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Professional Academic Experiences

Distinguished Positions Held

  • 2014-2018 Chairperson, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Shimla, 5 September, 2014 to 23 February, 2018.


  • 2013-2016 Vice Chancellor, Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Rajasthan, 15 November, 2013 to 24 November, 2016.


  • 2012-2013 Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.), 01 March, 2012 to 14 November, 2013.


  • 2012-2013 Co-ordinator, Centre for Integrated Rural Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.), 01 March, 2012 to 14 November, 2013.


  • 2007-2010 Head, Department of Political Science, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.), 01 July, 2007 to 30 June, 2010.


  • 2002-2007 Director, Centre for Women's Studies & Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.), February 2002 to June 2007.


Other Professional Academic Experience

  • 2016 Visiting Professor, University of Nebraska, U.S.A.


  • 2015 Visiting Professor, University of Thailand, Bangkok.


  • 2014 Visiting Professor, University of Bonn, Germany.


  • 2006 Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.


  • 2004 Visiting Professor, Pedagogical University, Poland.


  • 2004 Visiting Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden.


  • 2004 Visiting Professor, Maison des Sciences de I'Homme (FMSH), Paris, France.


  • 2004 Visiting Professor, University of Leiden, Amsterdam.


  • 1997 Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, Canada.


  • 1997 Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, USA.


  • 1997 Visiting Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.


  • 1995 Visiting Professor, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.


  • 1989 Visiting Scholar, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.


  • 1987 Visiting Scholar, University of Texas, Austin, USA.


Chairperson, NAAC Peer Team for Visits to Colleges

  • 2022 Chairperson, NAAC Peer Team to visit Government Home Science PG College, Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, September 21-22, 2022.


  • 2019 Chairperson, NAAC Peer Team visit to Ideal Girls' College, Akampat, Imphal, Manipur, March 11-12, 2019.


  • 2018 Chairperson, NAAC Peer Team visit to C. Kandaswami Naidu College for Women, Nellikuppam Main Road, Semmandalam, Kuddalore, Tamilnadu, August 2-3, 2018.


  • 2017 Chairperson, NAAC Peer Team visit to Guru Nanak Khalsa College, VPO Daroli Kalan, Jalandhar-144104, Panjab, September 15-16, 2017.


  • 2017 Chairperson, NAAC Peer Team visit to Mahila Vidyalaya Degree College, Satikund, Kankhal, Haridwar-249408, Uttarakhand, March 27-28, 2017.


  • 2016 Chairperson, NAAC Peer Team visit to Pt. Mohan Lal SD College for Girls, Fatehgarh, Churian, Gurdaspur, Panjab, October 24-26, 2016.


  • 2016 Chairperson, NAAC Peer Team visit to Devki Devi Jain Memorial College for Women, Ludhiana, September 26-28, 2016.


  • 2015 Chairperson, NAAC Visit to Rupahi College, Rupahi, Naogaon, Assam, October 15-17, 2015.


  • 2004 Member NAAC Peer Team, Jawaharlal Nehru College for Girls, Fatehgarh Sahib, Panjab, November 19-20, 2004.


  • 2004 Member NAAC Peer Team, Lyllapur Khalsa College for Women, Jalandhar City, Panjab, September 3-5, 2004.


Chairperson, UGC Peer Team for Sanction or Extention of Autonomous Status to Colleges

  • 2022 Chairperson, UGC Peer Team, KVR Govt. College for Women(A), Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, January 7-8, 2022.


  • 2021 Chairperson, UGC Peer Team, Government College for Women, Kumbkonam, Tamilnadu, September 6-7, 2021.


  • 2021 Chairperson, UGC Peer Team, Ramanand Arya D.A.V. College, Mumbai, March 5-6, 2021.


  • 2019 Chairperson, UGC Peer Team, Keraleeya Samajam (Regd.) Dombivli's Model College, Dombivili, Thane, Maharashtra, September 27-28, 2019.


  • 2019 Chairperson, UGC Peer Team, Montessory Mahila Kalasala, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, April 26-28, 2019.


  • 2019 Chairperson, UGC Peer Team, Sarojini Naidu Government Girls' P.G. (Autonomous) College, Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh-462016, January 17-18, 2019.


  • 2018 Chairperson, UGC Peer Team, Quaid-E-Millath Government College for Women, Chennai, Tamilnadu, August 9-10, 2018.


  • 2016 Chairperson, UGC Peer Team, V.V. Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhu Nagar, Tamilnadu, April 10-11, 2016.


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