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Fellows
 
Anita Ghai, Ph.D (DU) is Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Jesus and Mary College, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. She is co-author of "The Mentally Handicapped: Prediction of the Work Performance", Phoenix Publishing Company, 1996.

Ashok Acharya is lecturer in the Department of Political Science. He is working on the project "Theorising Inequality: The Indian Experience".

Ashok Majumdar Ph. D. (DU), Reader in Political Science, Zakir Hussain College (Eve) is author of Peasant protest in India (1991). He was the Convenor of the 1996 Grassroots Politics Colloquium on Agrarian Politics and Policy Changes in the Third World. He is currently engaged in editing a volume out of it. His research project is on the same theme.

Ashish Ghosh, Reader in Political Science, Dayal Singh College (Eve) has been the convener of Grassroots Politics Colloquium since its inception in 1998. Together with Prof Neera Chandhoke he edited Grassroots Movements and Social Change (1995) and Dalits and Peasants: the Emerging Caste-Class Dynamics (1998), on behalf of DCRC. He submitted his Ph.D. Thesis on Culture and Nationalism in Bangal in 1996 to Delhi University. Active in directing children's theatre in the capital his current research project is entitled 'Sociology of Theatre as Agency of Change'.

G.N.Trivedi, Ph. D. (DU) is Reader in Political Science, Motilal Nehru College (Eve.). His interest areas are political development in South Asia, comparative political analysis, social movements and peasant studies.

Gopal N. Guru, Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. Author of Ambedkar's Concept of Political Power' (1997), 'Dalit Cultural Movements in Moharastra' (1997). His research enterest one critical Social/Political Theory: Humiliation, Discrimination, Atrocities, Guilt, Shame, Recognition, Justice, Equality and Freedom.

Guljit Kumar Arora Ph.D (JNU) is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Zakir Husain College. He has published a number of research papers on economic aspects of federalism and fiscal reforms in India and China. He is a member of the Documentation Committee of the DCRC looking after the data base building.

K.K.Panda, Ph.D is working on a Research Project "Culture of Peace". He is the author of the books, New Perspectives in India's Foreign Policy, New Delhi, 1980; Contemporary Socialism-An Analysis, ed., New Delhi, 1992; Market, Democracy and Developing Polity (under publication, New Delhi).

M.N. Thakur, Ph. D. (DU) is Reader in Political Science, Zakir Husain College. His current research projects are- Contemporary Religious Resurgence: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal; Homeless and the Labour Process.

Malathi Subramanian is Principal, Daulat Ram College. She is working on a project "Gender and Human Rights".

Madhulika Banerjee Ph.D. (DU) is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Gargi College. She is working on the project "Politics of Indigenous Medicines". She is the author of Justice, Equality and Community, Sage, New Delhi, 2000.

Meenakshi Thapan is Professor in the Department of Sociology. She is carrying out a project on "Pedagogy and the Future Citizen". She is the convenor of the conference on "Women & Migration in Asia".

P.K.Mishra, Ph.D. (JNU) is Reader in Political Science RLA college. He is the author of South Asia in International Politics (1986) and South Asia: Conflicts and Cooperation (1997) among others. His current research project is on 'East Asia and South Asia in the Emerging world Order.

Rekha Kaul, Ph. D. (DU) is a Reader in Political Science at Laxmibai College. She is the author of Caste, Class and Education: The Politics of the Capitation Fee Phenomenon (1993). Together with Prof. Suresh C. Shukla she has edited Development, Underdevelopment and Education in the Third World on behalf of DCRC, which is in press. Her current research project is "Power, Culture and Education: A study of Mass Education in Developing Countries"

Rupak Duttagupta, Ph.D. (DU) is a reader in the Department of Political Science, Kirori Mal College. He is involved in the project "Globalization and the State in Third World"

Sadhna Saxena is associated with Central Institute of Education, Delhi. She is working on a project "Alternative Pedagogy".

Sadhna Arya, Ph.D (DU) is Reader in Political Science of Satyawati Co-education College. She is the author of the book, Women, Gender Equality and the State, Deep and Deep Publications. She is working on the project "National Commission on Women: Goals and Performance in the South Asian Perspective".

S.K. Aggarwal is Professor in the Department of Geography. He is working on the project "Natural Resource Management in underdeveloped regions".

Suranjita Ray, Ph.D (DU) is a lecturer in Daulat Ram College. She is working on the project "Gender and the Politics of Hunger in Kalahandi".

Vidhu Varma, Ph.D. (DU) is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science of Gargi College. She is the author of Justice, Equality and Community, Sage, New Delhi, 2000. She is working on the Project "Amedkar's Theory of Justice.

 
Visiting Fellows
 
Ujjwal Kumar Singh Ph.D. (SOAS, London) is a Reader in Political Science in Punjab University. His book, Political Prisoners in India was published by Oxford (1998). He is a fellow on leave. His current research project is on State, Law and Rights in Historical Processes.

Anupama Roy, Ph.D., (Suny, Binghamton), works on Gender and Citizenship. She is currently attached to the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

R.Vashum, Ph.D. (DU) is a Social Anthropologist. His interest areas are among others social structure and social change, social movements, human rights and methodology in social sciences. Some of his publications include, Nagas' Right to Self-Determination: An Anthropological-Historical Perspective, Foreword by Prof. B.K. Roy Burman, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 2000; Indo-Naga Conflict:Problem and Resolution, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 2001. Some of his co-edited books are- State, Development and Identity in South Asia: A Search for Alternative Paradigms, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi (2002); Extraordinary Laws in India: A Reader for Understanding Legislations Endangering Civil Liberties, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi (2002).
  
ASSOCIATES
 
Mr. Abhay Prasad Singh "Child Rights in Moradabad Brassware Induatry"
Ms. Alka Tyagi, "Philosophy of Human Rights
Mr. Dharmendra Kumar "Workers' Movement in India"
Mr. Hilal Ahmed "Politics, State and Monuments: A Study of Selected Site"
Mr. Jagdish Chander "State Policy on Disability in India"
Mr. Nawal Kishore "Agrarian Politics in Two Punjabs: India and Pakistan"
Mr. Niladri B. Panda "Narcotics, Politics and the State in Latin America"
Mr. N. Sukumar "Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Perspectives on Human Rights"
Mr. Om Prakash, "Dialogue and Democracy"
Mr. Praveen Priyadarshi, "Global Civil Society"
Mr. Ravi Ranjan, "Right to Food"
 
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