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Dr. VENKATANARAYANAN S

Speciliazation: Political Science
Qualifications: MA, MHR, MPhil, PhD
Campus: BANGALORE BANNERGHATTA ROAD CAMPUS

Dr. Venkatanarayanan Sethuraman's research focuses on social justice, constitutionalism, and electoral studies. He has studied various forms of discrimination. He was a CICOPS Fellow in 2018 at the University of Pavia, Italy. He has been invited as a resource person by prestigious institutions, including NLU's and TISS. His writings have appeared in leading publications like The Hindu and The Wire. He completed his Master's at Madras Christian College and holds an MPhil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also holds a Master's in Human Rights from Pondicherry University. He previously headed the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Social Science, Eritrea, North-East Africa. Later, he taught at Andaman Law College, Port Blair. His current research includes Rule of Law, Race and Caste, Patriarchy in Africa and India, and Multiculturalism. He is currently the Head of the Department at Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Campus

Educational Details

  • PhD 2012

    PhD

    Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • MPhil 2007

    MPhil

    Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

  • Others 2004

    MHR

    Pondicherry University

  • PG 2000

    MA

    University of Madras

  • Degree 1998

    BA

    University of Madras

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Political Economy of African Underdevelopment

    Name of Periodical | Vikalp

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Higher Education is Still a Bar Too High for Muslims, Dalits

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Legal Praxis in a Political World: Re-Reading Kizhvenmani, Babri-Masjid and BhanwariDevi Judgments

    Name of Periodical | VIKALP

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Why are we ignoring the Casteist, Patriarchal basis of Jallikattu?

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Fortnightly

    How Africa Developed Europe

    Name of Periodical | Frontline

  • Periodicity | Daily

    How far Have We deviated From the Ideology of Our Constitution?

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Liberating Women's Sexuality will be the True Liberation

    Name of Periodical | VIKALP

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Protect Indigenous People

    Name of Periodical | The Hindu

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Its High Time Tamil Nadu Rationalizes Its Quota System

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Article 370: What the SC will have to Consider While Examining the Centre?s Move

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Educating Constitutional Morality

    Name of Periodical | Countercurrents

  • Periodicity | Fortnightly

    Power of Patriarchy

    Name of Periodical | Frontline

  • Periodicity | Daily

    How Safe are India?s Children from COVID-19

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Social Inequality in a Political Democracy

    Name of Periodical | Countercurrents

  • Periodicity | Fortnightly

    Behind Congo?s Misery

    Name of Periodical | Frontline

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Public Policy and Pandemic Control

    Name of Periodical | Countercurrents

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Resettled Indian Origin Srilankan Tamils in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Five Decades of Suffering

    Name of Periodical | Countercurrents

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Tamil settlers? existential crisis

    Name of Periodical | Indian Express

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Wealth increase among recontesting candidates of Dravidian political parties

    Name of Periodical | The Hindu

  • Periodicity | Daily

    The need to move away from clientelism

    Name of Periodical | The Hindu

  • Periodicity | Other

    Plutocratic Populism in Neoliberal India

    Name of Periodical | London School of Economics and Political Science - South Asia Blog

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Revisiting Social Justice Under the Dravidian Model

    Name of Periodical | The Hindu

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Same-Sex Marriages: Govt Animosity Warrants Judicial Intervention To Uphold Constitutional Rights

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    How Neoliberalism Has Widened Inequality in India, Alienated Socially Vulnerable Groups

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Same-Sex Marriage: The Court Must Not Follow the Doctrine of ?Separate but Equal?

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    ?Maamannan? : shedding light on Dalits in Dravidian politics

    Name of Periodical | The Hindu

  • Periodicity | Daily

    There Is an Urgent Need to Address How Caste Is Perceived in Tamil Nadu

    Name of Periodical | The Wire

  • Periodicity | Daily

    one Person, One Vote, One Value

    Name of Periodical | The Hindu

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Pathos Leaders And Pliable Population: Understanding The Rise Of Narendra Modi

    Name of Periodical | Outlook

  • Periodicity | Weekly

    Decoding Narendra Modi's Popularity Amidst An Economic Crisis

    Name of Periodical | Outlook

  • Periodicity | Fortnightly

    A vote for constitutional values

    Name of Periodical | Frontline

  • Periodicity | Weekly

    Neoliberalism?s Grip On India's Education Budget

    Name of Periodical | Outlook

  • 2024

    Date Of Publication: 10-Mar-2024

    Name of Journal: Social Change

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 54/1/146 - 149

  • 2023

    Date Of Publication: 10-Jun-2023

    Name of Journal: Economic and Political Weekly

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: // -

    Date Of Publication: 22-Mar-2023

    Name of Journal: Contemporary Voice of Dalit

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: // -

  • 2020

    Date Of Publication: 01-Jan-2020

    Name of Journal: South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: XX/2/15 - 20

  • 2016

    Date Of Publication: 27-Jan-2016

    Name of Journal: International Journal of Business Anthropology

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 6/1/109 -

  • 2015

    Date Of Publication: 04-Jun-2015

    Name of Journal: SAGE Open

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 5/2/1 - 13

  • 2013

    Date Of Publication: 07-Nov-2013

    Name of Journal: SAGE Open

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 3/4/1 - 10

  • 2024

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Panelist

    Title:

    Date: 2024-04-01

    Organising Institution: Council for Social Development, New Delhi

    Level: National

  • 2023

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2023-06-01

    Organising Institution: Law and Society Association

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Constitutional Identity vs. Cultural Identity: Emerging Citizenship Debates in India

    Date: 2023-04-20

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

  • 2022

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Indians in Eritrea: Challenges of the Past and Present

    Date: 2022-07-13

    Organising Institution: Law and Society Association

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Constitutional Democratisation in India: A Study on Representation of the Marginalised in Higher Educational Institutions

    Date: 2022-02-09

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: National

  • 2021

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Plutocracy or Democracy: Understanding the Relation between Wealth and Political Parties in India for the Past Two Decades

    Date: 2021-09-24

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Re-imagining Patriarchy in Time of Crisis: Evidence from Eritrea

    Date: 2021-05-26

    Organising Institution: Law and Society Association

    Level: International

  • 2016

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Capitalism as Profit Chameleon: The Political Economy of African Out-Migration and Refugee Crisis

    Date: 2016-07-20

    Organising Institution: Higher Education Administration, Government of Eritrea

    Level: International

  • 2015

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Women's Well Being

    Date: 2015-02-18

    Organising Institution: Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University)

    Level: International

  • 2013

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Eritrean Independence Struggle and International Politics

    Date: 2013-05-09

    Organising Institution: College of Arts and Social Sciences, Eritrea

    Level: International

  • 2024

    Name of the Program: Special Lecture

    Date: 2024-10-19 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Tamilnadu National Law University

    Name of the Program: Master Class

    Date: 2024-09-05 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science

    Name of the Program: Constitutional Law Society Special Lecture

    Date: 2024-08-03 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: National Law University, Jodhpur

  • 2023

    Name of the Program:

    Date: 2023-07-01 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Tata Institute of Social Sciences

  • 2022

    Name of the Program: Invited Lecture

    Date: 2022-11-08 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Presidency College

  • 2021

    Name of the Program: Invited Lecture

    Date: 2021-12-23 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: SGT University

    Name of the Program: Invited Lecture

    Date: 2021-11-17 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: G D Goenka University

    Name of the Program: Expert Conversation

    Date: 2021-04-03 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science

    Name of the Program: Marriage, Motherhood and Work: Interrogating Patriarchy in India

    Date: 2021-03-12 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Central University of Kerala

    Name of the Program: Women in Development: Perspectives, Problems and Pathways

    Date: 2021-03-08 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Council for Social Development, New Delhi

  • gender | Documentary

    Living Under Bondage

    Producer: venkatanarayanan

    Copyrights:

  • External

    Youth Perception of Rule of Law in India

    Investigator(s) :

    Sponsors: KAS, Germany

  • 2024

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: A Plan for Employee Engagement

    Name of the Organiser: Centre for Education Beyond Curriculum, Christ , NCR Campus

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-08-23 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Leadership Workshop

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University Higher education Leadership Institute

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-01-19 00:00:00

  • 2023

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Online Faculty Induction Program

    Name of the Organiser: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

    Date: 2023-12-14 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Refresher Course on Gender Sensitization and Human Values

    Name of the Organiser: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

    Level:

    Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

    Date: 2023-03-07 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Refresher Course on Gender Sensitization and Human Values

    Name of the Organiser: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

    Level:

    Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

    Date: 2023-02-07 00:00:00

  • 2022

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Leadership Development Program

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-08-02 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP - I

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-07-06 00:00:00

  • 2021

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Refresher Course

    Name of the Organiser: UGC- HRDC -Guru Nanak Dev University

    Level:

    Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

    Date: 2021-12-24 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Orientation Program

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-12-07 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty development Programme

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-06-16 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Curriculum Development and Design

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Economics, Christ University

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-05-10 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Hybrid Teaching

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College, Christ University

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-03-02 00:00:00

  • 2020

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Orientation Program

    Name of the Organiser: Christ University

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-11-02 00:00:00

  • 2009

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Public Management of Urban Change in Transitional Cities

    Name of the Organiser: Central European University

    Level: International

    Role: Participant & Presenter

    Date: 2009-06-29 00:00:00

  • 2007

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Capacity Building and Skill Upgradation

    Name of the Organiser: Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development

    Level: National

    Role: Participant & Presenter

    Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00

  • 2024

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

    Description: Best Student Faculty Evaluation Score

    Organisation: Christ University, BGR Campus

    Month/Year: 05 September 2024

  • 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: External Subject Expert

    Description: Nominated as external subject expert for a period of three years

    Organisation: SGT University, Gurugram, Delhi

    Month/Year: 14 June 2022

  • 2018

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: CICOPS Fellow

    Description: I have been awarded prestigious International Development Cooperation Centre (CICOPS) scholarship for the year 2018 by University of Pavia, Italy. I spent 6 weeks in Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy to carry out my research activities and giving seminars and classes for the students. I was in Italy from 12th November till 23rd December, 2018.

    Organisation: University of Pavia

    Month/Year: 12 November 2018

  • 2001

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: P. Velu Chettiar Prize

    Description: Academic excellence

    Organisation: Madras Christian College

    Month/Year: 01 March 2001

  • 1999

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Merit

    Description: Second highest percentage of marks in university exam

    Organisation: Vel's College of Science

    Month/Year: 01 April 1999