Amrita Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 6335763 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amrita Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amrita |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ranchi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0857-5437 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Study on Challenges and Successes of Pesa Act Implementation in Rajasthan
Enacted in 1996, the Provision of the Panchayat (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, more commonly known as PESA, brought the Scheduled Areas in ten states of the nation into the national framework of Panchayat. Gramme Sabha is granted exceptional authority under this Act, which is in line with traditional tribal self-rule, even though this power is not established in the national structure of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). Many things ha…
Interrogating “light but tight” model of education
Analyzing the trope of “light but tight” education frequently used in India's New Education Policy 2020, this paper examines the mutually reinforcing ideological connections between neoliberalism and neoconservatism in the state's latest vision for education. In the context of global economic crisis and pandemic-induced global indebtedness, it intensifies primitive accumulation of capital in all sectors including education via marketization, priv…
Quest of employability of engineering students
Containing Contagion in a Garrison State
Histories of contagion reveal penetrating schisms in societies. Xenophobia, fear, and violence undergird such histories. Entwined with histories of colonialism, fears of contagion engender racism, casteism, objectification, sexism, misogyny, and religious and ethnic persecution. Crisis becomes “war” and challenges are anthropomorphized as enemies that are defined along familiar narratives of vicious prejudice. For instance, just before the nation…
University and resistance
Resistance movements in India have often found support and sustenance within universities that have offered profound association, critical engagement, expertise, camaraderie, and, in some cases, even leadership. Working within the structural confines of statism, nationalism and global capitalism, universities have managed to advance critical instruction, pedagogical innovations, and political resistance. This dialectical relationship between the …
Mixed Methods Research in Employability Discourse
Studies on employability using a mixed methods (MM) design have been published in relevant journals in recent years, paving the way for a meaningful engagement with these published articles so that researchers can create milestone documents dedicated to exploring employability. This study explored the trend of utilizing mixed methods research (MMR) in the literature and the resultant methodological insights in 34 MMR articles on employability, wh…
Of Braids, Blades and the Djinns of Winters Past
The essay is second in a series of ethnographic writings documenting events and practices that make the Kashmiri people’s resistance today. The protracted, violent political conflict in the region
Anti-biofilm activity of Marula – A study with the standardized bark extract
Colonial dimensions of regionalism in Jharkhand
Descheduling of the Christian tribes in Cbotanagpur
University and resistance
Resistance movements in India have often found support and sustenance within universities that have offered profound association, critical engagement, expertise, camaraderie, and, in some cases, even leadership. Working within the structural confines of statism, nationalism and global capitalism, universities have managed to advance critical instruction, pedagogical innovations, and political resistance. This dialectical relationship between the …
Descheduling of the Christian tribes in Cbotanagpur
Colonial dimensions of regionalism in Jharkhand
Anti-biofilm activity of Marula – A study with the standardized bark extract
Of Braids, Blades and the Djinns of Winters Past
The essay is second in a series of ethnographic writings documenting events and practices that make the Kashmiri people’s resistance today. The protracted, violent political conflict in the region
Mixed Methods Research in Employability Discourse
Studies on employability using a mixed methods (MM) design have been published in relevant journals in recent years, paving the way for a meaningful engagement with these published articles so that researchers can create milestone documents dedicated to exploring employability. This study explored the trend of utilizing mixed methods research (MMR) in the literature and the resultant methodological insights in 34 MMR articles on employability, wh…
Quest of employability of engineering students
Containing Contagion in a Garrison State
Histories of contagion reveal penetrating schisms in societies. Xenophobia, fear, and violence undergird such histories. Entwined with histories of colonialism, fears of contagion engender racism, casteism, objectification, sexism, misogyny, and religious and ethnic persecution. Crisis becomes “war” and challenges are anthropomorphized as enemies that are defined along familiar narratives of vicious prejudice. For instance, just before the nation…
University and resistance
Resistance movements in India have often found support and sustenance within universities that have offered profound association, critical engagement, expertise, camaraderie, and, in some cases, even leadership. Working within the structural confines of statism, nationalism and global capitalism, universities have managed to advance critical instruction, pedagogical innovations, and political resistance. This dialectical relationship between the …
A Study on Challenges and Successes of Pesa Act Implementation in Rajasthan
Enacted in 1996, the Provision of the Panchayat (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, more commonly known as PESA, brought the Scheduled Areas in ten states of the nation into the national framework of Panchayat. Gramme Sabha is granted exceptional authority under this Act, which is in line with traditional tribal self-rule, even though this power is not established in the national structure of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). Many things ha…
Interrogating “light but tight” model of education
Analyzing the trope of “light but tight” education frequently used in India's New Education Policy 2020, this paper examines the mutually reinforcing ideological connections between neoliberalism and neoconservatism in the state's latest vision for education. In the context of global economic crisis and pandemic-induced global indebtedness, it intensifies primitive accumulation of capital in all sectors including education via marketization, priv…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Employability (2 works)