Dr. Rajesh Komath

Assistant Professor in                  Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences Mahatma Gandhi University Malloosserry P.O,Pin:686 041, Kottayam,Kerala,India.                              Phone:(Off)0481-2392383 Email:komathrajesh@gmail.com Cell:(0)9961402105 Date of Birth:20.03.1978 Nationality:Indian

Education

• PhD in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences [Economics], School of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi    University, Kottayam, 2014.
• M.PHIL IN APPLIED ECONOMICS, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), 2001-2003.
• M.A, SOCIOLOGY, Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU], New Delhi, 2007-2008
• M.A, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, Dr. John Matthai Centre, University of Calicut,1999-2000
• B.A, ECONOMICS, Nirmalagiri College, Kannur University, 1995-1998.·Calicut,1999-2000

Awards/Academic Distinctions

• UGC Teacher Fellowship Award for Doctoral Thesis, 2010.
• Qualified UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship in Sociology, 2011.
•  G. Rajesh Kumar Media Fellowship, 2009.
• Independent Fellow of Centre for Studies in Developing Societies, Sarai, New Delhi, 2006.
• Dr. Ambedkar Fellowship Award 2003 by the Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy, New Delhi
  on December 05-06 2003.
• Qualified UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship in Economics, 2000

Areas of Research and Teaching

SocialTheory,PoliticalEconomy,Folkloristics,SocialTransformationand Empowerment,Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Development,and Development Issues of marginalized castes and communities.

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor in Social Sciences at School of Social Sciences from 23.05.2006
onwards.

Member, Board of Studies

• Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, from 2007
• Heritage Studies, Malayala Sarvakalasala, Thirur, from 2015.
• Folklore, University of Calicut, Calicut, from 2016.
• Academic Counsellor, Master of Sociology Programmes, IGNOU, from 2016

Courses Taught

Folkloristics,Economic Anthropology,Political Economy and Cultural Dynamics,Approaches to
Development,Social Transformation and Empowerment and Colonial Representation of
Kerala.

Course Material Preparation

Prepared Block 3 titled “ Emancipation of Marginalised Section” for the Certificate
Programme/Course on Life and Thought of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, IGNOU, School of
Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology.

Publications

Books

• Green Economics: Need of the Contemporary World, Department of Economics, NMSM Government College, Kalpetta, 2015 ISBN: 978-93-5254-254-3
• Theyyam: The Other Gods (Stark World Publishing Private Ltd, 2012: ISBN
  978-81-906936-1-5), Co-authored with Bhawani Cheerath-Rajagopalan
• Nattudaivangal Samsarichu Thudangumbol (When Local Gods Start Speaking)
  Mathrubhumi Books, 2013: ISBN : 978-81-8265-868-4.

Research Projects (completed)

• “Unfavorable Inclusion of Dalits in Higher Education: A Study on the Linkages of
    Colonies, Schools and Colleges in Kerala” funded by Kerala State Higher
  Education Council, Government of Kerala.

Research Projects (On going)

• “Self-Help Groups in Kerala: A Study in Economic Sociology” funded by University
  Grants Commission, New Delhi
• “Theyyam Kettu of Kerala: The Economy and Labour of Performance”
  funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (Ministry of Human
  Resource Development), New Delhi.

Articles (English)

• How did Untouchability Deprived India? Contextualising Ambedkar’s Perspective in
  the Journal of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Kerala, Vol. 8, 2017.
• Addressing Caste Prejudice in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol L9, No. 19.May 7, 2016.
• Social Barriers of Caste: Ambedkar’s Perspective on Working Classes in the Journal
  of Parliamentary Affairs by the Institute of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Kerala, Vol. 6. Issue 1, January-June, pp: 82-88, 2014.
• E-Grantz for Dalit Students in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 45, No. 50, December
  11, P. 5, 2010.
• When a Ritual Enters the Market in a volume Folklores in India, edited by Ratnamuthu
  Sugathan, Publication by Research India Press, New Delhi, [Forthcoming]
• Census of Castes, co-authored: in Indian Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2010, Vol. 3. Nos. 1&2: ISSN 0973-5011.
• Shaping the Life: Kerala Youth in a Changing Socio-economic Order, co-authored: in
  TAPASAM, A Quarterly Journal for Kerala Studies, 2010, Vol. V, Issue 1-4, pp: 204-22.
• Intergenerational Occupational and Educational Mobility: Case of Village Social
  Structure of North Malabar, Kerala, Calicut University Research Journal, Publication
  Division University of Calicut, Vol.5, issue 1, 2005: ISSN 0972334-X
• Theyyam Performance: Resistance of the Oppressed, in Left Angle, Vol-1, Issue-1. http://www.leftangle.net/leftangle_magazine_2005_book_1.html

Book Review

• Art that brings out the invisible, Review of the Book ‘Dalit Art and Visual Imagery by
  GaryMichaelTartakov,2014.                                                                                                                    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/art-that-brings-out-the-invisible/article5935404.ece
• Religion as a Barrier in Women’s Empowerment, Review of the book ‘Religion, PatriarchyandCapitalism’byJayantiAlam2013.                                                                    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-business/religion-as-a-barrier-in-womens-empowerment/article5366075.ece
• Social Implications of Economic Reforms in India, Review of the book ‘Economic
  Reforms and Social Exclusion: Impact of Liberalization on Marginalized Groups in India’, by
  K S Chalam, Sage Publications, New Delhi, India, esocialsciences, Mumbai, December 26, 2011. http://www.esocialsciences.org/Articles/showArticle.aspx?acat=Book+Reviews&aid=4660
• Paraiyans’ Self-assertion for Identity, Review of Nandanar’s Children: The Paraiyans’ Tryst with Destiny Tamil Nadu 1850—1956, Raj Sekhar Basu, Sage India, New Delhi, 2011, 492 pp, Rs 895, esocialsciences, Mumbai, October 11, 2011
  http://www.esocialsciences.org/Articles/showArticle.aspx?acat=Book+Reviews&aid=4503
• Lives on the Margins of British Colonialism, Review of the book ‘Subaltern
  Lives: Biographies of Colonialism in the Indian Ocean World, 1790-1920: Clare Anderson;
  Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd., 4381/4, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New
  Delhi-110002. Rs. 995. The Hindu, October 15. 2012.                                  http://www.thehindu.com/books/lives-on-the-margins-of-british-colonialism/article3999774. ece

Articles (Malayalam)

Vimarsham Nindayayi Kanunna Bhakti, Madhyamam Weekly, 2014 November 17, page
22-29

Padikantha Padangal: Randu Sarkar Schoolukalude Katha, co-authored (Unfinished
Lessons: The tale of Two Government Schools) Samakalika Malayalam Varika (April 27:
2012: pp: 35-47)

Nandanarude Makkal (Nandanar’s Children) Samakalika Malayalam Varika (March 30:
2012: pp: 88-90)

Keralathile Dalit Vidyabhyasa Charithrathinu Oramukham, co-authored (Preface to the
History of Education of the Dalits in Kerala), Vijnanakairali, a publication of the Institute of
Language, Government of Kerala (December 2011: pp. 61-72)

Savarna Madambithathinde Aslelathakal, co-authored: Samakalika Malayalam Varika
(November 11: 2011: pp: 22-24)

Jathi Vazhakavum Samuhikaparathayum (Theyyam: caste and sociality) Samakalika
Malayalam Varika (October 21: 2011: pp: 54-59)