CURRICULUM VITAE
Postdoctoral Associate
School of Social Sciences,
Skills, Livelihoods and Mobilities Programme,
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS),
Bangalore – 560012, Karnataka, India.
Contact: 9902272482(Mob), 08022185054(O)
http://www.nias.res.in/post-doctoralassociate/subir-rana
E-mail- [email protected]
Subir Rana
Academic Qualifications
2015
Postdoctoral Associate,
(Since Oct) Skills, Livelihoods and Mobilities Programme,
School of Social Sciences,
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore,
Karnataka.
Mentor: Prof. Carol Upadhya
2012
Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D), Sociology
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
Advisor: Prof. Anand Kumar
Title: Inheriting a Trade: A Study of Inter-Generational Prostitution within a
Community in Forbesganj, Bihar
Brief Synopsis: My Doctoral Thesis was focused on a De-notified Nomadic Tribe
named ‘Nats’ which is currently into inter-generational sex work in Bihar. The
research deals with the Criminal Tribes Act XXVII of 1871 and the socio-political
history of the ‘Nat’ tribe. It also engages with the political economy and the
‘lived realities’ of the present day Nats in Bihar who are located on the periphery
of Uttari Rampur village in Forbesganj, (Araria), Bihar.
2006
Masters in Philosophy (M. Phil), Sociology
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Advisor: Prof. Susan Visvanathan
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Title: Representation of Female Bodies in Contemporary Indian Paintings.
Brief Synopsis: Dealt with the issues of representation of the female body by
painters in modern Indian paintings especially that of Amrita Sher Gil and Francis
Newton Souza.
2004
2000
Masters in Arts (M.A), Sociology
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi
Bachelor in Arts (B.A. Hons) Sociology
Magadh University, Bihar
Language Skills
Hindi - Native
English- Excellent
(a) Honors and Fellowships (National and International)
1. External International Examiner for a PhD thesis, School of Social Sciences, (SSS),
University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2015.
2. Visiting Fellow-cum-Assistant Professor, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, 201415, (April-January).
3. Sir Charles Wallace Fellow, School of History and Social Anthropology, Queen’s
University, Belfast, UK, 2011-12
4. Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance,
JNU, New Delhi, 2011-12 (March-November)
5. Fellowship for a semester, October 2009 - February 2010, given by the Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the 2009 International Course titled “Applied
Anthropology to Development Processes”, La Sapienza, Department di Sociologia
e Communicazione in the Universita di Roma, Italy.
6. Sir Ratan Tata Trust Library Fellow, 2009-2010, School of Women’s Studies,
Jadavpur
University,
West
Bengal.
Available
at
www.jnu.ac.in/JNUNewsArchives/JNUNews_March.../awards.htm. Also available
at www.srtt.org/institutional_grants/pdf/seminar_schedule.pdf.
7. University Grants Commission (UGC) Fellowship, 2007- 2011.
(b) Grants Received
1. Early Career Social Scientist Travel Grant from the Global South, World Social
Science Forum (WSSF) 2015, Durban, South Africa.
2. Travel Grant Awardee, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Workshop on Forced
Migration, March 2015.
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3. Travel Grant Awardee from the Inter-Asia Culture Studies Society, IACSS,
International Institute of Cultural Studies, Taiwan for the course on ‘Introduction
to Modern Asian Thought’, July 2014.
4. Early Career Social Scientist Travel Grant from the Global South, WSSF 2013,
Montreal, Canada.
5. Travel Grant Awardee from Charles Wallace Fellowship for archival / library work
in London Office, June 2012.
6. Travel Bursary from Reset DoC (Dialogues on Civilizations) based in Rome, Italy
for attending the Istanbul Seminars, 19-24 May, 2011.
7. Study-Grant by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) for Ph. D library and
archival work, 2010-2011
8. Travel Grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea for Summer School
for Graduate Students and Young Scholars on ‘Borders (I)-Regions and
Regionalization’, Hanyang University, South Korea, 11- 16 June, 2010.
Publications
a)
Refereed Articles & Monographs
1.
Rana, S., 2016. “Nomads”, Blackwell Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies. Eds.
Sangeeta Ray and Henry Schwarz. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Available at...
http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781444334982_chunk
_g978144433498218_ss1-16
Rana, S., 2016. ‘Salvaging a Common Descent and Lineage Between an Ex‘Criminal Tribe’ of India and the Present Day Gypsies of Europe: Weaving History /
Spinning Tales on the Boundaries of 'Civilisation' in ‘Tribes and Castes of India,
Rawat Publications, Jaipur. (Forthcoming)
Rana, S., 2015. ‘Ramblings and Rigmaroles of an Anthropophagi: Journey
Chronotropes from the Margins (Patna) to the Metropole (New Delhi)’, ISA
eSymposium,
Issue
3,
(5)
Sage.
Available
at
http://www.sagepub.net/isa/resources/ebulletin_pdf/EBul-Rana-Dec2015.pdf
Rana, S., 2015. ‘For whom the wedding bells don’t chime: A DNT called the Nat’, in
IIAS The Newsletter, Leiden, Issue 71. Pp. 8-9. Available at
https://issuu.com/iias/docs/iias_nl71_full
and
http://iias.asia/sites/default/files/IIAS_NL71_0809.pdf
Kumar, A., Rana, S., Das, A., 2015. ‘A Marxian ‘Moment’ in the ‘Theatre of the
Oppressed’: Infrapolitics and Making of the 'Naxal Narrative’ in South-Eastern
Uttar Pradesh,’ Transcience: A Journal of Global Studies, Issue I, (6), ISSN, pp.
2191-1150.
Available
at
http://www2.huberlin.de/transcience/Vol6_No1_2015_33_59.pdf
Rana, S., 2012. ‘A Comparative Study of the Representation of ‘Female’ in Amrita
Sher-Gill and Francis Newton Souza’s Works’ in Literophile, Issue I, (5), ISSN 2347-
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Rana, S., 2011. ‘Nomadism, Ambulation and the ‘Empire’: Contextualising the
Criminal Tribes Act XXVII of 1871,’ in Transcience: A Journal of Global Studies, Issue
2,
(2),
ISSN
2191-1150.
Available
at
http://www2.huberlin.de/transcience/Vol2_Issue2_2011_1_22.pdf Article cited in the Supreme
Court Petition filed against Article 377 in the case pertaining to Suresh Kumar
Kaushal and Another (Petitioners) vs. Naz Foundation and Others (Respondents)
http://orinam.net/377/wp
content/uploads/2013/12/SC_VoicesAgainst377_WrittenSubmissions.pdf
Available at www2.hu berlin.de/transcience/Vol2_Issue2_2011_1_22.pdf
Rana, S., 2011. ‘Public Women and Prostitution in 19 th Century British India,’ Issue
of Race, Sex, Class and Gender during the ‘Limited Raj’, SWS-SRTT Occasional
Paper No. 13, SWS, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Rana, S., 2010. ‘Born to be Damned: The Colonial Construction of Criminal Castes
and Tribes in India’ in Practicing Anthropology in Development Processes: New
Perspectives for a Radical Anthropology, Eds. Floriana Ciccodicola and Paolo
Palmeri, Roma: University of Roma Sapienza , MAE, Nuova Cultura, Roma
Rana, S., Medard, D., Pasquetti, L., Pathoummalangsy, S., Phanthavong, T., 2010.
“India Beyond India: Perception of the Socio-Cultural Identity of the Indian
Migrants living in the City of Rome, Italy”, in Immigrants in Rome, Eds. Paolo
Palmeri, Roma: Universita di Roma
Rana, S., 2010. ‘Commodified Beings and Tradeable Bodies: Human Trafficking
along the Indo-Nepal Border,’ Nepali Journal of Contemporary Studies, 10(1).
Available online at nccs.org.np
Rana, S., 2010. ‘Land, Caste and Tribal Imbroglio: A Case Study of Naxalism in
South Eastern Uttar Pradesh,’ in Discourses on Naxalite Movement 1967-2009, Ed.
Pradeep
Basu.
Kolkata:
Setu
Prakashani.
Available
at
www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkld/.../details/html
b) Book Reviews
1. 2016. Gert Holmgaard Nielson’s Walking A Tightrope: Defending Human Rights
in China, NIAS Press: Asian Insights, No. 6, 2014. (Under Review).
2. 2016. Kaushik Roy’s War and Society in Afghanistan: From the Mughals to the
Americans, 1500-2013, 2015. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (Under
Review)
3. 2016. Kai Chen’s Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China
Border: Evolutions, Challenges and Countermeasures, Singapore: Springer, 2014,
Journal of Refugee Studies. Oxford. (Forthcoming)
4. 2016. Quayson, Ato and Girish Daswani’s A Companion to Diaspora and
Transnationalism, West Sussex, UK, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Diaspora Studies,
Taylor and Francis: 9:2, pp. 199-203.
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5. 2015. Fahmibang, Pratap et al, The Reality of Corporate Social Responsibility:
Case Studies on the Impact of CSR on Workers in China, South Korea, India and
Indonesia, 2012, Hong Kong: Asia Monitor Resource Centre, Asian Labour
Review, Hong Kong, Vol. 1: 115-124.
6. 2015. Jean Luc Domenach’s ‘China’s Uncertain Future,’ Translated by George
Holoch. New York: Columbia University Press. China Report. Sage Publications,
Vol. 51(3): 275-278.
7. 2015. Kai Chen’s ‘Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China
Border: Evolutions, Challenges and Countermeasures’, Singapore: Springer, 2014,
China Report, Sage Publications, Vol. 51(1): 79-83.
8. 2014. Balmurli Natarajan’s ‘The Culturalization of Caste in India: Identity and
Inequality in a Multicultural Age’, Routledge, Asian Journal of Social Science, Brill,
(42): 184-186.
(c) Reports & Background Papers
1. 2016. Rana, S., et al. BCIM-EC Joint Study Group Report (2014-15). Ministry of
External Affairs and Institute of Chinese Studies. (Under Review)
2. 2014. Rana, S., ‘Gender Based Violence in the North East and Its Impact on Social
and Human Development in the Region’, Background Paper, Delhi: Institute of
Chinese Studies.
3. 2014. Rana, S., ‘Poverty Alleviation and Challenges of Inclusive Development in
the North Eastern Region’, Background Paper, Delhi: Institute of Chinese
Studies.
4. 2014. Rana S., ‘Trafficking on India-Bangladesh Border Region: Population,
Poverty and Porous Border’, Background Paper, Delhi: Institute of Chinese
Studies.
Lectures & Talks (Invited)
1. Lecture titled “Postmodern / Contemporary Ethnography: Lived Experience from
a Denotified Nomadic Tribe”, Orientation Programme organized for the Research
Scholars and Faculty Members belonging to SC, ST and other Marginalised
Groups, Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Research, Dharwad, 15th-18th March,
2016.
Presentations
a) Conferences and Seminars (National & International)
1. Rana, S. 2015. ‘Violence of History, State of Exception and Citizenship Rights on
the Boundaries of Civilization: Case of a Denotified Nomadic Tribe in Bihar’.
World Social Science Forum, Durban, 13-16 September.
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2. Rana, S. 2015. ‘Contested Boundaries, Negotiated Lives and Shadow Economies:
Case of Indo-Bangladesh Border Region and the BCIM-EC’, Forced Migration
Workshop, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRB), Kolkata, 16 -21 March.
3. Rana, S. 2013. ‘Sexual Economy in the Era of High Panoptican: Invading Intimacy,
Fettered Lives and a Discourse on Human Rights’, World Social Science Forum,
Montreal, Canada, 13-15 October.
4. Rana, S. 2013. ‘Countermoving State, Land Mafia and the Political Ensemble: A
Case Study of Bhatta Parsaul”, International Conference titled Locked in Growth
Patterns: Rethinking Land, Water and Disasters for the Post-2015 Development
Agenda, CSLG, JNU, New Delhi, 7-9 December.
5. Rana, S. 2011. ‘Salvaging the History of Conmen, Conjurers and Charlatans:
Weaving Dexterity / Spinning Tales on the Boundaries of ‘Civilization’, School of
History and Anthropology, Queen’s University, Belfast. Available at
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofHistoryandAnthropology/FileStoreAnthr
o/Filetoupload,290650,en.doc
6. Rana, S. 2011. ‘Singing Verses to Colonize: Moral Imperatives of the Good
Christian and Occupation of the ‘Promised Land’ in Seventeenth Century
England,’ 2-month Course on Researching the Contemporary, New Delhi: Centre
for Studies of Development Societies, July-August.
7. Rana, S. 2011. Poster Presentation titled ‘Movement as Threatening the Centre”
and oral presentation titled “Project Naya Savera: De-Criminalising and
Suggesting Livelihood Options to a Denotified Nomadic Tribe in Bihar” in the
Workshop on Mapping Controversies, conducted by Prof. Bruno Latour, 3-5
January.
8. Rana, S. 2011. ‘Resisting Marginalisation, Challenging Hegemonies: Revisioning
Gender Politics’ at the National Conference, Indian Association of Women’s
Studies,
Wardha,
Maharashtra,
18-26
January.
Available
at
www.iaws.org/subtheme-10-women-labour-and-questions-ofmarginalisation.html.
9. Rana, S. 2010. ‘Public Women and Prostitution in 19th Century British India: Issue
of Race, Sex, Class and Gender During the Raj’ as part of the fulfillment of the Sri
Ratan Tata Full-Time Library Fellowship at the School of Women’s Studies (SWS),
Jadavpur University (JU), Kolkata, 31 August.
10. Rana, S. 2010. ‘Criminalisation of a Community: A Case Study of Nats in
Forbesganj, Bihar’ in the Summer School for Graduate Students and Young
Scholars on the theme titled ‘Borders (I)- Regions and Regionalization’, Hanyang
University,
Seoul,
South
Korea,
11-17
June.
Available
at
http://rich.ac/eng/flying/images/program-2010-5.pdf
11. Rana, S. 2010. ‘End of Innocence: The Criminal Tribes Act, 1871’ at the
Residential Workshop organized by the SWS, JU, Kolkata, titled “Women’s
Studies and Systems of Knowledge: Contexts and Problem”, 18-26 May.
12. Rana, S. 2010. ‘India Beyond India: Perception of the Socio-Cultural Identity of
the Indian Migrants living in the city of Rome, Italy,’ Group Research
Presentation for 2nd Edition of International course on Applied Anthropology in
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Development Processes, Dipartimento di Sociologia Communicazione, Facolta di
Scienze della Communicazione, Universita degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”,
February
13. Rana, S. 2009. ‘The Criminalized Past and A Stigmatized Present: A Case Study of
a Community into Inter-Generational Prostitution in Forbesganj, Bihar’ in the
Workshop titled “Rethinking Culture and Development: Feminist Crossings”,
SWS, JU, Kolkata at Lataguri, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 21-31 May.
14. Rana, S. 2009. ‘When the State becomes the Grand Panoptican: A Case Study of
a Community into Inter-Generational Prostitution in Bihar’ in the Hind Sawaraj
Centenary International Seminar under the theme “Swaraj, State and the
Marginalised: The Swaraj Model of Governance”, IIC, New Delhi, 12-14 February.
Available at: www.csindia.org/study-groups/programme-g-feb.doc
15. Rana, S. 2008. ‘The World of Nats’ , XXXIVth All India Sociological Conference on
Youth, Globalization and Social Transformation, Department of Sociology,
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 27-29 December.
16. Rana, S. 2008. ‘The Criminal Tribes Act, 1871 and the Criminalization of a
Community: A Case Study of Inter-Generational Prostitution Within a Community
in Forbesganj, Bihar’, XXXIVth All India Social Science Congress on The Indian
Republic At The Crossroads, Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Jamia Millia
Islamia University, New Delhi, 18-22 December.
17. Rana, S. 2008. ‘Chronic Poverty and Inter-Generational Prostitution: A Case Study
of Nats in Forbesganj, Bihar’, International Conference on “Eradicating Chronic
Poverty in India: Policy Issues and Challenges”, CSSS, JNU, 1-3 October.
18. Rana, S. 2008. ‘Flawed Development, Failing Democracy and the Fire Within: A
Case Study of Naxal Narrative from South-Eastern Uttar Pradesh’, Young Scholars
Programme on Human Development, IGIDR, Mumbai 15–30 July.
19. Rana, S. 2007. ‘From Generation X to Generation Outsourced : Youth and
Changing Social Mores through the lens of Call Centres’, Workshop for Young
Sociologists, Department of Sociology, University of Jammu, 5-6 October.
20. Rana, S. 2006. ‘Call Centres: The New Panoptican’, XXXIIth All India Sociological
Conference, Department of Sociology, University of Madras, 27–29 December.
(Available at www.insoso.org/newsletter_december_2006.pdf).
b) Seminars / Workshops / Summer-Winter Schools / Refresher
Courses (National and International)
1. Workshop titled 13th Interfaith Dialogue and Pilgrimage 2016 to be conducted by
the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH The Dalai Lama, June 1-16th,
2016.
2. Two month certificate course titled ‘Philosophy of Science’ at the Centre for
Contemporary Studies, Bangalore, February-April 2016.
3. Summer School on ‘Introduction to Modern Asian Thought,’ Inter-Asia Cultural
Studies Society (IACSS), Taiwan, July 2014.
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4. International Workshop on ‘Leadership, Land and Local Resources at the Eve of
the MDG Deadline of 2015’, Ecoashram, Rishikesh, Dehradun, 20-22nd June,
2013.
5. Course on ‘Researching the Contemporary’, The Centre for the Study of
Developing Societies’ (CSDS), New Delhi, July-August, 2011.
6. Seminar series on “Overcoming the trap of Resentment”, Bilgi University,
Istanbul, Turkey, 19th-24th May, 2011.
7. Workshop by Bruno Latour on “Mapping Controversies”, Delhi School of
Economics, 3rd-5th January, 2011. Oral presentation on “Movement as
Threatening the Centre”. Poster presented on ‘Project Naya Savera: DeCriminalising and Suggesting Livelihood Options to a Denotified Nomadic Tribe in
Bihar”.
8. Workshop titled “‘Rape’ to ‘Sexual Assault’: Legal Debates, Feminist Concerns”,
School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 28 July, 2010
9. Summer School for Graduate Students and Young Scholars on ‘Borders (I) Regions and Regionalization’ Research Institute of Contemporary History and
Culture, (RICH) Hanyang University, Korea, June 11th-16th, 2010. Available at
www.jnu.ac.in/JNUNewsArchives/JNUNews-May.../awards.htm.
10. Workshop on “Women’s Studies and Systems of Knowledge: Contexts and
Problem”, School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 18th-26th
May, 2010.
11. Course on the International Course on Applied Anthropology to Development
Processes (2nd Edition), Department of Sociolozia and Communicazione,
Universita di Roma La Sapienza, October 2009 - February, 2010. Available at
www.jnu.ac.in/JNUNewsArchives/JNUNews-March.../awards.htm
12. Friday ‘Special Seminars’ on issues like Food Sovereignty, Food Sovereignty and
Rights of the Indigenous People, Obama and the Middle East, etc organized
jointly by Society for International Development (SID), FAO, IFAD, WFP and La
Sapienza, Department of Sociologia and Communicazione, Universita di Roma
from November, 2009 to January, 2010.
13. Advanced Summer School on “Philosophy for the Social Sciences”, Centre for
Philosophy, NIAS, Bangalore, 8th-26th June, 2009.
14. Workshop on “Rethinking Culture and Development: Feminist Crossings” SWS,
JU, Kolkata, 21st-31st May, 2009.
15. Hind Swaraj Workshop on “Dynamics of Modernisation-Understanding the
Gandhian Approach”, Centre for Advanced Studies, GSP, JNU, 26th-28th March,
2009.
16. Advanced Winter School on ‘Philosophy for the Social Sciences’, Centre for
Philosophy, NIAS, Bangalore, 23rd-31st January, 2009
17. Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences (SPSS), Madhya Pradesh
Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain, 7th-16th, January 2009
18. Short-Term Training Programme on “Methods and Approaches in Research on
Migration Issues”, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala, 1st-5th
December, 2008
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19. Fully-funded Young Scholars Programme on Human Development organized by
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, and funded by UNDP and
Planning Commission from 15–30 July, Mumbai, 2008.
20. “Training Course on Social Sciences” conducted by the Council for Social
Development, New Delhi from 7-18 January, 2008.
21. Workshop on “The Spirit of Hellas: Landmarks in History, Language and Culture
of the Greeks” organized from 12-17 November, 2007 by The Greek Chair, School
of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU, New Delhi.
22. International Conference on ‘Ethnographic Discourse of the Other’, during 3-5
July, 2007, at University of Hyderabad, ‘Towards an Anthropology Journey into a
Public Event’.
23. National Training Workshop on “Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Torture
Victims” held on 22-23 September, 2007, the Society for Social Research, Art and
Culture (SOSRAC) at the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi.
24. Certificate Course titled “Gender Studies: An Introduction” organized by The
Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi, 2–14 July, 2007.
25. ICSSR sponsored Refresher Course titled “Quantitative Methods in Social Science
Research and Computer Applications” from 12–18 March, 2007, Department of
Anthropology, University of Delhi.
26. Course on “Research Methods in Labour History”, V.V. Giri National Labour
Institute (VVGNLI), 19–23 February, 2007, VVGNLI, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
c) Paper(s) Selected but not Presented
1. Rana, S. 2016. ‘Performativity, Politics, Citizenship: Case of Chharas, Gujarat and
Theatre as Subaltern Resistance’, International Political Science Association,
Ponzan, Poland. Chair for the session, “Sexual and Reproductive Rights” under
RC
19,
Gender
Politics
and
Policy.
Available
at
https://wc2016.ipsa.org/events/istanbul2016/session/rc19-gender-politics-andpolicy.
2. Rana, S. 2016. ‘Performativity, Politics, Citizenship: Case of Chharas, Gujarat and
Theatre as Subaltern Resistance’, International Sociological Association, Vienna,
Austria. Chair for a session.
3. Rana, S. 2016. ‘The Political, Rebellious and ‘Desiring’ Body in Art: From Amrita
Sher-Gil to the Contemporary Women Artists of India’, Young Researchers
Conference, School of Languages, JNU, New Delhi.
4. Rana, S. 2015. ‘Cross Border Exchanges and the Border Economy’, Leiden: IIAS.
5. Rana, S. 2013. Istanbul Seminars, Reset DoC (Dialogues on Civilizations).
6. Rana, S. 2011, ‘Of the Calibans and Prostitution: Revisiting the Empire with the
Sexual ‘Others’ in Calcutta and Bombay’,The British Association for South Asian
Studies (BASAS 25) Conference, University of Southampton, England.
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7. Rana, S. 2010. 2nd Congress of the Asian Association of Women’s Studies titled
‘Prostitution in the Asian Region: How Legitimate is Its Legalization’ under the
theme ‘Debating Gender Justice in Asia’, Penang, Malaysia.
Academic Responsibilities
1. Peer Reviewer for Canadian Journal of Communication for 2015, Available on
http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/3106/2799
2. Organised the Stakeholder’s Consultative Workshop at MAKAIAS-CII-ICS on the
BCIM – EC Corridor, 1-2 May, 2014.
3. Co-organised the International Conference on “Eradicating Chronic Poverty in
India: Policy Issues and Challenges”, held from October 1-3, 2008 at CSSS, JNU.
Consultancies / Research Projects / Work Experience
1. Visiting Associate Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, April–
November 2014. Worked as part of the Joint Study Group for the Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA) sponsored BCIM-EC Project (Bangladesh-China-IndiaMyanmar Economic Corridor) and Border Studies Programme entrusted with
preparing the Country Report on the Economic Corridor.
2. Part Time Overseas Research Assistant on the project titled ‘Counter Moving
States’, 01.01.2013- 29.04.2013 with the Department, Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, National University of Singapore.
3. Consultant and Liaison Officer with Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (Don’t Break
Promises) for Post 2015 Millennium Development Goals, March-June 2013.
4. Teaching Assistant, Queen’s University, School of History and Anthropology,
Belfast Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, April–June 2012.
5. Field Researcher and Consultant with Apne Aap Women Worldwide (A2W2),
February-August 2008, on an ethnographic project supported by the NCW. The
said project involved “Understanding the causes of Inter-generational
Prostitution among De-notified Nomadic Tribes- Nat and Bedia communities of
Bihar and Rajasthan respectively.”
6. Consultant in PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited, Mumbai, in collaboration
with Care India, New Delhi, April 2008 - May 2008.
7. Consultant with Action Aid in its Research Initiative titled “Addressing Adverse
Sex Ratio” in the selected districts of Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana, August 1-Sept 20, 2007. (Can be found at
www.cwds.ac.in/PlanningFamiliesPlanningGender.pdf). Also available at idlbnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/106250/399996/1/128703.pdf
8. Research Assistant to Dr. Amit Prakash, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study
of Law and Governance, JNU in September 2007.
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9. Research Assistant to Dr. Yasmeen Arif, then Senior Fellow, CSDS, New Delhi,
February–April 2007 on the project titled “Dialogue on Democracy and Pluralism
in South Asia” organized by CSLG, JNU.
10. Student Co-ordinator, Global Studies Programme, CSSS/SSS, J.N.U. for 2006 and
2007 for five months each commencing from Dec–May.
11. Researcher on a project titled “Outsourcing and Local Practices in India” for Jobs
with Justice (US) in collaboration with the Centre for Education and
Communication, New Delhi from October 2005–February 2006. The research
was on Wipro Spectramind; one of the call centres in Okhla, New Delhi. (Can be
found
at
www.jwj.org/campaigns/global/tools/outsourcing/us_india_report_2006.pdf)
12. Field Investigator for a month in October 2005, for “Stree Shakti Programme”
conducted by the Institute for Human Development, Government of India, New
Delhi.
Volunteering & Internships
1. Rapporteur for a Stakeholder’s Consultative Workshop organized by MAKAIASCII-ICS ON the BCIM – EC Corridor, 1-2 May, 2014.
2. Rapporteur for an International Conference titled “Locked in Growth Patterns:
Rethinking Land, Water and Disasters for the Post-2015 Development Agenda”,
December 2013, NAPSIPAG and hosted by CSLG, JNU.
3. Race Official, Belfast City Marathon, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, 2012.
4. India Art Fair from 24–29 January, 2012, Tasneem Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
5. India Art Summit from 20-23 January, 2011, Arteria, Canadian Art Gallery,
Available at http://arteriagallery.com/blog/?p=996.
6. An Assembly Towards a Union of South Asian Peoples, JNU, New Delhi, 22 -23
April, 2010.
7. Volunteer / Rapporteur for Prof. M.N Panini Felicitation International Seminar
titled “Economy, Society, Sociology”, CSSS/SSS, JNU, 7- 8 March, 2009.
8. Volunteer / Rapporteur for the International Conference on “Eradicating Chronic
Poverty in India: Policy Issues and Challenges”, 1-3 October, 2008, JNU and
organized by CPRC, IIPA, Planning Commission, Govt. of India, ICSSR and JNU.
9. Performer for an art performance cum exhibition titled “Fluxus in Germany,
1962-1994: A Long Story with Many Knots” at the National Gallery of Modern
Art, New Delhi, May 2008, sponsored by the Max Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi.
10. Satyagraha Centenary International Conference titled “Globalization of the
Gandhian Way: Sociology, Politics and Science of Satyagraha (1906-2006)”, 13-15
November, CSSS, JNU & 17-19 November 2007, Bheetiharwa village, District
Champaran, Bihar.
11. Volunteer, Amnesty International, 2007-2009 in its advocacy campaign on
“Opposing Death Penalty”.
12. World Bank Tribunal, JNU, 21-24 September, 2007.
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13. Intern in the Agriculture Division, Planning Commission of India, New Delhi, 1st
November, 2006 - 31st January, 2007. Did a project work titled “Naxalism: Issues,
Concerns, and the Way Ahead” in fulfillment of the internship.
14. Volunteer for a Seminar titled “Globalisation and Empowerment of the
Marginalised Communities: Issues, Strategies and Prospects” organized by Dr.
Ambedkar Chair, CSSS/SSS, JNU, 29-30 March, 2005.
15. Felicitation seminar titled “Dynamics of Indian Society: Stratification and
Change”, in honour of Prof. K.L. Sharma, 19- 20 November, 2004, CSSS, JNU.
Co-Curricular Activities
1. Member, Student Faculty Committee (SFC), CSSS, JNU, 2006-09.
2. Exhibited my paintings in the University of Delhi and JNU and poems published in
Hindi and English.
3. Short story titled ‘When the Sun Went Down’ published in the New Asian
Writing,
Singapore,
2012.
Available
at
http://www.new-asianwriting.com/?p=1595
Membership of Associations / Research Institutions
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Editorial Board Member, Refugee Watch Online (RWO)
Member, Law and Social Sciences Research Network (LASSnet)
Referees
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Prof. Dr. Carol Upadhya (Mentor)
School of Social Sciences,
National Institute of Advanced Studies
IISc Campus
Bangalore-560012
Karnataka
E-mail: [email protected]
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Prof. Dr. Patricia Uberoi
Honorary Fellow and Vice Chairperson,
Institute of Chinese Studies,
8 / 17, Civil Lines,
Sri Ram Road
Delhi- 110054
Mobile No-09818077681
E-mail: [email protected]
: [email protected]
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Prof. Dr. Boike Rehbein
Institute of Asian and African Studies,
Unter den Linden 6,
10099 Berlin, Germany
# 49- 30- 209366035
Fax- 49-30-209366049
E-mail: [email protected]
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Prof. Dr. Jonathan Skinner
Senior Lecturer
Department of Life Sciences (Anthropology)
University of Roehampton, United Kingdom
Tel-020 8392 3000 Ext : 4895
E-mail : [email protected]
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