Dr. Milind Eknath Awad
Assistant Professor,
Centre for English Studies
School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067,
India
Email: ameknath@mail.jnu.ac.in milindawad1@gmail.com
Education
Jawaharlal Nehru University
PhD in English Studies (2004-2009)
Title of Doctoral Thesis: "Towards an Aesthetics of Dalits".
Supervisor: Prof. Makarand R. Paranjape |
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
M.Phil. in English Studies (2002-2004)
Title of M.Phil. Dissertation: "The Life and work of Annabhau Sathe: From Marx to Ambedkar".
Supervisor: Prof. Makarand R. Paranjape |
University of Pune, Department of English.
M.A. in English Literature (2000-2002) |
University of Pune, Fergusson College.
BA in English Honours (1997-1999). |
Field of Interest:
Postcolonial Studies,
Cultural Studies,
Autobiography studies,
Early modern Dalit Writing
Caste & Gender Studies,
Literary Theory,
Indian Writing in English.
Teaching:
November 2012: Assistant Professor, Centre for English Studies, School of Language, Literature, and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
January 2012- November 2012: Jamia Millia Islamia, A Central University. New Delhi.
2006- January 2012: Assistant Professor in Zakir Husain College (M), University of Delhi.
Over the last five years I have taught at the undergraduate level courses on:
Twentieth-Century Indian Writing: Ghasiram Kotwal by Vijay Tendulkar,
Background Prose Reading: 'Decolonizing the Indian Mind' Indian Literature,
Cultural Diversity: Caste & Gender,
Background Prose Reading: 'Decolonizing the Indian Mind' Indian Literature,
Background Prose Readings: Leo Tolstoy, 'Man as the creator of History', from War and peace,
Literary Theory: Marxism ( Antonio Gramsci. Selections from the Prisons Notebooks,)
Cultural Studies: Raymond Williams ( 'forms',in Culture).
Ngugi wa Thiongo, from 'The language of African Literature', (in Decolonizing the Mind),
2005-2006: Assistant Professor in Zakir Husain College (E.), University of Delhi.
Publications:
2010: Book: "The life and work of Annabhau Sathe: A Marxsist- Ambedkarite Mosaic" Gaur publication, New Delhi. 2010. ISBN 8189441116.
2010: Article "Historical Context of the Idea of the Dalit". Think India Quarterly, vol. 13, No.3, pp 210- 216, July- September 2010. New Delhi.
2005: Article: "Diku Nationalism" Insight, January-February 2005. New Delhi.
Conference Presentation:
February 2012: Presented a paper "Epistemic understanding of Dalit literature" in National Seminar on "Sociology of Literature" at Mumbai University.
November 2011: invited to speak on "Example of Land Legalisation Movement In Marathawada" on "Problems in the Study of Man and the Shifting Borders of Caste" at
Department of Sociology, Delhi University.
February 2011: presented a paper "Tracing memory of Dalit Panther" presented in National Seminar on "Revisiting Dalit Panther Movement" at Mumbai University.
December 2010: presented a paper "Dalit literature, art and culture "presented in national seminar "Dalit Movement in Maharashtra: Issues, Challenges, & Vision for the future". At Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai.
December 2010: Invited as discussant in workshop on Promoting Good governance in CSOs at Nehru Yuva Kendra, by CASA Resource Centre, at New Delhi.
November 2010: presented a research paper "Tracing New pattern of Dalit Expression" in the two days workshop "Reorienting Caste and Gender Studies: Revisiting Knowledge, Institutions and Practices" at Women's Studies Centre University of Pune.
April 2010: invited to speak on "Dalit literary Movement in Maharashtra" in two day National seminar organized by National Centre for Advocacy and Study (NCAS) at Pune.
March 2010: presented a paper "Ambedkar and discursivity" presented in National Seminar on "interrogating discourses": at University of Pune.
March 2010: presented a paper "Conceptualizating the idea of Dalit Aesthetics" in National Seminar on Dalit Movements in India: Colonial and Post-Colonial Periods at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
March 2010: "Claim of SCP" Paper presented in a national consultation on Special Component Plan (SCP) at constitution Club, New Delhi.
March 2010: Invited to speak in a national consultation on Special Component Plan (SCP) at constitution Club, New Delhi.
February 2010: Invited to speak on "Voluntary Sector in India: Perspectives and Challenges" at Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi.
September 2010: discussant in National Consultation on "Strategies to Strengthen Labour Movement In India" by National Alliance for Labour Rights ( NALR) New Delhi.
February 2009: discussant in National Consultation on "20 years of Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1889 at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, (BAMU) Aurangabad.
September 2009: discussant in "National Convention to strengthen the SC/ST (PoA) Act" organized by NCDHR National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ) at New Delhi.
February 2008: Invited to speak in "Dalit Hakka Pairshad" at Aurangabad.
December 2007: Invited to speak in Conference on "What it takes to Eradicate Poverty: Dalit Perspective" at India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi.
Other work Experience:
2011: I have been actively involved in the process of facilitate dialogue between Rural Development Centre and Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) with has just been granted consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations to RDC.
2010: worked as staring committee member on a campaign of Dalits Economic Rights and Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP).
2010: Prepared a fact finding report on "Dalit atrocities in Marathwada" which interrogate various incidents of caste violation in Marathwada during 2007 to 2009.
2005: Co-authored report on institutional evolution of Rural Development Centre, Maharashtra for the "project Social Philanthropy in Indian" for Indian institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi (IIDS).
2001: Worked as a field researcher on the project "Dalit women's testimonies" under Sharrmila Rege which has published as a book "writing caste/ Writing gender: narrating Dalit women's testimonies" by Sharrmila Rege published by Zubaan, 2006.
Language:
Marathi, English, Hindi
