UGC sponsored National seminar on Dr. Ambedkar’s Philosophy of Social Justice, organised by Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre, SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, February 27, 2011. Keynote address at UGC sponsored National seminar on Dr Ambedkar: A Visionary, organised by Gopichand Arya Mahila College, Abohar, February 26, 2011. Keynote address at UGC sponsored National seminar on Human Rights in India, organised by Post Graduate Dept of Political Science, D.A.V. College, Abohar, January 20, 2011. Inaugural Address at UGC sponsored National Seminar on Relevance of the Thoughts of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in New Millennium, organised by Ambedkar Study Centre of SDAM College, Dinanagar (Pb) on November 27, 2010. Keynote address on UGC sponsored National seminar on Punjabi Kahani vich Dalit Chetna, organised by Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Sarhali (Tarn Taran), September 18, 2010. Keynote address on National seminar on Relevance of the Philosophy of Guru Ravidass Ji Today, organized by the History Association, JC DAV College, Dasuya (Hoshiarpur), February 28, 2008. Keynote address on UGC sponsored seminar on Regionalism in Indian Politics, organized by SDAM College, Dinanagar, March 10, 2007. Keynote address at UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Human Rights, organized by SDSPM College for Women, Rayya (Amritsar), October 28, 2006.
38 Sessions Chaired/presided Chaired J.C. Anand Memorial Lecture on New Perspectives on State Politics in India by Dr. Harihar Bhattacharya, organised by Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, February 20, 2020. Presidential address at Manthan: Exploration into Contemporary Challenges and Gandhian Thought – A National Colloquium to celebrate 150th Birth Year of Mahatma Gandhi, organised by MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, November 27, 2019. Chaired a session on One day Seminar on Religious Diplomacy of Pakistan: Mirage or Reality? Organised by the Dept. of Defence and National Security Studies, PU, Chandigarh, November 18, 2019. Chaired a session on Gandhi’s Influence on English Literature at “National Seminar on Relevance of Gandhi’s Ideas in the Contemporary World,” organised by the Dept of Political Science, University of Jammu, September 24-25, 2019 (Sept 25). Chaired Valedictory session of Four-day International Workshop on Health Care for Older Population: Learning from Indo-Canadian Experiences, organised by Centre of Advanced Study in Geography, PU, Chandigarh and Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, April 27, 2019. Chaired a session of Two Day Seminar on Remembering Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919, organised by the Dept of History, PU, Chandigarh, April 5, 2019.
39 Chaired a session of Panel discussion on Two Day National Seminar on Emerging Dalit Issues: Strategies for Empowerment and Development, organised by Department of Sociology. PU, Chasndigarh, March 27-28. 2019. Presided over the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Lecture 2019, organised by the Dept of Political Science, PU, March 5, 2019. Presided over the Valedictory session of the Three Day National Workshop on Numismatics: Study and Research, organised by the Dept of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, PU in Collaboration with the Dept of Archaeology & Museums, Haryana and ICHR, New Delhi, February 28, 2019. Co-Chaired a session on National Consultation on Women in State Politics, organised by Dept-cum-Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, PU, February 27, 2019. Presided over the National Seminar on Federal Setup in India: Legislative – Judicial Relations, organised by Baba Balraj Panjab University Constituent College, Balachaur, February 16, 2019. Chaired a session on Plenary Talk during Third International Conference on Sarasvati River (ICSR-2019) on Agricultural Practices and Archaeological Evidence & Exploration along Sarasvati River Palaeochannel, organised by PU in collaboration with Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board Panchkula (Haryana), February 8-9, 2019. Chaired a session of National Seminar on Punjab Across the Ages (4000BC to 1800 CE): History, Literature and Socio-Cultural Constructions, organised by Department of Evening Studies, Multidisciplinary Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, December 07, 2018. Chaired Prof. Kesar Singh Kesar Memorial Lecture, on Punjabi Sabhyachar de Vishvi Parsangh (Global context of Punjabi Cultural) organised by the Department of Punjabi, PU, Chandigarh and Prof Kesar Singh Kesar Memorial Committee, Chandigarh, November 22, 2018. Chaired a session of National Seminar on Doing Social Research: Diverse Methodological Traditions, organised by the Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, September 27-28, 2018 (27th September). Chaired a session of VIII Chandigarh Social Science Congress 2018 on Discourse of Citizenship in Contemporary India, organised by PU, Chandigarh, March 15-16, 2018 (March 15th). Chaired Hari Ram Gupta Memorial Lecture entitled Unity in Diversity: Pluralism in India by Professor Sucheta Mahajan, organised by the Department of History, PU, Chandigarh, November 30, 2017. Chaired Session-4 on UKIERI-UGC Research Methods Node Workshop: Advances in Social Science and Humanities Research in India, organised by South Asia Institute, SOAS University of London & Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, November 9-10, 2017. Chaired Lecture on 126 Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar vis-à-vis Dalits in India, organised by Chetna Manch Chandigarh, April 9, 2017. Chaired a session on National Research Conference on Asian Century: Domestic Dilemmas and International Context, organised by CAS Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, March 24, 2017.
40 Presided over the National Seminar on Dalit and Progressive Thinking: Common Features, organized by Punjabi Sahit Sabha Hoshiarpur with the support of Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha (regd), August 28, 2016. Presided over the International Symposium on History and Culture of Punjab with Special Emphasis on Interdisciplinary Research Methodologies organised by the Department of History & Department of Ancient Indian History & Archeology, PU, Chandigarh, April 4, 2016 Chaired a session of National Seminar on Agriculture and Food Security in India: Challenges and Opportunities organised by the Department of Geography, PU, Chandigarh, March 11, 2016. Presidential Remarks on the Valedictory session of two day National Seminar on Emerging Security Scenario in AF-Pak Region Implications for India organised by the Department of Defense & National Security Studies, PU, Chandigarh, March 10, 2016. Presided over the function to observe Martyrdom Day on 30th January organised by the department of Gandhian and Peace Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, January 30, 2016. Presided over the valedictory session at a seminar on Kashmir Problem: an Analysis, organized by the Political Science Society of University College (Constituent College of Punjabi University, Patiala) Ghanour, November 14, 2015. Chaired an Academic Session on Excellence in Health at the 3rd World Congress on Excellence organized by the Dept. of Psychology, PU, Chandigarh, on October 20, 2015. (MCPR), Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, May 4-18, 2015 (May 4). Presidential Address at National Seminar on Minority Rights in India: Problems, Experiences and Apprehensions, organized by Department of Political Science-USOL in collaboration with Centre for the Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, PU, Chandigarh, March 18, 2015. Chaired technical session – IV: Corporate Governance: Financial Institutions, Labour Standards and CSR of the three-day National Seminar of Corporate Social Responsibility in India: Challenges, Possibilities and Prospects for Socio-Economic Transformation, organized by Centre for Research in Rural & Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, March 12-14, 2015 (March 13). Chaired Technical Session I (Dealing with Diversity) of Panjab University & University of Western Sydney Joint Research Workshop at ICSSR (NWRC), PU, Chandigarh, January 10, 2015. Chaired 4th Interdisciplinary International Symposium on India China Conversations for Emerging Scholars on India China Studies, organized by India China Institute, The New School, New York, PU, Chandigarh, December 18-19, 2014 (19th Dec.) Chaired International Symposium on The Komagata Maru organized by the Department of History, PU, Chandigarh, December 5, 2014. Presided over the Inaugural Session of the Seminar on Indian Culture and Gender Issues, organized by Department of Life Long Learning & Extension,
41 PU, Chandigarh, March 12, 2014. Presidential Address at National Seminar on Ambedkarite Quest on Egalitarian Revolution in India, organized by Centre for Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, November 26, 2013. Chaired III Technical Session of International Conference on Pluralist Democracy and National Identity, organized by ICSSR (North-Western Regional Centre, PU, Chandigarh, October 22-23, 2013 (morning session 23 October 2013). Chaired a session on International Seminar on Transcending Caste: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and social Democracy in Contemporary India, organized by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, April 14-15, 2013 on the theme “Dr. Ambedkar and the Political Economy of Market Democracy” on April 14, 2013. Chaired a session on National seminar on The Concept of Development in Indian Tradition, organised by The Centre for Swami Vivikananda Studies, PU, Chandigarh (January 10-12, 2011) on January 12, 2011. Chaired a session (Indian Federalism & Internal Security) on National Seminar on Nehurvian & Other Perspectives on Federalism organised by UGC-Nehru Studies Centre of Dept. of Political Science, University of Jammu, Jammu (November 22-23, 2010) on 23rd November 2010. Chaired a session on National Seminar on Indian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects, organised by the Dept. of Political Science, USOL, PU, Chandigarh, March 25-26, 2010 (March 25). Presided over The 53rd Death Anniversary of Bodhisatv Bharat Ratan Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, organised by Dr. Ambedkar Study Circle (Regd.) Chandigarh, December 6, 2009. Chaired a technical session on Gandhi and Global Politics at National Workshop on Gandhi in the 21st Century, organized by Gandhian Studies Centre, Department of Political Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, March 16, 2009. Chaired a session at National seminar on The Other Side of Politics: People’s Movements in India, organised by Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, March 14, 2008. Chaired a session at national seminar on Morality and Public Life, organized by Department of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, January 17-18, 2008 (January18). Chaired a session Poetry, Fiction Realism, Rebellion and Interrogation at a Seminar on Samkalin Bharatiya Sahitya Mein Samajik Nayaya Ki Avadharana: Vishesh Sandarbh Dalit Sahitya, organised by IIAS, Shimla, November 14-16, 2007 (November 15). Presided over Guru Vandan-Chatra Abhinandan, organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad (regd.) Mohali, 29 September 2007. Presided over 26th Annual Prize Distribution Function of the Mai Malan Educational Trust, Piplanwala, Hoshiarpur, 26 November 2006. Chief Guest/Guest of Honour/Awards
42 Guest of Honour at SSG National Law-cum-Cultural Fest ‘Acquitas 20’ at PUSSGRC, Hoshiarpur, February 7, 2020. Guest of Honour at 7-Day NSS Camp, organised by Department of NSS, PU, Chandigarh, February 2, 2020. Guest of Honour at International Workshop on Issues in Diversity and Difference for Inclusive Education (December 02-07), organised under GIAN by PU, Chandigarh, December 7, 2019. Chief Guest on the occasion of National Seminar on Folk Skills of Punjab and Creativity of Women, organised by Shaheed Kanshi Ram Memorial College, Bhagu Majra (Kharar), S.A.S. Nagar (Punjab), November 2, 2019. Guest of Honour at the National Seminar on Emerging Contours of Defence Laws and National Security: Issues and Challenges, organised by UILS, PU, Chandigarh, October 12, 2019. Chief Guest on the occasion of a lecture on Dilemmas of Uniform Civil Code & Religious Personal Laws, organised Centre for Social Work, PU, Chandigarh, April 8, 2019. Chief Guest on Workshop on Academic Integrity for the Social Science Research Scholars, organised by the Dept of Library & Information Science, PU, Chandigarh, March 15, 2019. Chief Guest on the Gender Sensitization Lecture delivered by MX. Dhanajay Chauhan at the Department of History, March 1, 2019. Guest of Honour at Special Lecture on “Dissonance, Dissent and Devotion: The Self Representations of Piro in Mis-Nineteenth Century,” organised by the Department of History, PU, Chandigarh, September 27, 2018. Guest of Honour at International Conference on “Dynamics of India’s Foreign Policy in Contemporary Era,” organised by the Department of Political Science (USOL), PU, Chandigarh, March 26-27, 2018 (27th March). Guest of Honour at International Seminar on Sustainable Development, Gandhian Legacy and 21st Century Challenge, organised by Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies, PU, Chandigarh, March 9-10, 2018 (10th March). Guest of Honour at National Seminar on Emerging Geo-Strategic Manifestations in Pakistan – Implications for India, organised by Department of Defence & National Security Studies, PU, Chandigarh, February 27-28, 2018 (28th Feb). Guest of Honour at 7 Day NSS Camp, organised by the Department of NSS, PU, Chandigarh, December 24, 2017.
43 Guest of Honour at Unit Award Function 2017 under National Young Leaders Programme, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India organised by the Department of NSS, PU, Chandigarh, May 10, 2017. Guest of Honour at 126th Birthday Anniversary of Bharat Rattan Baba Sahib Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organised by PSEB SC Power Engineers’ & Officers’ Association (Regd.) Punjab at Bhai Sahib S. Gurbux Singh Memorial Trust, Patiala, April 29, 2017. Guest of Honour at Annual Convocation, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, April 5, 2017. Chief Guest on the occasion of UIHTM Annual Day “UTKARSH2016” organised by University Institute of Hotel Management and Tourism (UIHMT), PU, Chandigarh, May 01, 2016. Chief Guest on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’ Nation Building Message organised by Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Chandigarh, April 1, 2016. Guest of Honour at National Seminar of Media Technologies: A Critical Evaluation organised by Department of Education, University School of Open Learning, PU, Chandigarh, February 16, 2016. Chief Guest at the Valedictory function organised by National Service Scheme (NSS) Unit, PU, Chandigarh, December 30, 2015. Chief Guest at the Valedictory Session of Special Winter School for University and College Teachers, organized by The UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, December 23, 2015. Guest of Honour at the valedictory session of Two-Days National Seminar on Social Reform in India: The Phule-Ambedkar Tradition’ The Department of History, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, November 27-28 November 2015 (Nov. 28). Guest of Honour at Indo-Pak Peace Calendar Release organized by Yuvasatta: Youth For Peace, Chandigarh, February 14, 2015. Chief Guest Address (Making Sense of Social Science Research in Contemporary India), organized by Council for Social Development, Southern Regional Centre, Hyderabad, November 05, 2014. Chief Guest at Reserve Bank of India Inter School Quiz, organized by RBI, September 3, 2014. Chief Guest at the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Gandhi’s Philosophy and the Present Day of Political Crisis, orgsanised by the Dept. of Gandhian and Peace Studies, PU, Chandigarh on February 23-24, 2014. Guest of Honour at A Special Lecture on the concept of Shabad Guru in the Guru Granth Sahib, organized by the Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, August 23, 2013. Ambassador for Peace award conferred at International Leadership Conference – Toward an Era of Universal Peace: Interfaith Harmony and Global Cooperation, organized by Universal Peace Federation, Seoul, Korea, January 21-25, 2012.
44 Guest of Honour at Annual seminar on Civic Responsibility and Ethics organized by Foundation for Critical Choices for India at Van der Valk Hotel, Schiphol A4, The Netherlands December 11, 2011. Chief Guest Honour at 119th Birthday celebration function organised by Sri Guru Ravidass Welfare Society, Block Saroha S.B.S Nagar (Pb), April 25, 2010. Guest of Honour at Birthday celebration function of Bharat Ratna Baba Sahib Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on April 18, 2010, organised by All India SCs & STs Railway Employees Association, RCF, Kapurthala (Pb). Administration organised by UGC- Academic Staff College Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, February 5, 2010. Yug Purush Dr. B.R. Award - 2009 conferred by Dr. Ambedkar Mission Employees’ Federation Ludhiana, Punjab (Regd), Ludhiana, April 14, 2009. Appreciation Award “in recognition of his many years of dedicated service to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Mission,” presented by Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Bay Area (California) on June 1, 2008. Certificate of Recognition “for his writings to bring political and social awareness and dedication to our community” presented by International Bahujan Organization INC. (Pittsburg) California on June 1, 2008. Certificate of Appreciation for “his dedicated services to our community in promoting the Philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Shri Guru Ravidass Ji” presented by Dr. Ambedkar Educational Aid Society (Fremont, CA) and Dr. Ambedkar Mission (California), on May 31, 2008. Award of Honour for “Outstanding contributions and persistent endeavors in exploring the rich heritage of Ad-Dharm, Dalit Movement and History in India” presented by Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha, Sacramento (Rio Linda) California on May 30, 2008. Award of Honour “for his special contribution to www.ambedkartimes.com on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Ad Dharm Movement, and Dalit consciousness in Punjab (India) during visit to the site headquarters in United States on May 26, 2008. Award of Honour “in recognition of your enduring dedicated services and your professional tremendous contribution to our community” presented by Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha of New York INC. on May 25, 2008. Chief Guest honour at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 117 Birth Celebration organized by Ambedkar Mission (Toronto), Sri Guru Ravidass Sabha (Ontario) and Bhagwan Valmiki Sabha (Toronto) on May 18, 2008. Chief Guest honour at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Birth Celebration organized by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Welfare Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 16, 2008. Chief Guest honour at the seminar on Bharat Ratan Baba Sahib Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Dalits and Globalisation, organized by Gramin Shikshan Vikas Sanghthan (GSVS) & National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR0, December 9, 2007. Honoured at 7th X-mas celebrations, by National Christian League, Panjab University, Chandigarh, December 7, 2007.
45 Bharat Rattan Dr. Ambedkar State Award conferred by Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi at its 5th State Conference of Dalit Writers, Mansa (Punjab), September 16, 2007. Dr. Ambedkar Fellowship Sanman 2004 presented at 20th National Dalit Sahitkar Sammelan organized by Bhartiya Dalit Sahit Academy, Delhi, December 10-11, 2004. Chief Guest Honour at “Birthday Celebration of Babasaheb Ambedkar” organized by Ambedkar Mission Society, Sarmastpur, Jalandhar, April 17, 2004. Dr. Ambedkar Award (for outstanding and dedicated services to Dr. Ambedkar Mission) presented at International Dalit Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 16-18, 2003 by Association for International Dalit Conference, Canada. Distinguished Guest lecture on Birthday celebration of Baba Saheb Ambedkar, organized by Ambedkar Mission Society, Punjab (Regd.), Jalandhar, April 14, 2003. Guest of Honour at Prof. Kesar Singh Kesar Memorial Lecture organised by School of Punjabi Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with Prof. Kesar Singh Kesar Memorial Committee, Chandigarh, November 20, 2015. Guest of Honour at 124th Birthday Anniversary of Bharat Rattan Baba Sahib, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, organized by PSEB S/C Power Engineers & Officers’ Association GGSSTP, Rupnagar, May 1, 2015. Guest of Honour at International Seminar on Understanding Dr. Ambedkar’s Concept of Dhamma: Transforming Self and Society organized by School of Ambedkar Studies, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, April 14, 2014. Participated in International/National Seminars/Conferences International International Conference in the Wake of 550th Birth Anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, organised by Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh February 1-2, 2020. 2016 RINDAS/TINDAS Special International Seminar on Consciousness in India Philosophical Reflection Nyaya Realistic View (Uma Chattopadhyay), Omiya Campus, Ryukoku University, December 20, 2016. The 8th INDAS-South Asia International Conference on Towards Sustainable Development of India and South Asia organized by Integrated Area Studies on South Asia (INDAS-South Asia) of National Institute for the Humanities of Japan (NIHU), Kyoto University, Japan, December 17-18, 2016. HINDAS National Institutes for the Humanities 4th Regular Seminar on Study on Food Products Marketing System of Northern Southasia in Indian Economic Zone, organized by Hiroshima University (Higashi Hiroshima Campus), Japan, November 19-20, 2016. Warwick International Programme in Leadership and Management of Higher Education organised by the University of Warwick, UK, May 4-13, 2016.
46 Symposium on Legal and Policy Aspects of Space Cooperation between Europe and the BRICS Countries: Inventory, Challenges and Opportunities, organized jointly by International Institute of Air and Space Law of Leiden Law School and the Department of Latin American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University, Leiden, May 16, 2013. Fifth annual IIAS- TU Delft Seminar on “Asian Cities: Colonial to Global,” organized by International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands and Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, at Leiden on April 23-25 2013. International Conference on State Restructuring and Rescaling in Comparative Perspective, organized by International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Centre for South Asian Studies (CEIAS), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and L’Ecole des hautes etudes en science sociales (EHESS), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, December 3-4 2012. International Conference on History, Identity & Collective Memory: In Search of Modern China, organized by International Institute for Asian studies (IIAS), Bureau of International Cultural and Educational Relations, Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan), Leiden University Institute for Area Studies and Modern East Asia Research centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 29-30, 2012. International Seminar on Urban Asia organized by International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, 8 May 2012. International Conference on A New Vision for Peace and Human Development, organized by Universal Peace Federation (UPF) and Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP), UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 12-13 April 2012. Round Table on Orientalism Revisited: Cultural Knowledge Production on Asia Across Orders and Borders, hosted by Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) & International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Snouck Hurgronjehuis, Rapenburg 61, Leiden, The Netherlands, 30-31 March 2012. International Leadership Conference on Toward an Era of Interfaith Cooperation and Global Cooperation Peace, organized by Universal Peace Federation (UPF), Seoul, 21-25 January 2012. International conference on Re-engaging Europe with Asia (Final Conference), organized by European Policy Centre, Singapore Institute of International affairs, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael and International Institute for Asian Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, December 14-15, 2011. “Critical Responses to Caste and Religious Distinction in Punjab” (panelist), at International Seminar on Religion and Social Identity in Punjab, organised by Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, February 18-19, 2010 (Feb 18). International Seminar on Bhagat Singh and his Times organised by Indian Council of Historical Research in collaboration with the Institute of Punjab Studies, Chandigarh, September 27-29. 2007.
47 “International Conference on Exploring the Possibilities of Cooperation in Global Context organised by World Punjabi Centre, Punjabi University, Patiala, December 26-28, 2006. 23rd International Punjabi Development Conference on “Guru Arjun Dev Atey Unha da Yug,” organised by Dept. of Development of Punjabi Language, Punjabi University, Patiala, December 14-16, 2006. International Conference on Contribution of Different Faiths and Communities for World Peace, organized by Christian Institute for Religious Studies, Baring Union Christian College, Batala, September 20, 2006. International Seminar on NGOs and Women’s Empowerment: Indian and Canadian Experiences, organized by Canadian Study Center and ICSSR, North-West Regional Center, PU, Chandigarh, February 23-24, 2006. International Consultation on Identifying Peace Issues for Research in South Asia organized by Institute for Development and Communication, Chandigarh, December 5-7, 2005. International Seminar on Creative Forms of Punjabi Culture, organized by Punjabi Academy, Delhi and DCC, PU, Chandigarh, February 28-March 1, 2005. World Punjabi Conference, 2004, organized by Punjabi University, Patiala, December 1-3, 2004. Tenth World Punjabi Conference, Chandigarh, May 28-30, 2004, (Panelist in the panel discussion on Economic Cooperation, between the two Punjab: A Burning issue). World Punjabi Conference, organized by World Punjabi Congress Committee, Lahore, January 29-31, 2004. International seminar on Mid-West and Central Asia, organized by PU, and IIAS, Shimla at Chandigarh, January 21-23, 2004. International Seminar on the Life, Teachings and Philosophy of Sri Guru Ravidas Ji, organized by Sri Guru Ravidas Foundation, India, PU, Chandigarh, August 16, 2003. International Seminar on Science, Technology and Society, organized by Department of History, PU, Chandigarh, January 29-31, 2003. Roundtable on Power Cycle Theory: War and Peace in South Asia, organized by Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, November 19-20, 2002. International Conference on Rethinking Boundaries: Geopolitics, Identities and Sustainability, organized by Center for the Study of Geopolitics, PU, Chandigarh, February 21-26, 2000. International Seminar on Political Landscapes on the Threshold of 21st Century and Emerging Patterns, organized by I.G.U. Commission on the World Political Map at PU, Chandigarh, on December 13-15, 1999. International Seminar on Globalizations and India organized by SIS, JNU, New Delhi, January 14-17, 1999. International Round Table Conference on India and Hungary: Perspectives on the Changing World Order, Center for Russian, Central Asian and East European Studies, SIS, JNU, New Delhi, November 17-18, 1998.
48 National Roundtable on Nature of Punjab’s Agrarian Crisis and the Way Out organised by Institute for Development and Communication (IDC) in association with ICSSR (NWRC) and UGC Human Resource Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh, April 28-29, 2016. Roundtable on Gender Violence and Access to Justice: Assessment, Analysis and Policy, organized by Institute for Development and Communication (IDC) in association with International Development Research Centre (IRDC), December 2, 2014. Seminar on Women and Culture: Representations & Constructions organised by Department Cum Centre for Women’s Studies & Development, PU, Chandigarh, January 21, 2011. “Trilingual National Symposium” on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Vision and the Plight of the Poor in Independent India, organised by Ambedkar Social Justice Forum India & Bhartiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi at Chandigarh, October 14, 2009. “Relevance of Gandhi Today,” paper presented at National Workshop on Gandhi in the 21st Century, organized by Gandhian Studies Centre, Department of Political Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, March 16, 2009 (Chaired a Technical session on Gandhi and Global Politics). on Challenges on Security Sector Reforms: Challenges of Terrorism, organized by Institute of Development and Communication, Chandigarh, January 6, 2009. NWISA Conference (12th) on Social Exclusion and Uneven Development, organized by Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, December 18-19, 2008. National Seminar on Dr. Ambedkar, Dalit Awakening and Liberation, organized by Ambedkar Social Justice Forum India, Chandigarh, November 30, 2008. National Seminar on Kuka Movement: Historical, Literary and Culture- Perspective, organized by PU, Chandigarh & ICSSR (North-Western Regional Centre), November 25, 2008. Seminar on The Life and Ideology of Sri Guru Ravidass, organized by Sri Guru Ravidass Sadhu Samprdai Society (Regd.), Punjab, at Panchukla (Haryana), September 28, 2008. National seminar on Indian Ideas of Freedom, organized by Dept. of Political Science (UGC Special Assistance Programme) PU, Chandigarh & ICSSR Northwest Regional Centre, February 21-23, 2008. National seminar on Person, Consciousness and Culture, organized by Department of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, February 6-8, 2008. National seminar on Ideological and Cultural Significance of Guru Nanak Bani in the Present Scenario, organized by Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with Harayana Punjabi Sahit Academy & ICSSR, Chandigarh, December 6, 2007.
49 U.G.C. sponsored seminar on Consciousness, Culture and Creativity: Indian and Western Perspectives, organized by Department of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, December 4-5, 2007. Regional Workshop on Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, organized by Women’s Resource and Advocacy Centre, PU, Chandigarh, November 22-23, 2007. Roundtable Discussion on Agrarian Crisis and Food Security of India, organized by IDC, Chandigarh, November 17, 2007. National seminar on The Contribution of the Udasis to Sikh History, organised by Gobind Sadan Institute for Advanced Studies in Comparative Religions, New Delhi, September 21, 2007. National seminar on Science and Spirituality in the Indian Context, organized by Dept. of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, August 9-10, 2007. Seminar on India Envisioned by Ambedkar, organized by Ambedkar Social Justice Forum India (Regd), Chandigarh, March 24, 2007. National Seminar on Moral Goodness and Human Nature, organized by Dept. of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, March 14-15, 2007. Resource person on UGC sponsored four-day workshop on the theme: Status of Human Rights in Punjab, organized by Lajpat Rai DAV College, Jagraon, March 10-13, 2007 [participated on March 13]. National seminar on Ideological & Cultural Perspective of Guru Arjan’s Bani, organized by Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, in collaboration with Punjabi Akademy, Delhi & ICSSR Northwestern Regional Centre Chandigarh, March 8-9, 2007. National Seminar on Foundations of Social Life in India: Cultural, Aesthetic and Religious organised by Department of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, December 6-8, 2006. Seminar on Impact of Globalization on the Landless Dalit Workers, organized by Punjab Khet Majdoor Union, Dehati Majdoor Sabha, Punjab and Pendo Majdoor Union (Mashal), on October 25, 2006. Seminar on Why Babasaheb Embraced Buddhism organised by Dr. Ambedkar Study Circle (Regd.), Chandigarh, October 14, 2006. National seminar on The Life, Teaching and Philosophy of Shri Guru Ravidass Ji, organised by Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha (Regd.), PGI, Chandigarh, September 15, 2006. Seminar on The present Economic Condition of Punjab and the Future of Dalits, organized by Dalit Chetna Manch, Punjab (Regd.) at Mohali, April 28, 2006. Seminar on Values from Different Perspectives, organized by Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, March 27-28, 2006 (participated on March 27th, 2006). Seminar on Life and Philosophy of Baba Saheb B. R. Ambedkar, organisd by Dr. Ambedkar Chetna Society, Banga, April 16, 2006.
50 National Seminar on Technology and Society – Issues and Interface with Special Reference to India, organized by department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, March 16-17, 2006. Workshop on Economic and Social Backwardness Among Sikhs, organized by Indian Social Institute and National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, New Delhi, February 17, 2006. Workshop on Dissemination on Punjab Human Development Report 2004, organized by PU, Chandigarh, February 17-18, 2006 (participated on February 18, 2006). Seminar on The Role of Sufis in the Making of Medieval Punjab, organized by Dept. of History, PU, Chandigarh, December 13-14, 2005. Conference on Samkali Sarokar: Samajik Sabhyacharak, Bhasha Ate Samaj- Vigyan Prasang Vich (Punjabi), organized by Punjab Academy of Social Sciences, Literature and Culture at Jalandhar, November 26-27, 2005. National Seminar on Life and Works of Maharishi Valmiki, organized by PU, Chandigarh, October 13-15, 2005. National Seminar on Social transformation in North-Western India during the Twentieth Century, organized by Institute of Punjab Studies, Chandigarh, September 7-9, 2005. National Seminar on 400 year of Sri Guru Granth Sahib organized by Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, August 22-23, 2005. (Participated on August 22, 2005). Social Scientists Meet on Emerging Problems of Social Sciences in the Context of Globalization organized by ICSSR (North – Western Regional Center), Chandigarh, July 26, 2005. Workshop on Measurement of Social Variables: towards Standardization organized by Dept of Sociology and IASSI, New Delhi at Chandigarh, May 5- 6, 2005. Workshop on Politics of Discourses on Secularism and Communalism: Implications for Research in History, organized by IDC, Chandigarh, April 21, 2005. Seminar on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Philosophy and Dalit Liberation in India, organized by Deptt. of Sociology (Ambedkar Center), PU, Chandigarh, March 28, 2005. National Seminar on Politics of Globalization, Identity and Development, organized by UGC Special Assistance Programme, Deptt. of Political Science PU, Chandigarh, March 23-24, 2005. Seminar on Comprehensive Security, organized by Delhi Policy Group and PU, Chandigarh, March 9, 2005. Seminar on The Role of Economy and Education in Social Equality in the Twenty-first Century, organized by the office of District Welfare Officer, Patiala, March 5, 2005. National Seminar on The Future of Rural Development in North-west India, organized by Department of Sociology, P. U. Chandigarh, February 24-25,
51 2005. A Seminar on Violence against Women in the State of Punjab, organized by Center for Women’s Studies and Development, PU, Chandigarh, Feb. 7, 2005. Seminar on Indo-Pak Relations, organized by Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak College for Girls, Muktsar, January 22. 2005. Regional Workshop on Autonomy of Higher Education Institutions, organized by Central Advisory Board of Education at PU, Chandigarh, January 20-21, 2005. Seminar on Issues in Inter-Disciplinary Research: Special Context; Literature and Social Sciences, organized by ICSSR Chandigarh and Department of Hindi, PU, Chandigarh, January 14-15, 2005. National Consultation on Police and Community Interface: Problematics and Remedies, organized by IDC, Chandigarh, December 12-13, 2004. Seminar on Dalits’ Future, organized by Vigilant Brotherhood (International), Jalandhar, December 4, 2004. National Seminar on 400th Prakash Utsav of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, organized by Shri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, November 6-7, 2004, (participated on 7th November). Seminar on Narrative Patterns of Contemporary Punjabi Novel, organized by Department of Evening, P. U. Chandigarh and International Center for Punjabi Studies at Chandigarh, October 31, 2004. Workshop on Social Empowerment through Information Technology organized by IDC Chandigarh, AMIC-India and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, New Delhi, at Chandigarh, September 22-23, 2004. Seminar on 400 years of Shri Guru Granth Sahib, organized by PU, and ICSSR Chandigarh, September 21,2004. National Seminar on Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of the Future of Humanity, organized by Sri Aurobindo Society, Chandigarh, PU, Chandigarh, and IIAS, Shimla, at Chandigarh, September 18-19, 2004. Seminar on Coalition Governments and Activities of Political Parties, organized by Punjab Academy of Social Sciences, Literature and Culture and Punjabi Bhasha Academy, Jalandhar at Chandigarh, April 18, 2004. Seminar on Rural Development, organized by Punjab Development Society and ICSSR North-Western Regional Center, PU, Chandigarh, March 27-28, 2004. Seminar on Corruption and Quality of Governance, organized by Department of Public Administration, PU, Chandigarh, March 13, 2004.. Workshop on Impact of Special Component Plan on the Scheduled Castes in the State of Punjab-Measures for Effective Implementation, organized by Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh and Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of Punjab, January 28-29, 2004. Workshop on Youth for Democracy, organized by Ambedkar Center, PU, Chandigarh in collaboration with Indian Social Institute, New Delhi and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, New Delhi, October 30-31, 2003. Regional Seminar on Participatory Research and Agenda for Social
52 Transformation, organized by PRIA, Haryana and Center for Women’s Studies and Development, PU, Chandigarh, August 29-30, 2003. Seminar on Human Rights Awareness and Enforcement, organized by IGP, Ambala, Haryana, July 26, 2003. Symposium on The People of OBC Are Not Enemies, But Are Brothers of SC/ST and Minority Communities, organized by BAMCEF, Chandigarh, April 19, 2003. Colloquium on Role of Youth In Building Bridges of Amity And Social Harmony, Organized by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Smriti, New Delhi and Yuvsatta, Chandigarh, April 13, 2003. Seminar on Marxwadi Sahit Aalochna Ate Samkali Sarokar, organized by Panjabi Sahitya Academy, Ludhiana, February 22-23, 2003. Seminar on Rethinking Women: Culture, Literature and Media, organized by MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, February 15, 2003. Seminar on Dynamics of India's Security in the North Western Region Challenges and Responses, organized by Center for Defense and National Security Studies, PU, Chandigarh, February 13-14, 2003. Symposium on Power, Violence and Society, organized by Punjab Academy of Social Sciences, Literature and Culture, and Punjabi Bhasha Academy, Jalandhar in collaboration with Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Allahabad, December 1, 2002 Seminar on Imperialist Globalization and Indian Response, organized by All India Peace and Solidarity Organization, Chandigarh, November 16, 2002. Seminar on Punjab Di Kisani Da Sankat (Crisis of Punjab Peasantry), organized by Punjab Academy of Social Sciences, Literature and Culture, Jalandhar, October 19-20, 2002. National Seminar on Science, Society, Values and Consciousness, organized by Panjab University, Chandigarh and Center for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, May 27-28, 2002. National Seminar on Democracy, Development and Discontent In South Asia, organized by Department of Political Science, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla on May 13-15, 2002. Seminar on Life and Philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, organized by Ambedkar Institute, Mohali, April 29, 2002. Seminar on History, Literature and Society: Treatment of Social Problems in Punjabi Fiction During the Twentieth Century, organized by Institute of Punjab Studies and Sheikh Baba Farid Chair, PU, Chandigarh, April 19-21, 2002. Panel discussion on the Life, Mission and Works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, organized by Department of Laws, PU, Chandigarh, March 30, 2002. National Seminar on Rethinking Indian Foreign Policy, organized by Department of Political Science and Center for the Study of Geopolitics, PU, Chandigarh, March 26, 2002. Seminar on Freedom From Socio-Cultural And Economic Injustice, Organized by Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, February 26-27, 2002.
53 Seminar on Rethinking Indian Federalism with Special Reference to North- Western Region, organized by Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, January 28, 2002. Bhopal Conference on Charting a New Course for Dalits for the 21st Century, organized by Madhya Pradesh Government, Bhopal, January 12-13, 2002. Seminar on Punjab Wich Dalit Varg Di Sathiti, organized by Shergill Memorial College, Mukandpur (Nawanshahr), October 12, 2001. Workshop on Female Foeticide/Infanticide, organized by Center for Women Studies and Development, Panjab University, August 29-30, 2001. Seminar on Regional Dialogue on Dimensions of Violence: Culture, Society and State, organized by Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, April 11- 12, 2001. Colloquium on Women & Peace, Organized by The British Council and Center for Women’s Studies and Development, University of Delhi, March 17-19, 2001. Seminar on Autonomy Debate in Comparative Perspective: J & K and Punjab, Organized by Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, March 12, 2001. Regional Workshop on Gender and Law Enforcement, sponsored by National Commission for Women, organized by Center for Women Studies and Development, PU, Chandigarh, February 23-24, 2001. Seminar on Prevention and Detention of Corruption, Organized by State Vigilance Bureau, Haryana, December 18, 2000. Seminar on Autonomy: A Shift in Federal Equations – New Parameters, Organized by Govt. College for Women, Ludhiana, November 25, 2000. National Seminar on Social Transformation of Indian Society: Post- Independence Era, Organized by Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, March 9-11, 2000. National Seminar on Economic Development and Social Transformation in Northwest India, organized by Department of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, February 11-13, 1999. National Conference on Globalisation and National Security, organized by Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, February 3-5, 1999. National Seminar on Dalit and Backward Castes Mobilization in Contemporary North India, organized by Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, December 4-5, 1998. Consultation Workshop on Police Reforms and Human Rights, IDC, Chandigarh, November 5, 1998. National Seminar on Culture, History and Time, Dept. of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, October 10-11, 1998. Workshop on Militancy affected by Children in Punjab, organized by Institute for Development and Communication, Chandigarh, May 16, 1998. National Seminar on Elimination of Inequality with Reference to Caste System in India, Dept of Philosophy, PU, Chandigarh, March 9 -10, 1998.
54 National Seminar on Culture and Development, Department of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, February 26-28, 1998. Seminar on Urban Governance in Punjab Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, (organized in Chandigarh) November 21-22, 1997. Workshop on Inter-State Migrant Labour Deptt. of Sociology, PU, Chandigarh, on September 26-28, 1997. National Seminar on Modes of Conflict Resolution and Gandhian Thought, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, February 5-7, 1997. National Seminar on Gandhi in India Today, Deptt. of Gandhian Studies, PU, Chandigarh, October 1-3, 1996. National Seminar on M.N. Roy and the National Idea organized by National Integration Chair, Punjabi University, Patiala, September 16-17, 1996. Seminar on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Weaker Sections organized by the Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, June 21, 1996. IPSA Regional Conference on Democratization in Asia, Deptt. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, January 28-31, 1996. National Youth Colloquium on Gandhi organized by Gandhi Samriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, December 15-17, 1995. Seminar on Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi's Ideas Today, Deptt. of Political Science, Kurukshetra University, November 3-4, 1995. National Workshop on Women Development and Gender Justice organized by Institute of Development and Communication, Chandigarh, September 25-27, 1995. Thematic Approaches in International Relations, organized by School of International Studies, JNU and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, November 28 to December 10, 1988. Annual Extension Lectures on Major Issues in Contemporary International Relations, School of International Studies, JNU, 1987. Conferences/Workshops/Seminar/Training Programs Organised National Seminar on “Social Oppression and the Emancipation Project,” sponsored by Social Welfare Department, Chandigarh Administration, February 27-28, 2001. Organized a National seminar on Patterns of Dalit Social Mobility in UP and Punjab,” Department of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 27-28 February, 2009. International Workshop on “Harnessing Counter-Culture to Construct Identity: Mapping Dalit Cultural Heritage in Contemporary India,” at Leiden University, The Netherlands, December 7-8, 2012. Chief Coordinator of 4th Chandigarh Social Science Congress (CHASSCONG – 2014) on “Millennium Development Goals: Retrospect and Prospects (with special reference to India),” organized by PU, Chandigarh, March 26-27, 2014. Two Weeks Capacity Building Programme for Faculty/Research Scholars in Social Sciences organised at ICSSR, PU, Chandigarh, September 15-24, 2014. Chief Coordinator of the 5th Chandigarh Social Sciences Congress
55 (CHSSCONG-2015) on “Governance: Issues, Challenges and Strategies with reference to India,” organized by PU, Chandigarh, February 20-21, 2015. Two Weeks Training Programme on Research Methodology in Social Science Research organised at ICSSR, PU, Chandigarh, September 21-October 3, 2015. Two Weeks Oriental Programme on Research Methodology in Social Science Research organised at ICSSR, PU, Chandigarh, February 1-13, 2016. Chief Coordinator of the 6th Chandigarh Social Science Congress (CHASSCONG – 2016) on “Social Sciences in Contemporary Era,” organised by PU, Chandigarh, February 25-26, 2016. International Conference on “Understanding Social Exclusion Dalit Issues in South Asia,” Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, February 3, 2017. International Conference on “Governance for the Margins (with special reference to South Asia),” organised by Institute for Development and Communication in association with PU, Chandigarh, Punjabi University, Patiala, Chandigarh University, SAS Nagar, Punjab, February 5-6, 2018. Interviews Dalit Situation and literature in Punjab by B. Alaxi, Nawan Zamana (Jalandhar), May 2, 9 and 26, 2010. “Dalit Koojh ki Aaur” (Towards Dalit Research) by B Alaxi, Biaan (Hindi), No. 45, April 2010, pp14 & 45-48; also carried in Bagam Shahr, No. 66, May 2010, pp 39-42. “Mandikaran atey Samkali Dalit Samaj: Ik Drishtikon” (Markitisation and Contemporary Dalit Society: A perspective) by B Alaxi, Sabad, No. 50, April- June 2010, pp.40-58. “Vidia: Dalitan Lai Mukti da Iko Ik Rah” (Education The Only Way of Dalit Emancipation) by B. Alaxi, Hashia, (Special Education Volume), July- December 2009, pp. 47-67. Research Supervised (Ph. D. Theses) Human Rights Movements in India, Meenu Chopra, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2001 (Co-supervisor). Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh, Preeti Nath, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2002. Conflict Resolution in South Asia: A Comparative Study of Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Pakistan Conflicts, Saroj Bala, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2008. Democracy at Grass-Root, Political Process and Conflict Formation in Himachal Pradesh: A Case Study of District Shimla and Bilaspur, Vijay Kumar, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2009. Role of Non-Government Organisatuions (NGOS) in the Developmental Process in Punjab, Pooja Bansal, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2010.
56 Healing the Wounds: An Ethnographic Study of Reconciliation and Peace Building Initiatives during and Post 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence in Delhi, Mansimar Kaur, Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2017. Dalits in Post Liberalization Era: A Case Study of Haryana, Narinder Kumar, Dept. of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2017. (M Phil Dissertations) Western Peace Movements: A Gandhian Critique, Menakshi Malik, Dept. of Gandhian Studies, PU, Chandigarh, 1997-98. Conflict Resolution Gandhian Perspective, Ravneet Kaur, Dept of Gandhian Studies, PU, Chandigarh, 1999-2000. Conflict Resolution in South Asia: A Case Study of Ganga Water Conflict Between India and Bangladesh, Saroj Bala, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2000-1. Politics of Protest: A Critical Analysis of Dalit Literature, Ravi Saxena, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2000-1. Variants in Realism: A Critical Analysis of Thucydides, Hans J. Morgenthau, and Kenneth N. Waltz, Shivani Solanki, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2001-2. Indo-China Relations: A study of Border Disputes and Economic Relations, Reena Kushwaha, Dept of Political Science, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, 2005. Politics of Peasant Indebtedness in India, Ramandeep Kaur, Dept of Political Science, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, 2008. Education of Street Children in Delhi: A study of NGOs and Social Policies, Nidhi Bisht, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2008. Dalit Atrocities and Assertion in Haryana, Narinder Kumar, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2008. Ad Dharm Movement and Social Mobility among Dalits in Punjab: A Study of Jalandhar District, Surinder Singh, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2010. Tamil National Question in Sri Lanka: A Study of Indian Responses to Transnational Ethnic Ties, Rajinder Kaur, Dept of Political Science, PU, Chandigarh, 2010. Agricultural Labour Shortage in Punjab: A Case Study of Muktsar District, Pawanpreet Singh, Department of Political science, PU, Chandigarh, 2012. Hierarchy in Marginalities: A Case of the Aadi Ambedkar Samaj Movement in Punjab, Yogesh Kumar, Department of Political science, PU, Chandigarh, 2016. Research Examined Books/articles/manuscripts/MPhil/PhD: University of Delhi; North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; GNDU, Amritsar; Punjabi University, Patiala; University of Jammu, Jammu; M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly; School of Social Sciences & School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi; and Ch. Charan Singh University,
57 Meerut; IIAS Shimla; Contributions to Indian Sociology; Contemporary South Asia, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Hiroshima University, Japan. Courses Prepared and Taught Panjab University (Chandigarh) Modern Indian Political Thought Political Sociology with special Reference to India International System: An Historical Overview Peace and Conflict Transformation Theory & Practice Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan Contemporary India Studies Globalisation and South Asia Conflict Resolution and Peace-Building in Colonial and Post-Colonial India Leiden University (The Netherlands) Reading Indian Nationalism (Graduate). Masters in Asian Studies – Contemporary Indian Politics. Masters in International Studies – BRICS (India). State, Politics and Economy in Modern South and Southeast Asia (Graduate). Goa University (Goa) International Relations Conflict Resolution and Peace Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) Theory of International Relations
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