Qualifications

• M.A. (Sociology), University of Mumbai
• Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Mumbai

Areas of Interest

• Sociology of Education
• Education and employment
• Social history of medical education
• Health/ sexuality education
• Sociology of Health
• Culture, medicine and health
• Indian systems of Medicine
• Gender Issues

Teaching

• Taught two courses on ‘Health and Development’ to the Master’s students of Social Work and to the Master’s students of Health/Hospital Administration.

Current Research

• Education, employment and the urban poor
• Issues in school based sexuality education
• History of Ayurvedic education in India.

Recent/Significant Publications

• AIDS Awareness Campaigns, Sex Education Programmes and Pornography: The Shaping of Sexuality Awareness among College Youth, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 66, 2005. (Forthcoming).
• Indian Systems of Medicine and Public Health Care in India. In L. Gangolli, R. Duggal and A. Shukla (Eds.), Review of Health Care in India, Mumbai: Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, 187-223, 2005.
• Building Cultural Capital to Combat Poverty: Globalisation, Education and the Urban Poor. In R. Ruzicka, J.H. Ballantine and J.A. Ruiz San Roman (Eds.), Key Contexts for Education and Democracy in Globalising Societies, Prague. 2004.