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Akshay Ranade
Dr. Akshay Ranade

Assistant Professor
Politics & International Relations


Ananya Dutta
Prof. Ananya Dutta

Assistant Professor
English & Media Studies


Atiya Fathima
Prof. Atiya Fathima

Adjunct Faculty
Psychology


Dr. Afshan Majid
Dr. Afshan Majid

Assistant Professor
History and Academics


Dr. Anurupa Ghatge
Dr. Anurupa Ghatge

Assistant Professor
Business Studies


Dr. Barry H. Rodrigue
Dr. Barry H. Rodrigue

Professor and Scholar-in-Residence
Anthropology


Dr. Damini Kulkarni
Dr. Damini Kulkarni

Assistant Professor
Media & Film Studies


Dr. Damini Kulkarni
Dr. Esha Prasad

Assistant Professor


Dr. Gitanjali Roy
Dr. Gitanjali Roy

Assistant Professor
Psychology


Ms. Gayatri Mendanha
Prof. Gayatri Mendanha

Assistant Professor
Philosophy & Literature


Ipsita Gauri
Prof. Ipsita Gauri

Adjunt Faculty
Psychology


Dr. Kishori Kasat
Dr. Kishori Kasat

Associate Professor
Computer Studies


Dr. Manjari Jonnalagadda
Dr. Manjari Jonnalagadda

Assistant Professor
Anthropology


Dr. Manoranjan Ghosh
Dr. Manoranjan Ghosh

Assistant Professor
Climate Change and Sustainability Studies


Nikhil Thorat
Prof. Nikhil Thorat

Assistant Professor
Economics


r. Renu Vinod
Dr. Renu Vinod

Adjunct Faculty
Sociology


Dr. Richa Minocha
Dr. Richa Minocha

Associate Professor
Women & Gender Studies


Sakshi Juneja
Prof. Sakshi Juneja

Assistant Professor
Economics


Dr Suchetana Banerjee
Dr. Suchetana Banerjee

Assistant Professor
English


Dr. Sulakshana Sen
Dr. Sulakshana Sen

Assistant Professor
International Relations and Political Science


Dr. Sumithra Surendralal
Dr. Sumithra Surendralal

Assistant Professor
Physics and Mathematics


Uday Sinha
Prof. Uday Sinha

Assistant Professor
Economics & Business Studies


Dr. Vasudev Ramdas Menon
Dr. Vasudev Menon

Assistant Professor
Biology and Theatre


Dr. Kishori Kasat
Dr. Kishori Kasat

Associate Professor & In-charge – Computer Studies
PhD, MBA(Computer & Finance), M.Phil, M.Sc,(Electronics), UGC-NET
Email: kishori.kasat@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Technology
  • Signal Processing
  • Higher Education
  • Internationalisation
  • General Management

Specific areas:


  • Education Technology
  • IOT
  • IT Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Human Resource Management

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ResearcherID]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Vidwan]
Ananya Dutta
Ananya Dutta

English & Media Studies, Assistant Professor
NET MA (English), Savitribai Phule Pune University BA (English), Savitribai Phule Pune University. Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, Asian College of Journalism BCom, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Email: Ananya.dutta@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Literature
  • Media Studies

Specific areas:


  • Bhakti Tradition
  • Indian Writing in English

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
Ipsita Gauri
Ipsita Gauri

Psychology, Adjunct Faculty ( Full Time)
M.A Psychology (Psychosocial Clinical Studies), Ambedkar University, Delhi. M.A Social Work ( Children and Family) Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Mumbai B.A Psychology, University of Pune Post Graduate Diploma in Buddhist Psychology and Psychotherapy, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Email: ipsita.gauri@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

I am a practicing psychotherapist, and follow an eclectic approach in my practice, which is informed by Psychosocial Clinical Frameworks, Buddhist Psychotherapy and Intersectional Feminist Perspectives. As a qualitative researcher, I have a keen interest in understanding the lived realities of people around the issues of gender, sexuality, intimacy, power and violence, from an intersectional and psychosocial clinical lens.

Dr. Richa Minocha
Dr. Richa Minocha

Associate Professor Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
MPhil, PhD (JNU), Post Doctoral (LSE), NET- UGC
Email: richa.minocha@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Gender Studies
  • Development Studies
  • Environmental Studies

Specific areas:


  • Women in India
  • Gender Labour and Work
  • Socialisation and Sexuality
  • Ecofeminism
  • Dalit and Black Feminism
  • Social Work
  • Politics of Ecology and the Environment
  • Environment Ecology and Society

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ResearcherID]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Vidwan]
Atiya Fathima
Atiya Fathima

Adjunct Faculty (Full Time) & Faculty-in-charge Psychology
MSc, MPhil, PhD (Pursuing)
Email: atiya.fathima@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Organizational Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Specific areas:


  • Organizational Climate
  • Motivation
  • Stress
  • Adolescence
  • Learning and Perception
  • Liberal Arts and Career competencies
Dr. Anurupa Ghatge
Dr. Anurupa Ghatge

Asst. Professor & Faculty in Charge Business Studies, Career Cell & Events
PhD (Organisational Behavior), MBA (Management – Business), MA (Russian Language), Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and PR.
Email: anurupa.ghatge@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Management
  • Business Studies

Specific areas:


  • Organisational Behavior
  • Human Resource Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Consumer Behavior

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ORCID]
Dr. Renu Vinod
Dr. Renu Vinod

Adjunct Faculty & Sociology In-Charge
MA, MPhil, PhD (JNU), NET, Erasmus Mundus Ex-perts4Asia Postdoctoral Fellow (Uppsala University, 2015-2016)
Email: renu.vinod@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Sociology of Development
  • Political Sociology
  • Sociology of migration

Specific areas:


  • Global and local power dynamics, theories of modernisation and development
  • Political participation, political parties, caste/community and state, power and domination
  • Ethnic identity, diaspora

Research Profiles:

  • [ORCID]
Dr. Manjari Jonnalagadda
Dr. Manjari Jonnalagadda

Assistant Professor - Anthropology
MSc, PhD, NET
Email: manjari.jonnalagadda@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Biological Anthropology
  • Genetic Diversity
  • Human adaptations
  • Evolutionary genetics

Specific areas:


  • South Asian biological diversity
  • Skin pigmentation Variation
  • Disease Genetics

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ResearcherID]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Vidwan]
Ms. Gayatri Mendanha
Ms. Gayatri Mendanha

Assistant Professor (Philosophy and Literature)
NET, M.A. Philosophy, M.A. English
Email: gayatri@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies

Specific areas:


  • Buddhism
  • Bhakti Tradition
  • Mystic Poetry

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
Dr. Manoranjan Ghosh
Dr. Manoranjan Ghosh

Assistant Professor – Climate Change and Sustainability Studies
MA, PhD, Fellow (ISCFP), UGC-NET
Email: manoranjan.ghosh@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptations Studies
  • Environmental Geography
  • Environmental Economics
  • Application of RS&GIS in Envi-ronmental Social Science
  • Human Geography

Specific areas:


  • Climate Vulnerability and Risks
  • Climate Extremis Impact and Its Relation with Agrarian Livelihoods
  • Uses of Forest Resources and Climate Adaptations
  • Just Energy Transition and Climate Actions
  • Climate Change Mitigation Strategies
  • Indian Domestic Climate Policy
  • Climate Change and Coloniality
  • Urban Heat Island effect and Adaptations

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ResearcherID]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Vidwan]
Nikhil Thorat
Nikhil Thorat

Assistant Professor - Economics,
M.A. (Economics), NET
Email: nikhil.thorat@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Economics

Specific areas:


  • Development Economics
  • International Political Economy
  • India’s Political Economy
  • Comparative Economics
  • International Economics

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ResearcherID]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Vidwan]
Sakshi Juneja
Sakshi Juneja

Assistant Professor
Pursuing PhD, UGC-NET, MSc, BA(Hons)
Email: sakshi.juneja@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Economics

Specific areas:


  • Macroeconomics
  • Money and Banking
  • Econometrics
  • Microeconomics
  • Mathematical Economics
  • Statistics
Akshay Ranade
Akshay Ranade

Assistant Professor (Politics & International Rela-tions)
MA, M-Phil, PGDIS, NET, Ph.D
Email: akshay.ranade@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Political Science
  • International Relations

Specific areas:


  • India’s Foreign and Security Policy
  • Asian Security
  • Indo-Pacific Affairs
  • India Strategic Thought
  • Indian Political Thought and Ideas
  • Contemporary Indian Politics
Dr Suchetana Banerjee
Dr Suchetana Banerjee

Assistant Professor
MPhil, PhD, NET
Email: suchetana.banerjee@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Literature
  • Performance Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Research Methodology

Specific areas:


  • Comparative Literature
  • Literatures and Cultures of Africa
  • Indian Literatures
  • South Asian Devotionalism
  • Theatre Studies
  • Interpretivist Research Methods
Dr. Sulakshana Sen
Dr. Sulakshana Sen

Faculty-in-Charge for the specializations: International Relations and Political Science
Faculty-in-Charge: Brand Management and Promotions (SSLA)
MA, PhD, NET
Email: sulakshana@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Education
  • Sustainable Development
  • Diplomacy
  • Dance

Specific areas:


  • Community Based Academic Learning
  • Uday Shankar style of Creative Dance
  • India’s trajectory in Healthcare Diplomacy
  • Cultural Diplomacy
  • Liberal Arts Education
  • Internationalization of Education

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [SCOPUS] id: 58633079800
  • [ResearcherID]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Vidwan]
Dr. Sumithra Surendralal
Dr. Sumithra Surendralal

Assistant Professor, Physics and Mathematics
PhD, Physics
Email: sumithra.surendralal@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Theoretical and Computational Biophysics
  • Complex Systems
  • Science Education

Specific areas:


  • Inference of syntax models from vocalizations
  • Neural models of sequence generation
  • Documenting teacher thinking in non-formal education
  • Teaching effective framing of questions
  • Classroom activity design around the role of models in the sciences

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ORCID]
Uday Sinha
Uday Sinha

Assistant Professor- Economics and Business Studies
MA, NET
Email: uday.sinha@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Macroeconomics
  • International Economics
  • Financial Economics

Specific areas:


  • Inflation Expectations
  • International Trade Agreements
  • Foreign Investment Inflows
  • Wage Gap Analysis
  • Econometric Methods

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ResearcherID]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Vidwan]
Dr. Barry H. Rodrigue
Dr. Barry H. Rodrigue

Professor and Scholar-in-Residence
BA, MA, PhD (1), PhD (2)
Email: barry.rodrigue@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology and Folklore
  • Geography
  • Historical Sciences
  • Big History, Universal Studies

Specific areas:


  • Human adaptation
  • Cultural landscapes
  • Macro - micro networks
  • Global crisis foresight
  • Evolutionary process

Research Profiles:

  • [Scopus]
  • [Web of Science]
  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ResearcherID]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Vidwan]
Dr. Esha Prasad
Dr. Esha Prasad

Assistant Professor
MA, PhD, NET
Email: esha.prasad@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Archaeology
  • History

Specific areas:


  • Protohistoric Period
  • Harappan Civilisation
  • Chalcolithic Cultures of India
  • Field Archaeology
  • Theoretical Archaeology

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ORCID]
  • [VIDWAN]
Dr. Damini Kulkarni
Dr. Damini Kulkarni

Assistant Professor
MA (Communication and Journalism), PhD (Media Studies), NET, UGC-JRF
Email: damini.kulkarni@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Media Studies
  • Film Studies
  • Communication Theory

Specific areas:


  • Critical Media Theory
  • Media Research
  • Indian Film Audiences
  • New Media Studies
  • Cinema after Digitality

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ORCID]
  • [SCOPUS]
  • [EPW]
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Dr. Afshan Majid

Assistant Professor Faculty-in-charge: History and Academics
MA (History), PG Diploma (Women’s Studies), PhD, NET, UGC-JRF
Email: afshan.majid@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • History
  • Women’s Studies
  • Big History

Specific areas:


  • Textual Analysis
  • Primary Sources and Archives
  • Medieval Indian History
  • Socio-Cultural History

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ORCID]
  • [Web of Science]
Dr. Gitanjali Roy.jpg
Dr Gitanjali Roy

Assistant Professor- SSLA
M.A., PhD, PGDCAH, SLET
Email: Gitanjali.roy@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • Indian Psychology
  • Counselling Psychology

Specific areas:


  • Ancient Indian scriptures
  • Different concepts from Indian ethos and literature
  • Personality
  • Inter-personal relationships
  • Communication
  • Emotions

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ResearchGate]
Dr. Vasudev Ramdas Menon.png
Dr. Vasudev Ramdas Menon

Assistant Professor Faculty-in-charge: Minor program in Biology and the SSLA International Cell
MSc., MPhil., PhD
Email:vasudev.menon@ssla.edu.in


Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:


  • History and Philosophy of Biology and Medicine
  • Immunology; Inflammation and Host-Viral interaction
  • Undergraduate bioscience pedagogy

Specific areas:


  • Biological Individuality
  • Process Relational Ontology of biological phenomena
  • Metaphysical questions in Immunology and Virology
  • Cross disciplinary learning competencies - Humanities and Life Sciences

Research Profiles:

  • [Google Scholar]
  • [ORCID]
  • [ResearcherID]


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