INDIA: Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
RESEARCH
Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Science Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
The Centre for the Study of Social Systems was established in 1971 for undertaking teaching and research in a comparative perspective in the two basic areas of sociology viz., social mobilization and change and advancing sociological theories with substantive field research. It was felt that the Centre must encourage an interdisciplinary approach and a comparative perspective. In pursuance of this mandate, the faculty, students and other research staff of the Centre have, over the years, made valuable contributions in Sociology in the following areas: Modernization and Development, Professions and Professionalization, Social Stratification, Social Movements and Social mobilization, Studies of Marginalized Groups, Minorities and Dalits, Tribes and Ethnicity, Gender and Gender Relations, Indian Diaspora, Religion and Cultural Studies. Increasing attention is also being paid to the following issues: Sociological Theory, Quantitative Methods in Social Research, Social Demography, Social Psychology, Historical Anthropology, Social Ecology, Globalization, Media Studies, Modern Indian Social Thought, and Agrarian Studies.
Faculty and areas of interest
Maitrayee Chaudhuri: Sociology of Gender, Sociological Theories, Sociology of Globalization/Pedagogy
Dipankar Gupta: Sociological Theories/Social Stratification/Political Sociology
Ehsanul Haq: Sociology of Education/Social Demography
Surinder S. Jodhka (Coordinator of the GNI program at JNU): Social Stratification/Agrarian Change/Social Identities
Anand Kumar: Political Sociology/Media and Communication/Social Thought/Globalization
Vivek Kumar: Sociology of Marginalized Groups/Social Stratification
Nilika Mehrotra: Social Anthropological/Research Methodology/Sociology of Gender/Disability Studies
Harish Naraindas: Sociology of Medicine/Sociology of Science
Tiplut Nongbri: Sociology of Family and Kinship/Sociology of Environment/Sociology of Tribes
M.N. Panini: Sociology of Economic Life/Sociological Theories
Avijit Pathak: Sociology of Modernization and Development/Sociology of Education/Sociological Theory
Nandu Ram: Sociology of Marginalized Groups/Urban Sociology/Social Stratification and Mobility
Amit Sharma: Sociology of Religion/Sociological Theory
Renuka Singh: Sociology of Gender/Sociology of Religion/Youth and Culture
Yogendra Singh (Professor Emeritus): Sociology of Modernization and Development/Sociological Theories
V. Sujatha: Medical Sociology and Anthropology/Sociology of Knowledge
Susan Visvanathan: Sociology of Culture/Sociology of Religion/Sociological Theories
Datasets
For dataset availability, contact Dr. Surinder Jodhka at jodhka@mail.jnu.ac.in.
Library access
GNI fellows will have access to the DSA (Dept. of Special Assistance) library which has a splendid collection of books relating to contemporary sociological theory as well as areas of social research. It is open on all working days from 10:00 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Centre also maintains, along with the Dr. Ambedkar Chair, a collection of books on Ambedkar’s thought and philosophy, as well as on dalits and minorities.
Research seminars
The Centre organizes weekly seminars every Thursday. These seminars aim at sharing and disseminating new knowledge and research findings. It is a forum that enables students to interact with distinguished researchers and scholars who are invited to speak on different topics.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Accommodations
Contact Dr. Surinder Jodhka at jodhka@mail.jnu.ac.in.
Health Insurance
The US State Department provides extensive information on health insurance for Americans traveling abroad.
Office Space
Timing
Winter-Spring (December to April)
Visa information
All pertinent visa information should be available on the Indian Embassy website. If Fellows require an invitation letter for obtaining a visa, please contact Dr. Surinder Jodhka at jodhka@mail.jnu.ac.in.
For more information check out the following JNU websites at one of these links:
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