Dr. Aditya Raj

Highest Academic Qualification

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Research Areas:Sociology of Education, Migration and Diaspora Studies, Development Discourse, Qualitative Research Design, Youth

Ph.D. Students:

Post Graduate Supervision : CAI Huafen, M.Ed Thesis (Bilingual Education: The Way to Equity and justice in Multicultural Context) Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia (Second Reader)Professional Experience:

• Postdoctoral Associate (2007-2010): University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• Teaching and Research Fellow (2002-2007): McGill University, Montreal
• Lecturer (2001-2002): Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Awards & Honours:

• Professor M N Srinivas Memorial Prize 2013 [Constituted in 2001, by the Indian Sociological Society, this prestigious prize is given to young Sociologist (under 40) for noteworthy publication. Dr. Aditya Raj is 11th winner and the 1st from a new IIT. Other winners from the IIT system are Professor R. Robinson (IIT Mumbai, 2001), Dr. V. Arora (IIT Delhi, 2008), Dr. P. Vigneswara (IIT Delhi, 2009) and Dr. A. Chakrabarti (IIT Kanpur, 2010)]
  
• Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2008-2009)
• University of British Columbia: CSICS (2007-2008)
• McGill University: Alma Mater (2004 & 2006)
• Commonwealth Scholarship (2002-2006)
• UGC (NET) Sociology Dec. 1998

Member of Professional Bodies

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• Indian Sociological Association; American Sociological Association; International Sociological Association; American Educational Research Association.
• Co-Convener, Research Committee (04) Migration and Diaspora Studies, Indian Sociological Society.

Current Sponsored projects:

• Waste Management Training to Reduce Health Hazards of Solid Waste in Patna (Centre for Energy and Environment, IIT Patna, Co-PI and Education Specialist; 2014-2017)
• A Concurrent Study of MGNREGA implementation in Bihar (PI: Funded by the- Department of Rural Development, Government of India; 2011-2013)
• Knowledge Community on Children in India (KCCI) Internship Program (Co-PI and Research Advisor; funded by UNICEF Office of Bihar; 2010)

Text and Reference books authored:Raj, Aditya (2010) Indian Diaspora in Canada: Community, Culture, and Capital (ISBN 978-3-639-30448-0)Member, Editorial Board:Founding/Managing Editor: Research and Practice in Social Sciences Website- www.researchandpractice.comTeaching:IIT Patna:

• HS231 Introductory Sociology
• HS331 Sociology of Development
• HS531 Science, Technology, and Society
• HS731 Social Research Design and Practice
• HS732 Sociology of Education
• HS734 Theories of Knowing in Society

University of British Columbia, Vancouver (2007-2010):

• CCFI502 Theorizing Knowing in Education; Making Knowledge:: Public:: Knowledge
• EDUC500 Research Methodology in Education

McGill University, Montreal (2002-2007):

• EDER649 Multicultural Societies
• EDES366: Literature for Young Adults
• EDEC410/ EDER464 Multicultural/Intercultural Education

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2001-2002):

• BA (III) Industrial Sociology
• MA (I) Organization, Labor, and Management

Unpublished Manuscripts:

• Ethnographic Study of the Creation and Usage of Diasporic Capital for Education and Identity Construction of Indian Diasporic Youth in Montreal (PhD dissertation, McGill University) 2007
• A Sociological Study of Multicultural Education and Indian Diaspora in Canada (M.Phil dissertation, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) 2001

Acknowledgement(s) in books:

• Pinar, William (2009) The Worldliness of a Cosmopolitan Education: Passionate Lives in Public Service New York and London: Routledge (for cross reference)
• Lise, Winer (2009) Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On Historical Principles, Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press (for research assistance)
• Ghosh, Ratna & Ali A. Abdi (2004) Education and the Politics of Difference: Canadian Perspectives Toronto: Canadian Scholar’s Press (for editorial assistance)

Selected Book-Reviews:

• "Philanthropy in India: Promise to Practice", Sociological Bulletin, Volume 67, Issue 1 (April 2018) 137-139
• “Security in Global Health: Towards the Medicalization of Insecurity” International Sociology Review of Books, Volume 27, Number 5, 690-95, 2012
• "Emergent Literacy and Language Development: Promoting Learning in Early Childhood", Language and Language Teaching, 1 (70-72) 2012
• "Research Realities in Social Sciences", Journal of Health Management, 13 (477-78) 2011 - with Manish Kumar
• "The World in a City" (Eds.) Paul Anisef and Michael Lanphier The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 41 (1) 2004
• "Cultural Studies and Education: Perspectives on Theory, Methodology and Practice" (Eds.) by Ruben A. Gaztambide-Fernandez et al Teacher’s College Record Vol.106 (8) 2004
• "Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends" (Ed.) by Pierrette Hondagneu- Sotelo Gender, Work and Organization Vol. 11 (5) 2004
• "Theorizing Diaspora: A Reader" (Eds.) by J.E. Braziel and A. Mannur McGill Journal of Education Vol. 39 (2) 2004
• "Development Hegemony: NGOs and the State in India" by Sangeeta Kamat Comparative Education Review Vol. 48 (1) 2004
• "State, Development and Identity in South Asia: A Search for Alternate Paradigm" by Vasum and Louis (ed.) Social Action April-June 2003
• "Wor””Democracy and Development: Socio-psychological Monitoring of Organizations and Programmes" by Prayag Mehta Sociological Bulletin Vol. 51(2) 2002

Select Publications:

• "In-DIA-Spora:Context and Critique" IN The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol. 71, No 3-4, Pp 263-280
• "Analyzing Teacher Education Curriculum in India: Problems & Prospects" IN International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol. 6. No. 7. Pp114-119 (with Rashmi)
• "The glocal paradox: waste production in Patna" IN Verma, M K., Globalisation, Environment, and Social Justice: Perspectives, Issues, and Concerns. London & New York: Routledge, 2018, pp 163-182 (with Dr Papia Raj)
• "Contextualizing Youth Studies in Contemporary India", Indian Journal of Development Research and Social Action, Volume 14, Number 1 (January- June 2018) 159-170 (with Thakur Prem Kumar)
• "Immigration and Integration Policy and the formation of Indian Diaspora in Canada" South Asian Anthropologist, Volume 18 (1) 1-9, March 2018,
• "Witchcraft and Witch hunting in India: An Assessment" National Convention on Emerging Challenges of Violence Against Women, Odisha State Commission for Women 23-24 February 2018 (with Shamsher Alam)
• "Democracy and Social Justice in Bihar: A Bird's Eye View" Contemporary Social Science. Volume 26 (4) 63-70 (October-December) 2017
• "Scheduled Tribe Youth in India and Their Institutions: A Study of Dhumkuria" Journal of Exclusion Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2017, 212-225(with K. Vibhuti Nayak)
• "Academic Journey of Witchcraft studies in India" Man in India, Vol. 97,No. 21, 2017, 123-138 (with Shasmher Alam)
• “International Call Centers: Consumptionscapes of Urban India”. Research Process, Vol. 4, No.1:22-31, 2016 (with Papia Raj).
• “An Analysis of Waste Production in Patna”. International Sociological Association e Symposium for Sociology, Vol 5, No.2: 1-13, 2015 (with Papia Raj).
• Textualized realities of Dalit girl child in India: Unraveling Bama’s ‘Sangati’”, in Prasad, R and S. Rehana (eds.) Child Studies: Children in English Literature, Rajesh Publications: New Delhi, 168-177, 2015 (with Pooja)
• “Representation of Indian Women in Select Indian Diasporic Literature”, Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, 5-11, 2015 (with Pooja).
• Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in Bihar, Research Process,Vol.2, No.2: 3-11, 2014 (with Papia Raj)
• “The Indian Diaspora in North America: The Role of Networks and Associations”, Diaspora Studies Vol. 5, No. 2, 107-23, 2013
• “Learning to Serve: An analysis of English Language Training in Call Centres of India", Language and Language Teaching Vol. 2, No. 2, 2013 ( with Dr Papia Raj)
• "Development in Bihar: Predicaments and Prospects of Health Indices" Journal of Health Management Research Vol. 15, No. 3, 2013 (with Manish Kumar)
• "Women in Dalit Literature: Voice, Agency, and Subjectivity" Journal of Exclusion Studies Vol. 2, No. 1 Feb 2012, (with Pooja)
• "Diaspora Inquiry: Search for a Method", International Migration and Diaspora Studies , JNU 30 (49-59) 2011
• "Representation of Indian Society in Western Media- from Brothels, of Slumdogs, and the Pinkis" IN Diasporic Consciousness: Literatures from the Postcolonial World. (2010) edited by Smriti Singh and Achal Sinha Germany: VDM Verlag
• "Bollywood Cinema and Indian Diaspora" (332-339) IN Media Literacy: A Reader (2007)edited by Donaldo Macedo and Shirley Steinberg New York: Peter Lang
• “Transnational Ethnography" International Bibliography of Social Sciences (CSA) 2006 (Database: Sociological Abstracts; Source: International Sociological Association Conference, Durban, South Africa)
• "Globalization from Below and the Global Indian Diaspora" (98-116) IN Sociology of Globalization: Perspectives from India(2006) edited by S. Somayaji and G. Somayaji New Delhi & Jaipur: Rawat Publishers
• "Editorial Note: Bridging Research and Practice" Research and Practice in Social Sciences, 2006,Vol.1, No.2: 96-97 (with Papia Raj)
• "Caste Variation in Reproductive Health of Women in Eastern Region of India: A Study Based on NFHS Data" Sociological Bulletin 2004, Vol. 53, No. 3: 326-346 (with Papia Raj)
• "Linguistic Deculturation and the Importance of Popular Education among the Gonds in India" Adult Education and Development 2004, Vol.62: 55-61 (with Papia Raj)

Select Presentations:

• "Politics of Healthcare and the Imperatives for Social Change in India" Asian Studies Association, India Habitat Center- Ashoka University, New Delhi, 5-8 July 2018
• "Exploring New Grounds of Studying Bihar" Discussant at Darbhanga House, Patna University, Tata Institute of Social Science Research, February 27, 2017
• "Knowing in contemporary society: engagement with public and theories" 42nd All Indian Sociological Conference, Department of Sociology, Tezpur University 27-30 Dec, 2016
• "A Study of Different Public Policies for Rural Development" 2nd International Conference on Contemporary debates in Public Policy and Management, Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, 15-17 January, 2016
• "Education of Indian Diasporic Youth in Canada" 40nd All Indian Sociological Conference, Department of Sociology, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi,9-30 Nov-1 Dec, 2014
• Youth: Lifestyles, Vulnerabilities, and Education, Sociology of Youth, World Congress of Sociology, July 13-19, 2014, Yokohama, Japan (accepted, with Dr. Papia Raj)
• Indian Sociology- Future Trends, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) sponsored Book-release and National Conference, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, February 2014
• Critical Foundations of Migration and Diaspora Studies, Aditya Raj, 39th All India Sociological Conference, 27-29 December 2013
• MGNREGA Implementation in Bihar: Problems and Perspectives, Contemporary Debates in Public Policy and Management, Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, 07-09 February 2013
• Contemporary Indian Youth: Dynamics and Trends, Conference on Critical Youth Studies, University of Calgary (Edmonton), 30-31 May 2013.
• Contemporary Development in India: Case of MGNREGA, Canadian Sociological Association, Congress 2013 Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Victoria (British Columbia), 03-08 June 2013
• Implementation of MGNREGA in Bihar and its effects on Rural Migration, All India Sociological Conference, JNU Delhi (December 2011)
• Indian Youth in India and in the Diaspora", International Conference of Youth, Calcutta University (November 2011) with Dr Papia Raj
• Migration and Development: Assesing the Impact on the sending context, All India Sociological Conference, Cuttack (December 2010)
• Diaspora and Education: Community, Culture, and Capital, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad 26 July, 2010
• Learning and Teaching with Films: Bollywood Cinema, Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 30, 2008.
• Globalization, Youth, and Education, English Language Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 9, 2008.
• Diaspora Dimension in Curriculum Studies, AAACS, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 21-24 March, 2008.
• Me, Myself, Memoirs: Journey and Beyond, CSICS, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Feb.12, 2008.
• Role of Immigrant Community in Educating their Youth, American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (Sociology of Education), San Francisco, 8-12 April, 2006.
• Indian Diaspora in North America: The Role of Ethnic Networks and Organizations, American Sociological Association Annual Conference (Sociology of Culture), San Francisco, CA. August 14-17, 2004.
• Multiculturalism and Ethnic Groups: Indian Diaspora in Canada, Annual All-India Sociological Conference, Amritsar (Punjab) India, Dec. 26-29, 2001