FELLOWSHIP AWARDEES
The Australia-India Council has been of invaluable help in this enterprise, giving generously of time, personnel and money in the Association’s pursuit of its aims.
AIC AUSTRALIAN STUDIES FELLOWSHIP AWARDEES
Tej Pal Singh, TERI University
(Dr Singh has since moved to Bangkok) Research topic: “Comparative analysis of the farm forestry systems existing in Australia and India and their potential for carbon sequestration”
Priti Singh
SIS, JNU, New Delhi
Email: priti_jnu@rediffmail.com
Mobile: 9818080695
Research topic: “Issues of governance of the Aborigines of Australia”
Pankaj K. Singh
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, H.P.
Email: Pankaj_k_s@rediffmail.com
Mobile: 09816324337
Research topic: “A survey of Australian Studies Centres and Courses in Australia with the aim of constructing a comprehensive Australian Studies in Shimla”
Ms Susan Thomas
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Email: susanthomas.knc@gmail.com
Mobile: 9891314564
Research topic: “Telling lives: A study of Aboriginal personal narratives in Australia”
Santosh Sareen
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Email: sareen@vsnl.com
Mobile: 9810072383
Research topic: “Multicultural Perspectives on Australia”
Utham Kumar Jamadhagni
University of Madras, Chennai
Email: uthamkj@rediffmail.com
Mobile: 09380899334, 25368778 Ext. 332
Research topic: “Indo-Australian Maritime Security Cooperation”
Harpreet Pruthi
Panjab University, Chandigarh
Mobile: 9890045554
Email: harpreet_pruthi@yahoo.com
Research topic: “Native Literature of Australia and India”
Ms Sumathy Thankgapandian
Queen Mary’s college, Chennai
Mobile: 9841208151, 09486458969
Research topic: “The Tamil Diaspora in Australia”
Ms Nilanjana Deb
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Email: nilanjanadeb@yahoo.com
Mobile: 9239203021,65450548,24943004
Research topic: “The muse of History”
Sanjukta Dasgupta
University of Calcutta, Kolkatta
Email: dasgupta.sanjukta@gmail.com
Mobile: 9830301240
Research topic: “Race, Gender and Location: Australian Women’s Writing”
Makarand Paranjape
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Email: makarand@mail.jnu.ac.in
Mobile: 9871533119
Research topic: “Postcolonial Sacred: Australian explorations”
Y Yagama Reddy
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh
Email: yagamareddy.y@gmail.com
Mobile: 9441544778
Research topic: “Australia-India Partnership: Towards a Paradigm Shift”
Neelima Kanwar
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
Email: neelimakanwar@gmail.com
Email: neelimakanwar@yahoo.co.in
Research topic: “Construction of Aboriginal Identity”
Mr Rupakjyoti Borah
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Email: rupakj@yahoo.com
Mobile: 98101 96077
Research topic: “India in Australia’s foreign policy: 1991-2004”
D.N. Bannerjee
Burdwan University, West Bengal
Email: debnarayan@gmail.com
Mobile: 9433170214,24554181
Research topic: “Curriculum Development: redefining the Australian studies syllabus in Indian Universities”
Kapil Kumar
Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi
Email: profkapilk@gmail.com
Mobile: 9810321463,29536189
Research topic: “Heritage as a tourism product: a case study of product designing and related human resource development practices in Australia
Amita Singh
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Email: amita.singh3@gmail.com
Mobile: 9868447328
Research topic: “Empowerment: India – Australia Comparative perspectives”
Angshuman Kar
Burdwan University, West Bengal
Emailangshus@gmail.com
Mobile: 9474039992
Research topic: “Petitions as Culture Texts: Mapping the Aboriginal Protest since 1979".
Mr Nabeel Ajmal Mancheri – Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University
nabeelmnc@gmail.com
Mobile: 9868722117
Research topic: “Political economy of a Commodity trade triangle: Australia-India-Japan in a new cooperation framework”
Mr Kamla Kanta Dash
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
kamaljnu@gmail.com
Mobile: 9999348262
Research topic: “the state and civil society interface in fighting terrorism: a study of Indian and Australian approaches”
Professor Sudha Rai
University of Rajasthan
Research topic: “Re-siting/ Re-citing the Colonial: History and the Literary Imagination in the Aboriginal writings of Kim Scott and Alexis Wright”
Dr Rabindranath Bhattacharyya
The University of Burdwan
Research topic: Australian Federalism in a Multicultural Society: A Model of Good Governance?
Professor Veena Ravi Poonacha,
SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
Research topic: Domestic Violence among the Indian Diaspora Community in Australia: Women’s Survival Strategies
Mr Sagar Dan
The University of Burdwan
Research topic: “Contestations and Negotiations: Identity and Self-Creation of Aborigine Youth in Mudrooroo’s Novels
Professor Gopa Kumar Gopala Pillai
University of Kerala Research topic: Federalism in Australia and its linkages with multiculturalism
Dr Balasubramanian Madhan
Apollo Institute of Hospital Management, Hyderabad
Research topic: Transnational health policy research in indigenous oral health
Maria Preethi Srinivasan
University of Madras
Research topic: Documentary on the published life stories of australia Aboriginal and Indian Dalit and Adivasi women
Jati Sankar Mondal
Triveni Devi Bhlaotia College, Burdwan Research topic: Rehistoricizing Ned Kelly Legend
Dr Shanta Nedungadi Varma
Goa University
Research topic: Australia: Multimedia Narratives of Multicultural Nationhood
Dr Shanta Nedungadi Varma
University of Delhi
Research topic: Climate Change and Environmental Security: Comprehending the Discourse in Australia
Mr Anandarup Biswas
Shibpur Dinabundhoo College, West Bengal
Research topic: Sustainable Tourism Development in Australia: Challenges, Strategies and Impacts
Ms Ipsita Sengupta
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Dr Sylvia Yambem (not availed due to illness)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Research topic: Understanding Employment Generation within networks of Social Capital: A Study of the Indigenous Aboriginals
Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya
Malaviya Centre for Peace, Banaras Hindu University Research topic: “Managing Diversities Peacefully: Learning Experiences from Multicultural Cities in India & Australia”
Dr Nidhi Singh
Department of English, University of Rajasthan at Jaipur
Research topic: “Making Connections: South-Asian Immigrant’s Search for Cultural Coexistence”
Mr Arindam Das
Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
Research topic: “Indo-Australian Dialogue: Indian Diasporic presence and the rethinking of culture, economy and politics”
Dr Parmod Kumar
Dept. of English, IGNOU
Research topic: “Writings from the Fringe: A comparative study of Australian Aboriginal and Indian Aborigines (dalits) through their autobiographies, memoirs et al”
Ms Lovepreen Kaur
Department of Mental Health, Max Health Care
Research topic: “perceptions of safety and the acculturation experience among Indian students in Australia: A pilot study of North Indian and Punjabi Students in Melbourne and Sydney”
Dr Rupakjyoti Borah
Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal University
Research topic: Australia-India strategic convergence in the Indian Ocean region: Vision 2020
