Contact: vandana@cwds.ac.in
Education
- Ph.D. (Social Work), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
- M.Phil. (Social Work), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
- MA (Social Work), Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi
Research Interests
Dalit women; Youth; Higher education; Intersectionality; Agency
Professional activities/awards
- Qualified Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship, April 2007
- Qualified UGC JRF-NET in Social Work, June 2007
- Qualified UGC JRF-NET in Women Studies, December 2008
Publications
Research Articles
- Vandana. (2026). (In)Visible Dalit Women: Collective Resistance for Dignity. Social Change, 0(0). https://doi.org/
10.1177/00490857251413409 - Vandana. (2025). Mothering in the Balmiki Community: Navigating Daughters’ Education in the Disadvantaged Urban Neighbourhood in Delhi. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 0(0). https://doi.org/
10.1177/2455328X241306256 - Vandana (2020). Dalit Girls and Sexual Harassment in the University, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, volume: 27 issue: 1, page(s): 33-54
Book Chapter
- ‘Negotiating with Patriarchy and access to higher education in Supurna Banerjee and Nandini Ghosh (ed.) Caste and Gender in Contemporary India: Power, Privilege and Politics, Routledge, London, 2018.
- (with Annie Namala) ‘The Rights of Socially Excluded Children to Education’ National Right to Education Forum, Stock taking Report 2016-17.
Book Review
- Book review of ‘Women heroes and Dalit assertion in North India (Cultural subordination and the Dalit challenge, by Badri Narayan published in Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 56, No. 3 (September-December) 2007.