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1 Brief about the Scholar: Ashish Saxena presently teaches Sociology at University of Allahabad. Earlier he was Associate Professor in Sociology at University of Jammu and was also Director (I), Ambedkar Studies Centre; He has over fourteen years of teaching experience and has significant publications on the issues related to Social exclusion, Social Justice, Subaltern communities, Land reforms, Democratic decentralization, Identity politics and Globalization in India with specific reference to Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir State. Mailing Address: Department of Sociology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad , U.P (India). [ Mobile: CURRICULUM VITAE Name : Dr. ASHISH SAXENA Date of birth : Address for communication : Dr. Ashish Saxena, Deptt. of Sociology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Over 14 years of postgraduate teaching and research at University level. He deals with courses on Indian society, rural studies, classical sociological thinkers, Indian thinkers, peasant movement, social exclusion, sociology of religion. He guided over 4 Ph.D s and 17 M.phil dissertations on issues related to Religion, urban space, migrants, agrarian reforms, democratic decentralization, rural development, subaltern communities etc. RESOURCE PERSON/GUEST LECTURE/HONORS/AWARDS: Key speaker in Symposium on Peasantization of Tribes in North- West India at IX NWISA Conference, organized by Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla on th Oct Resource Person for Orientation Programme (for Village Level Workers) on Strengthening of good governance in J&K, organized by Institute of Social Science, New Delhi.

2 Resource Person for Training to weaker sections on Social Issues (13th March 2008) organized by NABARD, Jammu unit, Jammu. Guest Talk delivered under Workers Education Scheme to Supervisors/Managers of organized sector in Jammu (28-29 th April, 2008) on Motivation and Morale, organized by Central Board for Workers Education, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India, Jammu Unit (J&K). Resource Person for Orientation Programme of Teachers on Development, Participation & Globalization, organized by Academic Staff College, University of Jammu, January Felicitated with Certificate of Participation for India Social Science Research Award (ISSRA) 2009 on December 19, 2009 at NCUI complex, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi by International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Regional office for South Asia, New Delhi for paper on Anticipating Alternative Development for Rural India through Multimedia Technologies: Retrospect and Prospects in the category Rural Innovation System. Resource Person for 11 th Refresher Course in Philosophy on Applied Ethics and delivered lecture on Debating Ethics in Social Sciences: A Sociological Appraisal, organized by Academic Staff College, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 10 th March, Resource Person for Panel discussions on Understating North- east India and delivered lecture on State, ethnicity and identity in North- East India, organized by Department of Political Science, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 10 th March, Resource Person for Refresher Course in Sociology on Research methodology in social sciences: Emerging research trends and delivered lecture on Methodological issues for Subaltern categories in the Era of Globalization A Critical View, organized by Department of Sociology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 7 th December, UGC Visiting Fellow (one week) under UGC- SAP and delivered lectures on Globalization and Development, organized by Department of Sociology, BBAU, Lucknow, 1 st - 5 th April, Resource Person for delivering lectures on Understanding Gender and delivered lecture on Gender and Sociology, organized by Centre for Women s Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 8-9 th April, Resource Person for Faculty Development Programme on Entrepreneurship development and delivered lecture on Sociology of Entrepreneurshipship & Ethics vs

3 Entrepreneurship, organized by Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, KNIT, Sultanpur, 25 th December, Resource Person/Panelist for National Seminar on Dimensions of Inequality, Exclusion and Social Transformation in Rural India organized by Department of Sociology, Lucknow University, Lucknow on 1 st 2 nd March 2014 and presented on State Policies And Rural Transformation: Challenges Of Inclusive Development Through MGNREGA in U.P.. SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/LECTURES ORGANIZED: 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, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Organized 3 rd Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture under Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre on Dr. Ambedkar as a Sociologist: Beyond Reductionism by Prof. P.G.Jogdand, University of Mumbai on April, 15 th Organized Two- Day National Workshop on th 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 4 th Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture under Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre on Caste and Democracy: Three Paradoxes by Prof. M.S.S.Pandian, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, New Delhi on April, 15 th Organized Special Lecture under Dr. Ambedkar Studies Centre on Buddhism and Social Transformation: Ambedkarite Perspective on April, 19 th, 2010 by Shri Dhammachari Lokamitra, President, Jambudvipa Trust & Friends of Western Buddhist Order, United Kingdom. As an Academic Co- coordinator, organized three- weeks UGC sponsored Refresher course in Sociology on 3-23 rd December, 2012 under aegis of Academic Staff college, University of Allahabad on Research methodology in social sciences: Emerging research trends. Distinguished resource persons contributed for the course were Prof. Partha Nath Mukherji (Inaugural address), Prof. Yogesh Atal (valedictory address), Prof. Mark Lindley, Prof. K. Ramasubrahmanian, Prof. Jean Dreze, Prof. Partha Ghosh,; Prof. H.M Desardia. Prof. S.N Choudhary, Prof. Debal Singha Roy;

4 Prof. Ashok Kaul, Prof. B.K.Pattnaik, Prof. Abha Chauhan, Prof. Sukant Chaudhury, Prof. Vinod Chandra. SEMINAR/CONFERENCES ATTENDED: Attended National Seminar on Governance, Technology & Development at Academic Staff College, University of Hyderabad on Nov and presented a paper entitled: Enhancing Knowledge and Information Capabilities of Multimedia Technologies in India s Rural Development: A Sociological Perspective. Attended Diamond Jubilee Conference on Tradition and Modernity: Development and Change among Tribals in India at Lucknow University on 23 rd 25 th Feb 2007 and presented paper entitled: Nomad- Sedentary Continuum among the Gujjar Tribes of Jammu Siwalik: A Dialectical Analysis. Attended XXXIV All India Sociological Conference from 27 th - 29 th Dec at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and presented paper on Religion, Caste and Community: A Sociological exploration of maile congregations among Dogra community of Jammu Region. Attended National Seminar on Conflict in J&K: Impact on Society Polity and Economy organized by Centre for Security Analysis Chennai and Dept. of Strategic and Regional Studies, University of Jammu, Jammu on nd Sept and presented a paper on Experiencing implications of conflict over governance in J&K State: a viewpoint Attended International Conference on Changes in caste hierarchies in rural India and their political implications jointly organized by IIAS, Shimla, School of Advanced study, University of London & South Asian Studies Council, Yale University at Shimla on 1-3 rd June 2011 and Presented paper on State initiatives and Scheduled Castes: Analyzing shifting caste hierarchies in rural Jammu region. Attended National Seminar on Social Movement in Contemporary India: Issues and Concerns organized by Department of Sociology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad on 5 th - 6 th Sept and presented a paper on Dalit Mobilization in contemporary India: Shared Experiences of Scheduled Castes in Jammu Region. Attended National Seminar on Emerging Paradigms of Human Rights: Issues, Challenges and Prospects organized by Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh on 19 th - 20 th October 2011 and presented a paper on State Policies vis- à- vis the Marginalized Communities: Concerns for Weaker Sections in Jammu and Kashmir State.

5 Attended National Seminar on Communal Harmony & Secularism: Indian Experiences organized by Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad on 11 th - 12 th November 2011 and presented a paper on Latent Communalism during Shri Amarnath Shrine Episode in J&K: A View- point. Attended International Conference on 1 st Humanities Forum co- organized by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea, UNESCO, Korean National Commission on 24 th 26 th November 2011 and presented a paper on Shifting identities in the era of globalization: Emerging concerns for marginals in India. Attended XXXVII All India Sociological Conference from 10 th 13 th Dec at J.N.U, New Delhi on Sociology and the crisis of social transformation in India and presented a paper on Experiencing social transformation and marginalization of Dalits in India: An Appraisal. Attended International Conference on Social Justice and Human Development organized by Dept. of Psychology, University of Allahabad on 18 th 20 th December 2011 and presented a paper on State, Social Justice and the Vulnerable groups: Justice Concern s for the Transhumance Gujjar tribe in J&K State. Attended National Seminar on Global Development and Social Concerns: A Contemporary Scenario organized by Department of Social Work & Sociology, B.H.U, Varanasi on 1 st 2 nd February 2012 and presented a paper on Vulnerability of Marginals in the era of Globalization: Emerging concerns from rural India. Attended National Seminar on Environmental Conservation and Nehruvian Model for Development organized by Institute of Gandhian Thought & Peace Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad on 7 th - 8 th February 2012 and presented a paper on Nehruvian Model, Agrarian Shifts and Growing Ecological Concern s in Modern India: A Critical Appraisal. Attended International Conference on Re- envisioning State reorganization in India organized by Dept. of Political Science, B.H.U. Varanasi on 21 st 22 nd February, 2012 and presented a paper on Contested issues of State and Governance in J&K State: Perceptions from Jammu region. Attended National Symposium on Agrarian Change and Small Farmers organized by G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Jhusi, Allahabad on 11 th 12 th March, 2012 and presented a paper on Economic reforms and the Concerns for Marginals: Opportunities and Challenges from rural India. Attended International Seminar on Civil Society in the era of Globalization organized by Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies & UGC- SAP, Dept. of

6 Political Science, University of Allahabad, Allahabad on 21 st 22 nd March, 2012 and presented a paper on Civil Society Concerns for Dalits in the era of Globalization: An Indian Scenario. Attended International Seminar on Indian Transnationalism Online: Ethnographic Explorations organized by Centre for the study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad and Department of Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University, Netherlands on 26 th 27 th March, 2012 and presented a paper on Globalization and the Transnationalism of Dalit identity: Probings from modern India. Attended International Seminar on Global environment politics organized by UGC- SAP, Dept. of Political Science, University of Allahabad, Allahabad on 8 th 9 th December, 2012 and presented a paper on Developmentality, environmental sustainability and contesting agrarian concerns: Insights from rural India. Attended XXXVIII All India Sociological Conference from 27 th 29 th Dec at M.S.University, Udaipur on Contemporary Indian Society: Challenges & Responses and presented a paper on Disseminating the non- traditional aspects of child labour in India: An analytical viewpoint. Attended XXXVIII All India Sociological Conference from 27 th 29 th Dec at M.S.University, Udaipur on Contemporary Indian Society: Challenges & Responses and presented a paper on Implications of MGNREGA scheme on marginal sections: Glimpses from rural U.P.. Attended two- day National Conference on Sociology of Sanitation Environmental sanitation, Public health and Social deprivation organized by Sulabh International Centre for Action Sociology, New Delhi on 28 h - 29 th January, 2013 and presented paper on Movement towards the green pilgrimage: Mapping environmental sanitation issues in Kumbh Mela at Prayag. Attended International Seminar on New Social Movements in the era of Globalization organized by Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad on 22 nd 23 rd February, 2013 and presented a paper on Issues and concerns of neo- dalit mobilization in global era: Reflections from contemporary India. Attended National Seminar on Empowering tribal communities of India through education organized by Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak on 14 th - 16 th March 2013 and presented a joint paper on Portraying elementary education in J&K: A critique of SSA implementation in Jammu region.

7 Attended International Seminar on Peace- building in a conflict- ridden world organized by Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad on 21 st 22 nd February, 2014 and presented a paper on Challenges for governance and peace- building in India: Exemplifying status of decentralization in J&K state. Attended International Seminar on Alternatives in School System and Teacher Education in collaboration with Indian Association of Teacher Educators & NIOS organized by Department of Education, University of Allahabad, Allahabad on 8 th 9 th March, 2014 and presented a paper on State, Alternative Schooling And Deprived Groups: An Appraisal Of Elementary Education In Jammu Region (J&K). Workshops/Meetings Attended: Attended Two days workshop on Flatenning Diversity: Education Planning in India on 29 th 30 th May 2008 at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and presented paper on Status of Elementary Education in J&K- Special Reference to SSA in Jammu District. Attended International Workshop on Mountain pastoralism and Modernity in Asia organized by ICIMOD, Kathmandu, on 7-9 th January 2009 and presented paper on Culture, Identity & Development of the semi- pastoral Gujjars in the Jammu Siwaliks: A socio- cultural perspective. Attended 3- days Workshop on Development of Training Modules and Methodology (District work Plan for out of School Children for Bihar and West Bengal) organized by NIAR, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, on 30 th June 2 nd July, 2010 and contributed for the module on Integration and Convergence Aspects. Attended two- day Workshop on State and district level MGNREGA functionaries organized by NIAR, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, on 21 st - 22 nd May, 2012 and presented report on financial inclusion and convergence of MGNREGA in selected districts of U.P. Attended two- day Orientation Training Workshop on Child labour, Bonded labour and women labour organized by V.V.Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, on 23 rd - 24 th August, Attended two- day National Seminar and Workshop on Expectations of Functionaries of Education from University for Quality Enhancement organized by Department of Education, University of Allahabad, on 4 th - 6 th January, 2013.

8 Attended UGC sponsored three- day short term course for Professors and Readers organized by Academic Staff College, University of Allahabad, on 18 th - 20 th January, Attended two- day workshop on writing textbook on Sociology of Sanitation, organized by Sulabh International Centre for Action Sociology, New Delhi on 13 th - 14 th June, PUBLICATIONS: Books: Monograph: Shifting Manifestations: Scheduled Castes in Jammu and Kashmir, Saksham Books International, Jammu (2009). Marginality, Exclusion and Social Justice, (eds.), Rawat Publication, Jaipur (2013). Urban Social Space and Weaker Sections: A Case Study of Jammu City, for Dr. Recent articles in Journal: Ambedkar Studies Centre, University of Jammu (jointly with Dr. Devinder Singh, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Jammu), 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 on theme Transforming Villages into Vibrant & Prosperous Entities- Innovative Strategies, Lucknow Management Association Publication, Lucknow Rethinking Indian Villages: A Sociological appraisal in E- Bulletin International Sociological Association, No. 8, November Pragmatism of implementation of Panchayati Raj in J&K: A Critical Appraisal in Indian Journal of Federal Studies, No. 2, Tradition And Change Among The Tribal Gujjars Of Jammu Siwaliks in Eastern Anthropologists, Vol. 61, No. 4, Oct- Dec 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 State, Governance and the Conflicting Situation: Contemplations from J&K State in ICFAI University Journal of International Relations September 2011, Vol. V, No. 4. Land acquisition Bill in The Radical Humanist, Vol. 75. No. 6. September 2011.

9 Shifting identities in the era of globalization: Emerging concerns for marginals in India in proceedings of The 1 st World Humanities Forum, Issues on social justice and the marginalized: contextualizing scheduled castes in J&K state in Journal of Social and Political Studies, Vol. II (2), December Governance and Injustice in the tenuous state: Narratives from Jammu region in Journal of Security & Society Vol. 5, No. 1-2, summer- winter Portraying Weaker Sections Vis- À- Vis India s Urban Social Space: Manifestations from Jammu City of J&K State in e- Journal of Sociological Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 1, Religious Landscape, Low Caste Hindus And The Identity Politics: Configuration Of Socio- Religious Space For Weaker Sections In Jammu City, J&K (India) co- authored with Vijaylaxmi Saxena, in Politics and Religion Center for Studies of Religion and Religious Tolerance which is established in Belgrade, Serbia; issue no.1/2013 Volume VII. Recent articles in Books: 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, Locating prospects of dalits in the era of globalization: some critical reflections in Debal K SinghaRoy s (eds.), Surviving Against Odds- The marginalized in a globalizing world, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, Inclusive policies, State Politics and the Marginals: Concerns for Weaker Sections in J&K State in S.N. Tripathy & O.P. Shukla (eds.), Socio- economic issues on vulnerable people in India, Abhijeet Publications, New Delhi, Contemptuous Marginality A Case of Tribal Gujjar of J&K in Ashish Saxena (ed.), Marginality, Exclusion and Social Justice (eds.), Rawat Publications, Jaipur, Agrarian society, Economic reforms and the concerns for marginals: Opportunities and Challenges from rural India in K.N.Bhatt & Pradeep Bhargava (eds.), Agrarian change and small farmers, Concept Publications, New Delhi, Globalization and the Transnationalism of Dalit identity: Probings from modern India in Ajaya K. Sahoo & J.G. Kruijf (eds.), Indian Transnationalism Online, Ashgate Publishing Company, England, 2014 (ISBN ). 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.

10 Praveen Swami: India, Pakistan and the secret jihad- The covert war in Kashmir, for International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden; the Netherlands, 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 ICFAI University Journal of International Relations Vol. II, No. 4 (2008). Aparna Rao (ed.): Valley of Kashmir The making and unmaking of composite culture, New Delhi: Manohar, Publisher, 2008, in Asia Journal of Global Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp , (2010). Ciotti, Manuela: Argumentative Indian Chamars: A Subaltern Narrative of Modernity for New Asia books, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden; the Netherlands, (2011). Baral, Lok Raj: Nepal Nation- state in the Wilderness: Managing State, Democracy, and Geopolitics, Journal of Intercultural Studies, 34:4, , Sage Publication (2012). Lucinda Platt: Understanding Inequalities Stratification and Difference, International Sociology 2013; , (2013). Manoj Kumar (ed.): Corporate social responsibility: Contemporary issues in India, in Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 62, No.3 Sept- Dec PROJECTS HANDLED/HANDLING: Changing dimensions of Dalit Identity in Rural Jammu, a project funded by UGC- SAP, Deptt. of Political science, Univ. of Jammu,2002. Land Reforms and changing Agrarian Structure in Rainfed and Irrigated Agricultural production System, major project funded by ICSSR, Delhi, Baseline Social assessment study for elementary education in Jammu and Kathua districts of J&K in collaboration with N.I.A.R., Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, State Co- coordinator- cum- consultant for the Study of socio- economic assessment of MGNREGA on financial inclusion, Convergence and Awardees district for selected districts in U.P. in collaboration with N.I.A.R., Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie,

11 HONORARY POSITIONS /MEMBERS OF ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS AND POSITION HELD: Life Member and Ex- Member of Managing Committee ( ) of Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi. Life Member and Executive Member ( ) of NWISA, Chandigarh. Life Member of Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, Lucknow. Member Secretary ( ), Ambedkar Studies Centre, University of Jammu. Member, North zone promotion council for sociology under aegis of Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi w.e.f Member of Editorial Advisory Committee of E- Journal of Sociological Bulletin w.e.f December, Member of Editorial Advisory Board of international journal of BIOINFO Sociology (ISSN ) w.e.f, Member of Pahari Advisory Committee, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, (ASHISH SAXENA)