Dr. Madhumita Biswal Profile

Assistant Professor,

Centre for Studies in Society and Development,

School of Social Sciences,

Email: madhumita25[@]gmail.com

Education:

• Ph.D in Sociology, University of Hyderabad, 2009.
• M.Phil in Sociology, University of Hyderabad, 2003.

Areas of interest:

Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Health and Sociology of Development.

Course taught at CUG:

Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Health, Classical Sociological Theory, Rural Society, Sociology of Environment, Research Methodology, Theories of Society, Social Development: Theories and Practices.

PUBLICATIONS

• Asima Jena and Madhumita Biswal. 2019. 'Critical reflections on health sector reforms in India: A seminar reprot', Indian Jpornal of Medical Ethics. Vol. IV, No.2, pp. 166-168.
• Madhumita Biswal. 2018. 'Caste, Class and Gender on the Margins of the State: A Study among Community Health Workers'. In Purendra Prasad and Amar Jeshani ed. Equity and Access: Health Care Studies in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, Pp-245-262.
• Asima Jena and Madhumita Biswal. 2015. 'Whose Body is Legitimatized for Sterilization After All?' Society and Culture in South Asia, Vol-1, Issue-2, pp. 195-199.
• Madhumita Biswal. 2014. 'Politics of Reproduction'- Block-2, in the Women and social Structure. IGNOU: School of Gender and Development Studies. ISBN-978-81-226-6796-3. Pp-129-144.
• Madhumita Biswal. 2014. 'Contemporary Feminist Perspectives'- Block-3, in the Women and social Structure. IGNOU: School of Gender and Development Studies. ISBN-978-81-226-6796-3. pp- 159-173.

E-Pathasala Modules:

• Madhumita Biswal; 'English Medicine and Colonizing the Body', e-PG Pathasala, Sociology; Paper-8; Sociology of Health; Module no. 08.
• Madhumita Biswal; 'Primary Health, Politics of Health in India'; e-PG Pathasala, Sociology; Paper-8; Sociology of Health; Module no. 9.
• Madhumita Biswal; 'Right to Health, People's Health Movement'; e-PG Pathasala, Sociology; Paper-8; Sociology of Health; Module no. 17
• Madhumita Biswal; 'Surrogacy'; e-PG Pathasala, Sociology, Paper-8, Sociology of Health; Module no. 20.