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Dr SUPARNA MAJUMDAR KAR

MA, MPhil, PhD
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Articles in Periodicals

Sl.No. Title Name of Periodical Periodicity Date
1 Sustainable Development: Inclusive Policies Annual Magazine Annual 01/01/2013
2 Exodus and the question of national identity Daily Newspaper Daily 27/08/2012

Blog

Sl.No. Title URL Subject Month Year
1 Department of Sociology http://departmentofsociology.blogspot.in/

Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium

Sl.No. Type of Program Role Name of Program Title of Paper Date Organising Institution Level
1 Conference Moderator/Chair International Conference on ?Marginalized Communities and Inclusive Development: Challenges and Perspectives? 25/10/2024 Department of Sociology and Industrial Relations, St. Joseph?s University International
2 Conference Moderator/Chair Asia PLAT Conference 2024 01/08/2024 Christ University International
3 Conference Presenter Asia PLAT Conference 2024 Measuring Student Readiness for learner-centred Andragogy 01/08/2024 Christ University International
4 Conference Presenter Asia PLAT Conference 2024 Workshop on Crafting impactful learning micro-moments in classrooms 01/08/2024 Christ University International
5 Symposium Moderator/Chair National Research Seminar on Religion and Eco Concerns 09/07/2024 NBCLC National
6 Symposium Moderator/Chair Women Leadership Conclave 4.0 05/07/2024 Christ University National
7 Seminar Moderator/Chair National Seminar on Institutionalizing Quality Culture in Higher Education Institutions 07/09/2023 Christ University National
8 Seminar Moderator/Chair National Seminar on Institutionalizing Quality Culture in Higher Education Institutions 07/09/2023 Christ University National
9 Seminar Moderator/Chair National Seminar on Religion and Society 07/08/2023 NBCLC National
10 Conference Moderator/Chair The 9 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference On Service-Learning 19/07/2023 Christ University International
11 Conference Presenter Education in Crises: Dispositions and Problem-Solving Strategies amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Teaching, learning, and assessment practices during the COVID 19 Pandemic: A Case Study from India 24/08/2022 College of Education, Silliman University, Philippines International
12 Conference Presenter IN4OBE Global Virtual Summit 2022 Capacity building for faculty for transformational education: A Case Study 12/08/2022 International Network for Outcome Based Education International
13 Conference Moderator/Chair Incarceration: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Policies and Implications for Practice 11/03/2022 Christ University and India Vision Foundation National
14 Seminar Presenter Webinar on Human Values Human Values 28/04/2021 Christ University Institutional
15 Conference Keynote Speaker International Webinar on Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Higher Education in India Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Higher Education in India 26/08/2020 Dayananda Sagar College of Arts, Science and Commerce Department of UG (BBA & B. Com) Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore - 560078 International
16 Seminar Panelist Ramaiah webinar on ?Migrants Policy in India During COVID-19? 07/08/2020 Ramaiah Public Policy Center, Bengaluru National
17 Seminar Presenter Improving the Quality of Nursing Care in the 21st Century-New Norm Practice Migration of Health Care Workers from India 28/07/2020 Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia International
18 Seminar Participant How to Write and Publish Books 16/07/2020 Christ University Institutional
19 Seminar Participant How to write and get published in peer reviewed journals 12/06/2020 Christ University Institutional
20 Seminar Participant National Seminar on NAAC Assessment and Accreditation Building Institutional Competencies 05/03/2020 Christ University National
21 Seminar Presenter National Seminar on NAAC Assessment and Accreditation Building Institutional Competencies Capacity building initiatives for In Service faculty in Higher Education 05/03/2020 Christ University National
22 Seminar Moderator/Chair South Asia in Transition 13/02/2020 Christ University International
23 Seminar Moderator/Chair South Asia in Transition 13/02/2020 Christ University International
24 Seminar Moderator/Chair Bangalore Sociology Students Seminar 2020: Societies in Transition 12/02/2020 Christ University Regional
25 Seminar Presenter National Seminar on Education: Systems, practices and research A case for in service faculty development in Higher Education 22/08/2019 Christ University National
26 Seminar Moderator/Chair National Seminar on Education: Systems, Practices and Research 22/08/2019 Christ University National
27 Conference Participant Dissemination Conference on Interrogating Women's Movements through Resistances and Articulations 28/02/2019 Christ University International
28 Seminar Participant Debating Sustainability: Discourses on environment and development 21/02/2019 Christ University National
29 Conference Presenter International Week 2019 Migration: Insights from India 05/02/2019 HAN University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, Nijmegen, Netherlands International
30 Conference Presenter HARMONY (HARMONIA): Interface of Cosmic, Ethical and Religious Orders Towards a Holistic Approach in Education: A Case for Social Emotional Learning 09/01/2019 Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram and CHRIST International
31 Conference Moderator/Chair HARMONY (HARMONIA): Interface of Cosmic, Ethical and Religious Orders 09/01/2019 Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram and CHRIST International
32 Conference Presenter Co- Constructing Excellence: Recognizing, Scaffolding and Building Excellence in University Teaching and Learning Designing a constructively aligned curriculum: A work in progress (Poster presentation) 18/12/2018 Christ University International
33 Seminar Panelist Bengaluru Sociology Student Seminar: Connecting the Dots 17/08/2018 Christ University Regional
34 Conference Presenter Round Table Discourse on the Present Context of Higher Education Impacting Universities and Colleges: Preparing for High Quality Initiatives Learner based internal assessment systems: Concerns and challenges 15/03/2018 Christ University Regional
35 Conference Participant Margins: Contesting Spaces and Reclaiming Identities 12/02/2018 Christ University National
36 Seminar Moderator/Chair Setting Technological Standards and Strategy for Higher Education 01/02/2018 Christ University National
37 Conference Participant International Summit on Child Rights: Education Matters of Life 04/12/2017 Department of Sociology & Social Work Christ University, Bengaluru, India World Vision, India, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia International
38 Conference Moderator/Chair International Conference on Contemporary Challenges to Indian State and Society 15/11/2017 Christ University and National Institute of Advanced Studies International
39 Seminar Participant Change and Mobility in Contemporary India: Thinking M N Srinivas Today 29/08/2017 Institute for Social and Economic Change Bengaluru International
40 Participant National Conference on Nation, Community and Citizenship in Contemporary India 09/01/2017 National Instiute of Advanced Studies National
41 Presenter International Conference on Global Migration: Rethinking Skills, Knowledge and Culture Return Migration of IT Professionals to Bengaluru 26/11/2016 GRFDT International
42 Participant Author Workshop on How to Write for and get Publis Author Workshop on How to Write for and get Published in Scientific Journals and Publish Manuscripts - Christ University, Springer and Edanz Regional
43 Seminar Presenter Discussant for Session on Psychology of the Marginalized - National
44 Conference Presenter Teaching and Learning Practices - Institutional
45 Other Presenter Ethnomethodology and the use of Breaching Experiments in Teaching Sociology - Institutional
46 Seminar Presenter Social Security:A study of the needs of women working in the unorganized sector in Bangalore - National
47 Participant International conference of sectorial group of soc International conference of sectorial group of social sciences on A new social thinking for a new social model: Looking for alternatives - IFCU International
48 Conference Presenter Chaired session on Educational Institutions and Social Responsibility - National
49 Participant Seminar on Social Research Methods Seminar on Social Research Methods - Christ University Regional
50 Participant Sociology in Undergraduate Classrooms: Curricular Sociology in Undergraduate Classrooms: Curricular and Pedagogical possibilities - UGC and Christ College National
51 Seminar Presenter Rethinking the Sociology of the Family - National
52 Participant Symposium on Removal of Gender Bias through social Symposium on Removal of Gender Bias through social equality for Women - Mount Carmel College, Bangalore Regional
53 Seminar Presenter Social Research Methods - Regional
54 Participant National Seminar on Urban Growth in Bangalore with National Seminar on Urban Growth in Bangalore with focus on the Cantonment - ICHR and Christ University National
55 Participant Virtual Global Conference on ?Technology for Blend Virtual Global Conference on ?Technology for Blended and Distributed Education' - CEDBEC, Christ University Regional
56 Participant National Conference on ?Resisting Marginalizations National Conference on ?Resisting Marginalizations, Challenging Hegemonies: Re-visioning Gender Politics - IAWS, Wardha, Maharashtra National
57 Participant National Seminar on ?Urban Poverty and Inclusive G National Seminar on ?Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth' - ICSSR and Christ University National
58 Participant National Conference on Contemporary Issues in Rese National Conference on Contemporary Issues in Research - Center for Research, Christ University National
59 Conference Presenter Innovations in Assessment - Regional
60 Seminar Presenter Impact of Migration to Bangalore: The Significance of the IT Sector - International
61 Participant Census Data Dissemination Workshop 2014 Census Data Dissemination Workshop 2014 - Directorate of Census Operations and ISEC, Bangalore Regional
62 Seminar Presenter Internal Migration in India: Inclusion or exclusion - National
63 Other Presenter India?s Missing Millions - Institutional
64 Other Presenter A conceptual framework for return migration to Bangalore - Institutional
65 Participant Postgraduate Student Conference on Interdisciplina Postgraduate Student Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Inclusive Growth - Department of Sociology Institutional
66 Participant Routledge Editorial Workshop 2014 Routledge Editorial Workshop 2014 - Taylor and Francis India Institutional
67 Seminar Presenter Chairperson for session on Labor Trafficking - National
68 Other Presenter Introduction to Indian Society - Institutional
69 Other Presenter Gender Disparity in Indian Society: India's missing millions - Institutional

Invited Talks

Sl.No. Title of the Program Name of the Program Date Name of the Institution
1 Fight Against Poverty India Gateway Program for University of Paris, Dauphine: Sustainability Initiatives in India 10/02/2018 CHRIST and University of Paris, Dauphin
2 Introduction to Indian Society India Gateway Program for Western Michigan University: Sustainability and Social Justice in India 11/12/2017 CHRIST and Western Michigan University
3 Panelist for discussion on Neros Guests Nero's Guests 09/09/2015 Department of English, Christ University
4 Panelist for discussion on Nero's Guests Panel Discussion 09/07/2014 Department of English, Christ University
5 Urbanization Program on Environmental Issues 28/07/2012

Own MPhil/PhD Thesis

Sl.No. Title Guide Name Institution Month Year
1 Migration to Bengaluru: A study of return migration of IT Professionals Dr Pritha Dasgupta

MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated

Sl.No. Title Name of Student Institution Month Year
1 An Ethnographic Study of Three Rongmei Villages in Manipur JOSHUA MG Christ University August 2023
2 Women's Bodies and Gendered Violence: The Site of Sugarcane Fields in Maharashtra RITIKA SRIVASTAVA Christ University April 2019
3 Resident Welfare Associations, Community, and Commons: A Sociological Study of Bengaluru Urban ANURADHA BERNADETTE TEKKETHIL Christ University December 2019
4 Female Comedians and the Construction of Comedy on Social Media Platforms MEENAKSHI PRASHANTH Christ University March 2024

Research Project

Sl.No. Name of the Research Project Investigator(s) Sponsors Internal/External
1 Best Practices in the Adoption of Panchatantra for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Administration in Karnataka OM PRAKASH L T, SUPARNA MAJUMDAR KAR Government of Karnataka & Christ University External
2 Evaluation of the Best Practices in the Adoption of Panchatantra for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Administration in Karnataka Government of Karnataka External
3 Capacity Building Initiatives for a Constructively Aligned Curriculum SUPARNA MAJUMDAR KAR, JOHNY JOSEPH External
4 Using Digital Tools in Higher Education SUPARNA MAJUMDAR KAR, JOHNY JOSEPH,VINAY M External
5 Capacity Building for Whole Person Education in India MAYA M, SUPARNA MAJUMDAR KAR,JIMMY THANKACHAN,MUTHU RUBEN V United Board External

Workshop/FDP/Training programme Attended

Sl.No. Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme Name of Oraganiser Level Date
1 Faculty Development Programme on Advancing Teaching Excellence IIMBx ? Digital Learning Foundation National 12/04/2024
2 Faculty Development Program (online) on NEP- 2020 Orientation and Sensitization Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM-TTP) National 18/03/2024
3 Orientation programme for the new faculty members Staff Development College 26/02/2024
4 Scaffolding Adult Learning through a Learner-Centered Approach TLEC Institutional 22/02/2024
5 Master training for program on Scaffolding Adult Learning through a Learner-Centered Approach TLEC Institutional 16/02/2024
6 Training Program for HODs/Coordinators Staff Development College, CHRIST Institutional 07/07/2023
7 Orientation session on the "CHRIST University Regulation for Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment" CHRIST (Deemed to be University) 14/02/2023
8 Teaching Skills for Higher Education, Online FDP Department of Education, St Joseph University, Nagaland Regional 13/02/2023
9 Two day workshop on Communication for Social and Behaviour Change (CSBC) UNICEF and Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad Regional 01/02/2023
10 FDP 1 CEDBEC and IQAC Institutional 06/07/2022
11 Training on Document Management using PDF 30M Training, Christ University Institutional 10/02/2022
12 Quality Improvement Programme on Curriculum Development, Research & Publication SLCU Christ Pune Lavasa Campus 23/06/2021
13 Faculty Development Programme I CEDBEC and HRDC Institutional 16/06/2021
14 QIP SLCU Delhi NCR Campus 07/06/2021
15 QIP on Hybrid Teaching Staff Development College, Christ University 02/03/2021
16 QIP on Hybrid Teaching Staff Development College, CHRIST 02/03/2021
17 3-days FDP on Advanced Outcomes-based Education IQAC department of PVG'S College of Engineering and Technology, Pune and Inpods National 06/10/2020
18 Training on Microsoft Teams 30M Training Institutional 11/07/2020
19 FDP I CEDBEC Institutional 15/05/2020
20 International Migrations: A global issue Coursera International 01/05/2020
21 QIP on Online Teaching and Learning Staff Development College, CHRIST 26/04/2020
22 Quality Improvement Programme on Online Teaching Academic Staff College 22/04/2020
23 Learning to Teach Online Coursera International 10/04/2020
24 New Learning: Principles and Patterns of Pedagogy Coursera International 01/04/2020
25 The Science of Well Being Coursera International 30/03/2020
26 National Workshop for Faculty on Designing Effective Assessment Practices and Digital Technology Maris Stella College (Autonomous) 02/12/2019
27 National Workshop for Faculty on Constructive Alignment and Outcome Based Education Maris Stella College (Autonomous) National 21/10/2019
28 LaTeX for Research and Document Preparation 30M Training Institutional 03/09/2019
29 Managing your own website using Google Site 30M Training Institutional 14/08/2019
30 QIP on Pedagogic Practices and Consultancy Academic Staff College, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) 20/05/2019
31 Training on Integration of Rubric in Google Classroom 30MTraining Institutional 29/11/2018
32 Training on "How to recognize and interact with (mild) intellectual disabled people' Xtra/MEE Zuid-Holland Noord International 19/11/2018
33 Sensitization on the inclusion of students with disabilities- Towards an inclusive culture and pedagogy IFCU and CHRIST International 11/10/2018
34 Modular Training Program on working with Text document and descriptor data using Dedoose CART Institutional 13/07/2018
35 Modular Training Program on Text Analysis using Dedoose CART Institutional 20/06/2018
36 Sensing Workshop-Case Based Pedagogy Christ (Deemed to be University) Institutional 09/10/2017
37 Quality Improvement Program on Emerging areas in Social Research Academic Staff College, Christ University 15/04/2016
38 Quality Improvement Program on Postmodern turn in Sociology Academic Staff College, Christ University 06/11/2015
39 Quality Improvement Program on Qualitative Research Methods- Perspectives and Orientations Department of Sociology, Christ University 15/04/2015
40 FDP TQMS, Christ University Institutional 23/11/2012
41 Holistic Education Training TQMS, Christ University Institutional 10/11/2012
42 Monthly Faculty Presentations Deanery of Humanities and Social Sciences Institutional 30/06/2012
43 Holistic Education Training TQMS, Christ University Institutional 02/06/2012
44 Faculty Development Program Christ University Institutional 01/06/2012
45 Refresher Program Deanery of Humanities and Social Sciences 25/04/2012
46 Group Discussion and Micro Presentation Evaluation and Assessment Training Programme 2011 Christ University Institutional 27/01/2011
47 Workshop on ?Backward Design: An Approach for Program and Course Design for Effective Student Learning and Assessment' CEDBEC and Fulbright Scholars Institutional 10/01/2011
48 National Workshop on Statistics and SPSS in Research Christ University National -

Awards/Achievements/Others

Sl.No. Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others Description Organisation Month/ Year
1 Overall Rapporteur Was overall rapporteur for the Southern Regional Workshop Feminist Perspectives and the Struggle to Transform the Disciplines IAWS and Womens Studies Department, United Theological College February 2007
2 MOOC course on Human Resources Certificate course on Human Resources Open Training Institute, Australia June 30, 2014
3 Certificate Course on Sociology MOOC on Sociology University of Western Sydney, Australia June 30, 2014
4 Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade (Fundamental English Writing) MOOC Mt. San Jacinto College, USA August 2014
5 MSA Rao Gold Medal Delhi University 1995
6 NET JRF UGC, India 1995
7 CART course on SPSS CART, Christ University, Bangalore
8 External Evaluator External evaluator for Viva for internships for the students of Masters in Social Work Department of Social Work, Christ University March 2016
9 External evaluator External Evaluator for the Department of Theater Studies Department of Theater Studies Odd and Even Sem
10 External Evaluator External Evaluator for the Department of Theater Studies Department of Theater Studies Odd and Even Sem
11 External Evaluator External Evaluator for the Department of English Department of English March 2016
12 Member of the Expert Advisory Committee Member of the Expert Advisory Committee for the preparation of curriculum for the proposed PG course in Sociology Bengaluru Central University 10 January 2018
13 Certificate of Accomplishment for Modular Training on Excel Advanced CART, CHRIST 05 March 2018
14 Certificate of Completion of MOOC on Assessment in Higher Education Erasmus University Rotterdam 02 August 2018
15 Certificate of Completion of MOOC on University Teaching University of Hong Kong and Coursera 09 October 2018
16 Higher Education Teaching Certificate Harvard University, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning 15 November 2020
17 Judge for QS Reimagine Education Awards 2023 I was selected as a judge for the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2023 QS Quacquarelli Symonds in collaboration with Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, and Khalifa University 10 November 2023

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