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- Ph.D. (Social Work), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai<\/li>\n
- M.Phil. (Social Work), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai<\/li>\n
- MA (Social Work), Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Dalit women; Youth; Higher education; Intersectionality; Agency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nProfessional activities\/awards<\/strong><\/p>\n- \n
- Qualified Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship, April 2007<\/li>\n
- Qualified UGC JRF-NET in Social Work, June 2007<\/li>\n
- Qualified UGC JRF-NET in Women Studies, December 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n
Research Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Vandana. (2026). (In)Visible Dalit Women: Collective Resistance for Dignity.\u00a0Social Change,\u00a00(0).\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/00490857251413409<\/li>\n
- Vandana. (2025). Mothering in the Balmiki Community: Navigating Daughters\u2019 Education in the Disadvantaged Urban Neighbourhood in Delhi. Contemporary Voice of Dalit<\/em>, 0(0). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/2455328X241306256<\/li>\n
- Vandana (2020). Dalit Girls and Sexual Harassment in the University, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, <\/em>volume: 27 issue: 1, page(s): 33-54<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nBook Chapter<\/strong><\/p>\n- \n
- \u2018Negotiating with Patriarchy and access to higher education in Supurna Banerjee and Nandini Ghosh (ed.)\u00a0Caste and Gender in Contemporary India: Power, Privilege and Politics, <\/em>Routledge, London, 2018.<\/li>\n
- (with Annie Namala) \u2018The Rights of Socially Excluded Children to Education\u2019 National Right to Education Forum, Stock taking Report 2016-17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nBook Review <\/strong><\/p>\n- \n
- Book review of \u2018Women heroes and Dalit assertion in North India (Cultural subordination and the Dalit challenge, by Badri Narayan published in Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 56, No. 3 (September-December) 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Contact: vandana@cwds.ac.in Education Ph.D. (Social Work), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai M.Phil. (Social Work), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai MA (Social Work), Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi Research Interests Dalit women; Youth; Higher education; Intersectionality; Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":221,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3775","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3775"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8661,"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3775\/revisions\/8661"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- (with Annie Namala) \u2018The Rights of Socially Excluded Children to Education\u2019 National Right to Education Forum, Stock taking Report 2016-17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Vandana (2020). Dalit Girls and Sexual Harassment in the University, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, <\/em>volume: 27 issue: 1, page(s): 33-54<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Dalit women; Youth; Higher education; Intersectionality; Agency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n