R. Indira

R. Indira
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Born	Ramarao Indira (1952-04-22) April 22, 1952 Mysore, Karnataka, India
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🌐 Website	r-indira.com

Ramarao Indira (born 22 April 1952 in Mysore, Karnataka) is an Indian sociologist who lives in Mysore. In her University career spanning 42 years, she has held such positions as Chair of the Department of Sociology, Director of the International Centre and Honorary Director of the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Mysore.

Academic and professional career

Indira had her school and college education in Mysore and joined the University of Mysore as a faculty in the Department of Sociology in 1972 and continued to teach and engage in research in the department until her superannuation in the year 2014. She built a research culture in the department through her people-centric research projects and also through training students to undertake studies on themes of social relevance. She is well known for her works on gender issues in forest management, girls' education, building capacities of women in institutions of local self-governance.

She has published columns on sociological topics in Kerala newspapers such as Mysuru Mithra. Her major works include Themes in Sociology of Education (Studies in Indian Sociology) and Gender and Society in India (two volumes) as editor, and many Kannada books on such themes as feminism, women and culture, and research methods. Consulting Editor, 'Sociology' - English -Kannada Translation Equivalents. Chief Editor, 'Gender and Women's Studies'- English - Kannada Translation Equivalents. She is a contributor to and editor of encyclopaedias, dictionaries, journals, theme-based books and translation projects.

Research and teaching

Indira is an Honorary Adjunct Professor at the University of Iowa. She also taught a semester at that University as a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer. Earlier she had worked on American Women & Technical Education on a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. She was an ICSSR Senior Research Fellow & received four fellowships from the Shastri Indo Canadian Institute and has carried out extensive work with forest communities in Western Ghats.

Indira has been a visiting faculty at Study India Programs of the Universities of Puget Sound, Iowa, Delaware, Princeton, Michigan and Florida International University in the United States and Mount Alison, Guelph and Concordia Universities in Canada. She has been Visiting Fellow at the University of Delhi and Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and Scholar-in-Residence at the Kuvempu and Bangalore Universities.

Current responsibilities

She is the President of Samruddhi Foundation, a civil society group that she initiated with her family & friends for building the capacities of women, research students and members of society.

She was Secretary of the Indian Sociological Society between 2014 and 2015, and later served as the organization's president in the late 2010s. She is the Honorary President of the Alumni Association, Department of Sociology, Masagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysuru.

Recognition and awards

In 2022, the Indian Sociological Society presented Indira with the society's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Publications

Articles

• Geetha, G.S.; Indira, R. (January 2010). "Women, Income Generation, and Political Capital in the Silk Industry in Karnataka". Gender, Technology and Development. 14 (3): 423–440. doi:10.1177/097185241001400307. ISSN 0971-8524.
• Geetha, G.S.; Indira, R. (February 2011). "Silkworm Rearing by Rural Women in Karnataka: A Path to Empowerment". Indian Journal of Gender Studies. 18 (1): 89–102. doi:10.1177/097152151001800105. ISSN 0971-5215.
• Indira, R. (April 2020). "Lending Voices to the Marginalised: The Power of Narratives as Alternative Sociological Discourse". Sociological Bulletin. 69 (1): 7–16. doi:10.1177/0038022919898999. ISSN 0038-0229.
• Indira, R. (January 2023). "Situating Development in a Culture Sensitive and Eco-Conscious Framework: A Roadmap for Policy and Practice". Sociological Bulletin. 72 (1): 7–17. doi:10.1177/00380229221136255. ISSN 0038-0229.

Chapters

• Indira, R. (2018). "The sociology of C. Parvathamma: Going beyond stereotypes". Re-Imagining Sociology in India. Routledge India. doi:10.4324/9780429470974-4. ISBN 978-0-429-47097-4. Retrieved 2024-03-04. Search this book on </ref>
• Indira, Ramarao; Shanthi, G. (2023). "Interrogating Relocation of Forest-Dependent Communities from a Gender Lens: Perceptions from the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka". Gender, Environment and Sustainable Development. Routledge India. doi:10.4324/9781032628394-8. ISBN 978-1-032-62839-4. Retrieved 2024-03-04. Search this book on

See also

• Jayalakshmi Seethapura
• Nanjaiah Honganuru
• Aravinda Malagatti
• Vijaya Dabbe
• C. P. Siddhashrama

External links

• Official website
• University of Mysore page

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