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Dr. Kavita A. Sharma \u2013 Former President, South Asian University New Delhi<\/h3> <\/div>\n
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My Academic Credentials:<\/h4>\n\n
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  • Ph.D in English, University of Delhi, Delhi, Byron\u2019s Plays: A Reassessment \u2013 1978<\/li>
  • M.A in English, University of Delhi, Delhi -1971<\/li>
  • LL.M from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada-1984<\/li>
  • LL.B. from Delhi University-1981<\/li>
  • B.A. (H) English, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi -1969<\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    My Assignments:<\/h4>\n\n
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    • President, South Asian University, New Delhi, November, 2014-2019,<\/li>
    • Director, India International Centre, New Delhi since August 2008-October 2014<\/li>
    • Principal, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, from January 1998 to July 2008<\/li>
    • Teaching in Hindu College since July 1971-July 1978<\/li>
    • Honorary visiting Lecturer at Tokyo Women\u2019s Christian College,1974-75.<\/li>
    • Honorary visiting Lecturer at University of Indonesia, 1977-78.<\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Fellowships:<\/h4>\n\n
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      • Awarded the Fulbright fellowship New Century Scholar for the year 2007-08 program for research on \u201cHigher Education in the 21st Century: Access and Equity\u201d by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.<\/li>
      • Awarded fellowship by Shastri Indo Canadian Institute for Faculty Research Programme at Ottawa, Academic year 2002-2003.<\/li>
      • Awarded Faculty Enrichment Fellowship by the Shastri Indo Canadian Institute at Vancouver, Academic year 1991-92.<\/li>
      • Conferred the \u201cIndira Gandhi Sadbhavana Award\u201d by the National Integration and Economic Council on the occasion of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Late Smt.Indira Gandhi i.e. 19.11.2005<\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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        Professional Organizations to which I belong:<\/h4>\n\n
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        • Life member of the Indian Association of Canadian Studies<\/li>
        • Life member of the Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies<\/li>
        • Life members of Indian Law Institute.<\/li>
        • Life member of International Comparative Literature Association , USA<\/li>
        • Founder President of Parents\u2019 Forum for Meaningful education<\/li>
        • Life Member of Indian History Congress<\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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          My Books<\/h4>\n\n
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          • Life is As Is: Teachings from The Mahabharata, Wisdom Tree, New Delhi\u00a0 2018<\/li>
          • Perspectives on Indian Education, Gyan Publishing House, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, 2017.<\/li>
          • Selections from Vyasa\u2019s Mahabharata: The Dicing and The Sequel to Dicing The Temptation of Karna, Doaba Publications, NaiSarak, Delhi , 2015.<\/li>
          • National University of Educational Planning and Administration A Transformational Journey, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, 2015.<\/li>
          • Hindu College : A People\u2019s Movement\u00a0by Kavita A Sharma and WD Mathur. New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2014<\/li>
          • Sixty years of the University Grants Commission: Establishment, growth and evolution\u00a0by Kavita A Sharma. New Delhi: University Grants Commission, 2013<\/li>
          • Internationalization of Higher Education: An Aspect of India\u2019s Foreign Relations, Gyan Publishing House, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, 2008.<\/li>
          • Birds, Beasts, Men and Nature, TransEdit Communications, SV-II-08 TF, Eldeco Utopia, Sector 93-A, Noida Expressway, Noida-2008.<\/li>
          • The Windmills of the Mind, Rupa & Co, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi, 2006.<\/li>
          • The Queens of Mahabharata, Rupa & Co., Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi, 2006.<\/li>
          • Critiquing Nationalism, Transnationalism and Indian Diaspora\u00a0Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Dr.Adesh Pal, Dr. Tapas Chakrabarti, ed. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2006.<\/li>
          • Contextualizing Nationalism, Transnationalism and Indian Diaspora, Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Dr.Adesh Pal, Dr. Tapas Chakrabarti, ed., New Delhi :Creative Books, 2006.<\/li>
          • Interpreting Indian Diaspora Experience, Dr. Kavita A.Sharma, Dr.Adesh Pal, Dr. Tapas Chakrabarti, ed., New Delhi: Creative Books, 2004<\/li>
          • Indian Diaspora: Theorizing And Critiquing, Dr. Kavita A.Sharma, Dr.Adesh Pal, Dr. Tapas Chakrabarti, ed. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2004<\/li>
          • 50 Years of University Grants Commission, December, 2003, University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi<\/li>
          • Introduction to The Dicing and The Sequel to Dicing, Doaba Publications, 4497\/14, Guru Nanak Market, NaiSarak, Delhi, 2001.<\/li>
          • The Ongoing Journey: Indian Migration to Canada, New Delhi:Creative Books, 1997.<\/li>
          • Byron\u2019s Plays : A Reassessment, University at Salzburg, Austria 1981.<\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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            Part of the Edited Volumes:<\/h4>\n\n
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            • \u201cMahabharata Through the Eyes of Women\u201d, IN: Women\u2019s Studies in India: Contours of Change, edited by Malashri Lal and Sukrita Pal Kumar. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2002. Reprinted by Women in Dharmasastras: A Phenomenal and Critical Analysis, Chandrakala Padia, Rawat Publications, 2009.<\/li>
            • \u201cThe Effective State of Our Being\u201d Karma Yoga in Tilak, Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo\u201d IN:\u00a0Studies in Comparative Literature: Theory, Culture and Space, edited Jancy James, Chandra Mohan, Subha Chakraborty Das Gupta, Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2007.<\/li>
            • \u201cLimping Marriages and Holidays Wives\u201d IN: Critiquing, Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Indian Diaspora, edited by . Kavita A Sharma, Adesh Pal and Tapas Chakrabarti New Delhi: Creative Books, 2006.<\/li>
            • \u201cKrishna Dvaipayana\u2019s Veda of Life\u201d IN: Indian Knowledge Systems, Vol. II, edited by Kapil Kapoor and Avadhesh Kumar Singh. Shimla and New Delhi: Indian Institute of Advanced Study and D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd. 2005.<\/li>
            • \u201cEthics in Mahabharata\u201dIN: Applied Philosophy, edited by Raghwendra Pratap Singh. New Delhi :Om Publications, 2003<\/li>
            • \u201cResource Mobilisation for Higher Education in India and Canada\u201d, IN: India and Canada: Past, Present and Future, edited by Mishra Anil Dutta and Govind Prasad. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2003.<\/li>
            • \u00b7 \u201cPsychotherapy and the Buddhist Mandala\u201d, IN: Signification in Language and Culture, edited by Harjeet Singh Gill. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2002.<\/li>
            • \u201cExploring the Icons: Sita and Radha\u201d, IN: Feminism, Tradition and Modernity edited by Chandrakala Padia. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2002.<\/li>
            • \u201cSisterhood of Silence\u201d, IN: Feminist Space: Cultural Readings from India and Canada, edited by Malashri Lal. New Delhi: Allied Publishers 1997.<\/li>
            • \u201cThe Fall of Hyperion: Suffering and Creativity,\u201d IN: John Keats\u2019 Poetry and Poetics, edited by R.S.Pathak. New Delhi: Creative Books 1997.<\/li>
            • \u201cIndo-Canadian Women Writers: Double Alienation\u201d\u00a0IN: Intersexions: Issues of Race and Gender in Canadian Women\u2019s in Writings, edited by CoomiS.Vevaina and Barbara Godard. New Delhi, Creative Books \u2013 1996<\/li>
            • \u201cThe Immigrant Indo-Canadian Women: An Interdisciplinary View\u201d, IN: Perspectives on Women: Canada and India, edited by Aparna Basu. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1995<\/li>
            • \u201cCanadian Federalism: Regional Aspirations and national Identity\u201d, IN: Regionalism and National Identity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by M.P.Singh and Chandra Mohan.Delhi: Pragati Publications, 1994.<\/li>
            • \u201cThe Cenci: Fractured Images of Self-identity\u201d IN: P.B. Shelley: An Anthology of Recent Criticism, edited by N.P.Singh, Delhi: Pencraft International, 1993.<\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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              Published in Journals:<\/h4>\n\n
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              • \u201cWomen Ascetics in Mahabharata,\u201d Sumangali,\u00a0A Journal of Gender and Heritage, Centre for Women\u2019s Studies, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha,, New Delhi, 2011.<\/li>
              • \u201cFrom Dejection to Action: The Transformation of Arjuna and Yudhishthira,\u00a0\u201cSutra\u201d\u00a0Guragon: Shruti Foundation, 1, January 2008.<\/li>
              • \u201cLegislative Provisions and Popular Perceptions Linguistic Minorities in Canada and India,\u201d\u00a0Indian Journal of Canadian Studies, 4, 1995.<\/li>
              • \u201cThe New Immigration Act: Impact on Indian Immigration\u201d,\u00a0Indian Journal of Canadian Studies, 2, 1993.<\/li>
              • Non -Resident Indians; Illusion and Reality\u201d, \u201cInternational Industries\u00a0Annual, 1989.<\/li>
              • \u201cCase for New Foreign Investment Statue,\u201d\u00a0Foreign Trade Review, April \u2013 June, 1987.<\/li>
              • \u201cModern Indonesian Theatre,\u201d\u00a0Journal of the Sangeet Natak Academy, 51, January \u2013 March 1979.<\/li>
              • \u201cThe Perennial Appeal of Wayang,\u201d\u00a0Journal of the Sangeet Natak Academy. Guest Editor, Special Issue on Foreign Providers in Indian Higher Education System, University News, A Weekly Journal of Higher Education, Association of Indian Universities, Vol. 48 No. 37 September 13-19-2010.<\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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                Seminar, Conferences and Discussions:<\/h4>\n\n
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                • \u201d The Art and the Artist: Web of Life in Mandra\u201d National Seminar on Dr. S. L. Bhyrappa\u2019s work in January 2012.<\/li>
                • \u201cThe Multiple Loci of Evil and Individual Responsibility in Mahabharata\u201d Sahitya Akademi Seminar \u201cThe Idea of the Demonic in the Indian Tradition\u201d Mumbai September 2011.<\/li>
                • \u201cLegitimacy, sexuality and Pursuit of Power in Parva\u201d at a Sahitya Akademi Seminar Kurus Our Contemporaries; The Relevance of the Mahabharata held at Dharamshala, August 2011.<\/li>
                • Ethical Dilemmas in Mahabharat : at Jaya Utsav Symposium on the Living Traditions of Mahabharata, 10-16 February 2011, IGNCA<\/li>
                • \u201cKnowing through Dreams; the War of Mahabharata,\u201d at th Sahitya Akademi Seminar on Dreamcatchers; Literature, Creativity and Analysis at Udaipur, December 2010.<\/li>
                • \u201cThe Speaking Forests and the Cosmic Order in Mahabharata\u201d at Sahitya Akademi Seminar \u201cImagined World: Fantasy, Science Fiction and other forms of the Marvellous in Indian Literature held at Goa, March 2010.<\/li>
                • On \u201cAffirmative Action \u2013 the Caste and Class Conflicts\u201d at the University of the Western Cape Nov. 2008. Article published in : Equity and Education in India : Policy, Issues and Challenges, Edited by D. Parimala, Kanishka, 2010<\/li>
                • \u201cReligious Minorities and Affirmative Action\u201d University of Pittsburgh April 2009.<\/li>
                • \u201cEducation and Power\u201d University of Cincinnati April 2009.<\/li>
                • \u201cEquity in Higher Education: Widening the Concept of Access in India\u201d at the Beijing Normal University in October 2008.<\/li>
                • \u201cAccess and Equity in Higher Education\u201d at the Graduate School of Business, University of KwaZulu Natal in November 2008 and at University of Ghana in December 2008.<\/li>
                • \u201cThe Politics of Mandal Implementation of Reservation Policy\u201d in the Annual Meeting Programme of the American Educational Research Association, Washington March 24, 2008.<\/li>
                • \u201cEfficacy of Quotas in Indian Model of Equity and Possible Alternatives\u201d Durban University of Technology in November 2008 University of Western Cape,Nov. 2008<\/li><\/ul> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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                  About My Biodata Dr. Kavita A. Sharma \u2013 Former President, South Asian University New Delhi My Academic Credentials: Ph.D in English, University of Delhi, Delhi, Byron\u2019s Plays: A Reassessment \u2013 1978 M.A in English, University of Delhi, Delhi -1971 LL.M from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada-1984 LL.B. from Delhi University-1981 B.A. (H) English, Hindu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drkavitasharma.in\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drkavitasharma.in\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drkavitasharma.in\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drkavitasharma.in\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drkavitasharma.in\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/drkavitasharma.in\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604,"href":"https:\/\/drkavitasharma.in\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220\/revisions\/2604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drkavitasharma.in\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}