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Mohammed A. Kalam
Cell: 91-9706074965
E-mail: Mohammed.Kalam@krea.edu.in
Kalam.ma@gmail.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Ph.D. in Anthropology
(University of Madras, 1989)
M.A. in Anthropology
(Karnatak University, 1973)
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B.Sc. (Zoology/Chemistry)
(R.L. Science Institute, Belgaum, 1970)
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1995-96 Human Rights Fellow
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass., USA
1992-93 Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow
Academic Visitor
Department of Anthropology
London School of Economics
London, U.K.
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2015 Canada
York University
2006 France
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris
2003 Egypt
Cairo University, Cairo
2001 France
CNRS-REGARDS, Bordeaux
University of Paris X, Nanterre
1998 France
CNRS-REGARDS, Bordeaux
1997 USA
Duke University
University of North Carolina
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North Carolina State University
1996 USA
Harvard University
American University, Washington, D.C.
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
1995 Norway
University of Oslo
1994 France
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris
1993 England
University of Bradford
University of Edinburgh
London School of Economics
1993 France
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris
1987 Malaysia
1985 USA
Slippery Rock University
University of Pittsburgh
1983 USA
Columbia University
New York University
Slippery Rock University
Chicago University
1983 England
School of Oriental and African Studies
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CONSULTANCY
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Member, Research Board, University of Madras (2008-2011)
Expert, Tenure Track, York University, Canada, 2008-2009)
Member, Advisory Committee, Centre for Social Exclusion and
Inclusive Policy, University of Hyderabad (2007 onwards)
Member, Governing Council, Indian Council of Social Science
Research (ICSSR), New Delhi (2005-2008)
Chancellor’s Nominee, Selection Committee for all post except the
Vice-Chancellor, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram (2009
2012)
Visitor’s Nominee, Selection Committee for Social Sciences,
Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry (2007-2010)
Coordinator, UGC NET Examination, University of Madras (2007-
2008)
Member, Advisory Committee, Southern Regional Centre, Indian
Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Hyderabad
Expert, Faculty Selection Committee, Indira Gandhi National Open
University, New Delhi
Expert, Faculty Selection Committee, Karnatak University, Dharwad
Member, Monitoring Committee, French Institutes in India (1998-
2004)
Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA), Panel for
Group Discussion and Interviews. Also, for Faculty selection (1994-
2003)
Member, National Advisory Committee, Centre for the Study of
Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Indian Science Congress Association
Indian History Congress Association
South Asian Social Science Association
Society for International Development
Associate Editor, South Asian Social Scientist
Editorial Board, Journal of Human Ecology
Advisory Committee, Satya Nilayam, Chennai Journal of
Intercultural Philosophy
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Member, State Level Scrutiny Committee for the Verification of the
Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minority
Community Certificates (Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes
and Minorities Welfare Department) (2005 to 2011)
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o “Homelands and Transnational migration among South Asians”,
financed by South Asia Triangle Consortium and Rockefeller
Residency Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC. USA. (July 1996
- June 1997)
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o “Religious Conversions in Tirunelveli District”, financed by the
Department of Anthropology, University of Madras (January - March
1984)
FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE
AREAS OF SPECIALISATION
PUBLICATIONS
Books / Monographs
Report of the Expert Group on Diversity Index (jointly with other Members),
Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi: 2008
Tea Plantation Labour in India (with S.K. Bhowmik and V. Xaxa); New Delhi:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1996
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The Uprooted: Development, Displacement and Resettlement (Ed. with V.
Sudarsen); New Delhi: Gian Publishers, 1990
“Towards Genuine Pluralism” The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public
Policy: 13 November 2017 http://www.thehinducentre.com/the-
arena/current-issues/article9955057.ece
Articles in Journals
“India’s Race Problem: Ignorance and Denial” (with Hira Singh) Social
Scientist, Volume No. 45 / Nos. 9-10 / September-October 2017
“Meat of the Matter” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol LI No. 3, January
16, 2016
“The Xenophobia of Patriots” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIX No.
40, October 4, 2014
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“South Asian Identity as Islamic Identity in England” Islam and Muslim
Societies: A Social Science Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005 (pp. 61-85)
“The Transformation of the Coorg (Kodava) Family through the ages” PILC
Journal of Dravidic Studies, Pondicherry, Vol. 1 (No. 1), 1991 (pp.69-76)
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“Socio-cultural History of Coorg: with particular reference to Tipu Sultan's
reign” The Journal of Madras University, Vol.LV (No. I) Jan. 1983 (pp.1-7)
“Language, Ethnicity and Identity among the Muslims of the Palar Valley”;
in Industrialisation and Socio-Cultural change in the Tannery Belt (Tamil
Nadu), Pondy Papers in Social Sciences, French institute, Pondicherry,
2004 (pp. 19-29)
“Kodava” in People of India: Karnataka Volume XXVI, Part Two, Singh, K.S.
(General Editor); New Delhi, Anthropological Survey of India and Affiliated
East West Press, 2003 (pp. 751-759)
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“The Diaspora Bandwagon: Are Indians Part of the Journey?” In Indian
Society: Continuity, Change and Development / Reddy P.S. and V.
Gangadhar (eds); New Delhi: Commonwealth, 2002 (pp. 102-111)
“Anglo Indians” (with Zubeeda, B.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume
LX, Part One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological
Survey of India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 126-132)
“Ansari” (with Razia, S) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 133-139)
“Bohra” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 241-244)
“Dayare” (with Razia, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 370-374)
“Jain” (with Zubeeda, B) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 492-496)
“Jew” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
One, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 507-510)
“Khoja” (with Zubeeda, B.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 709-713)
“Marwari” (with Zubeeda, B.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX,
Part Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1014-1019)
“Mukkuvan” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX,
Part Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp.1038-1041)
“Nawaiyat” (with Razia, S) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1093-1098)
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“Parsi” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of India
and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1196-1199)
“Pathan” (with Subhadra, S.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX,
Part Two, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1204-1208)
“Rawther” (with Razia, S) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Three, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1259-1263)
“Sheikh” (with Zubeeda, B.) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Three, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1328-1334)
“Syed” (with Razia, S) in People of India: Tamil Nadu Volume LX, Part
Three, Singh, K.S. (General Editor); Chennai: Anthropological Survey of
India and Affiliated East West Press, 2001 (pp. 1419-1426)
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“Development or Ethnocide?: with particular reference to the Andaman
Archipelago” In: Challenges of Development / Suryanarayan, V. and V.
Sudarsen (eds.); Delhi: Konarak Publishers, 1994 (pp.91-96)
“Okka of the Coorgs - Lineage or Joint Family?” In: Religion and Society in
South India / Reddy, G.P. et. al., (eds.); New Delhi: B.R. Publishers, 1987
(pp.195-219)
Review Article
Book Reviews
Lamani Economy and Society in Change / B.G. Halbar; In: South Asian
Social Scientist, Vol. IV (No. 1), Jan. - June, 1988 (pp.71-74)
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Popular Articles
“The Sentinelese are not Culpable” (Syndicated Column) The Free Press
Journal and other Publications, Edit Page, 7 December 2018
“Let’s leave the Sentinelese alone, they don’t need our civilisation’
Opinion/MoneyControl, 30 November 2018
“Caste factor gets huge play in Sports" in The Asian Age / Deccan
Chronicle, Edit Page, 6 August 2014
“Symbols of Consumption” In: The Hindu – Business Line, May 16, 1996
“The Most-Wanted…” In: The Hindu – Business Line, August 17, 1995
“Selling to the Rare Factor” In: The Hindu – Business Line, July 27, 1995
“Muddle in the Museum” (with V. Sudarsen) In: The Indian Express, May
14, 1983
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commemorate 150 years of India’s First War of Independence, Mercara,
Coorg, 8 to 11 May 2007
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(Select List since February 2000)
5. Member, Xavier Board of Higher Education in India Team for Academic and
Administrative Audit, St. Philomena’s College, Mysore, 17-19 September
2018
6. Invited Talk “Academics and Happiness: The Indian Context”, Centre for
Happiness, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, 11 September,
2018
10. Inaugural Address “From the Wheel to Beyond the Robots” Loyola
Sociological Association, Loyola College, Chennai, 1 August 2018
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12. Advisory Committee Meeting, ICSSR sponsored project on “Study of
Migration and its relation with Modernity” at Centre of Multidisciplinary
Development Research, Dharwad, 3 May 2018
14. “Inclusion and the Marginalised Groups (SCs, STs, Minorities)”, Symposium
on Welfare State and Base of the Pyramid, Loyola Institute of Business
Administration, Chennai, 28 February 2018
20. Plenary Lecture “ICT in Higher Education: Beyond the Confines of the
classroom and library” at the National Seminar on New Dimensions in
Higher Education in the Context of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) Hojai College, Hojai, Assam, 4 June, 2016
21. Invited Lecture “Lop-sided accent in Anthropology of the North East: High
time for course correction”, at the Golden Jubilee Symposium of the
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Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, 26-27 May
2016
22. Resource Person “ICSSR Capacity Building Workshop for Social Sciences
Faculty”, Nagaland University, Lumami, 29 April 2016
25. “Facets of Globalisation and Inequality in India: Caste, Class and Poverty”
Paper Presented at the Resisting Inequality/Enabling Inclusion: An
India-Canada Comparison Symposium, at York University, Toronto,
Canada, June 8-10, 2015
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30. “Interrogating Mainstream Sociology of Caste: Questions of Theory and
Method” with Hira Singh (Presented by co-author), All India Sociological
Conference, Varanasi, 29 and 30 November 2014
32. Expert at the Workshop on “Witch Hunting in Assam”, 22, November 2014,
Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam
36. Chairperson for Academic Sessions “Ethnic Identity and Social Mobility”
and “Urbanization and Development”, National Seminar on “Mobility and
World View of the Singpho and Khampti Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh and
Assam”, Sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, and
Organised by the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University,
Tezpur, Assam, 27 and 28 March 2014
38. Chairperson for Technical Session III, National Seminar on “The Practice
of Everyday Life in North-East India: An Interdisciplinary Approach”,
Sponsored by ICSSR, Organised by the Department of English and Foreign
Languages, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, 14 and 15 March 2014
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39. Chairperson for Sessions on “Ecology, Forests and Resource
Management--I” (22 February 2014), and “Ecology, Forests and Resource
Management II” (23 February 2014) Indian Anthropology Congress,
Dibrugarh University, 21-23 February 2014
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Scheduled Castes and Other Marginalized Groups, Equal Opportunity
Cell, Tezpur University, Tezpur, September 23, 2013
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58. Special Lecture 4: “Questions of Merit, Intelligence, and
Reservations”, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 11 March 2010
68. Keynote Address “Adivasis and the State: Land Political Process and
Developmental Issues”, National Seminar on State, Development and the
Adivasi Question, Department of Political Science, Kerala University,
Trivandrum, 2-3 April 2009
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69. Keynote Address “Implications of Globalisation on Higher Education”,
National Seminar on “Globalisation and Higher Education: Challenges and
Opportunities”, Andhra Muslim College, Guntur, 15 February 2009
74. “Affirmative Action, Equity, and Merit: Apathetic State and Uneven
Educational Field” Paper presented at the International Seminar on
Democratic and Secular Education, Government of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram, 4-6 December 2008
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79. Expert Group Meeting on Diversity Index, Ministry of Minority Affairs,
Government of India, New Delhi, 3 May 2008
80. Research and Consultation Meeting with the Kodagu Natural Sciences
Study Society, Mercara, Coorg, 12 April 2008
82. “Basic and Applied Research in Anthropology: Ethics and Practice”, and
“Anthropology and Environmental Research”, Papers presented at the
International Workshop on Anthropological Concepts and Methods
jointly organized by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological
Research (New York) and Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, 7-9
March 2008
86. ICSSR Southern Regional Centre Advisory Committee Meeting with the
Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University, Hyderabad, 18 January 2008
87. Keynote Address, State Level Workshop on Diversity Index for Ministry
of Minority Affairs, Government of India, Organised by OMEIAT 12 January
2008
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91. Meeting with the Minister, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India,
New Delhi, 5 December, 2007
92. Meeting of the Advisory Meeting of the Southern Regional Centre, Indian
Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Hyderabad, 28 November
2007
97. Advisory Committee Meeting, Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive
Policies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 14 September 2007
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104. “Merging Diversities and Appropriating Communities at the Sub-
Continental Level: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of South Indian Islam”
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Histories, Cultures, Politics:
Islam and Muslims in South India, Anveshi, Hyderabad, 17-18 August
2007
113. Keynote Address, College and Sports Day, The Quide Milleth
College, Chennai, 21 March 2007
115. “Where were Diaspora till the 1990’s?”, paper presented at the
International Conference on “Facets of Tamil Diaspora”, French Institute,
Pondicherry, 14 to 16 March 2007
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Documenting Knowledge, Scholars, Practices, and Institutions”,
University of Pune, Pune, 3-4 February 2007
120. ICSSR North Eastern Regional Centre Meeting with the Vice-
Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 9 December 2006
126. ICSSR North Western Regional Centre Meeting with the Vice-
Chancellor of Punjab University, Chandigarh, 19 and 20 September 2006
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129. Keynote Address, ICSSR and Action Aid sponsored Workshop on
“Life After Tsunami”, Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai, August 23
and 24, 2006
130. International Workshop on Post-Tsunami Situation, Colombo,
Sri Lanka, 23 July 2006
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142. Chaired Session on Sociology for Development Sector, National
Seminar on Future of Sociology: Challenges and Responses in
Academia, Department of Sociology, University of Madras, Chennai, 23-24
February 2006
147. Ministerial Level Meeting of the Tamil Nadu State Adi Dravidar and
Tribal Welfare Department, Tribal Research Centre, Ooty, 22 December,
2005
148. “Muslim Identity, Space and Territory in the Palar Valley” Paper
presented at the Ford Foundation Sponsored Workshop on “Regionality,
Identity and Writing History” in collaboration with RMRLT, Chennai, 8 and
9 December 2005.
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153. Curriculum Development Committee Meeting, Indian Institute of
Technology, Chennai, 9 September 2005
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166. International Inter-University Programme on “Social Water
Management” Syllabus finalising Workshop, M.G. University, Kottayam,
Kerala, 1 March 2005
171. “The United Nations Charter and Minorities and Ethnic Groups”
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Minorities and Ethnic Groups,
organised by Codava National Council, Bangalore, 4 and 5 February 2005.
172. National Seminar on “Communities and Identities”, Department of
Anthropology University of Madras, Chennai, 22 and 23 January, 2005
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177. International Conference on “Curriculum Development of Social
Water Management”, Organised by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam,
at Travancore Heritage, Thiruvananthapuram, 13 to 17 October 2004.
170 “Live Performances, CDs and Cable TV: Fieldwork and Dissemination of
Developmental Communication” Paper presented (jointly with S.
Ponnarasu) at the International Workshop on Social Sciences and
Fieldwork Logistics, Chennai, 26 and 27 February 2004
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171 Seminar on “Aspects of India’s Demographic, Socioeconomic and
Environmental Future”, MIDS, Chennai, 8 January, 2004.
172 “Kodavas and the Issue of Minority Status” Paper presented at the Codava
National Convention, Kakkabe, Coorg, 10-11 December 2003.
173 “The Genesis of Fieldwork and Ethnography” Invited Talk, Centre for
Development Studies, Trivandrum, 19 November, 2003.
175 “Right to Information: Going about the Wrong Way?” Paper presented at
the Conference on “India-Egypt: Trajectories and Institutions of
Development in Egypt and India” Cairo University and Centre for Economic,
Juridical and Social Studies and Documentation, Cairo, Egypt, October 1
and 2, 2003.
177 “Public Libraries, Information Technology and Society in the Digital Era”
Paper presented at the National Seminar on New Public Libraries in the
Information Age, Connemara Public Library, June 12 and 13, 2003.
180 “A Quarter Century of Caste Conflict in Tamil Nadu” Paper presented at the
Seminar on Caste in Southern India: Contemporary Debates,
Anthropological Survey of India Southern Regional Centre, Mysore 17
December 2002
181 “Ethnicity and Identity among the Kodavas” Paper presented at the Codava
National Convention, Mercara, Coorg, 10-11 December 2002
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Conference on Environmental Governance: Perspectives from above and
below, Goa University, TERI and KAF, Goa, 6-8 December 2002
185 “Lack of Social Sensitivity in Human Rights Issues” Paper presented at the
Workshop on Human Rights and Social Justice, Department of Politics and
Public Administration, University of Madras, 31 July 2002
186“Language, Ethnicity and Identity among the Muslims of the Palar Valley”
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Confronting Inequality,
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 26-28 March 2002
190 Sixth Workshop on Fieldwork in India, Centre of Indian and South Asian
Studies, Paris, France, 26 November, 2001
191 “Right-to-Information and Transparency in Governance in India” paper
presented at the Workshop on Indian Themes, CNRS-REGARDS,
Bordeaux, France, 19 November, 2001
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193 “Social Reforms through Legislation or Education?” paper presented at the
National Conference organised by the National Commission to Review the
Working of the Constitution, CLRI, Chennai, October 5-7, 2001
195 “Religion, Caste and Society in Tamil Nadu” paper presented at the Tamil
Summer School Workshop, French Institute, Pondicherry, 8 August 2001
197 National Seminar on “Future of Social Sciences: The Search for New
Perspectives”, Paper presented: “Anthropology in India: Ethnicity and
Identity of Anthropologists”, Madras Institute of Development Studies,
Chennai, April 19-21, 2001
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203 “Governance: Effective Opinion Formation”, Workshop, Department of
Public Administration, University of Madras, in collaboration with Public
Expenditure Roundtable Trust (PERT), July 21, 2000
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