Qualifications:    Ph. D. (Education, ISEC, 1996)

Career:       
Research Associate, SEARCH, 1994 
Research  Associate, NIAS, 1995-1998
Associate Fellow, NIAS, 1998-2003    
Fellow, NIAS, 2004-

Research Interests:

An educationist by training, Dr. Anitiha comes with 14 years of experience and has engaged in extensive field based research and theoretical analysis on issues related to education and gender. Her current research interests are in the area of equity and quality of higher education with a focus on science and engineering education; academic leadership, educational management, innovations in higher education and gender, science and technology.

Dr. Anitha is specialised in teaching and research. In research, she has been engaged in looking at real world problems and developing conceptual frameworks from across disciplines to be able to understand complex societal process. Developing innovative frame works at the conceptual and methodological level are her particular strengths.

Her earlier research work related to school education with specific focus on community school interaction and intersection of caste, class and gender with education. Her research work on gender includes gender relations; gender and philosophy; women's rights, women's political participation and domestic violence.

Her experience includes locating learning gaps and disabilities. Based on the learning difficulty, she is equipped to design innovative techniques/ methods that help address students problems. She is also trained in using participatory methods, which help to make learning more meaningful in small groups as well as in individualised instruction. Her skills include evaluation of courses, redesigning curriculum based on the objectives and the needs of students. Her strengths are in providing training and in addressing problems of new learners especially the disadvantaged groups who have entered formal/vocational education for the first time

Courses Designed

Designed and coordinated a 3 -Credit Course - Research Methodology in Interdisciplinary Studies for the NIAS Ph. D Programme details

Publications : 

• Anitha Kurup(2009): Management of Education, Research and Collaboration, IGNOU Publications, New Delhi. (co-Editor)

• B K Anitha (2000): “Village, Caste and Education ”, Rawat Publications Jaipur, India

• B.K.Anitha (1998): Status of Rural Women In Karnataka, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India (co- author). Reprinted in 2006

Book Chapters ( Peer Reviewed)

• Anitha Kurup(2009): Introduction and Overview of Management of Education, Research and Collaboration In management of Education, Research and Collaboration, edited by K.V Krishnamurthy, Mangala Sundarkrishnan and Anitha Kurup, IGNOU Publications, New Delhi

• Anitha Kurup (2009) Management of Education, Research and Collaboration in Natural Sciences Collaboration In management of Education, Research and Collaboration, edited by K.V Krishnamurthy, Mangala Sundarkrishnan and Anitha Kurup, IGNOU Publications, New Delhi (co-author)

• Anitha Kurup (2009) Management of Education, Research and Collaboration in Humanities and Social Sciences Collaboration In Management of Education, Research and Collaboration, edited by K.V Krishnamurthy, Mangala Sundarkrishnan and Anitha Kurup, IGNOU Publications, New Delhi (co-author)

• Anitha Kurup (2009): Leadership In Management of Education, Research and Collaboration, edited by K.V Krishnamurthy, Mangala Sundarkrishnan and Anitha Kurup, IGNOU Publications, New Delhi (co-author)

• Anitha Kurup(2009):  “Integrated Water Resource Management – An Alternative Paradigm” In N. Shantha Mohan et.al(ed) River Water Sharing: Transboundary Conflict and cooperation in India, Routledge Publications, New Delhi. Pp: 156-182

• B.K. Anitha (2009): “Challenges in Higher Education in the Face of India’s Demographic Ascendancy” In  B.V. Sreekantan (ed) Science Technology and Society, IIAS Publications, Shimla, India.( co-author). Pp: 83-113

• Anitha Kurup (2009): “Does Indian Higher Education Resonate with the Global Knowledge Economy” In SRDE’s  Higher Education Journal (SHEJ), Vol. 1, No. 5, November

• B.K. Anitha (2006): “Women’s Studies in Education”In Sixth Survey of Educational Research (1993-2000) Vol. 1, New Delhi, NCERT. Pp: 212-226

• B.K. Anitha (1995): Training Initiatives for Gram Panchayat Members in Karnataka - Some Issues in “ People Centered Rural Development - NGDOs and Decentralised Government” by Bhat et al,.(eds.), DSI Publications, Bangalore. Pp: 87-107.

Reports and Articles ( Peer Reviewed)

• Anitha Kurup(2009) Emerging Directions in Global Education –A Meeting Report In Current Science, Vol.96, No10, 25 May 2009, 1301- 1303. ( Co-author)

• B.K. Anitha(2009) Transforming  Educational institutions for Global opportunities: Directions for Higher Education, EDGE Publications, Bangalore. ( co-author)

• Anitha Kurup( 2008): Indian Higher Education, The Road Ahead In World Education News and Reviews, October Feature, WENR,( Co-author)

• B.K. Anitha (2008):  Diversity Integral to Indian Science and Technology in the Book of Abstracts, XII National Conference: Feminism, Education and the Transformation of Knowledges: Processes and Institutions, IAWS, New Delhi(conference Abstract)

• B.K Anitha ( 2008): India Education Vision Document, Emerging Directions in Global Education, EDGE Secretariat, Bangalore. ( co-author)

• B.K. Anitha (2008): Emerging Directions in Global Education A Report in Current Science, Vol. 95, No. 3, 10 August 2008, 303. ( co-author)

• B.K. Anitha (2007) Engendering Science And Technology: Women Scientists Key To Make Indian Science Competitive In The All India Conference of Indian Federation of University Women’s Association on Women in the Third Millennium: Winds of Change at Colaba Mumbai, March 2007 ( conference abstract)

• B.K. Anitha ( co-author) 2007 Engendering Science and Technology Education in India In the Proceedings of  International Conference on Women’s Impact on Science and Technology in the New Millennium organized by TWOWS, TWAS Regional Office for Central and South Asia, JNCASR, Bangalore (pp- 92-95)

• B.K. Anitha (2007):  Development in Social Sector In Karnataka Development Report. Nodal Agency ISEC, Bangalore and sponsored by Planning Commission, Government of India( Contributor)

• B.K.Anitha (2007): Human Resources of Karnataka in Drivers for Development in Karnataka Development Report. Nodal Agency ISEC, Bangalore and sponsored by Planning Commission, Government of India( Contributor)

• B.K. Anitha (2006)  : India’s Competitiveness and Preparedness in Science and Technology in the Coming Decades. Current Science,vol 90(3)281-283.

• B.K. Anitha (2005): Quality and the Social Context of Rural Schools. Contemporary Education Dialogue,Vol3:1 Monsoon 28-60.

• B.K. Anitha (2001): “Being True to Feminism: Methodology of the Status of Rural Women in Karnataka” In Building Women’s Capacities: Interventions in Gender Transformation. Ed. By R.K. Murthy. Sage Publications, New Delhi. Pp: 229-251.( co-authored)

• B.K. Anitha (2001): A Baseline Report on “Women and Political Participation in India”- A position paper of the country using the Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women( CEDAW) framework. (co- authored – Web publication)

 Reports

• Anitha Kurup, Maithreyi R, Kantharaju B and Rohini Godbole (2010). Anitha Kurup, Maithreyi R, Kantharaju B and Rohini Godbole.Bangalore: IAS-NIAS Research Report. pdf
  
  
• Anitha Kurup (2010). Trends in Higher Education: Creation and Analysis of a Database of PhDs. (co-author). pdf
  
  
• B.K. Anitha (2008): EDGE 2008 Executive Summary and Recommendations,  www.edge.in. (co-author)

• B.K. Anitha (2007): Impact Study Of Agricultural Technology In Tumkur District submitted  India Development Enterprise(IDE), Bangalore.October.

• B.K. Anitha (2006)  Report of the National Conference on India’s Competitiveness and Preparedness in Science and Technology During the Coming Decades: Issues, Challenges and Strategies, NIAS & JNCASR Publications, Bangalore

• B.K. Anitha (2001) : “Impact of Poverty Assessment Study” – A report prepared for the Asian Development Bank at the request of the Ministry for Surface Transport, Government of India.(Co-authored).

• B.K. Anitha (2000): “Stakeholders Address Violence - Violence Against Women”, NIAS Report R3 - 00, NIAS Publications, Bangalore, India (co-authored).

• B.K. Anitha (2000) Classroom Processes: Comparative Case Studies of eight states in India. Palghat, Kerala Report, NCERT New Delhi.

• B.K. Anitha (1999): “Advocating for Women’s Effective Political Participation”, Working paper, Report No: 2, NIAS Publications, Bangalore, India, (co- authored).

• B.K. Anitha (1997):” Financing of Higher Education - State Vs. Private”, in Deccan Herald (co- authored).
  
  
• K. Anitha (1997): Report on the Status of Block Resource Centres and Cluster Resource Centres in Karnataka submitted to Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Education, Government of India.)