Dr. Avantika Singh

Designation: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

E-mail: asingh@polscience.du.ac.inavantika161@gmail.com 

Educational Qualifications

Bachelors in Political Science (2006)

Indraprastha College for women, University of Delhi

Masters in Political Science (2008)

Hindu College, University of Delhi

M.Phil in Political Science (2010)

Department of Political Science, University of Delhi (coursework only)

PhD (2019)

Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

Title of the Thesis - Gendering Climate Change Vulnerability – A case study of two villages in Uttar Pradesh (India)

Post Graduate Diploma (2013)

Federalism, Decentralisation and Conflict Resolution. (August 19th -September 6th 2013),

Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Areas of Interest

Gender, Climate Change, Adaptation and Vulnerability Study, Decentralisation, Green Federalism, Indian Politics, Public Administration.

Research Skill

Participatory rural appraisal method, Mixed method approach, Sampling Techniques, Interviewing Techniques, SPSS and Excel.

Work Experience

Assistant Professor (Adhoc): Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

27th July 2015 to 22nd May 2016 & 26th July 2016 – till date.

Papers taught at Post-Graduate level (M.A. in Political Science)

o   Administrative Theory
o   Environmental Policies and Politics
o   Politics in India
o   Rural Urban Governance in India
o   Social Exclusion
o   Elections and Electoral Process in India
o   Parties, Elections and Political Process in India
o   The Political in Local Governance 

Assistant Professor (Adhoc): Vivekananda College, University of Delhi

27th January 2015 – 22nd April 2015.

Papers taught at Graduate level (B.A. in Political Science)

o   Reading Gandhi
o   Indian Political Thought
o   Public Administration 

Guest Lecturer (Resource Person): School of Open Learning, 2015 till present

Papers taught at Post-Graduate level (M.A. in Political Science)

o   Administrative Theory
o   Politics in India
o   Environmental Policies and Politics
o   Rural Urban Governance in India
o   Parties, Elections and Political Process in India
o   The Political in Local Governance 

Guest Lecturer (Resource Person): NCWEB, 2019-2020

Papers taught at Post-Graduate level (M.A. in Political Science)

o   Administrative Theory
o   Rural Urban Governance in India

Consultant: International Rice Research Institute, Delhi

15th April 2014 to 15th August 2014.

Worked on gender assignments and Climate Change

University Teaching Assistant: Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

24th February 2010 to 24th July 2013.

Tutorial taken at Post Graduate level (M.A. in Political Science)

o   Politics in India
o   Administrative Theory

Honorary Research Affiliate: Centre for Multilevel Federalism,

2010 onwards 

Grants and Fellowships

♦ Training Grant (Travel and Full Board) for programme titled ‘Mainstreaming Climate Change towards COP-26 and Beyond’,  Centre of Science and Environment, Nimli Rajasthan. 23rd March 2021 – 25th March 2021.

♦ Scholarship Grant for Summer School on Federalism, Decentralization and Conflict Resolution from University of Fribourg and Travel Grant from University of Delhi, Switzerland, 2013.

♦ Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by University Grants Commission from the period 25th November 2012 – 24th November 2014

♦ Awarded Junior Research Fellowship by University Grants Commission from the period 24th November 2010 – 24th November 2012.

♦ Conference Grant (Travel and Full Board) from University of Arizona for Paper Presentation at Adaptation Futures Conference, USA, 2012.

♦ Selected as Young Researcher from India, United Nation's Conference on Sustainable Development, Brazil, 2012.

♦ Conference Grant (Travel and Full Board) from Centre of Science and Environment for Paper Presentation at Climate Change Conference, Bangalore, 2012.

Other Academic Activities

♦ Independent Researcher working on ‘Climate change adaptation and gender responsive inclusion: Investigating water-based community efforts in India’ under the Charles Burdick Global Scholars Program, University of California , USA. (ongoing)

♦ Convener of UGC CAS-SAP National Seminar on Climate Change: A Social Perspective, 24th February 2020.

♦ Working Group Member for the revision of various courses for Programme (CBCS) B.A.(Hons.) Political Science, University of Delhi.

♦ Coordinator of International Conference (under UGC CAS-SAP program) on Electoral Dynamics and Contours of Party System: Run up-to 2019 organized by Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. 1st -2nd March, 2019.

♦ Convener of UGC CAS-SAP National Seminar on Continuity and Change on Indian Voting Behaviour, 5th March 2019.

♦ Investigator in Environment and Federalism component of ‘Continuity and Change in Indian Federalism’ research project funded by Leverhulme International Research Network, London, UK (2015-2018). 

Publications

Articles/Chapters

1. Singh, Avantika (2020). Introspecting Gender in National Action Plan for Climate Change of India. Indian Journal of Public Administration. IIPA, New Delhi.

2. Singh, Avantika (2020). Unravelling Social Exclusion and Vulnerability by factors of Climate Change in India. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. Routledge. (Under Revision).

3. Singh, Avantika (2020). ‘Climate Change and Sub-National Government: Uttar Pradesh’ in Saxena, Rekha (ed.) New Dimensions in Federal Discourse in India, New Delhi: Routledge .

4. Singh, Avantika (2020). ‘Reshaping Food Security in India: Local voices making local choices in Satyajit Singh and Ajit Menon (ed.) Politics of the Local. Mac Millan (in press).

5. Sharma, Vaishali and Singh, Avantika (2019). Himachal Pradesh Elections 2017: An analysis for 2019 Lok Sabha Polls. The Indian Journal of Political Science (IJPS). Vol. LXXX (2).

6. Singh, Avantika (2017). Gendering Climate Change Discourse. International Research Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 6 (6).

7. Singh, Avantika (2017). Bhartiya Nadiyon ko Jodne ki Sankalpana- Vardan ya Vidhivans. Shrinkhla Ek Shodhparak Vaicharik Patrika. Vol. 4, Issue 9.

8. Singh, Avantika (2017). Honour Killing in India – An analysis beyond cultural manifestation. Indian Journal of Human Relations. Vol. 51, Issue 2.

E-Content

Chapter on ‘Environmental Disasters and Struggles’, School of Open Learning, University of Delhi.

Work in Progress

♦ Cooperative Politics and the Grain Bank: An empirical Study of Jalaun District, Uttar Pradesh (India)

♦ Gendering Climate Change Methodologies

♦ Climate change adaptation and gender responsive inclusion: Investigating water-based community efforts in India

♦ COVID 19 and Food Security: The Public Institutional Response 

Resource Person in Webinar

♦ Delivered a talk on ‘Online Teaching Learning for Teachers and Non Teaching Staff’, at

♦ Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, University of Delhi .  August  7th -9th , 2020.

♦ Delivered Talk on ‘National Eligibility Test 2020: The Road Ahead - Session 2: NET/JRF in Political Science - Planning and Preparedness’, at Trust FFD Organisation, 2nd September 2020.

♦ Delievered Talk on ‘क्यों जरूरी है छोटी नदियों को बचाना?’, at Parmarth Samaj sevi Sansthan, Bundelkhand, 27th March 2021.

Conferences

Paper Presentation

1. Paper Presentation at IIPN Annual Conference 2021 on ‘Anaj Bank:  A food Security intervention by Locals’ organized by  Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, Mohali. 26th -27th March 2021.

2. Paper Presentation at IIPN Annual Conference 2021 over Roundtable on ‘Water and Climate Change’ organized by  Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, Mohali. 26th -27th March 2021.

3. Paper presentation at International Seminar on ‘Governance and Welfare State’ at Satyawati College, University of Delhi, 8th -9th January 2021.

4. Paper Presentation at  International Workshop on ‘Green Growth Strategies for Climate Resilience and DRR: Policies, Pathways and Tools’ organized by NIDM, Ministry of Home Affairs (New Delhi)  and ISEC (Bengaluru). 26th -28th November’ 2020.

5. Paper Presentation at National Convention on 'Elimination of Single Use Plastics: Possibilities and Opportunities for New India' at Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, Mumbai.

6. Paper Presentation at International Conference on Electoral Dynamics and Contours of Party System : Run up-to 2019 on “Factoring Women in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections” organized by Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. 1st -2nd  March, 2019.

7. Paper Presentation at 2nd Annual International Conference on Politics and Public Policy on “Decoding the Role of Sub-national in Climate Change Rhetoric – An insight from India” organized by IPPN and Department of Political Science, Delhi University. 4th -6th February 2019.

8. Paper presentation at  National Seminar on "Poverty and Social Exclusion: A Life Course Perspective" organized by IIPA, Delhi. April 12-13, 2018.

9. Presented a paper titled “ Confluence of Climate Change and Federalism: A case study of U.P’s SAPCC” in the Workshop on Continuity and Change in Indian Federalism organized by Leverhulme International Research Network and Department of Political Science, University of Delhi on 6th December 2016.

10. Presented a paper titled ‘Theorizing Gender in Climate Change Discourse’ in one day Department Seminar in Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, April 2nd , 2016.

11. Paper presentation at National Institute of Disaster Management Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and Indian Institute of Public Administration, Delhi collaborated programme on Climate Change Adaptation with emphasis on Water Sector. Received best presentation award, 2014.

12. Paper presentation at 2nd International Conference on Gender Relation in Developing Societies : A 21st Century Perspective, organised by Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, India. March 19 -20, 2013.

13. Paper Presentation at Third national conference on climate change, organised by CSE and IIT at Bangalore, 3 -5 November 2012.

14. Paper Presentation at International conference on Adaptation Futures, University of Arizona, USA. 29 May – 31 May 2012.

15. Paper Presentation at International Humbolt Kolleg on Adaptive Management of ecosystems: The knowledge systems of societies for adaptation and mitigation of impacts of climate change – conducted by ISEC and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bangalore, India, 2011.

16. Paper Presentation at IGS – SENSE Conference, conducted by Utwente University, Netherland, 2011.

Discussant

♦ Discussant at 2nd Annual International Conference on Politics and Public Policy for the panel  “Politics of Natural Resources Policy in India: Countering the Utilitarian Perspective” organized by IPPN and Department of Political Science, Delhi University. 4th -6th February 2019.

♦ Discussant at Conference on Polity as Fiction , Fiction as Reality : Fifty Years of Raag Darbari,  for the panel on “Text and contemporary Politics” organized by Department of Political Science, Delhi University. 29th -30th January 2018.

Programme / Workshop / Summer School 

♦ Completed training programme on ‘Mainstreaming Climate Change towards COP-26 and Beyond’,  Centre of Science and Environment, Nimli Rajasthan. 23rd March 2021 – 25th March 2021.

♦ Research Methodology (RM -2) workshop on ‘Research for Resurgence’ organized by Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), University of Delhi, 6th  January -12th January 2021.

♦ Two-Week Faculty Development Programme (FDP)  on ‘Quantitative Methods for Data Analysis’  organized by Teaching Learning Centre, established under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Training scheme of MHRD, Ramanujan College (University of Delhi), 12th -25th August 2020. Graded A+.

♦ Two-Week Faculty Development Programme (FDP)  on ‘FDP on Managing online classes and co-creating MOOCs’ organized by Teaching Learning Centre, established under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Training scheme of MHRD, Ramanujan College (University of Delhi), 25th July 2020 to 10th August 2020. Graded A+.

♦ Faculty Development Programme (FDP)  on  ‘Climate Smart Governance’ sponsored by DST, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), 17th  -29th June  2019.

♦ Participated in a pre-conference methodology workshop on Researching Contemporary Public Policies: Emerging Methodologies in the 2nd Annual International Conference by Indian Public Policy Network in association with the Department of Political Science, Delhi University. 4th February 2019.

♦ Training workshop on ‘Climate Change Adaptation with emphasis on Water Sector’  from February 10th  to 14th  2014, sponsored by National Institute of Disaster Management Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

♦ Attended a High Level Committee on the Status of Women to review and assess the socio-economic, political and legal status of women to recommend appropriate policy interventions organised by Government of India and UNDP, February 4-5 , 2014.

♦ International Summer University 2013 on Federalism, Decentralisation and Conflict Resolution, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. 19th August to 6th September 2013.

♦ 2nd JNU National Interaction Program for PhD Scholars in Social Sciences and Humanities from 22nd July 2013 to 8th August 2013 (Course focused on research methodologies).

♦ Workshop on Data Gaps for Research and Action on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation, A workshop sponsored by NASA SEDAC and UNEP PROVIA in association with the Adaptation Futures Conference, 1st  June 2012, Tucson, Arizona

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 19/03/1985

Email: asingh@polscience.du.ac.in; avantika161@gmail.com