Social Sciences
Renu Addlakha
Renu Addlakha, Ph.D. is senior fellow at the Centre for Women's Development studies, New Delhi. Her areas of specialisation include the sociology of medicine, mental illness and the psychiatric profession, public health, anthropology of infectious diseases, bioethics, gender and the family, disability and society. She has published in peer reviewed national and international journals. She is the author of 'Deconstructing mental illness: An ethnography of psychiatry, women and the family (2008).
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What Is Psychology?....,and What Do Psychologists Do?
Psychology is a diverse field that encompasses the study of mind, brain, human and animal behavior, and social interactions. To answer these questions, psychologists engage in experimentation and case studies of both normal and abnormal populations (including...
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Jobs Last Date 16th Jan 2011
Council for Social Development Invites Applications for the following posts1. Regional DirectorIn its Southern Regional Centre in Hyderabad (A.P.)Essential Qualifications:- (a) Ph.D. in Economics/ Sociology/ Anthropology/Political Science from a reputed University....
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Prem Chowdhry: A Brief Biographical Note
A product of Delhi University ; Ph. D from the Jawaharlal Nehru University; taught in Miranda House, University college for women from 1966 to 1988 ; a senior fellow of the Indian Council of Social Sciences, 1983-85; a University Grants Commission fellow...
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New Member Introduction: Srimati Basu
I am presently working on Family Courts, Women's Grievance Cells and Mediation Counseling, based on data in Kolkata. I am an Associate Professor of Gender & Women's Studies (and affiliated with Anthropology) at the University of Kentucky,...
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Kalpana Kannabiran
Kalpana Kannabiran is Professor of Sociology at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India and founder member of a women's collective, Asmita Resource Centre for Women where she coordinates research and legal outreach for women. She was Chair of RC32...
Social Sciences