Dr. D. Parthasarathy

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