Designation :Associate Professor & Director Incharge, Ambedkar Studies Centre

Name:Dr. ASHISH SAXENA

Qualification:M.Phil; Ph.D

Total experience:+ 10 years

Contact Number (Phone/Mob):0191-2438045 (o); 9469210918 (m)

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Publications (International/National):

Books:

‘Shifting Manifestations: Scheduled Castes in Jammu and Kashmir’, Saksham Books International, Jammu(2009).

Articles in Journal:

‘Towards Sedentarization of Transhuming Tribals: A Case Study of Gujjars of Jammu Siwaliks’ in Journal of Social Anthropology, Vol. 1 (2). 2004.
‘Efficacy of Multimedia Technology in Indigenous Knowledge Management’ co-authored with Shivrama Rao, in Convention Journal of Lucknow Management Association (IIM Lucknow), Vol. 1 No. 1, pp- 248-258 on theme “Transforming Villages into Vibrant & Prosperous Entities- Innovative Strategies”, Lucknow Management Association Publication, Lucknow 2005.
‘Another Leap towards Land Reforms in J&K’ in Mainstream, Vol. XLV No. 40, Sept. 22, 2007.
‘Rethinking Indian Villages: A Sociological appraisal’ in E-Bulletin International Sociological Association, No. 8, November 2007.
‘Democratic Decentralization: A way out for Peace-Building process in Jammu and Kashmir’ in Journal of ‘Security & Society’, Vo. 3, No. 2, winter 2007.
‘Reflections on Democratic Decentralization in J&K’ in Economic and Political weekly, Vol. XLIII No. 9, March 1-7, 2008.
‘The Roaring call of Mayawati in J&K’ in The Radical Humanist, Vol. 72. No. 3. June 2008.
‘Pragmatism of implementation of Panchayati Raj in J&K: A Critical Appraisal’ in Indian Journal of Federal Studies, No. 2, 2008.
‘Looking beyond Amarnath Shrine Controversy: A Rational Perspective’ in The Radical Humanist, Vol. 72. No. 7. October 2008.
‘Tradition And Change Among The Tribal Gujjars Of Jammu Siwaliks’ inEastern Anthropologists, Vol. 61, No. 4, Oct-Dec. 2008.
‘Religion, Caste and Community: Identity Substantiation through ‘Maile’ Congregations among the Dogras of Jammu and Kashmir (India)’ in ‘Politics and Religion’ Center for Studies of Religion and Religious Tolerance which is established in Belgrade, Serbia; issue no.1/2009 Volume III

Articles in Books:

‘Child labour: Its causes and remedy’co-authored with Vijaylaxmi, in S.Murty (ed.) Child labour in India, RBSA Publisher, Jaipur, 2001.
‘Economic and Non-Economic aspect of Industrial Workers’in S.Murty (ed.) Technology and Employment, RBSA Publisher, Jaipur, 2002.
‘Women’s Representation in Panchayati Raj- A study of Halqa Panchayat in Jammu division’ in Panchayati Raj-Why and How (ed.), J&K State Resource Centre, Srinagar, 2002.
‘Continuity and Change among the Gujjars in Jammu Siwalik’ co-authored with Devinder Singh, in C.Reddy and Babu (eds) Folklore in the new millennium, Research India Press, New Delhi. 2004.
‘Village Studies in India: Old and New’ in S.L.Sharma, S.K.Sharma & J.R.Panda (eds), Ethnic, Rural & Gender Issues in Contemporary North-West, Anamika Publishers, New Delhi. 2005.
‘Quest for subsistence of Dalits in the era of globalization: some critical reflections’ in R.M.Sarkar (eds), Dalits in India- Past and Present, Serials Publishers, New Delhi, 2006.
‘Identity and Politics of Dalits of J&K: Rhetoric and Reality’, in Mohd. Tajuddin & Baljit S. Mann (eds), Politics of Identities in Jammu & Kashmir – A Contested Terrain, Jay Kay Book House, Jammu, 2008.
‘Locating prospects of dalits in the era of globalization: some critical reflections’ in Debal K SinghaRoy’s edited volume on Surviving against odds: The marginalized in a globalizing world, Manohar Publication, New Delhi (communicated).

Book Review:

Samit Kar (ed.): Globalisation: One world, many voices (Essays in honour of Professor Ramkrishna Mukherjee), in Sociological Bulletin, Vol 55, No.3 Sept-Dec 2006.
Praveen Swami: India, Pakistan and the secret jihad- The covert war in Kashmir, 1947-2004 for International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden; the Netherlands, 2007.
Susan Hagood Lee: “Rice Plus” Widows and Economic Survival in Rural Cambodia. New York: Routledge, 2006, in Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 14: 3, Sage Publications: Delhi. (2007).
R.H McLeod & Andrew MacIntyre: “Indonesia: Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance”. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007, in ICFAIUniversity Journal of International Relations” Vol. II, No. 4 (2008).
Aparna Rao (ed.):Valley of Kashmir – The making and unmaking of composite culture, Manohar (2008) for Economic and Political Weekly (in press).

Projects (National/International)

Completed:

Panchayati Raj, Representation, Status and Role of Women in Decision making, a project funded by J&K State Resource centre, Srinagar, 2002.
Changing dimensions of Dalit Identity in Rural Jammu, a project funded by UGC- SAP, Deptt. of Political science, Univ. of Jammu,2002.
Socio-economic problem of Old aged and physically challenged in Jammu, project funded by J&K State Resource centre, Srinagar, 2003.
ICSSR, New Delhi Funded Project on ‘Land Reform and changing Agrarian Structure in rainfed and Irrigated Agricultural Production System’ 2007-08.

Any other achievement needs reflection:

Seminars/Workshops/Lectures Organized:

Organized two days workshop on “Baseline Social assessment study for elementary education in all districts of J&K” in collaboration with N.I.A.R., Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, for the investigators in Jammu division, August 2007.
Organized Special Lecture under Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre on ‘Dr. Ambedkar and Scheduled Castes: Could Equity be Preferred over Reservation’on November, 10, 2008 by Professor Satish Sharma, HimachalPradeshUniversity, Shimla.
Organized Panel Discussion under Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre on ‘Weaker Sections in J&K: Problems and Prospects’on Feburary, 5th2009.
Organized 3rd Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture under Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre on ‘Dr. Ambedkar as a Sociologist: Beyond Reductionism” by Prof. P.G.Jogdand, University of Mumbaion April, 15th 2009.
Organized Two-Day National Workshop on 12-13th September, 2009 under Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre on ‘Social Justice and the Marginals”. Distinguished delegates contributed for the workshop were – Prof. Emeritus T.K.Oommen, Prof. Nandu Ram, Prof. Salil Misra, Prof. Saraswati Raju, Prof. G.Aloysious, Dr. Mahalaxmi, Dr. Vivek Kumar, Dr. Vishalakshi, Dr. Dhirendra Dhangwal, Dr. Krishan Mohan, Dr. Mathew Joseph, Dr. Ronki Ram and others.
Organized Special Lecture under Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre on ‘Dynamics of Scheduled castes in Haryana’on March, 4, 2010by Professor S.R.Ahalawat, M.D.University, Rohtak.
Organized ‘Workshop-cum-Awareness camp’ under its outreach activity in the remote rural area of Udhampur district and spreading the message of Ambedkar and his philosophy to the downtrodden people of Udhampur district.

Professional Experience/Supervision:

Supervising a socio-economic survey (2002) of SEWA Hydro electric project of N.H.P.C incollaboration with Deptt. of Botany, University of Jammu to assess the possible displacement due to project.
Invited talk delivered on ‘Live Radio counseling session’ for the ESO courses of IGNOU at AIR Jammu.
Supervising a survey on ‘Impact assessment study of Indira Awaas Yojana’ in Jammu District (in June 2005) in collaboration with Communication Management Foundation, New Delhi.
Supervising a survey on ‘Socio-economic survey of Jammu city’ (in March-2006) in collaboration with ASK-ERA, New Delhi and J&K Urban development Project.
District Coordinator for Baseline Social assessment study for elementary education in Jammu and Kathua districts of J&K – 2007 in collaboration with N.I.A.R., Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.

Members of Academic Associations:

Life Member and Member of Managing Committee of IndianSociological Society(2007-2009), New Delhi.
Life Member and Executive Member (2006-2008) of NWISA, Chandigarh.
Life Member of Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, Lucknow.
Member Secretary, Ambedkar Studies Centre, University of Jammu.