Dr. Ravi Saxena
Assistant Professor (Political Science &IR)
Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai. Member- Nomination Committee, Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (SICI), N. Delhi- 2023-24. University Coordinator: Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (SICI), N. Delhi, since 2018.
Phone - 022 - 4235 5744 / 9601908840.
E-mail Id: ravi.saxena@nmims.edu / ravi.saxena08@gmail.com
Academic and Professional Qualifications:
- Ph.D. from Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 2022.
- M.Phil.: (Political Science) from Panjab University, Chandigarh. 2003.
- M.A.: (Political Science) from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2000.
- UGC-NET: Qualified National Eligibility Test for teaching in Indian Higher Educational Institutions / Universities, (UGC-NET), in Political Science- June,
Research Area:
Ph. D. topic: The Changing Contours of Dalit Identities and Legal Responses in India: Re- Contextualizing Phule, Gandhi and Ambedkar in Contemporary Dalit Discourses.
M.Phil. Dissertation Topic: The Politics of Protest: A Critical Analysis of Dalit Literature.
Areas of Research Interest:
Dalit Politics and Poetics in India, Caste and Politics in India, Dalits and Human Rights, Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Indian Politics, International Relations, International Political Economy, Multiculturalism, Identity Politics etc.
Work Experience: 16 Years.
- Presently working as- Assistant Professor (Political Science and IR) Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University), Mumbai. India. October 7, 2023
- Assistant Professor (Political Science)- Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai. July 2016- October
- Visiting faculty, Department of International Relations, School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deen Dayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat & IET, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat). January 04, 2016 to June 25, 2016.
Research Journals:
- Saxena, Ravi, "The City and the Development: A Counter Narrative of Sustainable Development”, Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, (E- ISSN: 2148- 2403, P-ISSN: 1300-4832). A SCOPUS (Q4) Indexed Research Journal. (accepted for publication, May 1, 2024).
- Saxena, Ravi, "Interrogating the Brahminical Discourses of Subaltern Studies: Some Reflections’’, Littcrit, June-July, 2023, 49, No. 1. ISSN: 0970-8049. Pp. 136-146.
- Saxena, "Sustaining Earth: Bringing Law, Society and Sustainable Development Together”, NMIMS Journal of Economic and Public Policy, Volume V, Issue I, January 2020. Pp. 81-90. (Peer reviewed Journal).
- Saxena, Ravi and Vaibhav Shah. "Is the Crisis in Humanities Escapable? Rethinking Martha Nussbaum’s Curriculum Reforms in the Light of Indian Higher Education ”, Littcrit, Vol. 41, No.1, June 2018. ISSN: 0970-8049. Pp.185-195. (UGC- CARE).
- Saxena, Ravi and Vaibhav Shah. "Quest for Academic Autonomy and the Making of Public Intellectuals: Some Reflections on Martha Nussbaum’s Humanity Project”, Dialogue, 19 No.2, October-December 2017. Pp.143-158. ISSN: 0973-0095. (UGC- CARE).
- Saxena, "The Annihilation of Caste, Joothan and Cultural Questioning”, September 2017, The Scholastic Forum, D.A.V. College, Chandigarh. (UGC approved peer reviewed research journal) ISSN: 2395-0889. Pp. 98-107.
- Saxena, Ravi. "Democracy, Plurality and Higher Education in India: A Perspective”, The Scholastic Forum, 1, No.2, September, 2016. pp. 62-72. ISSN: 2395-0889. (UGC Approved peer-reviewed Research Journal)
- Saxena, "Globalization, Role of Education and Professional Education: A Layman’s Labour”, Libertatem, Vol.1, Issue 8, September 15, 2015. www.mylibertatem.com. ISSN: 2395-4418. Pp. 27-38.
- Saxena, "Caste, Constitutionalism and Human Rights in Modern India: A Gandhian Critique”, Indian Journal of Lifelong Learning and Development, Department of Adult Education, Savitribai Phule University, Pune. Vol.3, No.3, July-September, 2015, pp. 58-72. ISSN: 2454-6852. Pp. 58-72. (UGC-CARE).
- Saxena, Ravi and Saurabh Anand. "Scripting Women in Modern Political System in India: Roots and Routs” in GNLU Journal of Law, Development and Politics, 4, Issue 1, April. 2014. Pp. 91-99. ISSN: 0975-0193. (UGC-CARE)
- Saxena, Ravi. "The 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts, 1992: An Impact Analysis of Decentralization in India” in Journal of Centre for Law and Governance (JCLG), Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Vol.1, Issue 1, July 2014. Pp. 43-53. ISSN 2348-7801.
- Saxena, Ravi. "The Dalit Question: Reading Godan and Joothan as Narratives of Dalit Protest.” in Panjab University Research Journal (Arts), Vol. XXXVI (1&2), April- October, Pp.90-112. ISSN: 0970-5260. (UGC-CARE).
- Saxena, Ravi. "Interrogative Issues in India’s Experiments with Multiculturalism: Some Reflections on the Situation of Dalits, Religious Minorities and Pravasis” in DIVINER, 4(2), Feb-July, 2007. pp. 135-140.
Commentaries/Magazine/Newspaper Articles/Opinions:
Courses taught:
- Global Political Environment
- International Political Economy
- Geopolitics
- International Relations
- Public Policy and Governance in India
- Indian Political Thought
- Western Political Thought
- Political Theory
- Justice
- Indian Political System
- Comparative Politics
- Public Administration
- Ancient Indian Intellectual Tradition
- Ethics
- Local Self Government and Panchayat Administration
- Affirmative Action and Positive Discrimination in India
Course Curricula Development:
Have been instrumental in the Course Curricula Development of the following courses:
- Global Politics
- International Political Economy
- Geopolitics
- International Relations
- Public Policy and Governance in India
- Public Grievance Redressal and Civil Society
- Indian Political Thought
- Western Political Thought
- Political Theory
- Indian Political System
- Public Administration
- Ancient Indian Intellectual Tradition
- Public Grievance Redressal and Civil Society
Total Teaching Experience: 16 Years.
Research Interface:
- Research Associate- Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad (Gujarat). March 01, 2016- June 30, Organised a national conference on ‘Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Socio-Political Philosophy’, May 2016. Edited papers presented in the conference, to be published soon in three volumes.
Total Industry Experience: 4 months, as Research Associate.
Fellowships, Achievements, Awards and Honors:
Academic:
- Elected as ‘Member’ of the Nomination Committee, Governing Body of the Shastri- Indo Canadian Institute (SICI), N. Delhi. SICI is having more than 120 prestigious universities / academic institutions of India and 2023-24.
- Received the Best Faculty Award- 2021-22, Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai.
- Received the Rashtriya Pratibha Award in 2019 for the contribution in
- Appreciation of Excellence in Research Award 2013-14, Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
- Appointed as a committee member of "The International Symposium on Society, Technology, Education and Politics”, April 06, 2012, China.
- Appointed as an ‘advisor’ of the prestigious The New Castle Law Review, (July 2019 Edition), New Castle University, Australia. February 25, 2019.
Co-Curricular and extra-Curricular:
- Participated and awarded with First Prize in the competition of Documentary Making and Slogan Writing in the academic year 2015-16, organized by Centre for Environment Law, Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
- Political Thought and Theory, E-Publications, N. Delhi. ISBN: 819394954-4.
- Political Science- 2016. N. Delhi: LexisNexis India. ISBN: 978-93-5143-702-4.
(https://store.lexisnexis.in/political-science-i)
Edited Book:
Chapters in Edited Volumes:
- Saxena, ‘Caste and Politics in Contemporary India: Genesis, Mechanism and Dilemma’, in Ravi Saxena (Ed.), Dilemma in Politics: Issues, Values and Debates in the Contemporary World, London: Routledge, 2024. ISBN: 9781032498690.
- Saxena, Ravi. ‘The Politics of Dalit Movement in Contemporary India’, in Ravi Saxena (Ed.), Dilemma in Politics: Issues, Values and Debates in the Contemporary World, London: Routledge, 2024. ISBN:
- Saxena, Ravi and Mitali Gupta. "Caste, Privatization of Higher Education and Social Exclusion in India: Some Reflections” in Dr. Swati Chakrabarty, Handbook of Social Media: For Digital Inclusion, N. ABS Publications, 2018. ISSN: 978-93-86088.
Publication in the Report of an International Conference:
- Presented a paper on - Caste, Politics and the Cultural Discourse in India: On Inequality, Humiliation and Discrimination’ at SICI-Prairies Conference. This has been reported in the Shastri-Indo Canadian Institute (SICI)- Canada’s Report on the international conference- SICI-Prairies Regional Conference October 21-22, 2022
Editorial Boards:
- Associate Editor: Spaces and Flows: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Urban and Extra Urban Studies (ISSN 2154-8676), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Associate Editor: The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies, 10, Issue 1.
- Member- Editorial Review Board- E- Journal of Social and Strategic Studies. Link:https://www.ejsss.net.in/editorial_board.php
- Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Social Sciences "TIJOSS”. Link: http://tijoss.com/Editorial Board.html.
- Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Innovation and Informative Multidisciplinary Research, Website: http://ijiimr.com/index.php/Home/editorialBoard.
Workshops and Training Programmes Participated:
- Attended and worked as Co-convener of the Two-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Jurisprudential Evolution of Constitutionalism’ at Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai, May 27-28,
- Participated in the Two Week Long Winter School on ‘Arthayam: Towards A Dharma-centric Vision of Economy/Political Economy with Special Reference to Gandhi and other Indian Thinkers’, Organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla, from December 1, 2021 to December 15,
- Attended and participated in a Week-long Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Programme on ‘Constitutional Values and Fundamental Rights’, organized by Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida, June 7-12, 2021.
- Attended and participated in the Faculty Development Programme ‘Legal Education: Vision for Future’, on January 29-30, 2021 at Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be university), Mumbai.
- Attended and Participated in two-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Law and Policy of Taxation with Reference to GST’, November 4-5, 2016 at NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University),
- Participated in and successfully completed Research Methodology Workshop onØ "Legal and Interdisciplinary Research”, organized by Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (Gujarat) India, August 7-13, 2015.
- Attended and participated in One Week long "Faculty Development Program”, January 24-30, 2014, organized by Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
- Attended and participated in Three Week Long Special Interdisciplinary Summer School (Equivalent to Refresher Course-) on Higher Education: National Repository of Human Capital, organized by UGC-Academic Staff College and University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh from June 10, 2014- June 30, 2014.
- Attended and participated in Four Week long "UGC Sponsored Orientation Programme” held at Academic Staff College, Panjab University Chandigarh from May 3-30, 2012 with Grade A.
- Attended and participated in a Two-Week long "Induction Training Program” held on June 7-19, 2010, at Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
Service to the Institution and Administrative Responsibilities:
- Area Chairperson: A., LL.B. (Hons.) Programme of Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai. March 01, 2021 –April 30, 2022. And May 1, 2023 up to now.
- University Coordinator: Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (SICI), N. Delhi. July 2018
- Coordinator: International Linkages, Kirit Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai.
- Head- NAAC, Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), 2023-24.
- Faculty Coordinator- Library and Academic Resources, Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai. 2022 onwards.
- Member- Vision 2025 Committee- to bring structural changes in the legal education at NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai.
- Faculty Coordinator: Loquitor’16, Loquitor’17, Loquitur 18, 19 & 20. (A national Debate Competition), KPM School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University), From 2017 to 2023.
- Member, Academic Committee, KPM School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be- University), Mumbai, October 15, 2017 onwards.
- Faculty Coordinator: Debate Society, KPM School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be- University), Mumbai, September 15, 2016 onwards.
- Faculty Coordinator: MUN Society, KPM School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be- University), Mumbai, September 15, 2016 –October 15,
- Faculty Coordinator: Chancellor’s Challenge (An Entrepreneurial Event at University Level) KPM School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University), Mumbai, September 15, 2016 onwards.
- Faculty Coordinator: E- Cell, KPM School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed-to-be- University), 2016 -2019.
- Chaired a technical session on Legal System, Education and Good Governance in the 3rd International Conference on Gujarat Model of Governance: Lessons and Future Scope, organized by Centre for Governance Systems, Gujarat Technical University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) India, April 25-26, 2015.
- Conference Secretary (Organizing) International Conference on "Law, Society and Sustainable Development: Problems and Prospects”, Institute of law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat), February 17-18, 2014.
- Conference Secretary (Organizing): International Conference on "Strengthening Climate Justice Initiatives at the Local Level: Sustainable Livelihood with a Focus on Farmers”, November 08-09, 2014 at Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) India. This conference was organized as a joint initiative of Nirma University, Ahmedabad and National Council for Climate Change and Sustainable Development and Public Leadership (NCCSD).
- Chief Coordinator: VIBES’14- A National Cultural and Sports Festival, April 11-13, 2014, Institute of Law, Nirma University, (Gujarat), India.
- Faculty Coordinator: Students’ Welfare Board, Institute Of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 2012-14.
- Convener, B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) / Semester IV in academic session Jan.-June, 2013 at Institute of Law, Nirma University,
- Convener, B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) / Semester V in academic session July-December 2012 at Institute of Law, Nirma University,
- Faculty Coordinator: Students’ Welfare Board, academic session 2011- 2014 at Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
- Faculty Coordinator: Sports in academic session 2010-2011 at Institute of Law, Nirma University,
- Advisor, Committee concerning the issues concerning "Theory, Culture and Representation” (April 16, 2008) by the India Center, Global College, Long Island University, Bangalore,
- Course Coordinator: Ancient Indian Intellectual Tradition and Modern World: Problems and Prospects, One Credit Enrichment Course, taught to all the undergraduate students at Institute of Law, Nirma University. This is a unique course to sensitize the Indian students about the Indian knowledge tradition, and its contemporary relevance in professional Course is offered in academic Sessions: 2014-2015.
- Coordinator- Cultural Meet on "Migrant Literature, Culture and Society: A Discourse on Homeland and Destination”, organized at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (Gujarat) in collaboration with Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Jhusi, Allahabad (U.P). This project (Migration and Cultural Traditions of Bhojpuri Region: A Research and Documentation Programme) is supported by The Tata Trusts, Mumbai and Convened by Professor Badrinarayan, Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. January 2016.
Community Service:
- Judge- NM College, Mumbai Debate Competition, February 25, 2019.
- Participated in the Ten Days S.S. Camp organized by the Panjab University in connection with the "Healthy Youth for Healthy India” campaign launched by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, at village Khuda-Lahora, Mohali, Punjab and conducted by Government College (Men), Sector-11, Chandigarh from 27- 07-2007---06-10-2007.
