2011 2010 2009 2008
Seminar Papers & Presentations in 2010
30 Dec > Indian Academy of Social Sciences, 34th National Conference, Guwahati. Plenary Presentation: “The New Geographies of Mobility: Spatial Aspects of Social Transformation Today”.
14 Dec > Programme in Comparative Law and Media Policy, Oxford University, International Workshop: Comparative Perspectives on Media Regulation and Society, New Delhi. Keynote Presentation: “The Media and its Contemporary Social Contexts”
21 Nov > Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies, Mangalore University. Presentation: “Gramsci, Ambedkar and the Common Sense of Caste”.
2-3 Nov > Institute of International Education and Ford Foundation, New Delhi. Workshop on Reservations in Indian Higher Education. Presentation: "Pedagogical Predicaments: Teachers and Reservations".
25 Aug > Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Summer School on Researching the Contemporary. Presentation: “Social Perspectives on the Contemporary”.
23-24 Aug > Economic and Political Weekly Research Writing Workshop, Jamia Millia Islamia. Presentations: “Publishability: What is it and how to acquire it” and “The Structure of Academic Articles”.
24 Jul > National Law School University, Bengaluru. National Seminar on Caste Census. Presentation: "Counting Caste: Beyond Instrumental Justifications".
12-13 Jul > Economic and Political Weekly, Research Writing Workshop, University of Hyderabad. Presentations: “Publishing in Academic Journals: A Rough and Optimistic Guide”, and “Tables – Good, Bad and Ugly.”
25 Jun > SRTT-HEC-ISERDD Workshop on Social Science Textbooks in Hindi, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics. Presentation: “The Language Question in Social Science Teaching Today”.
6-9 May > Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Seminar: 60 Years of Indian Democracy. Presentation: “Caste Articulation and Indian Democracy: Sharing Sovereignty in Postnational Contexts”.
14 Apr > Ambedkar University, Delhi. Symposium: A Dialogue with Ambedkar on a University. Presentation: “The University and the Annihilation of Caste”.
06 Mar > Commission for Scheduled Castes/Tribes & Backward Classes, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, National Seminar on Building Inclusive India: Overcoming Social and Religious Discriminations. Presentation: “The Status of Dalits in the Muslim and Christian Communities”.
4-6 Mar > NCERT Economics Unit, National Seminar on Economics Education in Indian Schools. Presentation: “Bonsai vs. Seedling: Reflections on Approaches to Textbook Writing.”
03 Mar > The Third Marjorie Sykes Memorial Lecture, NCERT-Regional Institute of Education, Ajmer: “Pass, Fail, Distinction: The Examination as a Social Institution”.
05 Feb > Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies and Ambedkar Study Centre, Mangalore University. National Seminar on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Dalit Politics Today. Presentation: “Sharing Sovereignty in Postnational Contexts”.