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Articles in Periodicals

Sl.No. Title Name of Periodical Periodicity Date
1 Foreseeing the Ultra-Conservative Backlash: Space, Time and Ways of Seeing: The Performance Culture of Kutiyattam by Mundoli Narayanan (2023): A Review by Sankar Varma Doing Sociology Weekly 28/04/2024
2 Body on the Barricades: Life, Art and Resistance in Contemporary India by Brahma Prakash (2023): A Review by Sankar Varma Doing Sociology Weekly 05/01/2024
3 The Epistemic Departure of Art: Thinking towards a Post-Pandemic Future ? Sankar Varma Doing Sociology Weekly 21/10/2023
4 Vivan Sundaram(1943-2023): Fusing History into a Present India Art Review Weekly 30/03/2023
5 Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India by Ananya Vajpeyi (2012): A Review By Sankar Varma Doing Sociology Weekly 22/10/2022
6 Malayalam film "Run Kalyani": Patriarchy in perspective Frontline Fortnightly 15/08/2020
7 Surpassing modernity Frontline Fortnightly 01/07/2020
8 Exploring Alternative Surveillance, in the Era of Digital Monopolies GLOBAL SOUTH COLLOQUY e-Journal of the Institute for Global South Studies and Research Weekly 22/06/2019

Articles in Journals

Sl.No. Title Name of Journal Date of Publication Volume No/Issue No/Page No
1 Representation of Cancer in the Digital Space Economic and Political Weekly 04-May-2024 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Sole
Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article Representation of Cancer in the Digital Space
Name of Journal Economic and Political Weekly
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URL https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/18/postscript/representation-cancer-digital-space.html
Date of Publication 04-May-2024
2 Remembering M Kunhaman (1949-2023) Economic and Political Weekly 09-Dec-2023 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Sole
Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article Remembering M Kunhaman (1949-2023)
Name of Journal Economic and Political Weekly
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URL https://www.epw.in
Date of Publication 09-Dec-2023
3 Book review: Macroeconomics: An Introduction Capital & Class 03-Aug-2023 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Sole
Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article Book review: Macroeconomics: An Introduction
Name of Journal Capital & Class
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URL https://journals.sagepub.com/home/CNC
Date of Publication 03-Aug-2023
4 City of Shadows: Slums and Informal Work in Bangalore Urban Studies 26-Jul-2023 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
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Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article City of Shadows: Slums and Informal Work in Bangalore
Name of Journal Urban Studies
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URL https://journals.sagepub.com/home/USJ
Date of Publication 26-Jul-2023
5 Book Review: Selfing the City: Single Women Migrants and their Lives in Kolkata Capital & Class 29-Jun-2023 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Sole
Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article Book Review: Selfing the City: Single Women Migrants and their Lives in Kolkata
Name of Journal Capital & Class
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URL https://journals.sagepub.com/home/CNC
Date of Publication 29-Jun-2023
6 Book Review: Urban Undesirables: City transition and Street-Based sex work in Bangalore Capital & Class 29-Jun-2023 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Sole
Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article Book Review: Urban Undesirables: City transition and Street-Based sex work in Bangalore
Name of Journal Capital & Class
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Issue No
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URL https://journals.sagepub.com/home/CNC
Date of Publication 29-Jun-2023
7 Food and communities in post-COVID-19 cities: Case of India Urban Governance 22-Mar-2023 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
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Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C ,RAJIB SUTRADHAR
Title of Article Food and communities in post-COVID-19 cities: Case of India
Name of Journal Urban Governance
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URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/urban-governance
Date of Publication 22-Mar-2023
8 Mike Davis?the Storyteller (1946-2022) Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability 20-Feb-2023 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Sole
Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article Mike Davis?the Storyteller (1946-2022)
Name of Journal Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability
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URL https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rjou20
Date of Publication 20-Feb-2023
9 A New-age Urban Imaginary Economic and Political Weekly 07-Jan-2023 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
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Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C
Title of Article A New-age Urban Imaginary
Name of Journal Economic and Political Weekly
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URL https://www.epw.in
Date of Publication 07-Jan-2023
10 A New Economics Awaits Us Economic and Political Weekly 20-Aug-2022 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
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Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article A New Economics Awaits Us
Name of Journal Economic and Political Weekly
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URL https://www.epw.in
Date of Publication 20-Aug-2022
11 A Space for the Space Theorist - Remembering Henri Lefebvre Economic and Political Weekly 26-Dec-2020 / / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Sole
Author Name (s) SANKAR VARMA K C (4530)
Title of Article A Space for the Space Theorist - Remembering Henri Lefebvre
Name of Journal Economic and Political Weekly
Volume No
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URL https://www.epw.in
Date of Publication 26-Dec-2020

Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium

Sl.No. Type of Program Role Name of Program Title of Paper Date Organising Institution Level
1 Conference Presenter 7th Young Social Scientist Conference Mapping Urban Deprivation in North-East India using India Human Development Survey 2011-12 26/02/2024 Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development (OKDISCD) , An Autonomous Research Institute of ICSSR, New Delhi and Government of Assam National
2 Conference Presenter From Colonial Modernity to Decolonisation: The British Empire and Beyond Colourism and Its Psychological Impact: A Study on Women of South India 29/09/2023 University of Auckland , New Zealand International
3 Conference Presenter International Conference on History of Economic Thought An Economist who is not an Economist ? Louis Althusser. 25/08/2023 Azim Premji University International
4 Conference Presenter Inaugural Conference on Intergroup Inequality in Indian Society: Magnitude, Nature, Sources, Policies and the Movement Inter Group Inequality and Othering in Urban Spaces ? Evidence from the India Human Development Survey (2011-12). 23/08/2023 Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, South Asia National
5 Conference Presenter XVIII International Conference on Public Policy and Management. IIM, Bengaluru Mapping Urban Deprivation in India: Evidence of India Human Development Survey Data 22/08/2023 Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru International
6 Conference Presenter International Conference on Structural Transformation and Indian Labour Market How do the Seasonal Migrants migrate to Urban Spaces : Evidence from IHDS Data 15/06/2023 Goa Institute of Management, Centre for Public Policy and Governance International
7 Conference Presenter National Conference on Prospects and Challenges of Labour Market Outcome in Post Covid India. Department of Economics. Christ (Deemed to be University) Trends & Mechanisms of Othering in Urban Spaces in India: Evidence from India Human Development Survey II 24/04/2023 Christ University National
8 Conference Presenter National Conference on Prospects and Challenges of Labour Market Outcome in Post Covid India. Department of Economics. Christ (Deemed to be University). Seasonal Migration and their ways of Migrating to Urban Space: Evidence from IHDS Data 24/04/2023 Christ University National
9 Conference Presenter International Conference on Urban Policy jointly conducted by Department of Professional Studies, Christ (Deemed to be University) and Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) , Bengaluru. The ?Other? Discourse Across Urban Spaces in India: Evidence from the India Human Development Survey. 17/04/2023 Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and Christ (Deemed to be University) International
10 Seminar Presenter 75 Years of India's Demographic Change: Processes and Consequences How do the Seasonal Migrants Migrate to Urban Spaces: Evidence from IHDS Data 23/02/2023 International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai and Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru. National
11 Conference Presenter International Conference on the State of Employment in India: Problems and Prospects Confronting the Binary and Conceptualizing ?Othering? in Urban Spaces: A New Age Urban Phenomenon 10/05/2022 Goa Institute of Management (Centre for Public Policy and Governance) International
12 Conference Presenter 20th Annual Indian Association for Social Science Institutions (IASSI) Conference The Formation behind the Creation of the 'OTHER' ? Caste Casting 27/02/2020 Indian Association for Social Science Institutions (IASSI) and Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) National
13 Conference Presenter Conference on Agrarian Crisis and Farmers Suicide in India: Causes, Consequences and Remedies Germination of Despotism : A Critical Enquiry through Understanding the Existence of Agriculture and Farmers 07/02/2019 Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), University of Mysore along with the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR). National

Invited Talks

Sl.No. Title of the Program Name of the Program Date Name of the Institution
1 Developing Research Skills : Towards a Critical Understanding of Precarity and Vulnerability Guest Lecture 16/10/2024 Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ (Deemed to be University) , Bangalore Yeshwanthpur Campus
2 National Education Policy 03/11/2023 The Student Council of The School of Arts and Humanities, and Social Sciences. Christ (Deemed to be University).
3 Relevance of Gandhian Ideas in Contemporary Urban Milieus. Peace and Development 04/10/2023 A student led platform of the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Christ (Deemed to be University).
4 Research in Urban Spaces 11/04/2023 Rajagiri Research Forum. Rajagiri College of Social Sciences
5 Union Budget (2023-24) - Panel Discussion 10/02/2023 Dr. B.R Ambedkar School of Economics University, Bengaluru
6 An Economist for the ?Other? ?BR Ambedkar 08/02/2023 Department of Economics, Christ (Deemed to be University)
7 Writing Political Reviews Writing Political Reviews 03/02/2023 Department of English, St. Anthony?s College, Shillong
8 Spatial Practices and Performance Culture of Kathakali and Kutiyattam Spatial Practices and Performance Culture of Kathakali and Kutiyattam 23/01/2023 Department of English and Cultural Studies
9 Perfective Fakeness ? A New Age Urban Imaginary Centre for Social and Policy Research (CSPR), Christ (Deemed to be University) 18/01/2023 Centre for Social and Policy Research (CSPR), Christ (Deemed to be University)
10 Recent Trends in Research Unlock Your Research Success: The Secret Role of a Mentor 22/11/2022 Economicstaan Official
11 Othering in Urban Spaces Guest Lecture - Othering in Urban Spaces 29/09/2022 Post Graduate and Research Department of Economics, Zamorins Guruvayurappan College - Kozhikode
12 An Economist for the Other - Dr. BR Ambedkar Lecture Series - Mainstreaming ideas of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 28/08/2021 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Govt. Arts & Science College, Balussery, Kozhikode, Kerala

Own MPhil/PhD Thesis

Sl.No. Title Guide Name Institution Month Year
1 Creation Of The 'OTHER' In Urban Spaces In India: With Special Reference To Kochi, Kerala Rajib Sutradhar

Workshop/FDP/Training programme Attended

Sl.No. Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme Name of Oraganiser Level Date
1 Shaping Urban Futures Indian Institute for Human Settlements and offered through Coursera International 18/07/2023
2 Data and Urban Governance Sciences Po and offered through Coursera International 05/09/2022
3 Housing Justice: A View from Indian Cities Indian Institute for Human Settlements and offered through Coursera International 17/01/2022
4 Studying Cities: Social Science Methods for Urban Research Erasmus University Rotterdam and offered through Coursera International 27/10/2021
5 Methods in Migration Research Centre for Development Studies National 09/08/2021
6 Database on Indian Economy Centre for Development Studies National 07/06/2021
7 Political Economy of Institutions and Development Universiteit Leiden and offered through Coursera International 04/08/2020
8 Introduction to Sustainability University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and offered through Coursera International 26/05/2020
9 Introduction to Research for Essay Writing University of California, Irvine and offered through Coursera International 24/02/2020
10 Big History - From the Big Bang until Today University of Amsterdam and offered through Coursera International 24/02/2020
11 How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Project-Centered Course) École Polytechnique and offered through Coursera International 18/02/2020
12 Advanced Writing Coursera and University of California, Irvine International 11/02/2020

Awards/Achievements/Others

Sl.No. Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others Description Organisation Month/ Year
1 KCHR PhD Fellowship KCHR PhD Fellowships are open to research scholars who are pursuing full time PhD programme in any Indian University, working on themes is Social Sciences and Humanities. Thrust area will be Kerala Studies. However, candidates whose work has the potential to significantly contribute to social sciences/humanities may be considered as per the discretion of the selection committee. The fellowship amount is Rs. 25,000/-pm with a contingency grant of Rs.30,000 per annum. Kerala Council for Historical Research 14 June 2022
2 Best Paper Presenter Economics behind the Politics and the Politics behind the Economics of the Media University of Kerala and AKG Research Study Centre 26 March 2018
3 Best Paper Presenter Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and Christ (Deemed to be University) 18 April 2023
4 Best Paper Presenter Department of Economics, Madras Christian College (MCC) 22 February 2018
5 Member of the Association of Academics for Social Justice (AASJ) The Association of Academics for Social Justice (AASJ) is a collective of academicians, researchers and other stakeholders to promote social justice through an academic engagement. It aims to advance the role of teaching, learning and advocacy in research and generate wider interdisciplinary debates for the cause of social justice. Therefore, the central agenda of AASJ is ?to interpret the magnitude and dimension of group inequality in all aspects of human life". Association of Academics for Social Justice (AASJ) 24 August 2023

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