Faculty

Faculty Details: Santoshi Kumari

                

Title

Dr

Name

Santoshi Kumari

 

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Designation

Assistant Professor

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Email

santoshikumari@lb.du.ac.in

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Educational Qualifications : Ph.D

Degree

Institution

Year

Ph.D

CHS/JNU

2012

M.Phil

CHS/JNU

2006

M.A

CHS/JNU

2002

B.A

Miranda House/DU

2000

Career Profile

  • 2006-2007: Research Assistant in UGC funded Project.
  • 2009-2011: Assistant Professor (Ad Hoc) Dyal Singh College (M), University of Delhi.
  • 2011 onwards:  Assistant Professor in Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi.
  • 2015 & 2020 sessions: Academic Counsellor for MA History in Indira Gandhi Open University.

 

Administrative Assignments

v    2020-2021: Member of Board of Examiners for Ancient History Culture and Archaeology, Nav Nalanda Mahavihar, Deemed University, Ministry of Culture, Nalanda, Bihar. 

v  2018-19: Admission Co-ordinator, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi.              

v  2016-17: Member of Board of Examiners for papers: History of India I, History of India II, History of India c. 300 BC to eighth century A.D. and  History of India from c. 300 BC to 1206 A.D., Department of History, University of Delhi.

v  2016- 2017: Member of Central Purchase Committee, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi.

v  2014- 2015: Member of Union Advisors Committee, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi.

Areas of Interest / Specialization

  • Ancient Indian History (Specialization)
  • Colonial knowledge formations; Religions, Social, Economic, Cultural and Ethonographic study interests me most !

 

Research Guidance:

NIL

Publications Profile

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

v  Anthropological Account of Śrāddha in Gaya, Rewant Vikram Singh (ed.), Historical Researches: Theory and Practices, South Asia Series-II, Department of History-Maharishi Dyanand College of Arts, Science and Commerce Publishers, Mumbai, 2018, 27-33, ISBN 978-81-925005-7-7

v  Study of Religion through the Gateway of Temples”, Art and Beauty: from Tradition to Modernity, Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Seminar, Sapatrishi Publications, Chandigarh, 2017, 123-137, ISBN 978-93-86632-12-8

v  Challenges and expectation: Higher Education, Dimensions of Higher Education, Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, University of Delhi, Delhi, New Delhi Publishers, 2016, 219-223, ISBN 978-93-85503-19-1

v  Contextualising Gaya in the Vayu-Purana, History Today, No. 17, (December 2016) : 155-160, ISSN 2249-748X

v  Co-Existence of Religions in Gaya 300 BCE to 1200 CE: An Epigraphic Study”, Interantional Journal of Historical Insight and Research, Vol. 1, No.1, (July-September 2015) : 17-25, ISSN 2454-5600 

POPULAR PUBLICATIONS:

v  “Virtual FDP to Enrich Digital Teaching- Learning” CEC NEWS, UGC, Vol. 22, No. 01, Jan. 2021.

v  “Role of Congress in Empowerment of Women In India”, Congress Sandesha, Vol. XIX No.7, March 2017, Delhi, 17-19

v  “Indira Gandhi and Nation Building”, Congress Sandesha, Vol. XIX No.2, October 2016, Delhi, 30-32

 

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS: 

v   26- 27 Nov. 2020: “Your Ram Vs. My Ram: The Politics of Hindutva and Religious Populism in India”, in Online Colloquium on Populism and the Social Sciences, University of Ottawa and University of Quѐbec, Montreal, Canada.

v    9th -11th July 2020: “Tapa and Dhyāna: From Vedas to Buddha to ‘Back to Vedas’, in Third International Webinar on Global Well Being and Tenets of Ancient Indian Traditions with reference to Buddhism, University School of Buddhist Studies and Civilization, Gautam Buddha University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, India.

v   30th -1st February 2019: “Politics of Eurasia and the Shaping of Indian Archaeology, in All India International and Area Studies Convention on Ascending India: Reflections on Global and Regional Dimensions, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India.

v  21st -22nd February 2019: “Power, Politics and Dissemination of Knowledge: Role of Asiatic Society of Bengal”, in India International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference on ‘ Knowledges, Epistemes and Pedagogies in the Long 18 th Century’ Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India 

 

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS: 

v  16th- 17th February 2020: “औपनिवेशिक काल में सेंसस और दलित राजनीतीकरण, in Second Dalit Literary Festival, Kirorimal College, University of Delhi, India

v  26th February 2018, Śrāddha: A Life Cycle Ritual at Gaya: An Anthropological Account of an Ancient Ritual’, in International Youth History Congress, Maharshi Dyanand College of Arts, Science & Commerce, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

v   18th August 2017: Unlearn and Learn History’, in Issues in History, Department of History and IQAC, Shyam Lal College (Evening), University of Delhi, Delhi, India

v  1st April 2017, “Study of Religion through the Gateway of Temple”, UGC sponsored National Seminar, Dev Samaj College, Punjab University, Ferozpur, India

v  February 2015: “Panchayats Women and Elimination of all Forms of Voilence”(translated in Hindi) for Convention on the Celebrations of Women ‘s Political Empowerment Day Program, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

2019-2021: “Relocating the Sacred Space of Gaya”, ICHR Funded Project

Awards and Distinctions

v    2010: Qualified National Eligibility Test.

v    2004: All India rank One in the Entrance Exam held for M.Phil- Ph.D Program, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India

  • 5th – 6th November 2019: Subject expert on panel discussion on “Assessment and Accreditation of Best Practices in Higher Education Institution Under NAAC Framework”,  in NAAC sponsored National Seminar on IQAC, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
  • 30th Jan. 2021: Guest of Honor in Kendriya Vidyalaya, No.2, Burla, Shambalpur, Orissa on the occasion of “Ek Bharat Srestha Bharat”, an MHRD program

 

Other Activities

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS:

 

v  27th October 2020: Pandemics and Plagues in Antiquity Webinar Series, Brown University

v  26th October 2020: Aristotelian Science and Hippocratic Gynaecology, Seminar Series 2020-2021, University of Exeter, England, United Kingdom.

v  16th October 2020:Widows Under Hindu Law: An Overview, Archaia Ancient Societies Workshop, Yale University, USA

v  29th September 2020: Introduction to Ancient Greek Automata, Ancient Medicine and Technology Seminar Series 2020-2021, University of Exeter, England, United Kingdom.

v  26th -27th September 2020: Digressions in Classical Historiography, University of Peloponnese and University of Giessen University, Greece.

v  31st August 2020: Created Identities: Interdisciplinary Research Conference, University of Nottingham, London, United Kingdom.

v   17th - 18th February 2017: South Asia in Global Perspective: Issues and Challenges, organised by Developing Countries Research Centre & Indian Council of Social Science Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

NATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS: 

v  1st Oct. 2020: “A Layman’s Guide to World of Snakes and Snake Bite Mitigation’’, Rajapalyam  Rajus’ College and Wild life Association of Rajapalyam, Tamil Nadu.

v  16th -27th February 2019: Reading Material Texts: A Paleography and Codicology Workshop, Department of History, University of Delhi, India

v   5th -15th December 2018: “Ganga Utsav”, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Ministry of Culture, Delhi, India

v  February 2017: “Crossing Boundaries organised by Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

v  September 2014: “समकालीन साहित्य में नारी चेतना”, Department of Hindi, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

CAREER ADVANCEMENT COURSES:

 

v    2020: Refresher Course in Research Methodology, UGC sponsored, HRDC, JNU, Delhi

v    2020:  Two week (25th Sep- 08th Oct) National Online Workshop on Sanskrit Communication organized by Department of Sanskrit, Maitreyi College in collaboration with Samskrita Bharati, Delhi.

v    2020: Faculty Development Program on ICT Based New Paradigms of E-Teaching and E-Learning: Digital Pedagogy, MHRD/MSC and TLC Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, India

v  2020: Faculty Development Program on National Education Policy and Development of Indian Languages, MHRD/MSC and TLC Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, India

v  2018-2019: Saral Sanskrit, Veda Pathyakrama and Geeta Gyan Course, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi, India.

v  2017: Refresher Course in Indian Culture, Thought and Thinkers, UGC sponsored, Centre for Professional Development for Higher Education, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

v  2015: Refresher Course in Research Methodology UGC sponsored, Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

v  2015: Orientation Programme, UGC sponsored, Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

 

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS:

v    Nov. 2020: Organised a webinar on “इतिहास और विरासत के अन्तर्सम्बन्ध: रणथम्भौर दुर्ग के विशेष सन्दर्भ में ’’, Department of History, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi.

v  September 2020: Co-ordinator of An ICT Based Workshop on “New Paradigms of Digital Learning” for Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi.

v  August 2018: Organised a lecture on ‘Potteries of Ancient India’ for the Department of History, Speaker from Indira Gandhi National tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh.

v  February 2018: Academic field trip for the Department of History to the Archaeological excavation site in Purana Qila, Delhi.

v  24th Jan 2018: Co-ordinator of MHRD sponsored “Ek Bharat Srestha Bharat” Program.

v  August 2017: Organised an Inter- College Paper presentation in the Department of History festival- Historia

v  Feb 2015: Organised a Presentation Stall for Lakshmibai College in Antardhwani sponsored by University of Delhi

v  March 2015: Organised the College Festival “Vividha” along with the Union Advisors Team

MEMBERSHIPS: 

v  The Indian Archaeological Society, Delhi- L.M. 834

v  The National Book Trust, Delhi- DEL/IND/BS122040