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Research

FACULTY RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Faculty members are engaged in research on a range of themes including:

Social movements
Gender Studies
Dalit studies
Impact of globalization on marginalised communities
Diaspora studies
Multiculturalism
Agrarian structure and movements
The Informal Sector

The details of the projects pursued by each of the members of the faculty are available in the profiles available on the website of the Department of Sociology.

The contribution of some of the past distinguished teachers had been honoured by way of Festschrifts and memorial volumes by the faculty and the students of the Department. These include a festschrift in honour of Prof. G.S. Ghurye on the occasion of his 60^th birthday and on his 80^th birthday (Aspects of changing India: Studies in honour of Prof. G.S. Ghurye, 1976), a centenary festschrift in his memory (The Legacy of G.S. Ghurye, 1996), a volume in commemoration of Prof. K.M. Kapadia (Explorations in family and other essays, 1975), a festschrift for Prof. Patrick Geddes (The Outlook Tower: Essays in Urbanization, 1976), and a festschrift volume in honour of Prof. A.R. Desai (Emerging Contradictions in Indian Society, 1995).

OCCASIONAL PAPERS

As part of the effort to publish researched writings and disseminating new ideas and insights, the Department has been publishing occasional papers under UGC - SAP. The details are given below.

1. Sukhdeo Thorat, Reservation in the Private Sector: Why and How, Occasional Paper Series 1, (August 2005).

2. Virginius Xaxa, Tribes, Forest and Livelihood, Occasional Paper Series 2 (January 2007).

3. P.G. Jogdand and Prashant Bansode, Social Justice Philanthropy in India: A Response of the Corporate Sector in Mumbai. Occasional Paper Series 3, (January 2007).

4. S.M. Michael, Conversion, Social Mobility and Empowerment: View from Below. Occasional Paper Series 4, (October 2007).

5. Indira Munshi, Environmental Degradation and Environmental Politics: The Global Context, Occasional Paper Series 5, (February, 2009).

6. Indira Munshi, Geddesian Vision: Education for "Civic Reconstruction" and "Life enhancement", Occasional Paper Series 6, (February 2010).

7. Ramesh Kamble, Understanding Dalit Movements: Trajectories and Concerns, (March 2010)

8. B.V. Bhosale, Antonio Gramsci (Marathi), Occasional Paper Series 8, (February 2010).

9. T.K Oommen, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Nation: Situating G.S. Ghurye, Occasional Paper Series 9, (January, 2011).

10. S.M. Dahiwale, New Economic Policy and Its Impact on Marginal Segments, (February 2012).

11. Sukhdeo Thorat, Discrimination, Atrocities and the Dalit Experience of Hope and Despair in Maharashtra, Occasional Paper Series 11, (January 2013).

In addition to the above the Department published two papers independently. They are:

Upendra Baxi, The Unreason of Globalization and the Reason of Human Rights, (1996).

2. Ghanshyam Shah, Civil Society and the Poor, (February, 2009).

List of Research Scholars Currently Pursuing Ph.D. under the Supervision of Teachers in the Department of Sociology

Supervisor	Research Scholar	Topic	Date of Regn.
Prof. P.G. Jogdand	Ms. Samal Kanak Lata	"Caste Gender and Informalization at work: ACase Study of Polibhji Kendras".	10/08/2010
	Mr. Raote, S.G.	"The impact of resettlement under MUTP on Social Economic & Educational status of Urban Youth in Mumbai city: A Sociological study"	08/12/2010
	Ms. Rita Malache	"Tribal migrants in urban setting: A Study in Mumbai City"	14/12/2011
	Ms. Yadav Sushila Ram Samujh	"Informal Sector in Mumbai: A Socio Economic study of Vaghri Community"
	Mr. Sheikh Baten	"Resisting Globalization: Phulbari, Bangladesh"
Prof. S.K. Bhowmik	Mr. Raju Kurian	"Business Process out Sourcing (BPOS) Social Relations & challenges"	02/08/2006
	Mr. Ramesh Kamble		16/03/1995
	Mr. Pradeep Gangurde	"A Socio-Economic Study of power loom workers of Bhiwandi."	30/11/1999
Dr. Indira Munshi	Ms. Neha Madhiwala	"Gender and Public Health	30/11/2000
Prof. Kamala Ganesh	Ms. Patwardhan M	"Issues of Employed women in Unconventional public space with unusual working hours in Mumbai"	10/06/2008
	Ms. Sethna Zarin Ratan	"Parsee Identity vis-�-vis Non Parsees: Perceptions and Interactions".	03/10/2008
	Ms. Shirly Nancy George	"Role of Self Help Groups in Empowerment of women a case of kudumbashree in Ezhumattoor Panchayat in Kerala"	07/10/2009
	Ms. Zinat Aboli	"Muslim Women and Higher Education in Mumbai City: An Ethnographic Study"	06/10/2012
	Ms. Ajeeta Bhatia	"Tracing the Roots and Pressures to adapt: Problems of Adolescents and Socialisation of Indian Immigrants in the US".	13/08/2012
Prof. S.M. Michael	Mr. Nikam Gautam	"Sociology of Conversion: A comparative study of MaharChristian and MaharBhudhist"	01/12/1997
	Mr. Chong Tae Baek	"The Role of Leadership in Social Movements Comparative study of Mahatma Gandhi in India & Kimyongki in Korea"	05/08/2009
	Ms. Rajula Shah	"Ethnicity & Urban Adjustment: A Sociological study of the South Indian Immigrants in Nagpur"	08/12/2011
	Ms. Laxmi Periyaswamy	"An Anthropological Study of Sudalai Madan: A Village deity in Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu"	05/12/2011
	Ms. Karen Miranda	"East Indian Community: A Sociological Study in Mumbai"	14/12/2011
	Ms. Sonakshi Vichare	"Religion in a Globalized World: A Case study of Hindu and Christian Religious Practices in Mumbai"	14/12/2011
	Ms. Merlin Rajan Joseph	"A Sociological Study on the Impact of ICT on the youth of Mumbai"	06/08/2012
Prof. B.V. Bhosale	Ms. Rohini Fadte	"Ecotourism and Local communities impacts challenges & prospects (A study of wild life sanctuaries in the context of Goa)"	04/09/2009
Prof. P.S. Vivek	Ms. Kalpana Snajay Agnihotri	"Globalization Impact on the Indian metropolises sociological study in Mumbai"	13/07/2006
	Mr. M.A. Varghese	"Excluded Community in Mumbai: A Sociological study of Tribals in Aarey Colony Goregaon (East)"	11/12/2011
	Mr. Noel Machado	"Significance of Trust within the modern organization: A Sociological study of trust and organizational out comes"	16/12/2011
Dr. E.A. Rodrigues	Mr. Pratap Baria	"Modernity and the construction of Bhil identity: A Sociological Exploration of identity politics among the Bhils of Jhabua District in the contemporary period"	05/12/2011
Mr. Ramesh Kamble	Ms. Tanuja Koli	"Articulation of Autonomy and Subjective Agency in the Context of Women�s Hostel"	03/08/2012
Prof. Shashi Mishra	Ms. Sushri Sangita Das	"Professional Hazards faced by the working women and its impact on family: A Sociological Study on women executives of IT Sector in Mumbai City"	03/01/2012