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MANAV RACHNA UNIVERSITY, FARIDABAD

Sector 43, Aravalli

Hills, Manav Rachna Campus Rd, Faridabad, Haryana 121004

Sundaresha D S Designation: Assistant Professor (Sociology) Qualifications :Pursuing Ph.D at JNU, New Delhi Email : sundaresh.fbss@mriu.edu.in Experience: One year three months

Research Interest : Alternative learning/education, Conflict in Urban Context, Education and Violence

+ Administrative Responsibilities: 1. Assistant Professor (Sociology), MRIU, Faridabad 2. Associate Editor, Journal of Liberal Arts and Sciences 3. Worked as an editorial assistant at The New Leam (Magazine), New Delhi

+ Journal Publication Details: ‘Social Change among SCs and STs’ in Yojana magazine on August 2018.ISSN-09718400

+ Conference Presentations: International Conference 1. 'Communalization of the city and parental choices for schooling in Mangalore' presented at Virtual Conference on 'Sociology of School Choice in India' September 10-11, 2021 organized by Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) Research Interest Group (RIG) - Sociology of Education (SoE)in Collaboration with Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, IIIT, Delhi School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University.

2. ‘Schooling and parents choice : A study in Mangaluru city’ CESI RIG - Sociology of Education conference on Sociology of School Choice by CESI, September 10 and 11th 2021.

3. ‘Social conflict in the process of schooling based exclusion: A case study of Mangalore city in Karnataka’ in 10th Annual International Conference by CESI India on the theme- 'Exclusion, Inclusion and Equity in Education’ held in Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, on 9 -11 December 2019.

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‘Educational Hub: A Study of Mangalore in Karnataka’ at the conference by CESI on ‘Criticality, Empathy, and Welfare in Contemporary Educational Discourses’ organized by Jammu University, Jammu on 16-18 November 2017.

National Conference 1.

‘Cultural Diversity and the Making of an Indian: Ethos, Content and Process of

Learning in an Alternative School’ presented in the first national conference on ‘Factors of Poor Learning: Challenges, Opportunities and Practices for Learning Improvement in Socially Diverse School of India’ organized by Deshkal Society in New Delhi on 2 - 4 September 2016.

+ Book/Chapter Publications: D. Book Chapters ‘Learning in an Alternative School in Karnataka: Students' and Aacharyas' Perspectives on Education in Prabodhini Gurukula’ in a book titled ‘Right to Education and Schooling (2017)’ (Rawat Publications) edited by Deepa Idnani. (ISBN No. 978-81-316-0839-5)

+ Expert Talk Delivered 1. Delivered 10 days' online lectures (26th April 2021- 5th May 2021- Guidance & Counseling) to the students of B.Ed. (Jammu Chapter), Directorate of Distance Education, University of Kashmir.

+ Event Organized(Conference/Seminar/FDP/Workshops

1.

Volunteered at Indian Sociological Society, Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, xxxvii All

India Sociological Conference on 11-13 Dec. 2011 organized by CSSS, JNU. 2.

Volunteered at Graduate Seminar 2015 organized by ZHCES, JNU.

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Member of the organization committee of Graduate Seminar 2017 organized by

ZHCES, JNU.

+ Awards 1. UGC-NET Junior Research Fellowship (2013 to 2015) and Senior Research Fellowship (2015 to 2018).

2. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund for Doctoral Studies (January 2019 to July 2019).