CURRICULUM VITAE

Mohammed A. Kalam

Dean – Administration and Regulatory Affairs

Krea University
Sri City
Andhra Pradesh

Cell: 91-9706074965

E-mail: Mohammed.Kalam@krea.edu.in

Kalam.ma@gmail.com
 CURRICULUM VITAE

Name Mohammed A. Kalam

Present Status Dean – Administration and Regulatory Affairs

Krea University
Sri City
Andhra Pradesh

Positions held earlier Professor of Applied Social Sciences

(Adjunct Faculty) (2017-2018)
CKP Centre for Emerging India
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)
Nungambakkam, Chennai

Professor of Eminence (2013-2016)

Department of Sociology/Social Work
Tezpur Central University
Tezpur, Assam

Professor and Head (2014-2015)

Department of Social Work
Tezpur Central University
Tezpur, Assam

Adjunct Professor (2014-2015)

Indian Institute of Dalit Studies
Delhi

Chairperson (Dean) (2008-2011)

School of Social Sciences
University of Madras

Professor and Head (2005-2011)

Department of Anthropology
University of Madras

Adjunct Professor (2006-2011)

Centre for Ocean and Coastal Studies
University of Madras

Education
Ph.D. in Anthropology
(University of Madras, 1989)

M.A. in Anthropology
(Karnatak University, 1973)

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 B.Sc. (Zoology/Chemistry)
(R.L. Science Institute, Belgaum, 1970)

Teaching Experience July 1978 to June 2011

Teaching M.A. courses, guiding Postgraduate/
Doctoral research students
Department of Anthropology
University of Madras
Madras

1985 Visiting Professor

Department of Anthropology/Sociology/Social Work
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock, PA, U.S.A.

AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

2012 Visiting Professor

Maulana Azad National Urdu University,
Hyderabad

2009 Visiting Scholar

Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla

2006 Visiting Professor

Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France

2002 UGC Visiting Fellow

Department of Anthropology
Sri Venkateshwara University
Tirupati

2001 Visiting Professor

University of Paris X, Nanterre, France

2001 UGC Delegate

Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme
Paris, France

1996-97 Rockefeller Resident Fellow

Rockefeller Residency Institute
Center for International Studies
Duke University
Durham, NC., USA

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 1995-96 Human Rights Fellow
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass., USA
1992-93 Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow
Academic Visitor
Department of Anthropology
London School of Economics
London, U.K.
And

Honorary Visiting Research Fellow

Department of Social and Economic Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford, U.K.

1973-77 ICSSR Doctoral Fellow

Department of Sociology
Delhi School of Economics
Delhi University
Delhi

INVITED LECTURES / SEMINARS AT UNIVERSITIES OVERSEAS

2017 The Netherlands

Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

2015 Canada
York University

2006 France
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris

2003 Egypt
Cairo University, Cairo

2001 France
CNRS-REGARDS, Bordeaux
University of Paris X, Nanterre

1998 France
CNRS-REGARDS, Bordeaux

1997 USA
Duke University
University of North Carolina

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 North Carolina State University

1996 USA
Harvard University
American University, Washington, D.C.
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

1995 Norway
University of Oslo

1994 France
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris

1993 England
University of Bradford
University of Edinburgh
London School of Economics

1993 France
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris

1987 Malaysia

1985 USA
Slippery Rock University
University of Pittsburgh

1983 West Germany

University of Gottingen
University of Frankfurt
University of Heidelberg

1983 USA
Columbia University
New York University
Slippery Rock University
Chicago University

1983 England
School of Oriental and African Studies

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CONSULTANCY

o Consultant to the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, U.K.,

for Climate Change

o Consultant to National Aids Control Organisation (NACO), New

Delhi, and USAIDS, on HIV/AIDS and Mobility and Migration

o Consultant to the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, U.K., for

the Project on Governance

o Consultant to the Centre for Environmental Education, Ahmedabad,

for the Project on Coorg (Karnataka)

o Consultant to the Danish International Development Agency

(DANIDA) for its Women in Agriculture Projects in Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka (also for Youth) and Orissa

o Consultant to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government

of India, for the Project on Population/Health in Bihar

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE (Academic)

 Member, Xavier Board for Higher Education in India (2018

onwards)
 Member, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
Peer Team (2016 onwards)
 Member, Planning Board, Pondicherry Central University,
Puducherry (2014 onwards)
 Member, Academic Advisory Committee, Centre for Open and
Distance Learning, Tezpur University, Assam (2014 - 2017)
 Member, Academic Council, Tezpur University, Assam (2013 -
2017)
 Member, (Visitor’s Nominee), Academic Council, Central University
of Kashmir, Srinagar (2010-2013)
 Member (Visitor’s Nominee), Board of Management, Tezpur
Central University, Assam (2009 to 2012)
 Member of the Committee of Studies, Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre
for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
(2009 onwards)
 Convener, Discrimination Redress Committee, University of Madras
(2008-2009)

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  Member, Research Board, University of Madras (2008-2011)
 Expert, Tenure Track, York University, Canada, 2008-2009)
 Member, Advisory Committee, Centre for Social Exclusion and
Inclusive Policy, University of Hyderabad (2007 onwards)
 Member, Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science
Research (ICSSR), New Delhi (2005-2008)
 Chancellor’s Nominee, Selection Committee for all post except the
Vice-Chancellor, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram (2009
2012)
 Visitor’s Nominee, Selection Committee for Social Sciences,
Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry (2007-2010)
 Coordinator, UGC NET Examination, University of Madras (2007-
2008)
 Member, Advisory Committee, Southern Regional Centre, Indian
Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Hyderabad
 Expert, Faculty Selection Committee, Indira Gandhi National Open
University, New Delhi
 Expert, Faculty Selection Committee, Karnatak University, Dharwad
 Member, Monitoring Committee, French Institutes in India (1998-
2004)
 Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA), Panel for
Group Discussion and Interviews. Also, for Faculty selection (1994-
2003)
 Member, National Advisory Committee, Centre for the Study of
Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
 Indian Science Congress Association
 Indian History Congress Association
 South Asian Social Science Association
 Society for International Development
 Associate Editor, South Asian Social Scientist
 Editorial Board, Journal of Human Ecology
 Advisory Committee, Satya Nilayam, Chennai Journal of
Intercultural Philosophy

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE (Government of Tamil Nadu)

 Member, Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission Working Group on

Minorities and Backward Classes (2011)
 Member, Governing Council, Tribal Research Centre,
Udhagamandalam (Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department)
(2005 to 2011)
 Member, State Level Scrutiny Committee for the Verification of the
Scheduled Tribes Community Certificates (Adi Dravidar and Tribal
Welfare Department) (2005 to 2011)

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  Member, State Level Scrutiny Committee for the Verification of the
Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minority
Community Certificates (Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes
and Minorities Welfare Department) (2005 to 2011)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE (Government of India)

 Member, Expert Group on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority

Affairs, Government of India (2008)
 Member, Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science
Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India (2005-2008)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE (Non-Governmental)

 Member, International Tsunami Response Team

 Trustee, Roja Muthiah Research Library Trust, Chennai

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS (GRANTS)

Completed:

o Consultant to the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, U.K, for

the Project on Climate Change Mitigation

o “Use of Folk Media for Information and Dissemination of

Developmental Communication” UGC, New Delhi (February 2002 –
February 2004)

o "Palar Valley Project", Management of Social Transformations

(MOST), UNESCO, Paris, in collaboration with the French Institute,
Pondicherry (1997-2003)

o "Grassroots Anti-Corruption Initiatives and the Right to Information

Movement in India" - A Study of Anti-Corruption and Right to
Information Initiatives in Tamil Nadu, Institute of Development
Studies, Sussex, England (1999-2002)

o “Spaces, Territories and Identities in South Africa and India: A

Comparative Study” (Indo-French-South African Project), University
of Paris X, Nanterre, France (September 1999 – November 2001)

o “Biodiversity Conservation in Kodagu District (Karnataka): Impact of

coffee plantations and comparison with Forest Ecosystems”,
UNESCO-Mac Arthur Foundation, with JNU, New Delhi and French
Institute, Pondicherry (September 1997- December 1999)

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o “Homelands and Transnational migration among South Asians”,
financed by South Asia Triangle Consortium and Rockefeller
Residency Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC. USA. (July 1996
- June 1997)

o “Forest, Land Rights and Ancestral (Lineage) Land among Coorgs in

South India”, financed by Pacific Basin Research Center, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA., USA (January 1995 - June 1996)

o “National Forest Policy (1988) and People's Participation in Joint

Forest Management in India”, financed by Pacific Basin Research
Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA., USA (April 1995 - June
1996)

o “Tea Plantation Labour in Tamil Nadu”, financed by Freidrich Ebert

Stiftung, New Delhi (June 1994 – June 1995)

o “Ethnicity and the Preservation of Tradition: An Intergenerational

Study of Urdu-speaking South Asians in England”, financed by the
Association of Commonwealth Universities, London (October 1992 -
July 1993)

o “Ecological Change and Society in the Central Western Ghats--

Study of Sacred Forests in Karnataka”, Indo-French Project in
collaboration with the French Institute, Pondicherry, and The Indira
Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi (September 1991 -
June 1995)

o “To Migrate or to Stay? A Study in Rural Change, Mobility and

Retention of Village Population in India: The case of a few rural
systems in South Karnataka”, Indo - French Project in collaboration
with the French Institute, Pondicherry (August 1989 - July 1991)

o “Study of Migrant Labour in Karnataka”, for the National Commission

on Rural Labour; financed by the Ministry of Labour, Government of
India (May 1989 - April 1990)

o “Study of Religious and Linguistic Minorities in Tamil Nadu and

Karnataka”, for The People of India National Project; financed by the
Anthropological Survey of India (May 1987 - July 1988)

o “An Anthropological Study of the Conversion of Harijans to Islam in

Tamil Nadu”, financed by the Indian Council for Social Science
Research (May 1986 - April 1988)

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 o “Religious Conversions in Tirunelveli District”, financed by the
Department of Anthropology, University of Madras (January - March
1984)

FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE

INDIAN STATES: Karnataka; Tamil Nadu; Orissa; Bihar, Andaman Islands

ENGLAND: Bradford, West Yorkshire
USA: Boston, MA. and Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham, NC
THAILAND: Phattalung and Trang Provinces

AREAS OF SPECIALISATION

Family Studies; Religious and Linguistic Minorities; Religious Conversions;

Ethnicity; Biodiversity, Ecology, Resource Management and Environment;
Migration/Urbanisation/HIV/AIDS; Governance/Corruption

PUBLICATIONS
Books / Monographs

 Migration Dynamics: Networking, Ethnicity, Identity, and Schism:

Monograph No. 100: Centre for Multidisciplinary Development Research,
Dharwad: 2018

 Report of the Expert Group on Diversity Index (jointly with other Members),
Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi: 2008

 Communication for Development in the Digital Era (Edited with J. Josephine

and K. S. Raghavan), Chennai: ICCD, 2002

 Sacred Groves in Kodagu District of Karnataka (South India): A Socio-

Historical Study; Pondy Papers in Social Sciences No. 21, Pondicherry:
French Institute, 2001 (Second Revised Edition)

 Tea Plantation Labour in India (with S.K. Bhowmik and V. Xaxa); New Delhi:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1996

 Sacred Groves in Kodagu District of Karnataka (South India): A Socio-

Historical Study; Pondy Papers in Social Sciences No. 21, Pondicherry:
French Institute, 1996

 Women and Youth Training and Extension Project (WYTEP) in Karnataka,

Tamil Nadu Women in Agriculture Project (TANWA) and Training and
Extension for Women in Agriculture Project (TEWA) in Orissa: Evaluation
Report (jointly with others), Copenhagen, DANIDA, 1992

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  The Uprooted: Development, Displacement and Resettlement (Ed. with V.
Sudarsen); New Delhi: Gian Publishers, 1990

Articles (The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy)

 “A Winter of Anguish: On Ayodhya From Bradford” The Hindu Centre for

Politics and Public Policy: 9 December 2017
http://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-
issues/article9980947.ece

 “Towards Genuine Pluralism” The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public
Policy: 13 November 2017 http://www.thehinducentre.com/the-
arena/current-issues/article9955057.ece

 “Entrepreneurship in India: Is There a Level Playing Field?” (with A. Xavier

Raj): The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy: 21 September 2017
http://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-
issues/article9865753.ece

Articles in Journals

 “India’s Race Problem: Ignorance and Denial” (with Hira Singh) Social
Scientist, Volume No. 45 / Nos. 9-10 / September-October 2017

 “Spatial Segregation, Discrimination, and allied Dynamics in Internal and

International Migrations”, Kerala Sociologist, 45 (1), June 2017

 “Lineage Ownership to Individual Rights: Social History of Jamma Land

Tenure in Kodagu” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 51, No. 26-27, June
25, 2016

 “Missed Calls? People, Communication and Governance”, Anthropology

Today, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2016

 “Meat of the Matter” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol LI No. 3, January
16, 2016

 “The Xenophobia of Patriots” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIX No.
40, October 4, 2014

 “Conditioned Lives?” Economic and Political Weekly Special Issue on

Symposium on the Sachar Committee Report, Vol XLII No. 10, March 10-
16, 2007

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 “South Asian Identity as Islamic Identity in England” Islam and Muslim
Societies: A Social Science Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005 (pp. 61-85)

 “A Decade of Right to Information and Governance: Journey on a Potholed

Road?” SNC Journal of Intercultural Philosophy, Vol. 8, August 2005 (pp.
117-122)

 “Minorities: In terms of Degree or Kind?” SNC Journal of Intercultural

Philosophy, Vol. 4, August 2003 (pp. 113-118)

 “The Variable Development of Indian States: Changes in Socio-cultural,

Political and Economic Spaces” (with L. Sabaratnam) The Indian
Geographical Journal, Vol. 74 (No. 1), June 1999 (pp. 44-51)

 “The Transformation of the Coorg (Kodava) Family through the ages” PILC
Journal of Dravidic Studies, Pondicherry, Vol. 1 (No. 1), 1991 (pp.69-76)

 “Religious Conversions in Tamil Nadu: Can these be viewed as Protest

Movements?” Indian Anthropologist, Delhi, Vol. 20 (Nos. 1 & 2), 1990
(pp.39-48)

 “Anthropomorphism”. The Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, Tamil

University, Tanjore, Vol. 9, 1990

 “The Islamization of Africa: The case of the Tumbuka of Zambia”—

Comment Journal Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, London, Vol. 11 (No.
1), January 1990 (pp.199-200)

 “Religious Conversions in Tamil Nadu (India)” Journal Institute of Muslim

Minority Affairs, London, Vol. 10 (No. 2), July 1989 (pp.343-350)

 “The Classification of Kin” The Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, Tamil

University, Tanjore, Vol. 5, 1987

 “Conversion and Protective Discrimination” The Bulletin of The Henry Martin

Institute of Islamic Studies, Hyderabad, December, 1984 (pp.26-34)

 “Why the Harijan convert to Islam views reservations with reservation”

South Asia Research, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, Vol.4
(No. 2), Nov.1984 (pp.153-167)

 “Race and Racism: An objective appraisal of myths and vested interests”

(with V. Sudarsen) The Journal of Madras University, Vol. LVI, Jan. 1984
(pp.1-8)

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  “Socio-cultural History of Coorg: with particular reference to Tipu Sultan's
reign” The Journal of Madras University, Vol.LV (No. I) Jan. 1983 (pp.1-7)

Chapters in Books (English and French)

 “Elementary Education and Primary Health Care: Major concerns in the

North-East Region” in Social Innovations for Social Impact in North East,
Kazi, S.S. (ed), Guwahati, North East Development Foundation, 2015 (pp
26-29)

 “Indian Model of Managing Diaspora (Non-Resident Indians)” in Potentials

and Prospects of Pakistani Diaspora, Islamabad Policy Research Institute,
Pakistan, and Hanns Seidel Foundation, Germany, 2014 (pp. 160-173)

 “Identity, Space and Territory in India: An Anthropological Perspective” in

P. Gervais-Lambony, F. Landy, S. Oldfield (ed), Reconfiguring Identities
and Building Territories I India and South Africa, New Delhi, Manohar, 2005
(pp. 73-83)

 “Language, Ethnicity and Identity among the Muslims of the Palar Valley”;
in Industrialisation and Socio-Cultural change in the Tannery Belt (Tamil
Nadu), Pondy Papers in Social Sciences, French institute, Pondicherry,
2004 (pp. 19-29)

 "Identite, espace et territoire en Inde: une perspective anthropologique" in

P. Gervais-Lambony, F. Landy, S. Oldfield (ed), Espaces arc-en-ciel.
Identites et territoires en Afrique du Sud et en Inde, Paris, Karthala, 2003
(pp. 69-84)

 “Information Society: Technological, Socio-Cultural and Economic

Dynamics” in Information Management: Trends and Issues / Ramesh Babu
et al (eds.), New Delhi, Research Co., 2003 (pp. 107-110)

 “Kodava” in People of India: Karnataka Volume XXVI, Part Two, Singh, K.S.
(General Editor); New Delhi, Anthropological Survey of India and Affiliated
East West Press, 2003 (pp. 751-759)

 "Les bois sacres dans le district de Kodagu (Karnataka): étude socio-

historique" in: L’hommes: et la foret en Inde du Sud: Modes de gestion et
symbolisme de la foret dans les Ghats occidentaux / J. Pouchepadass and
J.-Ph. Puyravaud (eds.), Paris: Institut Francaise De Pondicherry - Editions
Karthala, 2002 (341-382)

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 “The Diaspora Bandwagon: Are Indians Part of the Journey?” In Indian
Society: Continuity, Change and Development / Reddy P.S. and V.
Gangadhar (eds); New Delhi: Commonwealth, 2002 (pp. 102-111)

 “Anglo Indians” (with Zubeeda, B.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume
LX, Part One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological
Survey of India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 126-132)

 “Ansari” (with Razia, S) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 133-139)

 “Bohra” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 241-244)

 “Dayare” (with Razia, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 370-374)

 “Jain” (with Zubeeda, B) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 492-496)

 “Jew” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 507-510)

 “Khoja” (with Zubeeda, B.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 709-713)

 “Marwari” (with Zubeeda, B.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX,
Part Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1014-1019)

 “Mukkuvan” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX,
Part Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp.1038-1041)

 “Nawaiyat” (with Razia, S) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1093-1098)

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 “Parsi” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1196-1199)

 “Pathan” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX,
Part Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1204-1208)

 “Rawther” (with Razia, S) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Three, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1259-1263)

 “Sheikh” (with Zubeeda, B.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Three, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1328-1334)

 “Syed” (with Razia, S) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Three, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1419-1426)

 “Devarakadus (Sacred Groves) and Encroachments” In: Mountain

Biodiversity, Land Use Dynamics, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
/Ramakrishnan, P.S. et.al (ed.); New Delhi: Oxford and IBH, 2000 (pp.98-
106)

 “Devarakadus (Sacred Groves) and Devarajagas (Sacred Lands) of

Kodagu: Control and Management” (with M. Thanuja) In: Mountain
Biodiversity, Land Use Dynamics, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
/Ramakrishnan, P.S. et.al (ed.); New Delhi: Oxford and IBH, 2000 (pp.106-
119)

 “Sacred Groves in Karnataka” In: The Social Construction of Indian Forests

/ Roger Jeffery (ed.); Centre for South Asian Studies, Edinburgh and
Manohar, New Delhi, 1998 (pp. 39-54)

 “Moorings and Mobility in an Indian Context: An Anthropological

Perspective” In: Peasant Moorings: Village ties and Mobility Rationales in
South India / Jean-Luc Racine (ed.); New Delhi: Sage Publications,
1997(pp.79-95)

 “Ancreges et mobilite dans un contexte indien: une perspective

anthropologique” In: Les Attaches de L'Homme /Jean-Luc Racine (ed.);
Paris: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1994 (pp.61-76)

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  “Development or Ethnocide?: with particular reference to the Andaman
Archipelago” In: Challenges of Development / Suryanarayan, V. and V.
Sudarsen (eds.); Delhi: Konarak Publishers, 1994 (pp.91-96)

 “Tribal Societies and Development: Beneficiaries or Victims?” In:

Relevance of Anthropology: The Indian Scenario / Halbar, B.G. and C.G.H.
Khan (eds.); Jaipur: Rawat Brothers, 1990 (pp.329-339)

 “Introduction” (with V. Sudarsen) In: The Uprooted: Development,

Displacement and Resettlement / Kalam, M.A. and V. Sudarsen (eds.); New
Delhi: Gian Publishers, 1990 (pp.1-5)

 “Rehabilitation and Relocation: Theory and Practice” (with V. Sudarsen) In:

The Uprooted: Development, Displacement and Resettlement / Kalam,
M.A. and V. Sudarsen (eds.); New Delhi: Gian Publishers, 1990 (pp.155-
161)

 “Okka of the Coorgs - Lineage or Joint Family?” In: Religion and Society in
South India / Reddy, G.P. et. al., (eds.); New Delhi: B.R. Publishers, 1987
(pp.195-219)

Review Article

 “Inside Tribal Society: A Survey of Research”; review of Tribal Development

In India: Problems and Prospects / Buddhadeb Chaudhry (ed.); In: State
and Society, Second Quarter, 1983 (pp.91-96)

Book Reviews

 Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in

South Asia / Stanley J. Tambiah; In: Review of Development and Change,
Vol. III (No. 2) July-December 1998 (pp.353-358)

 Lamani Economy and Society in Change / B.G. Halbar; In: South Asian
Social Scientist, Vol. IV (No. 1), Jan. - June, 1988 (pp.71-74)

 From Mobilization to Institutionalization; the dynamics of agrarian

movement in twentieth century Kerala / T.K. Oommen; In: South Asian
Social Scientist, Vol. II (Nos. 1 & 2), Jan.- Dec., 1986 (pp.11-112)

 “Failed Movements”; review of Peasant movements in colonial India: North

Bihar 1917 – 1942 / Stephen Henningham; In: The Indian Express
Magazine, April 29, 1984

 Social Stratification / James Littlejohn; In: Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 23 (No.

2), September 1974 (pp.274-276)

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 “Symbols of Consumption” In: The Hindu – Business Line, May 16, 1996

 “The Most-Wanted…” In: The Hindu – Business Line, August 17, 1995

 “Selling to the Rare Factor” In: The Hindu – Business Line, July 27, 1995

 “Islam” In: At Home, In Madras, Muthiah S. (Ed.), OWC, Madras (1995)

 “Other Faiths” In: At Home, In Madras, Muthiah S. (Ed.), OWC, Madras

(1995)

 “Muddle in the Museum” (with V. Sudarsen) In: The Indian Express, May
14, 1983

WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES ORGANISED

(In India and Abroad)

1. Workshop on “Minority Issues”, Mohamed Sathak Trust, Chennai, 12

January 2008

2. State-attempted Reforms, Peoples’ Movements and Socio-economic

Changes” ICSSR / MHRD Sponsored International Seminar to

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 commemorate 150 years of India’s First War of Independence, Mercara,
Coorg, 8 to 11 May 2007

3. “Practice of Anthropology: New Challenges”, National Seminar in the

Diamond Jubilee Seminar Series of the Department of Anthropology,
University of Madras, 9-10 March 2006

4. Ford Foundation Sponsored International Workshop on “Regionality,

Identity and Writing History” in collaboration with RMRLT, Chennai, 8 and 9
December 2005.

5. International Workshop on “Social Sciences and Fieldwork Logistics”,

Chennai, 26 and 27 February 2004. International Participation.

6. International Conference on “Communication for Development in the Digital

Era”, University of Madras, Chennai, Organised jointly with the Departments
of Library and Information Science and Journalism and Communication, 6-
8 February, 2002. International Participation.

7. Workshop on “Folk Media for Communication and Dissemination of

Developmental Information”, Madras Institute of Development Studies,
Chennai, April 27, 2001. Local Participation.

8. Jointly Organised a panel on “Identity Construction and Resistance in the

South Asian Diaspora”. The 14th International Congress of Anthropological
and Ethnological Sciences, Williamsburg, USA, July 26 to August 1, 1998.
International Participation.

9. Jointly Organised “Rockefeller Foundation International Workshop on

Migrations and Homelands, Real and Imagined: Constructing South Asian
Muslim Identities”, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, May 22-
25, 1997. International Participation.

10. Jointly Organised National Seminar on “Forest, Land, and Tribal

Communities: Rights and Realities”, Department of Anthropology,
University of Madras, Madras, March 22 - 24, 1995. National Participation.

11. Jointly Organised National Seminar on “Developmental Process and the

Problems of Rehabilitation and Relocation of the Uprooted”, Department of
Anthropology, University of Madras, Madras, March 13-14, 1989. National
Participation

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES,

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
Invited Lectures and Keynote Addresses (In India and Abroad)

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1. Moderator, Round Table on “Future of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences”,

Loyola College, Chennai, 23 November 2018

2. Invited Talk “India moving towards Sustainable and Inclusive Development

– Ensuring No One Is Left Behind”, CII Regional Colloquium on Sustainable
Development, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry, Hotel Hilton,
Chennai, 22 November, 2018

3. Delegate “Good to Great” Internal Quality Assurance Cell Workshop,

M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai, 25 October
2018

4. Board of Studies Meeting, Department of Sociology, Loyola College,

Chennai, 25 September 2018

5. Member, Xavier Board of Higher Education in India Team for Academic and
Administrative Audit, St. Philomena’s College, Mysore, 17-19 September
2018

6. Invited Talk “Academics and Happiness: The Indian Context”, Centre for
Happiness, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, 11 September,
2018

7. Invited Talk “Merit, Competency and Competition” Departments of

Management Studies and Social Work, Central University of Tamil Nadu,
Thiruvarur, 11 September, 2018

8. Invited Talk “Migration Dynamics: Networking, Ethnicity, Identity, and

Schism” Centre for Multidisciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, 5
September 2018

9. Conclave – Idea of India – Gandhi 150, jointly organised by Sewagram

Collective, C.K. Prahalad Centre of Emerging India @ LIBA, and Loyola
Institute of Social Science Training and Research, Loyola Institute of
Business Administration, Chennai, 18-19 August 2018

10. Inaugural Address “From the Wheel to Beyond the Robots” Loyola
Sociological Association, Loyola College, Chennai, 1 August 2018

11. Keynote Address “From Cultural Diversity to Cultural Pluralism: Is the

journey smooth?” At the National Seminar on Dialogue on Cultural Diversity
and Development, Anthropological Survey of India, Western Regional
Centre, Udaipur, 21 May 2018

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12. Advisory Committee Meeting, ICSSR sponsored project on “Study of
Migration and its relation with Modernity” at Centre of Multidisciplinary
Development Research, Dharwad, 3 May 2018

13. Keynote Address “Rising Fascism, Minorities, and State Complicity”,

National Conference on Language, Culture and Minorities: Issues and
Challenges, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, 22 and 23
March 2018

14. “Inclusion and the Marginalised Groups (SCs, STs, Minorities)”, Symposium
on Welfare State and Base of the Pyramid, Loyola Institute of Business
Administration, Chennai, 28 February 2018

15. Invited Lecture “Religious and Caste-Class Discrimination in

Entrepreneurship”, Annual Conference of Indian Association of Social
Science Institutes (IASSI), Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, 4-5
December 2017

16. “Indian Diaspora Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and IT hubs and

startups in South India” Paper presented at the Global Conference on
Diaspora Studies and Policies, Institute of International Studies, The
Hague, The Netherlands, 5-7 October 2017

17. Keynote Address “Spatial Segregation, Discrimination, and allied Dynamics

in Internal and International Migrations” Kerala Sociological Association
Annual Conference, 9 December 2016

18. “Spatial Mobility and Networking: Internal and International Migration

Contexts” International Winter School, French Institute, Pondicherry, 28
November 2016

19. Inaugural Lecture “Rural Research Methodology” at the Training Course

on Research Methodology in Rural Development, National Institute of Rural
Development and Panchayati Raj (North East Regional Centre) Guwahati,
18 July 2016

20. Plenary Lecture “ICT in Higher Education: Beyond the Confines of the
classroom and library” at the National Seminar on New Dimensions in
Higher Education in the Context of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) Hojai College, Hojai, Assam, 4 June, 2016

21. Invited Lecture “Lop-sided accent in Anthropology of the North East: High
time for course correction”, at the Golden Jubilee Symposium of the

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 Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, 26-27 May
2016

22. Resource Person “ICSSR Capacity Building Workshop for Social Sciences
Faculty”, Nagaland University, Lumami, 29 April 2016

23. “Pluralism: Towards engagement with Diversity” Public Lecture at the

Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation (CREST),
Calicut, January 6, 2016

24. “Peoples of India: Nationality and Citizenship Issues”, Panel Discussion

on Sixty-five years of the Indian Constitution, Tezpur University, 26
November 2015

25. “Facets of Globalisation and Inequality in India: Caste, Class and Poverty”
Paper Presented at the Resisting Inequality/Enabling Inclusion: An
India-Canada Comparison Symposium, at York University, Toronto,
Canada, June 8-10, 2015

26. Keynote Address “Madrassas and English Education”, UGC National

Seminar on “Importance of English Education in the Madrassas of Assam”,
HAA College, Dobokka, Assam, 10-11 April 2015

27. Invited Lecture “Education and Training as harbingers of skills among

youth in North East India“ at the National Seminar on “Youth and Skill
Development in the North East”, Organised by the V V Giri National Labour
Institute, Delhi and ICSSR—NERC Shillong, 26 and 27 March 2015,
Shillong

28. Participant in Workshop on “Capacity Building for Mitigation of Climate

Change using Precision Agriculture”, Department of Energy, Tezpur
University, and North Dakota State University, USA, 20-22 March, 2015,
Tezpur University, Tezpur

29. Resource Person at the “Capacity Building Programme for Faculty

Members in Social Science”. Delivered Lectures on 1. “Methodological
Issues in Social Science Research”, 2. “Objectivity in Social Science
Research” and 3. “Interview as a technique in Social Science Research”,
on 13 and 14 February 2015. ICSSR—NERC Shillong.

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30. “Interrogating Mainstream Sociology of Caste: Questions of Theory and
Method” with Hira Singh (Presented by co-author), All India Sociological
Conference, Varanasi, 29 and 30 November 2014

31. “Arundhati Roy on Gandhi, Ambedkar, and the Annihilation of Caste:

Perpetuating the Myth of Religion [Hinduism] and caste” with Hira Singh
(Presented by co-author), All India Sociological Conference, Varanasi, 29
and 30 November 2014

32. Expert at the Workshop on “Witch Hunting in Assam”, 22, November 2014,
Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam

33. Inaugural Lecture in Series of Lectures on Frontier Knowledge,

Imagination and Initiatives based on the works of Nobel Laureates of the
year 2014, November 10, 2014, Tezpur University

34. Valedictory Address “Rural Development with particular reference to

North East India”, National Seminar on Managing Rural Development in
North East India: Perspectives, Policies and Experiences, Department of
Management Studies, November 8, 2014, Tezpur University

35. Inaugural Lecture “Social Science Research in Rural Development”.

Course on Research Methodology in Rural Development, National Institute
of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (North East Regional Centre)
Guwahati, 27 October 2014

36. Chairperson for Academic Sessions “Ethnic Identity and Social Mobility”
and “Urbanization and Development”, National Seminar on “Mobility and
World View of the Singpho and Khampti Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh and
Assam”, Sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, and
Organised by the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University,
Tezpur, Assam, 27 and 28 March 2014

37. Invited Lecture on “Aging and Progressive Gender Discrimination”,

National Seminar on Aging in India with Special Reference to North-East
India, Organised by Equal Opportunity Cell, in Collaboration with
Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur University,
Tezpur, Assam, March 22 and 23, 2014

38. Chairperson for Technical Session III, National Seminar on “The Practice
of Everyday Life in North-East India: An Interdisciplinary Approach”,
Sponsored by ICSSR, Organised by the Department of English and Foreign
Languages, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, 14 and 15 March 2014

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39. Chairperson for Sessions on “Ecology, Forests and Resource
Management--I” (22 February 2014), and “Ecology, Forests and Resource
Management II” (23 February 2014) Indian Anthropology Congress,
Dibrugarh University, 21-23 February 2014

40. Dibrugarh University Colloquium “Human Origins and Diversity: Physical

and Socio-Cultural Facets”, Dibrugarh University, Assam, 20 December
2013

41. Scholar-in-Residence Interaction with Research Scholars and Faculty,

Dibrugarh University, Assam, 20 December 2013

42. Invited Lecture “History, Oral Literature and Fiction:

Complements/Supplements to Ethnography and Fieldwork”, Nagaland
University, Kohima, Nagaland, 6 December 2013

43. Invited Lecture “Primary Schooling, Health Issues, and Development”

National Education Conclave, Ajmal Corporate Social Responsibility,
Ajmal Foundation, Hojai, Assam, 1 December 2013

44. Keynote Address: “Neglected because it is Elementary?: Examining and

Locating Primary and Secondary Schooling in the larger context” , North
East Business Summit, Ministry of Development of North East Region
(DoNER) and Indian Chamber of Commerce, Dibrugarh, 23-24 November
2013

45. National Education Day Talk on “Education and Employability: Is our

Scholastic Slip Showing?” Tezpur University, Tezpur, 11 November 2013

46. Gandhi Jayanti Talk on “Insights into Secularism and Nonviolence”,

Tezpur University, Tezpur, 2 October 2013

47. “Encountering and Countering Hegemonies: Re-examining Exclusion,

Exploitation, and Oppression”, Paper presented at the National Seminar
on Social and Economic Status of the Marginalised Communities in
Brahmaputra Valley with special reference to the Scheduled Caste
Groups, organised by the Department of Sociology, Tezpur University in
association with ICSSR, NERC, Shillong, Tezpur University, Tezpur, 27-28
September, 2013

48. Invited Lectures I and II on “Diversity Issues in India” at the Orientation

Programme for Research Scholars and Faculty Members belonging to

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 Scheduled Castes and Other Marginalized Groups, Equal Opportunity
Cell, Tezpur University, Tezpur, September 23, 2013

49. Invited Lecture on “Linguistic and Socio-Cultural Heterogeneity”,

University of Science and Technology Meghalaya, Khanapara, Meghalaya,
19 September 2013

50. “Fieldwork at Home, Fieldwork Abroad: Cross-cultural Perspectives,

Learning, and Conditioning”, Human Vistas Lecture Series, Department
of Sociology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, 14th August, 2013

51. Public Lecture “Sub-continental Muslims and Diversity”, Maulana Azad

National Urdu University, Hyderabad, 5 December 2012

52. Invited Lecture “Indian Model of Managing the Diaspora (Non-Resident

Indians” at the International Conference on “Potentials and Prospects
of Pakistani Diaspora” Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Pakistan, 14-
15 November 2012

53. Invited Lecture “Paddy and Ginger Cultivation: Commercial Contest

between the old and the new in Kodagu (Coorg) District of Karnataka”,
National Workshop on Paddy Growing Cultures in India, Indira Gandhi
National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi and Pondicherry Central University,
Puducherry, 4 December 2011

54. Keynote Address “Paddy: Rice, Ritual and Commerce”, National

Workshop on Paddy Growing Cultures in India, Indira Gandhi National
Centre for the Arts, New Delhi and Pondicherry Central University,
Puducherry, 3 December 2011

55. Special Lecture “Varied Facets of the Genome Project: Migration in

History”, Margherita College, Margherita, Assam, 23 September 2011

56. Invited Lecture “From overt discrimination to Affirmative Action:

Ameliorative Attempts at Positive Discrimination in the United States of
America”, Seminar on Development and Social Inclusion--Perspectives
from the United States of America, Tezpur University and US Consulate,
Kolkata, Tezpur, 11 September 2011

57. Special Lecture “The Conduct of Research in Social Sciences” Kannur

University, Kannur, Kerala, October 21, 2010

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58. Special Lecture 4: “Questions of Merit, Intelligence, and
Reservations”, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 11 March 2010

59. Special Lecture 3: “Ethnicity, Language, and Identity among

Overseas Indians”, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 11 March 2010

60. Special Lecture 2: “Human Evolution and Socio-cultural Evolution”,

Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 11 March 2010

61. Special Lecture 1: ‘"Out of Africa" and Human Migrations’, Pondicherry

University, Puducherry, 11 March 2010

62. “Ethology, Technology, and Socio-cultural Evolution”, INSA (Indian National

Science Academy) Symposium on New Facets of Evolutionary Biology,
Madras Christian College, Chennai, 17 February 2010

63. Special Lecture “Out of Africa and Socio-cultural Evolution”, Bicentennial

Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Charles Darwin, Organised by the
University of Madras and Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and
Technology, 20 January, 2010

64. Keynote Address "Development Without Participation, Citizens Without

Rights: Tribal Societies and Their Plight", National Seminar on "Vanishing
Tradition and Livelihood Systems in Tribal Areas”, Organised by KIRTADS,
Govt. of Kerala, Calicut, 16-18 December 2009

65. Special Lecture "Class, Merit and Reservations: Misleading Interpretations

and Hollow Arguments", Centre for Research and Education for Social
Transformation, Govt. of Kerala, Calicut, 16 December 2009

66. Visiting Scholar Lecture “Sub continental Ethnicity, Nationalism, and

Citizenship in Overseas Contexts”, Indian Institute of Advanced Study,
Shimla, May 22, 2009
67. Visiting Scholar Lecture “Contemporary Religious Conversions in Tamil
Nadu: Meenakshipuram and Beyond” Indian Institute of Advanced Study,
Shimla, May 26, 2009

68. Keynote Address “Adivasis and the State: Land Political Process and
Developmental Issues”, National Seminar on State, Development and the
Adivasi Question, Department of Political Science, Kerala University,
Trivandrum, 2-3 April 2009

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69. Keynote Address “Implications of Globalisation on Higher Education”,
National Seminar on “Globalisation and Higher Education: Challenges and
Opportunities”, Andhra Muslim College, Guntur, 15 February 2009

70. Special Address “Sexuality Today: Contemporary Dimensions of Gender

and Sex” Fourth International Conference on Sexuality, Indian Institute
of Sexual Medicine, Departments of Anthropology and Psychology,
University of Madras, Chennai, February 14, 2009

71. Participated in the Validation Workshop of the Kerala Government

Project on Decentralisation and Governance, Kochi, 9 and 10 January
2009

72. “Gender and Seasonal Migration of Labour in the Plantation Districts of

Karnataka” Paper presented at the Consultation on Gender and
Migration Workshop organised by the Centre for Women’ Development
Studies, Chennai, 5 and 6 January 2009

73. Chaired Session on “Education, Culture and Text Books”, International

Seminar on Democratic and Secular Education, Government of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram, 4-6 December 2008

74. “Affirmative Action, Equity, and Merit: Apathetic State and Uneven
Educational Field” Paper presented at the International Seminar on
Democratic and Secular Education, Government of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram, 4-6 December 2008

75. Presidential Address, Planning Meeting of Economic, Social and Cultural

Rights in India, UN Economic, Social and Cultural Council, Chennai, 11 July
2008

76. Keynote Address, Seminar on Implementation of Economic, Social and

Cultural Rights in India, UN Economic, Social and Cultural Council,
Chennai, 12 July 2008

77. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,

Government of India, New Delhi, 24 June 2008

78. “From being Indian to constructing South Asian hetero-homogeneity:

Overseas Indian Diversity in comparative perspective”, Paper presented at
the International Seminar on Diversity in the Indian Diaspora: Nature,
Implications and Responses. Also, Chaired a Session. Organised jointly
by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and Institute of Social and
Economic Change, Bangalore, 7-9 May 2008

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79. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,
Government of India, New Delhi, 3 May 2008

80. Research and Consultation Meeting with the Kodagu Natural Sciences
Study Society, Mercara, Coorg, 12 April 2008

81. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 24 March 2008

82. “Basic and Applied Research in Anthropology: Ethics and Practice”, and
“Anthropology and Environmental Research”, Papers presented at the
International Workshop on Anthropological Concepts and Methods
jointly organized by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological
Research (New York) and Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, 7-9
March 2008

83. “Wetware, ‘Knowledge’ Society and Marginalisation: IT, ITES, and

Exclusion”, Keynote Address at the International Conference on Social
Development, Social Movements, and the Marginalised, Indira Gandhi
National Open University, New Delhi, 16-19 February 2008

84. “Attaining Diversity in Public Spaces”, Keynote Address at the National

Conclave on Implementation of the Sachar Committee Report, Calicut,
9 February 2008

85. “Missed Calls?: People, Governance, and Communication”, Plenary

Address, UGC National Seminar on Public Affairs and Governance:
Challenges and Strategies, Anna Centre for Public Affairs, University of
Madras, Chennai, 24-25 January, 2008

86. ICSSR Southern Regional Centre Advisory Committee Meeting with the
Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University, Hyderabad, 18 January 2008

87. Keynote Address, State Level Workshop on Diversity Index for Ministry
of Minority Affairs, Government of India, Organised by OMEIAT 12 January
2008

88. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,

Government of India, New Delhi, 5 January 2008

89. Research Institutes Committee Meeting, Southern Regional Centre, Indian

Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Hyderabad, 15 December
2007

90. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,

Government of India, New Delhi, 6 December, 2007

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91. Meeting with the Minister, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India,
New Delhi, 5 December, 2007

92. Meeting of the Advisory Meeting of the Southern Regional Centre, Indian
Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Hyderabad, 28 November
2007

93. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,

Government of India, New Delhi, 24 November, 2007

94. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 17 November 2007

95. Meeting of the Research Institutes Committee, Indian Council of Social

Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 16 November 2007

96. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,

Government of India, New Delhi, 16 October, 2007

97. Advisory Committee Meeting, Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive
Policies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 14 September 2007

98. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,

Government of India, New Delhi, 28 September, 2007

99. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,

Government of India, New Delhi, 12 September, 2007

100. Subject Area Committee Meeting, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 8 September 2007

101. Chaired Session on “Metropolitan Transition and Socio-

economic Issues”, International Seminar on “Metropolitan Transition in
India: Spatial Tensions and Synergies”, French Institute and Renault,
France, at Anna University, 30-31 August, 2007

102. “Metropolitan Planning, Climate Change and Adaptation in the

Chennai Metropolitan Area” Paper presented at the International Seminar
on “Metropolitan Transition in India: Spatial Tensions and Synergies”,
French Institute and Renault, France, at Anna University, 30-31 August,
2007

103. Meeting of the Thrust Areas Committee of the Indian Council of

Social Science Research, ICSSR, New Delhi, 25 August 2007

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104. “Merging Diversities and Appropriating Communities at the Sub-
Continental Level: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of South Indian Islam”
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Histories, Cultures, Politics:
Islam and Muslims in South India, Anveshi, Hyderabad, 17-18 August
2007

105. International Seminar on “Revisiting the Poverty Issue:

Measurement, Identification and Eradication” State Planning Board,
Government of Bihar and other sponsors, Patna, 20-22 July 2007

106. ICSSR Review Committee Meeting, A.N. Sinha Institute, Patna, 20

July 2007

107. Subject Experts Committee Meeting, Indian Council of Social

Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 7 July 2007

108. Meeting with the Chairman and Members of the National

Commission for Minorities, Hotel Taj Coromandel, Chennai, 4 July 2007

109. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 25 and 26 June 2007

110. Special Lecture on Learning Research Methodology, Teaching

Faculty Foundation Course, Loyola College, Chennai, 7 June 2007

111. Special Lecture on Fieldwork and Research Methodology, Centre

for Reproductive Health Management, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 2
June 2007

112. Keynote Address, National Seminar on Islam, Identity and Politics,

JBAS Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Madras, 26 March 2007

113. Keynote Address, College and Sports Day, The Quide Milleth
College, Chennai, 21 March 2007

114. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 17 March 2007

115. “Where were Diaspora till the 1990’s?”, paper presented at the
International Conference on “Facets of Tamil Diaspora”, French Institute,
Pondicherry, 14 to 16 March 2007

116. “Sixty Years of Anthropology at the University of Madras: Indo-

European Genesis and Development”, paper presented at the International
Workshop on “Formation of Anthropology and Sociology in India:

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 Documenting Knowledge, Scholars, Practices, and Institutions”,
University of Pune, Pune, 3-4 February 2007

117. ICSSR Southern Regional Centre Advisory Committee Meeting with

the Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University, Hyderabad, 5 January 2007

118. Special Lecture “Knowledge Society and IT Industry in Tamil Nadu”

at the All India Sociology Conference, Chennai, 28 December 2006

119. Valedictory Address “Research in Natural Sciences and Social

Sciences” at the Research Methodology Workshop Level – 1, Faculty of
Social Sciences, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 23 December 2006

120. ICSSR North Eastern Regional Centre Meeting with the Vice-
Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 9 December 2006

121. ICSSR Review Committee Meeting OKD Institute of Social Change

and Development, Guwahati, 7 and 8 December 2006

122. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 18 November 2006

123. Keynote Address “Language and Culture in Multicultural Societies”

International Conference on “Spanish Language and Culture”, Organised in
Chennai by the Instituto Hispanica, New Delhi, 4-6 November 2006

124. ICSSR Southern Regional Centre Meeting with the Vice-Chancellor

of Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2 November 2006

125. ICSSR Western Regional Centre Meeting with the Vice-Chancellor

of University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 7 October 2006

126. ICSSR North Western Regional Centre Meeting with the Vice-
Chancellor of Punjab University, Chandigarh, 19 and 20 September 2006

127. Keynote Address, ICSSR and Indo-Turkish Business Association

Sponsored Workshop on “Effective Research for Ph.D. Scholars”, Osmania
University, Hyderabad, 23 September 2006

128. “Objectivity in Social Science Research”, Paper presented at the

ICSSR and Indo-Turkish Business Association Sponsored Workshop on
“Effective Research for Ph.D. Scholars”, Osmania University, Hyderabad,
23 September 2006

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129. Keynote Address, ICSSR and Action Aid sponsored Workshop on
“Life After Tsunami”, Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai, August 23
and 24, 2006
130. International Workshop on Post-Tsunami Situation, Colombo,
Sri Lanka, 23 July 2006

131. Review of Post-Tsunami and related Work done by ActionAid in

Thailand’s Southern Provinces, Thailand, 8-14 July 2006

132. Planning and Coordination Meeting, International Water

Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21-22 June 2006

133. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 9 June 2006

134. “Ethnicity and Class Construction in England and the USA”,

Seminar, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France, 31 May 2006

135. “Around You”, Meet organised to address the French Researchers

working in South Asia, Paris, France, 30 May 2006

136. Workshop on “Comparative Study of Indian and Arab Cities”,

University of Paris VII, Paris, France, 16-17 May 2006

137. ICSSR Review Committee Meeting Centre for Studies in Social

Sciences, Kolkotta, and ICSSR Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkotta, 29-30
March 2006

138. Resource Person, “Strategy Planning Workshop for Tsunami

Response Programme”, Port Blair, 21-23 March 2006

139. “Why Anthropology is Embedded in Tribal Moorings?” Paper

presented at the “Practice of Anthropology: New Challenges”, National
Seminar in the Diamond Jubilee Seminar Series of the Department of
Anthropology, University of Madras, 9-10 March 2006

140. “Ethnicity and Identity Revolving around Language among South

Asians in England” Paper presented at the National Seminar on “Culture,
Language and Social Identities” Indian Institute of Advanced Study
(Shimla) and Department of Philosophy, University of Madras, Chennai,
March 6-8, 2006

141. Keynote Address, National Seminar on Broken People and

Religious Discourses, Centre for Ambedkar Studies and Folklore
Resources and Research Centre, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, 27-
28 February 2006

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142. Chaired Session on Sociology for Development Sector, National
Seminar on Future of Sociology: Challenges and Responses in
Academia, Department of Sociology, University of Madras, Chennai, 23-24
February 2006

143. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 10 February 2006

144. International Workshop on Labour/Migration/ Pondy 7-8

February 2006

145. Inaugural Address, Seminar on “Transformation in Tulu Society

and Culture” Dakshin Chitra, 6 January 2006

146. “Environmental Sustainability and the Role of the Civil Society”

Paper presented at the Workshop on “Millennium Development Goals:
Future Challenges and the role of the Universities”, S.V. University,
Tirupati, 31 December 2005

147. Ministerial Level Meeting of the Tamil Nadu State Adi Dravidar and
Tribal Welfare Department, Tribal Research Centre, Ooty, 22 December,
2005

148. “Muslim Identity, Space and Territory in the Palar Valley” Paper
presented at the Ford Foundation Sponsored Workshop on “Regionality,
Identity and Writing History” in collaboration with RMRLT, Chennai, 8 and
9 December 2005.

149. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 7 November 2005

150. Consultative Workshop on “Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation and

Reconstruction”, Organised by Action Aid, Chennai, 27 October 2005.

151. Member, Scientific Committee, and Discussant, International

Seminar on Actors and Models of the Indian Diaspora in International
Relations, jointly organised by the Centre for Human Sciences of the
French Embassy and India International Centre, New Delhi, 26 and 27
September 2005

152. Special Lecture “Healing, Prevention and Cure”, Centre for

Reproductive Health Management, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 21
September 2005

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153. Curriculum Development Committee Meeting, Indian Institute of
Technology, Chennai, 9 September 2005

154. Indo-French Workshop on Urban Dynamics, French Institute,

Pondicherry, 4 and 5 August 2005

155. Research Institutes Committee Meeting of the Governing Council,

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 15 July
2005

156. Meeting of the Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 6 June, 2005

157. “Contemporary Kodava Socio-Economic Status: Justice Havanur

Commission Report and Beyond”, Paper presented at the Seminar
organised by Codava National Council, Madikeri, 14 April 2005

158. “Social Transformation through Quality Primary Education”, Talk

Delivered at the Coorg Foundation, Polibetta, Coorg, 30 March 2005

159. Seminar on Identity, Equality and Social Transformation, Field

Marshal K.M. Cariappa Postgraduate College, Madikeri, Coorg, 29 March
2005

160. Inaugural Address at the Inauguration of the Karnataka Chapter of

the ICSSR, Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Postgraduate College, Madikeri,
Coorg, 29 March 2005

161. “Changing Social Organisation and Land Tenure among Kodavas”,

Talk Delivered at the Kodava Samaj, Bangalore, 27 March 2005

162. First Prof. A. Aiyappan Memorial Lectures Delivered at M.G.

University, Kottayam, Kerala, 23 March 2005

163. Chaired the Inaugural Session at the Workshop on Social

Empowerment Praxis Strategies, School of Social Sciences, M.G.
University, Kottayam, Kerala, 22 March 2005

164. Indo-Sri Lankan Seminar on Social Sciences and Humanities,

Department of Anthropology University of Madras, Chennai, 20-21 March
2005

165. Member, Supreme Court Commission on Food Security and

Livelihood Rights in Tsunami Affected areas of Pondicherry and
Karaikal, for Public Hearings, 18-19 March 2005.

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166. International Inter-University Programme on “Social Water
Management” Syllabus finalising Workshop, M.G. University, Kottayam,
Kerala, 1 March 2005

167. National Seminar on “Experiencing Participation”, Department of

Anthropology University of Madras, Chennai, 28 February 2005

168. “The Dual Citizenship Muddle: From Exclusive Elitism to Reluctant

Inclusion” Paper presented at the International conference on “Indian
Diaspora: Trends, Issues and Concern”, UGC Centre for the Study of
Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 24-26 February
2005

169. Chaired a Session at the International Workshop on “Social

Science: Dialogue with Research, Training, Activism and Policy”
Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, 17-19 February 2005

170. “Teaching, Research and Activism in Social Sciences: Are these

Separate Domains” Paper presented at the International Workshop on
“Social Science: Dialogue with Research, Training, Activism and
Policy” Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, 17-19 February
2005

171. “The United Nations Charter and Minorities and Ethnic Groups”
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Minorities and Ethnic Groups,
organised by Codava National Council, Bangalore, 4 and 5 February 2005.
172. National Seminar on “Communities and Identities”, Department of
Anthropology University of Madras, Chennai, 22 and 23 January, 2005

173. Workshop on the “Comprehensive Development of Adivasi

Communities in Wayanad,” An Initiative of the Centre of Excellence, IIM
Calicut, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, 6 and 7 January 2005.

174. “Peripheral to the Core: Latent and Manifest ways of Socio-

Economic Exclusion of Lower Castes and Lower Classes” Paper presented
at the National Seminar on “Social Development Strategies and
Marginalised Communities in South India” Organised by the Centre of
Excellence, IIM Calicut, Calicut, 5 January 2005

175. Inaugural Address, Inauguration of the Kerala Chapter of the ICSSR,

Centre of Excellence, IIM Calicut, Calicut, 5 January 2005

176. Seminar on “Economic Security in Peninsular India”, jointly

organised by the Madras Institute of Development Studies and Centre for
Security Analysis, Chennai, 29 and 30 October, 2004

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177. International Conference on “Curriculum Development of Social
Water Management”, Organised by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam,
at Travancore Heritage, Thiruvananthapuram, 13 to 17 October 2004.

178. “Language, Ethnicity and Identity” invited lecture at the AMIDST

forum, MIDS, Chennai, 5 October 2004

179. “Porous Borders, Inflexible Minds: Socio-Economic Aspects Versus

Security Concerns vis-à-vis Refugees”, Paper presented at the National
Seminar on “Fostering Cooperation Towards Addressing Refugee
Concerns” UNHCR and Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai, 25
September 2004

180. National Seminar on “Information Technology and Social

Science Perspectives”, MIDS, Chennai, 18 September 2004.

181. “Anthropological Thoughts on the Current State of Healing in India”

Paper presented at the International Workshop Mirrored Views on Healing
Systems in India: Merging Policies, Politics and Practices, French Institute,
Pondicherry, 19-20 April 2004. Chair: Panel “Issues on the Legality of
Medical Practices”

182. Sixth Monitoring Committee Meeting of the French Institutes in India,

India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 5 April 2004

183. National Seminar on Islam and Human Rights, Justice Basheer

Ahmed Sayeed Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Madras,
Chennai, 23 March 2004. Chaired Session on Islam and Human Rights:
Beyond the Universalist-Cultural Relativist Debate

168. Keynote Address delivered at the National Seminar on Anthropology:

Contemporary Challenges and Perspectives, Sri Venkateswara University,
Tirupati, 11 and 12 March 2004

169 “Rural-Urban and Home-Overseas: Logistics and Dilemma of Fieldwork in

India, England and USA” Paper presented at the International Workshop
on Social Sciences and Fieldwork Logistics, Chennai, 26 and 27 February
2004

170 “Live Performances, CDs and Cable TV: Fieldwork and Dissemination of
Developmental Communication” Paper presented (jointly with S.
Ponnarasu) at the International Workshop on Social Sciences and
Fieldwork Logistics, Chennai, 26 and 27 February 2004

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171 Seminar on “Aspects of India’s Demographic, Socioeconomic and
Environmental Future”, MIDS, Chennai, 8 January, 2004.

172 “Kodavas and the Issue of Minority Status” Paper presented at the Codava
National Convention, Kakkabe, Coorg, 10-11 December 2003.

173 “The Genesis of Fieldwork and Ethnography” Invited Talk, Centre for
Development Studies, Trivandrum, 19 November, 2003.

174 “Anthropology and Folklore” Paper presented at the National Workshop on

Folklore, Kovalam, Kerala, 16-18 November, 2003.

175 “Right to Information: Going about the Wrong Way?” Paper presented at
the Conference on “India-Egypt: Trajectories and Institutions of
Development in Egypt and India” Cairo University and Centre for Economic,
Juridical and Social Studies and Documentation, Cairo, Egypt, October 1
and 2, 2003.

176 “India: Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty” – Workshop on Poverty

Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank and Madras School of
Economics, Chennai, September 15, 2003.

177 “Public Libraries, Information Technology and Society in the Digital Era”
Paper presented at the National Seminar on New Public Libraries in the
Information Age, Connemara Public Library, June 12 and 13, 2003.

178 “Minorities in Tamil Nadu: Do They Count Beyond Numbers?” Paper

presented at the National Conference on State and Public Policy in South
Indian States, ICSSR Southern Regional Centre, Hyderabad. Chaired the
Session on Environment Policy of Southern States, March 27-28, 2003.

179 “AIDS, Youth and NGOs in Tamil Nadu” – Workshop on Developing

Outcome Indicators, Foundation for Sustainable Development (India), IIT
Madras and Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine (UK) (Supported by UNAIDS), IIT Madras, 20 December 2002.

180 “A Quarter Century of Caste Conflict in Tamil Nadu” Paper presented at the
Seminar on Caste in Southern India: Contemporary Debates,
Anthropological Survey of India Southern Regional Centre, Mysore 17
December 2002

181 “Ethnicity and Identity among the Kodavas” Paper presented at the Codava
National Convention, Mercara, Coorg, 10-11 December 2002

182 “Sacred Groves, Myths and Legends–Cultural Practices as producing

Environmental Governance” Paper presented at the International

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below, Goa University, TERI and KAF, Goa, 6-8 December 2002

183 “Aspects of Ethnicity and National Security” Refresher Course, Department

of Defence and Strategic Studies, Academic Staff College, University of
Madras, Chennai, 20 September, 2002

184 Workshop on Village Surveys, CDS, Thiruananthapuram and MIDS,

Chennai, at MIDS, Chennai, August 29-31, 2002. Resource
Person/Discussant.

185 “Lack of Social Sensitivity in Human Rights Issues” Paper presented at the
Workshop on Human Rights and Social Justice, Department of Politics and
Public Administration, University of Madras, 31 July 2002

186“Language, Ethnicity and Identity among the Muslims of the Palar Valley”
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Confronting Inequality,
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 26-28 March 2002

187“Tamil Nadu Right to Information Act and Transparency in Governance:

Rhetoric and Reality” paper presented (jointly with M. Thanuja) at the
International Conference on Communication for Development in the Digital
Era, University of Madras, Chennai, 6-8 February, 2002

188 “Indians Overseas: Historical, Regional and Ethnic Issues” paper

presented at the ICSSR Conference on Challenges of the New Century:
Response from Social Sciences, ICSSR Southern Regional Centre,
Osmania University, Hyderabad, 20 –22 December, 2001; Chaired the
Session on “Challenges of Management”

189 “Space, Territory and Identity in India: An Anthropological Perspective”

paper presented at the International Conference on Space, Territory and
Identity in South Africa and India – Comparative Perspectives, University of
Paris X, Nanterre, France, 29 and 30 November, 2001; Chaired the Session
on Minorities and Territories

190 Sixth Workshop on Fieldwork in India, Centre of Indian and South Asian
Studies, Paris, France, 26 November, 2001
191 “Right-to-Information and Transparency in Governance in India” paper
presented at the Workshop on Indian Themes, CNRS-REGARDS,
Bordeaux, France, 19 November, 2001

192 “Democracy and Governance in India” Refresher Course, Department of

Political Science and Public Administration, Academic Staff College,
University of Madras, Chennai, 12 October, 2001

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193 “Social Reforms through Legislation or Education?” paper presented at the
National Conference organised by the National Commission to Review the
Working of the Constitution, CLRI, Chennai, October 5-7, 2001

194 "Persons of Indian Origin and their Concerns: Dual Citizenship,

Expectations/Aspirations and Relative Deprivation", paper presented at the
National Workshop on Indian and Indian Diaspora: Linkages and
Expectations", Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and the
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, September 8-9, 2001

195 “Religion, Caste and Society in Tamil Nadu” paper presented at the Tamil
Summer School Workshop, French Institute, Pondicherry, 8 August 2001

196 Organised Workshop on “Folk Media for Communication and

Dissemination of Developmental Information” (ICSSR Sponsored), Madras
Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, April 27, 2001

197 National Seminar on “Future of Social Sciences: The Search for New
Perspectives”, Paper presented: “Anthropology in India: Ethnicity and
Identity of Anthropologists”, Madras Institute of Development Studies,
Chennai, April 19-21, 2001

198 Discussant for International Seminar on “Displaced People in South Asia”,

Madras Institute of Development Studies, and Indo-Dutch Programme on
Alternatives in Development, Chennai, March 2-4, 2001

199 National Seminar on “Sacred Groves”, Paper presented “Sacred Groves:

Conservation for Posterity or Confiscation as Property”, Forestry College,
Ponnampet, Coorg, October 18-20, 2000

200 Seminar on “Communities and Identity Consciousness”, Paper presented:

“Flexible and Multiple Identities”, Department of Christian Studies,
University of Madras, Chennai, September 6-7, 2000

201 UGC National Seminar on “Internet Technologies”, Paper presented: “GIS

and Social Sciences: Macro and Micro Level Issues”, Chair: Session on
“Internet Technologies” Department of Library and Information Science,
University of Madras, Chennai, August 30-31, 2000
202 Workshop on “Matching Responsibilities and Resources: The Role of State
Finance Commissions”, Madras School of Economics and Public
Expenditure Roundtable Trust (PERT), Anna University, Chennai, July 24,
2000

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 203 “Governance: Effective Opinion Formation”, Workshop, Department of
Public Administration, University of Madras, in collaboration with Public
Expenditure Roundtable Trust (PERT), July 21, 2000

204 “Grassroots Anti-Corruption Initiatives and the Right to Information

Movement in India (Tamil Nadu)” Workshop on Grassroots initiatives and
anti-corruption activities, Goa, April 21-22, 2000

205 “Human Rights: Social Science Approach” Refresher Course on Human

Rights for College and University Teachers, Department of Legal Studies
and Academic Staff College, University of Madras, Chennai, March 20,
2000

206 “People versus the State: Crisis Management or Confrontation” UGC

National Seminar on Human Rights and Criminal Justice Administration,
Department of Criminology, University of Madras, Chennai, February 24-
25, 2000

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

 UNESCO Photography Award for the Asia Pacific Region

 Participated in the BBC TV Mastermind Quiz Programme
 Topped the Examination and Practical for Cricket Umpires conducted by
the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
 President, Gwyer Hall Students Union, Delhi University
 Convener, Delhi University Postgraduate Inter-Hostel Coordination
Committee
 Represented School/College in Debate and Elocution Competitions
 Represented School/College/District in Football, Hockey, Cricket and
Athletics
 Represented University in Football

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