36, Lalbagh Road, Bengaluru-560027, Karnataka, India.

A Public-Private-Partnership University under RUSA 2.0 of MHRD (Government of India), established by the Karnataka Govt. Act No. 24 of 2021

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Dr Maria A

Assistant Professor

Sociology

20080601096

Industrial Sociology

[email protected]

Professional Qualification Books And Chapters Published Research Projects Paper Presentations Workshop/Conference/Training Programme Contribution Through Clubs And Committees Awards Previous Experience Guidance And Support Faculty Development Program Resource Persons Research Ids Teaching Innovation

Professional Qualification

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Academic Degree	Subject	University	Address of the University	Rank/ Medals
PhD	Cultural Studies (SOCIOLOGY)	Jain University (deem-to-be-University)	Bengaluru
MPhil	Sociology	Madurai Kamaraj University	Madurai, Tamil Nadu
MA	SOCIOLOGY	BANGALORE UNIVERSITY	BANGALORE

Eligibility Details

Category	Subject	Status
OTHERS	SOCIOLOGY	Cleared

M.Phil Details

College / University Name	College / University Address	Title	Registered Date	Completion Date	Marks / Grade Obtained	Published Paper Details
MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY	MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY	Role of Media on Social Development of Dalits	22-04-2007	04-09-2008	Second Class

PhD Details

Title of Thesis	University / Institution	University Address	Date of Registration	Date of Completion	Details of papers published (Enter the total number of papers published / under process as part of Phd)	Current Status
Access to Education of Street Children in Bangalore: A study of Two Non-Governmental Organisation	Jain University	Bengaluru	10-08-2015	23-11-2021		Awarded

Books And Chapters Published

Books Published

Title	Type	No of Authors or Editors	Your authorial position	Year	ISBN	Publisher Details	Place	Are you the publisher of this book
Access to Education of Street Children in Bangalore City	Authored	1	1st	2023	978-93-56484-40-5	Clever Fox Publishing	Chennai, India	Yes
My Tribute To Berin Ma'am	Authored	1	1st	2020	NA	Department of Sociology	Bengaluru	Yes
Unravelling the Life of Auto Rickshaw Drivers in Bengaluru	Edited	3	2nd	2019	NA	Department of Sociology, St. Joseph's College	Bengaluru	Yes
Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom	Edited	3	2nd	2017	978-1-94709-989-0	Rain Drops Company, Bangalore.	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore	Yes
Namma Bengaluru, Vol.II	Edited	3	2nd	2017	978-93-5067-153-5	The Department of Sociology	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore	Yes

Book Chapter Published

Article Title	Book title	Book editor	Article pages	No of Chapters	Your authorial position	Year	ISBN	Publisher Details	Place	Are you the publisher of this book
Living and Working Conditions of Pourakarmikas	Namma Bengaluru, Vol.II	Dr. Berin Lukas, Maria David, Rhea Narielwalla	20-29	More	2nd	2017	978-93-5067-153-5	The Department of Sociology, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous)	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous,)Bangalore	Yes
The Leader to Success	Through His Eyes: A Reflective Memoir	Radhika Krishna	83-85	More	Other	2013	978-81-926009	Kreetam Publicatons	Bangalore	No
Christianity in Motherhood	MOMITUDE , Vol2	Berin Lukas and Persis	9-13	2	Corresponding	2013	978-93-5104-460-4	The Department of Sociology, St. Joseph's College(Autonomous))	Bangalore	No

Research Projects

Projects

Type of Project	Level	Title of Project	Current Status	Funding Agency	Amount	Project Start Date	Project End Date	Duration
Minor	National	A Study of Social Life of Street Vendors in Bangalore City	Completed	UGC	110000	04-06-2015	01-08-2017	2years

Paper Presentations

Presentations

Title of Paper	Title of Seminar/Conference	Organized by	Level	Start Date	Place	Country	Duration
Out of Reach: Government Policies and Programmes towards Minorities in Education	Educational Status of Religious Minorities: Policies, Challenges and Realities	Minority Welfare Department, Directorate of Minorities, Government of Karnataka and Mount Carmel College	National	04-12-2025	Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru	India	1 day
Socio - economic conditions of Marginalized Communities in Hoskote Taluk	Marginalised Communities and Inclusive Development: Challenges and PerspectivesD	Department of Sociology and Industrial Relations	International	25-10-2024	St Joseph's University	India	Two Days
A Study on issues and Challenges faced by single parents on Child development in Bangalore	National	Department of History and Research Centre, Tamil Nadu	National	24-03-2022	Tamil Nadu	India	2 day
Violence against women: Analyzing the Violation of Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression.	National Conference	Kristu Jayanti	National	17-02-2022	Bangalore	India	2 day
How Empowered are Women Workers in the Unorganised Sector ? A study on the lives of domestic workers	Women Empowerment: Perspectives	Academy of Higher Learning and Karnataka State Commission for Women	National	21-03-2018	Malleswaram, Bangalore - 03	India	One day
The Effect of Working Parents on Children's Development	Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom	Depatment of Sociology, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore	National	01-03-2017	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore - 27	India	Two Days
Women Enterprenurs: Problems and Challenges in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Financing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises-Issues and Challenges	Department of Economics, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous)	National	14-09-2015	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore	India	Two Days
Empowering Women's Higher Education Through Digital Technologies	Higher Education in the 21st century Opportunities and Challenges	MSW Department , St.Joseph's College and Saint Louis University, MO,USA	International		St. Joseph's Colege, Bangalore.	India	Two Days

Workshop/Conference/Training Programme

Events Organized

Type of Event	Level	Organized by	Date From	Title of Event	Duration	Place
Others	Local	Sociology Department - Social Zest	05-12-2025	Human Rights Celebration	2 days	St Joseph's University
Others	National	Vigilance Team	27-10-2025	Vigilance Awareness Week 2025	1 month	St Joseph's University
Conference	International	Dr Maria A, Dep. of Sociology	25-10-2024	International Conference Two days	Two Days	St Joseph's University

Participation (Seminar, Conference, Workshop)

Title of Event	Type of Event	Level	Organized by	Start Date	Place	Duration
Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A two Day Workshop on Outcome-Based Education	Workshop	University	St Joseph's University	11-07-2025	Bengaluru	2 days
International Conference	Conference	International	Department of Sociology and Industrial Relations	25-10-2024	St Joseph's University	Two Days
Philatelists and Numismatists Association	Workshop	Other	PANA	13-07-2022	SJC	2 days
JESCOL II	Workshop	Other	Human Resource Development Center	11-07-2022	Ashirvad, Bengaluru	3 Days
Sustainability and Challenges of Working Women in Tamil Nadu	Conference	National	Research Centre	26-03-2022	Tamil Nadu	2 Day
Violence Against Women: Analyzing the Violation of Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression	Conference	National	Kristu Jayanthi	17-02-2022	Bangalore	2 day
Participated in the one-day National Level Webinar titled HIGHER EDUCATION ON THE THRESHOLD OF VIRTUAL ERA, organised by IQAC on Friday, 8th May 2020, time10:40 AM India, at Government First Grade College MAGADI, Ramanagar District.	Seminar	National	Government First Grade College MAGADI, Ramanagar District.	08-05-2020	Bangalore	1 Day
Participated in One day National level Conference on Women Empowerment: Perspectives at Malleshwaram Ladies Association(R) Academy of higher learning in association with Karnataka State Commission for Women on March 2018.	Conference	National	Malleshwaram Ladies Association(R) Academy of higher learning in asso	13-03-2018	Bangalore	1 day
Participated in National Conference on Margins: Contesting Spaces and Reclaiming identities at Christ (Deemed to be University) Bangalore on 12th February 2018.	Conference	National	Christ (Deemed to be University) Bangalore	12-02-2018	Bangalore	1 day
Participated in the Two-day workshop on â€œFormation of Jesuit University with a differenceâ€ organized by St. Josephâ€™s College (Autonomous) Bangalore-27, on 17th and 18th November 2017.	Workshop	State	St. Josephâ€™s College (Autonomous) Bangalore-27	17-11-2017	Bangalore	2 day
Two-day UGC sponsored National seminar on Work and Gender: Challenging conventional wisdom on 1st and 2nd March 2017. Organized by Sociology department St. Josephs College (Autonomous) Bangalore.	Seminar	National	Two-day UGC sponsored National seminar on Work and GenderSociology department St. Josephs College (A	01-03-2017	St. Joseph's College	2 Day

Contribution Through Clubs And Committees

Contribution through Clubs

Name of Club	Role	Start Date	End Date
PANA	Member	29-03-2024
SOCIAL ZEST	Coordinator	06-06-2014
SOCIAL ZEST	Coordinator	06-06-2013	13-05-2023
PANA	Member	05-07-2010

Awards

Name of Award/Achievement	Level	Awarded by	Place	Date	Duration of Fellowship
Chief Guest	National	Honour	Auxilium School, Bengaluru	08-02-2025	9am to 1pm
Certificate of Honour by Karnataka Krista Alpasankyatara Jagruthi Vedike	State	Karnataka Krista Alpasankyatara Jagruthi Vedike	Bangaluru, Sri Puttana Chetty Town Hall	11-01-2025	4pm to 7pm
Puraskara 2024	State	St Joseph's University	Bengaluru	18-05-2024	9am to 1pm
Lions Club of N.S.C. BOSE	State	Lions Club of N.S.C BOSE	Bengaluru	17-12-2023
PURASKAR 2021	Others	St. Joseph's College	Bengaluru	23-12-2021

Previous Experience

Designation	Institution Name	Start Date	End Date
Sociology Lecturer	South East Asia Education Trust	04-05-2006	04-05-2008

Guidance And Support

Title of the Paper	Year of Guidance	Type	Name of Students	Name of the Institution
Domestic Violence against Women : Its impact on Women and Child Health in West Bengal	2024	PhD	Anamika Das	Mysore University

Faculty Development Program

Title of Event	Type of Event	Level	Organized by	Place	Date From	Date To
Six Days State Level Faculty Development Programme	FDPs attended	State	b M S College for Women	Bengaluru, Karnataka	19-08-2024	24-08-2024
Inter-Disciplinary two-weeks Refresher Course in Managing Online Classes and Co-creating MOOCS	Refresher Courses	National	Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the Ministry of Education	Delhi	07-01-2024	21-01-2024
4 Weeks Faculty Induction/ Orientation Programme	Orientation Programmes	National	Ministry of Education and Teaching Learning Centre , Ramanujan College, New Delhi	New Delhi	22-06-2023	21-07-2023
5 Learning Disciplines (Re-imaging St. Joseph's).	FDPs attended	State	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous)	Bangaluru	12-07-2022	13-07-2022
Participated one-week Faculty Development Programme titled â€˜SJC Digital Teacherâ€™ from June 25, 2020 through June 30,2020. Organised by St. Josephâ€™s College (Autonomous), Bangalore 27.	FDPs attended	State	St. Josephâ€™s College (Autonomous), Bangalore 27.	St. Joseph's College	25-06-2020	30-06-2020
Attended 7-day Faculty Development Programme on â€œTraining on E-Content Development: Strategies, tools and Opportunitiesâ€ held from Wednesday, May 13th to Thursday, May 21,2020 at St. Josephâ€™s College (Autonomous), Bangalore 27.	FDPs attended	State	St. Josephâ€™s College (Autonomous), Bangalore 27.	St. Joseph's CollÃ¨ge	13-05-2020	21-05-2020
Participated one-week national online FDP program on Covid 19: Issues, Challenges and Interventions in the contemporary Crisis, held from 30th April to 6th May 2020. Organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Department of Collegiate Education, Government First Grade College, HSR Layout, Bangalore.	FDPs attended	State	Government First Grade College, HSR Layout, Bangalore.	Bangalore	30-04-2020	06-04-2020
Bonded Labour in Contemporary Karnataka	Conference	State	IJM Bangalore, Department of Sociology and Social Work St. Joseph's College.	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore	20-09-2018	21-09-2018
Women Empowerment: Oerspectives	Seminar	National	Karnataka State Commission for Women and Academy of Higher Learning	Bangalore	21-03-2018	21-03-2018
Marins:Contesting Spaces and Reclaiming Identities	Conference	National	Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore	Bangalore	12-02-2018	12-02-2018
Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom	Seminar	National	Department of Sociology, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore	Bangalore	01-03-2017	02-03-2017
Women Entrepreners:Problems and Challenges in Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises	Seminar	National	Department of Economics, St. Joseph's College,Bangalore	Bangalore	14-09-2015	15-09-2015
Higher education in the 21st century: opportunities and challenges	Conference	International	St. Joseph's College and Saint Louis University,MO,USA	St. Joseph's College	11-12-2014	12-12-2014
Formation of Jesuits Univeristy with a Difference	Workshop	Local	St. Joseph's College	Bangalore

Resource Persons

Title of the Program	Role	Level	Organized by	Start Date	Place	Country
International Conference	Session Chair	International	Department of Sociology and Industrial Relations	25-10-2024	St Joseph's University	India
Two Day International Conference on Democracy, Globalization, and International Peace in an open World: Multi-Disciplinary Perspective.	Session Talk	International	Karnataka political Science Association and St. Joseph's College	12-04-2022	Bangalore	India
10 Day Crash Course on Sociology of Everyday Life	Invited Talk	Inter Collegiate	St. Joseph's Evening College	22-02-2022	Bangalore	India
Resource Person for the Certificate Course on â€˜Introduction to Social Problems: A Sociological Perspectiveâ€™, to be held from 24th November 30th November, 2021. B.M.S College of Law, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru.	Invited Talk	Inter Collegiate	B M S Law College	24-11-2021	Bangalore	India

Research Ids

Google Scholar id	ResearchGate id	Orcid id	Scopus Author ID	Vidwan
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Teaching Innovation

Name of Innovation	Name of Platform	Date	Innovation	Target Group	Website Link
Online 10 Videos for FC Course	e-Content

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