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Dr. Sushila Ramaswamy

Mobile: 9811795482

Tel ® 40561346

Email id (official) [email protected]

Email id (Personal)[email protected]/[email protected]

Res: N 1, Third Floor, Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi 110019

• Teaching in JMC since 1981. Permanent in 1983

• Ph.d. (Rawls and His Critics), 1988, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi,

Delhi

• M. Phil (The Concept of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat in the Marxist Thought), 1982

Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi

• Merit Scholarship by the Central Board of Secondary Education (Delhi) from 1976-79

• 12th Merit Position in Delhi State in Arts in Higher Secondary Examinations in 1976

• Teaching/Research Interest in Political Theory and Comparative Politics

• Post-doctoral work as a Fulbright Hays Grantee from Bloomington, Indiana University, USA

on the Neoconservatism in US, 1991-92

• British Council Grant to work on New Right, University of Kent, Canterbury, Britain, 1994

• Visiting fellow at the National University of Singapore, 1996

• UGC Research Award for a project Post-Cold War Social Concerns: Women’s

Representation in a Comparative Perspective, 2004-2007

• ICCR Empanelment for its India Chairs Abroad, 2017

• Presented 13 lectures on Western Political Thinkers (Greek Political Thought, Plato, Aristotle,

Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Bentham, Adam Smith, J.S. Mill, T.H. Green, John Rawls)

as part of the UGC countrywide classroom lectures in 1990-91

• Received Minor Research Grant:

(1) Gandhi and the Autonomy of Modern Indian Thought (1989)

(2) Rawls and his Critics (1986) (Ph.D. Thesis)

• Received ICSSR Ph. D. Publication Grant in 1989

• IPSA (International Political Science Association) Travel Grant to attend its IPSA World

Congress in 1991, 2003, 2006, 2016 (details in the section on Conferences attended)

• UGC Travel Grant to attend IPSA Conferences in 2003, 2006, 2016 (details in the section on

Conferences attended)

mailto:[email protected]/[email protected]

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• Supervision:4 students for M. Phil. Dissertations (Three University of Delhi and One from

Madurai Kamaraj University

• Member of Committee for designing curriculum for MA in Gandhian Studies Programme for

IGNOU, New Delhi, 2012

• Compiled bibliography for Political Theory/Thought sections for UGC Committee on

Development of Curriculum for Political Science and Public Administration, 2000

CLASSES AND PAPERS TAUGHT

1981 till date

BA (Hons) in JMC

• Colonialism and Nationalism in India

• Political Theory

• Political Thought

• Indian Political Thought

• United Nations

• Indian Foreign Policy

• Comparative Politics

• Citizenship in a Globalizing world

• Reading Gandhi

BA PASS/PROGRAMME in JMC


• Comparative Politics

• Indian Government and Politics

Subsidiaries for Hons Courses in JMC


2006-07 (One year) MA class in Main Campus, University of Delhi, Paper: Theory and Practice of

Democracy.

1997-2001 (Four years) MA classes in South Campus, University of Delhi, Papers: Political Theory and

Western Political Thought.

2001-02 (One year) MA classes in South Campus, University of Delhi, Papers: Marxist Political Theory

and Liberal Political Theory.

2002-04 (Two years) MA classes in South Campus, University of Delhi, Papers: Political Theory and

Western Political Thought.

2001-02 M. Phil classes in Political Theory, South Campus, University of Delhi

1988-89 M. Phil classes in Political Theory, South Campus, University of Delhi

1996 (Two semesters) BA Courses Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore,

Singapore.

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• Political Ideologies,


• Asian Political Thought (section on Indian Political Thought)

Teacher in Charge, Department of Political Science (1987-89, 1997-99, 2011-2013, 2017-19)

1987-88 Staff Advisor, Political Science Association (1983-86 and 1987-88)

CONVENOR/ MEMBER OF SOCIETIES IN COLLEGE

• 2019-21 Convenor, Student Council, Convenor, ECA

• 2019-21 Convenor ECA

• 2017-18 Staff Advisor, Student Council

• 2016-19 Member IQAC

• 2015-16 Convenor, Student Council

• 2014-16 Convenor, Research Committee

• 2014-15 (Co-Convenor, Student Council

• 2013-14 Staff Advisor, Innovation Project Research Committee

• 2013-14 Member, Budget Committee for Montage

• 2013-15 (Co-Convenor) ECA Committee

• 2012 Member, Budget Committee for College Festival Montage

• 2010-17 Anti Ragging Committee

• 2009-11 Member, ECA Committee

• 2009-10 Staff Advisor (Convenor), Student Council

• 2008-09 Staff Advisor (Co-convenor), Student Council

• 2007-08 Member, Sports Committee

• 2005-07 Convenor, ECA Committee

• 2005-07 Convenor, Women’s Studies and Development Cell

• 1997-2000 Convenor, Indian Cultural Society

• 1991-95 Quiz Society

• 1986-88 Cauldron Magazine Society

• 1985-88 NSS

• 1984-86 Photography Society (started the society in college)

• 1981-84, JMCEP

AREAS OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION

• Political Theory (History of Political Ideas, Analysis of Concepts).

• Political Thought from Plato to Marx.

• Contemporary Political Theory.

• Indian thought with special reference to Gandhi.

• History of Feminism

• Women in the Political Process.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Member (1990- till date), International Political Science Association (IPSA)

Member (2000 till date) IPSA Research Committees (1) Political Philosophy (2) Gender and Politics

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EXTENT TO WHICH MY PUBLISHED WORKS IS REFERRED TO BY OTHER SCHOLARS

IN THE SUBJECT

Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts is a prescribed text in the following universities:

International

1. Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.

2. St. Paul University of Philippines, Philippines.

National

3. Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana.

4. Vikram University, Ujjain, MP.

5. Ulsaindia.

6. Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, MP.

7. Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam.

8. Punjab University, Chandigarh.

9. Acharya Nagarjuna University, AP.

10. Patkai Christian College, Dimapur, Nagaland.

11. Nagaland University, Kohima, Nagaland.

12. Cotton College State University, Guwahati, Assam.

13. Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, HP.

14. St. Joseph College, Bangalore, Karnataka.

15. West Bengal State University, Kolkata, West Bengal.

16. S.D. Jain College, Surat, Gujarat and Dimarpur, West Bengal.

17. Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

18. Mizoram University, Aizwal, Mizoram.

19. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, UP.

20. Goa University, Goa.

21. Nagpur University, Nagpur, MP.

22. Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharasthra

23. SNDT, Mumbai, Maharasthra.

24. Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal.

25. Rani Channamma University, Belgaum, Karnataka.

26. Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Bellary, Karnataka.

27. Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal.

28. Distance Education, University of Jammu, J&K.

29. Arni University, HP.

30. Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

31. University of Gour Banga, West Bengal.

32. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP.

33. Central University of Bihar, Patna, Bihar.

34. University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP.

35. Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab.

36. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab.

37. University of Gour Bangla, Malda, West Bengal.

38. University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala.

39. University School of law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind IP University, New Delhi.

40. Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal.

41. University of Calcutta, West Bengal.

Liberty, Equality and Justice: Rawls’ Political Theory is a prescribed reading in SNDT, Mumbai.

Marxist Theory of the State: Dictatorship of the Proletariat is a prescribed reading in North Eastern Hill

University Shillong.

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Select chapters from Women in Political Thought: The Quest for Gender Equality and Beyond, University

of Delhi, Delhi.

A History of Political Thought: From Plato to Marx (co-athored) is a prescribed text in the following

universities:

International

1. University of Hamburg, Germany.

2. Beune State University, Makuid, Nigeria.

3. BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

National

4. The University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

5. Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh.

6. University of Baroda, Varodara, Gujarat.

7. University of Tripura, Agartala.

8. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharasthra.

9. Benares Hindu University, Benaras, UP.

10. The Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka.

11. University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala

12. University of Pune, Pune, Maharasthra.

13. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, Rajasthan.

14. Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh.

15. Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam.

16. Dibrugarh University, Assam.

17. Institute of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala.

18. S.D. Jain College, Surat and Dimarpur, Nagaland.

19. Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

20. Mizoram University, Aizwal, Mizoram.

21. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, UP.

22. Goa University, Goa.

23. Nagpur University, Nagpur, MP.

24. Jan Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

25. Guru Nanak University, Amritsar, Punjab.


27. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Nizamsagar, AP.

28. Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal, J & K.

29. Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal.

30. University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,

Delhi.

31. Nagaland University, Kohima, Nagaland.

32. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP.


34. Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana.

35. Andhra University, Vishakapatnam, AP.

36. North Hill University, Shillong, Meghlaya.

37. Kanpur University, Kanpur, UP.

38. Ideku, University of Kerala, Kerala.



Theoretical Foundations of Comparative Politics (co-authored) is a prescribed text in the following

universities:

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3. Mangalore University, Mangalore

4. Bankura University, West Bengal

5. Gaur Banga University, West Bengal

6. North Bengal University, West Bengal

7. Kerala University, Thirvanthupuram

8. Jammu University, Jammu

9. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchu

10. Kazi Narul University, Asanol, West Bengal

11. Calcutta University, Kolkata

12. Davangere University, Karnataka

A History of Socialist Thought: From Precursors to the Present (co-authored) is a prescribed text in the

following universities:

International

1. University of Sussex’s Social and Political Philosophy.

National

2. Punjab University, Chandigarh.

3. Punjab University, Patiala.

4. Kurukshetra University.

5. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad.


Facets of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violence and Satyagaha, Vol.1 (co-edited) is a recommended text for

course MA in Conflict Management and Development, Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Faculty of

Social Sciences, Benares Hindu University.

George Friedrich Hegel (co-edited) is a recommended reading in Vikram University, Ujjain.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (co-edited) is a recommended reading for

1) MA Women’s studies and Computer Application, Andhra University

2) Women Studies Centre, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

BOOKS (Individual)

• Women in Political Thought: Quest for Gender Equality and Beyond, Hyderabad, Orient

BlackSwan, (ISBN 978-93-86689-58-0), xiv+408 pages, 2018.

• Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts, Second Edition, New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India, (ISBN

978-81-203-5048-9), xii+564 pages, 201, 2014.

• Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts, New Delhi, Macmillan, (ISBN 0333 937 988), x+506

pages, 2003.

• Marxist Theory of the State: Dictatorship of the Proletariat, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN

81-7100-579-9), x+180 pages, 1993.

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• Liberty, Equality and Social Justice: Rawls’ Political Theory, New Delhi, Ajantha Publications,

(ISBN 81-202-2091-0), xi+252 pages, 1990.

CO-AUTHOR

• Theoretical Foundations of Comparative Politics (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee,

Hyderabad, Orient Blackswan (ISBN 978-93-86296-30-6) xi+290 pages, 2017.

• A History of Socialism, (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee), New Delhi, Publications Division,

(ISBN 978-81-230-1863-8) 430 pages, 2014.

• A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx, Second Edition (co-author with Subrata

Mukherjee), New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India, (ISBN 97-81-203-4389-4 Second Edition),

xii+561 pages, 2014.

• Democracy in Theory and Practice, (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee) New Delhi, Macmillan,

(ISBN 1403-92496 I), xxxii+324 pages, 2005.

• A History of Socialist Thought: from the Precursors to the Present, (co-author with Subrata

Mukherjee), New Delhi, Sage Publications, (ISBN 81 7036 929- 0 (India HB; 81- 7036 938 X

India PB; 0-7619-9437-8 (US HB; 81-7619-9465 3 (US PB), 464 pages, 2000.

• Pashchimi Rajnithi chintan (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee), Delhi, Directorate of Hindu

Medium Implementation, Delhi, University of Delhi, 400 pages, 2000.

• A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee), New Delhi,

Prentice Hall of India, (ISBN 81-203-1499), viii+432 pages, 1999.

• Samajik chintan ki ithihaas (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee) Delhi, Directorate of Hindi

Medium Implementation, Delhi, University of Delhi, 611 pages, 1999.

CO-EDITOR

• Great Western Political Thinkers in 12 Volumes (Socrates, Cicero, St. Augustine, St. Aquinas,

Marsilio of Padua/William of Ockham, Jean Bodin/Hugo Grotius, David Hume, Tom Paine,

Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Montesquieu/Voltaire, Alexis de Tocqueville), co- edited with

Subrata Mukherjee an Introduction and Biographical Sketch to each volume, New Delhi, Deep

and Deep, (ISBN 81-7629-150-1 (set), 1999.

• Margaret Fuller’s Woman in the Nineteenth century co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee an

Introduction and Explanatory Notes, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, 1998 (ISBN 81-7629-151-X),

xii+162 pages, 1998.

• World’s Greatest Socialist Thinkers in 25 Volumes (Thomas More, Gerrard Winstanley, James

Harrington, Jean Jacques Rousseau, William Godwin, Saint Simon, Robert Owen, Francois

Charles Fourier, Ludwig Feuerbach, Michael Bakunin, Karl Heinrich Marx, Friedrich Engels,

Wilhelm Liebknecht, William Morris, August Bebel, Prince Peter Kropotkin, Franz Mehring,

Georges Sorel, Eduard Bernstein, Karl Johann Kautsky, George Plekhanov, Vladimir Illyich

Ulyanov Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, Leon Trotsky and Mao Zedong) co-edited with Subrata

Mukherjee an Introduction and Biographical Sketch to each volume, New Delhi, Deep and Deep,

(ISBN 81-7100-7759 Set), 1997.

• August Bebel’s Woman in the Past, Present and Future, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee an

Introduction and Explanatory Notes, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-749-5), xi+286

pages, 1996.

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• Issues in Comparative Politics, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep and Deep,

(ISBN 978-8171-00814), 1996.

• Political Science Annual 1996, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep and Deep,

(ISBN 81-7100-883-X), xvi+406 pages, 1996.

• J.S. Mill’s The Subjection of Women, co-edited with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes, New

Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-801-1), x+130 pages, 1995.

• Political Science Annual 1994-95, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep and

Deep, (ISBN 81-7100- 709-0), xvi+459 pages, 1995.

• Facets of Mahatma Gandhi in 4 Volumes (Non-Violence and Satyagraha, Political Ideas,

Economic and Social Principles, Ethics, Religion and Culture), co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee

an Introduction to each volume, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-669-0 set), 1995.

• Political Science Annual 1993, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep and Deep,

(ISBN 81-7100-532-2), xvi+406 pages, 1993.

• Great Western Political Thinkers in 12 Volumes (Plato, Aristotle, Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas

Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Edmund Burke, Jeremy Bentham, Georg Wilhelm

Friedrich Hegel, John Stuart Mill, Karl Heinrich Marx and Thomas Hill Green), co-edited with

Subrata Mukherjee an Introduction and Biographical Sketch to each volume, New Delhi, Deep

and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-563-2 set), 1993.

• Political Science Annual 1992, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep, (ISBN 81-

7100-454-7), xii+266 pages, 1992.

• Mary Wollstonstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of the Woman, co-edited with Subrata

Mukherjee an Introduction and Explanatory Notes, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-

465-2), xii+231 pages, 1992.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

International

• India’s Crisis of Governance: Women’s perspective, Policy and Society, Vol. 24, No, 3, pp. 122-

141 (ISSN 1449-4035), 2005.

• Nation State Formation and the Process of Democratization in the Developing world in Asia in

the New Millennium: APISA First Congress Proceedings edited by Amitav Acharya and Lee Lai

To, Marshall Cavendish Academic, Singapore, pp. 462-76. (ISBN 983-210-395-3), 2004.

National

• From Invisibility to Frontline Warriors: Women and the Coronavirus Pandemic, Vidyawarta,

Issue 39, Vol. 4, July to September 2021, pp. 71-79, (ISSN 2319 9318).

• Elinor Ostrom’s Prescriptions for a Community based Sustainable Development, Jamshedpur

Research Review, Year IX, Vol III, Issue XLVI, May-June 2021, pp. 81-90, (ISSN: 2320-2750).

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• The Women’s Suffrage Movement: contradictions between Gender and Race, Jamshedpur

Research Review, Year IX, Vol. II, Issue XLV, March-April 2021, pp 89-97, (ISSN 2320-2750).

• Debates in Women’s Suffrage Movement, IIC Quarterly, Vole 46, No.1, Summer, pp. 117-27

(ISSN No.3376-9771), 2019.

• The Kantian Roots of the Notion of Democratic Peace: Its Relevance in the Contemporary world

of Democratization, Journal of Polity and Society, vol. 5, issue.3, July-Dec, pp 19-30 (ISSN

0976-0210), 2014.

• “The Incompleteness of Multiculturalist Agenda: Overlooking the Need for a Shared Identity”

Economic and Political Weekly, September 15-21, pp. 3090-96. (ISSN 0012-9976), 2007.

• “Universalization of Democracy: The Seminal Importance of Rawls’ Paradigm for the

Developing World” in Indian Journal of American Studies, Vol. 27, No.1, winter, pp. 27-34,

(ISSN 6019-5030), 1999.

• “Rawls’ Theory of Civil Disobedience in the Gandhian perspective” in Gandhi Marg, July-

September, pp. 179-197. (ISSN 0016-4437), 1999.

Chapters in Compilations

• “The Limits of Multiculturalism in a Liberal Polity: Need for a Shared Identity” in Cultural

Diversity, Governance and Policy: India- Australia, edited by D. Gopal and Alan Mayne, Delhi,

Shipra Publications, pp. 78-89, (ISBN 978-81-7541-476-1), 2009.

• “Marxist Response to the Gender Question: The Seminal Importance of Bebel’s work” in

Relevance of the Communist Manifesto, edited by Ambrose Pinto and Somen Chakraborty, New

Delhi, Indian Social Institute, pp. 61-70, (ISBN 81-87218-24-X), 2000.

• “Rethinking the Welfare State: The Neo Conservative Perspective” in Political Science Annual

1999, edited by M.M. Sankhdher, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, pp. 237-247, (ISBN 81-7629-246-

8), 1999.

• “Civil Disobedience and Contemporary Political Theory” in Political Science Annual 1996,

edited by Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, pp 25-52.

(ISBN 81-7100-883-8), 1996.

• “The Anarchist Critique of Marxism” in Political Science Annual 1994-95, edited by Subrata

Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, pp. 17-32. (ISBN 81-7100-

709-0), 1995.

• “Bentham-Utilitarian and Radical Reformer” in Political Science Annual 1993, edited by Subrata

Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, pp. 349-355. (ISBN 81-7100-

532-2), 1993.

Chapters for IGNOU STUDY MATERIAL

• “The Rights of Woman”, Human Rights: Indian Perspective, MGPE 016, IGNOU, New

Delhi, January, pp 107-117, (ISBN 978-81-266-6301-9), 2013.

• “Understanding Civil Society”, Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict MGPE 013,

IGNOU, New Delhi, February, pp. 11-20, (ISBN 978-81-266-5895-4), 2012.

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• “Elements of Civil Society”, Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict MGPE 013, IGNOU,

New Delhi, February, pp. 20-30, (ISBN 978-81-266-5895-4), 2012.

• “Civil Society: Local and Global”, Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict MGPE 013,

IGNOU, New Delhi, 2012, pp. 30-40, (ISBN 978-81-266-5895-4), 2012.

• Voluntarism and Gandhi”, Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict MGPE 013, IGNOU,

New Delhi, February, pp. 40-50, (ISBN 978-81-266-5895-4), 2012.

• “Swaraj”, Philosophy of Gandhi MGP 002, IGNOU, New Delhi, August, pp. 161-171 (ISBN

978-81-266-4811-5), 2010.

• “Duties”, Philosophy of Gandhi MGP 002, IGNOU, New Delhi, August, pp. 152-60, (ISBN 978-

81-266-4811-5), 2010.

• “Power and Authority”, Gandhi’s Political Thought, MPG 004, IGNOU, New Delhi, July, pp.

80-89, (ISBN 978-81-366-4849-8), 2010.

• “Liberty and Equality”, Gandhi’s Political Thought, MPG 004, IGNOU, New Delhi, July, pp.

70- 79, (ISBN 978-81-366-4849-8), 2010.

• “Rights and Duties”, Gandhi’s Political Thought, MPG 004, IGNOU, New Delhi, July, pp. 51-

60, (ISBN 978-81-366-4849-8), 2010.

• “Gandhi’s concept of Nationalism”, Gandhi’s Political Thought, MPG 004, IGNOU, New Delhi

July, pp. 41-50, (ISBN 978-81-366-4849-8), 2010.

• “Edmund Burke” in Western Political Thought (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee) MPSEE 003,

IGNOU, New Delhi, December, pp.117-126, (ISBN 81-266-0958-3), 2003.

• “Alexis de Tocqueville” in Western Political Thought (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee)

MPSEE 003, IGNOU, New Delhi, December, pp.143-151, (ISBN 81-266-0958-3), 2003.

Book Reviews

• K Lalita and Deepa Dhanraj, Rupture, Loss and Living: Minority Women Speak about Post

Conflict Life, Governance Now, March 1-15, Vol. 8. Issue 03, 2017.

• Ashwini Deshpande Affirmative Action in India, The Book Review, Vol. XXXVIII, No 5,

May, pp.12-13, 2014.

• William M. Paul The State: Its Origin and Function, The Book Review, Vol. XXXVII, No 12,

December, pp. 22-23, 2013.

• Mangesh Kulkarni (Ed.) Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Political Theory, The Book Review,

Vol. XXXVII, Number 5, May, pp 5-6, 2013.

• Gurpreet Mahajan and Surinder Jodhka (Ed)’s Religion, Community and Development: Changing

Contours of Politics and Policy in India, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLVI, No. 12,

March 19, pp 31-32. (ISSN 0012-9976), 2011.

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• M.R. Narayanaswamy, Inside an Elusive Mind, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 12, No.

2, December. (ISSN 0218-5377), 2004.

• Sumantra Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace and Chidananda Dasgupta, War and

Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 12, No. 1, June. (ISSN

0218-5377), 2004.

• Nalini Rajan, Secularism, Democracy and Justice: Implication of Rawlsian Principles for India,

Gandhi Marg, January- March. (ISSN 0016-4437), 2004.

• A Seminal Contribution to Political Philosophy: John Rawls’ The Law of Peoples, The Radical

Humanist, Vol. 64, No. 12, March 2001. (ISSN 2175-7291), 2001.

• Manoranjan Mohanty, Patha Nath Mukherji and Olle Tornquist, People’s Rights: Social

Movements and the State in the Third World, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 9, No.1,

June. (ISSN 0218-5377), 2000.

• B. Vivekanandan (ed.), Building on Solidarity: Social Democracy and the New Millennium, The

West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-June, 2000.

• Daniel A. Bell, David Brown, Kanishka Jayasurya and David Martin Jones, Towards Illiberal

Democracy in Pacific Asia, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 4, No. 2, December. (ISSN

0218-5377), 1996.

• Lina Gonslaves, Women and the Law, Pauline B. Hart and Eileen Geil Moran, Violence Against

Women: The Bloody Footprints, Kusum (ed.), Women: March Towards Dignity: Socio Legal

Perspectives, Corrine Squire (ed.), Women and Aids: Psychological Perspective and Amrita

Basu, Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Modes of Women’s Activism in India, The Hindustan

Times, 5th February, 1994.

• Carole Seymour Jones, Beatrice Webb: Woman of Conflict, The Statesman, 25th September,

1993.

• Michael Dingake, My Fight against Aparthied, Helen Shityuwete, Never Follow the Wolf: The

Autobiography of a Freedom Fighter and Tom Jenkin, Escape from Pretoria, India Quartely,

Vol. XLVII, 4, October- December. (ISSN 0974-9254), 1992.

• Raymond Plant, Equality, Markets and the State, Fabian Tract # 494, Democratic World, 26th

May, 1985.

• Bernard Crick, Socialist Values and Time, Fabian tract # 495, Democratic World, 3rd March,

1985.

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

• CCP @ 100 (co author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 4and 5th July 2021.

• Subhas: from defeat to hero (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 24 and 25th

January 2021.

• Mother of Feminism: Mary Wollstonecraft, The Statesman, 13th December 2020.

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• Dealing with Trumpism after Trump (co-author Subrata Mukherjee) The Indian

Express (e paper), 1st December 2020.

• Earning a Right: Susan B. Anthony, The Statesman, 4th September 2020

• Woman and Suffrage, The Statesman, 25th August 2020

• Pandemic and Women, The Statesman, 20th July 2020

• A centennial tribute: Hemant Kumar (co-author Subrata Mukherjee) The Statesman, 16th

June, 2020

• The Other America (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 12th June 2020

• The Kerala Way, The Statesman, 29th May, 2020

• Invisibility to Frontline: women in the pandemic, The Statesman, 19th May 2020

• Parliamentary Pioneer: Nancy Astor, The Statesman, 6th December, 2019

• A Questioning Mind: Sastri, The Statesman, 3rd October, 2019

• Contrasting Models: Sheila Dikshit and Mamata Bannerjee, The Statesman, 30th June,

2019

• The First Revisionist (Friedrich Engels), (co-author Subrata Mukherjee, The Statesman,

5th April, 2019

• Centenary of the Vote, The Statesman, 23rd June, 2018

• On Your Marx, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 10th May, 2018

• Feminism and the Vote, The Statesman, 21st April, 2018

• Incomplete Women’s Lib: Soviet Feminism, The Statesman, 17th December, 2017

• The God that Failed (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 22nd November,

2017

• Second Wave Feminism, The Statesman, 12 October, 2017

• Karl Marx: A Bicentennial Tribute, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee) The Statesman, 27th

May, 2017

• Prisoner of Gender: Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Candidacy, The Statesman, 9th

December, 2016

• Abolish or Retain? Death Penalty, The Statesman, 5th August, 2015

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• Who Plans the Planners, The Statesman, 21st January, 2015

• Time to honour all our Founding Fathers, The Statesman, 8th January, 2015

• Full Face Veil Ban: Retrieving the Liberal Political Space, The Statesman, 3rd August,

2014

• Rights of the Minorities, The Statesman, 12th June, 2014

• The Winner takes All: First Past the Post System, The Statesman, 3rd June, 2014

• A vote for Instability: Kejriwal’s plank, The Statesman, 28th April, 2014

• Democratic Pluralism: Robert A Dahl, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee) The Statesman,

10th March, 2014

• Kejriwal’s Anarchism, The Statesman, 15th February, 2014

• State to Political System: The Relevance of David Easton’s Philosophy, (co-author

Subrata Mukherjee, The Statesman, 5th January, 2014

• A Way of Life: Legitimizing Live in Relationships, The Statesman, 22nd December, 2013

• The Right to Recall: Accountability with Representative Democracy, The Statesman, 24th

June, 2013

• Idea of History: Eric Hobsbawn’s Grand Narrative, The Statesman, 12th December, 2012

• Society and Nature Elinor Ostrom’s Paradigm of Development Economics, The

Statesman, 5th August, 2012

• The Crown and the Queen, The Statesman, 3rd July, 2012

• The Enduring Legacy of Rousseau, The Statesman, 27th June, 2012

• Eclipse of the Left, The Statesman, 28th March, 2012

• The Anthem is 100: When Jana Gana Mana Scored over Vande Mataram, The Statesman,

16th January, 2012

• Liberty and Equality: Hobhouse, The Statesman, 22 January, 2012

• 100 Years of National Anthem, Amar Ujala 27th December, 2011

• Sociologist with a human face: Daniel Bell, The Statesman, 2nd March, 2011

• Corruption thwarts progress The Spreading Canker and the lack of Political Will, The

Statesman, 24th February, 2011

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• Saint Simon: For a World Governed by Scientific Elite, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee)

The Statesman, 18th November, 2010

• Constitutional Monarch: not an oddity but a rational choice, The Statesman, 18th October,

2010

• First Past the Post: Voice of the Majority is Unrepresented, The Statesman, 16th July,

2010

• Feminised Politics: Need for a Holistic and Inclusive Approach, The Statesman, 29th

April, 2010

• Twenty Years Later: Lessons from the Process of Change, The Statesman, 9th December,

2009

• A Tribute to Proudhon (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 30th October,

2009.

• A Defender of Individual Liberty: Thomas Paine (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The

Statesman, 28th August, 2009

• Madam Speaker: Journey towards Real Empowerment of Women, The Statesman, 14th

June, 2009

• Politics of the Pub: Propagation of Two Cultures despite Equality of Sexes, The

Statesman, 15th February, 2009

• Clash of Civilizations: The Continued Relevance of Huntington’s Work, The

Statesman, 11th January, 2009

• Limits of Integration: Implication of Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, The

Statesman, 27th June, 2008

• Left Parties on a Plateau, The Statesman, 30th January, 2008

• Empower the Privileged (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 26th August,

2007

• Silently she does it: Mayawati and the New Revisionism in Indian Politics, The

Statesman, 22nd May, 2007

• Sharing of Power: language and Federalism skewed in Sri Lanka, The Statesman, 13th

March, 2007

• Women’s Representation in the Indian Political Process, Gyan Bhandar, March, 2007

• Minority Question (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 30th January, 2007

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• Marxism in Russia: 150 Years of Plekhanov (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The

Statesman, 26th December, 2006

• Politics of Presence: Representation of the Marginalized, (co-author Subrata

Mukherjee) The Statesman, 23rd September, 2006

• Tragedy to Farce: French Students rebellion, The Statesman, 7th April, 2006

• Quota Question: the overriding importance of merit, The Statesman, 22nd November,

2005

• Training Politicians does not work, The Indian Express, 19th September, 2005

• War and Peace: West must follow Rules of Equity and Justice (co-author with Subrata

Mukherjee, The Statesman, 27th June, 2005.

• Democracy by Force: The US seeks to encompass the World (co-author with Subrata

Mukherjee, The Statesman, 13th May, 2005.

• Order on Jharkhand: No Intrusion into Legislative or Executive Authority, The

Statesman, 24th March, 2005.

• Kashmir Imbroglio: Manmohan Singh’s Initiative and Pakistani Diatribe, The Statesman,

3rd January, 2005.

• Upholding Liberty: Defeat of Gender Discriminatory Bill in Kashmir is very welcome,

The Statesman, 17th September, 2004

• “Great Leap Forward? Three Women Chief Ministers”, The Statesman, 21st December,

2003

• “Hedgewar and the RSS”, The Statesman, 23rd and 24th June, 2003

• “Left in the Lurch”, The Telegraph, 17th June, 2003

• “Managing Plural Societies: Why Singapore succeeded when Sri Lanka failed”, The

Radical Humanist, Vol. 67, No. 3, June, 2003

• “Bleak future for dynastic politics: How family factor is getting irrelevant”, The Tribune,

6th May, 2003

• “LTTE and Peace”, The Statesman, 29th September, 2002

• “Roots of Resentment: Nozick on why intellectuals oppose capitalism”, The Statesman,

28th April, 2002

• “Back to Utopia: Sir Thomas More”, The Statesman, 13th April, 2001

• “Oh Jaya! What a Fall”, The Indian Express, 6th April, 2001

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• “Religion Strengthens Democracy” (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Indian Express,

20th February, 2001

• “Rights as Absolute and Universal”, The Telegraph, 8th December, 2000

• “Dependency Theory: History’s Verdict Against It”, The Statesman, 2nd and 3rd

November, 2000

• “Succession Issue: Leadership must emerge from the Grassroots”, The Statesman, 10th

October, 2000

• “Women in Indian Polity”, jayahey.com, August, reprinted in

pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjul2000/f070720001.html, 2000

• “Women’s Human Rights: A Global Phenomenon, PIB Features, 7th June.

pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjun2000/f070620001.html; Reprinted in Digvijay Times, 30th

June, 2000

• “Representation of Women”, The Deccan Herald, 7th May, 2000

• “Liberal Whig on New Labour’s Head”, The Telegraph, 6th April, 2000

• “Women’s Duties: Feminism needs to Integrate Socially”, The Statesman, 15th March,

2000.

• “On Vande Mataram Controversy”, The Indian Express, 3rd March, 2000.

• “Women Deserve more than Tokenism”, The Telegraph, 28th February, 2000

• “Political Self-Correction: Forget it. Parties are Immune to Changes: That’s why we need

Quotas”, The Indian Express, 31st December, 1999

• “Forgiving Sonia emphasises Patriarchy”, The Indian Express, 15th December, 1999

• “Law and Lucre: Indian Rich avoid Punishment”, The Statesman, 15th November, 1999

• “Sonia Gandhi reinforces Patriarchy: The Future is not hers”, The Indian Express, 31st

October, 1999

• “Gender Equality: Social Democrats favour Women’s Rights”, The Statesman, 12th

October, 1999

• “Family Affair: Democracy and Dynastic Rule” The Statesman, 26th September, 1999

• “Women in Politics”, The Hindustan Times, 14th September, 1999

• “Fallen Icon: Russia buries the Leninist Legacy”, The Statesman, 6th September, 1999

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• “A Tribute to Evolutionary Socialism”, The Hindu, 5th September, 1999

• “Wet behind the Ears: Inexperience disqualifies Sonia”, The Statesman, 12th May, 1999

• “Political Women: Quotas would lead to Empowerment”, The Statesman, 3rd April, 1999

• “Higher Education in Doldrums”, The Hindustan Times, 26th February, 1999

• “Father of Russian Marxism: Plekhanov”, The Pioneer, 26th December, 1999.

• “Learning to Teach” co-author with Subrata Mukherjee, The Deccan Herald, 11th

October, 1998.

• “Civil Disobedience”, The Pioneer, 2nd October, 1998

• “Woman Power I and II”, The Statesman, 28th and 29th September, 1998

• “A Spectre called A-356”, The Deccan Herald. 27th September, 1998

• “Were Teachers’ demands Justified?”, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Hindustan

Times, 18th September, 1998

• “Writing the Wrong: Sir Isaiah Berlin” (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman,

15th December, 1997

• “Human Rights beyond Culture politics”, The Indian Express, 31st October, 1997.

• “Women in Top Positions are still Rare”, The Hindustan Times, 11th August, 1997

• “Hannah Arendt’s On Revolution”, The Statesman, 5th March, 1994

• “Women Marginalized: Discrimination in Politics a blot in our system”, The Indian

Express, 26th January, 1994

• “The Laski Legacy”, The Statesman, 26th January, 1994

• “Managing Office and the Hearth”, The Hindustan Times, 18th December, 1993.

• “Penetrating Analysis: Beatrice Webb’s account of her tour to India”, The Statesman, 5th

December, 1993.

• “Fall of the USSR: How the Originators Failed”, The Statesman, 17th September, 1993.

• “Women in Free India”, The Hindustan Times, 21st August, 1993.

• “Theory of State: Blind Spot in Marxism”, The Statesman, 17th June, 1993

• “Hoping Against Reality: Marx”, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Telegraph, 4th

May, 1993

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• “An Experiment in Democracy: Athens”, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Hindustan

Times, 18th April, 1993

• “First Among Equals: Wollstonecraft”, The Statesman, 5th December, 1992

• “Anarchistic Critique of Marxism”, Democratic World, 1st May, 1983

RESOURCE PERSON FOR REFRESHER COURSES

• Concept of Rights, Refresher Course on Human Rights and Social Inclusion, UGC, HRDC,

Jamia Millia Islamia, 8th September, 2020.

• Concept of Rights: Origins and Evolution, Orientation Course on Human Rights and Social

Inclusion, UGC Human Resource and Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 29th

April, 2016

• Political Theory Today, Refresher course in Political Science, UGC Human Resource Development

Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, 9 November, 2015

• Concept of Rights, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, UGC Human Resource Development

Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 31st July, 2015

• Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, UGC Human Resource Development

Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 31st July, 2015

• Political Theory-Relevance, Department of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Jamia

Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 26th November, 2014

• Concept of Rights, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia,

Islamia, New Delhi, 12th August, 2014

• Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia


• The State of Political Theory Today, Department of Political Science, Academic Staff College,

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 21st November, 2013

• Individual Rights versus Group Rights: Multiculturalist Agenda, Human Rights and Social

Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 27th August. 2012

• Theories of Rights, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia


• Rights: its conceptual basis (2 Lectures), Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff

College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 19th April, 2010

• Concept of Rights based Liberalism and its Critics, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic

Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 8th May, 2009

• Concept of Natural Rights: Origins, Development and Criticisms, Human Rights and Social

Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 8th May, 2009

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• Convergence and Divergences in Liberal Political Philosophy: Berlin, Hayek and Popper,

Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 16th January, 2007

• Women in Political Theory: Equality versus Difference, Department of Political Science, Chaudhary

Charan Singh University, Meerut, 23rd July, 2002

• Sir Karl Popper’s Methodological Defense of the Open Society, Department of Political Science,

Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 23rd July, 2002

• John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice to The Law of Peoples, Department of Political Science, Chaudhary

Charan Singh University, Meerut, 22nd July, 2002

• Contemporary Liberalism: Isaiah Berlin, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,

13th January, 2001

• Contemporary Liberalism: John Rawls, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,

9th January, 2001

• Marxist Perspectives on the State, Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New

Delhi, 28th October, 1997

LECTURES BY INVITATION

• Mary Wollstonecraft, Department of Political Science, Bharati College, University of

Delhi, 10th March 2021.

• Relevance of Gandhi in Today's World, Birla Vidya Niketan, 29th January 2021.

• Research Methods in Political Science, in Social Science Workshop, Salwan Public School, Tronica

City, Ghaziabad, UP, 22nd May, 2019

• Nature and significance of Political Theory, Department of Political Science, Aryabhatt College,

17th August, 2017

• Gandhi and the enterprise of Swaraj, Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon, 28th

November, 2014

• Concept of Justice in Contemporary Political Theory, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia

Islamia, New Delhi, 30th November, 2010

• Research Methods in Social Science: The Liberal Approach, School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-

Disciplinary Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, 21st April, 2010

• Feminist Political Theory, Centre for Advanced Study, University College of Art, Osmania

University, Hyderabad, 6th May, 2010

• Liberalism, Centre for Advanced Study, University College of Art, Osmania University, Hyderabad,

5th May, 2010

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PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

INTERNATIONAL

CHAIR

• Multiculturalism and its Critics, (CS06.17), 24th World Congress of the International Political

Science Association (Politics in a World of Inequality), Poznan, Poland, 23-28 July 2016.

• Quotas for Women: A Recipe to reduce Gender Inequality (RC19.16), 24th World Congress of the

International Political Science Association (Politics in a World of Inequality), Poznan, Poland,

23-28 July 2016.

• Gandhi and Brahmacharya, The Making of the Mahatma: M.K. Gandhi in South Africa, Centre

for Gandhian Studies, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, 10th-12th March 2011.

• Lead Lectures on Satyagraha in South Africa: Contemporary Relevance & Gandhi, the Journalist,

The Making of the Mahatma: M. K. Gandhi in South Africa, Centre for Gandhian Studies,

Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, 10th- 12th March 2011.

• The Role of Leadership in the consolidation of Democratization in South and East Asian countries

(SS01:348), 20th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Is

Democracy working?), Fukuoka, Japan, 9th- 13th July 2006.

• Leadership and Democratization in South Asia, 2nd World Congress of the Asian Political and

International Studies Association, Hong Kong, China 14-16th November 2005.

• Democracy and Central Asia, 1st World Congress of the Asian Political and International

Studies Association, Singapore, 28th-30th November 2003.

CO- CHAIR

• Revisiting the Perrennial ‘Problem’ of the Representation of Women, (RC19.07), 25th World

Congress of the International Political Science Association (Borders and Margins),

Brisbane, Australia, 21-25 July 2018.

• Parliamentary Versus Presidential Systems of Government, (CS01.40), 24th World Congress of the

International Political Science Association (Politics in a World of Inequality), Poznan, Poland,

23-28 July 2016.

PAPER PRESENTATION

• From Invisibility to Frontline: Women and the Pandemic in International Webinar on a

panel discussion on Feminist Reponses to the Pandemic: Reflecting on our experiences,

Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Education (CERSSE) Jain (Deemed to be

University), Bengaluru and Department of Political Science, SNDT Women’s University,

Mumbai, 10th July, 2020.

• The Liberal State and its Evolution, UGC-SAP-DRS-I International Seminar on State, Market and

Democracy in India, 27-28th February 2019.

• The Women’s Suffrage Movement: From Margins to Mainstream in Political Socialization,

Citizenship and Globalization Process (RC21.08), 25th World Congress of the

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International Political Science Association (Borders and Margins), Brisbane, Australia, 21-

25 July 2018.

• India’s crisis of governance: Women’s perspective, in Quotas for Women: A Recipe to reduce

Gender Inequality (RC 19.16), 24th World Congress of the International Political Science

Association (Politics in a World of Inequality), Poznan, Poland, 23-28 July 2016.

• Sri Lanka: Nature of Political Leadership in a Highly Personalized and Centralized Democracy, 3rd

International Conference on Leadership and Learning in the Asian Century, Universiti Sans

Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 17-19 November 2014.

• Gandhi and Rawls on Civil Disobedience, Gandhirama 2012, A Feast of Ideas and a Festival of

Art, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, India 17th -22nd August 2012.

• Limits of Multiculturalism: the Need for a shared Identity (in Absentia) in (RC 16: Socio Political

Pluralism), 22nd World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Reshaping

Power, Shifting Boundaries), Madrid, Spain, July 8-12 2012.

• Satyagraha in South Africa” A Textual Analysis, The Making of the Mahatma: M.K. Gandhi in

South Africa, Centre for Gandhian Studies, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, 10-12th March

2011.

• Notion of Democratic Peace in Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Peace Science,

IGNOU, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti and Binghamton State University of New York, New

Delhi, India, 11-13th January 2010.

• Sri Lanka: Nature of Political Leadership in a Highly Personalized and Centralized Democracy, in

The Role of Leadership in the consolidation of Democratization in South and East Asian

countries (SS01:348), 20th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Is

Democracy Working?), Fukuoka, Japan, 9th- 13th July 2006.

• India’s Crisis of Governance: Women’s Perspective, in Democracy, Governance and Reform in

South Asia (TC01), 2nd World Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies

Association, Hong Kong, China, 14-16th November 2005.

• Sri Lanka: Nature of Political Leadership in a Highly Personalized and Centralized Democracy, in

Leadership and Democratization in South Asia (TE02), 2nd World Congress of the Asian

Political and International Studies Association, Hong Kong, China, 14-16th November 2005.

• Nation State Formation and the Process of Democratization in the Developing World, 1st World

Congress of the Asian Political Science and International Studies Association, Singapore, 28th-

30th November 2003.

• Post-Cold War Concerns: Women’s Representation in a Comparative Perspective in Gender,

institutional change and transitional societies (MT5- 294), 19th World Congress of the

International Political Science Association (Democracy, Tolerance, Justice), at Durban, South

Africa, 29th June - 4th July 2003.

• Unity in Diversity: The Gandhian Paradigm in uniting the different notions of Human Rights in

Women and Human Rights, 99th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,

at Boston, USA, 28th August to 1st September 2002.

• Eclipse of Dependency Theory: The Reasons for History’s Verdict Against it in Integrating the

developing world into World Capitalism: Alternate views of Pessimists and Optimists (SS 88), 18th

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World Congress of International Political Science Association (World Capitalism, Governance

and Community: toward a corporate millennium?), Quebec, Canada, 1-5th August 2000.

• Rethinking the Welfare State: The Neo conservative Perspective, SG 1.1. State and Welfare

17th World Congress of International Political Science Association (Conflict and Order),

Seoul, South Korea,17th-21st August 1997.

• Civil Disobedience and Modern Political Theory Department of Political Science, National

University of Singapore, 15th August 1996.

• Universalization of Democracy: The Seminal Importance of Rawls' Paradigm for the Developing

World, 16th World Congress of the International Political Science Association

(Democratization), Berlin, Germany, 21st-25th August 1994.

• Democracy and the Market: The Importance of Rawls’ Humanistic Paradigm, MT 4.1.2

Equality, Distribution and Democracy16th World Congress of the International Political

Science Association (Democratization), Berlin, Germany, 21st-25th August.

• Rawls and the Neo conservatives: Contrasting Perceptions on Equality, 15th World Congress of

the International Political Science Association (Centres and Peripheries in Contemporary

Politics: Interdependence and Power Asymmetries), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21st-25th July 1991.

NATIONAL

PAPER PRESENTATION

• John Rawls: An Overview in a panel discussion on A Theory of Justice @50:

Revisiting John Rawls' Legacy, Centre for Rural Management, Kottayam, Kerala,

29th May 2021.

• Identity Politics: its limits in Receding Politics of Development in the face of rising

politics of identities, UPE Centre for Advanced Research and Training-Governance and

Development, Osmania University, 10th and 11th February.

• French Enlightenment, Rousseau and his Contemporaries in Revisiting Rousseau, Sir

Parashurambhau College, Pune, 4th-6th September 2012.

• Limits of Multiculturalism: Need for a Shared Identity in Contextualizing Democracy in 21st

Century: Perspectives and Challenges, Kalindi College, New Delhi, 3rd and 4th February 2011.

• Globalization versus Isolationism: To be on the right or wrong side of history in Globalization II-

Market Economy and Gandhian Ethics, XXXIII Annual Conference of Indian Society of

Gandhian Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi, 29th-31st October 2010.

• Civil Society and Democracy in Democracy: The Form and Substance, Schumacher Center for

Development and Center for Comparative Democracies, Hyderabad, 18th August 2007.

• Gandhi and Rawls in Gandhi’s Satyagraha Centenary: 21st Century Challenges, Hindu College,

New Delhi, 24th March 2007.

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• Limits of Multiculturalism in a liberal Polity: Need for a Shared Identity, Cultural Diversity,

Governance and Policy: India- Australia, School of Social Sciences and Australian Studies

Programme of the Faculty of Political Science, IGNOU and Australia-India Council, Australian

High Commission, New Delhi, 5th February, 2007.

• Gandhi and Rawls on Civil Disobedience in Global Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi

Bhavan, University of Delhi, Delhi, 8th-9th February 1997.

• Civil Disobedience and Contemporary Political Theory in Gandhi and his Contemporary

Relevance, Gandhi Bhavan, University of Delhi, Delhi 21st March 1997.

University/State

PAPER PRESENTATION

• Convergence and Divergence in Liberal Theory: Berlin, Hayek and Popper, Faculty Seminar,

Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 3rd December 2009.

• Individual and the State: Gandhi’s Political Thought, Course Writers’ Workshop- Gandhian

Studies Programme, IGNOU and Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, 11th -13th June

2009.

• Gender Equity and Empowerment in India in Equity, Development and Societal Management

organized by the Management Services of India, New Delhi, 30th September 2000.

• Marxism and the Gender Question in 150 years of the Communist Manifesto, Indian Social

Institute, New Delhi, 26-27th March 1999.

• Three Contrasting Perceptions of the French Revolution: Burke, Paine and Wollstonecraft in

Society and Literature, Magazine Society, Jesus and Mary College, 23rd March 1999.

• Reform or Revolution: Bernstein versus Lenin, Sorel, Kautsky and Luxemburg in Theorizing Social

Democracy, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 6th January 1999.

• Two Concepts of Liberty in a memorial service to Sir Isaiah Berlin, Department of Political Science,

University of Delhi, Delhi, 20th November 1997.

• Women in Western Political Theory, Women and Politics, Department of Political Science and

Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, University of Delhi, Delhi, 5th -7th August 1997.

• The Marxist Theory of the State, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 5th

May 1997.

• A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism: One Rawls or Two?, Political Science in

Contemporary World, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 25-26th March

1997.

• Gandhi-Tagore Controversy, Gandhi and His Critics, Gandhi Bhavan, University of Delhi, Delhi,

18th January 1997.

• Rawls and Modern Political Theory in Political Philosophy in the Late Twentieth Century,

Department of Political Science, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 23rd March 1990.

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DISCUSSANT/MODERATOR

INTERNATIONAL

• Panel (CS01.50) on Power Sharing as a Model to Resolve Majority Minority Conflict, 24th World

Congress of the International Political Science Association (Politics in World of Inequality),

Poznan, Poland, 23-28 July 2016

• Panel (MT5-317) on Feminist Mobilization and Public Policies, 19th World Congress of the

International Political Science Association (Democracy, Tolerance, Justice), Durban, South

Africa, 29th June - 4th July 2003

• Panel (GP3-276) on Working through Democracy, 19th world Congress of the International

Political Science Association (Democracy, Tolerance, Justice), Durban, South Africa, 29th June -

4th July 2003

• Panel (MT3.1) on Gender and Global Governance, 18th World Congress of International Political

Science Association (World Capitalism, Governance and Community: toward a corporate

millennium?), Quebec, Canada, 1-5th August 2000

• Panel on Political Philosophy in the Non-European World, 16th World Congress of the

International Political Science Association (Democratization), Berlin, Germany, 21st-25th August

1994

• Panel on Liberalism and Socialism, 15th World Congress of the International Political Science

Association (Centres and peripheries in contemporary politics: Interdependence and power

asymmetries), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21st-25th July 1991

LOCAL

• Discussant in a panel on Sir Karl Popper- A Centennial Tribute, Department of Political Science,

University of Delhi South Campus, 25th July 2002

• Moderated a session on paper presentations in Refresher Course in Contemporary Political Theory,

Department of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New

Delhi, 22nd January 2001

• Resource Person to a workshop on NCERT’s Curriculum, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 8th

April 2000

PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSIONS IN TV PROGRAMMES

• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, with Prof. Salil Mishra and Qurban Ali (Moderator), Dheye

IAS Channel, 23rd January 2019

• 70 Years of India’s Independence with Ms Natasha Singh (Moderator), Prakash Kelkar, Editor

Organizer, Insight, Lok Sabha TV, 14th August 2016

• Exit Polls and Battle for the States with Mr Saubradha Chatterjee, Deputy Bureau Chief,

Hindustan Times, Ms T.K. Rajalakshmi, Chief, Frontline, Ms Monobina Basu, Journalist and

Ms Natasha (Moderator), Public Forum, Lok Sabha TV, 17th May 2016

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• 110 Years of Swadeshi Movement with Prof. Salil Mishra, Deptt of History, Ambedkar

University, and Nilanjan Mukhopadhya, A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 22nd July 2015

• Gandhian Era: Women Then and Now (Live), with Dr. Varsha Das and Dr. Reema Bhatia,

Associate Professor in Sociology, Miranda House, and Ms Lotty Alaric (Moderator), Gender

Discourse, Lok Sabha TV, 2nd October 2014.

• Deen Dayal Upadhaya’s Integral Humanism, with Dr. Mahesh Chandra Sharma, former MP,

Rajya Sabha, President, Society for Integral Humanism and Dr. Anirban Ganguly, Director, Dr.

Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator), A Page from

History, Lok Sabha TV, 15th September 2014.

• Mahatma Gandhi last imprisonment: 70 years later, with Prof. Salil Mishra, Department of

History, Ambedkar University and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya, (Moderator), A Page from

History, Lok Sabha TV, 23rd April 2014.

• Jawaharlal Nehru: An overview with Prof. Salil Mishra, Department of History, Ambedkar

University, Mr Hiranmay Karlekar, Journalist, The Pioneer and Nilanjan Mukhopadhya

(Moderator), A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV 20th January, 2014.

• Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad with Prof. Salil Mishra, Department of History, Dr. Ambedkar

University, Prof. Rizwan Kaiser, Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Mr. Nilanjan

Mukhopadhya (Moderator), A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 26th November 2012.

• Mountbatten Plan with Prof. Mridula Mukherjee and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator)

A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 16th July 2012

• 150 birth year of Swami Vivekananda with Mr. Rakesh Batabyal, JNU, Swami Shanthamanda,

RK Mission and Mr. Nilajan Mukhopadhya (moderator), A Page from History, Lok Sabha

TV, 30th January 2012

• Fascination of authors and film makes with Mahatma Gandhi (Live) with Prof. Amit Sharma,

Associate Professor of Sociology, JNU, Mr. Nalin Singh, Film Maker and Ms. Bhatt

(Moderator), Public Forum, Lok Sabha TV, 9th April 2011

• Two Years of UPA II (Live) with Mr. Rajan Tiwari, BJP and Ms. Annie Raja, CPI and Ms

Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 24th May 2011

• Women Chief Ministers (Tamil Nadu and West Bengal) (Live) with Mr. Ashish Bose, Ms. T.K.

Rajyalakshmi (Frontline), Mr. Smriddha Dutt (Brataman) and Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator),

Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 13th May 2011

• First Phase Polling in West Bengal (Live) with Mr. Samriddha Dutta, Ms. Annie Raja (CPI

Leader), The Brataman and Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 18th

April 2011

• Polling in Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Live) with Mr. George Kalli, Manorama and Ms Rashmi

Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 13th April 2011

• 2nd Phase Assam Assembly Polls (Live) with Mr. Nayak, Shillong Times and Ms Rashmi

Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 11th April 2011

• 1st Phase Assam Assembly Polls (Live) with Mr. Nayak, Shillong Times and Ms Rashmi Saxena

(Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 4th April 2011

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• Bhagat Singh’s 80th Martyrdom with Prof. S. Irfan Habib, NEUPA, Dr. Vageesh Jha, NML and

Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator), A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 28th March

2011

• Supreme Court verdict on the CVC- is it judicial over reach or activism? (Live) with Ms

Rashmi Saxena (Moderator) and Mr Amitabh Sinha, Advocate and BJP media person, Focus

Tonight, Focus TV, 4th March 2011

• Gender Budgeting (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Ms Albina and Ms Divya

(YWCA), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 28th February 2011

• Railway Budget (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator) and Mr Vij, former member,

Railway Board, Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 25th February 2011

• Disruption of Parliament (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator) and Mr Subhash

Kashyap (former Secretary General Lok Sabha), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 21st February 2011

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Press Conference (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena

(Moderator), Ms Renu Mittal (Senior Journalist) and Ms Annie Raja (Leader, CPM), Focus

Tonight, Focus TV, 16th February 2011

• Dandi March in A Page from History with Prof. Arjun Dev NCERT and Mr, Hari Jaisingh,

Journalist, Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator), Lok Sabha TV, 8th March 2010

• The Khilafat Agitation, with Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Library, Prof.

Rizwan Kaiser, Deptt of History, Jamia Millia Islamia and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya

(Moderator) in A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 12th October 2009

• Indo-Pak Peace Talks and its impact on Kashmir with Mr. Inder Malhotra, senior journalist and

Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 15th January 2004

• Changing Political Situation in Kashmir with Mr. Inder Malhotra senior journalist and Mr Shahid

Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 30th January 2004

• Role of Intellectuals in Kashmir peace process Mr. Inder Malhotra senior journalist and Mr

Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 15th February 2004

• Unemployment and its Impact on Kashmir Economy with Mr. Rohit Bal, Financial Express and

Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 1st March 2004

• Indian Economy and its ills with Mr. Rohit Bal, Financial Express and Mr Shahid Shabir

(Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 15th March 2004

• Is there a justification of the expenses on Nuclear weapons with Mr. Arvind Ramachandra Deo,

former Diplomat and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 30th

March 2004

• Relevance of Gandhi in Today’s world, (Live) Ghatna Chakr, Jain TV, 1st October 2004

• Can War provide a long-term solution to political problems with Major Karim Khan and Mr

Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 1st April 2004

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• Human Rights in Kashmir with Mr. Goyal and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera,

Doordarshan Kashir, 15th April 2004

• The Importance of Strong Opposition and its role in Kashmir Politics with Mr. Ananth Kumar,

Professor of Sociology, JNU and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan

Kashir, 1st May 2004

• Children and Education in Kashmir with Ms. Sahba Hussain, Aman Public Trust, Nilufer,

Journalist and Mr. Mike Pandey (Moderator), Doordarshan Kashir, 15th May 2003

• Panel Discussion on Mr. Rakesh Sinha’s book ‘K.B. Hedgewar: Builders of Modern India with

Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Mr. Tarun Vijay, Editor Panchajanya and Ms Neelam Sharma (Moderator),

Doordarshan National Channel, 7th April, 2003

COMMENTARIES ON CURRENT ISSUES FOR ALL INDIA RADIO

• Indo-Russian Nuclear Agreement, 25th January 2007

• Supreme Court’s Verdict on Private Professional Colleges, 13th August 2005

• PM’s Statement on Indo-US Relations, 6th August 2005

• PM’s second day of Kashmir Visit, 11th June 2005

• PM’s Kashmir Visit, 10thJune 2005

• Trilateral Dialogue: India, China and Russia, 3rd June 2005

• Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s Re-election as Congress President, 29th May 2005

• The Jharkhand Imbroglio, 12th March 2005

• The Election Commission’s strictures against Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav, 14th February

2005

• The Implication of the MMS case and the Right to Information, 18th December, 2004.

• Imbroglio in Kashmir: Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s Initiatives and the

Pakistani diatribe, 21st November 2004

• Presidential Elections in Russia 2000, 28th March 2000

• President Putin’s visit to India: A Curtain Raiser, 28th September 2000

DISCUSSIONS IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME OF ALL INDIA RADIO

PROGRAMMES

• Women’s Safety with Ms Chandrika Joshi and Ms. Manjari Chaturvedi, 16th December 2015

• Socio educational indicators and Modi Government Initiatives with Mr. Ash Narain Ray,

Indian Social Institute and Mr Arun Kumar, 26th December 2014

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• Disruption in Indian Parliament with Mr. Sachitanananda Murthy, The Week and Mr Mohan

Sahay, Journalist, 14th February 2014

• Round up of 2013 with Mr Raghuraman, Mr. Alok Bansal and Mr Parsa Venkestwara Rao, 27th

December 2013

• Electoral Reforms with Ms Neerja Chowdhary and Sandeep Chopra, 18th November 2013

• National Day of Girl Child, with Mr. Vinod Kumar Tikoo and Ms Radhika (moderator), 12th

October 2012

• Redefinition of Rape: The Court’s Suggestion, in Hindi with Ms Meenakshi Leki, Advocate

High Court, and Shri Shailesh Sharma (Moderator) 8th July 2012

• Expansion of the Union Cabinet with Mr. T. K. Ramachandra, senior journalist and Mr.

Prashant Sood (moderator), 29th May 2009

• The Recent Developments in Sri Lanka with Mr. Chatwal, former High Commissioner, Sri

Lanka and Mr. Vinay Kumar, The Hindu, 24th April 2009

• The Role of Regional Parties in the forthcoming General Elections with Mr. Mohan Sahay, Mr

Omar and Mr. Farooqi, senior Journalists, 20th March 2009

• Two Years of UPA with Mr. Kapil Sibal, Hon’able Minister for Science and Technology, and Mr.

Vinod Sharma, (Moderator), Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times, 19th May 2006

• Poll Verdict and After with Mr Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times and Mr

K.V. Prasad, (Moderator) The Hindu, 12th May 2006

• State Financing of Elections with Dr. R.P. Bhalla, former Deputy election commissioner and Mr.

Sumit Chakravarty, (Moderator) editor, The Mainstream 17th February 2006

• Forthcoming Assembly Elections in Bihar with Mr Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The

Hindustan Times and Mr, Diwakar, (Moderator), 21st October 2005

• Rural Employment Guarantee scheme with Prof. Amitabh Kundu, JNU and Mr. Harveer Singh

(Moderator), The Hindustan, 19th August 2005

• The Amendments to the Hindu Code Bill and women’s inheritance with Mr. Krishnan Majahan,

Legal expert Supreme Court and Prof. Subrata Mukherjee (Moderator), Department of Political

Science, Delhi University, 19th December 2004

• Politics of Coalition in Maharasthra with Mr. Vinod Sharma, Senior Journalist, The Hindustan

Times, Mr. Dharmanand R. Kamath, Special correspondent, Podhari (Marathi Daily) and Mr.

Shekhar Iyer, (Moderator) Deputy Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times, 31st October 2004

• Assembly Elections in Three States with Mr. Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan

Times and Mr Diwakar (Moderator), 30th January 2004

• Ayodhya at the Crossroads with Mr. K. T. S. Tulsi, constitutional expert, Mr. Hiranmoy Karlekar,

Political commentator and Mr. K.V. Prasad, (Moderator) The Hindu, 15th June 2003

• Cabinet Reshuffle with Mr. Manoj Joshi, The Times of India, Mr. A. K Bhattacharya, Managing

Editor Business Standard and Mr. Inderjit (Moderator), Editor INFA, 2nd February 2003

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• Government formation in Jammu and Kashmir with Mr. Arvind Ramchandra Deo

Diplomat, Prof. Anuradha Chenoy JNU and Mr. Sumit Chakravarthy, (Moderator) Editor

Mainstream, 27th October 2002

• Tamil Nadu Developments with Mr. T.R. Ramachandran Chief of Bureau, The Tribune

and Mr. Shastri Ramachandran, (Moderator), Senior Editor, The Times of India, 1st July

2002

• BJP in search of New Identity with Prof. C. P. Bhambri, JNU (retd), Mr. Chandan Mitra,

Editor, The Pioneer and Mr. Arvind N. Das, (Moderator) Editor, Biblio, 19th December

2002

DISCUSSIONS ON RADIO BRIDGE (Live Broadcast), AIR

• Women’s Safety and Empowerment with Mr. Chetan B. Sanghi (Jt Secretary, Ministry of

Women and Child Development) and Ms Chandrika Joshi (Moderator), 9th July 2018

• State Assembly Elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh 2017 with Mr Vijay Upasana, Ms

Chandrika Joshi (Moderator), 18th December 2017

• General Elections 2014 with Mr. Sandeep Dikshit, The Hindu, Mr. Muralidhar Reddy, The

Hindu, Mr. Akilesh Mittal (Moderator), Ms Asha Dwidevi (Moderator), 16th May 2014

• Are girls safe in their homes with Dr. Ranjana Kumari and Ms Chandrika Joshi (Moderator),

Public Speak, 12th May 2014

• Women’s Safety and Social Responsibility with Dr. Vandana Shiva and Mr Akilesh Mittal

(Moderator), Public Speak, 6th January 2014

• Supreme Court’s verdict on live in relationship, Public Speak, 2nd December 2013

• State Assembly Elections 2012 (Uttarakand, UP, Goa, Punjab & Manipur) 6th March

2012

• State Assembly Elections 2011 (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Assam)

with Mr Deepak, editor The Sun, Mr. Sumit Chakravarthy, Editor, The Mainstream,

Mr. Rajindra Chugh and Ms Vineeta Menon (Moderators), 13th May 2011

• Elections 2009 with Ms Kalyani Shankar, Ms Shubra and Mr. Shambunath Chaudhary,

19th May 2009

• SAARC- Hopes and Prospect with Mr. G. Parthasarathi, former diplomat and Mr.

Mehandra Ved, Writer and Columnist, 3rd April 2007

• State Assembly Elections with Mr. Mohan Sahay, The Statesman and Mr. Rajinder

Chugh, Correspondent, AIR, 26th February 2005

• Election Analysis of Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland with Mr.

Akilesh Mittal (AIR Correspondent) and Mr. Arun Mathur, Editor Outlook, 1st March 2003

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DISCUSSIONS IN AIR PROGRAMMES

• Measures for Girl Child, Ms Diksha, Spotlight, 25th October 2018

• International Day of Girl Child, Ms. Anupama Mishra, Spotlight, 11th October 2018

• Care of Senior Citizens, Ms Aditi Tandon, The Tribune, Spotlight, 1st October 2018

• Women’s Safety with Ms Anupurna Jha, Spotlight, 1st June 2018

• Educational Qualifications for Panchayat Leaders, with Santosh Pathak, Vaad Samvaad, 28th

November 2017

• Capital Punishment in Nirbaya’s case with Mr. K.V. Prasad, Spotlight, 5th May 2018

• Women’s security with Ms Anupama Mishra, Spotlight, 29th November 2016

• Security for Children with Ms. Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 14th November 2016

• Politics in Tamil Nadu, with Mr. Prashant Sood, Spotlight, 26th October 2016

• Role of Women in the National Movement, with Prashant Sood, Spotlight, 18th August 2016

• Women’s Security with Anupama Mishra, Spotlight, 7th July 2016

• Elections to the Rajya Sabha, with Prashant Sood, Spotlight, 12th June 2016

• Draft Proposal for Women with Vartika Nanda and Dhanjay (Moderator), Vaad Samvaad

(Hindi), 18th May 2016

• Atrocities against Women in Kerala with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 5th May 2016

• International Women’s Day with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 8th March 2016

• Social Sectors and forthcoming Budget with Ms Manjari Sahay, Spotlight, 19th February 2016

• High Court Verdict and Sexual Crimes with Ms Anita Tandon, The Tribune, Spotlight, 4th

November 2015

• High Court Judge on Castration of Sexual offenders with Mr Satya, The Hindustan Times,

Spotlight, 27th October 2015

• Adverse sex ratio and its impact on society with Mr Prashant Sood, INES, Spotlight, 18th October

2015

• Girl Child Education, with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 4th June 2015

• Initiatives for Women by the Government with Mr Roshan Gaur, Rashtriya Sahara, Spotlight,

22nd May 2015

• Ambedkar’s vision of democracy and social justice with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight,

14th April 2015

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• International Women’s day with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 8th March 2015

• Modi-Obama’s Mann ki Baat with Prashant Sood, INS, Spotlight, 28th January 2015

• WHO report on Gender Equality, with Vandana Agarwal, Hindustan, Spotlight, 29th October

2014

• Female Infanticide, with Ms Rakhee and Mr Dilip (Moderator), Vaad Samvaad (Hindi), 14th

October 2014

• Conviction of Jayalalitha and the Political Implications with Mr. T. K. Ramachandran, Tribune

Bureau Chief, Spotlight, 28th September 2014

• Crimes Against Women: Society’s responsibility with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 19th July

2014

• Telegana State and its impact with Mr Sachitananda Murthy, The Week, Spotlight, 5th June 2014

• Women’s issues in the General Elections campaign with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 12th April

2014

• Political opportunism with Mr. K.V. Prasad, Spotlight, 21st March 2014

• Women and Politics with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 8th March 2014

• The Search for Lokpal with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 28th February 2014

• Court verdict on wife should know her husband’s earnings, with Ms Vandana Aggarwal,

Surkiyon se pare, 23rd January 2014.

• Trust vote and challenges ahead for AAP with Mr Mohan Sahay, Spotlight, 2nd January 2014.

• Political Reactions to Section 377, Vaad Samvaad (Hindi), 17th December 2013.

• Supreme Court’s verdict on Section 377 with Mr Ajay Khemka, Spotlight, 11th December 2013.

• Women’s Development, Representation, with Saroj Negi, Prasar Bharathi, 8th March 2013

• Women in Politics, Prasar Bharathi, 21st September 2012

• Violence against Women, Prasar Bharathi, 23rd August 2012

• International Women’s Day, with Ms Radhika, Spotlight 8th March, 2012

• Government’s decision to appoint a JPC with Mr. Shekar Iyer, The Hindustan Times, Spotlight,

23rd February 2011

• Girl Child- A Nation’s Pride with Ms Anupama Jha, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 21st January 2011

• International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu,

Spotlight, 25th November 2010

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• Karnataka Government’s political crisis: the trust vote and its aftermath, with Mr Rajkumar

Singh, Dainik Tribune and Mr. Arun Anand (moderator), Public Forum, 13th October 2010

• Government Formation in Jharkhand with Mr. Mohan Sahay, Focus TV, Spotlight, 14th

September 2010.

• The Stalemate in Karnataka with Mr. B.S. Arun, Bureau Chief and Political Editor, Deccan

Herald, Spotlight, 15th July 2010

• The West Bengal Civic Polls with Mr. Sumit Chakravarthy, Editor, Mainstream, Spotlight, 2nd

June 2010

• Passage of Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, with Ms. Monica, Research Scholar,

Spotlight, 9th March 2010

• Imbroglio in Telegana with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu, Spotlight, 21st February 2010

• UPA’s welfare schemes with Mr. Deepak Uprethi, Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 8th September 2009

• Independence Day Eve with Prof. Subrata Mukherjee, Spotlight, 14th August 2009

• Women’s Reservation Bill with Ms. Aditi, journalist, The Hindu, Spotlight, 9th June 2009

• Election of Ms. Meira Kumar as the first woman Speaker with Mr. Mohan Sahay, associate editor,

Focus TV, 3rd June 2009

• Polling Violence with Mr. Mohan Sahay, Spotlight, 16th April 2009

• International Women’s Day with Dr. Aparna Bhardwaj, advocate, Supreme Court of India,

Spotlight, 8th March 2009

• State Assembly Elections, with Mr. Prashant Sood, Spotlight, 8th December 2008

• Bhutan Elections with Ms Jyoti Malhotra, The Mint, Spotlight, 25th March 2008

• The Consumer movement in India with Mr. Prashant Sood, freelance journalist, Spotlight, 14th

March 2008

• Exam Stress and suicide among students with Prof. Subrata Mukherjee, Spotlight, 14th February

2008

• President’s Rule in Karnataka (Hindi) with Mr, Jai Shankar Gupta, Hindustan and Mr. Vinod

Agnihotri, Outlook (Hindi edition), Vaad Samvaad (Hindi), 21st November 2007

• President’s Rule in Karnataka with Mr. Vinay Kumar, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu,


• Development Programmes for Children with Rajeev Ranjan Jha, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 20th

October 2007

• The Midday meals scheme in schools with Rajeev Ranjan Jha, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 5th

October 2007

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• Pratibha Patil’s Candidature for President’s post with Mr. K. V. Prasad, Correspondent, The

Hindu, Spotlight, 15th June 2007

• 2007 Goa Assembly Elections with Mr. Sailesh Mishra, Lokmat, Spotlight, 5th June 2007

• Supreme Court’s Directives on Ragging with Prof. Amarjit Singh Narang, IGNOU, Spotlight,

17th May 2007

• UP Elections and Mayawati’s victory with Ms. Aditi Phadnis, Business Standard, Spotlight, 11th

May 2007

• Settlement of Cauvery River Water Dispute with Mr Arvind Shukla, Advocate, Supreme Court,

Spotlight, 5th February 2007

• National Children’s Day with Mr. K. V. Prasad, special correspondent, The Hindu, Spotlight,

14th November 2006

• National and International Literacy day, with Mr K.V. Prasad, special correspondent, The Hindu,

Spotlight, 8th September 2006

• President Kalam’s Independence Day Address with Mr K.V. Prasad, special correspondent, The

Hindu, Spotlight, 14th August 2006

• The IIM Fee Hike with Mr. Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times, Spotlight, 3rd

April 2006

• Reconvening of the Parliament in view of the Office of Profit controversy with Mr Jai Raina, The

Hindustan Times, Spotlight, 30th March 2006

• Girl Child Education in India (English and Hindi) with Ms Aditi Phadnis, Political Editor, The

Business Standard, Spotlight, 19th March 2006

• Bihar Assembly Elections with Mr. Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times,

Spotlight, 9th September 2005

• RSS-BJP standoff with Mr. Jamini Kumar Srivastav, Spotlight, 17th July 2005

• On BJP’s dilemma with Jamini Kumar Srivastav, AIR Correspondent, Spotlight, 23rd January

2005

• Russian President Vlamidir Putin visit to India with Mr. Ashok Khanduri (Hindi) and Mr.

Praveen Kavi (English), AIR Correspondents, Spotlight, 3rd December 2004.

• Non-Passage of J&K Permanent Residents Bill with Mr. B.S. Arun, Deccan Herald, Spotlight,

28th August 2004

• Uma Bharathi’s surrender in Karnataka with Mr. B.S. Arun, Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 25th

August 2004

• Political Developments in Madhya Pradesh with Mr Yogesh Shukla, UNI, Spotlight, 22nd August

2004

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• Fire in School premises in Kumbakonam with Mr. R.K. Sharma, Fire Safety Expert, Spotlight,

16th July 2004

• Disruption of Parliament with Mr. T.R. Ramachandran, Chief of Bureau, The Tribune, Spotlight,

5th July 2004

• Dismissal of Governors in Four States with Mr. Rahul Jhalani, Journalist, Spotlight, 2nd July

2004

• Indo-Pakistan decision on Nuclear Moratorium with Mr. A. N. Ram, Diplomat, Spotlight, 20th

June 2004

• PM Vajpayee’s call for a pragmatic solution to the issues between India and Pakistan with Mr.

Siddhartha Misra, The Pionner, Spotlight, 12th March 2004

• Emerging Political Developments in UP with Mr. Sudesh K. Verma, The Statesman, Spotlight,

4th March 2004

• PM Vajpayee’s Address to the Minorities Forum with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu, Spotlight,

25th February 2004

• BJP’s new alliances with Mr. Sanjay Singh, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 16th February 2004

• Mr. Vaiko’s Release and the Pota with Mr. Arun Bhagat, Former Chief of Intelligence Bureau,

Spotlight, 7th February 2004

• Impending Dissolution of the 13th Lok Sabha with Mr. M.D. Nalapat, Senior Journalist, The Times

of India, Spotlight, 5th February 2004

• BJP’s National Executive Meeting with Mr. T.R. Ramachandran, Chief of Bureau, The Tribune,

Spotlight, 12th January 2004

• A Tribute to Kushabav Thackre with Mr. Seshadri Chari, Editor, The Organiser, Spotlight, 28th

December 2003

• PM Vajpayee’s assurance on the CBI Inquiry over Judeo Case with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu,

Spotlight, 10th December 2003

• PM Vajpayee’s call to his BJP Parliamentary Party with Mr. Siddhartha Misra. Metro Editor,

The Pioneer, Spotlight, 3rd December 2003

• Sentence to Journalists by the Tamil Nadu Assembly in a Privilege case with Mr. T. R.

Ramachandran, Chief of Bureau, The Tribune, Spotlight, 8th November 2003

• Political Developments in UP with Mr. Ajit Kumar Jha, Political Editor, India Today, Spotlight,

26th August 2003

• NDA’s Strategy towards the No-Confidence Motion in Parliament Mr. Ajit Kumar Jha, Political

Editor, India Today, Spotlight, 16th August 2003

• PM Vajpayee’s Clarification on Ayodhya with Mr. Manoj Joshi, Political Editor, The Times of

India, Spotlight, 4th August 2003

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• Political Controversy over the Taj Corridor Project with Mr. T.R. Ramachandran, Chief of

Bureau, The Tribune, Spotlight, 29th July 2003

• BJP’s National Executive’s Resolution on Ayodhya and the Women’s Reservation Bill with Ms.

Radha Viswanath, Senior Journalist, Spotlight, 19th July 2003

• CBI to probe the Taj Corridor Controversy with Mr. B.S. Arun, The Deccan Herald, Spotlight,

16th July 2003

• The UP Government’s decision to order a CBI probe into the death of Poetess Madhumita Shukla

with Mr. Sudesh K. Verma, The Statesman, Spotlight, 17th June 2003

• On the Union Cabinet’s Decision to extend Reservation list, Morning News Bulletin, 6th June

2003

• Suspension of Medical Students in Tamil Nadu with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu, Spotlight, 18th

May 2003

• Women’s Reservation Bill with Ms Radha Viswanath, Senior Journalist, Spotlight, 5th May 2003

• Political Implications of the Killing of Mr. Haren Pandey with Mr. Seshadri Chari, Editor, The

Organiser, Spotlight, 26th March 2003

• Dharam Sansad, Ayodhya and March to Parliament with Mr. Tarun Vijay, Editor, Panchjanya,

Spotlight, 22nd February 2003

• Defections and UP Politics with Mr. B.S. Arun, The Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 4th February 2003

• Challenges before Indian Democracy with Mr. Jayanta Roy Chowdhury, Chief of Bureau

(Business) The Telegraph, Spotlight, 22nd January 2003

• CWC Meeting and Congress Strategy for the forthcoming Assembly Elections, News Bulletin

(Afternoon) with Mr. B. S. Arun, The Deccan Herald (English) and Mr. Suresh Bawana, Nai

Duniya’s Bureau Chief (Hindi), Spotlight, 6th January 2003

• On the eve of Gujarat Elections with Mr. Ambikananadan Sahay, Senior Editor, The Times of

India, Senior Editor, The Times of India, Spotlight, 11th December 2002

• Release of Nagappa with Mr. B. S. Arun, The Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 8th December 2002

• Issues in Gujarat Elections with Ms Neeraja Chowdhary, Senior Editor, The Indian Express,


• Security Arrangements in Gujarat with Mr. Prakash Singh, former Director, BSF, Spotlight, 7th

November 2002

• Cauvery River Water Dispute with Mr. Ambikanandan Sahay, Senior Editor, The Times of India,

Spotlight, 21st September 2002

• Tackling Corruption at various levels with Mr. U.C. Aggarwal, former Vigilance Chief,

Spotlight, 26th August 2002

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• Raids on former DMK Ministers in Tamil Nadu with Mr. Shastri Ramachandran, Senior Editor,

The Times of India, Spotlight, 17th August 2002

• Indo-Pak Patrolling along the LOC with Mr. Rahul, Spotlight, 5th June 2002

• Russia on the US involvement in Afghanistan, Morning News Bulletin, 28th November 2001

• Political Fallout of the Rejection of Jayalalitha’s nomination with Mr. Shastri Ramachandran,

Senior Editor, The Times of India, Spotlight, 25th April 2001

• Review of the Constitution with Ms. Kalyani Shankar, Political Editor, The Hindustan Times,

Spotlight, 27th January 2000

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