Antara Ray

Assistant Professor

BA (Hons) Sociology (Presidency College, 2006)

MA Sociology (Jadavpur University, 2008)

PGD-Industrial Relations & Personnel Management (Bhawans College of Communication & Management, 2008)

PhD Sociology (West Bengal State University)

UGC - NET (2008)

WB-SET (2007) and secured State Funded Research Scholarship.

I did my B.A. in Sociology Honours from Presidency College and have secured Merit Certificate from University of Calcutta for securing first class fourth in B.A. Sociology Hons. After which I did my M.A. in Sociology from Jadavpur University. I have also secured scholarship from Government of India (MHRD).

My doctoral work is on the operation of caste in everyday life which includes intensive field work. I have joined West Bengal State University just after completing my M.A. in Sociology. After working there for four years as Assistant Professor, I joined Presidency University in August 2013. 

Administrative Experience:

1. Member of UG Board of Studies at West Bengal State University.

2. Member of PG Board of Studies at West Bengal State University.

3. Member of PG Board of Studies at Gour Banga University.

Before joining Presidency University in August 2013, I was working as an Assistant Professor in department of Sociology at West Bengal State University (2009 to 2013). I had also worked as a Guest Lecturer at Jadavpur University (January 2009 to September 2009).

I am basically interested in Indian society and contemporary social issues. I work in the area of Caste, Dalits, marginalization and social exclusion.

1. Life-Member of Indian Sociological Society.

2. Member of West Bengal Sociological Association

3. Executive Member, M.A.S.S, Kolkata, A Centre of Associates for Sociological Studies, Kolkata.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

1. Ray, Antara and Ramanuj Ganguly. 2012. “ Human Rights Ideals and Caste – Affected Practices in Contemporary India”, in Alok Kumar Meena (ed.), Human Rights: Evolution, Implementation and Evaluation, New Delhi: Palm Leaf Publication, ISBN 819095391-5.

2. Ray, Antara and Ramanuj Ganguly. 2015. “Changing Experience of Dalit Youth in Contemporary India”, in Manish K. Verma (ed.), Globalization and Environement: Discourses, Policies and Practices, Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat Publications, ISBN 978-81-316-0709-1.

3. Ray, Antara and Ramanuj Ganguly. 2020 “Re (Caste-ing) Justice: Globalization and Dalits in India”, in Manish K. Verma (ed.), Globalization, Environment and Social Justice: Perspectives, Issues and Concerns, Routledge.

4. Ray, Antara. 2019. "(Re)Interrogating The Salience of B.R. Ambedkar in Understanding Caste System: A Sociological Mapping in Contrast" in Vimal K. Lahari (ed.), Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Life and Mission, New Delh: Reliance Publishing House.

5. Ray, Antara. 2022. "Caste and Public Policy: The Case of West Bengal" in R. Choragudi, S. Pellissery and N. Jayaram (eds), Caste Matters in Public Policy, Routledge.

ARTICLES (JOURNALS)

1. “CONDITIONS OF WORK OF FEMALE DOMESTIC WORKERS OF KOLKATA”, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL. 3, NUMBER 3, MARCH 2010, ISSN 0976-5212.

2. “PHENOMENOLOGY: FROM HUSSERL TO SCHUTZ”, SAMAJ TATWA, VOL.17, ISSUE 1, JUNE 2011, ISSN 0975-9980.

3. “RE-THINKING DALIT WOMEN IN POST-COLONIAL INDIA”, IN SOCIAL TRENDS (REFEREED JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY OF NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY), MARCH 2014, ISSN: 2348-6538.

4. FOREGROUNDING DIFFERENCES AND DIVERSITY: DALIT YOUTH OF INDIA”, IN SOCIAL TRENDS (REFEREED JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY OF NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY), Vol. 2, No.1, March 2015, ISSN 2348-6538.

5. Book review: Rakhshanda Jalil, Tarun K. Saint and Debjani Sengupta (eds.), Looking Back the 1947 Partition of India 70 Years On. Sociological Bulletin May19, 2020, ISBN 978-93-5287-620-4.

6. "IMPACT STUDY OF AGENCY AND EFFICACY OF WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE: A STUDY IN RAJPUR - SONARPUR MUNICIPALITY IN THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL", IN JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI (Peer Reviewed), Vol. XCVI, No. 10, 2023, ISSN : 0972-0766.

7. "The Intersection of Caste and Nature: A Study of Dalit Fishing Community of Kakdwip (Sundarbans Delta)" in Journal of the Oriental Institute (Peer Reviewed), Vol. 72, Issue 02, No.6, April-June 2023. ISSN00305324.

8. "The Possibilities of Situating Sociology of Dalits" in Education and Society, Peer Reiewed Journal of Indian Institute of Education, Vol.46, Issue - 4, No. 5, July 2023, ISSN 2278 6834.