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Dr. Ramshin Rahiman
Project Fellow

Dr. Ramshin Rahiman, earned Doctoral Degree from the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, with the support of the ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship. Served as Senior Research Associate in the Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg. She worked at various premier institutes (both in academic and research), like the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai and Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Kerala. Presented papers in several International and National Conferences, and she has published her works in reputed journals.

Gender and Society, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Muslims and Society and Muslim Women.

  1. Dr. Ramshin Rahiman (2018): Education, Employment and Empowerment: Reflections on Muslim Women in Kerala’ in Social Action, January-March 2018, Vollume-68, Vollume-01, ISSN 0037-7627. Published by Indian Social Institute -New Delhi.
  2. Dr. Ramshin Rahiman (2016):‘Backwardness of Indian Muslims: Problems and Perspectives’ in Golden Research thought Journal, December 2016, Vollume-6, Issue-6, ISSN 2231-5063. Macmillian Publishing Company.
  3. Dr. Ramshin Rahiman (2015) ‘Youth and Marriage: A Study of Changing Marital Choices among the University Students in India’ in Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, January 2015, Vollume-6, Number 1, ISSN 0976-6634. Published by Kamla-Raj Enterprises -New Delhi.
  • Ongoing September, 2021 onwards).
  • Senior Research Associate- ‘Changing youth choices; a comparative study of Indian and south African University Students’, by Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg.
  • Research Associate- ‘Livelihoods, institutions and socio-economic development: A longitudinal study of Faizabad village’, by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj- Hyderabad.
  • Project Assistant- ‘Youth and Marriage: A Study of Changing Marital Choices among the University Students in India’, by UGC-SAP, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad.

  • Presented a paper titled “Education, Employment and Empowerment: Reflection of Muslim Women in Kerala”, at International Seminar on Ethnicity and Minority: Debates and Discourses in Contemporary India conducted by Al Beruni centre for study of social exclusion & Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urudu University- Hyderabad from 15th to 16th March 2018.
  • Presented a paper titled “Constructed Womanhood: Religious Reformism and Contemporary Muslim Women in Kerala”, at Indian Association for Women’s Studies, XIV National Conference on Equality, pluralism and the state: Perspectives from the Women’s movement conducted by the Department of Women studies, Guwahati University from 4th to 7th February 2014.
  • Presented a paper titled “Role of Reform Movements and Making Womanhood in Kerala”, at International conference on Status of Muslim Women in Indian Sub-Continent, conducted by centre for study of social exclusion & Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urudu University 6th to 9th March 2013.
  • Presented a paper titled “Sociological Analysis on the Educational Evolution of Muslims in Kerala”, at Comparative Education Society of India-Annual International Conference on Education for a changing world, conducted by University of Jammu from 10th 12th October 2012.
  • Presented a paper titled “Muslim Women and Public Engagements: An analysis on the political participation of Muslim women in Kerala”, at Indian Association for Women’s Studies, XIII National Conference on revisiting marginalization, challenging hegemonies: revisioning gender politics conducted by the Department of Women studies, Mahatma Gandhi Antarashtrriya Hindi Vishwavidyala, Wardha from 21th to 24th December 2011.
  • Presented a paper titled “Making of Muslim Womanhood and Role of Reformism in Kerala”, at XXXVII All India Sociological Conference conducted by the Centre for the Study of Social System, Jawaharlal Nehru University from 11th to 13th?? December 2011.
  • Presented a paper titled “Ideologies of Male reformism on Women’s Education in Kerala”, at Comparative Education Society of India-International Conference on re-thinking education policy conducted by the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad from 16th to 18th November 2011.
  • Presented a paper titled “Gender and Higher Education: An analysis on the present status of Muslim women in Kerala”, at XXXVI All India Sociological Conference on development, polity and social tensions conducted by the Department of Sociology, Ravenshaw University from 27th to 29th December 2010.

Awards / Fellowships / Certificates

  • Served as resource person in the national webinar on ‘Gender, Education and Empowerment: Empirical Reflections from Kerala’, organized by Milad-E-Sherief Memorial College, Kayamkulam-Kerala on 25th August 2020.
  • Attended workshop on qualitative research methods organized by Department of Applied Psychology and Department of Local Governance, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbadur-Chennai from 27th to 28th February 2020.
  • Attended academic writing workshop organized by Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad from 5th to 9th February 2018.
  • Attended workshop on research methods in education organized by Department of Educational Policy, National University of Planning and Administration, New Delhi from 17th to 28th October 2016.
  • Selected for the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) fellowship for the doctoral programme.
  • Qualified UGC-NET in Sociology.