Ratan Sarkar

Biographic Data

ID5906331
NAMERatan Sarkar
GIVEN NAMESRatan
FAMILY NAMESarkar
SIGNATURESARKAR R
AFFILIATIONSTezpur University
ORCID0009-0008-5480-0165
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Barriers to meaningful citizen participation in Gram Panchayats

    Open AccessJ Santhosh, Rupak Biswas et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2026

    This study examines the gap between formal attendance and substantive participation in Gram Panchayats (GPs) in Unakoti District, Tripura, North East India. Using primary data from 240 respondents across four purposively selected GPs, the study adopts a mixed-method approach combining survey analysis with thematic interpretation of open-ended responses. The findings identify multiple barriers to effective participation, including administrative i…

  • Shaping the foundations

    Ratan Sarkar, Raj Madhu et al.ARTICLEEducation 3-132026

    This study examines the evolution of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in India from 1947 to 2025 through a qualitative historical policy document analysis. Drawing on national policy documents, committee reports, and curriculum frameworks, the paper traces six major phases from early welfare initiatives to the institutionalisation of ICDS, rights-based reforms, and the systemic restructuring under NEP 2020. Findings reveal persistent gap…

  • AI and Language in the Urban Context

    Open AccessRatan Sarkar, Sultana Yeasmin et al.ARTICLEAI & Society2026

  • Perspectives and practices of education for sustainable development

    Ratan Sarkar, Simanta DasARTICLEThe Journal of Environmental…2026

  • Education, Parenting, and Mental Health Care in Europe

    Abhishek Das, Ajaya Kumar Das et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Development2026

  • Sex and Gender

    Open AccessRatan Sarkar, Guriya Sharma et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2026

  • Recent Trends Related to Human Sexual Behaviour

    Open AccessRatan Sarkar, Guriya Sharma et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2026References: 1

  • Time in education policy transfer

    Ratan Sarkar, Mayurdip KashyapARTICLEPaedagogica Historica2026

    Gita Steiner-Khamsi’s Time in Education Policy Transfer: The Seven Temporalities of Global School Reform (2025) represents a significant theoretical advance in comparative education policy studies

  • Caste and Emancipatory Quest

    Open AccessRatan Sarkar, J SanthoshARTICLECASTE / A Global Journal on…2025

    Rama Devi’s Caste and Emancipatory Quest: Ethnography of Dalits in an Urban Neighborhood (Springer, 2025) is a deeply engaged ethnographic exploration of how caste, despite predictions of its decline under urban modernity, continues to structure everyday life, aspirations, and politics in India’s metropolitan contexts. Based in Ashanagar, a pseudonymous neighborhood in Delhi, the book presents an ambitious attempt to examine the interplay between…

  • Challenges and Opportunities in Library and Information Science Education in West Bengal

    Open AccessRatan Sarkar, Nand Kishore et al.ARTICLEShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and…2024

    The information society's demands, the state of technology, and the changing information environment have all contributed to profound shifts in the way library and information science (LIS) programs in West Bengal are structured and taught. Many issues arise in library and information science (LIS) education as a result of the dynamic character of the field and the many cultural, social, and economic settings in which LIS programs operate. Focusi…