Divya Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697810 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Divya Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Divya |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chitkara University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1103-3137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Caste across borders: The Damai community in Sikkim
This article examines the persistence of caste hierarchy among the Damai community as they migrated from Nepal to the Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drawing on Nepal's Muluki Ain of 1854, historical and ethnographic sources, and oral testimonies from Kaiyathang village in Rumtek, East Sikkim, the study argues that caste functions as a portable social system sustained through daily practices rather than …
Dharmasya Tattvaṁ Nihitaṁ Guhāyām: Women’s Lament and the Politics of Aftermath in the Mahābhārata and the Silappatikāram
Managing Art Residencies Using Ai Platforms
The adding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the administration of art residencies is altering how institutions are producing, staging and promoting creative practice. Below we explain the hybrid field at the crossroad of AI technology and arts administration, and how intelligent systems can be applied to achieve more intelligent decision-making, more efficient resources allocation, and improved artist-institution relations. Despite the recent…
Ai-Enabled Market Forecasting for Folk Art Industries
The study provides a holistic framework of AI-enabled market forecasting within the folk-art industry based on a combination of machine learning, statistical modeling, and cultural data analytics to forecast the market forces and facilitate sustainable artisan livelihoods. The study presents a unified ensemble framework that integrates Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks, Prophet time-series models, and Gradient Boosting Regression (GBR) to so…
Deepfake Detection and Management in Visual Arts
The DeepFake tech has had a theatrical impact on the visual arts, not only the provision of creative technology, but also the question of authenticity, copyright and misinformation. The deep learning and generative adversarial networks (GANs) produce deepfakes artificial images, which are extremely harmful to art. The article discusses the DeepFake detection and management within visual art work with emphasis on the practical application of analy…
Predictive Modeling for Printing Ink Consumption
In the current printing industries, precise forecasting of printing ink patterns is the key to cost reduction, inventory control, and environmentally friendly functioning. Conventional methods of estimation are based on coverage assumptions, which are always static and operator experience which frequently results in wastage of ink, delay in production and erratic quality. The paper provides an in-depth predictive modelling platform of ink consump…
Human–computer Interaction Models in Art Pedagogy
Incorporation of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) models in the art pedagogy has changed the way learners interact with the digital creativity with the focus on the interactive, experiential and multimodal approaches to the artistic education. This paper discusses the role of cognitive and behavioral modeling in the HCI models in improving the digital art learning conditions using adaptive and feedback-based systems. The study is based on the…
Intelligent Performance Evaluation in Dance Training
The paper discusses how intelligent systems can transform the world of dance training, with a focus on how artificial intelligence, computer vision, affective computing, and immersive technologies may be used to analyze the technical and artistic aspects of the performance. The old-style dance pedagogy is deeply based on human interpretation, which, being abundant in cultural and expressive understanding, is subjective and restricted due to its l…
Strategic Management of Ai Art Exhibitions
The art of AI exhibitions management is an emerging area of frontier by the array of technology, imagination, and culture administration. The emergence of artificial intelligence as a driver in the production of art has introduced new issues and opportunities to curators and managers regarding how to conceptualize, organize and maintain exhibitions dealing with the issue of algorithmic creativity. This study indicates that AI art exhibitions shou…
Vulnerable Urbanization in Western Himalayas: A Case Study of Three Small Towns in Uttarakhand, India
Mountains, a complex socio-ecological system, are home to 915 million people. The Himalayas, the planet’s youngest mountain range, are critical in shaping the region’s climate, biodiversity, and culture. The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR), spanning 13 Indian states and union territories, holds immense cultural, ecological, and social significance. IHR is geologically active, earthquake-prone, and faces several threats from climate change and human…
Association of frailty with non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease risk score among older adults and elderly population: Insights from longitudinal aging study in India (Lasi-1st wave)
Screening for frailty should be performed in individuals with high non-laboratory-based CVD risk scores as a method of primary prevention to plan targeted interventions as a form of secondary prevention with more focusing on females and ≥ 60 years elderly population
Wl-5890-Enhancing Livelihood Security of the Rural Households during Economic Downturns: An Analysis of MGNREGA
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) aims to enhance livelihood security by providing guaranteed 100 days of unskilled manual work to rural poor. The present study investigates whether MGNREGA acts as procyclical, countercyclical, or neutral in response to economic fluctuations captured by changes in GDP. Economic cycles are analysed using the Hodrick-Prescott (HP) Filter and X-13 ARIMA-SEATS methodology. A three-s…
Unlocking housing capital: Semi-legal titles & informal credit in Delhi’s unauthorised colonies
Cardiovascular risk assessment using non-laboratory based WHO CVD risk prediction chart with respect to hypertension status among older Indian adults: Insights from nationally representative survey
Introduction Knowledge of the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the population is an important risk management strategy for the prevention of this disease. This is especially true for India, which has resource-restrained settings with an increased risk in a younger population for the development of the disease. An important modifiable risk factor for CVD is hypertension, with its influence on the development of CVD. Methods The …
A Job Guarantee: Student Ideas
A job guarantee: Student ideas
This paper presents students' ideas for job guarantee public service projects, developed in a master's level course, economic social and ecological systems. Seven student proposals address local issues and their economic, social, and ecological aspects. The proposals build on the concepts of social costs, stratification, and commodification; and identify locally needed public service jobs that are not provided by the business sector. As part of a…
Analyzing the Impact of Teachers' Technological Skills on Their Teaching Skills in Music Education
Music education increasingly integrates digital technology to enhance teaching effectiveness and student engagement. This study investigates the impact of technology proficiency on music instruction by analyzing data from 80 music teachers and their students, aged 10-18 years, gathered through a detailed questionnaire. SPSS software was utilized for statistical analysis, including factor analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and Structura…
Assessing the Impact of Visual Arts Teaching on Critical Thinking and Behavior Regulation
Background: Visual arts education has been suggested to influence cognitive and behavioral outcomes, yet its specific effects on critical thinking and behavior regulation remain underexplored. The effect of visual arts education on these domains forms the topic of the present study, which employs a mixed approach research design. Aim: To assess the impact of visual arts education on the improvement of critical thinking and self-regulation in stud…
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Marketing Culture Dimensions on Restaurant Performance
The marketing culture is essential for improving performance in the highly competitive restaurant industry. It investigates the effectiveness of marketing culture dimensions on the performance of restaurants in the competitive restaurant industry. The data was gathered from 298 respondents of managers and employees across 48 restaurants using a structured questionnaire. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to eval…
A History of Contested Expertise
R. Douglas Hurt provides an expansive synthesis of the literature that evaluates the impact of the Green Revolution in different regions of the Global South since the 1950s, sketching a “transnational snapshot of its history” (5). Hurt defines the Green Revolution as “substantially increased food production on traditional farmlands due to improved seed varieties that are nourished with heavy applications of fertilizer and water, the latter provid…
Everyday politics of care and exclusion: Conceptualising agency in rural south India
Confronting social exclusion is considered critical for grappling with poverty, livelihoods, inequality and participation in rural India. Studies highlight how exclusion is produced through hierarchical relations of caste, gender, class, religion, disability and ethnicity, while documenting people's agency to confront exclusions. However, the making of such agency through people's relations with ecologies and technologies is currently neglected. …
Sociodemographic Determinants of Willingness and Extent to Pay for Covid-19 Vaccine in India
Background Responding to the fast transmission rates and increasing fatality rates, countries across the world expedited the development and deployment of the vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Evaluation of individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) would provide pertinent information regarding future demand and financing preferences, which shall help to devise the effective payment strategy for COVID-19 vaccination. Methods A nationwid…
Lasers a boon or myth in periodontal and implant therapy: An overview
In the past 100 years there has been extensive development of the mechanical cutting devices used in dentistry. From the end of the 20th century until now, there has been a continuous upsurge in the development of laser-based dental devices based on photo-mechanical interactions. Basically, lasers have the potential advantages of bactericidal effect, detoxification effect, and removal of the epithelium lining and granulation tissue, which are des…
The Green Revolution and transversal countermovements: Recovering alternative agronomic imaginaries in Tunisia and India
This article outlines the visions of Tunisian and Indian dissident political thinkers and agronomists, 1950s–1980s, for decentralised food and farming systems using just technologies. Amidst ascendent US imperialism, these marginalised proposals opposed the Green Revolution model of agrarian development, illustrating broader postcolonial politics of defending political sovereignty and advancing to economic/technological sovereignty. Erasing these…
People’s Relational Agency in Confronting Exclusion in Rural South India
Social exclusion is considered critical for understanding poverty, livelihoods, inequality and political participation in rural India. Studies show how exclusion is produced through relations of power associated with gender, caste, religion and ethnicity. Studies also document how people confront their exclusion. We use insights from these studies – alongside science and technology studies – and rely on life history narratives of ‘excluded’ peopl…
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation in Indian cities
If climate change is perceived as a global threat, this can mean that too little attention is paid to the ways in which it affects local populations and settlements. This also means too little attention to the importance of locally driven adaptation, both to reduce risks and to be better prepared to cope with consequences. This paper reviews the many initiatives underway in India that respond to climate change, and discusses what else is needed t…
The Green Revolution and transversal countermovements: Recovering alternative agronomic imaginaries in Tunisia and India
This article outlines the visions of Tunisian and Indian dissident political thinkers and agronomists, 1950s–1980s, for decentralised food and farming systems using just technologies. Amidst ascendent US imperialism, these marginalised proposals opposed the Green Revolution model of agrarian development, illustrating broader postcolonial politics of defending political sovereignty and advancing to economic/technological sovereignty. Erasing these…
Relational approaches to poverty in rural India: Social, ecological and technical dynamics
Poverty is now widely recognised as multidimensional, with indicators including healthcare, housing and sanitation. Yet, relational approaches that foreground political-cultural processes remain marginalised in policy discourses. Focusing on India, we review a wide range of relational approaches to rural poverty. Beginning with early approaches that focus on structural reproduction of class, caste and to a lesser extent gender inequality, we exam…
Everyday politics of care and exclusion: Conceptualising agency in rural south India
Confronting social exclusion is considered critical for grappling with poverty, livelihoods, inequality and participation in rural India. Studies highlight how exclusion is produced through hierarchical relations of caste, gender, class, religion, disability and ethnicity, while documenting people's agency to confront exclusions. However, the making of such agency through people's relations with ecologies and technologies is currently neglected. …
A comparison of influences on the landscape of two social-ecological systems
Case studies of social-ecological landscapes that consider local, spatially explicit land cover changes are necessary for the development of generalised knowledge on deforestation. This study focussed on two indigenous territories of eastern Panama that share the same settlement history, size and location but are perceived by local dwellers to differ in terms of land cover. By considering the territories social-ecological systems made up of Resou…
Towards a Politics of Collective Empowerment: Learning from Hill Women in Rural Uttarakhand, India
This article argues that to understand the conditions that enable effective participation by women in politics, analysis is needed not just of the characteristics and performance of elected women leaders but also the extent to which village communities are engaged through collective processes, in demanding accountability from those elected. The article presents the experiences of a women's movement in the Uttarakhand that has evolved from a progr…
Exploratory agent-based model to understand migration scenarios: A study from the Indian Himalayan Region, Uttarakhand
Migration is a complex behavioural pattern which is shaped by cross-scale variables and heuristic rules. This article captures the complexity and dynamic behaviour of migration in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand using agent-based modelling (ABM). Scenarios considering different starting points were developed to understand variables influencing migration. Migration is governed not only by intrinsic factors, but also by extrinsic influences. …
Instituting environmental sustainability and climate resilience into the governance process: Exploring the potential of new urban development schemes in India
India is on the cusp of major transformation in terms of how it translates and directs urbanization. The recently announced flagship schemes of the Government of India – the ‘Smart Cities’ scheme, the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, The Housing for All scheme – offer avenues for addressing some of the most daunting challenges that cities in India face today, including climate change impacts and disaster risk…
Genesis of an indigenous social-ecological landscape in eastern Panama
Sharma, D., G. Vergara-Asenjo, M. Cunampio, R. B. Cunampio, M. B. Cunampio, and C. Potvin 2015. Genesis of an indigenous social-ecological landscape in eastern Panama. Ecology and Society 20(4):37.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07897-200437
Gendering Evaluations: Reflections on the Role of the Evaluator in Enabling a Participatory Process
The article reflects on the experience of researchers at the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) with evaluation of gender-sensitive/women-oriented development projects. It argues that participatory methods allow for constructive evaluation, based on adequate contextualisation and tracing of unintended consequences, and enhances use of findings. It also assesses the role of the evaluator in such a process
Effect of paper and pulp factory effluents on the growth and development of maize and sunflower
Laboratory experiments were conducted to study the impact of various concentrations of paper and pulp mill effluents on the germination and growth of maize and sunflower seedlings. The germination and vigour index of seedlings of both and crop plants were found to be poor at higher concentrations of the effluents. The plant height also decreased with the increase in the effluent concentrations. The mean fresh weight of shoot and root of various e…
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation in Indian cities
If climate change is perceived as a global threat, this can mean that too little attention is paid to the ways in which it affects local populations and settlements. This also means too little attention to the importance of locally driven adaptation, both to reduce risks and to be better prepared to cope with consequences. This paper reviews the many initiatives underway in India that respond to climate change, and discusses what else is needed t…
Towards a Politics of Collective Empowerment: Learning from Hill Women in Rural Uttarakhand, India
This article argues that to understand the conditions that enable effective participation by women in politics, analysis is needed not just of the characteristics and performance of elected women leaders but also the extent to which village communities are engaged through collective processes, in demanding accountability from those elected. The article presents the experiences of a women's movement in the Uttarakhand that has evolved from a progr…
Gendering Evaluations: Reflections on the Role of the Evaluator in Enabling a Participatory Process
The article reflects on the experience of researchers at the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) with evaluation of gender-sensitive/women-oriented development projects. It argues that participatory methods allow for constructive evaluation, based on adequate contextualisation and tracing of unintended consequences, and enhances use of findings. It also assesses the role of the evaluator in such a process
Moving towards inclusive urban adaptation: Approaches to integrating community-based adaptation to climate change at city and national scale
Adaptation to climate change in urban areas presents a complex challenge. Consequently, approaches to urban adaptation should be both multilevel and multidimensional. Community-based adaptation (CBA) presents an opportunity for local-level participation in framing adaptation planning and activities, with wider transformative potential for urban governance. This paper presents five case studies from cities in the Global South which offer insights …
Genesis of an indigenous social-ecological landscape in eastern Panama
Sharma, D., G. Vergara-Asenjo, M. Cunampio, R. B. Cunampio, M. B. Cunampio, and C. Potvin 2015. Genesis of an indigenous social-ecological landscape in eastern Panama. Ecology and Society 20(4):37.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07897-200437
Instituting environmental sustainability and climate resilience into the governance process: Exploring the potential of new urban development schemes in India
India is on the cusp of major transformation in terms of how it translates and directs urbanization. The recently announced flagship schemes of the Government of India – the ‘Smart Cities’ scheme, the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, The Housing for All scheme – offer avenues for addressing some of the most daunting challenges that cities in India face today, including climate change impacts and disaster risk…
A comparison of influences on the landscape of two social-ecological systems
Case studies of social-ecological landscapes that consider local, spatially explicit land cover changes are necessary for the development of generalised knowledge on deforestation. This study focussed on two indigenous territories of eastern Panama that share the same settlement history, size and location but are perceived by local dwellers to differ in terms of land cover. By considering the territories social-ecological systems made up of Resou…
Antibacterial and antidiarrheal activity of Butea Monospermea bark extract against waterborne enterobacter Cloacae in rodents: In-vitro, Ex-vivo and In-Vivo evidences
Ethics, Ethnocentrism and Social Science Research
"This book addresses the ethical and methodological issues that researchers face while conducting cross-cultural social research. With globalization and advanced means of communication and transportation, many researchers conduct research in cross-cultural, multicultural, and transnational settings. Through a range of case studies, and drawing on a range of disciplinary expertise, this book addresses the ethics, errors, and ethnocentrism of condu…
The National Mental Health Survey of India (2016): Prevalence, socio-demographic correlates and treatment gap of mental morbidity
Background: Recognizing the need for good quality, scientific and reliable information for strengthening mental health policies and programmes, the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) of India was implemented by National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, in the year 2015–2016. Aim: To estimate the prevalence, socio-demographic correlates and treatment gap of mental morbidity in a representative population of Indi…
Relational approaches to poverty in rural India: Social, ecological and technical dynamics
Poverty is now widely recognised as multidimensional, with indicators including healthcare, housing and sanitation. Yet, relational approaches that foreground political-cultural processes remain marginalised in policy discourses. Focusing on India, we review a wide range of relational approaches to rural poverty. Beginning with early approaches that focus on structural reproduction of class, caste and to a lesser extent gender inequality, we exam…
People’s Relational Agency in Confronting Exclusion in Rural South India
Social exclusion is considered critical for understanding poverty, livelihoods, inequality and political participation in rural India. Studies show how exclusion is produced through relations of power associated with gender, caste, religion and ethnicity. Studies also document how people confront their exclusion. We use insights from these studies – alongside science and technology studies – and rely on life history narratives of ‘excluded’ peopl…
Exploratory agent-based model to understand migration scenarios: A study from the Indian Himalayan Region, Uttarakhand
Migration is a complex behavioural pattern which is shaped by cross-scale variables and heuristic rules. This article captures the complexity and dynamic behaviour of migration in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand using agent-based modelling (ABM). Scenarios considering different starting points were developed to understand variables influencing migration. Migration is governed not only by intrinsic factors, but also by extrinsic influences. …
Sociodemographic Determinants of Willingness and Extent to Pay for Covid-19 Vaccine in India
Background Responding to the fast transmission rates and increasing fatality rates, countries across the world expedited the development and deployment of the vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Evaluation of individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) would provide pertinent information regarding future demand and financing preferences, which shall help to devise the effective payment strategy for COVID-19 vaccination. Methods A nationwid…
Lasers a boon or myth in periodontal and implant therapy: An overview
In the past 100 years there has been extensive development of the mechanical cutting devices used in dentistry. From the end of the 20th century until now, there has been a continuous upsurge in the development of laser-based dental devices based on photo-mechanical interactions. Basically, lasers have the potential advantages of bactericidal effect, detoxification effect, and removal of the epithelium lining and granulation tissue, which are des…
The Green Revolution and transversal countermovements: Recovering alternative agronomic imaginaries in Tunisia and India
This article outlines the visions of Tunisian and Indian dissident political thinkers and agronomists, 1950s–1980s, for decentralised food and farming systems using just technologies. Amidst ascendent US imperialism, these marginalised proposals opposed the Green Revolution model of agrarian development, illustrating broader postcolonial politics of defending political sovereignty and advancing to economic/technological sovereignty. Erasing these…
A History of Contested Expertise
R. Douglas Hurt provides an expansive synthesis of the literature that evaluates the impact of the Green Revolution in different regions of the Global South since the 1950s, sketching a “transnational snapshot of its history” (5). Hurt defines the Green Revolution as “substantially increased food production on traditional farmlands due to improved seed varieties that are nourished with heavy applications of fertilizer and water, the latter provid…
Everyday politics of care and exclusion: Conceptualising agency in rural south India
Confronting social exclusion is considered critical for grappling with poverty, livelihoods, inequality and participation in rural India. Studies highlight how exclusion is produced through hierarchical relations of caste, gender, class, religion, disability and ethnicity, while documenting people's agency to confront exclusions. However, the making of such agency through people's relations with ecologies and technologies is currently neglected. …
Cardiovascular risk assessment using non-laboratory based WHO CVD risk prediction chart with respect to hypertension status among older Indian adults: Insights from nationally representative survey
Introduction Knowledge of the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the population is an important risk management strategy for the prevention of this disease. This is especially true for India, which has resource-restrained settings with an increased risk in a younger population for the development of the disease. An important modifiable risk factor for CVD is hypertension, with its influence on the development of CVD. Methods The …
A Job Guarantee: Student Ideas
A job guarantee: Student ideas
This paper presents students' ideas for job guarantee public service projects, developed in a master's level course, economic social and ecological systems. Seven student proposals address local issues and their economic, social, and ecological aspects. The proposals build on the concepts of social costs, stratification, and commodification; and identify locally needed public service jobs that are not provided by the business sector. As part of a…
Analyzing the Impact of Teachers' Technological Skills on Their Teaching Skills in Music Education
Music education increasingly integrates digital technology to enhance teaching effectiveness and student engagement. This study investigates the impact of technology proficiency on music instruction by analyzing data from 80 music teachers and their students, aged 10-18 years, gathered through a detailed questionnaire. SPSS software was utilized for statistical analysis, including factor analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and Structura…
Assessing the Impact of Visual Arts Teaching on Critical Thinking and Behavior Regulation
Background: Visual arts education has been suggested to influence cognitive and behavioral outcomes, yet its specific effects on critical thinking and behavior regulation remain underexplored. The effect of visual arts education on these domains forms the topic of the present study, which employs a mixed approach research design. Aim: To assess the impact of visual arts education on the improvement of critical thinking and self-regulation in stud…
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Marketing Culture Dimensions on Restaurant Performance
The marketing culture is essential for improving performance in the highly competitive restaurant industry. It investigates the effectiveness of marketing culture dimensions on the performance of restaurants in the competitive restaurant industry. The data was gathered from 298 respondents of managers and employees across 48 restaurants using a structured questionnaire. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to eval…
Economics (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Geography (10 works) · Business (8 works) · Social science (7 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 works) · Corporate governance (5 works)