Dr. D. Parthasarathy
India Value Fund Chair ProfessorDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences
Convener, Climate Studies Inter-Disciplinary Programme
Associate Faculty, Centre for Policy Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai, India
E-mail: dp@hss.iitb.ac.in
weblinks:
http://www.cps.iitb.ac.in/people/d-parthasarathy/
http://www.hss.iitb.ac.in/en/faculty-profile/dparthasarathy
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Experiences:
- Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, from April 2007.
- Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, March 2003 to March 2007.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, September 1999 to February 2003.
- Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, August 1997 to August 1999.
- Senior Research Associate, Socioeconomics and Policy Division, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, April 1995 to August 1997.
- Research Officer, Planning Commission, Government of India Project on Child Labour in Slate Industry, University of Hyderabad, June 1991 to March 1992.
- Research Associate, ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) Journal of Abstract and Reviews: Sociology and Social Anthropology, September 1990 to June 1991.
Courses Taught:
- Contemporary Urban India
- Perspectives in Social Sciences (Introductory Module on Sociology)
- Introduction to Sociology
- Environmental Studies
- Development, Planning and Policies in India: Issues and Alternatives
- Science and Technology in India's Development
- Socio-psychological approaches to Development and Change
- Law, Rights, Governance and Development
- Research Methodology
- Advanced Theory of Society
- Sociology of Social Stratification in India
- Communication Skills
- Making Choices: Ethical Issues in Scientific Endeavour
- Introduction to Climate Change
- Advanced Research Methods
Areas of Expertise
- Urban Studies, Development Studies
- Rural Agrarian Sociology
- Law and Governance, Legal Pluralism
- Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change
- Gender and Development
- Disaster Studies
Publications: http://www.hss.iitb.ac.in/en/faculty-profile/dparthasarathy