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Dr Ravi Saxena

Dr Ravi Saxena

Associate Professor , Law

ravi.saxena@sharda.ac.in

About

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Experience
  • 18 Years
Qualification
  • PhD, M. Phil. M.A., UGC-NET (Political Science)
Award & Recognition

  • Best Faculty Award- NMIMS University, Mumbai 2023-24, Rashtriya Pratibha Samman 2019.

Research

  • Publications:

Books:

  • Political Thought and Theory, N. Delhi. E-Publications, 2019. ISBN: 819394954-4.
  • Political Science- I. N. Delhi: LexisNexis India, 2qwqw016. ISBN: 978-93-5143-702-4.
  • Dilemmas in Politics: Values, Norms and Debates in the Contemporary World, New York: Routledge, New 2024. Link: https://www.routledge.com/Dilemma-in-Politics-Issues-Values-and-Debates-in-the-Contemporary-World/Saxena/p/book/9781032498690

Chapters in Edited Volumes:

  • Saxena, Ravi. ‘Caste and Politics in Contemporary India: Genesis, Mechanism and Dilemma, in Ravi Saxena (Ed.), Dilemma in Politics: Issues, Values and Debates in the Contemporary World, New York: Routledge, 2024. ISBN: 9781032498690. DOI: 10.4324/9781003518389-1.
  • Saxena, Ravi. ‘The Politics of Dalit Movement in Contemporary India, in Ravi Saxena (Ed.), Dilemma in Politics: Issues, Values and Debates in the Contemporary World, New York: Routledge, 2024. ISBN: 9781032498690.
  • Saxena, Ravi and Mitali Gupta. “Caste, Privatization of Higher Education and Social Exclusion in India: Some Reflections” in Dr. Swati Chakrabarty, Handbook of Social Media: For Digital Inclusion, N. Delhi. ABS Publications, 2018. ISSN: 978-93-86088.

Publication in the Report of an International Conference:

  • Presented a paper on - Caste, Politics and the Cultural Discourse in India: On Inequality, Humiliation and Discrimination at SICI-Prairies Conference. This has been reported in the Shastri-Indo Canadian Institute (SICI)- Canadas Report on the international conference- SICI-Prairies Regional Conference October 21-22, 2022.

Publications in Peer Reviewed Research Journals:

  • Saxena, Ravi, “The City and the Development: A Counter Narrative of Sustainable Development,” Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, E-ISSN: 2148-2403, P-ISSN: 1300-4832). 2024. A SCOPUS (Q4) Indexed Research Journal.
  • Saxena, Ravi, “Interrogating the Brahminical Discourses of Subaltern Studies: Some Reflections, Littcrit, June-July, 2023, Vol. 49, No. 1. ISSN: 0970-8049. 136-146.
  • Saxena, Ravi. ‘Phule, Gandhi and Ambedkar on Dalit Emancipation and Education as a Panacea for Dalit Empowerment, Kurdish Studies, Vol. 10 (2): 402-406. September, 2022. (Scopus, Q1).
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Sustaining Earth: Bringing Law, Society and Sustainable Development Together”, NMIMS Journal of Economic and Public Policy, Volume V, Issue I, January 2020.
  • Saxena, Ravi and Vaibhav Shah. “Is the Crisis in Humanities Escapable? Rethinking Martha Nussbaums Curriculum Reforms in the Light of Indian Higher Education System.,” Littcrit, Vol. 41, No.1, June 2018. ISSN: 0970-8049. Pp.185-195. (UGC-CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi and Vaibhav Shah. “Quest for Academic Autonomy and the Making of Public Intellectuals: Some Reflections on Martha Nussbaums Humanity Project”, Dialogue, Vol. 19 No.2, October-December 2017. Pp.143-158. ISSN: 0973-0095. (UGC-CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi. “The Annihilation of Caste, Joothan and Cultural Questioning”, September 2017, The Scholastic Forum, D.A.V. College, Chandigarh. (UGC approved peer reviewed research journal) ISSN: 2395-0889. Pp. 98-107.
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Democracy, Plurality and Higher Education in India: A Perspective”, The Scholastic Forum, Vol.1, No.2, September, 2016. pp. 62-72. ISSN: 2395-0889. (UGC Approved peer-reviewed Research Journal).
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Globalization, Role of Education and Professional Education: A Laymans Labour”, Libertatem, Vol.1, Issue 8, September 15, 2015. www.mylibertatem.com. ISSN: 2395-4418. Pp. 27-28.
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Caste, Constitutionalism and Human Rights in Modern India: A Gandhian Critique”, Indian Journal of Lifelong Learning and Development, Department of Adult Education, Savitribai Phule University, Pune. Vol.3, No.3, July-September, 2015, pp. 58-72. ISSN: 2454-6852. Pp. 58-72. (UGC-CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi and Saurabh Anand. “Scripting Women in Modern Political System in India: Roots and Routs” in GNLU Journal of Law, Development and Politics, Vol.4, Issue 1, April. 2014. Pp. 91-99. ISSN: 0975-0193. (UGC-CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi. “The 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts, 1992: An Impact Analysis of Decentralization in India” in Journal of Centre for Law and Governance (JCLG), Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Vol.1, Issue 1, July 2014. Pp. 43-53. ISSN No. 2348-7801.
  • Saxena, Ravi. “The Dalit Question: Reading Godan and Joothan as Narratives of Dalit Protest.” in Panjab University Research Journal (Arts), Vol. XXXVI (1&2), April-October, 2009. Pp.90-112. ISSN: 0970-5260. (UGC-CARE).
  • Saxena, Ravi. “Interrogative Issues in Indias Experiments with Multiculturalism: Some Reflections on the Situation of Dalits, Religious Minorities and Pravasis” in DIVINER, Vol. 4(2), Feb-July, 2007. pp. 135-140.

Commentaries/Magazine/Newspaper Articles/Opinions:

  • Saxena, Ravi. ‘Is Dalit a Hindu?, BW Businessworld, November 19, 2017 issue, available at http://businessworld.in/article/Is-Dalit-a-Hindu-/19-10-2017-128713/

Area of Interest

  • Dalit Politics in India
  • Caste and Politics in India
  • Constitutionalism
  • Climate Change and Sustainable Development