Updated on 20 Nov, 2019
Dr. Nita Mathur
Professor
Nita Mathur is Professor of Sociology with teaching and research experience of more than two decades. She has been visiting scholar at Maison des sciences de l’homme (MSH) Paris, and visiting faculty at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, School of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi and lady Irwin college, University of Delhi. She has been Visiting Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, is Academic Member of Athens Institute for Education and Research (AITNER), Greece and has served as Resource Person in other universities. She has been Associate Editor of the journal: Indian Anthropologist.
Her books, Cultural Rhythms in Emotions, Narratives and Dance, Santhal Worldview (ed), and Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity (ed) deal with the central issue of social construction of identity. Some of her critical publications in national and international journals are in areas of consumer culture and the middle class, folklore and performance studies, and tribal language and culture. She is currently pursing research on consumption, lifestyle choices and construction of modern identities. At IGNOU, she trains research students in Research Methodology.
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EDUCATION:
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Doctor of Philosophy (subject) year
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Name of the University: University of Delhi
Discipline: Anthropology
Doctoral Research Topic: The Making of a Cultural being: An Anthropological Study of Enculturation, Dance and Emotion among Tamil Brahmins in Delhi
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Master of Philosophy (subject) year
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Discipline: NOT APPLICABLE
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Master of Arts (Subject) year
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Name of the university: University of Delhi
Discipline: Anthropology
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Bachelor of Arts (Subject) year
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Name of the University: University of Delhi
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WORK EXPERIENCE: 23 years
FELLOWSHIP/ AWARDS:
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Name of the Fellowship/Awards
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Granting/ Awarding Institution
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Year
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1
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Gold Medal for Best Research Paper
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IGNOU
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2011
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2
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Indo-French Fellowship
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Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
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2009
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PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS: 1 (authored) + 2 (edited) = 3
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS: 17
RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED: 15
UNITS WRITTEN: 14
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODY/ STATUTORY BODY (INTERNAL/ EXTERNAL):
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Membership of Professional body/ Statutory body
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Period
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Academic Member
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Athens Institute for Education and Research (AITNER), Greece
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2014-till date
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Member, School Board of the School of Social Sciences
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IGNOU
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2011-till date; 2005-2006
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Member, Executive Committee
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Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society
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2006- 2008, 2013-till date
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UGC Nominee in Advisory Committee for Special Assistance Programme in the Department of Sociology, Rajasthan University for Upgradation/ Continuation from DRS-II to DRS-III
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University Grants Commission (UGC)
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April 2018-March 2023
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Member, Academic Council Standing Committee (2017-2018)
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IGNOU
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2017-2018
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Member, School Board of the School of Performing and Visual Arts (2007-2008; 2016-2018)
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IGNOU
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2016-2018;
2007-2008
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Member, School Board of the School of Education
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IGNOU
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2014-2016
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Member, National Level Expert Panel
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Indian Heritage Cities Netwrok (IHCN)
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2017-till date
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Member of the Standing Committee of the School Board of the School of Social Sciences
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IGNOU
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2009-2014
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Member
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International Sociological Association and its Research Committees on Sociology of Arts, Sociology of Religion, and Working Group on Sociology on Local-Global Relations
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2008-2016
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Member, Executive Committee
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Indian Anthropological Association
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2002-2005
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Member
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Indian Anthropological Association (IAA)
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Life Member
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Member
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Indian Sociological Society (ISS)
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Life Member
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Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society (EFCS)
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Life Member
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Official Address:School of Social Sciences ,
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU),
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi -
110068
New Delhi, India
+91-011-29572720
nitamathur@ignou.ac.in
