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My CV

Curriculum Vitae
Gaurang R. Sahay
Professor, Centre for Study of Developing Societies, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai – 400 088.
Reference of the Book
gaurangsahay@gmail.com
Present Postal Address 
Plot No. – F-72, Flat No. – 1B-502, Vighnahar Complex, Sector – 12, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai – 410210.
Permanent Postal Address
Village – Unwas, Post Office – Unwas, Via – Itarhi, District – Buxar, Bihar – 802123.
Date of Birth: 10 July 1963.

Education
  • Ph.D., Centre for the Study of Social System, School of Social sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1995.
Thesis topic: Social Formation of Rural Bihar: A Study of Selected Villages
Research Supervisor: Prof. Dipankar Gupta
  • M.Phil., Centre for the Study of Social System, School of Social sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1989.
Thesis topic: Western Marxism and Oriental Society: A Critical Evaluation
Research Supervisor: Prof. Dipankar Gupta
  • M. A., Department of Sociology, Patna University, Patna, 1987.

Scholarships

  1. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of University Grants Commission from

     1987 to 1992.
  1. Nominated for the Commonwealth Scholarship by the Government of India 

     in 1990.

Academic Positions
  1. Reader/Associate Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2004 –
  1. Reader, J. V. College, CCS University, Meerut, 2002- 2004
  1. Lecturer, J. V. College, CCS University, Meerut, 1993-2002

Visiting Fellowship and Professorship
  1. Visiting Fellow in the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, 1 March-31May 2012.
  1. Visiting Fellow in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K. U. Leuven), Belgium, 1 April-31 May 2009 and 1 January 2015- 30 June 2015.
  1. Visiting Professor in the Centre of Development Studies, Central University of Bihar, Patna, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

 List of Publications
 Books
  1. Village Studies in India: A Case of Bihar. Jaipur: Rawat Publication, 2001.

 Research Papers in Edited Volumes
  1. 'Naxalism, Caste-based Militias and Human Security: Lessons from Bihar' in Pushpendra Kumar and Manish Jha (eds.) Traversing Bihar: Politics of Social Justice and Development, New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2014.
  1. 'Caste System in Contemporary Rural Bihar: A Study of Selected Villages' in K. L. Sharma (ed.) Readings in Indian Sociology Volume II: Sociological Probings in Rural Society, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2014.
  1. 'Caste and Agrarian Economic Structure: A Study of Rural Bihar' in B. B. Mohanty (ed.) Studies in Indian Sociology: Agrarian Change and Mobilisation, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2013.
  1. 'Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union' in D. R. Sahu (ed.) Studies in Indian Sociology: Sociology of Social Movement, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2013.
  1. 'Liberalisation and the Agrarian Crisis in India' in N. Jayaram and D. Rajasekhar (eds.) Vulnerability and Globalisation: Perspectives and Analysis in India, Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2012.
  1. ‘Globalization, Liberalization and Agrarian Distress: A Study of Suicides among Farmers in India’ a Conference paper in the proceedings of the VI. Global Labour University conference, Berlin, 2010.
Conference paper Web-link: http://www.global-labour-university.org/238.html
  1. ‘Social Divisions and Rural Non-farm Sector: Lessons from India’ in Chandan Sengupta and Stuart Corbridge (eds.) Democracy, Development and Decentralisation in India, New Delhi: Routledge India, 2010.
  1. ‘Naxalism, Caste-based Militias and Human Security: Lessons from Rural Bihar’, a Conference paper in the proceedings of the 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Melbourne, 2008.
Conference paper Web-link: http://asaa.asn.au/publications/conf_proceedings.php
  1. ‘Decentralisation, Panchayati Raj and the Rights of Marginalised Groups in India: A Case for Civil Society’ in B. C. Barik and U. C. Sahoo (eds.) Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Development: Narratives on Inclusion of Excluded, Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2008.
  1. ‘Hierarchy, Difference and the Caste System: A Study of Rural Bihar’ in Dipankar Gupta (ed.) Caste in Question: Identity or Hierarchy?, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2004.
  1. ‘Caste Dynamics: Economic and Political’, in Explaining Caste in Indian Society (ESO—14, Society and Stratification). New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2002.
Research Papers in Journals


    1. 'Rebel Health Services in South Asia: Comparing Maoist-led Conflicts in India and Nepal', Sociological Bulletin, 65(1), 19-39, January-April 2016.

    2. 'Dominance of Jats is Unabated: Caste and Dominance in the Villages of Western Uttar Pradesh', Contributions to Indian Sociology, (n.s.) 49(2), 216-249, June 2015. Web-link - http://cis.sagepub.com/content/49/2/216.full.pdf

    3. ‘Major Caste Matters: Caste and Politics in Rural Bihar’, Contributions to Indian Sociology, (n.s.) 43(3), September-December 2009. Web-link - http://cis.sagepub.com/content/43/3/411.full.pdf

    4. ‘Marxism and the Orient: A Reading of Marx’, borderlands e-journal, 6(1), May 2007.

    5. ‘Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilization: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union’, Sociological Bulletin, 53(3), September 2004.

    6. ‘Hierarchy, Difference and the Caste System: A Study Rural Bihar’, Contributions to Indian Sociology, (n.s.) 38(1&2), January 2004.
       
    7. ‘Caste and Agrarian Economic Structure in Rural Bihar: A Study of Selected Villages’, Sociological Bulletin, 51(2), September 2002.

    8. ‘Caste System in Contemporary Rural Bihar: A Study of Rural Bihar’, Sociological Bulletin, 47(2), September 1998.
    Book Review Article
    1. ‘Confusing Categories and Flawed Arguments’, Economic and Political Weekly, XXVII (33), 15 August 1992.
    Jha, Hetukar. 1991. Social Structures of Indian Villages: A Study of Rural Bihar.
    New Delhi: Sage Publication.

    Book Reviews
    1. SinghaRoy, D. K. (ed.) 2010. Surviving Against Odds: The Marginalized in a Globalizing World. New Delhi: Manohar Publications, in Sociological Bulletin, 61(2), August 2012.
    1. Baviskar, B. S. and Tulsi Patel (eds.). 2010. Understanding Indian Society: Past and Present – Essays for A. M. Shah. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, in Sociological Bulletin, 59(3), December 2010.
    1. Nayyar, R. and A. N. Sharma (eds.). 2005. Rural Transformation in India: The Role of Non-farm Sector. New Delhi: Institute for Human Development, in The Indian Journal of Social Work, 68(3), July 2007.
    1. Mridula Mukherjee. 2005. ‘Colonializing Agriculture: The Myth of Punjab Exceptionalism’. New Delhi: Sage Publications, in Sociological Bulletin, 56(2), August 2007.
    1. Maitrayee Chaudhury (ed.). 2003. ‘The Practice of Sociology’. New Delhi: Orient Longman, in Sociological Bulletin, 54(2), May 2005.
    1. Dhanagare, D. N. 2002. Joint Forest Management: A Study of Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad: G. B. Pant Social Science Institute, in Sociological Bulletin, 52(2), September 2003.
    1. Kivisto, Peter. 1998. Key Ideas in Sociology. Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press, in Contributions to Indian Sociology, (n.s.) 34(1), February 2000.
    1. Morrison, Ken. 1995. Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought. New Delhi: Sage Publications, in Contributions to Indian Sociology, (n.s.) 31(2), July 1997.
    1. Chowdhary, Prem. 1995. The Veiled Women: Shifting Gender Equations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, in Sociological Bulletin, 45(2), September 1996.
    1. Srivastava, R.S. 1991. Traditions in Sociological Theory: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, in Contributions to Indian Sociology, (n.s.) 27(1), January 1993.
    1. Slaughter, Cliff. 1988. Marx and Marxism: An Introduction. London: Orient Longman, in Contributions to Indian Sociology, (n.s.) 23(1), January 1989.
    1. Pearson, M. N. 1988. Before Colonialism: Theories on Asian European Relations, 1500 – 1750. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, in Contributions to Indian Sociology, (n.s.) 23(1), January 1989.
    Papers in Seminars/Conferences/Workshops, etc.

    1. 'Naxalism/Maoism, People's Government and the Provision of Health Services: Facts from Rural India', a Public Seminar organised by the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics, London, 23 May 2012.
    1. 'Agriculture in the Age of Globalisation : A Study of Suicides in Indian Farming Communities' a Public Seminar organised by Leuven India Focus, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K. U. Leuven), Belgium, 10 May 2012.
    1. ‘The Economic Reforms and Contract Farming in India: Problems and Prospects’ in the XXXVII All India Sociological Conference at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 11-13 December 2011.
    1. 'Sociology in India: Searching for Meaningfulness' in a National Seminar on 'Reinventing Social Sciences in Higher Education' organised by Govt. Mahakoshal Arts & Commerce Autonomous College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, 14-15 October 2011.
    1. 'Kinship, Economic Life of a Primitive Community in an Urban Setting: An Anthropological Study' in the Doctoral Seminar Series of The Interculturalism, Migration and Minorities Research Centre (IMMRC) organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K. U. Leuven), Belgium, 7June 2011.
    1. 'Naxalism and its Provision of Health Services in Rural India' in an International Seminar on 'Health Care Provision by Violent and Extremist Groups: Current Realities and Implications for the Future' organized by The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, at Meridian International Center 1630 Crescent Pl NW, Washington, DC 20009, 2-3 June 2011.
    1. 'Globalisation, Economic Reforms and Agrarian Distress: A Study of Farmers’ Suicides in India' in an International Seminar on 'Farmer Suicides in India' organized by Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 10-11February 2011.
    1. ‘Agrarian Capitalism and Unfree Labour in India’ in the XXXVI All India Sociological Conference at the Department of Sociology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Orissa, 27-29 December 2010.
    1. ‘Applications of Sociology for Socio-Economic Development in India’ in the Workshop for Young Sociologists organized by Indian Sociological Society at the Department of Sociology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Orissa, 25-26 December 2010.
    1. ‘Globalization, Liberalization and Agrarian Distress: A Study of Suicides among Farmers in India’ in the VI. Global Labour University conference on ‘Labour and the Global Crisis: Sharing the Burden (!) Shaping the Future (?)’ at the Berlin School of Economics and Law / City Hall Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany from 14-16 September 2010.
    1. 'Whether Dominant Castes or Major Castes?: The Pattern of Caste Dominance in Rural Bihar' in the XXXV All India Sociological Conference on ‘Identity Development and Nation Building’ at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, 10-12 October 2009.
    1. ‘Caste, Dominance and Electoral Politics: A Study of Rural Bihar’, in the Doctoral Seminar Series of The Interculturalism, Migration and Minorities Research Centre (IMMRC) organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K. U. Leuven), Belgium, 7 April 2009.
    1. ‘Naxalism, Caste-based Militias and Human Security: Lessons from Rural Bihar’ in the 17th Biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia conference: 'Is this the Asian Century?' at the Sebel Albert Park Hotel, Melbourne (Australia), 1-3 July 2008. The paper has been published as peer-reviewed ASAA 2008 Conference papers. Web-link: http://asaa.asn.au/publications/conf_proceedings.php
    1. 'Marx's Orientalism and its Conceptual Antecedents: A Critical Evaluation' in the XXXII All India Sociological Conference on ‘Science Technology and Society: Emerging Issues’ at the University of Madras and Department of Sociology, Loyola College, Chennai, 27-29 December 2008.
    1. ‘‘Freedom from Fear’ versus ‘Freedom from Want’: Understanding Human Security in the Context of Rural Bihar’ in an International Conference on ‘Mainstreaming Human Security: The Asian Contribution’ at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 4-5 October 2007.
    1. ‘Gender and Rural Non-farm Sector: Lessons from India’ in a Workshop on ‘Growth, Justice and Freedom: Paths and Problems of India’s Development’ at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 26-27 June 2007.
    1. 'The Question of Development in Rual India: A Sociological Perspective' in a National Consultation Workshop on ‘Mainstreaming Social/Community Mobilisation Approach in Rural Development’ at the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 26-28 April 2006.
    1. ‘Decentralisation and the Rights of Marginalised Groups in India: A Case for Civil Society’ in the Foundation Day Seminar on 'Rural Development and Social Change' at the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 9-10 November 2005.
    1. ‘Decentralisation and Human Rights in India: A Critical Evaluation’ in the National Seminar on 'Rural Development and Paradigm Shift in Policies, Programmes and Strategies: Review of Macro-Micro Realities' at the Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain, 22-23 March 2005.
    1. 'Panchayati Raj, Civil Society and the Marginalised Groups in India' in a National Seminar on 'Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Development in Western India' at the School of Social Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, 24-25 January 2005.
    1. ‘Caste and Electoral Politics: A Study of Rural Bihar’ in an International Seminar on 'Global Quest for Participatory Democracy', at the Centre for The Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 20-22 February 2004.
    1. ‘Traditional Social Structures, Cultural Practices and Agrarian Mobilization: A Study of the Bhartiya Kisan Union’ in a Felicitation Seminar on 'Social Dynamics of Indian Society: Culture and Politics in India' at the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2-3 April 2003.
    1. ‘Orientalism and Communalism: An analysis of the Sociology of Louis Dumont’ in a National Seminar at the Centre for Federal Studies, Hamdard University, New Delhi, 27-28 April 1998.
    1. ‘Marx and the Continuation and Development of Orientalism’ in a National Seminar at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 27 September 1991.
    Invited Lectures
    1. ' Frederich Engels on the Question of Peasantry' , a Departmental Lecture, at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 18 March 2013.
    1. Karl Kautsky and the Agrarian Question, a Departmental Lecture, at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 19 March 2013.
    1. Valdimir Lenin and the Development of Capitalism in Rural Russia, a Departmental Lecture, at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 20 March 2013.
    1. A. V. Chayanov and the Theory of Peasant Economy, a Departmental Lecture, at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 21 March 2013.
    1. 'Structuralist Interpretation of Historical Materialism' in a Teaching/Research Workshop on ‘Sociology of Development’ at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 24-26 March 2010.
    1. 'Emile Durkheim and the Nature of Modern Society' in a Teaching/Research Workshop on ‘Sociology of Development’ at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 24-26 March 2010.
    1. 'Dependency Approach and the Question of Development' in a Teaching/Research Workshop on ‘Sociology of Development’ at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 24-26 March 2010.
    1. 'Ethnicity and Ethnic Movements in India', a Departmental Lecture, at the Social and Cultural Anthropology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K. U. Leuven), Belgium, 11 April 2009.
    1. 'Caste and its Changing Pattern', a Departmental Lecture, at the Social and Cultural Anthropology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K. U. Leuven), Belgium, 19 April 2009.
    1. 'Globalisation, Human Security and Farmers’ Suicide in India', a Departmental Lecture, at the Social and Cultural Anthropology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K. U. Leuven), Belgium, 07 May 2009.
    1. 'The Concept of Rural Society' in a Teaching Workshop on ‘Rural Society and Development’ at the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, 27-29 August 2008.
    1. 'Structural Aspects of Rural Society in India' in a Teaching Workshop on ‘Rural Society and Development’ at the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, 27-29 August 2008.
    1. 'Rural/Agrarian Class Structure and its Changing Pattern in India' in a Teaching Workshop on ‘Rural Society and Development’ at the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, 27-29 August 2008.
    1. 'From Hierarchy to Difference: Caste and its Changing Pattern in India' in a Teaching Workshop on ‘Rural Society and Development’ at the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, 27-29 August 2008.
    1. 'Changing Pattern of Agrarian Structure in India' in a Teaching Workshop on ‘Rural Society and Development’ at the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, 27-29 August 2008.
    1. 'Sociology of Non-farm Sector in India' in a Teaching Workshop on ‘Rural Society and Development’ at the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, 27-29 August 2008.
    1. 'Karl Marx's Theory of Development' in a Teaching/Research Workshop on ‘Sociology of Development’ at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 24-26 March 2008.
    1. 'Max Weber on Culture (Religion) and Development' in a Teaching/Research Workshop on ‘Sociology of Development’ at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 24-26 March 2008.
    1. 'Evolutionism, Functionalism and Modernization Theory of Development' in a Teaching/Research Workshop on ‘Sociology of Development’ at the Department of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 24-26 March 2008.
    1. 'Changing Pattern of Agrarian Structure in India’ in a UGC sponsored Refresher Course on ‘Indian Society in Twenty First Century’ at the School of Social Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra, February 2006.
    1. 'Caste in Contemporary India' in a UGC sponsored Refresher Course on ‘Indian Society in Twenty First Century’ at the School of Social Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra, February 2006.
    1. 'Orientalism and Social Sciences' in a UGC sponsored Refresher Course on 'Social Research Methodology: Theory, Methods and Applications' at the Centre for Research Methodology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, February 2005.
    1. 'Researching Agrarian Societies' in a UGC sponsored Refresher Course on 'Social Research Methodology: Theory, Methods and Applications' at the Centre for Research Methodology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, February 2005.



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