Dr. Miranda Das
Designation: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
E-mail ID: das.jan.miranda@gmail.com
Educational Qualifications
PhD, 2016
Centre for International Legal Studies,
School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
M.Phil, 2011
Centre for International Legal Studies,
School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
MA in Politics (with specialization in International Relations), 2009
School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
BA (Political Science Hons.), 2007
Cotton College,
Gauhati University, Assam
UGC-JRF/ SRF, 2010
Work Experience
Research Fellow
Centre for Development Practice and Research
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Senior Wing, Delhi Public School (DPS)
Chandmari Village
Patna- 801502
March 2016 – February 2017
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Patna Women’s College (Autonomous)
Patna – 800001
December 2020 – November 2022
Research Work
Patna Women’s College (Seed Money): “Multinational Corporations and Gender Discrimination: Escape from Accountability” (2022)
Tata Institute of Social Science, Patna: “Male Out-migration and Women in Rural Bihar: A Socio-Legal Study” (2017)
Publications
(with Sukhdev Singh & Sangeeta Das) Chapter on “COVID-19 Induced Online Education in India: Challenges of Climate, Gender, and Technology”, Online Education During a Time of Emergency: Conditions, Contexts, and Critiques, Wilmington: Vernon Press, Forthcoming
(with Sukhdev Singh) Chapter on “A Critique of Subjectivisation in Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, Volumes 1-4”, Truth in the Late Foucault: Antiquity, Sexuality and Psychoanalysis, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, Forthcoming
“Multinational Corporations and Gender Discrimination: Escape from Legal Accountability”, International Journal of Political Science, Vol. 8, Issue. 2, 2022 (ISSN 2454-9452)
(With Sukhdev Singh) “Crimes of Sexual Violence within International Criminal Law: A Historical Outline”, Journal of Politics and Law, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2021/ Online Published on November 25, 2020 (ISSN 1913-9047/ E-ISSN 1913-9055) (Published by Canadian Centre of Science and Education)
“Male Out-migration and Women in Rural Bihar: A Socio-legal Study”, Journal of Migration Affairs, Vol. 1, Issue. 1, 2018 (ISSN 2582-0990) (Published by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Patna)
“Law Relating to Rape: An International Humanitarian Perspective”, Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 1, Issue. 1, 2014, (ISSN No. 2350-1200) (Published by National Law School of India University, Bangalore)
“Women and War: A Feminist Critique of International Humanitarian Law”, Conference Proceedings: National Conference on Law and Justice, Gujrat: AURO University, 2013, (ISBN: 978-81-928189-0-0)
“Domestic Violence and Human Rights: A Feminist Analysis”, 1St WDC International Conference on Empowerment of Women in Developing World, New Delhi: DK Publishers Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2013, (ISBN: 978-93-80397-39-9)
(with Sukhdev Singh) “Locomonster: Memory of Colonial Modernity”, Monsters and the Monstrous, Vol. 2, No. 1, (Special Issue Monstrous Memory), 2012, (ISSN: 1756-770X) (Published by Interdisciplinary Press, United Kingdom)
Invited Lectures/ Resource Person
Delivered a Lecture on “Gender and Multinational Corporations: Escape from Accountability”, Institute of Global Professionals, Chattogram, Bangladesh, 06 March 2022
Resource Person for Session on “Gender Vulnerability and Migration”, A Seven Day Mentorship Programme for Faculty Development in Critical Theory and Praxis, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 01 October 2021
Delivered a Lecture on “Understanding Power” as a Resource Person for the Exchange Programme, Sophia Girls College (Autonomous), Ajmer, Rajasthan, 23 December 2020
Resource Person for Session on “Academic & Non-Academic Writing”, One Week Faculty Development Program on Academic Writing: Theory & Practice, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K, 01-06 November 2018
Resource Person for Session on “How to Write Data Chapters”, One Week Faculty Development Program on Academic Writing: Theory & Practice, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K, 01-06 November 2018
Designed and Instructed a Module on “Gender, Vulnerabilities and Migration”, Orientation Programme on Migration, Centre for Development Practice & Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Patna, Bihar, 20-26 February 2017
Organised & Conducted a Session on “References/ Citations & Plagiarism”, Academic Writing Workshop for PhD Scholars Belonging to SC/ST Communities, TISS Patna/Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Tamil Nadu/Centre for Social Equity & Inclusion, Bihar, 14-15 December 2016
Organised & Conducted a Session on “How to Write Data Chapters”, Academic Writing Workshop for PhD Scholars Belonging to SC/ST Communities, TISS Patna/Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Tamil Nadu/Centre for Social Equity & Inclusion, Bihar, 14-15 December 2016
Research Papers Presented
“Massage: A Study of Slipperiness of Gender or Sex Identity in the Kāmasūtra”, 16th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Bodies, Gender, Identities, Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, 25-26 November 2022
“Women and Home: An Exploration of Private Space, Gender and Urbanization”, International Web Conference on Understanding Urban Ecosystem and Moving Towards Sustainability, Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College in collaboration with Loreto College, Kolkata, 22 – 24 August, 2022
“A Critique of Subjectivisation in Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, Volumes 1-4”, 2022 Comparative Literature Conference on Truth in the Late Foucault, University of South Carolina, USA, 10-13 February 2022
“Male Outmigration and Women in Rural Bihar: A Socio-legal Study”, in Symposium on ‘Exploring New Grounds of Studying Bihar’, SAP Building, History Department, Darbhanga House, Patna University, 27 February 2017
“Re-interrogating Refugee Law: A Feminist Analysis”, in National Seminar on ‘Prospects of and Challenges in Bridging the Gender Divide’, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, 02 May – 03 May, 2014
“The Legal Treatment of Marital Rape: A Critique”, in International Conference on ‘Comparative Law and Development’, Law Centre – I, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 21 March – 22 March, 2014
“International Humanitarian Law and Women’s Rights: Re-investigating the Fault-Lines”, in Annual International Studies Convention on ‘Re-imagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South’, Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 10 Dec – 12 Dec, 2013
“Rethinking Women’s Identity: A Feminist Critique of Patriarchy and the State” in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Questioning Identity: Response of the State and Community in Contemporary India’, Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, Kolkata, 23 Aug – 24 Aug, 2013
“Domestic Violence and Human Rights: A Feminist Analysis” in 1st WDC International Conference on ‘Empowerment of Women in the Developing World’, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 1 April- 2 April, 2013
“Gender Blind Economics: A Feminist Critique” in UGC & ICSSR Sponsored National Conference on ‘Rethinking Development: Emerging & Contemporary Debates’, K.C. College, Mumbai, 11 Dec- 12 Dec, 2012
Orientation/ Faculty Development Programme/ Training Programme/ Online Courses
Capacity Building Workshop for IQAC functioning and Accreditation Process, RUSA Sponsored Six Day Workshop, Patna Women’s College, Patna, 10 – 15 March 2022
4 Week Online Induction Training/Orientation Programme, Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education, 17 September – 16 October 2021
Data Analysis and Statistics Using SPSS, St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, Patna, 15-19 September 2021
Creating a Positive Work Culture: Strategy for Quality and Excellence, RUSA Sponsored Five Day Online FDP, Patna Women’s College, Patna and St. Aloysius College, Jabalpur, 23 – 27 June 2021
Learn to Publish, Wiley Author Webinar Series, June – July 2020
Certificate Course, Moral Foundations of Politics, Yale University, Offered through Coursera, 2020
Certificate Course, HOPE: Human Odyssey to Political Existentialism, Princeton University, Offered through EdX, 2020
Productivity Enhancement Programme, TEQIP-III, National Institute of Technology, Patna, 6-11 November 2019
Membership in Professional Bodies
Member, International Studies Association, University of Connecticut, 362 Fairfield Way, Unit 4013, Storrs, CT 06269-4013, USA
Member, AWID (The Association for Women’s Rights in Development), Toronto, Canada
Member, Institute of Global Professionals, Chattogram, Bangladesh
