Education Programme

Programme Head: Anitha Kurup
The EDUCATION PROGRAMME at NIAS is a consolidation of work in various projects and academic activities conducted at the institute for nearly two decades. Drawing on a range of experiences, the PROGRAMME is premised on observations that the education system in India, at all levels, is entrapped in several contradictions. On the one hand, mass elementary education remains limited with problems of access, equity and quality, while on the other hand, select specialized institutions of higher education are celebrated for the generation of creative and global talent. Even as existing institutions face a crisis in management and quality, several new, private institutions are catering to differential financial capabilities of households. The challenges are multiple: how to provide equal and quality education to all? What models and practices of education are suitable for a diverse population? How can local and national priorities be matched with the pressures of global regimes? What linkages must education institutions have with the social, political and economic worlds of the people? Attempting to address these challenges and drawing on the institutional mandate of inter/multi-disciplinary research, the Education Programme focuses on connecting research with teaching, advocacy and policy. Our work has found audience in diverse forums including academic journals, national and international conferences, teach-ins, government expert committees, governing boards of educational institutions among others. In addition to the scholars from around the world, we have collaborated with students, teachers, administrators, government officials and civil society organisations.
Research Focus and action engagements (2010-2020)
Building on our work in education for over two decades, the education programme is set to expand in the next few years, focusing on the themes that deserve urgent, deep engagements. Our focus, ‘Reaching the Unreached’ draws attention to the critical problems in education that have hitherto received little attention. Working on all levels of education and interacting with different stakeholders, we have been involved in identifying trends, reviewing schemes and policies, drafting reports and collaborating around issues involving meaningful, viable visions of education. We have identified the following four broad, thrust areas:
(1) Education of the Gifted and Talented
(2) Gender and Higher Education
(3) Women in STEM disciplines
(3) Education and Marginalised Communities
(4) Vocational Education.
Visit PRODIGY (Promoting the Development of India's Gifted Young) website.
Anitha Kurup Professor |
Jeebanlata Salam Assistant Professor |
Malavika Kapur Visiting Professor |
Shalini Dixit Assistant Professor |
Shashank S R Student |
Shivali Tukdeo Associate Professor |
Sitharama S. Iyengar Adjunct Faculty |
Souri Majumder Student |
Varun Sudhakaran Student |
Ongoing Projects
The following four are identified as thrust areas:
- Education of the Gifted and Talented
- Gender and Higher Education (Women in the STEM Disciplines; Women and Leadership)
- Education and Exclusion
- Vocational and Higher Education.
Collaborations
The Education programme at NIAS collaborates with a number of institutions, scholars, teachers and policy makers. A list of collaborating institutional partners and researchers is given below:
- Agragami Adivasi Samiti
- Bhasha Research, Gujarat
- National Centre for Advocacy Studies, Pune
- National Adivasi Solidarity Council
- Dr.Laura Grindstaff, UC Davis, California, US
- Dr.Marcy Delcourt, University of Connecticut, US
- Dr. Joseph Renzulli, University of Connecticut, US
- Dr.Manabu Sumida, Ehime University, Japan
- Dr. Stephen Tommis, HKAGE, Hong Kong
- Dr. Jyoti Sarma, Delhi University, India
- Dr. Ajit Basu, Agastya Foundations, India
- Dr. Swatee Bapat, Swanand Foundation, India
- Dr. Jayan, Life Long Learning Foundation, India
- Dr. Shekar Sheshadri, NIMHANS, India
- Dr. Jamuna Rajan, NIMHANS, India
- Dr. Ankur Madan, Azim Premji University, India
- Dr. S. Mohan, IISc., India
- Dr. Karuna Chanana, JNU, India
- Dr. C.S. Nagaraju, ISEC, India
- Dr. Padma Sarangapani, ISEC, India
- Dr. Gautam Biswas, IIT, Gauhati, India
Book Chapters
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2019. “Everyday Violence, Schooling and Mediating Institutions in Northeast India”. In Education and the Public Sphere: Exploring the Structures of Mediation in Post-Colonial India, Education and the Public Sphere: Exploring the Structures of Mediation in Post-Colonial India, New York: Routledge, 175-187. https://www.routledge.com/Education-and-the-Public-Sphere-Exploring-the-Structures-of-Mediation/Babu-GS/p/book/9781138495371.
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Kurup, Anitha . 2018. “Higher Education”. In Karnataka Human Development Report-2015: Accelerating Equitable Human Development, Karnataka Human Development Report-2015: Accelerating Equitable Human Development, Bengaluru: Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department. Government of Karnataka, 98-114.
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Mathew, Leya . 2017. “Betrayed futures: Uneconomic schooling in liberalizing Kerala (India)”. In Anthropological perspectives on student futures. Anthropological Studies of Education, Anthropological perspectives on student futures. Anthropological Studies of Education, Palgrave Macmillan, 103-118.
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Kurup, Anitha , and Chetan B Singai. 2017. “Redefining University Education in India: Pedagogy and Student Voices”. In Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Towards a Socially Just Pedagogy in a Global Context, Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Towards a Socially Just Pedagogy in a Global Context, Palgrave Critical University Studies: Springer , 175-190 .
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V, Binoy V, Sindhu Radhakrishna, and Anitha Kurup. 2017. “ Bridging Educational Institutions for a Citizen Science Project: A Case Study from Malappuram District, Kerala, India”. In When Science Meet Public: Bridging the Gap, When Science Meet Public: Bridging the Gap, New Delhi: Springer Publication, 269-277.
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Kurup, Anitha . 2017. “Gender, Science and Technology Education in India”. In Feminists and Science: Critiques and Changing Perspectives in India, Feminists and Science: Critiques and Changing Perspectives in India, New Delhi: Sage. http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1244.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2015. “Class Divided: Global Pressures, Domestic Pulls and a Fractured Education Policy in India”. In Policy Futures in Education. Vol 13, Policy Futures in Education. Vol 13,.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2015. “Literacies and Power: Looking for Adivasi Voice in Education”. In India’s Children: Essays on Social Policy, India’s Children: Essays on Social Policy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. http://www.oup.co.in/product/academic-general/economics/development-economics/155/indias-children-essays-social-policy/9780199455287.
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Rout, B. , and Ramdas R. 2015. “Determinants of Students dropout in Indian Higher Education”. In Democracy, Governance and Tribes in the Age of Globalized India – Reality & Rhetoric, , Democracy, Governance and Tribes in the Age of Globalized India – Reality & Rhetoric, , New Delhi: Gyan Publishing .
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Roy, Paromita , and Anitha Kurup. 2015. “A critical assessment of gifted education in India In: Gifted Education in Asia: Problems and Prospects”. In Gifted Education in Asia: Problems and Prospects, Gifted Education in Asia: Problems and Prospects, Information Age Publishing , Inc., 147-166. http://eprints.nias.res.in/866/.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2014. “Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy”. In Current Science. Vol. 196. No. 7. Pp, Current Science. Vol. 196. No. 7. Pp, , 1014–1015.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2012. “Teacher Education in Pakistan”. In D, D, ed. Encyclopedia of Interna Education. Ness and Chia-Ling Lin) New York: M.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2012. “Teacher education in India”. In International education: Encyclopedia of contemporary issues and systems, International education: Encyclopedia of contemporary issues and systems, eds. Daniel Ness and Lin, Chia-Ling . New York: M E Sharp Inc. http://eprints.nias.res.in/373/.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2012. “Teacher Education in India”. In D, D, ed. Encyclopedia of Interna Education. Ness and Chia-Ling Lin) New York: M.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2010. “The Power of P2P: Information Networks, Social Organizing and Educational Futures”. In Open Education and Education for Openness, Open Education and Education for Openness, eds. and , . Boston, MA: Sense Publishing.
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Peters, M. , and Shivali Tukdeo. 2009. “Cultural Exchange, Study Abroad and Discourse of the Other”. In Marginson, Murphy and Peters (eds) Global Creation: Space, Mobility and Synchrony in the Age of Knowledge Economy, Marginson, Murphy and Peters (eds) Global Creation: Space, Mobility and Synchrony in the Age of Knowledge Economy, New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2006. “Critical Reflections on Seasonal Migration and Educational Access in India”. In Proceedings, Graduate Conference on Mobility and Education, Proceedings, Graduate Conference on Mobility and Education,.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2006. “The Crisis of Elementary Education in India (Kumar”. In Educational Studies, Educational Studies, , 167–170.
Books
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2019. India Goes to School: Education Policy and Cultural Politics. Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9788132239550#aboutBook.
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Kapur, Malavika . 2016. Psychological perspectives on childcare in Indian indigenous health systems. New Delhi: Springer India. http://eprints.nias.res.in/797/.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2013. State, Civil Society and Right to Education. Jaipur: Rawat Publishers.
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Kapur, Malavika . 2013. Jivaka: the child who healed. New Delhi: Vitasta Publishing Pvt Ltd. http://eprints.nias.res.in/409/.
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Kurup, Anitha . 2012. Trend Analysis of PhD S in India 1998-2007. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. http://eprints.nias.res.in/321/.
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Kapur, Malavika . 2011. Counselling Children with Psychological Problems. New Delhi: Pearson Education. http://eprints.nias.res.in/204/.
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Kapur, RL . 2009. Another way to live: A psychiatrist among Indian ascetics. eds. Malavika Kapur and Buglass, Dorothy . New Delhi: Penguin. http://eprints.nias.res.in/173/.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2007. Mapping Resistance: Coca-Cola and the Struggle in Plachimada. ed. India. In J Harris. Chicago: Change Maker Publications.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2004. Social Exclusion and Education. New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2004. Human Rights Investigation and Fact Finding Techniques. New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.
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Kurup, Anitha . 2000. Village, caste and education. New Delhi: Rawat Publications. http://eprints.nias.res.in/36/.
Journal Articles
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Kurup, Anitha . 2021. “Challenges to identify and mentor gifted children in developing countries: the Indian experience”. Current Science 120(3): 472-478.
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Mahajan, Anupama , Krupa Rajangam, and Savitha Suresh Babu. 2020. “Doctoral Journeys: From Field Diaries to Institutional (ised) Authorship”. Economic and Political Weekly LV(22): 53-60. https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/22/special-articles/doctoral-journeys.html.
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Babu, Savitha Suresh, and Anupama Mahajan. 2020. “Branding an ‘Inter’national school: Fusing ‘Indian values’ with a global diploma”. International Studies in Sociology of Education. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09620214.2020.1853589.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2020. “Social Suffering and Social Justice: A Sociological Reflection”. The New Leam Sep 2020. https://www.thenewleam.com/2020/09/social-suffering-and-social-justice-a-sociological-reflection/.
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Ramamurthy, VS , and Srivastava DK. 2020. “Communication and management of public risks (with specific reference to the COVID-19 global pandemic)”. Current Science 118(12): 1878-1884. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/118/12/1878.pdf.
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Mittal, Pankaj , Anjali Radkar, Anitha Kurup, Ashwani Kharola, and Bhushan Patwardhan. 2020. “Measuring Access, Quality and Relevance in Higher Education”. Economic and Political Weekly 55(24): 34-38. https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/24/perspectives/measuring-access-quality-and-relevance-higher.html.
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Dixit, Shalini . 2019. “Generating Self-Reflection: Findings from Self-Development Workshops in Teacher Training Curriculum”. Education and Self Development 14(1): 20-31. https://eandsdjournal.org/wp-stuff/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/ESD58-04.pdf.
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Kurup, Anitha . 2019. “The Leaky Pipeline: a Social Scientist Perspective”. Spoorthi: Celebrating Indian Women in Science. https://indiabioscience.org/women-in-science/spoorthi-celebrating-indian-women-in-science.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2018. “Beyond deaths in school: education, knowledge production, and the Adivasi experience”. Qualitative Research Journal. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/QRJ-D-17-00054?journalCode=qrj#.WpbZovkhlZ0.gmail.
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Samhita, K . 2017. “The Turbulence of Youth and the Importance of a Master”. The New Leam 3(25). http://thenewleam.com/2017/06/the-turbulence-of-youth-and-the-importance-of-a-master/.
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Dixit, Shalini , and Bharat Chandra Rout. 2017. “Writing History: Truth and Ideology”. The New Leam 3(22-23): 5-7. http://thenewleam.com/2017/03/writing-history-truth-and-ideology-by-shalini-dixit-and-bharat-chandra-rout/.
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Mathew, Leya . 2017. “Mandated Resistance, Embodied Shame: The Material and Affective Contours of a TESOL Method”. TESOL Quarterly November 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tesq.420/full.
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Kapur, Malavika . 2017. “Quality Primary Education”. Mentor LXL Ideas 10(9): 14-17. http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1246.
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Kapur, Malavika . 2017. “Being a Human Mental Health Professional”. Journal of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology 43(1): 123-127. http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1245.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2017. “Invoking the True Spirit of Vocational Education”. The New Leam: Pedagogy, Aesthetics, Imagination 3(21).
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2017. “Manipuris and Sharmila Irom”. Economic and Political Weekly 52(12): 5. http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/12/letters/manipuris-and-sharmila-irom.html.
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Kurup, Anitha , Leya Mathew, and Taniya Singh. 2017. “Taking the next steps (Meeting report on NIAS’ collaboration with women in STEM in India)”. Current Science 112(10): 1986-1987.
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Kurup, Anitha . 2016. “Impact of Science and Technology on Women”. http://yojana.gov.in/Recent_archive_English_2016.asp.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2016. “The idea of Indianness”. The New Leam 2(13): 46-48. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1130/.
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Arkalgud, Ramaprasad , Singai Chetan B, Hasan Tanveer, Syn Thant, and Thirumalai Mohan. 2016. “India's national higher education policy recommendations since independence: An ontological analysis”. Journal of Educational Planning and Administration 30: 5–24. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1136/.
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Kurup, Anitha , and Shalini Dixit. 2016. “Gifted with Disabilities: The Twice Exceptional in India”. Indian Educational Review 54(2): 7-25. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1713/.
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Dixit, Shalini . 2016. “Understanding of History among Tribal and Non-Tribal Children and Adults”. International Education and Research Journal 2(10): 30-33. http://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/487/459.
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Tukdeo, Shivali , and S. Babu. 2015. “Teaching and Teachable Moments in the New Regime”. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. L. No L.
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Rout, B. , and M. Watts. 2014. ““Capabilities of Affirmative Action Students in Higher Education: Evidences from an Indian University””. Journal of Educational Planning and Administration XXIX(4).
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2014. “Book review: Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy: Agile Decision-Making in a Turbulent World by Graham Room. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2011.”. Current Science 106: 1014–1015. http://eprints.nias.res.in/641/.
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Rout, B. . 2014. “The State of Higher Education in India: Some Reflections from Annual Status of Higher Education”. The College Post.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2014. “The Not-so-Hidden Power of Mobility and Education: Indian Diaspora, Knowledge Industries and the Development Imperatives”. Journal of Diaspora Studies 7.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2014. “Theft, Corruption and Parental School Choice in Manipur ”. Economic and Political Weekly 49(12).
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Kapur, Malavika . 2012. “Bridging the gap between child development and education using children as the resource (IACP Presidential Address)”. Journal of Clinical Psychology 39: 3–9. http://eprints.nias.res.in/485/.
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Rout, B. . 2012. ““Divergent perspectives and Differing Logics; the case of Affirmative Action in India"”. The Educational Forum 76.
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Tukdeo, Shivali . 2011. “Universities at the Crossroads: In Contributions to Indian Sociology”. Vol. 47 pp327-330. {Tukdeo}, {S}. (2011) {Education} for {Sustainable} {Development}: {Challenges}, {Strategies} and {Practices} in a {Globalized} {World}. {In} {Current} {Science}. {Vol}. 98. {No} 98.
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Kurup, Anitha , and Patwardhan Bhushan. 2008. “Emerging directions in global education”. Current Science 95: 303–304. http://eprints.nias.res.in/144/.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2007. “Millennium Development Goal and the Education Challenge ”. Social Action, A Social Trust Publication. Indian Social Institute 57(2).
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Cortez, R , J. Estrada, K. Lam, Shivali Tukdeo, and M. Wu. 2006. “Brazilian and {US} {Educators}: {Hope} and {Possibilities} through {Dialogue}”. Illinois International Review 2.
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Kurup, Anitha . 2006. “India's competitiveness and preparedness in Science & Technology for the coming decades”. Current Science 90: 281–283. http://eprints.nias.res.in/73/.
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Kurup, Anitha . 2005. “Quality and the social context of rural schools”. Contemporary Education Dialogue 30: 28–60. http://eprints.nias.res.in/231/.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2004. “Women and Violence: A Miniscule Experience at World Social Forum, Mumbai ”. Women’s Link 10(2).
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2004. “Education Policies and Praxis: A Reference to Free and Compulsory Education Bill”. Legal News and Views, Indian Social Institute.
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Salam, Jeebanlata . 2004. “Women and Domestic Violence: Human Rights Perspectives”. Women’s link 10(4).
- 28 Jan 2021 Open Defense of Thesis by Ms. Anupama M on 'Growing up Gifted: Class, Social Advantaging and Schooling Practices'
- 11 Dec 2020 Public Lecture on "Cultural Psychology and Solving Social - Psychological Problems"
- 3 Dec 2020 NIAS Education Programme-Webinar Series-Education after COVID 19 - Prof. Shankar S Mantha will speak on "Critical evaluation of multiple entry and exit based reforms in NEP 2020"
- 26 Nov 2020 NIAS Education Programme-Webinar Series-Education after COVID 19- Dr. Aditi Arur will speak on "When silent actors talk: Bodies as learning infrastructure in the post-pandemic world"
- 12 Nov 2020 NIAS Education Programme-Webinar Series-Education after COVID 19- Prof. Nagaraju Gundemeda will speak on "Quality and Equity in Higher Education: Decoding Social Justice in National Education Policy 2020."
- 5 Nov 2020 NIAS Education Programme-Webinar Series-Education after COVID 19 - Prof. Dinesh Kumar Srivastava will speak on "Education and Research during and after the Pandemic"
- 29 Oct 2020 NIAS Education Programme-Webinar Series-Education after COVID 19 - Prof. M Sai Baba will speak on "Learning, Teaching and Mentoring: What Role the Premier Research Institutes can play?"
- 22 Oct 2020 NIAS Education Programme-Webinar Series-Education after COVID 19 - Prof. Avinash Kumar Singh will speak on "Equity and Inclusion as Policy concerns in Education- Reflections on the National Education Policy 2020”
- 15 Oct 2020 NIAS Education Programme-Webinar Series-Education after COVID 19 - Prof. Veera Gupta will speak on " "Why and What leaders must know about Education of Children with Disability (CwD)"
- 8 Oct 2020 NIAS Education Programme-Webinar Series-Education after COVID 19 - Aditi Khanna & Mansi Sharma Will Speak on "Reflections on Institutional Support during COVID-19: School Teachers' Perspectives"